Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
@scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
Carnivores, communities, EJ: NHMLAC & California Academy of Sciences | NatGeo Explorer | Schmidt Science Fellow | SciComm: United Talent Agency | Co-founder, Black Mammalogists Week ✊🏽| Creator: Queer is Natural 🦩
www.scrappynaturalist.com
www.scrappynaturalist.com
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Excited to share our new study "Environmental health and societal wealth predict movement patterns of an urban carnivore"- out today in Ecology Letters! All about how social-ecological features influence coyote movement. (1/n)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
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Just wrapped up the final written draft of my upcoming #NatGeo children’s book! ☺️🥹 now onward to copyediting and design 👀
coming in 2027, stay tuned ;)
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coming in 2027, stay tuned ;)
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November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just wrapped up the final written draft of my upcoming #NatGeo children’s book! ☺️🥹 now onward to copyediting and design 👀
coming in 2027, stay tuned ;)
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coming in 2027, stay tuned ;)
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In the process of filming a coyote doc with PBS, I met some awesome community coyote scientists, including Wee Man from the “Jackass” franchise - who, it turns out, is a huge fan of coyotes and very knowledgeable about his local ‘yote pack. You never know who you’ll meet in community science!
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November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In the process of filming a coyote doc with PBS, I met some awesome community coyote scientists, including Wee Man from the “Jackass” franchise - who, it turns out, is a huge fan of coyotes and very knowledgeable about his local ‘yote pack. You never know who you’ll meet in community science!
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One man’s pest is another man’s treasure 🐀🐜🦝💛
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One man’s pest is another man’s treasure 🐀🐜🦝💛
📣New publication! “The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A global systematic review” in @ambio-journal.bsky.social. Led by Katie Adler, also w/Dr. Meredith Gore. We found that costs vary significantly by location & context, & deserve more study.
Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
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Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📣New publication! “The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A global systematic review” in @ambio-journal.bsky.social. Led by Katie Adler, also w/Dr. Meredith Gore. We found that costs vary significantly by location & context, & deserve more study.
Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
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Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
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Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
Looks like we are about to see a significant increase in snatch-and-grab operations around the Bay Area
408-290-1144 is the hotline for the Palo Alto/Mountain View area
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
408-290-1144 is the hotline for the Palo Alto/Mountain View area
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Looks like we are about to see a significant increase in snatch-and-grab operations around the Bay Area
408-290-1144 is the hotline for the Palo Alto/Mountain View area
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
408-290-1144 is the hotline for the Palo Alto/Mountain View area
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
That's a lotta birds
Neophobia compared in 1,439 birds of 136 species
Specialised diets and migration are associated with greater fear of new objects. Surprisingly, witnessing such objects in groups is also associated with greater fear.
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
(blog) phys.org/news/2025-10...
Specialised diets and migration are associated with greater fear of new objects. Surprisingly, witnessing such objects in groups is also associated with greater fear.
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
(blog) phys.org/news/2025-10...
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
That's a lotta birds
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
✅ I finally got a chance to ask my “fifth committee member”, Jeff Goldblum, to sign my dissertation, which is titled “Life Finds a Way: Carnivore Movement and Conflict in Developing Landscapes”. 😋
My work on human-wildlife interactions continues to embody this iconic Jurassic Park phrase 🐾👣🌱.
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My work on human-wildlife interactions continues to embody this iconic Jurassic Park phrase 🐾👣🌱.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
✅ I finally got a chance to ask my “fifth committee member”, Jeff Goldblum, to sign my dissertation, which is titled “Life Finds a Way: Carnivore Movement and Conflict in Developing Landscapes”. 😋
My work on human-wildlife interactions continues to embody this iconic Jurassic Park phrase 🐾👣🌱.
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My work on human-wildlife interactions continues to embody this iconic Jurassic Park phrase 🐾👣🌱.
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Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
If you're horrified by this, complete the survey.
cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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October 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If you're horrified by this, complete the survey.
cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
Greater noctule #bats use echolocation to track migrating #birds and consume them on the wing! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
www.science.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Greater noctule #bats use echolocation to track migrating #birds and consume them on the wing! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
When my nephew was born, I got him many misunderstood animal stuffies, starting with a tarantula. I was inspired by this photo of young Dr. Jane Goodall with her stuffed chimpanzee, hoping my nephew would come to love these critters.
Now 11, he recently told me he wants to be an entomologist.
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Now 11, he recently told me he wants to be an entomologist.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
When my nephew was born, I got him many misunderstood animal stuffies, starting with a tarantula. I was inspired by this photo of young Dr. Jane Goodall with her stuffed chimpanzee, hoping my nephew would come to love these critters.
Now 11, he recently told me he wants to be an entomologist.
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Now 11, he recently told me he wants to be an entomologist.
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Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
Before you hit the streets on No Kings Day, join the @aclu.org’s know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training to take action safely and confidently. Learn how to protect yourself and your community while standing up for your rights.
No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
act.aclu.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Before you hit the streets on No Kings Day, join the @aclu.org’s know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training to take action safely and confidently. Learn how to protect yourself and your community while standing up for your rights.
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
I've got a whole chapter on the mercurial, undefeatable coyote in GRIZZLED, with insights from @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I've got a whole chapter on the mercurial, undefeatable coyote in GRIZZLED, with insights from @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
sent to me by my mechanic in Kenya (George)!
so glad we’re on air there!! 🎉🐾👣🇰🇪
#CloseEncountersOfTheWildKind
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so glad we’re on air there!! 🎉🐾👣🇰🇪
#CloseEncountersOfTheWildKind
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September 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
sent to me by my mechanic in Kenya (George)!
so glad we’re on air there!! 🎉🐾👣🇰🇪
#CloseEncountersOfTheWildKind
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so glad we’re on air there!! 🎉🐾👣🇰🇪
#CloseEncountersOfTheWildKind
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Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
I am so excited to be featured on Plimsoll Productions’ latest show, Close Encounters of the Wild Kind - all about the behaviors and conservation science underlying the world’s wildest animal encounters! 👣🐾🦁🦬🐊
Premieres Sunday 14 Sept at 7pm on NatGeo Wild UK, w/ a wider release coming soon..!
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Premieres Sunday 14 Sept at 7pm on NatGeo Wild UK, w/ a wider release coming soon..!
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September 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am so excited to be featured on Plimsoll Productions’ latest show, Close Encounters of the Wild Kind - all about the behaviors and conservation science underlying the world’s wildest animal encounters! 👣🐾🦁🦬🐊
Premieres Sunday 14 Sept at 7pm on NatGeo Wild UK, w/ a wider release coming soon..!
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Premieres Sunday 14 Sept at 7pm on NatGeo Wild UK, w/ a wider release coming soon..!
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Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
August 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Hey folks!
I wanted to share this collaborative resource I made a few years ago, and ask for your help in updating it! This is a list of grants, scholarships, and fellowships for which African nationals are eligible. Please share widely & add resources- thanks!!
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tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowships
I wanted to share this collaborative resource I made a few years ago, and ask for your help in updating it! This is a list of grants, scholarships, and fellowships for which African nationals are eligible. Please share widely & add resources- thanks!!
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tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowships
Fellowships, Scholarships, and Research Grants for African Nationals (Focus: Conservation, Biology, Ecology, Evolution)
tinyurl.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey folks!
I wanted to share this collaborative resource I made a few years ago, and ask for your help in updating it! This is a list of grants, scholarships, and fellowships for which African nationals are eligible. Please share widely & add resources- thanks!!
🌍🧪
tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowships
I wanted to share this collaborative resource I made a few years ago, and ask for your help in updating it! This is a list of grants, scholarships, and fellowships for which African nationals are eligible. Please share widely & add resources- thanks!!
🌍🧪
tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowships
even though i look terrifying (😅), i love taiko so, so much. especially San Francisco Taiko Dojo. go fill up your soul at a taiko show if you’ve never experienced it 💛🤗
thanks to Jim Kerns for the first two photos :).
thanks to Jim Kerns for the first two photos :).
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
even though i look terrifying (😅), i love taiko so, so much. especially San Francisco Taiko Dojo. go fill up your soul at a taiko show if you’ve never experienced it 💛🤗
thanks to Jim Kerns for the first two photos :).
thanks to Jim Kerns for the first two photos :).
Reposted by Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
For everyone paying attention to earthquake & tsunami info, a lot of funding for tsunami & earthquake monitoring comes from NOAA, but the fed gov is cutting their funding. Call your legislators, tell them to fund NOAA & USGS, who in turn funds regional network operators, like AK Earthquake Center
July 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
For everyone paying attention to earthquake & tsunami info, a lot of funding for tsunami & earthquake monitoring comes from NOAA, but the fed gov is cutting their funding. Call your legislators, tell them to fund NOAA & USGS, who in turn funds regional network operators, like AK Earthquake Center