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Emily Runnells
@e-runnells.bsky.social
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Marine ecologist, current PhD student studying seabirds with the Davoren Lab, she/her
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Emily Runnells @e-runnells.bsky.social · Mar 28
So exciting that our paper on #puffin wing molt is out! We're learning more about oceanic life history, and how to protect this beloved species beyond the breeding colony, bit by bit. #stableisotopes, #seabirds, #ornithology - worth a read. Thank you #gulls, for the feather samples.
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Mar 28
Stable isotopes reveal synchronous primary flight feather moult pattern of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 2d
Help us show the Trump administration how unpopular their plans to open our protected areas to industrial fishing are

Please sign and share our petition

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 2d
OCTOBER SUMMER goes on
Dozens of October records include
MAINE
87 Fryeberg
86 Augusta
84 Houlton and Presque Isle
83 Caribou
VERMONT yesterday
86 Burlington
86 Highgate and Morrisville
85 Springfield
NY
88 Dansville
Min 67 Montauk
MICHIGAN
Min 68 Muskegon

More records tomorrow!
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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 5d
reminder, based on recent experiences: when all your undergraduates claim that their grandparents are dying, that's because their grandparents really are dying, that's just the age when a lot of people lose their grandparents.
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 6d
Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)!

📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event

Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...

#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology
Advertisement for registration of WSC4 being open, picturing a gannet in flight and text details of the conference.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15d
The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16d
Is anyone keeping track of the full list of college and university professors who have been fired for social media posts over the last two weesks?
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Sep 9
Just a reminder for more memories of #seabird fieldwork from this year! 🦅🕊️🪶🥚

#SeabirdSeptember
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Jonathan A. Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social · 23d
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
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Montreal Protocol Ozone Secretariat @unepozone.bsky.social · 27d
On this #WorldOzoneDay we also celebrate the science that in the 1970s warned of a looming environmental crisis and the ozone treaties that continue to protect the ozone layer & environment to this day 🌿 Science it not cheap, but its value is beyond measure #MontrealProtocol #Science #GlobalAction
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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · Sep 9
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Emily Runnells @e-runnells.bsky.social · Sep 7
#FoundThatLizard
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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · Sep 7
Can you #FindThatLizard?!

It’s my birthday this Sunday so for this week’s challenge, I wanted to reflect on my love for lizards and why I wanted to share that love with all of you.

I wasn’t always obsessed with lizards. In fact for most of my life, I didn’t even give them a second thought.
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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · Sep 7
Christmas #Shearwater chick (Ducie Atoll) for #SuperSeabirdSaturday
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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · Sep 6
Author friends, if AI developers have stolen your work as they have mine, this thread details what you can do about it - regardless of where you live. ✒️📖
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
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Emily Runnells @e-runnells.bsky.social · Sep 6
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Sep 5
New @adriftlab.bsky.social paper in Emu-Austral Ornithology with @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social on the age of first return of Sable Shearwaters #seabirds #ornithology 🪶🧪

doi.org/10.1080/0158...
Age at first return of Sable Shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes) By Jennifer L. Lavers and Alexander L. Bond ABSTRACT Long-term datasets are fundamental to the accurate estimation of demographic parameters for long-lived species. This is particularly the case for declining species where there is an imperative to identify which parameter(s) are driving population dynamics. Using eleven years of banding and recapture data (2015–2025), we provide the first estimate of age at first return for a declining population of Sable Shearwaters Ardenna carneipes on Lord Howe Island in eastern Australia. Mean age at first return was 6.2 years, which is among the longest pre-breeding period reported for any shearwater. Various factors that may influence shearwater recruitment age, such as climate and population size, are briefly discussed. ARTICLE HISTORY Received 3 June 2025 Accepted 23 August 2025 KEYWORDS Banding study; demography; life history; Procellariiformes; recruitment; seabirds
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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · Sep 2
has anyone got any examples of typical Atlantic puffin burrow densities on island colonies? #seabirds #puffins
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 31
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · Aug 24
Ungrading comrades- I am putting together a presentation for faculty on #ungrading and am looking for examples to share from other faculty who practice ungrading/alt grading. If you have a syllabus or examples to share of how you do this, I’d love to include it as samples! Thx 🙏
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · Aug 25
this is cool - @standupforscience.bsky.social will send a "Quack-O-Gram" - an actual rubber duck! - on your behalf to your representative, asking them to impeach RFK Jr for all our sakes.

act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
Help power the Summer Fight For Science movement!
Donate now to help mobilize the fight for science and democracy. Every contribution matters!
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Liam U. Taylor @liamtaylor.bsky.social · Aug 21
Next semester I'll be emergency pinch-hitting an upper level, undergraduate seminar in #Parasitology.

I've got plenty of general background (esp. eco/evo/wildlife)

but relatively little specific expertise

What are some all time great #parasite papers / studies / stories etc.?
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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · Aug 19
Come study with us! ⬇️
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Aug 18
With the new academic year not too far off, if any university folks in the UK have a student that might like an EDI related research project in ecology/conservation/zoology that would also make a nice paper, drop me a line
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José Queirós @josepmqueiros.bsky.social · Aug 19
Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists url: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists
Abstract. There is an increasing recognition of the importance of involving early career researchers (ECRs) in scientific positions of trust within nationa
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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 17
Motivated by Sanchez et al. 2025 & BioGraphI sesh at #ESA2025 - I want to share the diversity in our field with my #ecology students after asking them what identifies they associate w/the field. #Ecologists please consider sharing 3 (single words) aspects of your identify on this menti (anonymous!)
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Aug 10
If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.

Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Notice of Availability: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks public comment on the draft report produced by DOE's Climate Working Group (CWG), titled "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emi...
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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 6
"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social

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Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".
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