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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24d

The annual Fat Bear Week featuring gluttonous brown bears at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve is back.

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

The annual Fat Bear Week featuring gluttonous brown bears at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is back.

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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · Sep 5

Gap-spotting, problematization, finding a niche: How can researchers develop their contribution to the literature? www.raulpacheco.org/2025/06/gap-...

There is (justified) pushback against the gap-spotting approach. In this post I argue for "searching for a space to contribute".

#RPVSky

Gap-spotting, problematization, finding a niche: How can researchers develop their contribution to the literature?

Three of my PhD students are close to finishing their doctoral dissertations over the course

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 26

Friends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon.

All information can be found in this link:

www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑

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Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.

An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · Aug 18

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains?

My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙

Apply by Nov 1!

Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2025 - Hypoxia PhD job ad

The Moore lab at the University of Colorado Denver is searching for 1 Ph.D. student to study the elevational limits of dragonflies in Colorado (http://moore-evo-eco.weebly.com). This position is fully...

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Lara @laracrc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy Friday 🌍! We are giving away one copy of 'Spatial Linear Models for Environmental Data'. To enter, simply follow me and re-post this by the end of Sunday, August 17. #spatial #environment # #data #StatsSky routledge.com/9780367183349 not associated with bsky

Book cover of Spatial Linear Models for Enviornmental Data, dark blue background with white pattern with a picture of caribou and data plots

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Erin Buchholtz @erinbuchholtz.bsky.social · Aug 5

Student-lead joint lab paper published today!

Black bears are abundant in North America - this review investigates their trophic role as large omnivores with top-down effects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪

@johnnettles.bsky.social @pancakesnmegs.bsky.social @davidjachowski.bsky.social

The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) as an Apex Predator: Investigating the Ecological Role of the World's Most Abundant Large Carnivore

Black bears as apex predators. American black bears can (1) produce top-down effects on ungulates equal to or exceeding those of typical apex predators and (2) modify the spatiotemporal behaviour of ...

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Misha Matz @heatshok.bsky.social · Aug 4

up to three years of support for postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments cns.utexas.edu/research/res... 🧪🌎

Stengl-Wyer Scholars

Stengl-Wyer Scholars are postdoctoral scientists in ecology and the life sciences who study at The University of Texas at Austin

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Aug 2

Come work at the UMich Biological Station as a Michigan Fellow (you don't have to be a biologist)! Apply today: societyoffellows.umich.edu/uncategorize...

Apply Now: Michigan Society of Fellows 2026-2029 Postdoctoral Fellowships – University of Michigan Society of Fellows, Established 1970

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Jul 30

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · Jul 21

FOUR TT positions in ecosystem ecology at Odum School of Ecology, 2 aquatic 2 terrestrial, over next 2 years! visit www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439... for more info.

Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology

The Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia invites applications for four tenure-track positions in Ecosystem Ecology at the Assistant Professor level. These are academic year, 9-month app...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jul 16

1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint.

This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.

Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review

Scholarly publishing relies on peer review to identify the best science. Yet finding willing and qualified reviewers to evaluate manuscripts has become an increasingly challenging task, possibly even ...

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Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · Jul 8

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Jul 14

A heat wave in 2021 killed 19 people in Spokane, Washington. The city was awarded $19.9M by the EPA to prepare for future heat waves, but the grant was abruptly terminated.

Now Spokane and 350 other communities are left scrambling to adapt to #climatechange. theconversation.com/my-city-was-...

My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then EPA terminated the grants

The administration said the grants were ‘no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities.’ Spokane, which has faced deadly heat waves in eastern Washington, shows who is at risk.

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Erin Buchholtz @erinbuchholtz.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · Jun 27

If you're a conservation scientist into connectivity & great collaborators—check this out 👇

Postdoc position to work on caribou road ecology. You’d join a fantastic team I will also collaborate with!

📍Hybrid (U.S.-based)
🗓️ Apply by July 15
thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.com/jobs/27bffb5...

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · Jul 7

the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

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Erin Buchholtz @erinbuchholtz.bsky.social · Jul 7

Right to the top of the wildlife-connectivity TBR pile! 🌎🧪

kzeller.bsky.social @kzeller.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very excited to share this paper led by my former postdoc, Eric Palm, and collaborated on with a stellar team of scientists
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
@claytontlamb.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social @melaniedickie.bsky.social @jmnorthrup.bsky.social

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · Jun 30

Map of Ecosystems of North America Completed!

@natureserve.bsky.social has released a first-of-its-kind map of ecosystems across the conterminous U.S. & nearby regions w/ a level of detail & consistency not previously available.
🧪 🌎 #GISchat
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International Vegetation Classification Groups v1.0

This layer presents information on the distribution of International Vegetation Classification (IVC) Groups for North America.

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Julie K. Young @drjuliekyoung.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Berryman Institute brings you the second edition of The Human-Wildlife Report - a quarterly newsletter with updates on the most recent research by our faculty & students, news & media highlights, & education and outreach events & opportunities.

Signup at: usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Issue 2 The Human-Wildlife Report | PDF to Flipbook

Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

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Kaitlyn Gaynor @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social · Jun 17

Have you ever cited or come across a mention of the 'human shield hypothesis' and wondered: what is the evidence for this hypothesis, and what is the quality of that evidence? Wonder no more!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey?

The human shield hypothesis posits that predators avoid areas of human disturbance due to perceived risk from humans, and prey therefore seeks refuge in these areas of perceived safety. Our systemati....

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · Jun 16

Please share! We are accepting applications for the Biology Preview Program, which aims to make the PhD application process accessible and work with students to strenghten applications. Participants will receive a fee waiver, work 1:1 w/ a mentor, and meet w/faculty. Link: forms.gle/1xBShmvot5Vr...

2025 Stanford Biology Preview Program Application

The Stanford Biology Preview Program (BPP) aims to support scholars through the PhD application process. The Stanford BPP offers virtual workshops to provide insight into the Stanford Biology PhD Prog...

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Jun 16

Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.

A map showing public lands eligible for disposal in the west, zoomed in to show US Forest Service (green) and Bureau of Land Management (orange) public lands in Washington state that could be sold under the Senate Reconciliation Bill.

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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨 Recruiting! I’m looking for two graduate students (MSc or PhD) already based in Canada to join my lab and work on biodiversity research - broadly defined.

Based at Concordia University (Montreal) - competitive stipends will be offered.

communityandquantitativeecology.weebly.com

Community and Quantitative Ecology

Spatial Patterns of Biodiversity LABORATORY OF COMMUNITY AND QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY

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