Ashley Reynolds, Cat Lady PhD
@ashleyreynolds.ca
She/her ♠️
Currently teaching vertebrate diversity and mammalogy at the University of Toronto. Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Interested in the evolutionary ecology of carnivorous mammals. Ask me your questions about cats!
Currently teaching vertebrate diversity and mammalogy at the University of Toronto. Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Interested in the evolutionary ecology of carnivorous mammals. Ask me your questions about cats!
Pinned
I wrote out my feelings about the GMO wolves, and I will never forgive Colossal for making my first blog post about wolves instead of cats. 🧪
ashinonyx.quarto.pub/my-website/b...
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Darwin wrote in his 1859 On the Origin of Species "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one... from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." #2026MMM
a herd of elephants standing in a field with birds flying around them
Alt: a herd of elephants standing in a field with red birds flying around them
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Darwin wrote in his 1859 On the Origin of Species "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one... from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." #2026MMM
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All individuals of a species come from the complex interactions of their genes and their environment, & the rich developmental endowment epigentically inherited from the parent.
Nothing can replace or recreate that.
In this Anthropocene, once lost, the species is lost forever.
#2026MMM
Nothing can replace or recreate that.
In this Anthropocene, once lost, the species is lost forever.
#2026MMM
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
All individuals of a species come from the complex interactions of their genes and their environment, & the rich developmental endowment epigentically inherited from the parent.
Nothing can replace or recreate that.
In this Anthropocene, once lost, the species is lost forever.
#2026MMM
Nothing can replace or recreate that.
In this Anthropocene, once lost, the species is lost forever.
#2026MMM
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These words celebrate that each living species is a treasure, the result of an incredible evolutionary journey through mutation, drift, and selection. A species is a miracle of existence. #2026MMM
a polar bear and a polar bear cub are hugging each other in the snow .
Alt: a polar bear and a polar bear cub are hugging each other in the snow .
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
These words celebrate that each living species is a treasure, the result of an incredible evolutionary journey through mutation, drift, and selection. A species is a miracle of existence. #2026MMM
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Since Groundhog's Day we have announced the #2026MMM theme: March Mammal Madness Celebrates LIBRARIES! We've released the calendar, opened the Educator MMMaterials request form, & crafted a sheet of combatant Valentines! All available at the LibGuide: libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
LibGuides: March Mammal Madness: Home
The official home for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning! Welcome to the official home of March Mammal Madness!
libguides.asu.edu
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Since Groundhog's Day we have announced the #2026MMM theme: March Mammal Madness Celebrates LIBRARIES! We've released the calendar, opened the Educator MMMaterials request form, & crafted a sheet of combatant Valentines! All available at the LibGuide: libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
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You get so used to hearing from professional opinion-havers that "everyone hates and distrusts academics and they fail to demonstrate their value" that sometimes you forget it's not true.
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
You get so used to hearing from professional opinion-havers that "everyone hates and distrusts academics and they fail to demonstrate their value" that sometimes you forget it's not true.
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Oops I accidentally spent three hours making a powerpoint presentation on phylogenetics and legless gecko diversity/appreciation.
Look at how cute Aprasia inaurita is!
📷 Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social
Look at how cute Aprasia inaurita is!
📷 Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Oops I accidentally spent three hours making a powerpoint presentation on phylogenetics and legless gecko diversity/appreciation.
Look at how cute Aprasia inaurita is!
📷 Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social
Look at how cute Aprasia inaurita is!
📷 Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social
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There’s a wolf in LA for the first time in 100 years. A collared gray wolf entered the mountains of north Los Angeles County yesterday. Known as “BEY03F” she traveled hundreds of miles from her pack in Plumas County crossing highways, mountains, creeks and valleys.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
There’s a wolf in LA for the first time in 100 years. A collared gray wolf entered the mountains of north Los Angeles County yesterday. Known as “BEY03F” she traveled hundreds of miles from her pack in Plumas County crossing highways, mountains, creeks and valleys.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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❝I take it you're here to talk some sort of deal? Better make it worth my time.❞
character: corbeau ポケモンZA / カラスバ
cos: meeee #lemcos
photographer: @amiephotos.bsky.social
character: corbeau ポケモンZA / カラスバ
cos: meeee #lemcos
photographer: @amiephotos.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
❝I take it you're here to talk some sort of deal? Better make it worth my time.❞
character: corbeau ポケモンZA / カラスバ
cos: meeee #lemcos
photographer: @amiephotos.bsky.social
character: corbeau ポケモンZA / カラスバ
cos: meeee #lemcos
photographer: @amiephotos.bsky.social
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🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
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If you’re not sold on When the Earth Was Green, you can check out at sample at Smithsonian all about the goopiest time in Earth’s history. 🦟
How a Fragile Insect Living 100 Million Years Ago Becomes a Fossil
A bug, a dinosaur and a tree intersect, creating the perfect conditions for resin to capture a moment in time
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If you’re not sold on When the Earth Was Green, you can check out at sample at Smithsonian all about the goopiest time in Earth’s history. 🦟
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Glacier the skunk is chowing down on an apple in her home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Glacier the skunk is chowing down on an apple in her home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
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If you like Pokémon, may I suggest “trading various plants and invertebrates with likeminded individuals”
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
If you like Pokémon, may I suggest “trading various plants and invertebrates with likeminded individuals”
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Ages ago, while out in the Triassic of New Mexico, paleontologist Kevin Padian told me - apropos of nothing - “You’re a good writer, Riley. Not great. But good.”
And to this day I think Fuck You Kevin.
And to this day I think Fuck You Kevin.
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Ages ago, while out in the Triassic of New Mexico, paleontologist Kevin Padian told me - apropos of nothing - “You’re a good writer, Riley. Not great. But good.”
And to this day I think Fuck You Kevin.
And to this day I think Fuck You Kevin.
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Elga Mark-Kurik, Estonian fish palaeontologist, is responsible for making these charming memable jawless fish museum models.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Elga Mark-Kurik, Estonian fish palaeontologist, is responsible for making these charming memable jawless fish museum models.
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Alice Woodward (1862–1951), a prolific illustrators known for her work in children's literature, and scientific illustrations. One of the few, prolific 19th century women credited in palaeoart.
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Alice Woodward (1862–1951), a prolific illustrators known for her work in children's literature, and scientific illustrations. One of the few, prolific 19th century women credited in palaeoart.
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Sarah B. Landry, her illustration of a feathered dinosaur(s) for the landmark publication "Dinosaur Renaissance" in the Scientific American, were the very first to be published.
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Sarah B. Landry, her illustration of a feathered dinosaur(s) for the landmark publication "Dinosaur Renaissance" in the Scientific American, were the very first to be published.
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It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
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Recent DSLC.io club meetings:
🔵 Cookbook: Animal shelter intakes: making gauge charts with ggforce youtu.be/Fkav5oxt0c0
Support the Data Science Learning Community at patreon.com/DSLC
#dataBS #TidyTuesday #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
🔵 Cookbook: Animal shelter intakes: making gauge charts with ggforce youtu.be/Fkav5oxt0c0
Support the Data Science Learning Community at patreon.com/DSLC
#dataBS #TidyTuesday #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
The #TidyTuesday Cookbook: Animal shelter intakes: making gauge charts with ggforce (ttcookbook01 5)
YouTube video by Data Science Learning Community Videos
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February 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Recent DSLC.io club meetings:
🔵 Cookbook: Animal shelter intakes: making gauge charts with ggforce youtu.be/Fkav5oxt0c0
Support the Data Science Learning Community at patreon.com/DSLC
#dataBS #TidyTuesday #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
🔵 Cookbook: Animal shelter intakes: making gauge charts with ggforce youtu.be/Fkav5oxt0c0
Support the Data Science Learning Community at patreon.com/DSLC
#dataBS #TidyTuesday #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
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Glad to see you are liking my Anatomy moth series so much. Did you know you can get prints of them too? Framed on the wall they look like little taxidermied weirdness!
Get them here:
ko-fi.com/anatomoth/sh...
Get them here:
ko-fi.com/anatomoth/sh...
Visit Anatomoth's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Glad to see you are liking my Anatomy moth series so much. Did you know you can get prints of them too? Framed on the wall they look like little taxidermied weirdness!
Get them here:
ko-fi.com/anatomoth/sh...
Get them here:
ko-fi.com/anatomoth/sh...
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people often don't know what's relevant to doctors, and a good doctor's job is to know what follow up questions to ask to get to a correct diagnosis and course of action. chatbots just can't do that www.404media.co/chatbots-hea...
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
people often don't know what's relevant to doctors, and a good doctor's job is to know what follow up questions to ask to get to a correct diagnosis and course of action. chatbots just can't do that www.404media.co/chatbots-hea...
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Test paint on my Arctops sculpt! It’s probly getting a little more work on it but one session in and the vibes are there :) #paleoart #gorgonopsid #permian
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Test paint on my Arctops sculpt! It’s probly getting a little more work on it but one session in and the vibes are there :) #paleoart #gorgonopsid #permian
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I'm sure there are other victims who know more about the other scientists listed, who also have these sorts of known histories
We need a journalist with integrity who believes women to do a proper investigation of Epstein's scientific connections
We need a journalist with integrity who believes women to do a proper investigation of Epstein's scientific connections
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I'm sure there are other victims who know more about the other scientists listed, who also have these sorts of known histories
We need a journalist with integrity who believes women to do a proper investigation of Epstein's scientific connections
We need a journalist with integrity who believes women to do a proper investigation of Epstein's scientific connections
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@nature.com you claim that Krauss had "no knowledge" of Epstein's crimes until after 2018, but there is absolute proof that he was defending Epstein as early as 2011, after he had already been convicted in 2008
This is documented in the Epstein files and here:
www.patreon.com/posts/143888...
This is documented in the Epstein files and here:
www.patreon.com/posts/143888...
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
@nature.com you claim that Krauss had "no knowledge" of Epstein's crimes until after 2018, but there is absolute proof that he was defending Epstein as early as 2011, after he had already been convicted in 2008
This is documented in the Epstein files and here:
www.patreon.com/posts/143888...
This is documented in the Epstein files and here:
www.patreon.com/posts/143888...