Southeast black bears lost
Mississippi bouncing back
Restored corridors

Lacy Todt
#ASMPurdue

Duckworth: "Donald Trump has fired more veterans than any other president in our recent history. This has to stop, because these are hard-working people."

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.

They did it for PEPFAR.

Now Ebola.

I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

Join the American Institute of Biological Sciences for Congressional Visits Day April 28-30. Meet with members of Congress in Washington, DC, and advocate for federal investments in biological sciences. @aibsbiology.bsky.social

Register by March 3. more info & sign up: www.aibs.org/news/2024/24...

I got to preset about my part-time job at the Missouri Natural Resources Conference! The conference was great and I had some productive conversations

If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal.

NIH and now NSF.

Effectively the entirety of science funding in America is on hold.

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

I do realize it’s early on a Monday, ha.

Sometimes it helps to have a bit of your favorite adult beverage and then get back at it. I get too hung up on what I expected, so this allows me to relax my expectations a bit and consider what they actually did.

A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.

www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

Been thinking about replaying BL2 lately. Sirens are my fav

Tucked paws are just so cute 🐾

Sweetgum trees near a park shelter with red, orange, yellow, and green leaves from top to bottom

Sweetgum and Sycamores are still holding onto some fall colors in Big Oak Tree State Park (Missouri)

Done!

A calico cat laying on a black cat. Both are laying on a large bean bag chair covered with a cat blanket

I’m new and these are my cats. I’m working on my PhD studying black bear genetics, diet, and morphology. I also enjoy:
Embroidery
Video games (mostly RPG or chill games atm)
Hiking/backpacking
Fantasy genre things like Lord of the Rings and Studio Ghibli