Doc_Beatty
@chrisdbeatty.bsky.social
Evolutionary Ecologist. Dad. Husband. Border Collie companion.
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Doc_Beatty
@chrisdbeatty.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Hi All! I'm an evolutionary ecologist who works with dragonflies (mainly). I'm excited to share science and general nerdery here!
Thomas is teaching me how to code in Scratch. This is the first game we coded together. Check it out, and see if you can catch the dragonfly!
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September 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Thomas is teaching me how to code in Scratch. This is the first game we coded together. Check it out, and see if you can catch the dragonfly!
scratch.mit.edu/projects/121...
scratch.mit.edu/projects/121...
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv
Integrating #eDNA and #CommunityScience to monitor urban #Odonata diversity
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70006
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Integrating #eDNA and #CommunityScience to monitor urban #Odonata diversity
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70006
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv
Integrating #eDNA and #CommunityScience to monitor urban #Odonata diversity
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70006
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Integrating #eDNA and #CommunityScience to monitor urban #Odonata diversity
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70006
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
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If you happen to be in Colombia! Come visit this awesome exhibit we just launch in #ICO2025! @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social thank to be part of these dream!
August 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If you happen to be in Colombia! Come visit this awesome exhibit we just launch in #ICO2025! @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social thank to be part of these dream!
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California ecologists are bringing a glimmer of hope back to the Presidio, releasing Silvery Blue butterflies to fill the ecological void left by the long-lost Xerces Blue. This creative conservation effort may reshape what it means to reverse extinction in action. www.kqed.org/news/1205298...
Is Extinction Permanent? Resurrecting California’s Xerces Blue Butterfly | KQED
Ecologists hope to resurrect a crucial piece of the Presidio dunes ecosystem with a rare blue butterfly.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
California ecologists are bringing a glimmer of hope back to the Presidio, releasing Silvery Blue butterflies to fill the ecological void left by the long-lost Xerces Blue. This creative conservation effort may reshape what it means to reverse extinction in action. www.kqed.org/news/1205298...
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So excited to have this #dragonfly paper out! #Odonata systematics: past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in #Anisoptera (dragonflies) url: academic.oup.com/isd/article/... @ethantolman.bsky.social
Odonata systematics: past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Abstract. Odonata is an insect order that comprises ~6420 described species distributed among three suborders. Here we review the dragonflies, or Anisopter
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August 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
So excited to have this #dragonfly paper out! #Odonata systematics: past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in #Anisoptera (dragonflies) url: academic.oup.com/isd/article/... @ethantolman.bsky.social
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So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...
Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...
56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators
theconversation.com/56-million-y...
theconversation.com/56-million-y...
56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators
To understand how giant carbon emission events affect climate and life on Earth, scientists went deeper into our planet’s history.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators
theconversation.com/56-million-y...
theconversation.com/56-million-y...
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Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them | Nature
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
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So excited to have this #eDNA #Aquatics paper out led by Rhema Uche Dike, @ethantolman.bsky.social, @chrisdbeatty.bsky.social and many others! doi.org/10.1111/icad...
Integrating eDNA and community science to monitor urban Odonata diversity
Environmental DNA captured rare and underrepresented taxa often missed by community science observations.
Community science revealed adult-stage observations across a broader temporal window.
Integr.....
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August 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
So excited to have this #eDNA #Aquatics paper out led by Rhema Uche Dike, @ethantolman.bsky.social, @chrisdbeatty.bsky.social and many others! doi.org/10.1111/icad...
‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times
Findings speak to the dramatic impact ants and termites can have on mammalian evolution
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July 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out this great work from @ethantolman.bsky.social 's PhD thesis! I'm excited to have collaborated with him and others on this exploration of gene family expansion in dragonflies.
Last PhD chapter is published!
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Newly sequenced genomes reveal patterns of gene family expansion in select dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)
Abstract. Gene family evolution plays a key role in shaping patterns of biodiversity across the tree of life. In Insecta, adaptive gene family turnover has
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July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Check out this great work from @ethantolman.bsky.social 's PhD thesis! I'm excited to have collaborated with him and others on this exploration of gene family expansion in dragonflies.
Very excited about this paper! It has been great to work with colleagues in NZ and around the world to make this happen.
#Dragonflies! With @taramcallister.bsky.social @ethantolman.bsky.social and colleagues! Elevational and Oceanic Barriers Shape the Distribution, Dispersal and Diversity of Aotearoa's Kapokapowai (Uropetala) Dragonflies url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Elevational and Oceanic Barriers Shape the Distribution, Dispersal and Diversity of Aotearoa's Kapokapowai (Uropetala) Dragonflies
Abstract. Mountains and islands provide an opportunity for studying the biogeography of diversification and population fragmentation. Aotearoa (New Zealand
academic.oup.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Very excited about this paper! It has been great to work with colleagues in NZ and around the world to make this happen.
Another paper that I am excited to share. This work was a collaboration with colleagues in Vanuatu, Fiji, New Zealand and the US. The Melanesobasis are a beautiful group of damselflies, and it is exciting to understand their distribution in the South Pacific.
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Rediscovery of Melanesobasis Donnelly, 1984 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Vanuatu reveals a pattern of vicariance in insular damselflies
Abstract. The Vitiaz Arc provides a compelling opportunity to examine biogeographical patterns in the South Pacific. Previously, however, many groups lacke
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July 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another paper that I am excited to share. This work was a collaboration with colleagues in Vanuatu, Fiji, New Zealand and the US. The Melanesobasis are a beautiful group of damselflies, and it is exciting to understand their distribution in the South Pacific.
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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@isaaclevesque.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social, Sam Gallafent, Randy Li, and Atharva Tripathi found that insects sampled from the same habitat have responded differently to anthropogenic change and past climate change!
June 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@isaaclevesque.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social, Sam Gallafent, Randy Li, and Atharva Tripathi found that insects sampled from the same habitat have responded differently to anthropogenic change and past climate change!
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@gracie-castillo.bsky.social, @harrisonpardue.bsky.social, @eredman3.bsky.social and Liam Williams found alarmingly high levels of inbreeding in Trout, and discuss what this means for the Odonata they live with!
June 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@gracie-castillo.bsky.social, @harrisonpardue.bsky.social, @eredman3.bsky.social and Liam Williams found alarmingly high levels of inbreeding in Trout, and discuss what this means for the Odonata they live with!
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Maleah Wei and @bengallafent.bsky.social shared an awesome talk about urban adaptation and migration in the blue dasher dragonfly, as well as the importance of community science engagement, with their advisor Dick Jordan!
June 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maleah Wei and @bengallafent.bsky.social shared an awesome talk about urban adaptation and migration in the blue dasher dragonfly, as well as the importance of community science engagement, with their advisor Dick Jordan!
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Excited to have this #entomology #dragonfly paper out! Congratulations to @ethantolman.bsky.social Ellie Gamett and team! bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The blueprint for survival: the blue dasher dragonfly as a model for urban adaptation - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Human alteration of natural environments and habitats is a major driver of species decline. However, a handful of species thrive in human altered environments. The biology, distribution, po...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Excited to have this #entomology #dragonfly paper out! Congratulations to @ethantolman.bsky.social Ellie Gamett and team! bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Glad to see the Idaho Statesmen cover the cool work @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social @maleahwei.bsky.social and others are doing in Boise!
Our Boise dragonfly research just got covered in the Idaho Statesman! @ethantolman.bsky.social is leading such a cool project and working to teach local high schoolers conservation genomics and entomology! ✨ Check it out! www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
This insect is teaching Timberline High students about Boise ecosystems. Here’s how
Dragonflies are teaching researchers and students about Boise’s ecosystem and unlocking the larger mysteries of the insects’ behavior.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Glad to see the Idaho Statesmen cover the cool work @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social @maleahwei.bsky.social and others are doing in Boise!
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Excited to see @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @isaaclevesque.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social and others present at the annual conference of @odonataamericas.bsky.social after a week of research!
June 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to see @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @isaaclevesque.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social and others present at the annual conference of @odonataamericas.bsky.social after a week of research!