Eric R. Larson
@ericrlarson.bsky.social
Associate professor in freshwater ecology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Crayfish, invasive species, environmental DNA, and more. https://publish.illinois.edu/erlarson/
This is another of our studies that I really value for getting us out to the same streams throughout the year, with a snapshot here of a few of our fall and winter sampling events.
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is another of our studies that I really value for getting us out to the same streams throughout the year, with a snapshot here of a few of our fall and winter sampling events.
This is a little reassuring as an Illinois fan.
January 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This is a little reassuring as an Illinois fan.
Semi-related: this signal crayfish from G.C. Miller's 1960s thesis (The Taxonomy and Certain Biological Aspects of the Crayfish of Oregon and Washington), covered in barnacles out of the Columbia River estuary at Astoria.
December 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Semi-related: this signal crayfish from G.C. Miller's 1960s thesis (The Taxonomy and Certain Biological Aspects of the Crayfish of Oregon and Washington), covered in barnacles out of the Columbia River estuary at Astoria.
bro you gotta molt
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
bro you gotta molt
I know this result is a bit obvious, but I think it merits evidencing: if you remove all vegetation from miles of natural streams, there are costs to wildlife and to people who enjoy and benefit from that wildlife. If you hunt or fish or bird watch or hike, we live in a diminshed landscape.
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I know this result is a bit obvious, but I think it merits evidencing: if you remove all vegetation from miles of natural streams, there are costs to wildlife and to people who enjoy and benefit from that wildlife. If you hunt or fish or bird watch or hike, we live in a diminshed landscape.
With a press release from @lquinnphd.bsky.social available at: aces.illinois.edu/news/terrest...
Terrestrial biodiversity grows with tree cover in agricultural landscapes | College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences | Illinois
Farmers plant or preserve riparian buffers for various reasons, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion, or maintaining hunting habitat. Now, a new study from the University of Illinois U...
aces.illinois.edu
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With a press release from @lquinnphd.bsky.social available at: aces.illinois.edu/news/terrest...
A little farther from Chicago, but The Nature Conservancy also has bison herds on restored prairies at both Nachusa Grasslands in Illinois (www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...) and Kankakee Sands on the Indiana border (www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...). Both are ~1.5 to 2 hour drives from the loop.
Visit Nachusa Grasslands
Consisting of 4,000 acres of restored, remnant prairie, Nachusa Grasslands is home to 180 species of birds, more than 700 native plant species and a herd of bison.
www.nature.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A little farther from Chicago, but The Nature Conservancy also has bison herds on restored prairies at both Nachusa Grasslands in Illinois (www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...) and Kankakee Sands on the Indiana border (www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...). Both are ~1.5 to 2 hour drives from the loop.
The show is very funny, but when Garfield is explaining the omission of his Civil War service to his daughter? Devestating stuff, Michael Shannon is incredible.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The show is very funny, but when Garfield is explaining the omission of his Civil War service to his daughter? Devestating stuff, Michael Shannon is incredible.
Maybe recency bias, but "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You." I had to see it live before it hit me that the "you" was us, the audience - a justification for the last few decades of Dylan's life and their relentless touring.
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Maybe recency bias, but "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You." I had to see it live before it hit me that the "you" was us, the audience - a justification for the last few decades of Dylan's life and their relentless touring.
"I Shall Be Released" one of those songs that feels like it's been around for centuries
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"I Shall Be Released" one of those songs that feels like it's been around for centuries
I think the exhibit on Lincoln as a circuit lawyer in central Illinois is interesting. It's a nice but smaller county museum. The restored prairie on the west side of the property is interesting, but gets some spillover noise from the interstate.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think the exhibit on Lincoln as a circuit lawyer in central Illinois is interesting. It's a nice but smaller county museum. The restored prairie on the west side of the property is interesting, but gets some spillover noise from the interstate.
Big Lincoln exhibit, blacksmith shop, small botanical garden, connects west to a restored prairie and east to a forested river corridor. It is very convenient off I-74.
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Big Lincoln exhibit, blacksmith shop, small botanical garden, connects west to a restored prairie and east to a forested river corridor. It is very convenient off I-74.
He was just great. Everyone on Stax had the same excellent backing musicians, but Redding completely elevates the sound as a singer. I'm never tired of it.
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
He was just great. Everyone on Stax had the same excellent backing musicians, but Redding completely elevates the sound as a singer. I'm never tired of it.
Mr Pitiful for the origin story of flipping a radio DJ dig about his sad ballads into a great song
October 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Mr Pitiful for the origin story of flipping a radio DJ dig about his sad ballads into a great song