Biologist. Californian. Madly in love with nature. Always outside. Garden nerd. Cyclist. Big fan of informed democracy. Sheltering and supporting as many people as possible. She/her/y’all All photos mine unless credited.
The One True Kat
Please enjoy this cool cicada I met today. #inverts
Sometimes growing native cultivars does my heart good. Clarkia. 🌱
I’m just so tired of humans being shitty to each other. Here is a better mammal. San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel. 🐿️
I could have spent hours with these little dudes but their parents needed to feed them, so I left after a minute or two. So adorable! #birds
The Trump administration wants to kill a rule that protects millions of acres of national forests www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sometimes, field biology is just a bunch of idiots tromping around in endless dead annual grasslands, looking for a singular rare plant that is also likely dead by now. In scorching hot weather. Please admire my new gas station sun hat. #fieldwork
Uhh I think I've been spotted.
Northern Flicker
#Birds
Urge your members of Congress to oppose the so-called "Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act," which would release 100,000 acres of Wilderness Study Areas for potential development.
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...
🚨 My last PhD chapter is out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 🚨 🦎
We compared the climbing abilities and kinematics of different species of salamanders. Surprisingly, all could climb well but climbing specialists do better. Let me tell why this is interesting (see thread)!
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Urge Congress to oppose the Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act.
