I used to take this bridge everyday to work; it’s the major pinch point in traffic as is

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#NEWPAPER Monk parakeets, often near pigeons, show a seroprevalence of Newcastle virus of 38%, suggesting cross-species transmission. This is not the case of Kramer parakeets. Urban environments facilitate disease transmission btw native and exotic species tinyurl.com/4exf4cf7

New paper (w/ Open Access): fine-scale demographic variation among brook trout populations in Cape Race NL generates a portfolio effect that stabilizes species abundance and reduces vulnerability to climate change doi.org/10.1002/eap.29…

The Holgerson Lab of Aquatic Ecology is hiring a lab manager! Please spread the word. Apply and find more details: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerP…. Contact me directly with questions.

Dear Alaska Airlines - I get that there are aircraft shuffling issues w/ the 737 Max9 inspections. But why cancel all pet cargo shipments, even for flights that are direct, still scheduled on time, & shipper is willing to wait until the pet is on the plane? It's magnifying hassles

JOB on my team Scientific technician studying torrent/giant salamanders, tailed frogs, toads, and mussels in Washington's Chehalis Basin Pretty spots and good people! $3,376 - 4,497/mo governmentjobs.com/careers/washin…

tired: throwing beavers out of airplanes over Idaho in the 1940s wired:

Dr. Seth Magle (Seth Magle), our director, reveals three reasons why the #Chicago rat hole might not have come from a rat! A 🧵 1/4 nbcchicago.com/news/local/zoo…

NEW: NYC Sanitation has issued *1,697* summonses for property owners failing to remove snow and/or ice since 8am. Asked about this today, the commissioner told me: “there is no grace period. It’s a question of safety.” #NBC4NY

"The Future of Trash is Here"... but it was in European cities 20 years ago. One of the first things I noticed in Vienna, Barcelona, etc. was the dedicated dumpsters/recycling bins at most residential intersections. Let's hope this is a 1st step in rodent control in NYC, as well

I'm on NIH webinar (which is informative), & as so often happens, the speakers entirely overlooked PUI researchers. They listed funding options people apply for during their careers & R15 was not listed in an "exhaustive" list. A LOT of valuable research/training happens @ PUIs!

Richmond Women’s Basketball = Atlantic 10 Conference Conference CHAMPIONS ❤️💙🕷️

At the Vertebrate Pest Conference in Monterey? Come by Anna and Abrielle's posters now to hear them discuss their projects on Vkorc1 rodenticide resistance gene surveillance in Richmond, & beaver habitat suitability modeling in Massachusetts!

Comment from our animal use committee on our protocol tracking rat aboveground habitat use: "Explain why other species (eg mice) cannot substitute and why remote sensing without handling would not work" My reply: "Mice cannot substitute in this study because they are not rats."

What to do when you get a fraudulent account set up in your name with AT&T & menacing bills, but you can't actually get thru to a human to deal with the problem after 2 hours on the phone. What do you recommend AT&T Help, that won't take 2 hours & accomplish nothing??

A reminder that we can achieve environmental successes. Some things are terrible now. The don't need to be terrible forever. B4 CWA 1/3 of our waters were unswimmable or unfishable CWA was vetoed by President Nixon, but Congress overrode the veto. waterkeeper.org/news/bipartisa…

Our paper about a plucky little minnow who overcame adversity to thrive in a toxic heck-scape is now live J Urban Ecology Thanks to our PC Biology , PC Sponsored Projects & Research Compliance and Ctr4EngagedLearning colleagues. And delightful coauthors Bryan Clark, Diane, & Matt #teamfish academic.oup.com/jue/article/10…