Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"What was the name of your third grade teacher?" Uhhh how would I remember that? Online verification questions have me feeling old. 010
Reposted by Andrew CarterSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good morning, team. We have 3.5 days until Drexel closes the Academy of Natural Sciences. It’s time for you- yeah YOU- to make some calls. Step 1: Tell the following people we need help pressuring Drexel to keep the museum open: Josh Shaprio 717-787-2500 Mayor Parker's 215-686-2181 8279221
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026For those of you who appreciate sci-fi metaphors in your lawsuits… www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/files/2026/0... 000
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Not the healthiest hobby www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/n...nytimes.comPeople Keep Sneaking Into New York City Sewers. No One Knows Why.A recent spate of subterranean exploring has piqued the curiosity of New Yorkers — and concerned officials who warn of danger underground. 000
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026therevelator.org/conserving-c... Excellent coverage of our recent article and animal culture and conservation generally from The Revelator...therevelator.orgConserving Culture in Endangered Species • The RevelatorCould preserving the regional knowledge and behavior of certain species also help conservation efforts? 063
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 15/08/2026If you have not read John Crowley’s “Little, Big” then…you should. 000
Reposted by Andrew CarterSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 845222223629
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New paper out of our team at Defenders of Wildlife today in Oryx on the implications of nonhuman animal culture on conservation: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🌎 3199
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 14/04/2026New proposed shark listing under the Endangered Species Act just dropped. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...federalregister.govPublic Inspection: Endangered and Threatened Species: 12-Month Findings on a Petition to List the Tope Shark and Proposed Listing of Two Distinct Population Segments of Tope SharkEndangered and Threatened Species: 12-Month Findings on a Petition to List the Tope Shark and Proposed Listing of Two Distinct Population Segments of Tope Shark 000
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I remain an AI skeptic but Claude really is scarily good. 000
Reposted by Andrew CarterDr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I wrote a paper with @ecoandrew.bsky.social that included some of the policy changes around this and we ended up developing a grad student drinking game around assertions that shark feeding and freedom were synonyms.defenders-cci.orgBlood in the Water: Shark Feeding, Tourism, and the Law | Center for Conservation InnovationShark tourism has become a significant driver of tourist dollars both in the United States and abroad over the past few decades, with shark provisioning (feeding), often used by shark tour companies t... 0174
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 15/01/2026A very good idea; even better would be for NOAA Fisheries to actually put in protections under the Endangered Species Act. It's already listed as threatened under the Act so it would not be a big lift. 020
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 14/01/2026My new blog post on some Endangered Species Act success stories! 🦤 defenders.org/blog/2026/01...defenders.orgRecovery Spotlight: Channel Island FoxesRising like a miniature mountain range out of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California is an eight-island archipelago called the Cha 010
Reposted by Andrew CarterDr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching 5245181434
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Tip for iNaturalist users in the United States: If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist. 020
Reposted by Andrew CarterAdam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 07/05/2025After a few days of travel, i walked into my office and something looked a bit off. 2181
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Published today by our team at Defenders of Wildlife's Center for Conservation Innovation on the Endangered Species Act's HCP program: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🦤 Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 041
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Unfortunately the administration is setting it up to deny migratory birds protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Good article (and not just because they quote me!) on this: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comTrump just weakened one of the nation’s oldest environmental lawsThe Interior Department suspended a legal opinion holding companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and other bird species. 020
Reposted by Andrew CarterDr. Kerryane @drkerryane.bsky.social · 17/02/202590% of Americans accept the science on vaccines. Because they save millions of lives. Because they are safe and effective. Because it's the least we can do for each other. 🧪 2436
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 02/02/2025It is beyond annoying to get locked into an argument with a 4 year old then realize at the end that they are actually right about something. 000
Reposted by Andrew CarterAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025So, yeah, shameless plug: Back my Patreon. Patreon contributions absolutely made the OpenCTD possible. Patreon contributions keep Southern Fried Science running. Patreon contributions let me take time to work on our town's Smart Buoy for sea level rise monitoring. www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thalerpatreon.comGet more from Andrew Thaler on Patreoncreating tools for ocean science, education, and conservation. 032
Reposted by Andrew CarterColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024This is so cool - this study used Chinese poetry to reconstruct 1400 years of range change for the Yangtze finless porpoise, and showed that most of the range loss happened in the last century papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1127893
Reposted by Andrew Cartercait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/12/2024every truly quality poster i know treats this website like a dumping ground for the evil thoughts infesting their brain and posts like they're trying to get rid of their followers as quickly as possible 361416179
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 11/12/2024My 4-year old referred to my job as "writing animals" and I guess that's kind of a good, punchy description. 020
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 10/12/2024defenders.org/newsroom/def...defenders.orgDefenders Applauds Overdue Listing for Monarch Butterfly“The protections that come with Endangered Species Act listing increase the chance that these precious pollinators will rebound and recover throughout their historic range," said Defenders' Andrew Car... 010
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Do you know a government website with data that might be at risk in the new administration? Nominate sites for inclusion in the EOT Web Archive! 000
Reposted by Andrew CarterMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 30/11/2024darmok and jalad at lunch 241546423
Reposted by Andrew CarterKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/11/2024You can literally have a bath in real crude oil, just near #cop29 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w... 125217
Reposted by Andrew CarterVictoria Bogdan Tejeda @vbogg.bsky.social · 12/11/2024❗ Big enviro law breaking news: DC Circuit holds that Council on Enviro Quality (CEQ) doesn't have lawful authority to issue binding regs interpreting NEPA (a position no party in the case advanced.) Still digesting what this could mean. CEQ had an Exec Order from Nixon to promulgate regs. 094
Reposted by Andrew CarterKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/03/2024"The most common ranking across all five countries is ‘Grossly Unaligned’, with Norway coming out worst with seven ‘Grossly Unaligned’ ratings out of 11" Huge new OCI report out today on us North Sea fossil fuel suppliers - and our desires to supply even more priceofoil.org/2024/03/12/n... 24024
Reposted by Andrew CarterDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23/02/2024Last year marked 50 years of the Endangered Species Act, one of the most important environmental laws. I interviewed conservation scientist Dr. Lindsay Rosa, the author of a new report about what the ESA needs for the future. Enjoy! 🧪🌎southernfriedscience.comAfter 50 years of conservation, what’s next for the Endangered Species Act?2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, one of the earliest, strongest, and most important conservation laws on Earth. The environmental non-profit Defenders of Wildlife wro… 03819
Reposted by Andrew CarterDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/02/2024Clear smoking-gun evidence that one of the most critically endangered marine mammals was killed by lobster fishing gear- something lobstermen have been vehemently claiming is impossible. 414563
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 14/02/2024@ethanfreedman.bsky.social could I be added to Ecology and Conservation? 100
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 13/02/2024Farewell, conch fritters www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe... 000
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 14/01/2024If you are interested in the future of the Endangered Species Act you may want to catch my colleague Lindsay Rosa and me on the newest National Parks Traveler podcast: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2024...nationalparkstraveler.orgNational Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 257 | The Future of the Endangered Species Act2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. We’re going to explore that today with authors of a new report from Defenders of Wildlife, “The Endangered Species Act: The Next 50 ... 032
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 12/01/2024New article highlighting our report and AI work: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... 000
Andrew Carter @ecoandrew.bsky.social · 11/01/2024Check out our new ESA report! defenders.org/newsroom/def... 030