Stephanie Chia
stephchia.bsky.social
Stephanie Chia
@stephchia.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ University of Maryland. Biodiversity, macroecology, evolutionary biology, spatial ecology, ecological informatics, global change
https://stephchia.github.io/
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Sternum (breastbone) morphology supports long-distance flight capabilities in Lithornis, an early member of the paleognath (ostrich, emu, etc.) lineage: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Congratulations to @tyrannosaura.bsky.social! 🪶🧪
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our group analyzed 1,200+ GPS-tracked wild cats and dogs and found that wild dogs rely more on reused routes than wild cats. Born as Bill’s Covid lockdown idea--emailing data owners around the world--now finally out! Glad to have contributed to this tremendous effort.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401042122
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org

We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Reposted by Stephanie Chia
Very proud of this paper in BioScience :

« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »

🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !

👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...

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September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM