Reposted by Teague O'MaraDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US: 714369
Reposted by Teague O'MaraMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 29/01/2025If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse .. 1629135254900
Reposted by Teague O'MaraSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 30/01/2025For those who don't get the joke: Trump kindly asked Google Maps to rename the Gulf of Mexico. It shall soon be known as the Gulf of America. The US is now classified as a ‘sensitive country’ alongside China and Russia in Google. 1356
Reposted by Teague O'MaraCédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 29/01/2025Want to tilt and stack your #maps in #rstats? install.packages("layer") works again! Thank you so much @egorkotov.bsky.social for reviving our layer 📦 #rspatial #mapping #dataviz 0438
Reposted by Teague O'MaraMaureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · 28/01/2025new.nsf.gov/executive-or...new.nsf.govNSF Implementation of Recent Executive OrdersInformation for the NSF community regarding executive orders. 02134
Reposted by Teague O'MaraMatt Carling @mdcarling.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived': BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...new.nsf.govBuilding Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO) 27118132
Reposted by Teague O'MaraJon Flanders @jonrflanders.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Interested in learning how #bat conservation initiatives contribute to Global Biodiversity Framework #GBF and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals #SDG??? If so, check out our new paper in Conservation Letters below 🦇 👇🏻 2146
Reposted by Teague O'MaraBat Conservation International 🦇 @batcon.org · 24/01/2025Learn about the hands and hearts that make bat conservation possible in Kenya. 🦇 news.batcon.org/4084SaDnews.batcon.orgResilient Roosts: Community is the Heart of Bat Conservation in Coastal Kenya - Bat Conservation InternationalMany of Africa’s bat species rely on ancient caves for shelter and reproduction. 091
Teague O'Mara @teagueo.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Taxon-targeted conservation has broad reaching effects and directly connects to GBF and UNSDG targets: lnkd.in/gteGyVpt The interconnectedness of conservation efforts within socioenvironmental systems ultimately creates additional co-benefits across the social, ecological, and economic sectors. 030
Teague O'Mara @teagueo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Please Donate: gofund.me/9655fb6f Two of the greatest people (and 3 cats) in the world have now lost not one, but two houses to fires in California. And yeah, these two ladies are not who you want standing with you at a craps table. Their luck is terrible!gofund.meDonate to Kristi and Stephanie - fire loss recovery, round 2!, organized by Stephanie MeredithDouble whammy! Don't take us gambling! Many of you kno… Stephanie Meredith needs your support for Kristi and Stephanie - fire loss recovery, round 2! 110
Reposted by Teague O'MaraDaniel Becker @danjbecker.bsky.social · 11/12/2024i'm excited to finally see this out in mSphere. we worked with @teagueo.bsky.social and @batconintl.bsky.social to characterize novel blood bacteria of Mexican free-tailed bats in the US and showcase seasonal infection in our longitudinally sampled Oklahoma colony. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... 054
Reposted by Teague O'MaraJesko Partecke @jpartecke.bsky.social · 11/12/2024#ornithology doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1178
Reposted by Teague O'MaraErik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 09/12/2024⚠️ Only two days left ⚠️ to apply for 👇 PhD position with @btschirren.bsky.social on autoimmune disease in wild rodent populations @uniexecec.bsky.social 11214
Teague O'Mara @teagueo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Javi's work is the best and I've been so lucky to work with him on a number of projects (including Bat Island: geni.us/BatIsland) 130
Reposted by Teague O'MaraCarl Boettiger @cboettig.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Great paper surveying practices around occupancy modeling in ecology doi.org/10.1111/ecog... from @ben-r-goldstein.bsky.social & co. Not a flattering view -- from data collection to statistical methods to peer review we're falling short, but many actionable suggestions here!doi.orgHow do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice?Over 20 years ago, ecologists were introduced to the site occupancy model (SOM) for estimating occupancy rates from detection-nondetection data. In the ensuing decades, the SOM and its hierarchical m.... 04420
Reposted by Teague O'MaraMikko Kolkkala @xcsci.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Talvehtivat kimalaiskuningattaret ( #Bombus #impatiens ) selviävät veden alla hengissä päiväkausia (havaittiin laboratoriossa, kun jääkaapissa, jossa kimalaiset talvehtivat tapahtui vesivahinko) www.sciencenews.org/article/hibe... #kimalaisetsciencenews.orgHibernating bumblebee queens surprisingly can survive underwater for daysAfter some bumblebee queens were accidentally submerged in water and survived, researchers found them to be surprisingly tolerant of flooding. 0499
Teague O'Mara @teagueo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It's amazing! One of Christian Ziegler's -- we have a book filled with other incredible bat pics Christian has taken :) 010
Teague O'Mara @teagueo.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This took some time, but what a bat, what a social org, and what an amazing team of collaborators! @animaltracking.bsky.social Consistent long-distance foraging flights across years and seasons at colony level in a neotropical bat: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 2207
Reposted by Teague O'MaraBlair Costelloe @blaircostelloe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Got a Researchgate notification that our paper on counting fruit bats in Zambia was cited in a study of UFOs. That's a first! @teagueo.bsky.social 2211
Reposted by Teague O'MaraJoanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 16/11/2024Absolutely huge news for amphibian conservation. The lethal fungus Bd has been causing huge and steady declines in frogs over the last decades, so seeing resistant populations establishing post-reintroduction is really fantastic. 🧪 🐸 🌎 216039
Teague O'Mara @teagueo.bsky.social · 15/02/2024Join us! BCI is looking for a new Research Scientist to identify diet and critical foraging habitat for bats affected by White-nose Syndrome (WNS) in Pennsylvania, working with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Applications close March 1. 1.adp.com/oX5yTjS6c2k 023
Reposted by Teague O'MaraLauren D. Pharr 🐦⬛ @ldpharr.bsky.social · 18/10/2023My Nonprofit Field Inclusive is happy to offer THREE $500 Research Grants for 2024! Two research grants are available for any natural science research, while one is available only for climate-focused research. Learn more and apply: www.fieldinclusive.org/research-gra... Plz share w/ your networks. 11327