Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Vertebrate Genomes Project @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026📅 Save the date! The next VGP In-Person Conference will be held Wednesday, April 7th - Friday, 9th 2027 at Rockefeller University in New York City. Registration and program details coming soon! vertebrategenomesproject.org/events 0175
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.disconnect.blogThe media has the AI threat all wrongGenerative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios. 271739589
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Plant Colleagues! Open job for Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC) at UT Austin. A great job for anyone addressing fundamental questions in evolution of plants and a commitment to herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. apply.interfolio.com/193263 02634
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Pls share: We have a new position for an Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology at UNLV. tinyurl.com/4uhpav4jtinyurl.comAssistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences [R0153361]The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) appreciates your interest in employment. We ask that you keep in mind the following when completing your application: Once you start the application process ... 04064
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 20/08/2026BGE+ will open thematic funding calls via the EU’s #FSTP mechanism: biodiversitygenomics.eu/supporting-c... €2.75M for an ultimate goal: mobilise European researchers to increase production/application of #genomic data during the next 3.5 years @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social 095
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Slice of life on the Río Piñuña, Putumayo, Colombia, where one might cross paths with indigenous folks, „white“ settlers, drug traffickers, military, guerrilla, gold miners, and religious missionaries, all in the same week. 020
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Joe Brennan @biologyjoe87.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Looking for sci comm opportunities? Join us as a writer for American Naturalist press releases! These write-ups are primarily written by graduate students and other early-career scientists. No experience required; we have editors to help along the way. Apps due Sept 1. Please share widely :Dforms.gleLooking for Press Release Writers & Editors for The American NaturalistSign up for the opportunity to write and/or edit for The American Naturalist! We are seeking authors to write press releases for new journal articles. See examples of recent press releases here. We a... 16055
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Sunset over the #coca fields and outhouse in Putumayo 🇨🇴. My second week-long visit here, talking to lots of folks while filtering water for #eDNA work. History, culture, violence, human flourishing, #indigenous self-governance, life & death — it’s all unbelievably complicated and interesting. 031
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Dinosaurs commonly seen along small Amazonian rivers. #Hoatzin 030
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026How the kids along the Putumayo river get to school each morning. 000
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Riding “La Linea” down the Putumayo River 🇨🇴 100
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Traveling down the Río Putumayo along the Colombia-Ecuador border. 010
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🧬 The VGP Phase I preprint is out! 🎉 The Vertebrate Genomes Project has completed Phase I, delivering 816 of the highest-quality vertebrate reference genomes ever produced. Explore this major new resource for vertebrate genomics: 📄 tinyurl.com/VGPphase1 @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #Genomics 13225
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.theguardian.comBP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaringEnergy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record 22349164
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Morning on the Ecuadorean side of the Putumayo river. 🌤️ 🛶 We’ll be back again later in the year. 000
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We're still looking for a Fish Collection Manager at the Sam Noble Museum in Oklahoma! Apply by August 1st. #MuseumJobs #TeamFish jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...jobs.ou.eduCurator Archivist - Norman, Oklahoma, United StatesPay Range: Targeted salary $18.99 per hour, based on experience Benefits Eligible: Yes Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends) Travel: May be required For Be... 12525
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I'm hoping osprey lovers and striped bass fishermen will band together on behalf of the menhaden, before Omega Protein turns this fish into the next passenger pigeon. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-wi...richardconniff.substack.comA Great Wildlife Success Story Crashes DownOn the Atlantic Coast, ospreys are suddenly in grave trouble 065
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Loren Cassin Sackett @cassinsackett.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Evidence that fighting pathogens requires more than the immune system: Great work by my collaborator @johnneddermeyer.bsky.social showing that evolved resistance to avian malaria in O'ahu 'amakihi is due not only to immune genes, but also calcium flux genes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comEvolution of Resistance to Avian Malaria Infection in an Endemic Hawaiian HoneycreeperHawaiian honeycreepers, a group of endemic song birds, represent one of the most stunning examples of an adaptive radiation. An evolutionary history devoid of malaria-causing parasites has made them .... 143
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Do Ho Suh’s “Karma” in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art. 000
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 28/06/2026UPDATE:theguardian.com‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fearsThe National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites 1297
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Trevor Caughlin @trevorcaughlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New job--please share! Looking for a postdoc to deep learning methods for identifying plant species from drone imagery. The two year position offers a salary of $78,000 and the option to be based in Boise, Idaho, or Burns, Oregon. For more info: caughlinlab.com/join-the-lab/ #postdoc #drones #aicaughlinlab.comJoin the lab! – Caughlin lab 13538
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026“We don’t go to other planets because our planet is dying. Our planet dies, specifically because we perpetually want to go somewhere else.” @joshuaschrei 000
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/05/2026Yesterday Google made it very clear it will degrade Search to use the massive amount of traffic to goes through it to push its billions of users into generative AI tools they aren’t asking for. Search is no longer a portal to the web; it’s a portal to Gemini. disconnect.blog/google-is-it... 5556276
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Organized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report findsnews.mongabay.comOrganized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report findsA new report by the International Crisis Group finds that organized crime has become a “major obstacle” to protecting the Amazon. Criminal groups often operate across borders and are expanding… 075
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j... 27366
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Lovely tribute from the King to Sir David staring the vertebrate fauna of Britain 🇬🇧 100
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRrscim.agAfter USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by schoolMove comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs 19839442216
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Here’s another plant that stumped the @inaturalist.bsky.social model. www.inaturalist.org/observations... It’s natural position and s hanging straight down. Also from Amazonia, namely Putumayo, Colombia. Anyone know what this might be? 🌱 🧪 000
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 13/04/2026www.inaturalist.org/observations... This crazy plant 🌱 stumped the @inaturalist.bsky.social AI model. Can anyone help me with an ID? 🧪 #Botany #Putumayo 🇨🇴inaturalist.orgVascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Vascular Plants from Puerto Asís, Putumayo, CO on April 9, 2026 at 02:11 PM by Andrew J. Crawford 000
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Rio Putumayo. Colombia 🇨🇴 on the left, Ecuador 🇪🇨 on the right. 010
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Some flowers from the páramo in Chingaza National park, near Bogotá, Colombia, elevation about 3,000 m. 🧪 120
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis), Reserva Natural El Caduceo, San Martín, Meta, Colombia. 000
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 18/02/2026🧩 From #salamanders with some of the largest, most complex genomes to #invasive species like the American #bullfrog, #amphibian genomics is pushing #sequencing forward — while filling major gaps in the #vertebrate Tree of Life.🧬💻 Big thanks to @crawfordaj.bsky.social for helping shape this post! 🧬✨ 1104
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Responsible publication of your research! To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...doi.orgTime to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biologyAbstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R 04129
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Human-AI interactions in 2025 summed up in 5 seconds. 🤣 What further wonders await us in 2026? 🥹 @parismarx.com 110
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Could it be that the popularity of the Orange Dictator brand is falling sharply? 🍹 cheers. 020
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Rudolf Meier paraphrases a post from @rdmpage.bsky.social : as ~ 2/3 of the records in GBIF are birds, @gbif.org is primarily a Global Bird Information Facility. To correct this bias, we need to focus on the “ugly” biodiversity. 🪰 🪱 🪳 🦟 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #LivingData2025 x.com/rdmpage/stat... 02411
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 13/10/2025A gran day out: The salt mines and natural history museum of Nemocón, Cundinamarca, Colombia. 030
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 09/09/2025@harryshearer.bsky.social Apple podcasts seems to think Le Show is every 2 weeks 🙃 130
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Jarome Ali 🇹🇹 🏳️🌈 @jarome.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Pick an idiom: "more than meets the eye", "beauty more than skin [feather] deep" etc. In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking! 🧪 🪶 #colsciscience.orgSongbirds play optical tricks to make their feather colors ‘pop’Concealed black or white bands on feathers boost the vibrancy of bird plumage 29830
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 10/08/2025“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” — Dante Alighieri (Longfellow translation) 704 years on, I suspect this opening connects with more people than ever. 020
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 30/07/2025(1/2) 🧬 The African BioGenome Project 🌍 is training the next generation of genomics experts through groundbreaking, hands-on workshops across 50 African countries—laying the foundation for innovation and discovery across the continent. 🚀📖 Read the 2025 publication: go.nature.com/40INiek 1117
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Janet Carter @janetdcarter.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Damn the fascist and complicit GOP. 092
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 31/07/2025“We've gained notoriety And caused much anxiety In the Audubon Society With our games They call it impiety And lack of propriety And quite a variety Of unpleasant names But it's not against any religion To want to dispose of a pigeon.” Farewell to the master satirist and lyricist. 🕊️… ☠️ 020
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The call for sessions is open now! September 2025: Call for abstracts December 2025: Early bird registration opens. 030
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 06/06/2025The legendary Janzen & Hallwachs on the collapse of insects. “It’s the same sheet, same lights same place, looking over the same vegetation. Same time of year, same time of the moon cycle, everything about it is identical... There’s just no moths on that sheet.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsA 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 0104
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 15/04/2025www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 031
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Registration, abstracts, and symposium proposals now open for: XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología 23-27 Feb. 2026, in spectacular Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🐍🦎🐸🐢🐊 www.herpcr2026.com/inscription ¡Pura vida, Mae! @sajherpetology.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social #Amphibians #Reptilesherpcr2026.comInscripción — XIII CLH 020
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Check out this recent publication from EBP all stars @crawfordaj.bsky.social sky.social @solenne-correard.bsky.social sky.social and @cmazzoni.bsky.social 123
Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Dig the latest episode of the podcast “Entrespecies” from Gabriela Supelan and El Espectador newspaper about Digital Sequence Information 💾🧬ℹ️, Benefit Sharing, #COP16 and the #CaliFund, featuring Yours Truly, but in Spanish. _Espero que lo disfruten_. open.spotify.com/episode/5GgZ...open.spotify.com¿Quién se beneficia de la información genética de nuestra biodiversidad?Entrespecies Pódcast · Episode 042