Mal Graham
@wildanigraham.bsky.social
Postdoc at NYU WILD Lab - https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/wildanimalwelfare/wild-lab
Strategy Director at Wild Animal Initiative - https://bsky.app/profile/wildanimalinitv.bsky.social (on semi-sabbatical).
Opinions my own; They/them.
Strategy Director at Wild Animal Initiative - https://bsky.app/profile/wildanimalinitv.bsky.social (on semi-sabbatical).
Opinions my own; They/them.
I honestly don't even understand how volunteer peer-review is legal. For profit companies aren't usually allowed to accept volunteer labor.
For-profit journals are supposed to improve research quality, yet they're perversely incentivized to churn out whatever they can monetize. This was happening before AI (see Strain: bit.ly/43gJPUM), and AI will make it worse.
It's insane that we volunteer our time to help them do so.
4/n
It's insane that we volunteer our time to help them do so.
4/n
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I honestly don't even understand how volunteer peer-review is legal. For profit companies aren't usually allowed to accept volunteer labor.
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📢❗Last call!
The final day to submit an EOI for a Wild Animal Initiative #grant is this Friday, November 14.
#animalwelfare #science #CFP #wildlife #research
The final day to submit an EOI for a Wild Animal Initiative #grant is this Friday, November 14.
#animalwelfare #science #CFP #wildlife #research
Grants — Wild Animal Initiative
We have an open call for proposals on all grant types. Learn how to apply.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I set out to write a story about the practical ills of salmon farming (and I did), but also found an even bigger story kinda hidden in plain sight: How humanity is speedrunning the domestication of hundreds of aquatic species, and what it means for them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I set out to write a story about the practical ills of salmon farming (and I did), but also found an even bigger story kinda hidden in plain sight: How humanity is speedrunning the domestication of hundreds of aquatic species, and what it means for them.
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Calling all insect researchers! 🐛
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
Laboratory Research Specialist - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
www.higheredjobs.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Calling all insect researchers! 🐛
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
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Know an amateur entomologist or invertebrate recorder? 🦋 We're offering up to $2,000 to help test and refine biological recording methods using 3Rs approaches. Need 2+ years experience. Deadline: Dec 1.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Biological Recorder 3Rs Innovation Award — Insect Welfare Research Society
"Amateur" entomologists, arachnologists, and others contribute significant knowledge through their biological recording and collections work, recording species occurrences, range shifts, and…
www.insectwelfare.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Know an amateur entomologist or invertebrate recorder? 🦋 We're offering up to $2,000 to help test and refine biological recording methods using 3Rs approaches. Need 2+ years experience. Deadline: Dec 1.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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New post on poker, decision-support tools and why people conflate epidemic scenarios with forecasts: kucharski.substack.com/p/why-do-peo...
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New post on poker, decision-support tools and why people conflate epidemic scenarios with forecasts: kucharski.substack.com/p/why-do-peo...
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A l'heure actuelle, le livre est quasiment terminé mais la campagne de financement peine vraiment à se lancer, alors si vous voulez rejoindre l'aventure, n'hésitez pas à partager, participer, voire on peut possiblement discuter de sponsoring avec des structures :)
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
SCÉLÉRATS
La BD de vulgarisation scientifique qui va vous faire aimer les rats !
fr.ulule.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A l'heure actuelle, le livre est quasiment terminé mais la campagne de financement peine vraiment à se lancer, alors si vous voulez rejoindre l'aventure, n'hésitez pas à partager, participer, voire on peut possiblement discuter de sponsoring avec des structures :)
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
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📢 #CFP: We are now accepting #grant applications for research projects in wild animal welfare science.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
Grants — Wild Animal Initiative
www.wildanimalinitiative.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢 #CFP: We are now accepting #grant applications for research projects in wild animal welfare science.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
Would be very cool to see someone submit a paper about the potential effects on wildlife for this
Deadline tomorrow, September 19!
Submit your proposal about the New World screwworm for an upcoming special collection from the Journal of Medical Entomology and the Journal of Economic Entomology: entsoc.org/publications... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Submit your proposal about the New World screwworm for an upcoming special collection from the Journal of Medical Entomology and the Journal of Economic Entomology: entsoc.org/publications... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Would be very cool to see someone submit a paper about the potential effects on wildlife for this
Related to my previous post; this is a nice review of wildfire effects on wildlife from 2022
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife - IOPscience
A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife, Sanderfoot, O V, Bassing, S B, Brusa, J L, Emmet, R L, Gillman, S J, Swift, K, Gardner, B
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Related to my previous post; this is a nice review of wildfire effects on wildlife from 2022
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
This is also a massive source of suffering and premature death for many wild animals
Important new paper from
@marshallburke.bsky.social
on the devastating toll of wildfire smoke in
@nature.com
"climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the US"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marshallburke.bsky.social
on the devastating toll of wildfire smoke in
@nature.com
"climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the US"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is also a massive source of suffering and premature death for many wild animals
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Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
This seems like such a great resource. I wonder how social change folks will use it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019 - Marianne Dahl, Sirianne Dahlum, Hanne Fjelde, Haakon Gjerløw, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Carin...
The nature and consequences of mass mobilization are core topics in the social sciences. How have mass mobilization movements evolved over time? How do key char...
journals.sagepub.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This seems like such a great resource. I wonder how social change folks will use it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Happy 13th bday to my dog Kate, who got mistaken for a puppy yesterday.
August 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Happy 13th bday to my dog Kate, who got mistaken for a puppy yesterday.
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I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
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Fantastic report from the Humane Slaughter Association on how to transition to humane slaughter for wild-caught fish (of which *trillions* are caught and killed annually)
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
June 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Fantastic report from the Humane Slaughter Association on how to transition to humane slaughter for wild-caught fish (of which *trillions* are caught and killed annually)
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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Massive piece of work by @pietropollo.bsky.social and colleagues!
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Reliability of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: (mostly) good news from a case study on sexual signals | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Meta-analyses are powerful synthesis tools that are popular in ecology and evolution owing to the rapidly growing literature of this field. Although the usefulness of meta-analyses depends on their reliability, such as the precision of individual and mean ...
doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Massive piece of work by @pietropollo.bsky.social and colleagues!
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Pumped to be at this conference this week - have already learned at LEAST five things.
🌆🐾 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! 🌇🦝🧬🌳
June 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Pumped to be at this conference this week - have already learned at LEAST five things.
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Proud to be part of producing this report on how wild fishes are killed with proposed ways in which we can improve their welfare in fisheries #fishwelfare
📢 NEW REPORT: Each year, over 1 trillion wild-caught finfish are slaughtered, most without humane stunning.
Our report offers evidence-based steps to improve slaughter practices and promote more humane treatment of wild-caught finfish.
🔗 Read it here: ow.ly/Fqx250W0RhA
Our report offers evidence-based steps to improve slaughter practices and promote more humane treatment of wild-caught finfish.
🔗 Read it here: ow.ly/Fqx250W0RhA
May 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Proud to be part of producing this report on how wild fishes are killed with proposed ways in which we can improve their welfare in fisheries #fishwelfare
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🔍 Over a trillion wild finfish are slaughtered each year, typically without stunning. This study critically maps global evidence on the issue, revealing major gaps in #fishwelfare research & urgent need for species-specific practices in wild fisheries.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🔍 Over a trillion wild finfish are slaughtered each year, typically without stunning. This study critically maps global evidence on the issue, revealing major gaps in #fishwelfare research & urgent need for species-specific practices in wild fisheries.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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If you’re free this evening at 7pm ET, come on by! I’ll be reading from Meet the Neighbors and having a conversation with the fine people at PAN Works, an ethics & policy think tank devoted to the wellbeing of animals.
Registration (it’s free): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration (it’s free): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you’re free this evening at 7pm ET, come on by! I’ll be reading from Meet the Neighbors and having a conversation with the fine people at PAN Works, an ethics & policy think tank devoted to the wellbeing of animals.
Registration (it’s free): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration (it’s free): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Read more in the article by @hannahritchie.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or...
Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint
Plant-based protein sources still have a lower footprint than the lowest-impact meat products.
ourworldindata.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Read more in the article by @hannahritchie.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or...
Very excited to share that I'm officially the science coordinator for this project, as of today!
1/ The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is growing! Thanks to a generous grant from the New York Community Trust, our team is thrilled to announce a brand-new, first-of-its-kind project at the science-policy nexus: the Wildlife Inclusive Local Development (WILD) Lab.
NYU Launches the Wildlife Inclusive Local Development (WILD) Lab
New lab will advance research and policy to support wild animals in urban environments
www.nyu.edu
May 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Very excited to share that I'm officially the science coordinator for this project, as of today!