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Nick Haddad
@nickhaddad.bsky.social
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Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State, Director KBS LTER. Landscape corridors. Butterfly conservation
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 15d
One farmer saved $7,000 on fertilizer while increasing crop yield & protecting pollinators. Could be so powerful for places it scales well.

Excited to see an idea @nickhaddad.bsky.social was developing at Storymakers 2023 in the headline! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 16d
Millions of currently farmed acres hold opportunities for biodiversity conservation that are hidden in plain sight!
Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 23d
There's a great shoutout to our paper showing that we've lost a quarter of all butterflies in the last two decades www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 23d
Great story! Learning to identify butterflies is in reach. Counts by thousands of people make up the best long term data 🦋 And there are practical means to forestall rapid butterfly decline. Thank you @margaretrenkl
Opinion | How to Count Butterflies
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 26d
Great paper! Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna
Insect populations have declined worldwide, but the extent and drivers of these declines are debated. Most studies rely on field surveys performed in the past century, leaving gaps in our understandin...
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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · Aug 5
Some important messages here. It’s not just rare species that are declining but common ones too, requiring a far more holistic conservation approach
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Aug 4
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab

Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS
Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Aug 4
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab

Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS
Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...
www.pnas.org
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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · Jul 31
The publications collected in this month's LTER Network News really demonstrated the wide range of impactful research the LTER does. Here's the list:

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LTER Network News | July 2025
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Jun 17
This report distills our findings on butterfly decline www.science.org/doi/full/10.... and describes actionable conservation urgently needed for butterfly recovery. @xercessociety.bsky.social

State of the Butterflies in the United States xerces.org/publications...
State of the Butterflies in the United States | Xerces Society
A study published in March 2025 showed that we are losing butterflies at a rate of 1.3% per year in the contiguous US. State of the Butterflies in the United States presents a summary of those finding...
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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · Jun 14
Lots of people in Kalamazoo!
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Jun 7
Honored to become a @aaas.org fellow with @lisaschultemoore.bsky.social and Amy Toth. Prairie strip scientists well represented today! @kbslter.bsky.social
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Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · Jun 3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · Jun 3
How does climate impact our gut microbiomes? As it turns out, there are many ways. KBS researcher Elena Litchman has studied the relationship between climate and our gut microbes. She contributed to a wide-ranging article recently published in Time Magazine.

Read more: time.com/7287156/how-...
How Climate Change Affects Your Gut Health
In a warmer world your digestive system may be taking a serious hit.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · Jun 3
Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · May 9
Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm
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Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm
Insects are often under pressure from several threats at once, from pesticides to habitat loss to pollution.
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Apr 30
Congratulations to my MSU colleagues Phil Robertson @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social and Jack Liu on their election to the National Academy of Sciences. Well-deserved recognition of their many contributions to science www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
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Olivia M. Smith @oliviamsmith.bsky.social · Apr 30
We are excited to share our new article just out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social 🎉

“Widespread lack of article accessibility policies among ecology and evolution journals” rdcu.be/ejFQH
Widespread lack of article accessibility policies among ecology and evolution journals
Nature Ecology & Evolution - An analysis of manuscript preparation guidelines across 541 ecology and evolution journals reveals widespread paucity in guidelines intended to make journal...
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Apr 30
Congratulations to all this years ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows, including to my MSU colleague @elenalitchman.bsky.social @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social and my collaborator @fletcherecology.bsky.social So well deserved!
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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · Apr 29
🌟Announcing the 2025 ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows!🌟ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management & policy. Learn more about this year's cohort: esa.org/blog/2025/04...
A photo collage of the 2025 class of ESA's fellows and early career fellows. Click through the link for a full list of fellows and their individual bona fides.
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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · Apr 30
Congrats to all of the new #ESA Fellows & Early Career Fellows including outstanding #MSU colleague @elenalitchman.bsky.social!
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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · Apr 29
🌟Announcing the 2025 ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows!🌟ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management & policy. Learn more about this year's cohort: esa.org/blog/2025/04...
A photo collage of the 2025 class of ESA's fellows and early career fellows. Click through the link for a full list of fellows and their individual bona fides.
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Robert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · Apr 29
Really honored and humbled to be selected as an ESA Fellow.

And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows!

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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · Apr 29
🌟Announcing the 2025 ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows!🌟ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management & policy. Learn more about this year's cohort: esa.org/blog/2025/04...
A photo collage of the 2025 class of ESA's fellows and early career fellows. Click through the link for a full list of fellows and their individual bona fides.
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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · Apr 29
Congratulations to all of the newly elected members and international members of the National Academy of Sciences!
www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

Among them 3 superb #MSU colleagues--Jack Liu, Phil Robertson, and Christoph Benning--as well as former postdoc extraordinaire Valeria Souza (UNAM)!
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · Apr 29
Congratulations to all of the newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, including my MSU colleagues (Christoph Benning, Jack Liu, and Phil Robertson), and - especially - Gary Brudvig. I'm proud of you, Dad!

www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · Apr 30
Congratulations to @elenalitchman.bsky.social Well deserved!
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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · Apr 29
🌟Announcing the 2025 ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows!🌟ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management & policy. Learn more about this year's cohort: esa.org/blog/2025/04...
A photo collage of the 2025 class of ESA's fellows and early career fellows. Click through the link for a full list of fellows and their individual bona fides.
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Apr 26
An essential paper, one that will guide conservation and restoration for landscape connectivity at local to global scales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
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