Meet North America’s only venomous mammal, the northern short-tailed shrew. They’re a huge shrew, relatively speaking, that administer venom through large black teeth… must be careful when handling these beasts 🐀🐾

Our new acoustic bird deterrent is now in action at Northwestern University where we’re experimenting with ways to keep migratory birds safe from window collisions during their journeys. 🐦🪟 #BirdProtection #MigrationSafety

It was an honor to host Bette Loiselle at Michigan Tech for an invited lecture focused on her remarkable career. We even enlisted her as an extremely overqualified field tech to help run a banding station during fallout conditions 💯❤️🐦‍⬛🪶

DALL-E AI generated imagery's take on the following prompt "banding birds on psilocybin in the forest"

🐦 Excited to teach #ornithology at Michigan Tech in Spring 2024. With the recent AOS decision to change eponymous bird names starting 2024, I'm curious how fellow educators are planning to teach common names during this transition. Any suggestions? #birdnames #AOS

Looking for a #PhDposition ? Apply for the Gulf of Guinea Research Program. Live in Portugal, do fieldwork in Africa and take your classes in english. Tuition waiver & stipend. 79% of eligible applicants were accepted in 2022. #ornithology #biodiversity jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/search/?keywor…

Confirmed: Arizona Game and Fish wildlife biologists reviewed the imagery of a jaguar in the Huachuca Mountains and confirmed that it is a new individual not previously photographed in the state. The video was captured on a trail camera by Jason Miller... 🧵👇

If you known, you know...

Sharing this information is risky for us but we feel the public should be aware of this, even if it comes at the expense of our project. Last summer, we captured the first observations of a cougar with kittens—the first evidence of a breeding population in Minnesota or the

My colleague Dr. Kristin Brzeski at CFRES/MTU is looking for a genetic data analyst starting immediately, working part-time and remotely. Please contact her via email if you are interested

Para los interesados en la investigación en aves silvestres, se viene este curso en modalidad online. Participan 10 instructores de 5 países distintos con amplia experiencia en el tema. Informes a [email protected].

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s edition of the Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE) conference will be held as part of the TROPIBIO project! Help shape the program by submitting your ideas for thematic sessions: bit.ly/3W5Pn1X Stay tuned for more!

🚨 My friend’s first novel, Animal Listeners, is out now! 🐾📚 Join Quinby Clark as she discovers her gift of talking to animals & is invited to a special school where magic meets nature. Perfect for fans of magical adventures & animal enthusiasts 🦊🐦 #NewBook #FantasyReads

This picture (c. 1899) hints at the scale at which seabird eggs were harvested for food, devastating their populations. Ironically, these eggs went to feed workers harvesting bird guano on other islands, which was a renewable resource - if seabird populations stayed healthy.

Exciting opportunity at Michigan Tech! CFRES is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental Data Science & Biostatistics. It’s a great unit with passionate faculty, and Houghton is one of the best small towns in America. employment.mtu.edu/en-us/job/4937…

One of the most importantly depressing pieces of research we have produced to date: birds in pristine central Amazonian forest are not doing well. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Our research was picked up by The Guardian, alongside work from two of my favorite scientists, John Blake and Bette Loiselle. We hope these findings contribute to solutions that help ensure the persistence of these incredible birds into the 22nd century. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Video selfie blog introducing our collaborative irrigation experiment in the Amazon. Enjoy the cicadas…