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Paul Taillie

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Assistant Prof @UNC Chapel Hill. Spatial Ecology, Global Change, Wildlife Conservation. I like looking for animals.

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I actually rake leaves FROM garden beds to control any grass that pops up. Lawns are a waste of time and should be small as possible.

22.10.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent advice on how to kill your lawn. Do it today for free!

22.10.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Weird Guys Harming Birds for Social Media Clout I am mostly writing this post so people will have something to link to for Community Notes.Β  Nothing is more depressing to me than the Click...

A PSA

www.thebirdist.com/2025/10/weir...

13.10.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

This came across my feed this morning and I instantly thought "@thebirdist.bsky.social is going to love this." As a birder Bills fan, I'm totally here for it...but also confused

03.10.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Giant hammerhead shark reeled in at Corpus Christi beach It was the third-largest hammerhead shark the Texas fishing guide caught this year.

It’s truly baffling to me that so many of these stories focus on β€œwow big fish” and not β€œthis is an IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species that is extremely physiologically fragile and often does not survive fishing practices like this”

www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t... πŸ¦‘πŸ§ͺ🌎🦈🐠

26.09.2025 11:22 πŸ‘ 539 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 7
yale's beautiful campus from overhead

yale's beautiful campus from overhead

🚨 We're about to start reviewing applications, but there's still time to reach out for our postdoc position on climate change impact attribution! If you have experience with attribution science or climate epidemiology, and want to help us launch the Global Burden of Climate Change Study, reach out!

25.09.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

I'm a regular iNaturalist user and this is all very helpful. We could probably all do more identifying

19.09.2025 01:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey NC friends, I've recently gotten involved in a new project called the Triangle Central Kitchen, a social enterprise fighting hunger and food waste, and we are launching on Sept 24 at Namu in Durham. Want a great dinner for a greater cause, check it out! trianglecentralkitchen.org/tck-launch-p...

18.09.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been trying to make #ThisIsBirding a thing forever, but these two lived it and shared it with the world

"This is the birding of gas stations, ponds behind a women’s prison, and β€œthe bird’s right there on the mud next to the whiffleball and the tire.”"

15.09.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Xi Parades Firepower to Signal That China Won’t Be Bullied Again

" Later, pigeons and balloons β€” said to number 80,000 each β€” were released into the air."

Seriously? fuck ^that shit

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...

03.09.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Graduate Mentors Discover the HERITOR Project: An International Mentoring and Research Opportunity!

πŸ§ͺ🌊🐚 We are hiring: Biology MS in #MarineEcosystems in #CapeVerde 🌍πŸͺΈ Spring 2026 start, at Bridgewater State Uni in #coastalEcology, #biodiversity
πŸ’Έ Funding includes: GA + tuition waiver

πŸ“… App: Oct 15, 2025

www.bridgew.edu/center/case/...

πŸ“«HERITOR@bridgew.edu, tsurasinghe@bridgew.edu

30.08.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Cool new #biogeography research from UNC Biology colleague Xiao Feng and colleagues. Keys to the global treeline formation: Thermal limit for its position and moisture for the taxon-specific variation | PNAS #tree www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

27.08.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For the people in the back, the biggest risk is never alligators.

05.08.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests

Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/s...

29.07.2025 00:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.

Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11.
We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

28.07.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 1255 πŸ” 320 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 75

tl;dr: "The Keeling Curve is a significant and symbolic achievement for an advanced nation, and the measurements should continue until humanity has no reason to monitor atmospheric carbon in such an intensive way. We, as a society, should be proud to fund it collectively."

28.07.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I go to that plaza I want to go to all the restaurants. Definitely been to that Himalayan place and it was wonderful.

26.07.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Life at the Extremes: Mangroves | EcolClips
Life at the Extremes: Mangroves | EcolClips YouTube video by EcolClips

Happy #WorldMangroveDay

m.youtube.com/watch?v=psJ_...

26.07.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Orange County, in collaboration with Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, has established a community giving fund to support recovery efforts for Tropical Storm Chantal.

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/fbc4bb
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#CarrboroNC #Chantal #NCWX

12.07.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diademed Sandpiper-plover is one of my favorites. Specialist of high elevation Andean bogs. Granted, it doesn't really migrate, which is arguably the most impressive characteristic of shorebirds.

12.07.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

My local bike shop has been selling stickers with this message for years.

11.07.2025 00:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@lindseytaillie.bsky.social we need you here. Daily hot dogs: good or bad?

03.07.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insectsβ€”and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive

You can’t understand bird declines without also understanding insect declines.

Grateful our work on insect-bird interactions was highlighted by Smithsonian Mag. If you love birds, think about whether your actions are helping the insects they need to survive.

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

01.07.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Contributor: Those cuts to 'overhead' costs in research? They do real damage Indirect costs are fat targets for budget slashers, but beware: They make science possible. They don’t pay for the chromatograph I use in my experiments, but they do pay for the electricity to run it.

One of our local science partners recently used AGU’s op-ed toolkit to help shape their message β€” and it paid off big time: their op-ed was published in the @latimes.com. πŸ“°

πŸ‘ Read David L. Valentine’s important piece on research funding: πŸ”— www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

01.07.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Additionally, my wife has been running a lot and was concerned that with few roads, it might be hard to find safe places to run in the dark (days are very short right now). But she was pleasantly surprised by the abundance of pedestrian infrastructure in tiny towns, especially compared to rural US

01.07.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing I noticed in New Zealand the past few weeks is that in Auckland and even in the tiniest towns, homes are packed in tightly. In addition to reducing the footprint of developed areas, this approach increased access to green space, shorelines, fishing/recreation opportunities, etc.

01.07.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Most importantly, people walk through Big Cypress and Everglades NP all the time, FOR FUN! My technicians were out there every day. Trump and Desantis are just doing their usual dance of playing on people's fears that are completely unfounded and not based on reality

01.07.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many other negative actions are the result of developing wetlands where alligators live into residential areas with ponds and canals (perfect alligator habitat) then people from Ohio move there and are all upset that an alligator ate their Yorkshire terrier.

01.07.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alligators don't eat people. The vast majority of negative alligator-human interactions are caused by people trying to get photos or otherwise doing stupid shit

01.07.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aside from disagreeing with their immigration policy more generally, it's incredibly frustrating hearing Trump and Desantis talk about alligators and the 'Glades as a wildlife biologist who's worked there

01.07.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0