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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
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Carnivores, communities, EJ: NHMLAC & California Academy of Sciences | NatGeo Explorer | Schmidt Science Fellow | SciComm: United Talent Agency | Co-founder, Black Mammalogists Week ✊🏽| Creator: Queer is Natural 🦩

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · Feb 25
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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A GPS-collared coyote walking at night with Los Angeles visible in the background. Photo by Johanna Turner
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
📣New publication! “The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A global systematic review” in @ambio-journal.bsky.social. Led by Katie Adler, also w/Dr. Meredith Gore. We found that costs vary significantly by location & context, & deserve more study.

Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
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Figure 1 from Adler et al. 2025 (The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A global systematic review). A map showing the distribution of studies regarding the gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict, with pie charts showing the relative gendered cost type studied per country, and bar charts showing the # of studies covering each cost type per continent.
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
Poster that says Ohlone Land Bay Area ICE rapid response community networks San Francisco 415-200-1548 San Mateo 203-666-4472 Santa Clara 408-290-1144 Santa Cruz 831-239-4289 Contra Costa 925-900-5151 Alameda 510-241-4011
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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davidsacerdote.bsky.social
Looks like we are about to see a significant increase in snatch-and-grab operations around the Bay Area

408-290-1144 is the hotline for the Palo Alto/Mountain View area

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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animbehsociety.bsky.social
That's a lotta birds
biotay.bsky.social Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 26d
Neophobia compared in 1,439 birds of 136 species

Specialised diets and migration are associated with greater fear of new objects. Surprisingly, witnessing such objects in groups is also associated with greater fear.

(paper) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
(blog) phys.org/news/2025-10...
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
✅ I finally got a chance to ask my “fifth committee member”, Jeff Goldblum, to sign my dissertation, which is titled “Life Finds a Way: Carnivore Movement and Conflict in Developing Landscapes”. 😋

My work on human-wildlife interactions continues to embody this iconic Jurassic Park phrase 🐾👣🌱.

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Jeff Goldblum’s signature on the title page of a bound dissertation titled “Life finds a way: Carnivore movement and conflict in developing landscapes” Jeff Goldblum signing a bound dissertation
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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drspacejunk.bsky.social
If you're horrified by this, complete the survey.
cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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October 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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karenrlips.bsky.social
Greater noctule #bats use echolocation to track migrating #birds and consume them on the wing! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
www.science.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
When my nephew was born, I got him many misunderstood animal stuffies, starting with a tarantula. I was inspired by this photo of young Dr. Jane Goodall with her stuffed chimpanzee, hoping my nephew would come to love these critters.

Now 11, he recently told me he wants to be an entomologist.
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a young Jane Goodall with her stuffed chimpanzee
October 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Before you hit the streets on No Kings Day, join the @aclu.org’s know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training to take action safely and confidently. Learn how to protect yourself and your community while standing up for your rights.
No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
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October 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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bittelmethis.bsky.social
I've got a whole chapter on the mercurial, undefeatable coyote in GRIZZLED, with insights from @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
another day another smug yote
🙄😍

#coyote
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a coyote sits in brown grass, looking toward the camera
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
sent to me by my mechanic in Kenya (George)!

so glad we’re on air there!! 🎉🐾👣🇰🇪

#CloseEncountersOfTheWildKind

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September 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
anakin amidala memo: he says that hunger rates now at zero, she asks if it is because they reduced actual hunger
September 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
I am so excited to be featured on Plimsoll Productions’ latest show, Close Encounters of the Wild Kind - all about the behaviors and conservation science underlying the world’s wildest animal encounters! 👣🐾🦁🦬🐊

Premieres Sunday 14 Sept at 7pm on NatGeo Wild UK, w/ a wider release coming soon..!
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Christine smiles at the camera while holding a clapperboard from the show Close Encounters of the Wild Kind a promo poster for the show Close Encounters of the Wild Kind, premiering sunday 14 sept 7pm on NatGeo Wild UK
September 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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mwtingley.bsky.social
A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article.

feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.
What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
Sign on here. Stand up for science

www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
August 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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noamross.net
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨

We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!

airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks. We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential. These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84). THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
Hey folks!

I wanted to share this collaborative resource I made a few years ago, and ask for your help in updating it! This is a list of grants, scholarships, and fellowships for which African nationals are eligible. Please share widely & add resources- thanks!!
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tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowships
Fellowships, Scholarships, and Research Grants for African Nationals (Focus: Conservation, Biology, Ecology, Evolution)
tinyurl.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
even though i look terrifying (😅), i love taiko so, so much. especially San Francisco Taiko Dojo. go fill up your soul at a taiko show if you’ve never experienced it 💛🤗

thanks to Jim Kerns for the first two photos :).
christine strikes a pose while playing taiko christine plays taiko while making a ridiculous face christine strikes a pose while playing taiko christine hugs two taiko drums
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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volcanoheather.bsky.social
For everyone paying attention to earthquake & tsunami info, a lot of funding for tsunami & earthquake monitoring comes from NOAA, but the fed gov is cutting their funding. Call your legislators, tell them to fund NOAA & USGS, who in turn funds regional network operators, like AK Earthquake Center
July 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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standing-together.bsky.social
Yesterday, we organized the Flour March. Thousands of us, Jewish and Palestinian, marching with sacks of flour in our hands and fire in our hearts. We came because we refuse to stay silent as our government commits atrocities in Gaza.
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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nhm.org
🦜💡 A new discovery has taken flight!

In a new publication, Dr. Allison Shultz has found a new part to the typical body feather which determines a bird's color!

Read more about it in the newly published Ornithology paper here: nhm.org/stories/hidd...

#science #discover #new
July 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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mhmurray.bsky.social
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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scrappynaturalist.bsky.social Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 7
🎉 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 🧪🌍🐾👣
Figure 2 from the described publication: A conceptual framework showing the links among human health, wildlife health, and environmental health in the context of human-wildlife interactions as well as key guiding questions to advance health equity and human-wildlife coexistence. The three main components of health included in the diagram are human health, wildlife health, and environmental health. Questions included are "Who disproportionately experiences the health benefits and risks of HWI?", "Who is more likely to experience HWI because of land use and climate change?", and "How do human actions to promote or prevent HWI affect wildlife health?"
July 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
anyone in the Bay Area need an adorable kitten with perfect toe beans? bonus: he has a human name (Eric). find him at sfacc!
the adorable pink toe beans of a grey kitten
July 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM