Spotted Owls Benefit from Wildfires, Forest Fire Suppression Should Focus on Homes dereklee.scienceblog.com/311/spotted-ow… via Wild Nature Institute

We are happy that Joe Biden has chosen Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the US Department of the Interior! We are looking forward to working with her in her new roll to increase protections for imperiled species, phaseing out of extraction on public lands & moving away from false climate solutions.

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Adult female giraffes that group with more females, called gregariousness, is correlated with better survival. Dr. Monica Bond's new paper is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.109…

Self-serving conservationists are not helping. Glad to hear Fennessy is leaving his position at IUCN. #giraffe #wildnature #standtallforgiraffe spektrum.de/news/giraffe-c…

Our new paper defined subpopulations based on social relationships. Female giraffes live in social communities of ~90 other friends. These ‘girl gangs’ have very different rates of reproduction and calf survival. doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.2…

Giraffe Ossicones: Unique Mammal Headgear dereklee.scienceblog.com/327/giraffe-os… via Wild Nature Institute

Giraffe Girl Gangs are Important to Giraffe Populations dereklee.scienceblog.com/322/giraffe-gi… via Wild Nature Institute

New analysis finds Spotted Owls harmed by post-fire logging, not fire phys.org/news/2021-04-a… via Phys.org

Watch: "Forests Born of Fire" via Wild Nature Institute. youtube.com/watch?v=1BmTq8…

What do young #giraffes do when they mature? While most young males leave home & move to new areas, others stay put & switch to new social communities. Most females remain with their extended family throughout their lives #popecol #storybehindthepaper 👇 animalecologyinfocus.com/2021/09/20/lea…

62 unique, carbon-neutral, #giraffe pattern data #NFTs. Purchase a #NFT to support Giraffe Conservation. opensea.io/collection/wil… Each represents one-of-a-kind pattern data captured using a linked array of capacitors that sampled photons during wild giraffe encounters.

I was sent some footage by Wild Nature Institute for a video I'm editing and it's too cute not to share. Happy Thursday!

Case studies of scientific activism as well as a guide for scientists whose conscience demands they raise their voices to be heard in this age of disinformation. Includes a chapter by Derek E. Lee. #science #activism elsevier.com/books/conserva…

In an Age of Disinformation, How Can Scientists Be Heard? - Wild Nature Institute wildnatureinstitute.org/1/post/2021/12…

The Research Highlight article discussed, Leaving by staying: Social dispersal in giraffes is #openaccess here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… Wild Nature Institute

He would protect giraffes, says Julian Fennessy. Critics say: The man is a fraud who stalks the animals with torturous methods and maintains close relationships with trophy hunters. spektrum.de/news/giraffe-c…

Wild Nature Institute: 10 Years of Giraffe Research youtu.be/bJkjcngGE-c

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