Maureen H. Murray
@mhmurray.bsky.social
One Health ecologist focused on human-wildlife interactions in cities 🏙️
Research on rats, coyotes, raccoons, ticks, community gardens 🦝🐝🌸
Usually thinking about rats 🐀
Often making crafts 🎨
Research on rats, coyotes, raccoons, ticks, community gardens 🦝🐝🌸
Usually thinking about rats 🐀
Often making crafts 🎨
Excited to share a @chicagotribune.com article featuring our work on contraception to manage #rats in cities. Contraception is a promising tool to reduce our use of rat poison, which harms the health of people, pets, and wildlife🐀🦉
#onehealth #urbanwildlife
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/c...
#onehealth #urbanwildlife
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/c...
Researchers test plant-based birth control on Lincoln Park rats after deaths of owl family
The aim is to reduce the rat population without harming urban wildlife, including owls and hawks, which can die after eating poisoned rodents.
www.chicagotribune.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Excited to share a @chicagotribune.com article featuring our work on contraception to manage #rats in cities. Contraception is a promising tool to reduce our use of rat poison, which harms the health of people, pets, and wildlife🐀🦉
#onehealth #urbanwildlife
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/c...
#onehealth #urbanwildlife
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/c...
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Former US special forces soldier working for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Anthony Aguilar, recounts how a 5 year old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food he gave him. Seconds later, Israeli soldiers executed the starving child. #3E #FreePalestine 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Former US special forces soldier working for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Anthony Aguilar, recounts how a 5 year old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food he gave him. Seconds later, Israeli soldiers executed the starving child. #3E #FreePalestine 🧵
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"I witnessed the IDF shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population" www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"I witnessed the IDF shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population" www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza https://on.ft.com/3IJ5jTB
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza
Health ministry says dozens have died this month as aid agencies warn that even their workers are suffering from malnutrition
on.ft.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza https://on.ft.com/3IJ5jTB
Really excited about our new pub on how health (of people, animals, and ecosystems) can affect, and are affected by, human-wildlife interactions
tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
In the BioScience One Health collection @aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪
#humanwildlifeconflict #onehealth #urbanwildlife
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tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
In the BioScience One Health collection @aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪
#humanwildlifeconflict #onehealth #urbanwildlife
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🎉 Excited to share our new publication, out now in BioScience: “Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions”
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
July 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really excited about our new pub on how health (of people, animals, and ecosystems) can affect, and are affected by, human-wildlife interactions
tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
In the BioScience One Health collection @aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪
#humanwildlifeconflict #onehealth #urbanwildlife
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tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
In the BioScience One Health collection @aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪
#humanwildlifeconflict #onehealth #urbanwildlife
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🎉 Excited to share our new publication, out now in BioScience: “Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions”
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
July 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🎉 Excited to share our new publication, out now in BioScience: “Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions”
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
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A piece for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination about who decides what gets pollinated if humans and our devices are the only pollinators. 🐡🧪
The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. 🧵
The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. 🧵
May 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A piece for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination about who decides what gets pollinated if humans and our devices are the only pollinators. 🐡🧪
The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. 🧵
The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. 🧵
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If you love libraries, tell us why and repost this!
May 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you love libraries, tell us why and repost this!
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Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
What a great endorsement to vote Liberal or NDP or Green (depending on your riding) today 🇨🇦
If you're worried about splitting the vote, you can check here: smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede...
#CdnPoli #CanadianElection
If you're worried about splitting the vote, you can check here: smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede...
#CdnPoli #CanadianElection
April 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What a great endorsement to vote Liberal or NDP or Green (depending on your riding) today 🇨🇦
If you're worried about splitting the vote, you can check here: smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede...
#CdnPoli #CanadianElection
If you're worried about splitting the vote, you can check here: smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede...
#CdnPoli #CanadianElection
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2025 Federal Election Results link here for tonight #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli #Elxn45 🍁
Link 🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Link 🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
April 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
2025 Federal Election Results link here for tonight #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli #Elxn45 🍁
Link 🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Link 🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Celebrating spring with Lino stamps and voting for Mark Carney
#cdnpoli #easter #printmaking #lino #linocut #blockprinting #printsky
#cdnpoli #easter #printmaking #lino #linocut #blockprinting #printsky
April 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Celebrating spring with Lino stamps and voting for Mark Carney
#cdnpoli #easter #printmaking #lino #linocut #blockprinting #printsky
#cdnpoli #easter #printmaking #lino #linocut #blockprinting #printsky
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
Happy World Rat Day! 🐀 Here's to staying curious about rats and improving rat management
#linocut #printmaking #rat #WorldRatDay
#linocut #printmaking #rat #WorldRatDay
April 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy World Rat Day! 🐀 Here's to staying curious about rats and improving rat management
#linocut #printmaking #rat #WorldRatDay
#linocut #printmaking #rat #WorldRatDay
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Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
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"If [Galileo] had had grant funding and a website, the Catholic Church would have suspended the former and scrubbed the latter" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"If [Galileo] had had grant funding and a website, the Catholic Church would have suspended the former and scrubbed the latter" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
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Excited to share our new study "Environmental health and societal wealth predict movement patterns of an urban carnivore"- out today in Ecology Letters! All about how social-ecological features influence coyote movement. (1/n)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
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February 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Excited to share our new study "Environmental health and societal wealth predict movement patterns of an urban carnivore"- out today in Ecology Letters! All about how social-ecological features influence coyote movement. (1/n)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
🧪🌎
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
[📸 Johanna Turner]
🧪🌎
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We’re partnering w/ a number of groups participating in an #economicblackout THIS Friday, 2/28.
Do not spend, if possible.
No Starbucks on your way to work.
No drinks w/ the coworkers after work.
No dining out.
No Walmart run.
No quick McDonald’s drive-thru hit.
Hurt their wallets!
Do not spend, if possible.
No Starbucks on your way to work.
No drinks w/ the coworkers after work.
No dining out.
No Walmart run.
No quick McDonald’s drive-thru hit.
Hurt their wallets!
February 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We’re partnering w/ a number of groups participating in an #economicblackout THIS Friday, 2/28.
Do not spend, if possible.
No Starbucks on your way to work.
No drinks w/ the coworkers after work.
No dining out.
No Walmart run.
No quick McDonald’s drive-thru hit.
Hurt their wallets!
Do not spend, if possible.
No Starbucks on your way to work.
No drinks w/ the coworkers after work.
No dining out.
No Walmart run.
No quick McDonald’s drive-thru hit.
Hurt their wallets!
Nice feature in NYC news! To be clear, I can’t emphasize enough how much rats love garbage. They cut my garbage rant! #rats #climatechange #urbanecology
Want to increase your scientific impact? Maybe try working with absolute rockstars? It works for me. @mhmurray.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
Climate change partly to blame for growth in NYC's rat population, study says
As CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports, the Big Apple isn't the only city struggling with this problem.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Nice feature in NYC news! To be clear, I can’t emphasize enough how much rats love garbage. They cut my garbage rant! #rats #climatechange #urbanecology
We've been getting a ton of press for our study about urban rats and climate change, but I think a career highlight for me is getting featured on Atlas Obscura! @jrichardson44.bsky.social @atlasobscura.com
#rats #climatechange #urbanecology
#rats #climatechange #urbanecology
February 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We've been getting a ton of press for our study about urban rats and climate change, but I think a career highlight for me is getting featured on Atlas Obscura! @jrichardson44.bsky.social @atlasobscura.com
#rats #climatechange #urbanecology
#rats #climatechange #urbanecology
This is why One Health is important - communication between the veterinary community and wildlife health community can help prevent unintended harms #OneHealth
"100% of the nests contained fipronil, banned in the UK and EU for agricultural use, and 89% contained imidacloprid, banned in the EU as a plant protection product. Both are still widely used in pet flea treatments..."
#neonics #cats #dogs #birds #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/....
#neonics #cats #dogs #birds #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/....
Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments
Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is why One Health is important - communication between the veterinary community and wildlife health community can help prevent unintended harms #OneHealth