A foraging southern plains bumble bee (Bombus fraternus), which is currently ranked as “vulnerable” by NatureServe. CREDIT: Richard Hall (University of Georgia, Athens, GA).

Despite widespread concern about insect declines, the conservation status of 88.5% of insects and arachnids in the United States is unknown. Only 2.5% of at-risk species are federally protected, mostly showy species, such as butterflies. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/WLQM50YrkWE

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Sad for the individuals affected and sad to lose all the experience and critical thought applied to important public agency policies, analyses, and actions.
www.science.org/content/arti...

I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade

Careers | NatureServe

6(!) jobs with @natureserve.bsky.social and our Natural Heritage Network. Science, stewardship, & philanthropy
www.natureserve.org/careers
Join the largest network of biodiversity scientists in the U.S. and Canada building rare species and ecosystem datasets, used for conservation!
#conservationjobs

Great looking job for a botanist with the @natureserve.bsky.social Network member program in VA!

Field Botanist - Roanoke, Virginia, United States Title: Field Botanist State Role Title: Scientist II Hiring Range: $55,000 - $65,000 Pay Band: 5 Agency: Dept Conservation & Recreation Location: Roanoke, VA Agency Website: www.dcr.virginia.gov R...

Field botanist job with Virginia Natural Heritage, based in Roanoke, VA. $55-65K pay range. Please share widely! www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/field-b...

a coral reef with a few fish swimming around it ALT: a coral reef with a few fish swimming around it

What is the extent of threats to #marinefish from the online aquarium trade in the United States?🐠 🪸Lin et al studied the lucrative but opaque US online marine #aquarium trade is driven by wild-caught reef fish, including #threatenedspecies, exposing key data gaps.

doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#science

Economic loss from the White House's NSF FY 2026 Proposed Budget

New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.

Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.

Report: osf.io/e8rnc

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What journals will publish a 300-word letter with two small, federal conservation policy-relevant analyses? Like a letter in Science, but without the prohibition on including new data?
#science #ecology #conservation

Federal lands photo for attention. =)

Entire Fulbright board quits, citing Trump administration interference In an open letter, the board said that the administration denied awards to a "substantial" number of selected individuals.

Entire Fulbright board quits, citing Trump administration interference

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch Archbold's mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of Florida, and beyond. Archbold’s footprint encompasses the ancient scrub habitats of ...

Take my job! I'm moving on in a few weeks and this is a position for a conservation leader in a place that matters. BROAD range of backgrounds possible: science, land management, land trust, conservation admin/grants.
archbold-station.apscareerportal.com/jobs?locale=...

Kakhovka dam attack exposed ‘toxic time bomb’ of heavy metal pollution Newly exposed sediments are estimated to contain around 83,000 tonnes of heavy metals

A sad human and ecological story I was asked to comment on re: war's impact on a European dam and river ecosystem. The river contains some highly at-risk sturgeon species I worked on for USFWS years ago.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/kakhovk...

NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

The NSF REU program is where I got my start in research. A very sad development: www.science.org/content/arti...

Same for NIH $$ changes

Call your congressional reps. It does matter. Imagine how many gator (and other schools') alumni and staff this affects.

Sharing a new op-ed written with great colleagues at Archbold on one good approach we are taking to up the conservation impact of our science:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Happy to hear what you think and if it's useful!

Collaboration with U of MD and funded by NASA. If you're into GIS & data management, tools for habitat management, rare species, and wildfire risk reduction, apply!

Archbold Biological Station is hiring a spatial ecologist for a new project automating mapping of prescribed fires in the Everglades Headwaters.
www.archbold-station.org/careers/

Yipe

GLEON, Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network

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Check out the description at the link above and click through to the full advertisement portfolio. Archbold is a one-of-a-kind place and we're looking for a one-of-a-kind leader.
Share widely, send nominations to the recruiting firm, apply!

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Here is a special job for the right person who cares deeply about science, conservation, building partnerships, growing teams and staff skills, and nurturing institutions and community. Archbold is hiring an Executive Director & CEO.

Thanks to co-authors from Archbold Biological Station, FL Natural Areas Inventory, and UF Center for Landscape Conservation for their contributions to this ambitious work.

Marshaling science to advance large landscape conservation Planning conservation science for end-users' (agencies, land trusts, and land owners) needs and values can advance large landscape conservation. To illustrate impactful analysis and science communica....

Conservation is value-driven but should be science-backed. Here is an account of how science has brought credibility to and helped advance conservation of the 18-million-acre Florida Wildlife Corridor in the last few years.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The most rewarding of the MANY presentations I do involve bringing science and new analysis to interested non-scientists and having it spark genuine, engaged, discussion of conservation strategy. Today👍👍👍.
#science #conservation

What a dumb idea.

Florida sees thriving future if climate resilience managed, research finds Florida wildlife corridor will spearhead climate resilience if allowed to evolve and essential preparatory work done, study says

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Great coverage of our new report on large landscape conservation and climate resilience. Florida-centric, but a model for others, hopefully!

I'll be presenting the Archbold Biological Station portion of this four-continent webinar on fire management at field stations. Tune in later today.
www.obfs.org/event/virtua...