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Bridgett vonHoldt
@bvon.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ Princeton EEB; everything canid genomics; admixture; conservation; Old English Sheepdogs and cats!
New paper on why the social unit for species conservation is important! Above just counting individuals. Thanks for my amazing coauthors. Wolves 🐺 need our help for a brighter future.
Species recovery as a half empty process: the case against ignoring social ecology for gray wolf recovery
Abstract. The criteria used to assess recovery under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) often fall short when considering social, group-living species. To
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January 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It’s that time of year again to celebrate ghost wolves in Texas! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Please use this link or the QR code in the flyer: form.jotform.com/243382698990...

When: 11 January 2025, 6-830pm
Where: Moody Gardens 3D Auditorium
December 4, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Looking for a post-bac with bioinformatic skills from Princeton? Julian Gottfried (juliansg@princeton.edu) uses theoretical modeling and Bayesian inference for disease ecology or applied conservation. His thesis work with me was analysis of single cell RNA Seq data of pinnipeds. He is excellent!
June 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
A preprint about endangered species recovery goals for social species need to use units of social groups (not individuals!). Gray wolves are our example system.

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June 14, 2024 at 6:16 PM
This is "colossal" news for endangered species, de-extinction, rewilding, and revolutionary biotechnology! Beth Shapiro is a powerhouse. Plus, she's awesome 🤩

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March 19, 2024 at 2:25 PM
If you’re a bird watcher, photographer, or want something different to do, join FeatherFest on Galveston Island (April 18– 21) to observe thousands of birds that annual pass through on their arduous northward migration from Central/South America.
www.galvestonnaturetourism.org/featherfest/
March 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
We just built de novo assemblies of a coyote and gray wolf genome!!! My coauthors are amazing and this team really delivered not only one, BUT TWO high quality genome assemblies. Now we're ready to science.

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February 29, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Six days left to support ghost wolves through a very reasonably priced hoodie! www.customink.com/fundraising/...
February 28, 2024 at 2:49 AM
10 days left to support this funding raising campaign for ghost wolves! Buy a $35 hoodie and support research on the Gulf Coast Canine Project!

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February 23, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Interested in supporting ghost wolf research? Buy a hoodie! To learn more about the research of the Gulf Coast Canine Project, visit our webpage (www.gulfcoastcanineproject.org#/)! We hope to see 50 hoodies get a new home in the next 21 days. WE ARE HALF-WAY THERE! Thank you for your support!!
February 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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Help us meet our goal of fundraising through the purchase of a hoodie! We hope to see 50 of them find a new home. Learning more about ghost wolf DNA will give us innovative options that will help save the critically endangered red wolf. Thank you in advance!!!

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February 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Help us meet our goal of fundraising through the purchase of a hoodie! We hope to see 50 of them find a new home. Learning more about ghost wolf DNA will give us innovative options that will help save the critically endangered red wolf. Thank you in advance!!!

www.customink.com/fundraising/...
February 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM
If you want to support ghost wolf research, please consider purchasing a hoodie using the link below! And share this fundraiser with others! Every little bit helps and 100% of any profit will be used for research efforts, supplies, and equipment. Many thanks!
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February 3, 2024 at 5:22 PM
The minutes from our Galveston Town Hall on Ghost Wolves and habitat preservation! We want RREAF Holdings, Innisfree Hotels, and Margaritaville to incorporate wildlife protection plans, buffer zones around sensitive habitat, and wildlife corridors for the East Beach Galveston.
January 24, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Amazing cattle in southwestern Louisiana
January 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Upcoming event and make sure to mark your calendars! A great panel of leadership. Come learn and engage with us about ghost wolves. Register here (host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration...) but walk-ins welcome, too.
January 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM
A news story about the Galveston canids and upcoming town hall Jan 10th 6-8pm in Moody Gardens 3D Auditorium!
www.fox26houston.com/video/1390524
Galveston coyotes carry extinct red wolf DNA
Some recent sightings of coyotes in Galveston have spurred a new interest of a rare animal that has now been confirmed to carry the genetics of an extinct red wolf. FOX 26 Photojournalist Darlene Jani...
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January 4, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Now with a registration link!
December 23, 2023 at 12:53 PM
December 22, 2023 at 1:11 AM
Thanks to my amazing coauthors, we estimated effective population size estimates of gray wolves of the Northern Rocky Mountains and the Western Great Lakes. Ne is lower than needed for sustained genetic health. Open Access Mol Ecol! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...
December 6, 2023 at 12:56 PM
What a beautiful and special deer! Central New Jersey.
November 23, 2023 at 1:13 AM
The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in the Department of Mammalogy to start on or after July 2024.
For more details, see the link below! Early career scientists please apply!!! careers.amnh.org/postings/3921
November 15, 2023 at 5:21 PM
I seriously love that I can see a picture of a different coyote EVERY HOUR. Every post is my new favorite picture 🧡🐺
#hourly #yote https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/yotes/99559060_910702032725554_7816013590141337600_n.jpg
October 27, 2023 at 12:07 AM
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Science artists! Design a simple, evocative logo for AGA President Beth Shapiro's symposium, #AGA2024: Genomic Technologies & the Future of Conservation. Talks will explore DNA and other biotechnologies, including cloning and de-extinction, for biodiversity conservation. $150 prize!
www.theaga.org
October 26, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Galveston Island East Beach Development has been put on hold! There will be no discussion of it at tonight’s Council meeting (I’m told!)! Still good to attend the meeting (virtually or in person) to help build up trust and show our presence. Hopefully there is a brighter future for the east end!
October 26, 2023 at 8:04 PM