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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨 We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation! Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... (or find the link in our bio) 📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

🌿 We’re Hiring! Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission. ✨ If you have experience in LEC's pilar areas and love collaboration, apply today! 👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Behind the scenes at @mobotgarden.bsky.social WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation. Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses). 📸: Sean Garcia, WashU #WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎 We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand. 🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🎉 New publication alert! Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News) #ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🎉 New publication alert! Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml #UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@ecarlen.bsky.social) joins St Louis on the Air to explore how STL's built environment shapes not just neighborhoods — but wildlife. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history. 🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨 The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬 Apply today 🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-... #scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen 🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV #UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution @nature.com

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🧵How do war, politics & religion shape the evolution of wildlife in cities? It’s not just habitat loss and pollution—human culture itself is driving evolutionary change. LEC postdoc Dr. Elizabeth Carlen explains in her latest piece for @us.theconversation.com 🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...

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War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the evolution of urban animals and plants.

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations. Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium. #onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane! This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development. LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

At @iccb2025.bsky.social? Stop by booth 4! We’d love to learn about your work and share about our work combining the research power of academia, botanical gardens and zoos. #iccb2025

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology! Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag! #ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

New publication by LEC post-doc alum and LEC Biodiversity Fellows! Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Thanks for having us! We loved sharing with this incredible network.

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

WashU's Department of Statistics & Data Science and LEC recently hosted experts from @mobotgarden.bsky.social to discuss the Revolutionizing Species Identification project: digitizing 8 million herbarium specimens for cutting-edge biodiversity research. Learn more: sds.wustl.edu/node/13366

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🌿 Join the Missouri Botanical Garden team! @mobotgarden.bsky.social is hiring a Hyperspectral Scanning Assistant for the Revolutionizing Species Identification Project! Apply today: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA... #NowHiring #ScienceJobs #Biodiversity #PlantScience

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🚨 Now Hiring: AZA Reproductive Management Center Assistant. Support wildlife conservation with the AZA Reproductive Management Center @stlzoo.bsky.social 🧪 Up to 10 hrs/week | $13.25/hr 📅 Apply by May 16 Details livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/aza-re... #ConservationJobs #STLZoo

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Discover the wild story of Anna the Wolf! Join us at the Missouri History Museum tonight for a family-friendly event exploring the remarkable connection between St. Louis & Mexican gray wolf recovery. Free & fun for all ages! 🔗 mohistory.org/events/anna-...

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A study in Ecology by WashU, UMSL, & Missouri Botanical Garden researchers reveals a layer of hidden diversity in tropical forests found in the leaves using specimens from the Madidi Project. 🔗https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.70069

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Imagine this: the Amazon and other tropical forests are like nature’s lungs 🌎 But those lungs? They’re wheezing A new study shows these forests aren’t adapting fast enough to climate change. They're struggling to keep up It’s not just trees at risk - it’s all of us 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Conceptual figure depicting the analyzed mechanisms for change in community trait composition across the study area.
Tree individuals that are alive and have a DBH ≥10 cm are part of the full community assemblage. Across time, there can be changes in the community trait composition due to growth of the surviving tree individuals (survivor assemblage) given their increase in basal area (top right). Other mechanisms for changing community trait composition across time are the recruitment (recruit assemblage) of new individuals (middle right) and the death (fatality assemblage) of individuals in the community (bottom right).

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

As Saint Louis' trees bloom, we’re still reflecting on the amazing Tropical Forest February event! Check out the recap strategicplan.artsci.wustl.edu/news/missour... Thank you to our partners @stlzoo.bsky.social & @mobotgarden.bsky.social who were instrumental in making this event a success!

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David Cooper @hdavidcooper.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A reminder that IPBES is seeking experts for the 2nd global assessment on biodiversity. This will be a hugely important report for the future of biodiversity. Experts are needed, especially, interdisciplinary experts and those from the Global South.

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Application as an expert for the second global assessment | IPBES secretariat

Application is open!

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Grateful to everyone who joined us for Tropical Forest February at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Huge thanks to our partners from WashU, Saint Louis Zoo, the Garden, and UMSL Harris Center for sharing their incredible research. This event was a true collaboration for conservation!

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Join LEC for Tropical Forest February on Feb 27 at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Learn about tropical forest research & conservation efforts at @stlzoo.bsky.social , @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @washu.bsky.social Free event, registration required! 🔗 More info: bit.ly/LECEvents

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Dr. Lora Iannotti co-authored a study linking wild foods to diet diversity & child growth in Madagascar—part of an LEC Seed Grant w/Missouri Botanical Garden. 📺 Watch her chat w/ Dean Galea: youtu.be/yvykSyIM_ec 🔗 More on the project: bit.ly/Wildfood #WashUResearch #PublicHealth #Biodiversity

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WashU Public Health Ideas with Lora Iannotti

YouTube video by WashU School of Public Health

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J. Sebastian Tello @sebastello.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Join the Missouri Botanical Garden! If you are interested in conservation, restoration, or plant systematics in Latin America, this is a great opportunity to work at an institution driven by a passion for describing and conserving plants. One more week to apply! jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...

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Job Details | Dayforce Jobs

Find your next adventure

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It's squirrel appreciation day! Learn about LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen's research on how city life is changing the local populations of eastern gray squirrels. Squirrels and the city | Washington University youtu.be/qxJY9Ywh5FQ?... #urbanecology #SquirrelAppreciationDay #urbanbiodiversity

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Squirrels and the city | Washington University

YouTube video by Washington University in St. Louis

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Check out the awesome #urbanbiodiversity and #urbanecology lab happening at Living Earth Collaborative!

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Jonathan Myers @jamyersecology.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology! Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥 Applications due Feb. 15 Reposts appreciated!

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Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotgarden.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Welcome Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann, the Garden’s new president! 📸 Nathan Kwarta #MOBOTGarden

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🌿 Outstanding #CESAB SynTreeSys online seminar series : Understanding Tropical Forests 📅 Nov 28 - Dec 6 ⏰ 1 PM São Paulo | 5 PM Paris 28/11 H. Steege 29/11 R. Lima 03/12 T. Scalley 04/12 @tobypennington.bsky.social 05/12 C. Fortunel 06/12 J. Chave 👉 meet.google.com/gsq-gqgf-vug 🧪🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🌾

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Congratulations to LEC Founder Jonathan Losos on being recognized as an NCSE Friend of Darwin!

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Living Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

📢Post-Doc Opportunity! The McDonnell Genome Institute and the Living Earth Collaborative are partnering to advance genomics for biodiversity research! Join our team! 🔗https://apply.interfolio.com/158669 🌍https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu #Genomics #Biodiversity #Conservation #PostDoc

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