Daniel Bolnick
@danielbolnick.bsky.social
Professor of ecology and evolution @ UConn. Studies adaptation, evolutionary immunology, speciation, genomics, foraging, parasite ecology and more.
Hikes, rock climbs, tango, history buff, photographer & parent
Hikes, rock climbs, tango, history buff, photographer & parent
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The National Park Service is introducing a digital annual pass that charges foreign visitors $170 more than United States residents across the federal recreation system.
National parks announce ‘America-first’ upcharges for foreign visitors
The National Park Service's new America-first pricing policy will see foreign visitors pay more to access popular national parks, including Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The National Park Service is introducing a digital annual pass that charges foreign visitors $170 more than United States residents across the federal recreation system.
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Prasad previously announced that he intends to start with the conclusions he wants and work backwards to produce the "evidence."
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pbem/
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pbem/
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Prasad previously announced that he intends to start with the conclusions he wants and work backwards to produce the "evidence."
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pbem/
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pbem/
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Join the BuggedBugs project as a PhD student to study how climate change affects biodiversity. Start: March 2026. Apply by Dec 14, 2023. Details: https://www.biodiversity-exploratories.de. Contact: [email protected]. #phd
Biodiversitäts-Exploratorien – Forschung für biologische Vielfalt.
Exploratorien zur funktionellen Biodiversitätsforschung — Offene Forschungsplattform fürWissenschaftler:innen aus ganz Deutschland.
www.biodiversity-exploratories.de
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Join the BuggedBugs project as a PhD student to study how climate change affects biodiversity. Start: March 2026. Apply by Dec 14, 2023. Details: https://www.biodiversity-exploratories.de. Contact: [email protected]. #phd
Did you receive a Student Research Award from the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social ? We'd love to hear what you achieved with those awards (or, please share with someone who had one), even going back many years:
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docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
American Society of Naturalists Student Research Award Outcomes
The American Society of Naturalists (ASN) gives out student research awards (generally $2000 each) to support activities of our student members. We request that Student Research Award recipients provi...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Did you receive a Student Research Award from the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social ? We'd love to hear what you achieved with those awards (or, please share with someone who had one), even going back many years:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ASN DC Membership Application 2025
The ASN Diversity Committee (DC) seeks to add 2 new members starting in January 2026. The DC works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusiveness to enhance the study of evolution, ecology, and behav...
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
7) ASN will have its stand-alone meeting Jan 8-10 2027, so save the date. To vary things up from our (wonderful, but repetitive) Asilomar venue, this meeting will be on the east coast...
7) ASN will have its stand-alone meeting Jan 8-10 2027, so save the date. To vary things up from our (wonderful, but repetitive) Asilomar venue, this meeting will be on the east coast...
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
7) ASN will have its stand-alone meeting Jan 8-10 2027, so save the date. To vary things up from our (wonderful, but repetitive) Asilomar venue, this meeting will be on the east coast...
7) ASN will have its stand-alone meeting Jan 8-10 2027, so save the date. To vary things up from our (wonderful, but repetitive) Asilomar venue, this meeting will be on the east coast...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
6. For the Virtual Evolution meeting 2026 ASN will have a symposium we organize. Please submit a proposal!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
6. For the Virtual Evolution meeting 2026 ASN will have a symposium we organize. Please submit a proposal!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026
<p><strong>Due January 15, 2026:</strong> The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!</p><br/>
www.amnat.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
6. For the Virtual Evolution meeting 2026 ASN will have a symposium we organize. Please submit a proposal!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
6. For the Virtual Evolution meeting 2026 ASN will have a symposium we organize. Please submit a proposal!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
5. We are always open to nominations for Lifetime Membership awards. These are given out rarely to senior leaders in our field. You can nominate someone here: www.amnat.org/announcement...
5. We are always open to nominations for Lifetime Membership awards. These are given out rarely to senior leaders in our field. You can nominate someone here: www.amnat.org/announcement...
Nominations for Honorary Lifetime Membership in the American Society of Naturalists
<p>Send in nominations by April 1. Please include a short paragraph on why. </p><br/>
www.amnat.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
5. We are always open to nominations for Lifetime Membership awards. These are given out rarely to senior leaders in our field. You can nominate someone here: www.amnat.org/announcement...
5. We are always open to nominations for Lifetime Membership awards. These are given out rarely to senior leaders in our field. You can nominate someone here: www.amnat.org/announcement...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
3. The ASN Conceptual Unification of Biological Sciences award is for a late career investigator www.amnat.org/announcement...
3. The ASN Conceptual Unification of Biological Sciences award is for a late career investigator www.amnat.org/announcement...
Nominations for the ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
<p>The Conceptual Unification award is given annually and honors a senior but active investigator who is making fundamental contributions to the Society's goals in promoting the conceptual unifica...
www.amnat.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
3. The ASN Conceptual Unification of Biological Sciences award is for a late career investigator www.amnat.org/announcement...
3. The ASN Conceptual Unification of Biological Sciences award is for a late career investigator www.amnat.org/announcement...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
3. The ASN Distinguished Naturalist award is for a mid career investigator (<= 20 years from PhD). Go here to nominate someone: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
3. The ASN Distinguished Naturalist award is for a mid career investigator (<= 20 years from PhD). Go here to nominate someone: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Nominations for the Distinguished Naturalist Award
<p>The ASN Distinguished Naturalist Award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Nom...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
3. The ASN Distinguished Naturalist award is for a mid career investigator (<= 20 years from PhD). Go here to nominate someone: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
3. The ASN Distinguished Naturalist award is for a mid career investigator (<= 20 years from PhD). Go here to nominate someone: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
2. ASN Early Career Investigator awards are now open for application. Self-nominations okay! Due Jan 5
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
2. ASN Early Career Investigator awards are now open for application. Self-nominations okay! Due Jan 5
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Applications for the 2026 ASN Early Career Investigator Award
<p>Nominations/Applications for the 2026 Early Career Investigator Award are <strong>due January 5, 2026</strong></p><br/>
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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
2. ASN Early Career Investigator awards are now open for application. Self-nominations okay! Due Jan 5
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
2. ASN Early Career Investigator awards are now open for application. Self-nominations okay! Due Jan 5
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!!
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Student Research Award
<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!!
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Good morning friends!
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning friends!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
The chase is on...
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The chase is on...
Chonker of a squirrel getting ready for winter, contemplating competing in the Fat Bear contest
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Chonker of a squirrel getting ready for winter, contemplating competing in the Fat Bear contest
When Canada geese come in to land on the pond they sometimes do "whiffling" - little barrel rolls. Look closely at these pictures to spot a few who are totally upside-down
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
When Canada geese come in to land on the pond they sometimes do "whiffling" - little barrel rolls. Look closely at these pictures to spot a few who are totally upside-down
Lots of ducks on the pond, so time to play "Whose butt is that?"
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Lots of ducks on the pond, so time to play "Whose butt is that?"
Working from home today because there aren’t classes at UConn.
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Working from home today because there aren’t classes at UConn.
My laptop is defective… it has two b’s on the keyboard.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My laptop is defective… it has two b’s on the keyboard.
Half the southern elephant seals on South Georgia Island, one of the major populations, were wiped out by bird flu in the past two years:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 5...
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Half the southern elephant seals on South Georgia Island, one of the major populations, were wiped out by bird flu in the past two years:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
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So, if an institute or center decided not to fund any grant from University X or on Topic Y, then there would be no documentation in the official grant files about these applications.
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a brown puppy is being held by a person with the words " really " on the bottom
ALT: a brown puppy is being held by a person with the words " really " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So, if an institute or center decided not to fund any grant from University X or on Topic Y, then there would be no documentation in the official grant files about these applications.
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