Nan NOURN នួនណាន
@seriousconservation.org
son of refugees, ph.d. candidate
wildlife, ecology, conservation, science
views my own
https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/nan-nourn
wildlife, ecology, conservation, science
views my own
https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/nan-nourn
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Nan NOURN នួនណាន
@seriousconservation.org
· Nov 16
hello bluesky! i am a doctoral candidate in the Fisheries & Wildlife Department at Michigan State University, where i am currently studying wildlife ecology on various species in protected areas in Southeast Asia (#Cambodia 🇰🇭)
personalized mRNA vaccines sounds way more hip and cooler than NFTs www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
personalized mRNA vaccines sounds way more hip and cooler than NFTs www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
white-tailed doe with quintuplets in Tennessee 🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌 doi.org/10.1656/058....
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
white-tailed doe with quintuplets in Tennessee 🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌 doi.org/10.1656/058....
if you're wondering... does carbon offsetting really work? www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Tropical forest carbon offsets deliver partial gains amid persistent over-crediting
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Plus) projects generate carbon credits to offset emissions, but recent studies have questioned their effectiveness. We evaluated 52 volunta...
www.science.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
if you're wondering... does carbon offsetting really work? www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
🤯 chimpanzees and infant corpse carrying behavior: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Camera Traps Document Infant Corpse Carrying Behaviour in Multiple Unhabituated Chimpanzee Populations
We demonstrate the efficacy of camera traps in capturing infant corpse carrying (ICC) in four chimpanzee populations across West and East Africa. Using camera trap data from seven wild, unhabituated ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🤯 chimpanzees and infant corpse carrying behavior: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Admittedly I'm not hip enough on being up to speed about wildlife management for all 50 states, but this is the first time I've seen the state level include INVERTEBRATES as part of their state management and protection plan. Cool stuff: nmwildlife.org/wildlife-wed...
Wildlife Wednesday: Biologist Welcomes Increased State Oversight of Invertebrate Species - New Mexico Wildlife Federation
By Ben Neary, NMWF Conservation Director The legislative session that ended last month saw New Mexico lawmakers add invertebrates to the state’s definition of “wildlife,” making them subject to protec...
nmwildlife.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Admittedly I'm not hip enough on being up to speed about wildlife management for all 50 states, but this is the first time I've seen the state level include INVERTEBRATES as part of their state management and protection plan. Cool stuff: nmwildlife.org/wildlife-wed...
oriental whip #snake (Ahaetulla cf. prasina)
cardamom mountains, #Cambodia
🐍 thanks to Christian Ching, Law Ingg, Thong Ingg & Sareach Chea for species ID + capture 🐍 #tropical #biodiversity
cardamom mountains, #Cambodia
🐍 thanks to Christian Ching, Law Ingg, Thong Ingg & Sareach Chea for species ID + capture 🐍 #tropical #biodiversity
August 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
oriental whip #snake (Ahaetulla cf. prasina)
cardamom mountains, #Cambodia
🐍 thanks to Christian Ching, Law Ingg, Thong Ingg & Sareach Chea for species ID + capture 🐍 #tropical #biodiversity
cardamom mountains, #Cambodia
🐍 thanks to Christian Ching, Law Ingg, Thong Ingg & Sareach Chea for species ID + capture 🐍 #tropical #biodiversity
must learn ASAP: 'prior predictive checks, cross-validation probability integral transforms, and pivot discrepancy measures' 🤯 #Bayesian #HierarchicalModel #GoodnessOfFit
July 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
must learn ASAP: 'prior predictive checks, cross-validation probability integral transforms, and pivot discrepancy measures' 🤯 #Bayesian #HierarchicalModel #GoodnessOfFit
there's gotta be more 'drones in ecology' papers than ecology papers that have actually used drones
July 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
there's gotta be more 'drones in ecology' papers than ecology papers that have actually used drones
U.S. Endangered Species Act still strongly supported by citizens: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Support for the US Endangered Species Act Is High and Steady Over the Past Three Decades
Conservation professionals expect increased attempts to weaken the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) during the second Trump administration. As such, it is important to understand Americans’ level of s...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
U.S. Endangered Species Act still strongly supported by citizens: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
got other stuff to do but I was in a zone yesterday getting into the animal home range literature
June 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
got other stuff to do but I was in a zone yesterday getting into the animal home range literature
probably THE best natural history sighting of my life so far… slow loris (I think Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis… but any primatologists feel free to confirm!) Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia 🇰🇭
June 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
probably THE best natural history sighting of my life so far… slow loris (I think Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis… but any primatologists feel free to confirm!) Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia 🇰🇭
Reposted by Nan NOURN នួនណាន
New research: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New research: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
sad on a Sunday night because my netlify GitHub website won’t deploy properly
May 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
sad on a Sunday night because my netlify GitHub website won’t deploy properly
Reposted by Nan NOURN នួនណាន
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.
March 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.
Reposted by Nan NOURN នួនណាន
There are a lot of people who didn’t even know the U.S. had an Agency for International Development last week but today, they are sure this .7% of the federal budget is misused.
Stick with me 🧵
Stick with me 🧵
February 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There are a lot of people who didn’t even know the U.S. had an Agency for International Development last week but today, they are sure this .7% of the federal budget is misused.
Stick with me 🧵
Stick with me 🧵
not a flower person but you gotta love this during cold temperature events: www.arkansasheritage.com/blog/dah/202...
Cold Temperatures Create Unique Flowers
As winter settles in with colder temperatures, observant nature lovers may witness one of Jack Frost’s welcome surprises – frost flowers! Reminiscent of blown glass sculptures, these beauties are only...
www.arkansasheritage.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
not a flower person but you gotta love this during cold temperature events: www.arkansasheritage.com/blog/dah/202...
Reposted by Nan NOURN នួនណាន
🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
tiger re-introduction programs a conservation success in India 🐅🇮🇳
Tiger recovery amid people and poverty
Recovery of large yet ecologically important carnivores poses a formidable global challenge. Tiger (Panthera tigris) recovery in India, the world’s most populated region, offers a distinct opportunity...
www.science.org
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
tiger re-introduction programs a conservation success in India 🐅🇮🇳
Everybody walks on their diasporic journey a little differently, choosing to take their own kind of steps
January 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Everybody walks on their diasporic journey a little differently, choosing to take their own kind of steps
💯field work skills + understanding of natural history should always remain in the biologist's toolbox: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MRWE5W...
A place for natural history in the 21st century
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
💯field work skills + understanding of natural history should always remain in the biologist's toolbox: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MRWE5W...
January 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Reposted by Nan NOURN នួនណាន
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Best holiday gift so far! Thanks Santa 🎁🎅🎄📔 ✏️
December 24, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Best holiday gift so far! Thanks Santa 🎁🎅🎄📔 ✏️