⁦Lavretsky⁩ had a blast talking #mallard #conservation with ⁦MeatEater⁩ ⁦Steven Rinella⁩! sign up at duckDNA.com and part of waterfowl conservation partnered with ⁦Ducks Unlimited ⁦⁦Mike Brasher, PhD 🦆⁩

The first duckDNA kits going out! If you haven’t done so, go sign up at duckDNA.com today! ⁦Ducks Unlimited⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Ducks Unlimited Conservation⁩ Mike Brasher, PhD 🦆⁩

@lavretskylab is now live with episode 490 on the ⁦MeatEater⁩ podcast! All things #waterfowl genetics and duckDNA! Again, big thanks to ⁦Steven Rinella⁩ and the entire meateater crew! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Wow, if you're a duck hunter - here's a great way to help conservation. Please do your part! #duckdna duckdna.com If you're killing ducks this season, get this kit and participate in this important citizen science project #meateater Lavretsky MeatEater #ducks

Can’t thank ⁦Ramsey Russell⁩ enough getting this scientific collection trip together in Australia this past month! Take a listen to some of the ramblings talking about that adventure! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/duc…

Duck Hunting Meets Science: Unlocking the Genetic Secrets of Ducks youtu.be/nKHNnXVowYk?si… via YouTube

Check out Flor Hernandez of the Lavretsky explaining importance of #biodiversity collections like the one we have @utep UTEP Biodiversity Collections! Thanks to Ducks Unlimited! Inside UTEP's Mallard & Mexican Duck Collection | DU Nation youtu.be/IZpY9m5i-WM?si… via YouTube

Lavretsky is excited to partner with Centennial Museum UTEP UTEP Biodiversity Collections to bring to you a duck odyssey! Stop by if you are in the area! minetracker.utep.edu/event/9726720

Congrats to Flor Hernandez for a great talk on our simRestore R program at DUCKS9 conference!

Now anyone can virtually explore the "Waddle Through Time" Museum Exhibit with the below link! Learn the connection between #ducks and people across time. Centennial Museum Lavretsky UTEP UTEP Biodiversity Collections Ducks Unlimited utep.edu/centennial-mus…

Hot off the press! A collaboration with TPWD, USFWS, & USGS to study range expansion and secondary contact among ducks in TX. Human-Induced Range Expansions Result in a Recent Hybrid Zone between Sister Species of Ducks mdpi.com/2796836 #mdpigenes via Genes MDPI

First year of duckDNA completed! See the popular article and sign up at duckDNA.com for next year! Understanding Waterfowl: Disentangling Duck DNA ducks.org/cms/render/liv…

Huge congrats to Dr. ⁦Flor Hernandez⁩ for successfully defending your dissertation!!

Had a blast ⁦Mossy Oak Gamekeepers⁩ on this podcast! Talking waterfowl genetics and conservation! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gam…

⁦Lavretsky⁩ thanks ⁦Christopher Witt⁩ for letting ⁦Lauren McFarland⁩ to scan and study their #mallards! Specimens like this bird collected by Aldo Leopoldo in 1918 are our time machines!

yesterday the Lavretsky field crew began baiting trap sites as the start of our effort to revive and restore the Koloa duck on Oahu! This research will be implementing management actions using the simRestore modeling framework to preserve the species' genetics into the future

⁦Lavretsky⁩ is looking for graduate students interested in wildlife connection and genetics! ⁦UTEP⁩ ⁦UTEP Biodiversity Collections⁩

We thank ⁦⁦UTEP⁩ centennial museum for our exhibit “A Waddle Through Time” up, engaging all local people on waterfowl conservation! Still up online to check out utep.edu/centennial-mus… Don’t forget to take part of waterfowl conservation at duckDNA.com !

Want to learn more about waterfowl ecology and management? @Lavretskylab is offering this course online and in dual languages UTEP, making it flexible and adaptable to your schedule! Course will be offered in the spring 2025 semester and has a credit and non-credit options.

We are recruiting students for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PhD program UTEP across a wide variety of fields. Multiple funded RA positions tuition remission included for qualified applicants available starting in 2025. For more information: lnkd.in/gknKrwps