@BarberLab

Curator and Professor at the American Museum of Natural History | PI of the Sensory Ecology Lab | Affiliate at Boise State University

 New York, NY, USA
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Joined April 2013
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The Bat Lab@YovelBatLab1 Nov 2024
Our new @Science paper is out: Acoustic cognitive map–based navigation in echolocating bats science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… Incredible work by @AyaGoldshtein @ran_nathan @icouzin @Sivan_Toledo et al. Photo by Jens Rydell #bats #echolocation #science
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I'm super stoked to announce that I will be starting my own lab in January at Clemson University in the department of Biological Sciences! If you're interested in working on seasonal plasticity in butterflies and moths, feel free to contact me!
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Miles Silman@silmanmr23 Oct 2024
Natural history #collections are more important than ever. We can't understand #biodiversity without them natureconservation.pensoft.n…

Lost species, neglected taxonomy, and the role of natural history collections and synonymization in...

A recent paper highlighted the need for increased attention towards species that have vanished from scientific literature and proposed a new nomenclature in view of needed conservation actions, based...

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Jesse Barber retweeted
Miles Silman@silmanmr19 Sep 2024
Finally, a government that is taking illegal #ASGM seriously. Well done @NacionWampis. Un ejemplo para todos. 💪💪💪 @MongabayOrg @MongabayLatam
Gobierno Territorial Autónomo de la Nación Wampís@NacionWampis13 Sep 2024
Replying to @NacionWampis
@Nacionwampis expulsa a mineros ilegales en río Santiago. Maquinaria destruida y 6 mineros fueron expulsados. 🚫⛏️ El Gobierno Wampís exige al @MininterPeru acciones contra la minería ilegal. ¡La defensa del territorio no es negociable! ▶️ nacionwampis.com/wampis-expu…
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Yash Sondhi@Mothyash3 Sep 2024
Excited to announce I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in July 2024! @cwru
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For those interested - @BarberLab and I be giving a joint talk (two of us speaking together) at #ICE2024 today at 5:15-5:30 pm, rm C2. Come by to learn about bats, insect ultrasound production, mimicry, and sonar jamming in a 15 min! @ice2024kyoto_jp
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A customized and shielded street lighting design significantly reduces the lethal attraction of flying insects in various environments. This approach harmonizes human needs with minimizing the ecological impact of artificial light at night. nature.com/articles/s42003-0…

Reducing the fatal attraction of nocturnal insects using tailored and shielded road lights

Communications Biology - A customized and shielded street lighting design significantly reduces the lethal attraction of flying insects in various environments. The approach harmonizes human needs...

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Why is this Luna Moth laying eggs on a blade of grass? It's stuck under a streetlight on the pavement in the middle of the street. #Light_pollution
Luna moth stuck under street light and laying eggs on a blade of Bahia grass. March 23, 2024, Gainesville, Florida.

ALT Luna moth stuck under street light and laying eggs on a blade of Bahia grass. March 23, 2024, Gainesville, Florida.

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Say hello to the 4th group of Mozambican students working toward their Masters in Conservation Biology in #Gorongosa National Park. These 12 students will immerse themselves in environmental science & contribute to the future of conservation biology in Mozambique.
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Our 3rd cohort of Mozambican graduates recently completed the Gorongosa Masters in Conservation Biology program and are ready to conserve the environment! Photo - Janado Nazaré Cher
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#Moth #beer! “Night Life IPA”was released by @fmbrewing recently. The can reads, “Turn the lights out for moths”. A campaign to help save moths and reduce #LightPollution!! One of many outreach activities we do @FloridaMuseum #McGuireCenter. Efforts led by @JCDanielsLab
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Do you know what @globalsouthbats is? They are a group of people aiming to connect and empower bat conservation allies in the GlobalSouth where locally--led research and conservation are most needed. We spent 2 weeks in Costa Rica planning the upcoming activities for the next 5y
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Never thought I'd see the day when Wildlife Crossings was formally proposed as a LEGO kit. Then again I haven't touched a LEGO since 1992. bit.ly/VoteWAWCLEGOIDEA Plz RT to help them get votes, esp. if you are @ben_a_goldfarb who wrote a wildly popular new book abt road ecology
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Conserving the evolutionary history of birds. #OpenAccess in @ConBiology. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… – at Boise, ID

Conserving the evolutionary history of birds

In the midst of the sixth mass extinction, limited resources are forcing conservationists to prioritize which species and places will receive conservation action. Evolutionary distinctiveness...

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Twelve Mozambican students will study conservation biology in #Gorongosa Park this coming year. It’s the only master’s program taught inside a national park. Full scholarships (except for a registration fee) are financed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. #Africa #Mozambique
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Rassina Farassi has successfully defending her thesis, finished her degree, and is the first Mozambican to earn a Masters in Primatology. Rassina says she is ready to train the next generation of researchers and protect the primates of Mozambique.
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Oded Berger-Tal (@odedberger-tal.bsky.social)@oded_tal2 Oct 2023
#WindTurbines are very noisy. We tend to build noisy infrastructure away from us, but that means that others will suffer. New paper by @LehnardtYael shows that birds are strongly impacted by wind turbine noise. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… In collaboration with the amazing @BarberLab
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New NSF-funded postdoc opening in our lab - please consider applying - great opportunity to study bats + moths be part of a dynamic research team with @BarberLab!
Kawahara Lab@KawaharaLab18 Sep 2023
New Postdoc Opening on in our lab @UF @FloridaMuseum to study bats, moths and evolution as part of an NSF grant! Please apply for this postdoc at link below and share/repost! Salary $60K/yr + benefits. Deadline October 13, 2023! #McGuireCenter
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Check out the great bat work in Gorongosa NP conducted by Césaria Huó and Piotr Naskrecki! nautil.us/the-social-life-of…

The Social Life of Bats - Nautilus

They sing, have dialects, reserve special tones for their pups—our reporter journeys to Mozambique to explore the unique communication of bats.

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It’s cool to be featured in the latest issue of the Wildlife Professional along with @BarberLab and @DrCDFrancis
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