A Gull Flaps Its Wings and a Deadly Virus Explodes nytimes.com/2022/06/17/sci…

I have funding for an additional grad student to start in fall 2023 -- if you, or someone you know, is interested in studying collective animal behavior, please contact me! I'm so excited about what this lab will become in the coming months -- come join us!

Why would you want to study anything other than marine biology? LOOK AT IT

Global warming may make you miss these parasites when they’re gone. Yes, you heard that right. 🤯 nytimes.com/2023/01/09/sci…

We are excited to share our new NatureEcoEvo article! Using data from > 300,000 biological sciences manuscripts and policies for > 500 Ecology & Evolution journals, we found evidence for bias during peer review (a🧵) (nature.com/articles/s4155…)

I have a lot of contempt for the US government for rightfully condemning these horrific homophobic bills in Uganda and elsewhere without fully accounting for how the targeted export of evangelical Christianity to Africa facilitates their creation.

How can we make urban transport compatible with staying under 1.5C? New research in Nature: "We conclude that, in addition to emission-reducing changes in vehicle design, a rapid and large-scale reduction in car use is necessary." nature.com/articles/s4146…

🚨 New paper with @MarsKlaassen The discrepancy between reporting data and the reality of the toll HPAI has had on wild birds is very concerning. Here we highlight this problem, and others, and to outline the plight of HPAI on wild birds 👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The story behind marine mammal outbreaks of bird flu. Spoiler alert: this is a tragedy of an unprecedented scale 💔🦠🦭.

Happy days! I'm so up for getting squawked at and pooped on by this majestic species: the Common Tern. Zero signs of bird flu on this colony 🎉 in contrast to populations in Europe that suffered badly this year 😭. So far, so good for healthy seabird colonies in Massachusetts.

We'd love to share our thoughts about the interactions between #climatechange and #AvianInfluenza #HPAI #nature Nature Microbiology Nichola Hill nature.com/articles/s4156…

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Come join us! The VirusPlus Lab at University of Massachusetts Boston is recruiting graduate students. Spread the word 🦠💥😎

I’m still accepting applications for this PhD on bat virus dynamics in Neotropical bats until end of April. Please RT!

Good to see this one in print. Multiple HPAI H5N1 genotypes detected in four different avian species in New York City highlighting risk of zoonotic infections extends into urban centres. 👉journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…