Emily V Griffith
@e-v-griffith.bsky.social
PhD Candidate pursuing a Ducktorate in Ecology, Evolution, & Earth Systems at Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University 🐲 Ornithology Department 🦆🦉🐓 She/Her 🏳️🌈 emilyvgriffith.com
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New Research Finds Fluorescence in Feathers of Long-eared Owls
In a study recently published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, researchers from Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of...
drexel.edu
Our research on Long-eared owl plumage is getting some media traction, which is exciting! But I want to clarify that we're certainly not the first to discover or describe these pigments in owls - owl banders have been using fluorescence in the field for decades! (1/2)
drexel.edu/news/archive...
drexel.edu/news/archive...
I am starting to be recognized as the duck person by people outside of the department and man does it have its perks
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am starting to be recognized as the duck person by people outside of the department and man does it have its perks
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Going to be a big month for warbler science! First out of the gates is @lannhiphung.bsky.social, with song & genomics of Nashville warblers. Eastern and western subspecies: non-overlapping and super distinct. Keep an eye on your life list 😉
🦉🧪@journal-evo.bsky.social
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🦉🧪@journal-evo.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Going to be a big month for warbler science! First out of the gates is @lannhiphung.bsky.social, with song & genomics of Nashville warblers. Eastern and western subspecies: non-overlapping and super distinct. Keep an eye on your life list 😉
🦉🧪@journal-evo.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
🦉🧪@journal-evo.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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One of the most frequent questions we get from members is "How do I access the journal online for free?" The easiest way is to bookmark our online member portal at wilson.wildapricot.org — just log in, click on "Publications," and follow the links from there!
Wilson Ornithological Society - Home
wilson.wildapricot.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of the most frequent questions we get from members is "How do I access the journal online for free?" The easiest way is to bookmark our online member portal at wilson.wildapricot.org — just log in, click on "Publications," and follow the links from there!
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For once my event this week is so packed with RSVPs I don't even need to remind you about it, but I love the poster that @theavocadojam.com made so much that I'm posting about it anyway!
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
![an event poster for an event called Native Plant Prep Party "Help pack native seed packets for free distribution!" hosted by [skype a scientist logo]. The graphic has a skeleton with a butterfly perched on their noggin standing in front of the philadelphia skyline, holding a handful of dirt, with a little sprout growing out of the top](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uqjon6amgqigyqvqfmqlp5s4/bafkreihgjjpc6cpcgnsuigjk4jpsuxkgseateo2kgr7y2jt2qnaeqtpzoa@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For once my event this week is so packed with RSVPs I don't even need to remind you about it, but I love the poster that @theavocadojam.com made so much that I'm posting about it anyway!
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
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We're excited about back-to-back @sarahmackattack.bsky.social next Friday!
Noon Talk - Weaving Science Into Philly Neighborhoods
1:30 - Hands-On Zine Making Workshop
Register for zine making:
www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...
@pennngg.bsky.social @pennbgsa.bsky.social @pennneuroknow.bsky.social
Noon Talk - Weaving Science Into Philly Neighborhoods
1:30 - Hands-On Zine Making Workshop
Register for zine making:
www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...
@pennngg.bsky.social @pennbgsa.bsky.social @pennneuroknow.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We're excited about back-to-back @sarahmackattack.bsky.social next Friday!
Noon Talk - Weaving Science Into Philly Neighborhoods
1:30 - Hands-On Zine Making Workshop
Register for zine making:
www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...
@pennngg.bsky.social @pennbgsa.bsky.social @pennneuroknow.bsky.social
Noon Talk - Weaving Science Into Philly Neighborhoods
1:30 - Hands-On Zine Making Workshop
Register for zine making:
www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...
@pennngg.bsky.social @pennbgsa.bsky.social @pennneuroknow.bsky.social
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Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
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The largest native waterfowl in North America, the trumpeter swan, captured mid-migration. Wingspans up to 10 feet, yet they move with incredible precision.
#trumpeterswans #migrationseason #ontariowildlife #CambridgeON #HespelerMillPond #birdphotography #naturecanada #sonyalpha #a6700 #GRIPSKW
#trumpeterswans #migrationseason #ontariowildlife #CambridgeON #HespelerMillPond #birdphotography #naturecanada #sonyalpha #a6700 #GRIPSKW
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The largest native waterfowl in North America, the trumpeter swan, captured mid-migration. Wingspans up to 10 feet, yet they move with incredible precision.
#trumpeterswans #migrationseason #ontariowildlife #CambridgeON #HespelerMillPond #birdphotography #naturecanada #sonyalpha #a6700 #GRIPSKW
#trumpeterswans #migrationseason #ontariowildlife #CambridgeON #HespelerMillPond #birdphotography #naturecanada #sonyalpha #a6700 #GRIPSKW
If you're at #2025SVP, go say hi to our lab member Kai Doron! They're presenting a poster on weaponry in waterfowl and have a crazy amount of knowledge about lots of cool dinosaurs (and it's their first conference!)
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you're at #2025SVP, go say hi to our lab member Kai Doron! They're presenting a poster on weaponry in waterfowl and have a crazy amount of knowledge about lots of cool dinosaurs (and it's their first conference!)
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More really cool science news: Scientists have extracted the oldest known RNA!
This is a particularly amazing feat because RNA degrades very quickly. (Also, we learned that Yuka here was a male, not a female as previously thought.) 🧪
(by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social)
This is a particularly amazing feat because RNA degrades very quickly. (Also, we learned that Yuka here was a male, not a female as previously thought.) 🧪
(by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social)
A Frozen Woolly Mammoth Reveals the World’s Oldest RNA
RNA has been extracted from an ancient woolly mammoth, providing insight into its last moments on Earth
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
More really cool science news: Scientists have extracted the oldest known RNA!
This is a particularly amazing feat because RNA degrades very quickly. (Also, we learned that Yuka here was a male, not a female as previously thought.) 🧪
(by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social)
This is a particularly amazing feat because RNA degrades very quickly. (Also, we learned that Yuka here was a male, not a female as previously thought.) 🧪
(by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social)
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Genetic patterns along the South American dry diagonal: The case of the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/05/02/g...
#ornithology
Genetic patterns along the South American dry diagonal: The case of the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/05/02/g...
#ornithology
Genetic patterns along the South American dry diagonal: The case of the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
What environmental factors determine the genetic population structure of this species?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Genetic patterns along the South American dry diagonal: The case of the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/05/02/g...
#ornithology
Genetic patterns along the South American dry diagonal: The case of the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/05/02/g...
#ornithology
My friends suggested I started watching Pluribus during my incredibly long train ride over the past few days and lemme tell you I want to use the first episode SO BADLY in class to explain common misconceptions about evolution (which is how I start basically every semester)
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My friends suggested I started watching Pluribus during my incredibly long train ride over the past few days and lemme tell you I want to use the first episode SO BADLY in class to explain common misconceptions about evolution (which is how I start basically every semester)
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There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Grant recipient Shelby McCahon describes her research into whether agricultural pesticides are impacting migrating shorebirds in the Prairie Pothole region. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/11/12/g...
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Grant recipient Shelby McCahon describes her research into whether agricultural pesticides are impacting migrating shorebirds in the Prairie Pothole region. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/11/12/g...
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Now that the publication is officially out, boosting the announcement that we now have high-quality reference genomes for all 7 sea turtle species. Congrats to the team that made this a reality!
New haplotype-resolved assemblies for 5 of the 7 available from
doi.org/10.1093/giga...
New haplotype-resolved assemblies for 5 of the 7 available from
doi.org/10.1093/giga...
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Now that the publication is officially out, boosting the announcement that we now have high-quality reference genomes for all 7 sea turtle species. Congrats to the team that made this a reality!
New haplotype-resolved assemblies for 5 of the 7 available from
doi.org/10.1093/giga...
New haplotype-resolved assemblies for 5 of the 7 available from
doi.org/10.1093/giga...
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If you see this, post your bird art. 🪶🐡
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you see this, post your bird art. 🪶🐡
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Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled an open access collection of landmark JSP vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next study to highlight is.. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs by Butler et al. (2008) buff.ly/O0hipyA
#2025SVP #PaleoSky @richardjbutler.bsky.social
Next study to highlight is.. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs by Butler et al. (2008) buff.ly/O0hipyA
#2025SVP #PaleoSky @richardjbutler.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled an open access collection of landmark JSP vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next study to highlight is.. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs by Butler et al. (2008) buff.ly/O0hipyA
#2025SVP #PaleoSky @richardjbutler.bsky.social
Next study to highlight is.. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs by Butler et al. (2008) buff.ly/O0hipyA
#2025SVP #PaleoSky @richardjbutler.bsky.social
I found him, the monologuer
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I found him, the monologuer
I'm in north Florida right now helping my folks' move and there is one red-shouldered hawk somewhere in the neighborhood who is so vocal I swear he's practicing Shakespeare lines and also may have a megaphone
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm in north Florida right now helping my folks' move and there is one red-shouldered hawk somewhere in the neighborhood who is so vocal I swear he's practicing Shakespeare lines and also may have a megaphone
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@nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social and my book—Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau—comes out tomorrow!! 🤿🐟🌟
I plan to wake up, go vote in my local election, and maybe do an unboxing??
I plan to wake up, go vote in my local election, and maybe do an unboxing??
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social and my book—Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau—comes out tomorrow!! 🤿🐟🌟
I plan to wake up, go vote in my local election, and maybe do an unboxing??
I plan to wake up, go vote in my local election, and maybe do an unboxing??
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The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
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Capitol pressroom interview with the Paleontological Research Institution's director Warren Allmon about PRIs connections to science education throughout NY and the fundraising campaign for the next 60 days to make sure the end of the year isnt the end of PRI
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
Upstate natural history museum at risk of closing
Paleontological Research Institution Director talks about the work his organization does and explains why they're in need of funding to keep their door open.
capitolpressroom.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Capitol pressroom interview with the Paleontological Research Institution's director Warren Allmon about PRIs connections to science education throughout NY and the fundraising campaign for the next 60 days to make sure the end of the year isnt the end of PRI
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
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JOB OPENING: Curator of Plants and Sustainability: Curator of Plants and Sustainability
$78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum
$78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum
Curator of Plants and Sustainability
Curator of Plants and Sustainability
$78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum
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October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
JOB OPENING: Curator of Plants and Sustainability: Curator of Plants and Sustainability
$78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum
$78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum
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I teach a field natural history course that’s very analog—a hand-written field journal, hands-on skill sessions, hours in nature each week. This very much tracks. My evals for that class emphasize the class’s impacts on how they think, and their mental health.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I teach a field natural history course that’s very analog—a hand-written field journal, hands-on skill sessions, hours in nature each week. This very much tracks. My evals for that class emphasize the class’s impacts on how they think, and their mental health.
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Y'all my students are so incredible, we worked together to come up with our STEM Day table, then they all did so awesome running it that eventually I was no longer needed
And indoor birdwatching (taping up bird pics around the atrium + letting kids use binos to spot them) was a RESOUNDING success
And indoor birdwatching (taping up bird pics around the atrium + letting kids use binos to spot them) was a RESOUNDING success
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Y'all my students are so incredible, we worked together to come up with our STEM Day table, then they all did so awesome running it that eventually I was no longer needed
And indoor birdwatching (taping up bird pics around the atrium + letting kids use binos to spot them) was a RESOUNDING success
And indoor birdwatching (taping up bird pics around the atrium + letting kids use binos to spot them) was a RESOUNDING success
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Cover of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy"!!! published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social.
I can't tell you all adequately how proud of & eager I am to share this with the world!!!
Coming January 20, 2026
Pre-order NOW: bookshop.org/p/books/when...
I can't tell you all adequately how proud of & eager I am to share this with the world!!!
Coming January 20, 2026
Pre-order NOW: bookshop.org/p/books/when...
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Cover of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy"!!! published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social.
I can't tell you all adequately how proud of & eager I am to share this with the world!!!
Coming January 20, 2026
Pre-order NOW: bookshop.org/p/books/when...
I can't tell you all adequately how proud of & eager I am to share this with the world!!!
Coming January 20, 2026
Pre-order NOW: bookshop.org/p/books/when...