Interesting paper about effect of #GPS#waterfowl#survival#bird#ecology🌍doi.org/10.1186/s403...
GPS tags have become a common tool in ecological studies of animal behaviour and demography despite previous research indicating negative impacts on vital rates across a variety of taxa. Many research...
I was reminded recently that leaves don't 'turn' autumn colours. The chlorophyl produced by the tree begins to break down and the natural reds and golds of the leaves revealed in all their glory were always there. I love the thought of this secret treasure hiding in plain sight.
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HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT Look who we caught today! It’s a hatch year Eastern Towhee (born this year). A female would be brown and a male would be black, and this bird has female characteristics on one side and male on the other— a likely bilateral gynandromorph!!!
Every week or two, someone sends me an email or flyer asking me to get my [low-income, first-gen, minoritized identity] students to apply to their program, course, or research opportunity. Please don't bother unless it pays. Y'all have to get more serious about broadening participation.
Dean of Science: so what have you been working on Charles Darwin: just got back from a year in the Galapagos Islands where I catalogued all the passerine beak shapes Dean of Science: yeah nah, I'm cutting off your travel budget, that doesn't sound like it'll have much commercial value
Yours truly has a feature in the Oct. issue of Scientific American!!! I was incredibly psyched to get to write this fun piece about what the hybrid zone between Black-capped & Carolina Chickadees has taught us about how species boundaries blur & change. 🪶🌎 www.scientificamerican.com/article/hybr...
Anyone out there part of a non profit and have recommendations on where to buy general liability insurance for a non-profit? Illinois based non profit that only operates in Illinois.
<fellow election judge fistbump> welcome! We're glad to have you!