Carol Boggs
@carolboggs.bsky.social
ecology /evolution/ life history/ behavior/ physiology; nature. Using butterflies as a study system.
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Temporal variability in demographic rates has been viewed as detrimental to long-term fitness, but a newer idea is that it may sometimes be beneficial. Morris and Doak reassess the conditions necessary for lability to occur.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
What Is Demographic Lability and When Might We Expect to See It? | The American Naturalist
Abstract When vital rates are convex functions of environmental drivers, temporal variation in those vital rates could increase long-term stochastic fitness (so-called demographic lability). Yet no em...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Temporal variability in demographic rates has been viewed as detrimental to long-term fitness, but a newer idea is that it may sometimes be beneficial. Morris and Doak reassess the conditions necessary for lability to occur.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Wow.
Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social spoke today at #LivingData2025 about journals that disappear from the web. To learn more about his example: the hijacking and fraudulent DOI Assignment of The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, see our BHL blogpost: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2022/10/jour...
The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera: A Story of Pirate Publishers, ISSN Hijacking and Fraudulent DOI Assignment
In 2017, The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera published its final issue. The journal’s website was turned off and, to ensure ongoing access to the biodiversity knowledge contained within its …
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Wow.
Heredity did a podcast on our paper from Nitin's dissertation! Listen to learn more about the cool results.
🎙️ New podcast!
We often hear that invasive species are bad for ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem fuzzy.
We hear from @naikasanuchara.bsky.social and @carolboggs.bsky.social about their study system, where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly.
We often hear that invasive species are bad for ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem fuzzy.
We hear from @naikasanuchara.bsky.social and @carolboggs.bsky.social about their study system, where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly.
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Heredity did a podcast on our paper from Nitin's dissertation! Listen to learn more about the cool results.
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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This is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry.
#TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
#TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
May 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry.
#TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
#TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
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The Trump administration has killed a $600 million grant to Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for H5N1 influenza. @helenbranswell.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Trump administration has killed a $600 million grant to Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for H5N1 influenza. @helenbranswell.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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For 5 days straight, NASA scientists will be sharing what cuts to U.S. climate research will mean. They’re answering live questions and refusing to be silenced. This is what #makesciencegreatagain looks like. #standupforscience
📺 Watch the livestream now:
👉 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...
📺 Watch the livestream now:
👉 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...
May 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
For 5 days straight, NASA scientists will be sharing what cuts to U.S. climate research will mean. They’re answering live questions and refusing to be silenced. This is what #makesciencegreatagain looks like. #standupforscience
📺 Watch the livestream now:
👉 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...
📺 Watch the livestream now:
👉 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...
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NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane!
If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.
If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.
May 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane!
If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.
If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.
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The program for Evolution 2025 is now live! Talk schedules for both the virtual and in-person meetings can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr...
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
Evolution 2025
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May 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The program for Evolution 2025 is now live! Talk schedules for both the virtual and in-person meetings can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr...
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
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New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services
Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
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I know NIH is ~5x bigger than NSF but I think the gutting of NSF is getting a lot less than 1/5 the attention— in the news media and in higher ed— compared with what's happened to NIH.
May 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I know NIH is ~5x bigger than NSF but I think the gutting of NSF is getting a lot less than 1/5 the attention— in the news media and in higher ed— compared with what's happened to NIH.
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I was wondering who’s responsible for the ongoing demolition of NSF. Aside from Chief Management Officer Cheatham, whose resignation the staff union seeks, it appears to be 3 DOGE agents: Farritor (23), Terrell (25), and Riley (33). None appear to have any familiarity with scientific research.
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I was wondering who’s responsible for the ongoing demolition of NSF. Aside from Chief Management Officer Cheatham, whose resignation the staff union seeks, it appears to be 3 DOGE agents: Farritor (23), Terrell (25), and Riley (33). None appear to have any familiarity with scientific research.
Please circulate to your colleagues, friends and family. The QR code has templates for messaging, and more information.
#withoutNSF #saveNSF #supportNSF
#withoutNSF #saveNSF #supportNSF
Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF!
Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts.
We must make noise! Pls RT!!!!
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts.
We must make noise! Pls RT!!!!
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
May 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Please circulate to your colleagues, friends and family. The QR code has templates for messaging, and more information.
#withoutNSF #saveNSF #supportNSF
#withoutNSF #saveNSF #supportNSF
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FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
Meeting the Moment Together
We are returning from the AERA Annual Meeting in Denver reinvigorated and with a deep appreciation for all that scholars and higher education leaders are holding in this moment. Rapid shifts in fed...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
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Yesterday, the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook showed us the first glimpse of August & it is not pretty. Neither is July. As for June, it looks rough in the SW. This, with diminished federal response capacity & who knows what with FEMA. Buckle up--you're probably on your own.
May 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Yesterday, the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook showed us the first glimpse of August & it is not pretty. Neither is July. As for June, it looks rough in the SW. This, with diminished federal response capacity & who knows what with FEMA. Buckle up--you're probably on your own.
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I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
May 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
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There’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.
May 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
There’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.
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Pause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them
❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them
May 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them
❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them
Well done! but it shouldn't be necessary.
Last week, the govt dismissed 400 researchers working on the US National Climate Assessment. I was one of them. Today, @agu.org & @ametsoc.org announced they are joining forces to sustain the momentum. It's not a replacement, it's a reminder that science is unstoppable. news.agu.org/press-releas...
AGU and AMS join forces on special collection to maintain momentum of research supporting the U.S. National Climate assessment
Congressionally mandated, the NCA draws on the latest scientific research to evaluate how climate change is affecting the United States. The new special collection does not replace the NCA but instead...
news.agu.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Well done! but it shouldn't be necessary.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have left Houston, Tampa, New York and other major cities without head meteorologists just ahead of what will be another busy hurricane season
This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice
(h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social )
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice
(h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social )
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
May 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have left Houston, Tampa, New York and other major cities without head meteorologists just ahead of what will be another busy hurricane season
This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice
(h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social )
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice
(h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social )
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
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About NSF’s new(est) bulletin -
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
About NSF’s new(est) bulletin -
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
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Science and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%
April 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Science and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%
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An essential paper, one that will guide conservation and restoration for landscape connectivity at local to global scales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
www.science.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
An essential paper, one that will guide conservation and restoration for landscape connectivity at local to global scales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...