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Jesse Alston

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Computational mammalogist at the University of Arizona. Public land and Green Bay Packers enjoyer.

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150
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Postdoctoral Researcher
The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...
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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783
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Adam Siepielski @adamsiepielski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas is hiring a TT Assistant Professor Position in Ecology. We have a wonderful group of colleagues. Join us! Apply here: tinyurl.com/yxk5marb
Photograph of the University of Arkansas in Fall.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great job opening for Habitat Connectivity Biologist at WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife. The position will "identify priority areas for connectivity conservation and translate that science into practical tools...to help protect and restore wildlife movement and build climate-resilient habitat networks."
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American Society of Mammalogists @mammalogists.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A reminder that the Black and Indigenous Scholars Award in Mammalogy is now accepting applications for awards of up to $1500 to support the further development of mammalogy by Black/African American, African, and Indigenous individuals. www.mammalsociety.org/form/black-i...
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Black and Indigenous Scholars Award in Mammalogy | American Society of Mammalogists
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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great collection of Shiny apps (and R package) for #teaching #ecology. Apps come in different languages (including Spanish) ecoevoapps.gitlab.io
Partial list of Shiny apps designed for teaching ecology, hosted at https://ecoevoapps.gitlab.io/
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cool people: apply for this and then choose the Tucson location option—much cheaper than Bozeman and Denver, and we have more and better biodiversity
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Jeremy Cohen @drjerbs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Doing a bioacoustics project somewhere in the eastern US? For a large-scale study exploring how bird communities react to disturbance across regions/habitats, we are looking for daytime recordings at consistent sites over 2+ years, during the same season(s) each year. Please get in touch!
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Scholar Labs is far superior to Google Scholar’s main product for finding answers to specific questions—probably going to be using it more and more from here on out
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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
All four books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use: - Bayesian Workflow at avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... Links to other three books are in the quoted post 👇 (too many books to fit in one post!)
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Bayesian Workflow book: Website – Bayesian Workflow book
Website for the Bayesian Workflow book by Gelman, Vehtari, McElreath, et al. — case studies, code, and exercises in R and Stan.
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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Cornell Lab invites applications for Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships. These competitive awards support innovative, independent research by early-career scholars of exceptional promise. Two to four awards are made in each cycle. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32334
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Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO32334, WDR-00059934 Rose Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wildfire that started last night is visible from my backyard #notgood
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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
10 days to apply! Please feel free to reach out with any questions about the position!
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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I am pleased to announce that we are inviting applications for a Lead Laboratory Coordinator at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2026. For details and to apply, visit arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Lead Laboratory Coordinator, Tree Ring Laboratory
In this role, you will:Lead the oversight of a dendrochronology laboratory in collaboration with the Director, including the mentoring, training,...
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Liber Ero postdoc deadline Nov 1. Exceptional opportunity for research in conservation in Canada - highly competitive, best to have gov't and Indigenous partners liberero.ca
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
brb adding “The third sentence should include a quote from The Big Lebowski” to all my assignments futurism.com/future-socie...
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Professor Hides White Font in Midterm, Catches Students Using AI in the Stupidest Way Possible
A professor used white font to hide instructions to throw off students using an AI chatbot to cheat on their midterm.
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Sky Island Alliance @skyislandalliance.org · 27/07/2026
ICYMI: Our allies at the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection are hiring for an executive director, so if you know someone who’d be a good fit, please share! To learn more and apply by Aug. 16, visit: ow.ly/UIly50Zst5r
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Roland Kays @rolandkays.com · 13/07/2026
Wildlife Insights is hiring an Executive Director. Lead the global camera trap data platform, its AI, its science agenda, and its partnership with WCS smithsonian WWF NaturalSciences WildMon & Google www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Can you recycle your own previously published text? While COPE guidelines exist, many authors are unaware of them, so we address this issue in a new editorial: academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
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Text recycling: defining the boundaries of acceptable reuse of one’s own work
Text recycling, or the re-use of one’s own previously published text, is a widespread yet underrecognized issue in academic publishing. Many authors remain
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Roland Kays @rolandkays.com · 10/07/2026
Postdoc opportunity with Alex Jensen at Texas State University is hiring a postdoc in wildlife/macroecology. Range dynamics, citizen science & computer vision using iNaturalist data. $60K/yr + benefits, 2 yrs funding. Start early 2027. Apply by 9/30/26: alexjojensen.weebly.com
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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I’m looking to recruit a postdoc to join my research group at University of Iowa to work on disturbance ecology and biodiversity! Start date flexible, lots of opportunity for skill development, collaboration, and mentorship. Will review applicants in mid-August! Link: gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
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Opportunities
BIG NEWS! The Jones Lab will be relocating to the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) at the University of Iowa in Fall 2026. Our work on disturbance ecology and conservation sc…
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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!
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Smith Fellowship @smithfellows.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2027! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: smithfellows.org/proposal-gui...
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Apply — Smith Fellows
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000
Curator of Vertebrates

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History currently has openings for three early-career Research Curators in Vertebrate Zoology, one each from the disciplines of ornithology, herpetology and ichthyology. The Department of Vertebrate Zoology seeks candidates with demonstrated expertise in, and a commitment to, collections-based research centered on systematics and evolution of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. This includes the ability to pursue an original approach to systematics and comparative analyses using, for example, morphology, development, and/or molecular data, and showing evidence of broader impacts or applications in evolutionary biology and/or collections-based ecology, as demonstrated by a record of peer-reviewed publications.

Candidates must have demonstrated the ability to establish an externally funded research program and to contribute to the growth and curation of the collections. Research in the Department is supported by the Museum’s shared laboratories, including the Laboratory of Analytic Biology and the Scientific Imaging facility, among others. The Department’s scientific collections are the largest in the world for fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, and the third largest for birds.

These federal positions will be filled at the GS-12 level, with a starting salary of $102,415, and excellent benefits. The positions are permanent and require a one-year probationary period. 

The official announcement is posted on USAJOBS, where applications must be submitted.
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000

Please be sure to read the announcement and instructions carefully, as the process of applying via USAJOBS is stringent and differs from applying for an academic position. This website offers helpful advice: https://serc.si.edu/careers/tips-applying-federal-jobs

Please contact the Search Committee Chair, Michael McGowen (mcgowenm@si.edu) or the Department Chair, Helen James (jamesh@si.edu) with any questions.
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American Society of Mammalogists @mammalogists.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The American Society of Mammalogists is seeking assistance with design and production of a digital newsletter. The quarterly newsletter will share information about mammal research and conservation, student awards and funding opportunities, ASM activities, and more.
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ASM is looking for assistance with a Digital Newsletter | American Society of Mammalogists
Request for Proposal: Design and production of an ASM Digital Newsletter
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Wes Larson @wes-larsonak.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We're hiring a genetics lab manager position at NOAA in Juneau, Alaska! The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations and contribute to the development of new molecular methods. Salary is $75-145k/yr. Email wes.larson@noaa.gov with questions www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...
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Biologist (Omics)
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Vacancies may be available in each listed location. Additional duty lo...
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Sarah B. Bassing, PhD @sbassing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just over one week left to apply for the Biometric Working Group’s student travel grant. If you’re a student presenting at The Wildlife Society annual conference this fall, consider applying! No need to be a BWG member. Application deadline is July 3. Details in the link.
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TWS Biometrics Working Group - Student Travel Grants
The purpose of the student travel grants is to promote and support student interest in biometrics and the Biometrics Working Group by attending The Wildlife Society annual conference. The number of gr...
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Benjamin Larue, Ph.D. @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Amazing opportunity to conduct caribou research with real conservation impact! @wilderness.org is hiring a postdoc to model road effects on caribou. I'm part of the team — great people, supervised by the excellent Tim Fullman. Apply by July 19! thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.com/jobs/25324d2...
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Caribou in the Porcupine Caribou Herd during the calving period in early summer on the Arctic coastal plain in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Not loving this trend of getting review requests on topics I know nothing about from allegedly legitimate journals. If your journal has a ScholarOne portal, you should be able to discern that I am not your guy for earthworm taxonomy
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
OA Data available: 4 years and 2 million images. Thousands of mtn bikers, elk, deer, grizzly bear, wolverine!, moose, etc. Available on WildTrax, 2024 data here: portal.wildtrax.ca/cam/2626 2021-2023 also available paper here: academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
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Jenny McKee @jennymckee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Come be my (remote) work colleague! Dr. Ellen Aikens and Dr. @wyokauffman.bsky.social are hiring a postdoc to lead analyses on a new migration ecology and climate resilience project with 152 mule deer herds and >44 million GPS points! Apply by July 15th! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Post Doc Res Assoc - Aikens Lab
Postdoctoral Researcher — Migration Ecology and Climate Resilience in Mule Deer
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Hey little fella
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Jessi Rick @jessi-rick.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'm recruiting a master's student for Fall 2026 to join my lab at The University of Arizona, to work on a project investigating the population genomics and hybridization dynamics of native and invasive leopard frogs in central Arizona! 🐸 🧬 Ad with details is posted below.
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
No bueno www.rfdtv.com/usda-process...
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USDA Processing Samples from Possible Case of New World Screwworm in Texas
The sample is now at the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, for confirmatory testing.
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Sophie Gilbert @sophielgilbert.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I quit my tenured professor job in 2022. Change makes us deeply uncomfortable, which is why it mostly happens when it’s the only acceptable option. I’m sharing my own change journey over the last 5 years, now with the benefit of hindsight. sophielgilbert.substack.com/p/on-a-quest...
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Change happens when it's the only acceptable option
How my journey from wildlife ecologist to climate bro and back again forced me to change, and even made me like it.
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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an evolutionary ecologist at the assistant professor level for fall 2027. Come and be my colleague! jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...
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Faculty Requisition Details - Jobs@UIOWA: Search and Apply for Jobs at The University of Iowa
Jobs@UIOWA: The official place to search and apply for jobs at The University of Iowa.
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Sandwich: Bojangles Cajun Filet Biscuit Alternative Main Item: Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Fries: Bojangles Dessert: Culver’s Butterfinger/Vanilla Concrete Mixer Meal: Cook Out tray w/ steak-style burger, onion rings, corn dog, and Cheerwine float
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African Bioinformatics Institute @abinstitute.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We’re looking for a Director 👇 ABI is seeking a senior scientific leader to help grow a continental hub for bioinformatics and computational biology. Applications close 30 June 2026. Apply: webapp.placementpartner.com/wi/vacancy/?... #AfricanScience #Bioinformatics
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is where I am at with LLMs
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Michael Metzger @metzgerm.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Simons Foundation has a new contest for Ecology and Evolution Graduate Fellowships! Due June 30th. Good luck everyone! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Spending my morning grading discussion assignments written by LLMs and LLM-generated responses to those LLM-generated discussion posts
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Passed 1000 total citations on Google Scholar today. May be gauche to point this out, but it remains very cool to me that so many people have used research I have been involved in to inform theirs
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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This semester I developed and taught a course on applied population genomics. Lab activities proceed from the basics of the command line and Git to variant calling with workflow managers and a suite of downstream analyses (e.g., ADMIXTURE). All materials can be found here: elinck.org/genomics_eco...
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Roland Kays @rolandkays.com · 29/04/2026
🐺🐻‍❄️🦌🫎🦃🦅🐒🦝🦫🦬🐘🦉🐿️🦨🦡🐾🦎📷🧬 Hiring: Biodiversity Lab Manager @NaturalSciences Anticipated opening this summer Help run our on-exhibit Lab in Raleigh MS required Sign up for an alert when it goes live #cameratraps #AI #computervision docs.google.com/forms/d/1nrS...
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Weecology is hiring a postdoc to work with my long-term, large-scale Everglades wading bird project. We have data on nest effort at multiple spatial scales over 30+ years for multiple species. We also do fun stuff w/ drones. Sound interesting? See our ad! jabberwocky.weecology.org/2026/04/15/p...
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Join Our Everglades Wading Bird Research as a Postdoc
Join our Everglades Wading Bird project as a postdoc researcher! Explore wading bird breeding, nest success, and drone monitoring opportunities.
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Dan Mennill @dmennill.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Come and join our team! With an application deadline in 1 week, we're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biology at University of Windsor: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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Jocelyn Colella @jcolella.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We need your help transcribing KU Mammalogy's historical field notes to makes these data available to the global research community! Join this week's "expedition" on Notes from Nature. We are 18% of the way through W. C. Stanley's field expeditions to Kansas and Mexico.
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W.C. Stanley's Field Notes 1961 - 1963 | Notes from Nature - Ranges: Mammal Traits from western North America | Zooniverse - People-powered research
The information we extract from these images will help scientists to better understand the remarkable diversity of mammals and how they live their lives. These data will transform our comprehension of...
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Sky Island Alliance @skyislandalliance.org · 13/04/2026
ICYMI: Our allies at Aravaipa Canyon and Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve each have a job opening, looking for stewards to protect these special places well into the future. Check ‘em out and share. Aravaipa: ow.ly/fkVW50YImKx Sonoita Creek: ow.ly/ZbCp50YImJx
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