Julie Taylor Rivenbark
@jrivenbarkbio.bsky.social
Biologist, educator, climate change activist
#WomeninSTEM #HERper
Interested in the conservation and evolutionary ecology of species, especially herps, and education as a tool for conservation 🌎🦎🐍
#WomeninSTEM #HERper
Interested in the conservation and evolutionary ecology of species, especially herps, and education as a tool for conservation 🌎🦎🐍
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👋 I’m Julie
🦎 Biologist and Herpetologist
📚 K12 Educator in VA
🌎 Climate change and conservation activist
I’m here to share the awesome science going on in my world and hopefully make some great connections along the way! ❤️
🦎 Biologist and Herpetologist
📚 K12 Educator in VA
🌎 Climate change and conservation activist
I’m here to share the awesome science going on in my world and hopefully make some great connections along the way! ❤️
No better place to do field work than in the rainforest canopy 💚🌳🦎🐸🪲
July 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
No better place to do field work than in the rainforest canopy 💚🌳🦎🐸🪲
Exploring invertebrate diversity today ft. Platyhelminthes, Cnidaria, Nematoda, Rotifera, and Crustacea #myjobiscoolerthanyours #biologyeducatorsrule
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Exploring invertebrate diversity today ft. Platyhelminthes, Cnidaria, Nematoda, Rotifera, and Crustacea #myjobiscoolerthanyours #biologyeducatorsrule
Todays lesson:
Analyzing scientific papers
Analyzing scientific papers
March 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Todays lesson:
Analyzing scientific papers
Analyzing scientific papers
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ICYMI, my analysis of how the Trump administration will contribute to the extinction of beloved endangered marine and coastal animals.
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator
The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
ICYMI, my analysis of how the Trump administration will contribute to the extinction of beloved endangered marine and coastal animals.
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The #2025MMM Bracket is LIVE!!
We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE!
We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students!
We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials!
libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?...
We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE!
We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students!
We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials!
libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?...
March Mammal Madness 2025 Epic Trailer
YouTube video by Katie Hinde
youtu.be
February 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The #2025MMM Bracket is LIVE!!
We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE!
We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students!
We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials!
libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?...
We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE!
We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students!
We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials!
libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?...
Reposted by Julie Taylor Rivenbark
Stop calling these acts of deliberate malicious destruction mistakes — if you close your eyes and fire machine gun spray ceaselessly into a crowd claiming you just want to scare some of them off, it’s not a mistake that there are casualties.
The Trump administration is racing to fix mistakes after some agencies fired probationary employees who had accepted the deferred resignation offer for federal workers.
These feds took Trump’s ‘fork’ deal. Then they got fired — creating a government ‘mess.’
The Trump administration is racing to fix mistakes after some agencies fired probationary employees who had accepted the deferred resignation offer.
wapo.st
February 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Stop calling these acts of deliberate malicious destruction mistakes — if you close your eyes and fire machine gun spray ceaselessly into a crowd claiming you just want to scare some of them off, it’s not a mistake that there are casualties.
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Bullfrog of the day!
Thursday, 20 Feb 2025
Thursday, 20 Feb 2025
February 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Bullfrog of the day!
Thursday, 20 Feb 2025
Thursday, 20 Feb 2025
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#Connect2Nature
Keeping up the #PSA theme... Keep your eye on what's important. Focus. Do not let yourself be drawn into the crazymaking that is the news cycle today.
This Great White Egret was outside my patio yesterday looking for geckos.
#Nature #Birds #Photography
Keeping up the #PSA theme... Keep your eye on what's important. Focus. Do not let yourself be drawn into the crazymaking that is the news cycle today.
This Great White Egret was outside my patio yesterday looking for geckos.
#Nature #Birds #Photography
February 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#Connect2Nature
Keeping up the #PSA theme... Keep your eye on what's important. Focus. Do not let yourself be drawn into the crazymaking that is the news cycle today.
This Great White Egret was outside my patio yesterday looking for geckos.
#Nature #Birds #Photography
Keeping up the #PSA theme... Keep your eye on what's important. Focus. Do not let yourself be drawn into the crazymaking that is the news cycle today.
This Great White Egret was outside my patio yesterday looking for geckos.
#Nature #Birds #Photography
This is what we are losing thanks to the current administration. My heart is absolutely broken for these incredible people and for the beautiful wildlife and lands within our country. When will it stop?
February 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is what we are losing thanks to the current administration. My heart is absolutely broken for these incredible people and for the beautiful wildlife and lands within our country. When will it stop?
Best part about being the weird science lady in the building: students bring me offerings of bones, shells, and dead bugs. Last week a secret admirer left this cool box turtle shell and this morning I was gifted another turtle shell and some mystery bones 🦴🐢
February 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Best part about being the weird science lady in the building: students bring me offerings of bones, shells, and dead bugs. Last week a secret admirer left this cool box turtle shell and this morning I was gifted another turtle shell and some mystery bones 🦴🐢
Can’t wait to be back in Peru this summer.
I’m thinking of spending 3-4 days in Lima/Huacachina before heading down to Iquitos and the heart of the rainforest. Any recs for solo female travelers in #LimaPeru ? Things to do, fav restaurants, hiking trails, tattoo artists? 👀
I’m thinking of spending 3-4 days in Lima/Huacachina before heading down to Iquitos and the heart of the rainforest. Any recs for solo female travelers in #LimaPeru ? Things to do, fav restaurants, hiking trails, tattoo artists? 👀
February 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Can’t wait to be back in Peru this summer.
I’m thinking of spending 3-4 days in Lima/Huacachina before heading down to Iquitos and the heart of the rainforest. Any recs for solo female travelers in #LimaPeru ? Things to do, fav restaurants, hiking trails, tattoo artists? 👀
I’m thinking of spending 3-4 days in Lima/Huacachina before heading down to Iquitos and the heart of the rainforest. Any recs for solo female travelers in #LimaPeru ? Things to do, fav restaurants, hiking trails, tattoo artists? 👀
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🦎 Chocolate Reptiles 🐍
February 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🦎 Chocolate Reptiles 🐍
I spent way too much time making 130 biology pun valentines for my students. I think I’m hilarious.
February 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I spent way too much time making 130 biology pun valentines for my students. I think I’m hilarious.
Nothing like getting students out into the field to experience nature. We went out looking for mushrooms today after a big rain yesterday, and had a blast!!! We slowed down our hike thru the woods to appreciate the tiny beauty of life. I love my job!!!!
#educatorinthewild #mushroomhunting
#educatorinthewild #mushroomhunting
February 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nothing like getting students out into the field to experience nature. We went out looking for mushrooms today after a big rain yesterday, and had a blast!!! We slowed down our hike thru the woods to appreciate the tiny beauty of life. I love my job!!!!
#educatorinthewild #mushroomhunting
#educatorinthewild #mushroomhunting
So grateful to have been selected as the John Alcock Research Fellow for @morphoinstitute.org !
I don’t think I’m being dramatic when I say this organization has changed my life since I stumbled upon it a year ago, and I can’t wait to be back in the Amazon doing research this summer. 🦋🌎🖤
I don’t think I’m being dramatic when I say this organization has changed my life since I stumbled upon it a year ago, and I can’t wait to be back in the Amazon doing research this summer. 🦋🌎🖤
February 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So grateful to have been selected as the John Alcock Research Fellow for @morphoinstitute.org !
I don’t think I’m being dramatic when I say this organization has changed my life since I stumbled upon it a year ago, and I can’t wait to be back in the Amazon doing research this summer. 🦋🌎🖤
I don’t think I’m being dramatic when I say this organization has changed my life since I stumbled upon it a year ago, and I can’t wait to be back in the Amazon doing research this summer. 🦋🌎🖤
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February 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Just a reminder to all the educators: #BlackHistoryMonth starts in just a couple days!!!
As educators, we hold so much power in the info we present to our students. Choose to provide lessons that showcase greatness in people w/ all kinds of backgrounds and abilities. Representation matters, always🖤
As educators, we hold so much power in the info we present to our students. Choose to provide lessons that showcase greatness in people w/ all kinds of backgrounds and abilities. Representation matters, always🖤
January 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder to all the educators: #BlackHistoryMonth starts in just a couple days!!!
As educators, we hold so much power in the info we present to our students. Choose to provide lessons that showcase greatness in people w/ all kinds of backgrounds and abilities. Representation matters, always🖤
As educators, we hold so much power in the info we present to our students. Choose to provide lessons that showcase greatness in people w/ all kinds of backgrounds and abilities. Representation matters, always🖤
It’s caecilian week in my Master Herpetologist program 💃
January 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It’s caecilian week in my Master Herpetologist program 💃
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I got some sad news from the vet about one of my dogs in the middle of the school day on Tuesday. My students could tell I was upset and when they found out why, they bought me a card and every student in the class signed it to cheer me up.
January 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I got some sad news from the vet about one of my dogs in the middle of the school day on Tuesday. My students could tell I was upset and when they found out why, they bought me a card and every student in the class signed it to cheer me up.
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Excited to have @jrivenbarkbio.bsky.social as a conservation education fellow for our 2025 Amazon Research Initiative for Educators in July!
It’s been quite a while since I officially published (hoping to change that soon), but sharing my previous research on the habitat specialization in lizards 🦎 (thread below) ⬇️
bit.ly/40IKnmb
bit.ly/40IKnmb
(PDF) Natural selection favors local specialization in a widespread habitat generalist
PDF | The ecological success of widespread species is attributed to an ability to generalize across diverse habitats, a so‐called “jack of all trades”... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
bit.ly
January 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Excited to have @jrivenbarkbio.bsky.social as a conservation education fellow for our 2025 Amazon Research Initiative for Educators in July!
It’s been quite a while since I officially published (hoping to change that soon), but sharing my previous research on the habitat specialization in lizards 🦎 (thread below) ⬇️
bit.ly/40IKnmb
bit.ly/40IKnmb
(PDF) Natural selection favors local specialization in a widespread habitat generalist
PDF | The ecological success of widespread species is attributed to an ability to generalize across diverse habitats, a so‐called “jack of all trades”... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
bit.ly
January 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s been quite a while since I officially published (hoping to change that soon), but sharing my previous research on the habitat specialization in lizards 🦎 (thread below) ⬇️
bit.ly/40IKnmb
bit.ly/40IKnmb
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Go behind the headlines to understand the full implications of what’s going on at the NIH and other agencies today. Science and research are in the cross hairs. Some slowdown is typical during transitions between administrations but this appears to be unprecedented. www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Go behind the headlines to understand the full implications of what’s going on at the NIH and other agencies today. Science and research are in the cross hairs. Some slowdown is typical during transitions between administrations but this appears to be unprecedented. www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is what happens when you play political games with science funding. We lose knowledge and talent and research programs in progress. It harms all of us.
Yes. My husband is an NIH-funded scientist studying infectious diseases such as whooping cough, covid, & influenza. The current grant funding his salary runs out of money this summer; a delay in grant reviews means he won’t get a new grant funded before then. He’ll lose his job.
January 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is what happens when you play political games with science funding. We lose knowledge and talent and research programs in progress. It harms all of us.