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
🎉 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
🚨 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
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...
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-...
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
As Saint Louis' trees bloom, we’re still reflecting on the amazing Tropical Forest February event! Check out the recap strategicplan.artsci.wustl.edu/news/missour...
Thank you to our partners @stlzoo.bsky.social & @mobotgarden.bsky.social who were instrumental in making this event a success!
Thank you to our partners @stlzoo.bsky.social & @mobotgarden.bsky.social who were instrumental in making this event a success!
April 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As Saint Louis' trees bloom, we’re still reflecting on the amazing Tropical Forest February event! Check out the recap strategicplan.artsci.wustl.edu/news/missour...
Thank you to our partners @stlzoo.bsky.social & @mobotgarden.bsky.social who were instrumental in making this event a success!
Thank you to our partners @stlzoo.bsky.social & @mobotgarden.bsky.social who were instrumental in making this event a success!
Grateful to everyone who joined us for Tropical Forest February at the Missouri Botanical Garden!
Huge thanks to our partners from WashU, Saint Louis Zoo, the Garden, and UMSL Harris Center for sharing their incredible research.
This event was a true collaboration for conservation!
Huge thanks to our partners from WashU, Saint Louis Zoo, the Garden, and UMSL Harris Center for sharing their incredible research.
This event was a true collaboration for conservation!
March 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Grateful to everyone who joined us for Tropical Forest February at the Missouri Botanical Garden!
Huge thanks to our partners from WashU, Saint Louis Zoo, the Garden, and UMSL Harris Center for sharing their incredible research.
This event was a true collaboration for conservation!
Huge thanks to our partners from WashU, Saint Louis Zoo, the Garden, and UMSL Harris Center for sharing their incredible research.
This event was a true collaboration for conservation!
Join LEC for Tropical Forest February on Feb 27 at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Learn about tropical forest research & conservation efforts at @stlzoo.bsky.social , @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @washu.bsky.social
Free event, registration required!
🔗 More info: bit.ly/LECEvents
Free event, registration required!
🔗 More info: bit.ly/LECEvents
February 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join LEC for Tropical Forest February on Feb 27 at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Learn about tropical forest research & conservation efforts at @stlzoo.bsky.social , @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @washu.bsky.social
Free event, registration required!
🔗 More info: bit.ly/LECEvents
Free event, registration required!
🔗 More info: bit.ly/LECEvents