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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 10d

🔬 Led by Dr. Patricia Mendoza, the research provides valuable insights to inform current and future conservation actions for populations facing fragmentation and isolation—especially efforts aimed at maintaining genetically viable populations.

@mobotgarden.bsky.social @stlzoo.bsky.social

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 10d

This collaborative study—between WashU Anthropology, Madagascar Flora and Fauna Group, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis Zoo, and the University of Antananarivo—explores the genetic diversity of two Critically Endangered lemur species living in two forests in Eastern Madagascar.

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨

We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation!

Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

(or find the link in our bio)

📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 11d

🌿 We’re Hiring!
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.

✨ If you have experience in LEC's pilar areas and love collaboration, apply today!

👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 16d

Behind the scenes at @mobotgarden.bsky.social

WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation.

Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses).

📸: Sean Garcia, WashU

#WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 19d

New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand.

🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎉 New publication alert!

Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News)

#ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Learn about how Missouri Botanical Garden's Madagascar Programme is supporting both sustainable livelihoods and a healthy ecosystems. Read all about it in this article by The Guardian (@theguardian.com‬) www.theguardian.com/saving-land-...

From destruction to restoration: how farmers in Madagascar are being helped to safeguard its rare plant life

By offering local communities legal land ownership and creating green jobs, MBG-Madagascar has found a win-win solution when it comes to protecting rainforests and livelihoods

www.theguardian.com

Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎉 New publication alert!

Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml

#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity

Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 23

LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@ecarlen.bsky.social) joins St Louis on the Air to explore how STL's built environment shapes not just neighborhoods — but wildlife.

It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history.

🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.

St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · Jul 21

New research by a local scientist explains the ways politics have shaped the genealogy — and even evolution — of St. Louis squirrels.

Segregation runs so deep in St. Louis, it may even affect squirrel DNA

The St. Louis socioeconomic and racial dividing line known as the Delmar Divide separates people, and new research suggests it also segregates wildlife.

www.stlpr.org

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨
The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬

Apply today
🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-...

#scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen

🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV

#UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution

@nature.com

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 14

These examples remind us:
Human decisions don’t just impact ecosystems—they shape evolutionary futures.

If we want to understand urban biodiversity, we need to consider history, politics, and culture too.

Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 14

In Los Angeles, redliningstill affects wildlife. Coyote and bobcat gene flow is lower between redlined and non-redlined areas, showing how human social history has left a biological mark. 🐾📜

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Take salamanders in Spain. A religious wall separating Christian and Muslim communities also split the local fire salamander population. Over time, the two groups diverged genetically. A cultural boundary became an evolutionary one. ✝️🕌🦎

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 14

We often think of evolution as something happening "out there" in nature. But cities—steeped in history, power, and belief—are deeply shaping how animals live, move, and evolve. 🏙️🦊🧬

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jul 14

🧵How do war, politics & religion shape the evolution of wildlife in cities? It’s not just habitat loss and pollution—human culture itself is driving evolutionary change. LEC postdoc Dr. Elizabeth Carlen explains in her latest piece for @us.theconversation.com
🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...

War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the evolution of urban animals and plants.

theconversation.com

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations.

Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium.

#onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jun 16

#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane!

This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.

LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jun 15

At @iccb2025.bsky.social? Stop by booth 4! We’d love to learn about your work and share about our work combining the research power of academia, botanical gardens and zoos. #iccb2025

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jun 14

We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology!

Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag!

#ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · Jun 5

New publication by LEC post-doc alum and LEC Biodiversity Fellows!
Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · May 27

Thanks for having us! We loved sharing with this incredible network.

Biophilic Cities @biophiliccities.bsky.social · May 27

Learn from St. Louis’ Sustainability Director, Elysia Russell, and the city’s partners at the Living Earth Collaborative about efforts underway to make St. Louis a Nature City of the 21st Century. www.biophiliccities.org/st-louis-nat...

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · May 27

LEC is a partnership with @washu.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @stlzoo.bsky.social focused on conserving biodiversity locally & globally.

Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/ho...

Global biodiversity begins at home with the Living Earth Collaborative

The Living Earth Collaborative’s research into primate social life led to new protections for apes and their companions. (Credit: Will Burrard-Lucas) Wild chimpanzees will happily share their secrets,...

artsci.washu.edu

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