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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New lab paper! It's a first, first-authored paper by PhD student, @nicki-bailey.bsky.social ! Nicki won the 2024 @entsocamerica.bsky.social @pie-entsoc.bsky.social Master's Student Achievement in Entomology Award. Read it here! doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...

Local-scale factors predict wild bee richness, whereas landscape-scale factors predict butterfly richness in city parks

Abstract. Urbanization has a growing influence on pollinator species worldwide, benefiting some species while threatening others. Urban areas have high cov

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We have five positions open in our lab this summer! Two of them will work wtih me to study habitat connectivity and conservation genetics in Denver, Colorado. Learn more and apply here: molalab.org/join-the-lab/

🐞 🐝 I'm recruiting students to join my lab at the University of Minnesota! Hoping to bring on 2-3 MS or PhD students (MS a pre-req for PhD students). Take a peek at the opportunities available and feel free to reach out with questions. Please share widely! jhemberger.github.io/ibug_lab_web...

These are some of the probationary people fired from my agency. Top insect identifiers.

Armando Rosario-Lebrón@rosariolebronentomology.com · last yr.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Two of the top National Taxonomists in the U.S., represented by the National Association of Agriculture Employees, have gone public about their controversial firings. #entomology #malacology 🧪 #taxonomy

Thank you to the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference for having me on Saturday. It was inspiring to meet so many native plant enthusiasts and gardeners who conserve biodiversity in their backyards. I hope I can be as cool as them one day and have a garden of my own😌

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

New social media new life event Officially mastered science on Friday woop woop🐝🦋