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We're really excited for this week's Earth Day events with Sharon Strauss visiting on Wednesday at 3:30pm in Buttrick 101 and a booth at #earthdaynash2024 on Saturday! Here are some photos from Nashville Earth Day 2022
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We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they're already extinct theconversation.com/we-disco… via @ConversationEDU
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Getting ready for The Grants to visit next week! This Friday's journal club features our trainees, Brynn and Samir talking about some of the Grants' work.
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What a strange hybrid beast!
Cross-species hybridization is well known among the Canis (dogs/wolves/coyotes/jackals) but I've never heard of CROSS-GENUS hybridization
Here's a Dog X Pampas fox hybrid from the wild, two genera separated by 6.7 million yrs
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🌡️New research on rising temps during the Ice Age on @undrstnd_evo (with discussion questions for your classroom! #STEM) #paleontology #pleistocene !
Check out our story about new research on the Pleistocene extinctions in Southern California and the many parallels to today: tinyurl.com/2458sx7p This research is hot, hot, hot!🔥🔥🔥
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Join @lizard_barnacle on Friday! Learn about a groundbreaking framework bridging gaps in understanding b/n secular instructors and religious biology students to foster acceptance of evolution. #ScienceTalk #Inclusivity #EvolutionEd vanderbilt.edu/evolution/upc…
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A new opinion piece in @sciam on the value of #paleontology by the @PaleoSoc ad hoc committee on employment, including one of our members! scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Please join us during the virtual meeting for the Future Vertebrate Paleontology discussion panel! Moderator Dr. Laura Wilson will be chatting with a fantastic group of innovative researchers on their work, their outlooks, plus taking audience questions.
vertpaleo.org/2023-virtual-m…
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What's wildlife disease risk analysis and why should we be implementing them? 🤔 Tune in this Friday to find out! 🐨🐀🧑⚕️
Join us for the September Seminar! Featuring Dr Steve Unwin and Dr Fiona Knox giving us an introduction to wildlife disease risk analyses.
Seminars are open to the public but please register at: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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📢JOB ALERT PLEASE RT📢 I am hiring a lab tech! Main responsibility will be segmenting and landmarking 🦎CT data as part of an NSF-funded project. I'll start reviewing applications on September 1, until the position is filled! to apply: bit.ly/3OJqynA
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Shown here are the youngest dated specimens of Harlan’s ground sloth, western camel, western horse, dire wolf, antique bison, and saber-toothed tiger. These fossils are the last known surviving members of their species.
Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/3LR
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We made a short video! Check it out! Featuring @DeSantisLab, @KyleTheDavid, @kelly__tingle, @sciencewithtina, @KateTSnyder, and others!
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Today's the day!!!
This Wednesday we're hosting @ScottVEdwards1 for an in-person seminar. If you're @VanderbiltU, come by Buttrick 101 at 3:10pm! We're going to explore bird diversity through #genomics, #museums and a two-wheeled cross-country adventure! Press release: loom.ly/qE3YwgE
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In 3 short weeks we'll host @ScottVEdwards1 to give our J.T. Scopes Lecture. The idea behind this series is speaking truth to power. We'll hear a talk titled, "Exploring bird diversity through #genomics, museums and a two-wheeled cross-country adventure." We're so excited! 🦜🐦
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Pleased to share our PNAS Special Feature, "The Past as a Lens for Biodiversity Conservation on a Dynamically Changing Planet." Thanks Michelle Lawing @tamueeb, Nils Chr. Stenseth & @sdiazecology for co-editing. I highlight colleagues' papers below.
SF: pnas.org/topic/542
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After a pack of wolves on a small Alaskan Island decimated the island's deer population, their meal of choice shifted from venison to seafood. Now sea otters represent the bulk of the wolves' diets. 🐺🦦
My latest for @NewsfromScience: science.org/content/article/…
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"The extinct megafauna are irreplaceable—we have no animals quite like them today—but life finds a way." — Dr. Mairin Balisi bit.ly/BurroingPast
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"The sheer volume of misinformation can distort perceptions of how many people don't believe the science that shows the Earth's climate is changing because of human activity," said @KHayhoe
#ClimateChange #SciComm
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