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Rachel Larson, PhD

@rlarson92.bsky.social
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Conservation biology postdoc at San Diego Natural History Museum, urban ecologist 🏙🐿🦝🦌, artist 👩🏻‍🎨 (she/her) art insta: @ sciurusstitches

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Apply to join our team at @nhm.org ! We are hiring a Program Manager of Community Science- full time temporary for 4 months (on grant funds) and part-time permanent after that. Application review begins January 5. tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025 🧪🌎
a flier for a job posting: Program Manager of Community Science at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Gila monster American badger Mink Steindachner’s ebony tarantula Ovenbird
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I worked in the scat analysis part of this as an undergrad way back when! So cool to see this work published thanks to Kate Weiss
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Rodent indent not self-evident: a case of mistaken identity of the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ | Biology Letters
The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ is a remarkable full body impression ostensibly created by a brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) crossing fresh concrete in Chicago’s Roscoe Village that became a viral sensation. Whi...
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Bennett Hardy @finderofrogs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
So amazing our team’s work is getting recognized on @npr.org for our successful bi-national translocation of California red-legged frogs. Was super fun chatting with Nate about the project!
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open! This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too! eebmentormatch.com
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
On my way home with my fresh-off-the-needles raccoon socks from the best conference in the world. Hope to see everybody again in 2027 in Milwaukee! #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Akinwale Oladimeji (my academic sibling): Patterns of wildlife occurrence in urban Cape Town 🇿🇦 - there are significant species-level differences, but most species responded negatively to impervious cover #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Shawn Fujioka: A plant talk at a wildlife conference! Increased management effort by park staff leads to increased native plant biodiversity and reduced threats from invasive species #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Mark Johnston: Powerline right-of-ways as corridors for movement of wildlife through urban landscapes #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Nicole Kemon: Bird feeder cleaning is correlated with motives behind feeding birds, with attitudes of care & environmental stewardship leading to more frequent cleaning compared to self-interested feeders #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From @kayleebyers.bsky.social: Based on currently-published literature, we know very little about chronic wasting disease dynamics in urban landscapes #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Zehidul Hussain: Looking forward to seeing the integration of behavioral videos, collar data, and landscape information to understand urban deer ecology #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Andrea Darracq: An interesting longitudinal (and ongoing!) dataset of coupled human health & biodiversity data to investigate OneHealth mechanisms #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Andrea Flores: More frequent rat sightings reduces the perceived restorative benefits of connection to nature in Chicago’s urban gardens #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From Marie Lilly: Functional connectivity for deer drives distribution of tick-borne pathogens in New York City #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Ready to (almost) close out the all-day UWIN symposium with my talk on white-footed mice! Come learn about the small warm-fuzzies in the big city! #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Amanda Zellmer: AI detection tools work really well to catch most target species for wildlife cameras. They just don’t work as well for smaller species like rats/lizards/songbirds #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Laura Limonciello: A super interesting overview of the state of urban biodiversity research & urban mammal occupancies in Italy 🇮🇹 #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Taylor Readyhough: Red fox avoidance of coyotes is dynamic and was significantly impacted by COVID lockdowns in Cleveland #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From @sciencewithtyus.bsky.social: Cat temporal oscillation effect - cats alter their space use throughout the day to maximize access to resources (anthro subsidies in residential areas during day; natural areas at night to hunt prey) #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Emily Blackwell: Raccons may be more susceptible to heat stress, given their responses (site occupancy & activity patterns) to urban heat islands #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Looking forward to future camera collar data from @mellamorooster.bsky.social on urban white-tail deer! #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From @urbanzoochory.bsky.social: Mangy coyotes are more likely to occur in cities with milder winters & higher humidity. Thus, mange could become more common in cities at higher latitudes under climate change #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Austin Green: Fawning mule deer alter their activity patterns in response to urbanization and coyote presence more strongly than lone deer #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From @testudinidude.bsky.social: cool work emphasizing the importance of species-level variance within bird responses to urbanization #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Ann Smithson: Even a quirky system is better than no system in the opinions of wildlife management agencies when it comes to conflict reporting systems #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Cool talk on eco forecasting from @masonfidino.bsky.social predicting urban wildlife distributions in unsampled cities #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
So ready for the all day UWIN symposium & learning all about my friends’ and colleagues’ cool research! #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From @urbanbirdnerd.bsky.social: Different components of urban environments impact song structure & reproduction in different ways in American robins #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From Melissa Gonzalez: Modern birds reflect more heat than historic (1880-1930) birds due to decreases in black carbon air pollution #CollectionsMatter #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From Kate Weiss: Toward a social-ecological-evolutionary-phenotype approach to understand wildlife adaptation to urbanization #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From @wild-summer.bsky.social: LA coyote populations have varying levels of genetic diversity but we’re still trying to understand why, as it’s not easily explained by common urban metrics like impervious surface cover #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From Cassandra Rodriguez: Traditional pedigree have methods consistently underestimated inbreeding in LA pumas, highlighting the increasingly critical need for wildlife corridors/crossings #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From Tiffany Chen: Sunda pangolins are very sensitive to human activity, highlighting the importance of protected areas next to urban development in Vietnam #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From Amy Greene/Bell Isle Nature Center: Outdoor sports (eg kayaking, pickle ball, etc.) are an important source of connection to nature for folks. They also identified outdoor cooking classes, date nights, & en plein air art programs as addt’l ways to connect #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
From Adam Rohnke: More examples of desire from the public to engage with #UrbanWildlife but a desire for more resources, even at HOA’s across the economic spectrum #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Cool plenary from Dr. Stweard Pickett - makes me feel like I’m back in a #HumanGeography grad seminar with all the talk of “co-production” and “place and space”
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Ready for my absolute fav conference to start! #IUWC2025
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
1st incident of camera vandalism in our #SanDiego #UrbanWildlife project: melting the plastic shields over the motion sensor and LEDs
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Congrats to my UCSD undergrad mentee Sandra for presenting our preliminary camera trapping results at her first-ever conference at #WCBSURC!
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
They are in a band together 🧪 #cameratrapping
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Check out this promo for the museum’s healthy canyons project featuring me! 👩‍🔬🧪 www.instagram.com/share/BACZUv...
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Looking for an urban ecology postdoc? Want to be partners in crime with me to shape an alliance for urban nature amongst California's largest science institutions? Love camera trapping? Apply for this position! 🧪👩‍🔬🌎🌿🌱 #EcoECRcareer aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04719
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Postdoctoral Scholar - Urban Ecology- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Using @masonfidino.bsky.social’s blog post as a tutorial, I have successfully run my first #NIMBLE occupancy model! 🧪🎉
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Some of my favorite photos from our 1st season of sampling in #SanDiego 🧪🌎🌿
A trail camera photo of a bobcat mid-pounce, aiming toward the viewer.A coyote looks up into a trail camera from the grassy understory.A black-and-white trail camera photo of a gray fox looking directly at the camera.A trail camera photo of a striped skunk from behind.
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I made a starter pack for researchers with UWIN--the Urban Wildlife Information Network (www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org). Let me know if you want in! go.bsky.app/Eei6Tbs
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
If you’re looking for more small mammal research after yesterday’s talks, check out my talk this afternoon (3:30pm in Peale) on the relationships between predator occurrence and urban deer mouse abundance #TWS2024
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Rachel Larson, PhD @rlarson92.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
If you’re also at #TWS2024 this week and want to meet up, you can find me wearing my woodland cardigan (that I knit myself, btw!)
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