Reposted by Peter N. DudleyRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Been working on an applied probability project, transforming a continuous function on the reals to probability of discrete state. And the function that solves all the desiderata is the Gibbs-Boltzmann distribution. I hate physics. It should be less useful. 2324
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026European summers aren't what they used to be! Grey curve is the climate of 1950-90. Every coloured line is a summer since 1991. Every one since 2005 sits beyond the 95th percentile of the curve. This isn't a shifting #climate. It's already a new one! 🤯🥵 Plot inspired by Barriopedro et al. 2011 4229146
Reposted by Peter N. DudleySerhii Nazarovets @serhiinazarovets.bsky.social · 12/06/2026A new preprint introduces SI-hacking: when guest editors publish excessively in their own special issues. More than 1,000 editors SI-hacked special issues are published each year. According to the authors, #MDPI accounts for 85% of them and #Frontiers for another 13%. arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 086
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyMarcelo Lima @marcelocegonha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Costa Rica has approved a law requiring wildlife crossings in public road infrastructure where ecological connectivity is affected—bringing connectivity conservation directly into infrastructure planning and policy. delfino.cr/2026/08/asam... @fletcherecology.bsky.socialdelfino.crAsamblea aprueba ley que obliga a incluir pasos de fauna en la infraestructura pública del paísIniciativa aprobada por unanimidad indica que MOPT, municipalidades y otras entidades públicas deberán coordinar con el Sinac para estudiar la necesidad o no de estas estructuras en nuevas obras viale... 087
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyStelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026🌊 New paper in Functional Ecology: #ClimateChange is projected to favour smaller, shorter-lived, earlier-maturing and faster-growing reef #fish in the NE #Mediterranean, with increasing functional homogenization. doi.org/10.1111/1365... #MarineEcology #traits 🧪🌐🌍 02820
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyNoah Greifer @noahgreifer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I'm so happy to announce version 2.0.0 of my #Rstats package WeightIt is out on CRAN! New features: censoring weights, multilevel propensity scores, improved weights for continuous treatments, bias-reduced ordinal and multinomial models, M-estimation in subgroups Check out the website below!ngreifer.github.ioWeighting for Covariate Balance in Observational StudiesGenerates balancing weights for causal effect estimation in observational studies with binary, multi-category, or continuous point or longitudinal treatments by easing and extending the functionality ... 29037
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/07/2026More on the Trump / Kratsios "Golden Age of Science" report, from @theverge.comtheverge.comThe tech-broification of American science has officially begunTrump’s ‘Golden Age’ of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI. 715455
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is one of those videos that reminds me of that tweet: “Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.” 224154
Reposted by Peter N. Dudleycara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026i love when a press release headline sounds like it was written by an aggrieved fish 412667462
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 14/07/2026At a brewery. It's trivia night. The question was "what z word is the term for a fertilized egg?" Guy down the bar says "zembryo" 030
Reposted by Peter N. DudleySophia Winkler-Schor, PhD @scientistsophia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Are you a landowner? Make sure your lad has beaver inclusive practices! I love learning about topics outside of my own area of research! #NACCR2026 #wildlifeconservation 011
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 12/07/2026The most stressful part of my trip to ##NACCR2026 is now over. I figured out how to pay for the bus. 030
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026www.latimes.com/california/s... The Trump administration rolled back the Endangered Species Act on Friday, slashing protections to the habitats of endangered species and paving the way for more drilling and mining. 🧪🌎latimes.comTrump slashes wildlife protections, putting endangered California animals at riskThe Trump administration rolled back the Endangered Species Act on Friday, slashing protections to the habitats of endangered species and paving the way for more drilling and mining. 89078
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I submitted my comment on the dangers of finalizing the OMB rule. Have you? Tomorrow, July 13 is the deadline! 22918
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 11/07/2026If your University's business cards suck, you can design your own. No one can stop you. 050
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 11/07/2026Sent off the #NACCR2026 poster for printing. Come by if you have suggestions about linking models together in a user friendly way. 010
Reposted by Peter N. DudleySophia Winkler-Schor, PhD @scientistsophia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Come say hi at #NACCR2026! We have some great #consocsci content going on! Don't forget to join us for the @scbsswg.bsky.social business meeting! 032
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyBen Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026when you never learned the salmon life cycle 5415
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyCOMPASS @compassscicomm.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We're excited to join colleagues from across #conservation and #restoration at #NACCR2026 in Milwaukee this July! If you’re attending, we hope you'll join us at any of our 3 events to strengthen #scicomm skills, exchange ideas, and build connections. Learn more: buff.ly/CMYTtFT 011
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyGalatea H @galateainthewild.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Beavers play an important role in creating habitat connectivity for terrestrial mammals, and their dams are favoured over other structures. 🧪🌍 0105
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 11/06/2026These are really cool 🧪 www.nature.com/immersive/d4...nature.comFive winning images of scientists at workFrom sky to sea, and then back to the lab, here are the top images from Nature’s 2026 photo competition. 283
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyRobert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026On Friday I took my *luckiest* and *most disgusting* wildlife shot so far: a California sea lion (Z. californianus) puking up a bunch of rocks! 🤮🪨 That's right - many pinnipeds use gastroliths. The gastroliths are in mid-air! 🦖🐬🦑 #nature #photography #sealion 1138493
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 08/06/2026Scientists Capture First Photo Evidence of Dwarf Island Fox Not Seen in 20 Years gizmodo.com/scientists-capture-firs…gizmodo.comScientists Capture First Photo Evidence of Dwarf Island Fox Not Seen in 20 YearsThe Cozumel dwarf fox has lived on the island for thousands of years, but much about it remains a mystery. 0305
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 04/06/2026I found some cool coasters in our office supplies cabinate. 000
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I have been collecting funky folk-art fish figurines on various trips & finally strung them together to make a reef fish mobile that reminds me of snorkeling as they spin in the breeze 🐟🐠🎏 🤿 🌊 521531
Reposted by Peter N. DudleySyrus Hyena @syrushyena.bsky.social · 25/05/2026New way to view these Data Centers that are draining the communities they implant themselves in... draining resources for slop 6657361845
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyAntonia Klöcker @cakloecker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026📢 New IMR study on movement patterns of #BaskingSharks shows that sharks tagged above the #ArcticCircle in #Norway perform repeated large-scale movements to subtropical waters and actively use the water column across habitats.🧵 1/5 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps... @whoi.edu @thembauk.bsky.social 12624
Reposted by Peter N. Dudleygavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 15/05/202610 yrs after our first paper on spotted owls & “megafires”, here is the granddaddy of them all: a Wildlife Monograph. >30 yr of detection/non-detection data across >1500 territories (796 burned) and movement data from 171 GPS-tagged owls. Conclusion: big hot fire bad doi.org/10.1002/wmon...doi.orgTWS JournalsFor the past few decades, northern and California spotted owls (SPOW) have declined across much of their range in response to habitat loss and fragmentation and have faced threats associated with the... 03411
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyBen Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Neat study on how the removal of fencing along the Trans-Mongolian Railway allowed Asiatic wild asses to recolonize their historic range. Now we need more permanent wildlife crossings to help these guys out. #fenceecology #roadecology www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 1383
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyBen Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026All works of prose, fiction or non-, could benefit from the incorporation of a sturgeon. 0204
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyRetroAndyArt @retroandyart.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Happy Earth Day, everybody! (Poster by me with some NASA public domain photos) 071
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyBen Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Almost 60 percent of the lifetime diets of taimen in Russia's Tugur River is *adult chum salmon*. Imagine what a bad-ass freshwater fish you have to be to just inhale salmon like they're mayflies. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 3376
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0... 6175521912
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I got so annoyed with some of You People that I made a meme Science is not why you and your family are struggling, friends. President Trump and Congressional Republicans are the reason why you and your family are struggling. 516260
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyColton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Sad that it died, but maybe this enterprising gray whale in the Willapa River just wanted to show the salmon how real carcass enrichment works? I hope this turns into a bear bonanza, that would be awesome. Nobody tell Oregon. 🐟🌎🦊oregonlive.comGray whale that swam 20 miles up Willapa River has diedA young gray whale that swam about 20 miles up southwest Washington’s Willapa River this week has died, ending a strange journey that drew widespread attention. 77517
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyMadison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 05/04/2026happy #sturgeonsaturday (on sunday)! 🧪👩🏻🔬🌐🦑🌎 did you know that sturgeon rely heavily on scent & feel to find food rather than eyesight? in the photo you can see the barbels (like whiskers) & the 2 nostrils - which are basically the same size as the eye! these strong sniffers are quite impressive 👃 1136746
Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 02/04/2026HEC-RAS 2025 is now in Beta!!! Looks like they haven't updated the site yet but if you download it you can get Beta. 🧪hec.usace.army.mil 020
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyMadison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 28/03/2026happy #sturgeonsaturday ! this is the time of year that sturgeon wake up from their overwintering cuddling and move around in search of food! in the Fraser River, BC this usually aligns with the eulachon spawning run, a crucial sturgeon food source, full of fat after a long winter 🍽️ 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐🦑🐟 110019
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyColton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My gosh, the helicopter pruning some conifer branches on camera at the 5:10 mark is a harrowing example of the risk that accurately counting and managing wolves sometimes requires. Great video from @biographic.bsky.social 🌎🧪🦊 www.biographic.com/how-to-count...biographic.comHow to Count a Wolf - bioGraphicThe first step in managing a rare and controversial predator—particularly in a state where it's been absent for decades—is knowing how many you have. That’s easier said than done with a species as elu... 2152
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyApexRMS Ecology @apexrms.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🌎️🧪 Ecology, forestry, or geography students — ApexRMS is hiring a Wildfire Specialist Intern! 6-month remote role starting April 6. Deadline: March 31st. apexrms.com/careers/ #Hiring #Wildfire #Canada #Forestry #Ecologyapexrms.comCareers - ApexRMSJoin a team of high-caliber scientists, modelers, and software developers. 153
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyWildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 24/03/2026The striped hyena is in decline. There are fewer than 10,000 left. “Yet it remains largely overlooked in global policy frameworks,” says WCS’s Sue Lieberman. 🌎 At #CMSCOP15, we are supporting a proposal for protections. bit.ly/4uPPUEC 0237
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 19/03/2026Please soothe your soul with this footage of an enraged muppet being treated at the wild muppet center. 10658131815
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyDee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 18/03/2026My late husband would have been so excited about this news! Scientists discover new heavy proton-like particle at CERN share.google/8aKm98yYU5NE...share.googleScientists discover new heavy proton-like particle at CERNScientists from the University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new subatomic particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The particle, known as the Ξcc⁺ (Xi‑cc‑plus)... 852830557
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyNicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪 40551632
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyAllan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Two new bird species identified in Amazonia 🌎 www.sci.news/biology/amaz...sci.newsTwo New Bird Species Identified in Amazonia | Sci.NewsAn antbird long thought to be a single widespread species across the Amazon rainforest is, in fact, several different ones. Among them are two newly-described species -- Cercomacra mura and Cercomacra... 0115
Reposted by Peter N. DudleyJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I would like to interrupt your doomscrolling for an important announcement: This figure from Ellen Dymit et al., 2025, depicts the proportion of vertebrate prey in felid scat, recorded as a Proportion of Occurrence (PoO). 💩 1220443