Tali Caspi
@talicaspi.bsky.social
NSF PRFB postdoc @ Schell Lab, UC Berkeley | PhD from @ the MECU, UC Davis🧬| urban wildlife ecologist studying carnivores in San Francisco 🐺🌉🐾 | https://talicaspi.weebly.com/
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Tali Caspi
@talicaspi.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Urbanisation Facilitates Intrapopulation Dietary Niche Diversity in a Generalist Carnivore
We compared stable isotope profiles of urban and nonurban coyote populations to test whether urbanisation fosters niche diversification among individuals. Urban coyotes had narrower dietary niches an...
doi.org
📢I’m excited to share that my second dissertation chapter has now been published in Ecology Letters! We used stable isotope analysis to examine if urbanization influences individual dietary specialization 🧪 🧵
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #OpenAccess #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #OpenAccess #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
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🚨 Hiring a field technician! Help us live-trap (for GPS collars) and camera-trap mesocarnivores in Wichita, KS! See details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🦊🐱
Tech position - urban mesocarnivores
Field technician: Utah State University, Department of Wildland Resources Project: Mesocarnivore urban ecology. Description: We are seeking a field technician to capture and fit GPS collars on coyotes...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🚨 Hiring a field technician! Help us live-trap (for GPS collars) and camera-trap mesocarnivores in Wichita, KS! See details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🦊🐱
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Seeing your own research in the news is a crazy experience! We found that lethal control is not an effective strategy and coyotes are probably just the new normal. Amazing how an article can turn a lengthy study into a sound bite 😅
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Coyote populations rebound faster than can be removed, UGA study says
Coyotes in the Atlanta metro? Removing them permanently may not be possible.
www.wsbtv.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Seeing your own research in the news is a crazy experience! We found that lethal control is not an effective strategy and coyotes are probably just the new normal. Amazing how an article can turn a lengthy study into a sound bite 😅
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Thank you @amandabartlett.bsky.social and @sfgate.com for this wonderful piece about my recently published research on San Francisco #coyotes. Read it to learn more about how studying the diet of urban animals can help us learn to better coexist with them 🐾
"But the staggering majority — 72 of them — were found dead, with vehicle strikes serving as the leading cause of mortality in 94.4% of that group."
via @amandabartlett.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
via @amandabartlett.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
What's killing coyotes in San Francisco?
"It's pretty jarring."
www.sfgate.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thank you @amandabartlett.bsky.social and @sfgate.com for this wonderful piece about my recently published research on San Francisco #coyotes. Read it to learn more about how studying the diet of urban animals can help us learn to better coexist with them 🐾
📢I’m excited to share that my second dissertation chapter has now been published in Ecology Letters! We used stable isotope analysis to examine if urbanization influences individual dietary specialization 🧪 🧵
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #OpenAccess #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #OpenAccess #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
Urbanisation Facilitates Intrapopulation Dietary Niche Diversity in a Generalist Carnivore
We compared stable isotope profiles of urban and nonurban coyote populations to test whether urbanisation fosters niche diversification among individuals. Urban coyotes had narrower dietary niches an...
doi.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
📢I’m excited to share that my second dissertation chapter has now been published in Ecology Letters! We used stable isotope analysis to examine if urbanization influences individual dietary specialization 🧪 🧵
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #OpenAccess #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #OpenAccess #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
After a long posting break, it’s time for a big life update! 🎓 I graduated from @ucdavis.bsky.social in June, and today I'm starting as an NSF PRFB postdoc in Chris Schell’s lab at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Though SF coyotes will always have my heart, I'm pivoting from coyotes to raccoons 🦝
September 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
After a long posting break, it’s time for a big life update! 🎓 I graduated from @ucdavis.bsky.social in June, and today I'm starting as an NSF PRFB postdoc in Chris Schell’s lab at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Though SF coyotes will always have my heart, I'm pivoting from coyotes to raccoons 🦝
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🌆🐾 The International Urban Wildlife Conference kicks off this weekend in Atlanta! We’re bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore the ecology and evolution of cities. Stay tuned for updates, session highlights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of #IUWC2025! 🌇🦝🧬🌳
May 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🌆🐾 The International Urban Wildlife Conference kicks off this weekend in Atlanta! We’re bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore the ecology and evolution of cities. Stay tuned for updates, session highlights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of #IUWC2025! 🌇🦝🧬🌳
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Ready to connect with urban ecologists and wildlife managers from around the world? The International Urban Wildlife Conference starts June 1st in Atlanta! 🦝🎡🌎
Workshops, field trips, plenaries & more: www.urban-wildlife.org/about
#IUWC2025 #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution
Workshops, field trips, plenaries & more: www.urban-wildlife.org/about
#IUWC2025 #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution
IUWC 2025 — International Urban Wildlife Conference
www.urban-wildlife.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ready to connect with urban ecologists and wildlife managers from around the world? The International Urban Wildlife Conference starts June 1st in Atlanta! 🦝🎡🌎
Workshops, field trips, plenaries & more: www.urban-wildlife.org/about
#IUWC2025 #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution
Workshops, field trips, plenaries & more: www.urban-wildlife.org/about
#IUWC2025 #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution
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It was great being part of this longform @nytimes.com article about the San Francisco coyotes- with @talicaspi.bsky.social, Chris Schell, & @drpheebs.bsky.social . Loren Elliott's photos are incredible! Check it out.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
The Coyotes of San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It was great being part of this longform @nytimes.com article about the San Francisco coyotes- with @talicaspi.bsky.social, Chris Schell, & @drpheebs.bsky.social . Loren Elliott's photos are incredible! Check it out.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
SF coyotes in the @nytimes.com! Feat. the most incredible photography by Loren Elliot (@lorenelliotphoto).
"After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
"After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
The Coyotes of San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
SF coyotes in the @nytimes.com! Feat. the most incredible photography by Loren Elliot (@lorenelliotphoto).
"After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
"After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
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I'm just going to keep telling you to look at our zine because this shit is cute and maybe you'd want to make one for your city too 👀
We're celebrating Earth Day 2025 by releasing The Philly Biodiversity Zine!
6 Philly artists collaborated to put together a cute, bright, educational zine all about how we can support the wildlife we share Philly with.
We're distributing 3000 copies across the city!
6 Philly artists collaborated to put together a cute, bright, educational zine all about how we can support the wildlife we share Philly with.
We're distributing 3000 copies across the city!
Philly Biodiversity Zine
Philly biodiversity zine educational zine
givebutter.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm just going to keep telling you to look at our zine because this shit is cute and maybe you'd want to make one for your city too 👀
I wrote a piece for The Academic Minute! Listen to learn more about our work on San Francisco #coyote diets 🎧
academicminute.org/tali-caspi-u...
#UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology
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#UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology
Tali Caspi, University of California, Davis - How Cities Shape What Animals Eat - The Academic Minute
What do animals eat when they live in urban spaces? Tali Caspi, urban ecologist and Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Davis, takes off the lid. Tali’s work on urban wildlife focuses on ...
academicminute.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I wrote a piece for The Academic Minute! Listen to learn more about our work on San Francisco #coyote diets 🎧
academicminute.org/tali-caspi-u...
#UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology
academicminute.org/tali-caspi-u...
#UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology
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"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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
April 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
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🧵🐺🧬 An important point is getting lost in the discussion abt today's "deextinction" news: Colossal is not just claiming to have created something akin to a dire wolf. They claim they've made new/unpublished genetic discoveries that would rewrite our understanding of dire wolf evolution & anatomy 🧪
April 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🧵🐺🧬 An important point is getting lost in the discussion abt today's "deextinction" news: Colossal is not just claiming to have created something akin to a dire wolf. They claim they've made new/unpublished genetic discoveries that would rewrite our understanding of dire wolf evolution & anatomy 🧪
Happy to answer any questions about #IUWC2025 if you have them! See you in Atlanta!
Don't forget to register for #IUWC2025! Peep our updated conference website to learn more about the workshops, fieldtrips, and speaker line-up that await you in Atlanta 🎡
www.urban-wildlife.org/about
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
www.urban-wildlife.org/about
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
About — International Urban Wildlife Conference
www.urban-wildlife.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Happy to answer any questions about #IUWC2025 if you have them! See you in Atlanta!
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We are excited to share that we have THREE incredible plenary speakers presenting at #IUWC2025 this year! They will give talks that fit with our theme of Urban Reflections: What We’ve Learned About Nature, Our Communities and Ourselves. Stay tuned as we announce our speakers over the next few days 👀
March 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We are excited to share that we have THREE incredible plenary speakers presenting at #IUWC2025 this year! They will give talks that fit with our theme of Urban Reflections: What We’ve Learned About Nature, Our Communities and Ourselves. Stay tuned as we announce our speakers over the next few days 👀
Bay Area peeps! If you like art and coyotes, come check out this collab in Bernal on April 5th! I'll be giving a talk on SF coyotes and artist Frances Berriman will be showing her beautiful paintings showcasing the city's most iconic carnivores 🎨🐺🐾
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #SciComm #EcoArt
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #SciComm #EcoArt
Frances isn't on bsky, but she's doing a show April 5th on Courtland Ave in SF in conjunction with @talicaspi.bsky.social. If you like urban animals and ecology, this is for you. You can also check out the rest of her art here:
art.fberriman.com
art.fberriman.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Bay Area peeps! If you like art and coyotes, come check out this collab in Bernal on April 5th! I'll be giving a talk on SF coyotes and artist Frances Berriman will be showing her beautiful paintings showcasing the city's most iconic carnivores 🎨🐺🐾
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #SciComm #EcoArt
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #SciComm #EcoArt
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Join SF Animal Care & Control & Rec & Park for a virtual coyote coexistence workshop on Thursday, 2/27 from 5:30-7PM. Keli Hendricks from @projectcoyote.bsky.social will present on best practices for coyote coexistence including hazing for coyotes. Register for the meeting here: tinyurl.com/ye25dvzc
February 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Join SF Animal Care & Control & Rec & Park for a virtual coyote coexistence workshop on Thursday, 2/27 from 5:30-7PM. Keli Hendricks from @projectcoyote.bsky.social will present on best practices for coyote coexistence including hazing for coyotes. Register for the meeting here: tinyurl.com/ye25dvzc
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Our common garden experiment with urban and forest great tits is out early view in Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/evol... @denisreale.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our common garden experiment with urban and forest great tits is out early view in Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/evol... @denisreale.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social
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thanks so much for the press release about our new urban coyote movement study, @calacademy.bsky.social !!
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www.calacademy.org/press/releas...
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www.calacademy.org/press/releas...
New Study Finds Urbanization and Human-driven Inequities Shape Coyote Behavior in Los Angeles
Research unveils wealth, pollution, and population density are strong predictors of coyote movement.
www.calacademy.org
February 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
thanks so much for the press release about our new urban coyote movement study, @calacademy.bsky.social !!
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www.calacademy.org/press/releas...
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www.calacademy.org/press/releas...
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Thanks so much to Lila for this LA Times article about our new publication about social-ecological influences on coyote movement in Los Angeles! 🧪🌎🏙️
Check out the publication here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Check out the publication here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thanks so much to Lila for this LA Times article about our new publication about social-ecological influences on coyote movement in Los Angeles! 🧪🌎🏙️
Check out the publication here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Check out the publication here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy Valentine's Day from these Lovebirds! #bird #valentine #valentinesday #love #lovebird #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluemoonistic
February 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy Valentine's Day from these Lovebirds! #bird #valentine #valentinesday #love #lovebird #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluemoonistic
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Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.05.636678v1
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.05.636678v1
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New in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Birds in cities can be both good & bad for human well-being, but their impact is under-studied and likely varies across groups & cityscapes
📄Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
📄Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
February 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Birds in cities can be both good & bad for human well-being, but their impact is under-studied and likely varies across groups & cityscapes
📄Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
📄Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
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This year at #IUWC2025 we have a ~new and improved~ Mentor and Mentee program. We pair early career folks with more experienced professionals to facilitate networking and communication at the conference. Visit www.urban-wildlife.org/mentormentee... for more information and to sign up!
Mentor/Mentee Program — International Urban Wildlife Conference
www.urban-wildlife.org
February 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This year at #IUWC2025 we have a ~new and improved~ Mentor and Mentee program. We pair early career folks with more experienced professionals to facilitate networking and communication at the conference. Visit www.urban-wildlife.org/mentormentee... for more information and to sign up!
Don't forget to register for the best conference of all time! See you in Atlanta! 🎡#IUWC2025
Registration is NOW OPEN for our 2025 conference! Register here by April 15th for a discounted rate: form.jotform.com/242624786774...
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #IUWC2025
#UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #IUWC2025
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Don't forget to register for the best conference of all time! See you in Atlanta! 🎡#IUWC2025