Dedicated to advancing knowledge of and conserving biodiversity. Partnered among @WashU, @stlzoo, and @mobotgarden. Led by @JLosos and Crickette Sanz.
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🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨
We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation!
Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025…
(or find the link in our bio)
📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski
#manuscriptMonday #Madagascar #lemurs
This collaborative study between WashU Anthropology, Madagascar Flora and Fauna Group, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis Zoo, & the University of Antananarivo explores the genetic diversity of 2 Critically Endangered lemur species living in 2 forests in Eastern Madagascar.
🌿 We’re Hiring!
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.
✨ If you have experience in LEC's pillar areas and love collaboration, apply today!
👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job
#hiring #Jobs
New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.
Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand.
🔗artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/p…
🎉 New publication alert!
Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/acc…
#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity
🎉 New publication from LEC post-doc alum and Biodiversity Fellows #ManuscriptMonday
Amazonian and Andean tree communities are not tracking current climate warming | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
Learn about how Missouri Botanical Garden's Madagascar Programme is supporting both sustainable livelihoods and a healthy ecosystems . Read all about it in this article by The Guardian theguardian.com/saving-land-…
🎉 New publication alert!
Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/acc…
#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity
🚨 LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@e_carlen) joins @stlonair to talk about how urban spaces and planning impact wildlife.
🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.
#UrbanEcology #StLouis #DelmarDivide #ScienceTwitter #Urbanbiodiversity #WashU
The socioeconomic and racial dividing line known as the Delmar Divide separates people, and new research suggests it also segregates wildlife.
In this @STLonAir episode: How politics have shaped the genealogy — and even evolution — of St. Louis squirrels: stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-t…
🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨
The @stlzoo Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬
Apply today !
🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wus…
#scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers
📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen
🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV
#UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution
@Nature
“War, politics & religion can shape the evolution of urban wildlife” — Dr. Elizabeth Carlen (Living Earth Collaborative) outlines how human culture and conflict act as evolutionary forces within our cities.
Read more: theconversation.com/war-poli… via @ConversationUS
Living Earth Collaborative retweeted
Go behind the scenes of @LECBiodiversity, where scientists at WashU, @mobotgarden, and the @stlzoo are joining forces to protect the plants and animals of the world — for their sake and ours. 🍃 🐒 bit.ly/4e0mFab
#WashU #WashUalumni
Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations.
Big thanks to @TheWCS for organizing this informative & timely symposium.
#onehealth | @ICCB2025
#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane!
This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.
LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!
We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology!
Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag! #ICCB2025
New publication by LEC post-doc alum and LEC Biodiversity Fellows!
Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2…
LEC is a partnership with @WashU, @mobotgarden & @stlzoo focused on conserving biodiversity locally & globally.
Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/h…