Paul Taillie
@ptails.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @UNC Chapel Hill. Spatial Ecology, Global Change, Wildlife Conservation. I like looking for animals.
Excellent advice on how to kill your lawn. Do it today for free!
Anna Funk🌻@itsdrfunk.bsky.social · 10mo agoDid I ever tell you about how I almost killed my lawn trying to save the insects? Maybe you’ve heard of “Leave the Leaves” — don’t rake your leaves; create critical overwintering habitat for lots of insects. Sounds easy, no? (And way better than raking…)
It’s truly baffling to me that so many of these stories focus on “wow big fish” and not “this is an IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species that is extremely physiologically fragile and often does not survive fishing practices like this” www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t... 🦑🧪🌎🦈🐠
Giant hammerhead shark reeled in at Corpus Christi beach
It was the third-largest hammerhead shark the Texas fishing guide caught this year.
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🚨 We're about to start reviewing applications, but there's still time to reach out for our postdoc position on climate change impact attribution! If you have experience with attribution science or climate epidemiology, and want to help us launch the Global Burden of Climate Change Study, reach out!
I'm a regular iNaturalist user and this is all very helpful. We could probably all do more identifying
Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson@hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 11mo agoI just passed my 50,000th identification on @inaturalist.bsky.social! Identifying is a huge but often ignored part of the #iNaturalist community and dataset so I wanted to share why and how I identify. 1/14 🧪 #ecology #taxonomy #botany #CommunityScience
Hey NC friends, I've recently gotten involved in a new project called the Triangle Central Kitchen, a social enterprise fighting hunger and food waste, and we are launching on Sept 24 at Namu in Durham. Want a great dinner for a greater cause, check it out! trianglecentralkitchen.org/tck-launch-p...
I've been trying to make #ThisIsBirding a thing forever, but these two lived it and shared it with the world "This is the birding of gas stations, ponds behind a women’s prison, and “the bird’s right there on the mud next to the whiffleball and the tire.”"
The Birdist@thebirdist.bsky.social · 11mo agoI wrote about the Reiser brothers and their hilarious, disgusting Listers documentary for Slate: slate.com/culture/2025...
" Later, pigeons and balloons — said to number 80,000 each — were released into the air." Seriously? fuck ^that shit www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
Xi Parades Firepower to Signal That China Won’t Be Bullied Again
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🧪🌊🐚 We are hiring: Biology MS in #MarineEcosystems in #CapeVerde 🌍🪸 Spring 2026 start, at Bridgewater State Uni in #coastalEcology, #biodiversity 💸 Funding includes: GA + tuition waiver 📅 App: Oct 15, 2025 www.bridgew.edu/center/case/... 📫HERITOR@bridgew.edu, tsurasinghe@bridgew.edu
Graduate Mentors
Discover the HERITOR Project: An International Mentoring and Research Opportunity!
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Cool new #biogeography research from UNC Biology colleague Xiao Feng and colleagues. Keys to the global treeline formation: Thermal limit for its position and moisture for the taxon-specific variation | PNAS #tree www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/s...
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
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On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11. We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane
tl;dr: "The Keeling Curve is a significant and symbolic achievement for an advanced nation, and the measurements should continue until humanity has no reason to monitor atmospheric carbon in such an intensive way. We, as a society, should be proud to fund it collectively."
Orange County, in collaboration with Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, has established a community giving fund to support recovery efforts for Tropical Storm Chantal. ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/fbc4bb . . . #CarrboroNC #Chantal #NCWX
My local bike shop has been selling stickers with this message for years.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.Turns out bicycles fight climate change AND fascism. ✊
You can’t understand bird declines without also understanding insect declines. Grateful our work on insect-bird interactions was highlighted by Smithsonian Mag. If you love birds, think about whether your actions are helping the insects they need to survive. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive
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One of our local science partners recently used AGU’s op-ed toolkit to help shape their message — and it paid off big time: their op-ed was published in the @latimes.com. 📰 👏 Read David L. Valentine’s important piece on research funding: 🔗 www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Those cuts to 'overhead' costs in research? They do real damage
Indirect costs are fat targets for budget slashers, but beware: They make science possible. They don’t pay for the chromatograph I use in my experiments, but they do pay for the electricity to run it.
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One thing I noticed in New Zealand the past few weeks is that in Auckland and even in the tiniest towns, homes are packed in tightly. In addition to reducing the footprint of developed areas, this approach increased access to green space, shorelines, fishing/recreation opportunities, etc.
Damon Seils@damonseils.bsky.social · last yr.Sprawl Is Still Not the Answer: "Instead of promoting sprawl, increasing housing density in existing urban areas through infill development and upzoning can help address the housing shortage while minimizing environmental impacts." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump visits ‘Alligator Alcatraz,' Florida detention site www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
Trump tours 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a day before its first arrivals are expected
During their visit, Trump administration officials said the facility should be operational within 24 hours — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups.
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If you don't know about mosquito dunks, you should! They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching. They're inexpensive and highly effective. Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.
Isabel@isabelott.bsky.social · last yr.Hey y’all - heads up that mosquito-borne viral diseases in the US are off to an *early* start this summer. Make sure to cover/bugspray up and reduce standing water around your home (or treat with products like Mosquito Dunks that kill developing larvae!)
This is unacceptable! Project 2025 in action, sadly. Public lands make America great. Tell your elected representatives.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.More than 14 million acres of public lands in Colorado, including popular mountain biking and hiking areas, could be eligible for sale under Republican budget bill.
So the Senate Reconciliation Bill is basically privatizing the American West. www.wilderness.org/articles/med... wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
Alright New Mexico, there is a public lands rally next week in Santa Fe. Sec. Burgham will be in town for the Western Govs Assoc. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
WE LOVE PUBLIC LANDS RALLY · Mobilize
Mark your calendar. Please join us for a critical rally on Monday, June 23, to show our love and support for New Mexico's public lands and national monuments. THIS IS OUR MOMENT: U.S. Secretary of ...
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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of seed disperser declines and discuss...
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I'm currently living in a camper with my wife and kids in NZ, and it's so refreshing to unplug from American news/politics. I'm generally not the "I'm going to leave the US if..." type of American, but I'm getting there.
Native Plant Species Are More Resistant Than Invasive Aliens to Escalating Environmental Change Factors 🔗 buff.ly/Qp19wTu
