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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 2h

Alpine lakes among the dramatic peaks of Kings Canyon Nat'l Park grace Ecosphere's October cover. New research shows how introduced trout have impacts that ripple through the food web and reshape bird communities

Browse the full #OpenAccess issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21508925...

Cover of the October 2025 issue of Ecosphere

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yo #teamfish, major dream job alert!

Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 5d

Come join our amazing department!!!!

Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 11d

NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 26d

Just found out Karen's had >50 applications come in during the first four days.

Completely unprecedented in all the hiring we've ever done.

I guess this shows the state of the wildlife job market right now. Really sad.

Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 29d

The amazing Karen Gallardo-Cruz is looking for a field technician to study Barn Owl responses to tractor noise!

The position will be in Lodi, CA this spring/summer (mid-March to late-June). $20-23/hr and housing provided. Check out the job ad here:

karp.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/u...

karp.ucdavis.edu

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 29d

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela @birdmapper.bsky.social · Aug 28

New paper 🚨
We studied drivers of birdwatching tourism globally using @teamebird.bsky.social data, bird distributions, and socioeconomic data. Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social, @rswamper.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ok bird people. The neighbors cat keeps hunting birds in our yard and just killed one (LEGO) right in front of the kiddo. Beyond nicely talking to the neighbor (which I've done), anyone have suggestions for best sprays, deterrents, etc? Thanks so much!

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Neil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · Aug 21

our paper on how light pollution affects bird vocal behavior is out today in Science!!

w/ @brentpease.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Aug 11

Absolutely amazing afternoon in the Galapagos with the kiddo's favorite bird! Courtship displays, weird behaviors jockying for mates, and babies. Magical!

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · Jul 23

Analysis of data on 971 bird species in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, suggesting that extrapolations from local studies will severely underestimate biodiversity losses
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Analysis of data on 971 bird species in natural habitat and cattle pasture in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, sugges...

www.nature.com

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Jul 17

Bird of the day... Week? Season?!

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great morning out with Julian Tattoni helping out with his molt study in SF!

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Jul 17

Look into the lab assistant series. 10 percent benefits for short term hire

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Amidst all the heaviness out there, so fun to share a wonderful story about our record-breaking big day a month ago!

Thanks so much to Tiffany Dobbyn of @ucdavisnews.bsky.social for writing this!

caes.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...

UC Davis Team Breaks ‘Big Day’ County Record with 173 Birds

The wind was whipping across a dark, open field near the southern edge of Yolo County when two small burrowing owls suddenly burst into flight. For a team of birders from UC Davis, the birds marked th...

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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 9

Anya Brown - @dranyabrown.bsky.social, marine scientist at @ucdavis.bsky.social & Nat Geo Explorer, studies how coral microbes shape reef resilience. “It’s the kind of thing that unites so much of life on Earth,” she says. 🌊🪸🐠

Read more in Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/artic...

Anya Brown is investigating microbes’ critical role in coral reefs

Her research team’s contributions could hold promise for coral adaptation and conservation.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · Jun 2

Fun day at the Cosumnes River MAPS station... Caught and got to handle my first Red-shouldered Hawk! (With all necessary permits and permissions)

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · May 30

The goal is plainly and literally to cut the number of people involved in basic science in the US by 70%

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

From over 300k to less than 100k. A picture of smaller, reduced science.

Estimates for # of people involved in NSF activities

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · May 31

Just absolutely devastating

Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · May 30

In case you couldn't bear to read all the way to the end (understandable), here is the proposed picture for the BIO Directorate.

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UCD Proposal Development Services @ucdproposaldev.bsky.social · May 22

@ucdavis.bsky.social faculty do so much important research!

@dskarp.bsky.social #academicsky #ucdavisresearch #goaggies

UC Davis @ucdavis.bsky.social · May 22

At UC Davis, Daniel Karp leads studies on how we can protect wildlife while growing abundant, healthy safe food. His USDA-funded research shows that removing natural habitat from farmland—often done to reduce foodborne illness—can actually make things worse.

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UC Davis @ucdavis.bsky.social · May 22

Karp’s work helps farmers adopt win-win practices that support biodiversity, food safety and sustainable agriculture.

Learn more about Karp's USDA-funded research, visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives.

#FromLabsToLives | #SaveResearch

From Labs to Lives

UC Davis researchers describe the impact of their work and the life-altering consequences if federal funding for medical research were reduced or eliminated.

ucdavis.edu

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