Living Earth Collaborative
@livingearthcollab.bsky.social
Dedicated to advancing knowledge of & conserving biodiversity. Partnered among Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis Zoo, and Missouri Botanical Garden. Led by Jonathan Losos & Crickette Sanz.
Visit us https://linktr.ee/livingearthcollaborative
Visit us https://linktr.ee/livingearthcollaborative
🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨
We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation!
Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
(or find the link in our bio)
📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski
We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation!
Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
(or find the link in our bio)
📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨
We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation!
Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
(or find the link in our bio)
📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski
We’re excited to share a new article in Global Ecology and Conservation!
Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
(or find the link in our bio)
📸 Photo credit: Emily Wroblewski
🌿 We’re Hiring!
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.
✨ If you have experience in LEC's pilar areas and love collaboration, apply today!
👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.
✨ If you have experience in LEC's pilar areas and love collaboration, apply today!
👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job
September 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🌿 We’re Hiring!
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.
✨ If you have experience in LEC's pilar areas and love collaboration, apply today!
👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.
✨ If you have experience in LEC's pilar areas and love collaboration, apply today!
👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job
Behind the scenes at @mobotgarden.bsky.social
WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation.
Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses).
📸: Sean Garcia, WashU
#WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens
WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation.
Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses).
📸: Sean Garcia, WashU
#WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Behind the scenes at @mobotgarden.bsky.social
WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation.
Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses).
📸: Sean Garcia, WashU
#WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens
WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation.
Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses).
📸: Sean Garcia, WashU
#WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens
New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.
Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand.
🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird
🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird
September 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand.
🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird
🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird
🎉 New publication alert!
Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News)
#ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange
Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News)
#ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange
August 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🎉 New publication alert!
Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News)
#ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange
Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News)
#ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange
Learn about how Missouri Botanical Garden's Madagascar Programme is supporting both sustainable livelihoods and a healthy ecosystems. Read all about it in this article by The Guardian (@theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/saving-land-...
From destruction to restoration: how farmers in Madagascar are being helped to safeguard its rare plant life
By offering local communities legal land ownership and creating green jobs, MBG-Madagascar has found a win-win solution when it comes to protecting rainforests and livelihoods
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Learn about how Missouri Botanical Garden's Madagascar Programme is supporting both sustainable livelihoods and a healthy ecosystems. Read all about it in this article by The Guardian (@theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/saving-land-...
🎉 New publication alert!
Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml
#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity
Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml
#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🎉 New publication alert!
Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml
#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity
Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml
#UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity
LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@ecarlen.bsky.social) joins St Louis on the Air to explore how STL's built environment shapes not just neighborhoods — but wildlife.
It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history.
🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.
It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history.
🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.
New research by a local scientist explains the ways politics have shaped the genealogy — and even evolution — of St. Louis squirrels.
Segregation runs so deep in St. Louis, it may even affect squirrel DNA
The St. Louis socioeconomic and racial dividing line known as the Delmar Divide separates people, and new research suggests it also segregates wildlife.
www.stlpr.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@ecarlen.bsky.social) joins St Louis on the Air to explore how STL's built environment shapes not just neighborhoods — but wildlife.
It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history.
🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.
It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history.
🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.
🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨
The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬
Apply today
🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-...
#scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers
The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬
Apply today
🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-...
#scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers
July 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨
The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬
Apply today
🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-...
#scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers
The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬
Apply today
🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-...
#scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers
📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen
🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV
#UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution
@nature.com
🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV
#UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution
@nature.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen
🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV
#UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution
@nature.com
🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV
#UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution
@nature.com
🧵How do war, politics & religion shape the evolution of wildlife in cities? It’s not just habitat loss and pollution—human culture itself is driving evolutionary change. LEC postdoc Dr. Elizabeth Carlen explains in her latest piece for @us.theconversation.com
🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...
🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...
War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities
Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the evolution of urban animals and plants.
theconversation.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🧵How do war, politics & religion shape the evolution of wildlife in cities? It’s not just habitat loss and pollution—human culture itself is driving evolutionary change. LEC postdoc Dr. Elizabeth Carlen explains in her latest piece for @us.theconversation.com
🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...
🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...
Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations.
Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium.
#onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social
Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium.
#onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations.
Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium.
#onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social
Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium.
#onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social
#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane!
This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.
LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!
This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.
LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!
June 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane!
This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.
LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!
This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.
LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!
At @iccb2025.bsky.social? Stop by booth 4! We’d love to learn about your work and share about our work combining the research power of academia, botanical gardens and zoos. #iccb2025
June 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
At @iccb2025.bsky.social? Stop by booth 4! We’d love to learn about your work and share about our work combining the research power of academia, botanical gardens and zoos. #iccb2025
We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology!
Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag!
#ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social
Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag!
#ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology!
Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag!
#ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social
Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag!
#ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social
New publication by LEC post-doc alum and LEC Biodiversity Fellows!
Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
June 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New publication by LEC post-doc alum and LEC Biodiversity Fellows!
Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Thanks for having us! We loved sharing with this incredible network.
Learn from St. Louis’ Sustainability Director, Elysia Russell, and the city’s partners at the Living Earth Collaborative about efforts underway to make St. Louis a Nature City of the 21st Century. www.biophiliccities.org/st-louis-nat...
May 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thanks for having us! We loved sharing with this incredible network.
LEC is a partnership with @washu.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @stlzoo.bsky.social focused on conserving biodiversity locally & globally.
Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/ho...
Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/ho...
Global biodiversity begins at home with the Living Earth Collaborative
The Living Earth Collaborative’s research into primate social life led to new protections for apes and their companions. (Credit: Will Burrard-Lucas) Wild chimpanzees will happily share their secrets,...
artsci.washu.edu
May 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
LEC is a partnership with @washu.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @stlzoo.bsky.social focused on conserving biodiversity locally & globally.
Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/ho...
Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/ho...
WashU's Department of Statistics & Data Science and LEC recently hosted experts from @mobotgarden.bsky.social to discuss the Revolutionizing Species Identification project: digitizing 8 million herbarium specimens for cutting-edge biodiversity research.
Learn more: sds.wustl.edu/node/13366
Learn more: sds.wustl.edu/node/13366
May 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
WashU's Department of Statistics & Data Science and LEC recently hosted experts from @mobotgarden.bsky.social to discuss the Revolutionizing Species Identification project: digitizing 8 million herbarium specimens for cutting-edge biodiversity research.
Learn more: sds.wustl.edu/node/13366
Learn more: sds.wustl.edu/node/13366
🌿 Join the Missouri Botanical Garden team!
@mobotgarden.bsky.social is hiring a Hyperspectral Scanning Assistant for the Revolutionizing Species Identification Project!
Apply today: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...
#NowHiring #ScienceJobs #Biodiversity #PlantScience
@mobotgarden.bsky.social is hiring a Hyperspectral Scanning Assistant for the Revolutionizing Species Identification Project!
Apply today: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...
#NowHiring #ScienceJobs #Biodiversity #PlantScience
April 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🌿 Join the Missouri Botanical Garden team!
@mobotgarden.bsky.social is hiring a Hyperspectral Scanning Assistant for the Revolutionizing Species Identification Project!
Apply today: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...
#NowHiring #ScienceJobs #Biodiversity #PlantScience
@mobotgarden.bsky.social is hiring a Hyperspectral Scanning Assistant for the Revolutionizing Species Identification Project!
Apply today: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...
#NowHiring #ScienceJobs #Biodiversity #PlantScience
🚨 Now Hiring: AZA Reproductive Management Center Assistant. Support wildlife conservation with the AZA Reproductive Management Center @stlzoo.bsky.social
🧪 Up to 10 hrs/week | $13.25/hr
📅 Apply by May 16
Details livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/aza-re...
#ConservationJobs #STLZoo
🧪 Up to 10 hrs/week | $13.25/hr
📅 Apply by May 16
Details livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/aza-re...
#ConservationJobs #STLZoo
April 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🚨 Now Hiring: AZA Reproductive Management Center Assistant. Support wildlife conservation with the AZA Reproductive Management Center @stlzoo.bsky.social
🧪 Up to 10 hrs/week | $13.25/hr
📅 Apply by May 16
Details livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/aza-re...
#ConservationJobs #STLZoo
🧪 Up to 10 hrs/week | $13.25/hr
📅 Apply by May 16
Details livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/aza-re...
#ConservationJobs #STLZoo
Discover the wild story of Anna the Wolf! Join us at the Missouri History Museum tonight for a family-friendly event exploring the remarkable connection between St. Louis & Mexican gray wolf recovery. Free & fun for all ages!
🔗 mohistory.org/events/anna-...
🔗 mohistory.org/events/anna-...
April 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Discover the wild story of Anna the Wolf! Join us at the Missouri History Museum tonight for a family-friendly event exploring the remarkable connection between St. Louis & Mexican gray wolf recovery. Free & fun for all ages!
🔗 mohistory.org/events/anna-...
🔗 mohistory.org/events/anna-...
Reposted by Living Earth Collaborative
Congrats to David Henderson & the Madidi Metabolomics Project team on this new paper exploring the chemical ecology of tropical tree communities 🌴 in the Andes ⛰️
@mobotgarden.bsky.social @washu.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social #UMSL
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
@mobotgarden.bsky.social @washu.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social #UMSL
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Testing the role of biotic interactions in shaping elevational diversity gradients: An ecological metabolomics approach
Seminal hypotheses in ecology and evolution postulate that stronger and more specialized biotic interactions contribute to higher species diversity at lower elevations and latitudes. Plant-chemical d...
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congrats to David Henderson & the Madidi Metabolomics Project team on this new paper exploring the chemical ecology of tropical tree communities 🌴 in the Andes ⛰️
@mobotgarden.bsky.social @washu.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social #UMSL
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
@mobotgarden.bsky.social @washu.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social #UMSL
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
A study in Ecology by WashU, UMSL, & Missouri Botanical Garden researchers reveals a layer of hidden diversity in tropical forests found in the leaves using specimens from the Madidi Project.
🔗https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.70069
🔗https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.70069
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A study in Ecology by WashU, UMSL, & Missouri Botanical Garden researchers reveals a layer of hidden diversity in tropical forests found in the leaves using specimens from the Madidi Project.
🔗https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.70069
🔗https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.70069