Thread. Must be 18-30 years old. Grants up to $5k USD to locate taxa not seen in more than a decade.

Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · last wk.

🧵 The Search for Lost Birds is looking for young, adventurous birders to lead expeditions to find “lost” bird species. Currently, 121 birds lack any scientific documentation for a decade or longer (70+ are entirely missing from the Macaulay Library!) Continued... searchforlostbirds.org

I’m writing a gay romance about competing World Cup players. It’s called Cleated Rivalry.

Ryan Consell@stealingfromwizards.com · 3w ago

I'm writing a gay romance about competing woodpeckers. It's called Pileated Rivalry

Grant: "Though the government has plenty of ways to promote its own viewpoint, puppeteering every university professor in the state is not one of them."

How much do you know about sea turtles? For World Sea Turtle Day, we’re sharing some facts about our favorite reptiles. Learn about what they eat, where they live, how they reproduce—and what threats they face. fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WorldSeaTurtleDay #SeaTurtleWeek

Happy World Sea Turtle Day! Today marks the annual opportunity to highlight the importance of sea turtles and coincides with the birthday of Archie Carr, the namesake of our center, who is considered the father of sea turtle biology and conservation. Photo credit: University of Florida Archives

Next week is World Sea Turtle Week, and the ACCSTR will be celebrating the birthday of Archie Carr with a local event. If you are in Gainesville, join us for Science on Tap with engaging talks about sea turtles at Cypress & Grove on June 17th from 6:30-8:00pm.

Check out the work of graduate student @aileenlavelle.bsky.social, who is tracking sea turtles. Stay tuned for more info to come…

Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research@accstr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UF doctoral student studying turtle movement patterns to decrease boat strikes news.clas.ufl.edu/uf-graduate-...

Excited to share that I will be joining Florida State University as an Assistant Professor starting in January 2027! I’m thrilled to build my lab at FSU in the Ecology & Evolution Division within the Department of Biological Science — stay tuned! A huge thank you to my village for all the support!

A sign like this just makes me curious.

A cute moment I want to remember from today… 6yo: Can you tell me more about the lemonrock that Florida sits on? Me: You mean the limestone? 6yo: Yes, that is what I mean.

Quick visit to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park today. On my way back to Gainesville.

I made a quick trip to Honokohau Beach this afternoon to see green turtles grazing on algae in shallow water and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

A lovely welcome social and opening ceremonies at #ISTS2026.

Excited to have arrived to Kailua-Kona to attend #ISTS2026 in a gorgeous setting!

A thread on the new article from recent grad @zoologistkate.bsky.social in @stacksjournal.bsky.social.

Stacks Journal@stacksjournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Is it safe to assume that the isotopes in a single feather or a strand of hair represent those in an animal's entire body? New research in @StacksJournal.bsky.social by Davis & @hanvanzan.bsky.social puts this common ecological shortcut to the test. 🌎🧪🦊 Here’s what they found: 🧵

A study I led came out in Nature Cities yesterday! We used radar to study the role that urban landscapes play in migratory bird stopover. Spoiler: birds use cities a lot, and the patterns of their use reflect social processes and the inequities embedded in them. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Migratory bird stopover patterns linked to urbanization and social landscapes - Nature Cities

Urban ecology traditionally focuses on single cities, yet cities play key roles in ecological processes such as migration. Radar analysis across the continental USA reveals that nearly half of stopove...

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Today is UF Giving Day, and donations to the ACCSTR fund will directly support sea turtle research, education, and conservation. Now's your moment to give to what you love! #AllForTheGators givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ar...

If you are ever tempted to use AI to format references, don’t. Invest in a real citation manager.

Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever. This is the country we live in now.

We finally saw an olive ridley nesting last night! I used the long exposure setting to take photos under the full moon. Today, we went to Copalita National Park before heading to the beach.

The learning continues. Night time nest relocation, a leatherback track after we saw the female false crawl, revegetation, and triangulation.

Yesterday afternoon, we learned about the history of sea turtle conservation from local cooperative members as well as government employees. This morning, we rescued hatchlings on the beach.

We saw our first olive ridley hatchlings last night. This morning, we cleaned a large tank and helped handle green turtles for vitamin injections at Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga.

Before heading to the coast this afternoon, we toured Monte Albán to learn about some Mesoamerican archaeological history.

I have the privilege of taking students to Mexico for just over a week for my Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Course this semester. Despite the travel complications yesterday, all but one arrived to Oaxaca. Some scenes from the city.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

The university mandated everyone to come back to the office but now say they can longer afford to keep paying for office phones.

On the list: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services International Tropical Timber Institute Internacional Union for the Conservancy of Nature Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Maybe this is my sign to tone down my perfectionism this year.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 7mo ago

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.