Stephanie Coronado
@stephaloo.bsky.social
Tropical insect ecologist from Oxnard, CA
USF Postdoc studying ant communities on coffee farms in Chiapas, MX
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USF Postdoc studying ant communities on coffee farms in Chiapas, MX
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the most dramatic video I’ve ever taken
June 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
the most dramatic video I’ve ever taken
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From afar I thought this was just an ant. But up close, it's the same mysterious chalcidoid wasp I spotted a few weeks ago , this time in a new location. I still think it's Encyrtus sp. Those oversized heads give them an adorably cartoonish look.
#Encyrtidae #Invert #entomology #hymenoptera 🪲🪳🌿
#Encyrtidae #Invert #entomology #hymenoptera 🪲🪳🌿
June 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
From afar I thought this was just an ant. But up close, it's the same mysterious chalcidoid wasp I spotted a few weeks ago , this time in a new location. I still think it's Encyrtus sp. Those oversized heads give them an adorably cartoonish look.
#Encyrtidae #Invert #entomology #hymenoptera 🪲🪳🌿
#Encyrtidae #Invert #entomology #hymenoptera 🪲🪳🌿
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The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public.
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem.
Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem. There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp ...
www.butlernature.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public.
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Reposted by Stephanie Coronado
Grants aside, our colleagues at the NIH, NSF, etc. are under tremendous and undeserved stress and it’s important that we support them as they do all they can to hold the line.
NIH grants peeps are working hard, on a Sunday night, trying to get our grants out to us as their world is in chaos.
We owe them all a huge debt.
Science peeps: be sure to send your grants personnel (grants management, POs and SROs) a note of encouragement and gratitude.
@sarathomasy.bsky.social
We owe them all a huge debt.
Science peeps: be sure to send your grants personnel (grants management, POs and SROs) a note of encouragement and gratitude.
@sarathomasy.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Grants aside, our colleagues at the NIH, NSF, etc. are under tremendous and undeserved stress and it’s important that we support them as they do all they can to hold the line.
I’m not sure what the coming months, years will look like in academia, but we have already seen universities roll back any courses or programs that appear DEI related. We are all scared for our jobs, our research. This quote helped center me and remind me how important pushing back is
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m not sure what the coming months, years will look like in academia, but we have already seen universities roll back any courses or programs that appear DEI related. We are all scared for our jobs, our research. This quote helped center me and remind me how important pushing back is
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How do complex social behaviors evolve and shape species' success? Here doi.org/10.1038/s420... we reveal how a key social behavior in ants - mouth-to-mouth food sharing #trophallaxis - emerged as ants opportunistically exploited new ecological niches as terrestrial environments changed.
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
How do complex social behaviors evolve and shape species' success? Here doi.org/10.1038/s420... we reveal how a key social behavior in ants - mouth-to-mouth food sharing #trophallaxis - emerged as ants opportunistically exploited new ecological niches as terrestrial environments changed.