Christa Beckmann, PhD

Hi, I'm Christa. I study predator-prey interactions to understand how predators shape prey behavior. #ActualLivingScientist

Crow having fun wind surfing by himself.. 😅

Magpie following a cat pretending it’s not

How do i justify buying this in the grant's budget?

Today’s benthic ballet features a munnopsid isopod. This delicate dancer was spotted during the #AtacamaTrenchAncients expedition. An international team was working to characterize the microbial and macrofaunal communities in the surrounding areas of the Atacama Trench.

#FlowersOnFriday: Perfection achieved by @offpenphotography x Eucalyptus kruseana, AKA Bookleaf Mallee 😍 Happy Friday, gum nuts! Have a wonderful weekend! #LoveAGum #eucbeaut #eucalyptus #treeoftheday #ozplants #australiangardens

🌟 Meet our #BirdOfTheWeek, the Scarlet Honeyeater! 🐦 This tiny bird, the male with a tinkling, tuneful song, may be pint-sized at just 10 cm long, but he doesn't care – he paints the town red! ❤️ Read more: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/… 📸Gary Beresford 🎶Marc Anderson

Today I learned that Coconut Crabs have been seen hunting, killing and eating seabirds! I had no idea. Quick break of the wing to immobilise. Photo: Mark Laidre. Link to article: newscientist.com/article/215280… #birds #ornithology

Herpetologist: Anolis lizards are cool. Ichthyologist: Hold my beer…

Canada Goose

🔶We’re hiring a postdoc in fungal genomics at OIST🔶 a growing English-speaking research institute in Okinawa, Japan. Interested in fungal ecology and evolution? Apply today! The lab: groups.oist.jp/esb/members @fkondras @shingomiyauchi

Two eligible applicants will be drawn at random and awarded £500 to contribute to their research, fund international conferences or further their training within ecology 🌱 You can find out more about applying for the prize below👇 britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/j…

🦜 Happy World Parrot Day! 🦜 Today, we celebrate the world's parrots and cockatoos! Can you identify which Aussie parrots represent each letter in the word 'parrot'? Drop your guesses below! 👇 📸 Janette Rodgers & Rebecca Citroni #WorldParrotDay

📢Hiring #postdoc in my lab - Cornell University: #Bat population monitoring using mobile #acoustics data, supporting #NABat program. 🦇🦇Please RT

Let me tell you a story about 3 black bears and 2 cougars in a new natural history paper by MS student and amazing naturalist Marcus Bianco. Cougar C256 gave brith on June 14 at a nursery site. She killed an elk on June 29. A 129 kg male bear U2 arrives/1 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

I am SUPER excited to announce that we are hiring a Restoration Ecologist! Apply to work with our team to develop & implement our restoration monitoring & testing programs! Help drive positive change and continual learning. abmi.ca/home/careers/c…

@ecologyofgavin I reviewed a paper that took a few years for a decision - because authors were very sick in between so their response was slow. Please be careful not to judge too quickly.

Job opportunity: We are recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor in Plant Ecology and Evolution to join the Department of Plant Sciences with the opportunity to be affiliated with the Cambridge Conservation Research Institute. Find out more and apply👉tinyurl.com/34nt2ndp

A fresh Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) in Dorset 11.05.24. A small and easily overlooked species. It can be found in woodland or - as in this case - in meadows and other grassland.

Pallas cat sitting on its tail to stay warm, a barrier against the cold ground twitter.com/tuidelescriban…