Joanna Coleman
@joannacoleman.bsky.social
Urban Ecologist, Conservation Biologist, Asst Professor, Queens College-CUNY & Co-Chair of the IUCN SSC 🦇 Specialist Group, 🦇 Trade and Human Dimensions Working Groups. 🇨🇦 🇷🇴 🇸🇬 🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Interesting finding & clever methodology.
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds idw-online.de/de/news862413 #ALAN #Wildlife
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Interesting finding & clever methodology.
Not even political 💩 can get me down as we wait for LCD Soundsystem to take the stage at Queens Knockdown Centre ! So stoked !
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Not even political 💩 can get me down as we wait for LCD Soundsystem to take the stage at Queens Knockdown Centre ! So stoked !
« Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them. »
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
« Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them. »
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
When the rainforests of the sea and the rainforests of the land are gone… I don’t want to finish that sentence.
This could be our shining moment of courage and solidarity. Our time to show what great things humanity is capable of.
Fight climate change now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This could be our shining moment of courage and solidarity. Our time to show what great things humanity is capable of.
Fight climate change now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
When the rainforests of the sea and the rainforests of the land are gone… I don’t want to finish that sentence.
This could be our shining moment of courage and solidarity. Our time to show what great things humanity is capable of.
Fight climate change now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This could be our shining moment of courage and solidarity. Our time to show what great things humanity is capable of.
Fight climate change now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All elected officials, including heads of state, are public servants. Therefore, they should serve the people’s interests.
It’s really that simple.
It’s really that simple.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
All elected officials, including heads of state, are public servants. Therefore, they should serve the people’s interests.
It’s really that simple.
It’s really that simple.
On campus today, a red-tailed hawk struck a 2nd story window hard enough to smash it.
It has been rescued. Hopefully it will survive.
Window strikes are the 2nd leading anthropogenic source of mortality for birds, killing up to a billion birds a yr in the 🇺🇸.
There are solutions. Let’s use them.
It has been rescued. Hopefully it will survive.
Window strikes are the 2nd leading anthropogenic source of mortality for birds, killing up to a billion birds a yr in the 🇺🇸.
There are solutions. Let’s use them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
On campus today, a red-tailed hawk struck a 2nd story window hard enough to smash it.
It has been rescued. Hopefully it will survive.
Window strikes are the 2nd leading anthropogenic source of mortality for birds, killing up to a billion birds a yr in the 🇺🇸.
There are solutions. Let’s use them.
It has been rescued. Hopefully it will survive.
Window strikes are the 2nd leading anthropogenic source of mortality for birds, killing up to a billion birds a yr in the 🇺🇸.
There are solutions. Let’s use them.
Reposted by Joanna Coleman
Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs.
The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis tsukisome, were found attached to the shells of hermit crabs.
The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis tsukisome, were found attached to the shells of hermit crabs.
Sea anemones and hermit crabs form a mutualistic relationship in Japan
Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis…
news.mongabay.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs.
The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis tsukisome, were found attached to the shells of hermit crabs.
The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis tsukisome, were found attached to the shells of hermit crabs.
15 November in Queens and trees still have green leaves. The 2nd “anomalous” year in a row in terms of delayed fall senescence.
But shhh. Let’s not utter the words “climate change”.
www.thecolumbiasciencereview.com/online-artic...
But shhh. Let’s not utter the words “climate change”.
www.thecolumbiasciencereview.com/online-artic...
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
15 November in Queens and trees still have green leaves. The 2nd “anomalous” year in a row in terms of delayed fall senescence.
But shhh. Let’s not utter the words “climate change”.
www.thecolumbiasciencereview.com/online-artic...
But shhh. Let’s not utter the words “climate change”.
www.thecolumbiasciencereview.com/online-artic...
This, too, is ornamental wildlife trade. And at a time when ocean acidification is putting shelled molluscs at risk by causing shell dissolution, these ancient animals really don’t need this added threat.
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This, too, is ornamental wildlife trade. And at a time when ocean acidification is putting shelled molluscs at risk by causing shell dissolution, these ancient animals really don’t need this added threat.
Reposted by Joanna Coleman
🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
On a morning when everyone is posting their incredible photos of the aurora borealis from all over 🇨🇦 and the 🇺🇸 (which we did not see in NYC), I give you these from this morning…
Our 🦜 attacks my slipper at least once a week - today, inflicting only minor damage to my foot.
🦜s are jerks.
Our 🦜 attacks my slipper at least once a week - today, inflicting only minor damage to my foot.
🦜s are jerks.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On a morning when everyone is posting their incredible photos of the aurora borealis from all over 🇨🇦 and the 🇺🇸 (which we did not see in NYC), I give you these from this morning…
Our 🦜 attacks my slipper at least once a week - today, inflicting only minor damage to my foot.
🦜s are jerks.
Our 🦜 attacks my slipper at least once a week - today, inflicting only minor damage to my foot.
🦜s are jerks.
So basically, 0.09 to > 0.1 % of the entire 🇺🇸 population will have been let go from the federal workforce (in addition to all the other job losses) by year’s end. Have I got that right ?
fortune.com/2025/11/06/h...
fortune.com/2025/11/06/h...
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
So basically, 0.09 to > 0.1 % of the entire 🇺🇸 population will have been let go from the federal workforce (in addition to all the other job losses) by year’s end. Have I got that right ?
fortune.com/2025/11/06/h...
fortune.com/2025/11/06/h...
No… “Singapore noodles” will not satisfy my craving for laksa because that’s just not a thing. Give me the real deal lah !
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No… “Singapore noodles” will not satisfy my craving for laksa because that’s just not a thing. Give me the real deal lah !
Reposted by Joanna Coleman
‘Politicians actually taking action’: five world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
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#Action #Climate #ClimateAction
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
‘Politicians actually taking action’: five world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
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#Action #Climate #ClimateAction
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I used to walk by the wet market or Sheng Siong and get a whiff of durian and be so grossed out.
Now, if I happen to smell it somewhere in NYC, I am instantly homesick.
Now, if I happen to smell it somewhere in NYC, I am instantly homesick.
Max tries a ’durian’ national fruit for the first time
youtube.com/shorts/FDiS2...
youtube.com/shorts/FDiS2...
First time trying DURIAN 🇸🇬
YouTube video by Max Klymenko
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I used to walk by the wet market or Sheng Siong and get a whiff of durian and be so grossed out.
Now, if I happen to smell it somewhere in NYC, I am instantly homesick.
Now, if I happen to smell it somewhere in NYC, I am instantly homesick.
Reposted by Joanna Coleman
Recognizing or stopping a genocide before it happens?
This recent study shows a possible path towards this most important goal.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
This recent study shows a possible path towards this most important goal.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
A sequence of human rights violations precedes mass atrocities, new research shows
Based on human rights data from four decades, new research from political scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that human rights violations escalate in predictable...
www.eurekalert.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Recognizing or stopping a genocide before it happens?
This recent study shows a possible path towards this most important goal.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
This recent study shows a possible path towards this most important goal.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Today, NYC will elect a new mayor.
And lest the scare tactics have folks worried about the “perils” of a young Muslim mayor…
@naheednenshi.bsky.social was 38 when we elected him in 2010. He served Calgary for 3 terms and was a very effective leader.
In fact, he won the World Mayor Prize in 2014.
And lest the scare tactics have folks worried about the “perils” of a young Muslim mayor…
@naheednenshi.bsky.social was 38 when we elected him in 2010. He served Calgary for 3 terms and was a very effective leader.
In fact, he won the World Mayor Prize in 2014.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today, NYC will elect a new mayor.
And lest the scare tactics have folks worried about the “perils” of a young Muslim mayor…
@naheednenshi.bsky.social was 38 when we elected him in 2010. He served Calgary for 3 terms and was a very effective leader.
In fact, he won the World Mayor Prize in 2014.
And lest the scare tactics have folks worried about the “perils” of a young Muslim mayor…
@naheednenshi.bsky.social was 38 when we elected him in 2010. He served Calgary for 3 terms and was a very effective leader.
In fact, he won the World Mayor Prize in 2014.
CITES is the only treaty that addresses intl wildlife trade. The CoP starts 24 Nov.
The list of proposals cites.org/eng/cop/20/a... include protecting okapis, hornbills & more.
You can contact your elected federal representatives to say you want them to support enhanced protection for wildlife.
The list of proposals cites.org/eng/cop/20/a... include protecting okapis, hornbills & more.
You can contact your elected federal representatives to say you want them to support enhanced protection for wildlife.
Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II | CITES
cites.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
CITES is the only treaty that addresses intl wildlife trade. The CoP starts 24 Nov.
The list of proposals cites.org/eng/cop/20/a... include protecting okapis, hornbills & more.
You can contact your elected federal representatives to say you want them to support enhanced protection for wildlife.
The list of proposals cites.org/eng/cop/20/a... include protecting okapis, hornbills & more.
You can contact your elected federal representatives to say you want them to support enhanced protection for wildlife.
Ok, so it seems common serotine bats have a huge and ❤️ shaped penis, which they basically just touch the female with for up to 12 HOURS.
I’m sorry, but that does not sound like a fun sex life at all.
I’m sorry, but that does not sound like a fun sex life at all.
Quirks and Quarks takes on the curious story of the European Serotine bat and its mating behaviour. Proof, once again, that bats are often "extraordinary"!
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
These bats copulate for hours with enormous penises but no penetration | CBC Radio
A common serotine bat's penis is seven times longer and wider than the female genital tract. A researcher who specializes in bat reproduction explains how the bats get the deed done.
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Ok, so it seems common serotine bats have a huge and ❤️ shaped penis, which they basically just touch the female with for up to 12 HOURS.
I’m sorry, but that does not sound like a fun sex life at all.
I’m sorry, but that does not sound like a fun sex life at all.
Hey New Yorkers, if each of us gives just 100usd, we could raise 800 million to make sure nobody in our community goes hungry.
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
give.foodbanknyc.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hey New Yorkers, if each of us gives just 100usd, we could raise 800 million to make sure nobody in our community goes hungry.
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
Very interesting and concerning. And a good one to share with my year 1 students who just learned about arthropod diversity and importance.
Antarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important?
Antarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important?
Russia’s arrest of a Ukrainian scientist this week over his support for curbs on krill fishing have thrown the vital role of the tiny marine species into the spotlight
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Very interesting and concerning. And a good one to share with my year 1 students who just learned about arthropod diversity and importance.
Painted woolly bats are listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Ornamental trade is the top threat they face, and several lines of evidence point to steep declines in at least some populations.
We are doing everything we can to stop the trade.
act.biologicaldiversity.org/_M_d3tlOQ0G4...
We are doing everything we can to stop the trade.
act.biologicaldiversity.org/_M_d3tlOQ0G4...
Painted bats belong alive in the wild — not dead on walls.
Tell Amazon to stop selling painted woolly bats so their populations can again flourish in the wild — where they belong.
act.biologicaldiversity.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Painted woolly bats are listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Ornamental trade is the top threat they face, and several lines of evidence point to steep declines in at least some populations.
We are doing everything we can to stop the trade.
act.biologicaldiversity.org/_M_d3tlOQ0G4...
We are doing everything we can to stop the trade.
act.biologicaldiversity.org/_M_d3tlOQ0G4...
Record breaking, deadly rain and flooding hit NYC today just 2 days after a record breaking hurricane caused devastation in Jamaica. God those poor people. My heart.
Can we PLEASE stop messing about and act to mitigate climate change now ?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/30/f...
Can we PLEASE stop messing about and act to mitigate climate change now ?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/30/f...
Two Die in NYC Basements as Squall Brings Massive Rain Burst to City
Two men, one in Central Brooklyn and another in Upper Manhattan, were found dead in flooded areas after intense rain arrived late on Thursday.
www.thecity.nyc
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Record breaking, deadly rain and flooding hit NYC today just 2 days after a record breaking hurricane caused devastation in Jamaica. God those poor people. My heart.
Can we PLEASE stop messing about and act to mitigate climate change now ?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/30/f...
Can we PLEASE stop messing about and act to mitigate climate change now ?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/30/f...
Reposted by Joanna Coleman
We have entered the time of year where all of the climate reports come up in the lead-up to the climate negotiations. This year, the news is BAD and flying to Brazil to yell at one another may not be the best use of carbon, money, or time...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We have entered the time of year where all of the climate reports come up in the lead-up to the climate negotiations. This year, the news is BAD and flying to Brazil to yell at one another may not be the best use of carbon, money, or time...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...