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Lara Durgavich

@ldurgavich.bsky.social

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Still tinkering. Still a primate. Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · Nov 12

One time I did a TED talk:
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Lara Durgavich: An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease

How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutionary medicine as a gateway to understanding the qu...

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5h

Time to log off & read a book. 📖

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5h

This would be a great dinner party.

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 5h

I was today years old when I learned that Picasso overlapped in time with both Charles Darwin and Eminem. True fact.

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5h

It's so nice to see actual good news once in a while.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12h

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News 🦑🧪🌎

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

www.abc.net.au

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 8h

Is it time for Hippo Discourse? I love a good Hippo convo on social media!

Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 11h

As a paleontology enthusiast I always find it funny how pop culture constantly describes large herbivorous dinosaurs as "gentle giants" when most of our current living herbivorous megafauna are some of the most physically dangerous and temperamental creatures on the planet.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 17h

horses can SERIOUSLY injure you with their jaws - do not ever antagonize enormous animals with opinions

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 12h

Playing in and then becoming a narrator for the March Mammal Madness tournament. #2025MMM #2026MMM
Also, the Fellowship of the Filthy Weasel.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 1d

"What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long? We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 1d

We taught our children about the walrus & his bucket and they reference it often. 😄

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 1d

Today is #GivingDayForApes. I chose 6 organizations to donate to this year, but there are many more in need.
If you've spent any time this past week appreciating Jane Goodall's work & legacy, supporting these causes is a great way to honor her memory!

Giving Day for Apes Homepage

www.givingdayforapes.org

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 1d

Donated!

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 1d

BUTT (drag) FOSSILS!!!!!!

World's first known butt-drag fossil trace was left by a rock hyrax in South Africa 126,000 years ago

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky outcro...

phys.org

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 1d

Free shipping from @bookshop.org today and tomorrow if you, ya know, want to order books with free shipping from somewhere that isn't evil!

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

"In the time it would have taken an orangutan mother to raise two offspring—from 1999 to 2015—half of the island’s orangutans had died."

Lovely surprise to open my newest @smithsonianmag.bsky.social & find this article celebrating the work of BOSF. #Orangutans need all the help we can give them!

An Orangutan Sanctuary in Borneo Is Giving the Endangered Primates a Second Chance, Just When They Need It Most

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island's human population is about to explode

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

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Global Sanctuary for Elephants @globalelephants.org · 2d

"Wild elephants, long regarded as a symbol of strength in nature and closely tied to the culture and belief of many communities in Việt Nam, are now facing the real risk of extinction."

There are plans to save the fewer than 200 wild elephants left.
vietnamnews.vn/environment/...

Urgent action needed to save Việt Nam’s elephants from extinction

Wild elephants, long regarded as a symbol of strength in nature and closely tied to the culture and belief of many communities in Việt Nam, are now facing the real risk of extinction.

vietnamnews.vn

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

WIC runs out this week

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 3d

It’s just one of those nights…

A gibbous moon with an image of a gibbon face superimposed on it.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 3d

We can feed the world AND protect the environment! #DietForPlanetaryHealth www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/h...

A planet-first diet can feed the world by 2050 while improving the environment, new scientific analysis finds | CNN

Focusing on a planet-healthy diet can provide nutritious food to the global population while reducing environmental damage, a new EAT-Lancet Commission report says.

www.cnn.com

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 4d

Most people don’t realize that nearly 1/4 of all mammal species are bats.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

1500th bat species discovered in Africa www.batcon.org/press/1500th...

1,500th Bat Species Discovered in Africa's Equatorial Guinea

Breakthrough marks global milestone in biodiversity.

www.batcon.org

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 5d

As everyone else has noted, the ice stuff is just going to get worse and the dem plan of ignoring it isn't going to get better

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5d

Such lovely #SciComm! Make sure to look at the whole thread.

Jennifer Campbell-Smith, PhD 𓄿𓃥 @jcampbellsmith.bsky.social · 5d

"I Contain Multitudes"

This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.

The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)

This digitally painted piece honors the survivor spirit of the coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our landscapes today. Below the horizon, carefully chosen ancestors mark pivotal moments in adaptation, each contributing to the form and survivor we see today. Above the horizon, Coyote stands alert at the center, framed by both Denver’s skyline and a mountain backdrop, symbols of their ability to thrive in cities as well as wilderness. Embedded in the ground are the skulls and bones of carnivores whose lineages ended long ago, emphasizing Coyote’s persistence in contrast.

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. #Peacemaker with all *kinds* of expectation subversion in the newest ep. Very well done.

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5d

24. Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner. I liked this one: a tale of 2 sisters in WWII London, framed by a parallel contemporary story. I wish it hadn't all wrapped up in such a tidy bow, but the theme of regret especially was poignant.

Cover image of Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner.

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5d

Hi. Just wanted to say thanks for being you. 😊

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 19d

23. Furiously Happy by @thebloggess.bsky.social. Another re-read, and it was just as glorious the second time around. JL is genuine, hilarious, insightful, and generally makes me want to befriend her so we can hang out & eat pie together & take Rory on fun adventures.

Cover image of Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, featuring Rory the taxidermied raccoon.

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5d

A+ commitment to the bit. We should do more #SciComm in song form.

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 5d

obligatory sturgeon mention content

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Lara Williams @lararhiannon.bsky.social · 5d

Despite Jane Goodall's incredible efforts, the great apes are still in dire straits.

Humans are eating chimpanzees to death, and killing them with our viruses

free link from @opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Without Jane Goodall, Chimps Need New Champions — Us

There’s probably no single person who has done as much for chimpanzees as the late Jane Goodall. One of the great British exponents of conservation — the other being the esteemed 99-year-old David Att...

www.bloomberg.com

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 6d

Become ungovernable

Noisy, hungry frogs sadden farmer's life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt.

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