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Howdy! Welcome to the official Bluesky account for The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology at @tamu.bsky.social

Beyond a degree — a calling
🌟Faculty Highlight!

Dr. Lee Fitzgerald was featured in Front Matter, sharing insights on invasive pythons and tegu lizards and their impact on seed dispersal.

www.pnas.org/post/journal...

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#TAMUECCB #ConservationScience #InvasiveSpecies #ReptileEcology #BiodiversityResearch
Invasive reptiles spread the seeds of plants—for better and worse
Invasive Burmese pythons, such as this one that was part of a tracking project, eat a variety of prey, including birds, deer, and other mammals. They also spread the seeds inside those prey. Image cre...
www.pnas.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Data modeling drives Texas A&M war on cattle ticks

Precision tick location tech boosts effort to protect U.S. beef supply

Read more 👉 agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/12/03/d...

#TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #Cattle #Pest #Tick #ResearchProject
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Howdy!

We’re excited to share that an additional presentation has been added for Wednesday, December 10th.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #Cocoa #Colombia #Agroforestry #CocoaFarming #RuralLivelihoods #SustainableAgriculture #WomenInAgriculture
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Listening to nature, one bird call at a time

Texas A&M’s Carmen Reisdorf ’27 built a citizen science project linking AI, ecology and global volunteers.

Read more 👉 agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/12/01/l...

#TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #AI #ResearchProject

@zooniverse.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Howdy!

We are excited to announce that Professor Neal J. Enright from Murdoch University in Australia will be joining us for a visiting seminar on Monday, December 8.

📅 Monday, December 8th
📍 WFES 407
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #Climate
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌍 New paper alert!

We’re pleased to share that Dr. Michelle Lawing has published a new Dispatch in Current Biology titled “Conservation biology: Fossils inform the future.”

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👏 Congratulations

#TAMUECCB #ConservationBiology #Paleobiology #FossilData #Research
Conservation biology: Fossils inform the future
Conservation decision-making increasingly requires data beyond those from depauperate modern ecosystems. A new study that integrates Pleistocene fossi…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Howdy!

Join us on December 5th for the last ECCB Friday Seminar of the Fall 2025 semester!

📅 Friday, December 5th
📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #Traits #Climate #Vertebrate #Geographic #Evolutionary
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🎉 Publication Highlight!

We’re excited to celebrate a new paper by Dr. Kevin W. Conway, Professor and Curator of Fishes, recently published in Royal Society Open Science.

royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

👏 Congratulations, Dr. Conway!

#TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #FishResearch
A total evidence approach justifies taxonomic splitting of the endangered Pecos gambusia into three species
Abstract. Gambusia nobilis is a federally endangered species found across a fragmented distribution within the Pecos River Drainage of Texas and New Mexico
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Howdy!

We invite you to join us for the final ABS Hour of the Fall 2025 semester this Wednesday, December 3rd, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #Conservation #Education #Ecology #Rainforests #Research #Cameroon #Nigeria
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🧡

Wishing you a warm, grateful, and joyful day surrounded by loved ones.

Enjoy the holiday and the good food, good company, and special moments!

#HappyThanksgiving #Thankful #GratitudeSeason #FamilyTime #ThanksgivingCelebration #HolidaySeason #TAMUECCB
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Howdy!

Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar!

📅Friday, November 21st
📍WFES 411 or Zoom
🕛12:00 - 1:00 PM

tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #Physical #Biological #Ecological #Socioecological #Socioenvironmental
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Howdy!

We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, November 19th.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

👉 cameroonbiodiversity.org

#TAMUECCB #Aggieland #Africa #BiodiversityConservation #Cameroon #SustainableFuture #Research #Education
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Howdy!

Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar!

📅 Friday, November 14th
📍 WFES 411 or Zoom
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #SpatialEcology #Landscape #Rangelands
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Howdy!

We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, November 12th, at 3:00 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #endangeredspecies #habitatprotection
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar!

🗓️ Friday, November 7th
📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #EcologicalSystems
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Howdy!

National First-Generation Celebration Week is November 3-8, 2025.

Details 👉 www.facebook.com/share/p/1DKj...

Gig 'em!

#TAMU #TAMUECCB #NationalFirstGenWeek #AGLS #AgriLife #Aggies
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Howdy!

We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, November 5th, at 3:00 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #hype #hope
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🌿 New publication from our ECCB grad student and the #ForestEcology Lab team!

This study reveals how recently fixed carbon from photosynthesis drives soil respiration dynamics on a diurnal scale.

bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

#TAMUECCB #Biogeosciences #SoilRespiration #CarbonCycle
The use of newly assimilated photosynthates by soil autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration on a diurnal scale
Abstract. The regulatory role of plant carbohydrate status and root exudation on soil CO2 efflux has been demonstrated, yet the underlying mechanisms, particularly through root respiration, remain lar...
bg.copernicus.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Howdy!

We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, October 29th, at 3:00 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #casualanalysis #casualdiagrams #explanatorymodels
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar!

🗓️ Friday, October 24th
📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #ConservationPsychology
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 3:00 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #neotropical #corticosterone
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Howdy!

Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar!

🗓️ Friday, October 17th
📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

#TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation #Biology #GenomicData
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Howdy!

The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology invites you to Kalina Eskew's defense on Friday, October 17, at 1:00 PM in WFES 406 or via Zoom.

We hope to see you there!

#TAMUECCB #Ecology #Students #Thesis #ThesisDefense
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, October 15th, at 3:00 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom.

tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786

We hope you’ll join us!

#TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #socialmedia #wildlifetrafficking
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM