For friends involved with field studies of #Biology or #ecology: There's a new international survey seeking information about scientists who died during fieldwork between 2000 and today. If you knew anyone and would consider sharing info, here's the link: emorymedicine.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8i…

Do I know anyone in Saskatchewan? Do you? I am particularly keen to find out whether or not candy-striped spiders are there (yet)! There were records, but they turned out to be mis-IDs. This is the only province where they may not be! x.com/Cataranea/stat…

“The name Clingman is not derogatory in and of itself, but the history shows the act of changing the name of Kuwahi to Clingmans Dome was racist and the racist action should be acknowledged and corrected”

Hi! I finally caved and made a science Twitter! My name is Judith and I study hummingbirds and community ecology in Ecuador! Excited to share my experiences on here :)

My dudes Ben Freeman and Eliot Miller have a beaut out today in Science Magazine! Great use of eBird data to show that narrow montane range limits are probably due to competition between species. Well done! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Here we go!!! #BestOfCrest

NOT LONG LEFT AND IT IS SO CLOSE BETWEEN THESE TWO INCREIDBKE BIRDS!!! 😰😰😰 Get in your votes for the #BestOfCrest 2022 GRAND FINAL before it is too late!

BIG NEWS!!! 🌟 I own a nonprofit with my co-founder Murry Burgess, PhD. Welcome to Field Inclusive: an organization designed to help Black & historically excluded Field Biologists thru recognition, financial aid and field safety support! ✊🏾 #BlackInFieldWork

This is a prime example of why we have to keep talking about the habitat loss issue....and the pesticides issue....and the bird decline issue....and the grasslands overall in trouble issue....and the food resource issue....and and and

Holy. Cow. Did you know that during migration, 1/2 of the estimated population of Whimbrel roosts on ONE sandbar in SC?? I sure didn't. Not sure I've ever seen more than a few at one time. Super interesting research by Maina Handmaker @NRSenner et al. youtube.com/watch?v=KSr6V3…

Many birding locations in the US are rural, in communities that tend to be less welcoming to queer people Plus birders love to travel-- 69 countries criminalize same-sex relationships, 11 with the death penalty humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/m…

It was a historic night at Woodend Nature Sanctuary. On 10/20, members adopted Nature Forward as the organization's new name. The last such vote took place in 1959. The evening also featured a wonderful talk given by Rodney Stotts, one of America’s few Black master falconers.

I haven’t laughed this hard in an episode before

"Perhaps [future generations will] see a turning point when people stopped seeing animals as vessels for human legacies but as entities with their own worth and stories, reflected in their very names." --Ed Yong is not here #BirdNamesForBirds theatlantic.com/science/archiv…