I reported a big ol' feature story about the peregrines of the SF Bay Area and how the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group is working to ensure these magnificent birds stay away from the edge of extinction 🪶 Please give it a look! #longreads #Peregrines #UrbanWildlife #birds ucscsciencenotes.com/feature/taking…

So excited to see this piece by Cypress Like the Tree out in the world! Thank you for seeing and reporting on the value in our long running local peregrine falcon monitoring project.

Happy (or not) #DaylightSavings. Among the many reasons this antiquated tradition should be repealed is that, by pushing dusk an hour earlier, it aligns rush hour with the peak period for animal movement, resulting in more deer collisions. #roadecology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Researchers used this realistic-looking robotic falcon to study how homing pigeon flocks evade a predator. The robot allowed the scientists to study how individual pigeons in the group responded to a series of nearly identical midair attacks. 🔗 knowmag.org/3GYYqbw

I develop a new tree crush about every 2-3 days..

#DYK we hold the largest and 2nd most 💰💰💰 book in the world? (Audubon’s Birds of America) #DYK we turn one of its huge pages each month? (For preservation) #DYK it’s on display in our Extraordinary Ideas exhibition? Now you do. Check it out on your next visit. 🦃📖

It's #LGBTQSTEMDay! Today we celebrate the people in science who make our industry—and world—a better and more inclusive place. Learn what Pride in STEM means to some of our staffers. And frankly, their words mean a lot to all of us...

Today on "Weird Shit I Learn While Working at a Museum" > According to local museum and zoo biologists, the best bait for catching ringtails is strawberry jam. 👀🐾🍓 #ExcuseMeWhat

Something poetic about losing Wilson and Lovejoy at once, given their work's interplay. EOW basically invented island biogeography, then TL proved in the Amazon that fragmentation creates islands. Hard to imagine ConBio without those scientific underpinnings. Photo: Mark Moffett

Wayne Thiebaud, prolific California painter and teacher, dies at 101 bit.ly/310CMDo via Los Angeles Times #WayneThiebaud

Can you look through some dead whale photos for us? Is this a Jellyfish? Can insects hear? Our Library Director Arie Hammond gets a LOT of random questions. 😂 Read about some of her favorites—and their surprising answers—on our blog! 📚🔍 sdnhm.org/blog/blog_deta…

Follow me into the field today as The Nat's herpetology team relocates a bunch of #California red legged frogs from #BajaCalifornia to San Diego and #Riverside counties. Will be posting live updates as things progress 🐸 #scicomm #fieldwork

Now that is a LOT of #bugs (and #arachnids)!! 😱 Recognize any of them? 🧐 This array of #arthropods was collected last week by our #Entomology curator, Michael A. Wall, during an expedition to #BajaCaliforniaSur. Hurray for #Biodiversity! 🐛🐜🦂🕷️🦗🐞 The Nat #Creepy #Crawly #Cool

Need a good conversation starter this #weekend? Our research division has you covered. 😎 Took many a #FieldworkFriday to get here.

It's National Poop Day! 💩 We have lots of poop on display for visitors to marvel (and giggle) at, including coprolites, or fossilized poop. We also have fancy 3D renderings of said poop, in case you want to get a real good look 🧐 #PoopRocks #Coprolites #NaturalHistory #💩