Amanda R.G.
@amandargoldberg.bsky.social
I’m a conservation biologist who works with a variety of vertebrates like 🐿️🦝🐢🐀. You can learn more about my work here: https://amandargoldbergresearch.wordpress.com
So nice to be back for a visit and enjoy some snow!
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
So nice to be back for a visit and enjoy some snow!
I heard about this on science friday and it blew my mind. I wish i could do this! youtu.be/rZ3kCcKCqCc
See a detached sea slug head regrow a new body | Science News
YouTube video by Science News
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December 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I heard about this on science friday and it blew my mind. I wish i could do this! youtu.be/rZ3kCcKCqCc
Well, snow day today. Made it to the mountain but the ski company had already started making snow across the road. Ugh, now folks have to go back for a very long and steep hike to finish our work that we are almost two months behind in completing due to the shutdown. At least the view was pretty.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Well, snow day today. Made it to the mountain but the ski company had already started making snow across the road. Ugh, now folks have to go back for a very long and steep hike to finish our work that we are almost two months behind in completing due to the shutdown. At least the view was pretty.
I went all out and challenged myself to a hard hike to finish out this very long furlough. I was certainly rewarded. I am looking forward to getting back to our research tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I went all out and challenged myself to a hard hike to finish out this very long furlough. I was certainly rewarded. I am looking forward to getting back to our research tomorrow.
I am trying to use my furlough time in productive ways. I signed up for a free online class to learn how to edit milky way photos. I used the tricks I've learned so far to edit an old picture I took in Idaho while working on my PhD.
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I am trying to use my furlough time in productive ways. I signed up for a free online class to learn how to edit milky way photos. I used the tricks I've learned so far to edit an old picture I took in Idaho while working on my PhD.
As I wait to find out if I will be rif’d along so many other feeds in DOI, I’ve been trying to see and do things in the area that I might not do again here in Southern California. I had a great day yesterday supporting women’s soccer.
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
As I wait to find out if I will be rif’d along so many other feeds in DOI, I’ve been trying to see and do things in the area that I might not do again here in Southern California. I had a great day yesterday supporting women’s soccer.
I had this trip planned weeks ago, but it was needed now more than ever (Day 14 of furlough). The Eastern Sierra's were beautiful. I can't wait to check them out again in the spring. It started to snow on my final day so I had to keep my hike short but it was fun to see the change in weather.
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I had this trip planned weeks ago, but it was needed now more than ever (Day 14 of furlough). The Eastern Sierra's were beautiful. I can't wait to check them out again in the spring. It started to snow on my final day so I had to keep my hike short but it was fun to see the change in weather.
Longevity, Age‐Specific Survival, and Mean Generation Time of Rana muscosa: Implications for Conservation of Possibly the Longest‐Lived Ranid Frog - Hitchcock - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Longevity, Age‐Specific Survival, and Mean Generation Time of Rana muscosa: Implications for Conservation of Possibly the Longest‐Lived Ranid Frog
We examined 22 years of mark and recapture data for an endangered amphibian (Rana muscosa) and estimated longevity, age-specific survival, and mean generation time. The oldest individual was determin...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Longevity, Age‐Specific Survival, and Mean Generation Time of Rana muscosa: Implications for Conservation of Possibly the Longest‐Lived Ranid Frog - Hitchcock - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Happy national taco day! Glad it fell on a Tuesday this year so all of us furloughed folks might be able to afford some.
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy national taco day! Glad it fell on a Tuesday this year so all of us furloughed folks might be able to afford some.
I'm excited to share a new publication rom my Masters research over a decade ago. I am grateful to be a part of the last issue by the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management and thankful to the Wildlife Society for helping make that happen. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
September 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm excited to share a new publication rom my Masters research over a decade ago. I am grateful to be a part of the last issue by the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management and thankful to the Wildlife Society for helping make that happen. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Some work that my office is involved in made the news! If you have 13 min, please listen to this interesting clip about frog conservation work being done in Southern California. www.npr.org/2025/07/18/1...
With help from AI, this threatened frog is making a comeback : Short Wave
If you were a miner in California during the Gold Rush, you might have dined on a California red-legged frog. The largest native frog in the western United States, this Golden State denizen used to be...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Some work that my office is involved in made the news! If you have 13 min, please listen to this interesting clip about frog conservation work being done in Southern California. www.npr.org/2025/07/18/1...
Had a lovely, relaxing, Saturday evening at Seal Beach watching the sunset. Sometimes it's really nice to just get away from things and just enjoy the natural world (even while living in a city).
July 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Had a lovely, relaxing, Saturday evening at Seal Beach watching the sunset. Sometimes it's really nice to just get away from things and just enjoy the natural world (even while living in a city).
It’s getting hot here in Southern California so I have to work out later. At least I still can see some cool skies.
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It’s getting hot here in Southern California so I have to work out later. At least I still can see some cool skies.
Great morning picking cherries in Southern California. I had no idea they grew then out here.
June 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Great morning picking cherries in Southern California. I had no idea they grew then out here.
Happy national donut day!
June 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy national donut day!
Happy world turtle day! Here’s a photo of a western pond turtle we just released after it was checked for a unique identification tag as a part of a long-term research study aimed at conserving this species in Southern California.
May 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Happy world turtle day! Here’s a photo of a western pond turtle we just released after it was checked for a unique identification tag as a part of a long-term research study aimed at conserving this species in Southern California.
I thought we could all use a relaxing short video to help get through the rest of the week. I shots at the Carrillo aquarium in San Pedro, CA.
May 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I thought we could all use a relaxing short video to help get through the rest of the week. I shots at the Carrillo aquarium in San Pedro, CA.
My cousin wrote an amazing piece for the guardian. I highly recommend you read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness
During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours
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May 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
My cousin wrote an amazing piece for the guardian. I highly recommend you read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
I’m up late tonight baking for my lab because everyone is in need of a pick me up. It’s totally worth the lack of sleep because I discovered the best baking hack I’ve learned about in a while: goop is far better than any non-stick spray I have ever used. My bundt cake came out of the pan so easily.
The best pan release ever is homemade
Once you make cake goop, you'll never use anything else. Super easy to make, inexpensive and works every time for getting your cakes to release from the pan. Never buy pan release again!
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April 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I’m up late tonight baking for my lab because everyone is in need of a pick me up. It’s totally worth the lack of sleep because I discovered the best baking hack I’ve learned about in a while: goop is far better than any non-stick spray I have ever used. My bundt cake came out of the pan so easily.
Unfortunately, I knew I could not handle the crowds at the rallies today. But that did not stop me from contributing to science. I went out and collected some citizen science data on some of the blooming vegetation in SoCal now that we have had a little rain.
April 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Unfortunately, I knew I could not handle the crowds at the rallies today. But that did not stop me from contributing to science. I went out and collected some citizen science data on some of the blooming vegetation in SoCal now that we have had a little rain.
I grew up apple picking every fall. In college I discovered 'honeycrisp' but recently, I realized I no longer enjoy them. I assumed my tastes had changed but maybe they just are not that good where I was buying them (I used to get them from local orchards) www.seriouseats.com/how-honeycri...
How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre
An investigation into the Honeycrisp apple and how a complex string of events led to a decline in the quality of a beloved apple variety.
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March 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I grew up apple picking every fall. In college I discovered 'honeycrisp' but recently, I realized I no longer enjoy them. I assumed my tastes had changed but maybe they just are not that good where I was buying them (I used to get them from local orchards) www.seriouseats.com/how-honeycri...
I think this essay did a great job at describing some of the frustrations I felt teaching college classes. open.sub-stack.com/pub/hilarius...
The average college student today
How things have changed
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March 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I think this essay did a great job at describing some of the frustrations I felt teaching college classes. open.sub-stack.com/pub/hilarius...
While I feel like the last person still waiting to hear about getting reinstated/admin leave etc from the DOI, I am trying to stay positive and do things that bring me joy. I spent a few days last week at Anza Borrego State Park which is amazing
March 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
While I feel like the last person still waiting to hear about getting reinstated/admin leave etc from the DOI, I am trying to stay positive and do things that bring me joy. I spent a few days last week at Anza Borrego State Park which is amazing
Beautiful eclipse last night
March 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Beautiful eclipse last night
Thank you to the Boston Globe for this story about a class representative in the MSPB class action for employees of the Department of Interior
NEW: The lead plaintiff appealing mass federal firings is a New Hampshire-based wildlife biologist named Allison.
She’s representing thousands in a class action for #DOI employees.
This is her story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/s... #usfws
She’s representing thousands in a class action for #DOI employees.
This is her story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/s... #usfws
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM