Kendall Calhoun
@kendallcalhoun.bsky.social
Incoming Asst. Prof @ UBC Zoology (Fall 2026)! Currently a Postdoc @ UCLA + UC Davis. Studying impacts wildfires 🔥 and climate change 🌎 on wildlife 🐻 and conservation ✊🏿🏳️🌈
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Apply to join our team at @nhm.org ! We are hiring a Program Manager of Community Science- full time temporary for 4 months (on grant funds) and part-time permanent after that. Application review begins January 5.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Apply to join our team at @nhm.org ! We are hiring a Program Manager of Community Science- full time temporary for 4 months (on grant funds) and part-time permanent after that. Application review begins January 5.
tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
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Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
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📣 Our team at @nhm.org is #hiring a Program Manager to support our community science programs and integrated social-ecological research. Full time temporary (on grant $) for 4 months, then part-time permanent. Application review begins Jan 5 - apply and/or share widely!
tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
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Recruitment
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December 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
📣 Our team at @nhm.org is #hiring a Program Manager to support our community science programs and integrated social-ecological research. Full time temporary (on grant $) for 4 months, then part-time permanent. Application review begins Jan 5 - apply and/or share widely!
tinyurl.com/NHMCS2025
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I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
Opportunities
***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…
gavinmjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
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A California study finds that human conflicts with bears, coyotes and mountains lions rise during distinct periods.
There’s a pattern to when bear, mountain lion conflicts worsen in California
A California study finds that human conflicts with bears, coyotes and mountains lions rise during distinct periods.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A California study finds that human conflicts with bears, coyotes and mountains lions rise during distinct periods.
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New climate-change side effect: People clash more with wildlife in drought years, says UCLA & UCDavis ecologist @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social. For each inch decrease in annual rainfall, the UCLA study finds a 2-3% jump in conflicts with pumas, bobcats, bears & coyotes newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/cli...
How climate change brings wildlife to the yard
A new UCLA study finds people clash more with wildlife in drought years.
newsroom.ucla.edu
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New climate-change side effect: People clash more with wildlife in drought years, says UCLA & UCDavis ecologist @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social. For each inch decrease in annual rainfall, the UCLA study finds a 2-3% jump in conflicts with pumas, bobcats, bears & coyotes newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/cli...
Our new study just came out taking a look at how drought influences human-wildlife conflict reports in California! Check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Our new study just came out taking a look at how drought influences human-wildlife conflict reports in California! Check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Conflict between humans & wildlife is expected to increase with drought and climate change, finds @ucdavis.bsky.social @uclaioes.bsky.social study. "If we can make it worse, then we can make it better,” says @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social. @justineasmith.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
How Climate Change Brings Wildlife to the Yard
As climate change increases the frequency of droughts, UCLA and UC Davis researchers found one overlooked side effect: People report more conflicts with wildlife during drought, when resources are sca...
www.ucdavis.edu
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Conflict between humans & wildlife is expected to increase with drought and climate change, finds @ucdavis.bsky.social @uclaioes.bsky.social study. "If we can make it worse, then we can make it better,” says @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social. @justineasmith.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
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Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351
Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
October 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351
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After the 2018 #MendocinoComplexFire burned acres of oak savanna, researchers found that nearly all of the bird species in the area —including California #quail—preferred burned areas over untouched habitat. #Mendocino #nativebirds #wildfire #ecosystem
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September 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
After the 2018 #MendocinoComplexFire burned acres of oak savanna, researchers found that nearly all of the bird species in the area —including California #quail—preferred burned areas over untouched habitat. #Mendocino #nativebirds #wildfire #ecosystem
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A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
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New research from our lab documents important drought impacts on desert bird communities in the SW United States 🌎🐦
25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness.
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25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness.
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Increased drought drives avian community declines in the warm deserts of the United States
The frequencies, intensities, and durations of extreme weather are increasing under climate change, furthering biodiversity loss. In the Southwestern …
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July 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New research from our lab documents important drought impacts on desert bird communities in the SW United States 🌎🐦
25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness.
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The last of my PhD papers. This was a fun project uncovering species diel changes in response to wildfire.
🔥🌿The impact of gigafire on vegetation structure, terrestrial vertebrate abundance and diel activity
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#BlackSummer #EcologicalResilience #FireSeverity #SpeciesActivity #TemporalActivity #VegetationRecovery #Wildfire
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#BlackSummer #EcologicalResilience #FireSeverity #SpeciesActivity #TemporalActivity #VegetationRecovery #Wildfire
July 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The last of my PhD papers. This was a fun project uncovering species diel changes in response to wildfire.
Last dissertation chapter is out! 😱
We compared the influence of fire severity and pyrodiversity in shaping bird and bat species distributions at the Hopland Research and Extension Center. 🦇🕊️🔥
Check it out here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We compared the influence of fire severity and pyrodiversity in shaping bird and bat species distributions at the Hopland Research and Extension Center. 🦇🕊️🔥
Check it out here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Severity outweighs pyrodiversity in shaping avian and bat species distributions following an oak woodland megafire
Anthropogenic pressures have altered fire regimes across the western United States. These altered fire regimes, and the megafires they often produce, threaten ecologically and economically critical e...
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July 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Last dissertation chapter is out! 😱
We compared the influence of fire severity and pyrodiversity in shaping bird and bat species distributions at the Hopland Research and Extension Center. 🦇🕊️🔥
Check it out here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We compared the influence of fire severity and pyrodiversity in shaping bird and bat species distributions at the Hopland Research and Extension Center. 🦇🕊️🔥
Check it out here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🎉Hi fam! I’m so thrilled to announce that I’ve been hired for my dream job: Assistant Curator of Community Science at @nhm.org ! I'll be working w/the incredible team there & also continuing my existing work on EJ & human-wildlife interactions in the Bay Area, LA, and Kenya. (1/n)
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April 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🎉Hi fam! I’m so thrilled to announce that I’ve been hired for my dream job: Assistant Curator of Community Science at @nhm.org ! I'll be working w/the incredible team there & also continuing my existing work on EJ & human-wildlife interactions in the Bay Area, LA, and Kenya. (1/n)
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Super excited to share this new pub led by @wilsonsherm.bsky.social! We used Nextdoor posts to explore human-carnivore interactions in Los Angeles. Nextdoor offers a useful data source for understanding urban human-wildlife interactions, if human biases are accounted for. Check it out! 🧪🌎
"The wildlife Nextdoor: Socioeconomics and race predict social media carnivore reports" is out in Science of the Total Environment. @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social, Christopher Schell, and I looked at how people post about coyotes and black bears on Nextdoor.
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Super excited to share this new pub led by @wilsonsherm.bsky.social! We used Nextdoor posts to explore human-carnivore interactions in Los Angeles. Nextdoor offers a useful data source for understanding urban human-wildlife interactions, if human biases are accounted for. Check it out! 🧪🌎
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‘Megafire’ — you may not like it, but you can’t avoid it.
In our new paper, we argue why a clear, size-based definition (>10,000 ha) of megafire improves research, communication, and fire management globally. 🔥
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#wildfire #fire
In our new paper, we argue why a clear, size-based definition (>10,000 ha) of megafire improves research, communication, and fire management globally. 🔥
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#wildfire #fire
‘Megafire’—You May Not Like It, But You Cannot Avoid It
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The term ‘megafire’ is increasingly used to describe large fires worldwide. We proposed a size-based definition of megafire—fires exceeding 10,000 ha arising from single or multiple related igni.....
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April 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
‘Megafire’ — you may not like it, but you can’t avoid it.
In our new paper, we argue why a clear, size-based definition (>10,000 ha) of megafire improves research, communication, and fire management globally. 🔥
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#wildfire #fire
In our new paper, we argue why a clear, size-based definition (>10,000 ha) of megafire improves research, communication, and fire management globally. 🔥
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#wildfire #fire
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Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, @sfgate.com !
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
New Calif. coyote study 'went against everything that we've learned'
A study of the movement of 20 coyotes in Los Angeles County turned up some unexpected findings.
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April 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, @sfgate.com !
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
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JOB ALERT! We are hiring two seasonal field technicians for mid July - mid October to conduct research on mule deer in the Santa Monica Mountains, CA. The project is a collaboration between UC Davis and NPS. Ungulate capture experience preferred. Please share! jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Mule Deer Field Technician | Natural Resources Job Board
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April 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
JOB ALERT! We are hiring two seasonal field technicians for mid July - mid October to conduct research on mule deer in the Santa Monica Mountains, CA. The project is a collaboration between UC Davis and NPS. Ungulate capture experience preferred. Please share! jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
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This job at UBC (Vancouver Campus) also looks amazing.
forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track): Wildfire Sciences | Job | UBC
Job Post: UBC Forestry is seeking an Assistant Professor in Wildfire Sciences to develop an novel research program and teach third-year courses. Apply now.
forestry.ubc.ca
March 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This job at UBC (Vancouver Campus) also looks amazing.
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Excited to share my first publication with Western Landowners Alliance, “Building Trust: A guide for agencies working with producers to reduce wildlife conflicts” westernlandowners.org/publication/... 1/2.
Building Trust
A guide for agenciesworking with producersto reduce wildlife conflicts
Wildlife conflict on working lands can strain relationships between livestock producers and wildlife agencies, making trust cr...
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March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excited to share my first publication with Western Landowners Alliance, “Building Trust: A guide for agencies working with producers to reduce wildlife conflicts” westernlandowners.org/publication/... 1/2.
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Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again!
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again!
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
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“Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning” out now in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning” out now in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
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SCB is thrilled to welcome the Class of 2025 Smith Fellows!
These early-career scientists are tackling #conservation challenges with innovative research and applied solutions. Meet the new cohort and learn about their impactful work!
🔗 Read more: conbio.org/publications...
@smithfellows.bsky.social
These early-career scientists are tackling #conservation challenges with innovative research and applied solutions. Meet the new cohort and learn about their impactful work!
🔗 Read more: conbio.org/publications...
@smithfellows.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
SCB is thrilled to welcome the Class of 2025 Smith Fellows!
These early-career scientists are tackling #conservation challenges with innovative research and applied solutions. Meet the new cohort and learn about their impactful work!
🔗 Read more: conbio.org/publications...
@smithfellows.bsky.social
These early-career scientists are tackling #conservation challenges with innovative research and applied solutions. Meet the new cohort and learn about their impactful work!
🔗 Read more: conbio.org/publications...
@smithfellows.bsky.social