Gabby Palomo, PhD
@gabspalomo.bsky.social
Carnivore Ecologist 🐅🐆🦝🦨🦦🐾
Data scientist 👩🏻💻
Latina in STEM 🇬🇹
rstats, ecology, Bayesian stats.
gabspalomo.github.io
Data scientist 👩🏻💻
Latina in STEM 🇬🇹
rstats, ecology, Bayesian stats.
gabspalomo.github.io
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Gabby Palomo, PhD
@gabspalomo.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I made a Carnivore Ecologists Starter Pack! If you want to be added, please let me know 🤩🐻🐻❄️🐺🦨🦡🐾🦭🦊🦦🦝🐆🐅
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Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
As the vulture population plummets, dogs multiply and rabies spreads.
The sequence, triggered by human action, carries a warning that many scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction: When we endanger other species, we endanger ourselves.
The sequence, triggered by human action, carries a warning that many scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction: When we endanger other species, we endanger ourselves.
Humans killed millions of vultures. Now people are paying the price.
The near-extinction of vultures in India has had severe consequences.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As the vulture population plummets, dogs multiply and rabies spreads.
The sequence, triggered by human action, carries a warning that many scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction: When we endanger other species, we endanger ourselves.
The sequence, triggered by human action, carries a warning that many scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction: When we endanger other species, we endanger ourselves.
This is a fun one!
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Tamandua
Alligator lizards (Abronia spp.)
Paca
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Toucan
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Tamandua
Alligator lizards (Abronia spp.)
Paca
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Toucan
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gila monster
American badger
Mink
Steindachner’s ebony tarantula
Ovenbird
Gila monster
American badger
Mink
Steindachner’s ebony tarantula
Ovenbird
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Mola Mola
Three-toed Sloth
Bornean Orangutan
Coastal Giant Salamander
Vermillion Flycatcher
Mola Mola
Three-toed Sloth
Bornean Orangutan
Coastal Giant Salamander
Vermillion Flycatcher
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is a fun one!
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Tamandua
Alligator lizards (Abronia spp.)
Paca
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Toucan
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Tamandua
Alligator lizards (Abronia spp.)
Paca
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Toucan
I did an hour of HIIT and I’m dead. If anyone needs me, I’m currently dying at home. 💀💀💀💀💀💀
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I did an hour of HIIT and I’m dead. If anyone needs me, I’m currently dying at home. 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
“Choosing to write is also choosing to make meaning. Studies suggest that having a sense of agency is both a prerequisite for, and an outcome of, writing.”
ChatGPT isn’t mentioned once in this article but it’s impossible not to read it as a powerful critique.
ChatGPT isn’t mentioned once in this article but it’s impossible not to read it as a powerful critique.
Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
buff.ly/8PdXnTT
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
buff.ly/8PdXnTT
Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“Choosing to write is also choosing to make meaning. Studies suggest that having a sense of agency is both a prerequisite for, and an outcome of, writing.”
ChatGPT isn’t mentioned once in this article but it’s impossible not to read it as a powerful critique.
ChatGPT isn’t mentioned once in this article but it’s impossible not to read it as a powerful critique.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited? Version of record at
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
elifesciences.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited? Version of record at
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint
Click on the article title to read more.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
A California study finds that human conflicts with bears, coyotes and mountains lions rise during distinct periods.
There’s a pattern to when bear, mountain lion conflicts worsen in California
A California study finds that human conflicts with bears, coyotes and mountains lions rise during distinct periods.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A California study finds that human conflicts with bears, coyotes and mountains lions rise during distinct periods.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds idw-online.de/de/news862413 #ALAN #Wildlife
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds idw-online.de/de/news862413 #ALAN #Wildlife
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
good coverage from @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on an overlooked issue: rail-wildlife collisions. Featuring @biodivpathways.bsky.social scientist @claytontlamb.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hundreds of animals killed by trains on B.C. railroads, documents reveal. So, what’s being done to stop it? | CBC News
Documents obtained through freedom of information requests by The Narwhal and shared with CBC News show hundreds of animals have been killed in collisions with trains on B.C. tracks owned by Canada's ...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
good coverage from @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on an overlooked issue: rail-wildlife collisions. Featuring @biodivpathways.bsky.social scientist @claytontlamb.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptation to optimizing biocontrol of pest species www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv
Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv
Behavioural ecology in the twenty-first century - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and tackling global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptat...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptation to optimizing biocontrol of pest species www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv
Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
We have some exciting news! You can watch our own Paula MacKay and Dr. Robert Long on this week's episode of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. Get the scoop on what it was like on set: blog.zoo.org
Tune in to King 5 on Saturday, November 29 at 9:00am to watch the full episode!
Tune in to King 5 on Saturday, November 29 at 9:00am to watch the full episode!
Woodland Park Zoo Blog
A behind-the-scenes look at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo and its conservation, education and animal care mission.
blog.zoo.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We have some exciting news! You can watch our own Paula MacKay and Dr. Robert Long on this week's episode of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. Get the scoop on what it was like on set: blog.zoo.org
Tune in to King 5 on Saturday, November 29 at 9:00am to watch the full episode!
Tune in to King 5 on Saturday, November 29 at 9:00am to watch the full episode!
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Half the breeding population of Elephant Seals on South Georgia lost to H5N1 (bird flu). The impact this will have on the species, the local food web, and even ocean fertilization is hard to comprehend.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Half the breeding population of Elephant Seals on South Georgia lost to H5N1 (bird flu). The impact this will have on the species, the local food web, and even ocean fertilization is hard to comprehend.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
The new issue of Oryx explores bear conservation across North America and Asia—from black bears in Hainan to brown bears in Nepal. With insights on habitat loss, local knowledge and policy reform, it highlights the urgent need for action in fragmented landscapes🐻
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The new issue of Oryx explores bear conservation across North America and Asia—from black bears in Hainan to brown bears in Nepal. With insights on habitat loss, local knowledge and policy reform, it highlights the urgent need for action in fragmented landscapes🐻
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
I think we need to stop putting so much emphasis on federal governments and international negotiations. Yes, they could help. But they've failed us badly during the last 30+ years.
Maybe we can put a bit more attention on community-based solutions, affordable decarbinization tools, and markets?
Maybe we can put a bit more attention on community-based solutions, affordable decarbinization tools, and markets?
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think we need to stop putting so much emphasis on federal governments and international negotiations. Yes, they could help. But they've failed us badly during the last 30+ years.
Maybe we can put a bit more attention on community-based solutions, affordable decarbinization tools, and markets?
Maybe we can put a bit more attention on community-based solutions, affordable decarbinization tools, and markets?
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Another COP. Another disappointment.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another COP. Another disappointment.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
🧪🐷🦌New paper out today on (lack of) competition between native deer and wild pigs: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Leveraging multiple data sources to assess competition between introduced wild pigs and native deer
Introduced species have diverse impacts on native wildlife and ecosystems. Negative effects of introduced species on native species through competition or amensalism are frequently hypothesized, but ...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧪🐷🦌New paper out today on (lack of) competition between native deer and wild pigs: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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🤯 Wild shit here. They put biologgers on greater noctule bats and found them pursuing, capturing, and eating birds in-flight. The recording of a European Robin getting blasted and snacked on is nuts.
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt
Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🤯 Wild shit here. They put biologgers on greater noctule bats and found them pursuing, capturing, and eating birds in-flight. The recording of a European Robin getting blasted and snacked on is nuts.
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Check out the summary of our new research in @jappliedecology.bsky.social led by Patrick Cook with @nigelwillby.bsky.social @dralanlaw.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Beavers provide a boost for declining pollinators, study reveals
Beaver-created wetlands increase pollinator numbers, boosting biodiversity, according to new research by the University of Stirling.
phys.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Check out the summary of our new research in @jappliedecology.bsky.social led by Patrick Cook with @nigelwillby.bsky.social @dralanlaw.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
This is a "reindeer cyclone", a defensive behavior that has been observed in herds of reindeer, even in captivity.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is a "reindeer cyclone", a defensive behavior that has been observed in herds of reindeer, even in captivity.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
Reposted by Gabby Palomo, PhD
Our 2020 essay on human–wildlife coexistence led by @hjkoenig.bsky.social has become a key reference in the global debate on how people and wildlife share landscapes.
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conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our 2020 essay on human–wildlife coexistence led by @hjkoenig.bsky.social has become a key reference in the global debate on how people and wildlife share landscapes.
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Third round of review for a paper we submitted last year. This has been such a long review process. I haven't seen the new comments but there are a few. Serenity now!!!
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Third round of review for a paper we submitted last year. This has been such a long review process. I haven't seen the new comments but there are a few. Serenity now!!!