Chris Clark
@selasphorus1.bsky.social
I study hummingbirds and owls, and the sounds they make, or not, with their wings.
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Myiarchus flycatchers ordered by size and intensity of yellow underparts. When it comes to flycatchers, differences between species tend to be very subtle. Impressions of size and color in the field can be quite subjective, but the differences are real.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Myiarchus flycatchers ordered by size and intensity of yellow underparts. When it comes to flycatchers, differences between species tend to be very subtle. Impressions of size and color in the field can be quite subjective, but the differences are real.
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That five-year-old is no angel.
January 23, 2026 at 12:26 AM
That five-year-old is no angel.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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On Closer Inspection...
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
On Closer Inspection...
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Got the first one!
Juvie that got measured and got some bling (band). No GPS tag cause the mortality is too high for this age so just some bling…
#GoldenEagle #WomeninRaptorResearch #RaptorResearch 🪶
Juvie that got measured and got some bling (band). No GPS tag cause the mortality is too high for this age so just some bling…
#GoldenEagle #WomeninRaptorResearch #RaptorResearch 🪶
January 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Got the first one!
Juvie that got measured and got some bling (band). No GPS tag cause the mortality is too high for this age so just some bling…
#GoldenEagle #WomeninRaptorResearch #RaptorResearch 🪶
Juvie that got measured and got some bling (band). No GPS tag cause the mortality is too high for this age so just some bling…
#GoldenEagle #WomeninRaptorResearch #RaptorResearch 🪶
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Volle et al. Lifetime evolution of vocal repertoires in a songbird, the black redstart: a longitudinal field approach www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
Lifetime evolution of vocal repertoires in a songbird, the black redstart: a longitudinal field approach
Oscine songbirds learn to sing mainly by imitating conspecific adults. Song learning programs are diverse, ranging from species that can only learn du…
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December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Volle et al. Lifetime evolution of vocal repertoires in a songbird, the black redstart: a longitudinal field approach www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
Withdrew my 1st scientific paper today. I submitted a paper with a weird result a couple months ago. Got a citation alert on monday, citing paper said nice things abt my paper and had a paragraph on a concept I had not heard of w/ intriguing citations. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Withdrew my 1st scientific paper today. I submitted a paper with a weird result a couple months ago. Got a citation alert on monday, citing paper said nice things abt my paper and had a paragraph on a concept I had not heard of w/ intriguing citations. 1/
Caught a bunch of birds to show to my Vertebrate Natural History class this weekend, including this gremlin
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Caught a bunch of birds to show to my Vertebrate Natural History class this weekend, including this gremlin
Our latest paper is out: Sean Wilcox measured the 3D kinematics of Black-chinned Hummingbirds performing one of their courtship displays. Lots of evidence of flight performance tradeoffs!
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Flight performance during courtship in male black-chinned hummingbirds, Archilochus alexandri
Elaborate male display behaviours that require high locomotor performance have been hypothesized to honestly signal male quality to choosy females. Al…
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October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Our latest paper is out: Sean Wilcox measured the 3D kinematics of Black-chinned Hummingbirds performing one of their courtship displays. Lots of evidence of flight performance tradeoffs!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dear student, please do not put broken supplies stuff onto the shelf alongside working stuff. Sincerely, your PI
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Dear student, please do not put broken supplies stuff onto the shelf alongside working stuff. Sincerely, your PI
Quite possibly the easiest thing I’ve ever skinned, and now our teaching collection has a new genus of mammal
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Quite possibly the easiest thing I’ve ever skinned, and now our teaching collection has a new genus of mammal
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RIP to the incomparable Jane Goodall, who embodied the best of humanity.
Her rich legacy included becoming friends with Gary Larson after he drew this cartoon. (She was delighted by it, even though many at the time thought it was terribly offensive to her.)
Her rich legacy included becoming friends with Gary Larson after he drew this cartoon. (She was delighted by it, even though many at the time thought it was terribly offensive to her.)
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
RIP to the incomparable Jane Goodall, who embodied the best of humanity.
Her rich legacy included becoming friends with Gary Larson after he drew this cartoon. (She was delighted by it, even though many at the time thought it was terribly offensive to her.)
Her rich legacy included becoming friends with Gary Larson after he drew this cartoon. (She was delighted by it, even though many at the time thought it was terribly offensive to her.)
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Spent hours being spellbound by Convolvulus Hawk Moths last night as they nectared on Nicotiana plants in my highland garden!. Up to 3 feeding at a time, their entire abdomens glowing red hot in the thermal from flight muscle use!! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Spent hours being spellbound by Convolvulus Hawk Moths last night as they nectared on Nicotiana plants in my highland garden!. Up to 3 feeding at a time, their entire abdomens glowing red hot in the thermal from flight muscle use!! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Postdoc advertisement!
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Postdoc advertisement!
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
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🚨 Hiring! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in computational fluid dynamics and structural simulations to investigate biomechanics and mechanosensory feedback in insect flight.
Extreme agility ✔️
Morphological computing ✔️
Meshes! ✔️
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Extreme agility ✔️
Morphological computing ✔️
Meshes! ✔️
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
a close up of a fly 's head with a blurred background .
ALT: a close up of a fly 's head with a blurred background .
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September 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🚨 Hiring! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in computational fluid dynamics and structural simulations to investigate biomechanics and mechanosensory feedback in insect flight.
Extreme agility ✔️
Morphological computing ✔️
Meshes! ✔️
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Extreme agility ✔️
Morphological computing ✔️
Meshes! ✔️
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Pick an idiom: "more than meets the eye", "beauty more than skin [feather] deep" etc.
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
Songbirds play optical tricks to make their feather colors ‘pop’
Concealed black or white bands on feathers boost the vibrancy of bird plumage
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August 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Pick an idiom: "more than meets the eye", "beauty more than skin [feather] deep" etc.
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
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The NIH says that mRNA shows promise as a vaccine against multiple cancers. Is this part of the $500M research that RFK Jr canceled?
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798545/
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798545/
Clinical advances of mRNA vaccines for cancer immunotherapy - PubMed
The development of mRNA vaccines represents a significant advancement in cancer treatment, with more than 120 clinical trials to date demonstrating their potential across various malignancies, includi...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The NIH says that mRNA shows promise as a vaccine against multiple cancers. Is this part of the $500M research that RFK Jr canceled?
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798545/
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798545/
*Sigh*. Caught a grad student using AI to generate fake citations today. Need to figure out the best strategy to make this a teachable moment. Maybe "gentle teasing"? "Strict warning"? Unclear which will work best in this case.
July 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
*Sigh*. Caught a grad student using AI to generate fake citations today. Need to figure out the best strategy to make this a teachable moment. Maybe "gentle teasing"? "Strict warning"? Unclear which will work best in this case.
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Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative | CNN
A presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested that use of the vaccine pre...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...