Mal Graham
@wildanigraham.bsky.social
Postdoc at NYU WILD Lab - https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/wildanimalwelfare/wild-lab
Strategy Director at Wild Animal Initiative - https://bsky.app/profile/wildanimalinitv.bsky.social (on semi-sabbatical).
Opinions my own; They/them.
Strategy Director at Wild Animal Initiative - https://bsky.app/profile/wildanimalinitv.bsky.social (on semi-sabbatical).
Opinions my own; They/them.
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The IWRS is hiring! Help us build the infrastructure for invertebrate welfare research—from husbandry databases to educational resources. 🐛📖
Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15.
Learn more and apply here:
Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15.
Learn more and apply here:
Staff Entomologist — Insect Welfare Research Society
Work with Us
www.insectwelfare.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The IWRS is hiring! Help us build the infrastructure for invertebrate welfare research—from husbandry databases to educational resources. 🐛📖
Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15.
Learn more and apply here:
Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15.
Learn more and apply here:
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I'm stoked to have just published the final paper from my PhD in the Journal of Applied Philosophy!
"Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I'm stoked to have just published the final paper from my PhD in the Journal of Applied Philosophy!
"Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Can't wait to see this!
1st draft of the book I've been editing submitted: 'The Welfare of Wildlife'. Both milestone & anticlimax. Looking forward to publication in late 2026. @zoophilosophy.bsky.social @walterveit.bsky.social @nikolaj-bi.bsky.social @markjonesvet.bsky.social @vassilipapa.bsky.social @5mbooks.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Can't wait to see this!
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🧪📣 New paper!
How might welfare affect the way wild animals respond to changes in their environment?
🧵 1/11
How might welfare affect the way wild animals respond to changes in their environment?
🧵 1/11
Considering affective state as a central component of the response of animals to environmental changes
Abstract. Current environmental changes are often considered as negatively impacting the affective state of animals. Yet, the interplay between environment
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🧪📣 New paper!
How might welfare affect the way wild animals respond to changes in their environment?
🧵 1/11
How might welfare affect the way wild animals respond to changes in their environment?
🧵 1/11
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Cool paper suggesting that naturally higher body T˚ in birds leads to flu viruses originating in birds being pre-adapted to resist mammalian fever as a defence mechanism...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals
Host body temperature can define a virus’s replicative profile—influenza A viruses (IAVs) adapted to 40° to 42°C in birds are less temperature sensitive in vitro compared with human isolates adapted t...
www.science.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cool paper suggesting that naturally higher body T˚ in birds leads to flu viruses originating in birds being pre-adapted to resist mammalian fever as a defence mechanism...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I was just venting over thanksgiving that I want self-driving cars ASAP for public health reasons, but of course a neurosurgeon said it much better: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion | The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I was just venting over thanksgiving that I want self-driving cars ASAP for public health reasons, but of course a neurosurgeon said it much better: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
I honestly don't even understand how volunteer peer-review is legal. For profit companies aren't usually allowed to accept volunteer labor.
For-profit journals are supposed to improve research quality, yet they're perversely incentivized to churn out whatever they can monetize. This was happening before AI (see Strain: bit.ly/43gJPUM), and AI will make it worse.
It's insane that we volunteer our time to help them do so.
4/n
It's insane that we volunteer our time to help them do so.
4/n
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I honestly don't even understand how volunteer peer-review is legal. For profit companies aren't usually allowed to accept volunteer labor.
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📢❗Last call!
The final day to submit an EOI for a Wild Animal Initiative #grant is this Friday, November 14.
#animalwelfare #science #CFP #wildlife #research
The final day to submit an EOI for a Wild Animal Initiative #grant is this Friday, November 14.
#animalwelfare #science #CFP #wildlife #research
Grants — Wild Animal Initiative
We have an open call for proposals on all grant types. Learn how to apply.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I set out to write a story about the practical ills of salmon farming (and I did), but also found an even bigger story kinda hidden in plain sight: How humanity is speedrunning the domestication of hundreds of aquatic species, and what it means for them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I set out to write a story about the practical ills of salmon farming (and I did), but also found an even bigger story kinda hidden in plain sight: How humanity is speedrunning the domestication of hundreds of aquatic species, and what it means for them.
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Calling all insect researchers! 🐛
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
Laboratory Research Specialist - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
www.higheredjobs.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Calling all insect researchers! 🐛
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
The Barrett Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis is hiring for a 2-year position, laboratory research specialist, in insect neuroscience and welfare. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible; the position is open until filled:
bit.ly/43sv1TQ
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Know an amateur entomologist or invertebrate recorder? 🦋 We're offering up to $2,000 to help test and refine biological recording methods using 3Rs approaches. Need 2+ years experience. Deadline: Dec 1.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Biological Recorder 3Rs Innovation Award — Insect Welfare Research Society
"Amateur" entomologists, arachnologists, and others contribute significant knowledge through their biological recording and collections work, recording species occurrences, range shifts, and…
www.insectwelfare.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Know an amateur entomologist or invertebrate recorder? 🦋 We're offering up to $2,000 to help test and refine biological recording methods using 3Rs approaches. Need 2+ years experience. Deadline: Dec 1.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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New post on poker, decision-support tools and why people conflate epidemic scenarios with forecasts: kucharski.substack.com/p/why-do-peo...
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New post on poker, decision-support tools and why people conflate epidemic scenarios with forecasts: kucharski.substack.com/p/why-do-peo...
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A l'heure actuelle, le livre est quasiment terminé mais la campagne de financement peine vraiment à se lancer, alors si vous voulez rejoindre l'aventure, n'hésitez pas à partager, participer, voire on peut possiblement discuter de sponsoring avec des structures :)
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
SCÉLÉRATS
La BD de vulgarisation scientifique qui va vous faire aimer les rats !
fr.ulule.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A l'heure actuelle, le livre est quasiment terminé mais la campagne de financement peine vraiment à se lancer, alors si vous voulez rejoindre l'aventure, n'hésitez pas à partager, participer, voire on peut possiblement discuter de sponsoring avec des structures :)
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
Merci!
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
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📢 #CFP: We are now accepting #grant applications for research projects in wild animal welfare science.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
Grants — Wild Animal Initiative
www.wildanimalinitiative.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢 #CFP: We are now accepting #grant applications for research projects in wild animal welfare science.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants
Submit your EOI by November 14.
Would be very cool to see someone submit a paper about the potential effects on wildlife for this
Deadline tomorrow, September 19!
Submit your proposal about the New World screwworm for an upcoming special collection from the Journal of Medical Entomology and the Journal of Economic Entomology: entsoc.org/publications... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Submit your proposal about the New World screwworm for an upcoming special collection from the Journal of Medical Entomology and the Journal of Economic Entomology: entsoc.org/publications... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Would be very cool to see someone submit a paper about the potential effects on wildlife for this
Related to my previous post; this is a nice review of wildfire effects on wildlife from 2022
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife - IOPscience
A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife, Sanderfoot, O V, Bassing, S B, Brusa, J L, Emmet, R L, Gillman, S J, Swift, K, Gardner, B
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Related to my previous post; this is a nice review of wildfire effects on wildlife from 2022
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
As usual, more research is needed to quantify the effects on populations + individual welfare.
This is also a massive source of suffering and premature death for many wild animals
Important new paper from
@marshallburke.bsky.social
on the devastating toll of wildfire smoke in
@nature.com
"climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the US"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marshallburke.bsky.social
on the devastating toll of wildfire smoke in
@nature.com
"climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the US"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is also a massive source of suffering and premature death for many wild animals
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Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
This seems like such a great resource. I wonder how social change folks will use it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019 - Marianne Dahl, Sirianne Dahlum, Hanne Fjelde, Haakon Gjerløw, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Carin...
The nature and consequences of mass mobilization are core topics in the social sciences. How have mass mobilization movements evolved over time? How do key char...
journals.sagepub.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This seems like such a great resource. I wonder how social change folks will use it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Happy 13th bday to my dog Kate, who got mistaken for a puppy yesterday.
August 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Happy 13th bday to my dog Kate, who got mistaken for a puppy yesterday.
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I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
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Fantastic report from the Humane Slaughter Association on how to transition to humane slaughter for wild-caught fish (of which *trillions* are caught and killed annually)
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
June 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Fantastic report from the Humane Slaughter Association on how to transition to humane slaughter for wild-caught fish (of which *trillions* are caught and killed annually)
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
www.hsa.org.uk/downloads/hs...
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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Massive piece of work by @pietropollo.bsky.social and colleagues!
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Reliability of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: (mostly) good news from a case study on sexual signals | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Meta-analyses are powerful synthesis tools that are popular in ecology and evolution owing to the rapidly growing literature of this field. Although the usefulness of meta-analyses depends on their reliability, such as the precision of individual and mean ...
doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Massive piece of work by @pietropollo.bsky.social and colleagues!
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Really encouraging paper showing that many EcoEvo meta-analyses are largely reproducible and replicable!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...