Kris Sabbi
@kris-sabbi.bsky.social
Comparative primatologist studying how great apes grow up | Harvard HEB
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Kris Sabbi
@kris-sabbi.bsky.social
· Nov 15
It's so exciting to see things growing over here! As a reintroduction - I'm Kris and I'm a primatologist studying how wild primates grow up. Connect with me for some fun science, and of course, gratuitous primate pics!
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We're looking for a brilliant person to cover @kateot.bsky.social while she goes off on maternity leave.
It's a rare chance to work on crucial issues at a global level, leading an amazing, high-performing team.
Sounds like it might be up your street? Get in touch 👉 www.wcrf.org/about-us/wor...
It's a rare chance to work on crucial issues at a global level, leading an amazing, high-performing team.
Sounds like it might be up your street? Get in touch 👉 www.wcrf.org/about-us/wor...
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We're looking for a brilliant person to cover @kateot.bsky.social while she goes off on maternity leave.
It's a rare chance to work on crucial issues at a global level, leading an amazing, high-performing team.
Sounds like it might be up your street? Get in touch 👉 www.wcrf.org/about-us/wor...
It's a rare chance to work on crucial issues at a global level, leading an amazing, high-performing team.
Sounds like it might be up your street? Get in touch 👉 www.wcrf.org/about-us/wor...
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Love Notes from Nature Calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Native Plant Project in Philly! We're planning to distribute 10,000 packets of native plant seeds in the city & doing a bar-level promo campaign w/local artists.
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Love Notes from Nature Calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Native Plant Project in Philly! We're planning to distribute 10,000 packets of native plant seeds in the city & doing a bar-level promo campaign w/local artists.
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
What unfolded tonight at Brown is beyond a horrible tragedy. There should be more to do about this then "sending thoughts and prayers." I long to see the day that the last horrible tragedy stays the last horrible tragedy instead of being too quickly replaced by the next one.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
What unfolded tonight at Brown is beyond a horrible tragedy. There should be more to do about this then "sending thoughts and prayers." I long to see the day that the last horrible tragedy stays the last horrible tragedy instead of being too quickly replaced by the next one.
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Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
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Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) are the smallest of the gorilla subspecies and the most widespread. They live in small stable family groups led by a silverback male. Threatened by poaching, disease, climate change, and habitat degradation and destruction. Critically Endangered.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) are the smallest of the gorilla subspecies and the most widespread. They live in small stable family groups led by a silverback male. Threatened by poaching, disease, climate change, and habitat degradation and destruction. Critically Endangered.
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📣 Our team at @nhm.org is #hiring a Program Manager to support our community science programs and integrated social-ecological research. Full time temporary (on grant $) for 4 months, then part-time permanent. Application review begins Jan 5 - apply and/or share widely!
tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
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tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
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Recruitment
tinyurl.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
📣 Our team at @nhm.org is #hiring a Program Manager to support our community science programs and integrated social-ecological research. Full time temporary (on grant $) for 4 months, then part-time permanent. Application review begins Jan 5 - apply and/or share widely!
tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
🧪🌎
tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
🧪🌎
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Here's my latest column, on the natural history of misinformation. Gift link: nyti.ms/3MkcbJ1
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December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Here's my latest column, on the natural history of misinformation. Gift link: nyti.ms/3MkcbJ1
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Bicolor banded langurs (Presbytis bicolor) are endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia, living in single-male or one-male multi-female groups. Threatened by habitat conversion for agriculture and collection for the illegal pet trade. Listed as Data Deficient. Photo:© sichaoma/iNaturalist/CC4.0.
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Bicolor banded langurs (Presbytis bicolor) are endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia, living in single-male or one-male multi-female groups. Threatened by habitat conversion for agriculture and collection for the illegal pet trade. Listed as Data Deficient. Photo:© sichaoma/iNaturalist/CC4.0.
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Weddell's saddle-back tamarins (Leontocebus weddelli) are native to the lowland Amazonian forests of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. They generally live in groups of 2-9 and form mixed-species troops with emperor tamarins, white-lipped tamarins, and Goeldi's monkeys. Widespread in their range.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Weddell's saddle-back tamarins (Leontocebus weddelli) are native to the lowland Amazonian forests of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. They generally live in groups of 2-9 and form mixed-species troops with emperor tamarins, white-lipped tamarins, and Goeldi's monkeys. Widespread in their range.
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Red-handed howler monkeys (Alouatta belzebul), found in Amazonian Brazil, are dietary generalists. Soil consumption aids digestive processes and provides added nutrients. Threatened by hunting and habitat destruction. Vulnerable. Photo: © Roberto Almeida/iNaturalist/CC 4.0.
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Red-handed howler monkeys (Alouatta belzebul), found in Amazonian Brazil, are dietary generalists. Soil consumption aids digestive processes and provides added nutrients. Threatened by hunting and habitat destruction. Vulnerable. Photo: © Roberto Almeida/iNaturalist/CC 4.0.
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Heck's macaques (Macaca hecki) are endemic to Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, a mountainous region with many active volcanoes. Mostly terrestrial, they live in groups of up to 30 individuals. Threatened by habitat loss and forest fragmentation. Vulnerable. Photo courtesy of © Jono Dashper.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Heck's macaques (Macaca hecki) are endemic to Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, a mountainous region with many active volcanoes. Mostly terrestrial, they live in groups of up to 30 individuals. Threatened by habitat loss and forest fragmentation. Vulnerable. Photo courtesy of © Jono Dashper.
Is it even a holiday if you don’t visit the hometown ER?
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Is it even a holiday if you don’t visit the hometown ER?
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If a politician:
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If a politician:
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
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Black-footed gray langurs (Semnopithecus hypoleucos), also called Malabar sacred langurs, are endemic to the Western Ghats Mountains in India's southwest coast and a world heritage site rich in biodiversity. Threatened by forest degradation from human activities and hunting. Listed as Least Concern.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Black-footed gray langurs (Semnopithecus hypoleucos), also called Malabar sacred langurs, are endemic to the Western Ghats Mountains in India's southwest coast and a world heritage site rich in biodiversity. Threatened by forest degradation from human activities and hunting. Listed as Least Concern.
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Africa’s great apes are our closest living relatives. In this video, explore the remarkable world of bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas: their intelligence, social relationships, behaviors, communication, and the challenges they face in the wild. youtu.be/E8aj5ZqX4Rg
Africa's Apes
YouTube video by New England Primate Conservancy
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November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Africa’s great apes are our closest living relatives. In this video, explore the remarkable world of bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas: their intelligence, social relationships, behaviors, communication, and the challenges they face in the wild. youtu.be/E8aj5ZqX4Rg
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Gray-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix cinerea) are found in fragmented populations in Vietnam's central highlands. One of 3 douc langur species, differentiated by the color of their lower legs. Threatened by deforestation and hunting. Critically Endangered.
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Gray-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix cinerea) are found in fragmented populations in Vietnam's central highlands. One of 3 douc langur species, differentiated by the color of their lower legs. Threatened by deforestation and hunting. Critically Endangered.
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Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) are endemic to east-central China. The largest of the macaques. Mostly terrestrial, they prefer to sleep in caves. Threatened by habitat loss; recent halts to deforestation may bring hope for population stability. Near Threatened.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) are endemic to east-central China. The largest of the macaques. Mostly terrestrial, they prefer to sleep in caves. Threatened by habitat loss; recent halts to deforestation may bring hope for population stability. Near Threatened.
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A reminder to all #palaeoartists; the deadline for the Marsh Palaeoart Award is fast approaching!
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A reminder to all #palaeoartists; the deadline for the Marsh Palaeoart Award is fast approaching!
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Guide for the perplexed:
One academic expressing an opinion about another academic’s work = not censorship
A university dictating what its staff can and cannot teach = censorship
One academic expressing an opinion about another academic’s work = not censorship
A university dictating what its staff can and cannot teach = censorship
'Courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, sexual orientation, or gender identity” now require presidential approval at Texas A&M system campuses, the system Board of Regents decided Thursday.'
Much will rest on interpretations of 'advocate' and 'ideology'. Or will it? 1/4
Much will rest on interpretations of 'advocate' and 'ideology'. Or will it? 1/4
Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That “Advocate” Certain Ideologies
Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester systemwide course revie...
www.insidehighered.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Guide for the perplexed:
One academic expressing an opinion about another academic’s work = not censorship
A university dictating what its staff can and cannot teach = censorship
One academic expressing an opinion about another academic’s work = not censorship
A university dictating what its staff can and cannot teach = censorship
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Where in the world do nonhuman primates live—and why there?
In this video, we explore the global distribution of primates, traveling to see where they occur and what makes these habitats so vital. Accompanying lesson and activities: neprimateconservancy.org/where-primates-live/
youtu.be/IpYt-KL68Sw
In this video, we explore the global distribution of primates, traveling to see where they occur and what makes these habitats so vital. Accompanying lesson and activities: neprimateconservancy.org/where-primates-live/
youtu.be/IpYt-KL68Sw
Where Do Primates Live?
YouTube video by New England Primate Conservancy
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Where in the world do nonhuman primates live—and why there?
In this video, we explore the global distribution of primates, traveling to see where they occur and what makes these habitats so vital. Accompanying lesson and activities: neprimateconservancy.org/where-primates-live/
youtu.be/IpYt-KL68Sw
In this video, we explore the global distribution of primates, traveling to see where they occur and what makes these habitats so vital. Accompanying lesson and activities: neprimateconservancy.org/where-primates-live/
youtu.be/IpYt-KL68Sw
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Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus), also called Northern Mesoamerican and Yucatán spider monkeys, native to Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Populations are highly fragmented. Captured for the pet trade and further threatened by habitat loss. Endangered.
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus), also called Northern Mesoamerican and Yucatán spider monkeys, native to Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Populations are highly fragmented. Captured for the pet trade and further threatened by habitat loss. Endangered.