Jennifer Leonard

@UAHes @LifeWatchERIC @CSIC Project e-Horse Digitizing @ebdonana horse collection with Prof. Maria Martin Cuervo, U. Extremadura @infovetcaceres @DiSSCoEU @DisscoSpain @consevol

The heart of a blue whale, which can weigh in excess of 1,300 lbs (590 kg), is the size of a small car. The gigantic heart beats 8 to 10 times per minute, and each heartbeat can be heard from over 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Their arteries are so large that a full adult-sized human can swim through them. At birth, a baby blue whale is already 25 ft long (the size of an adult killer whale) and can drink up to 150 gallons (568 liters) of milk a day, gaining as much as 200 lbs (90 kg) per day in its first year. They feed almost exclusively on krill, which are small, shrimp-like invertebrates that are on average only 1 or 2 centimeters long. They eat 4 to 6 tons of krill a day. As adults, they can grow up to 110 ft (33 m) in length and weigh up to 180 tons. It's fascinating that throughout history, Earth has been home to some of the biggest animals, but the largest one of them all exists in our timeline, swimming in the deep ocean right now.

Migration Alert! Tonight thru Saturday, expect over 300 MILLION birds in the air each night. Bright lights can disorient them—make a difference by turning off non-essential lights and making windows safer. #LightsOutForBirds #LightsOutTexas #DarkSkies birdcast.info/science-to-act…

Support the scientific community- The International Society of Biogeography @biogeography has an accessible, open access journal Frontiers of Biogeography @newbiogeo Check it out! escholarship.org/uc/fb

Here is a chance to get your preferred European species sequenced as a high-quality reference genome, including genome annotation. ERGA-BGE has opened a call for community sample contributions. Please share with colleagues from any country in Europe!

Could you be part of our next EDGE Fellowship cohort in Latin America? The call for applications is open, but you need to be quick, they close on the 16th July! For full details, eligibility requirements and how to apply please visit our website edgeofexistence.org/become-a-fello…

Join us in the @erga_biodiv SSP committee

An ancient amber bear. Carved about 10,000 years ago, this magical find washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark. 📷 my own #Archaeology

The IBS  (@Biogeography) supports the @MNDlab  and the AEs of  @JBiogeography  in their efforts to make scientific publishing more inclusive, open, fair and independent while maintaining the highest scientific quality standards.

El caso aislado de hoy: la policía foral de Navarra ha sorprendido a un cazador con 220 cepos Ilegales de caza para la captura de aves y mamíferos. #NoALaCaza #LaVerdadDeLaCaza pamplonaactual.com/articulo/notic… a través de @Pamplonaactual

PhD student @UCBerkeley Gabriel Trujillo was killed while collecting plant samples 🌱 in Mexico. We need the Mexican government to fully investigate and get justice for Gabriel and his family, and for all researchers who are targeted while doing fieldwork. (1/2)

Good sampling with #vouchers and high quality #metadata support high quality reference #genomes that will catapult biodiversity studies to the next level @erga_biodiv @consevol @SevinOmics @ebdonana biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A movement (perhaps revolution) is starting! #JBI leading current critical discussions/decisions in Ecology & Evolution. Neuroscience (Elsevier journal) had their entire editorial board quitting together to start a new journal with non-profit MIT press.

I, along with 85% of #JBI AEs, am on a work stoppage as #AssociateEditor of @jbiogeography because @WileyGlobal prioritizes profit over access & journal quality, creating barriers to equity and publication - particularly for #ECRs and peers from the #GlobalSouth #BetterPublishing

Wetlands in Spain’s Doñana National Park are drying up due to groundwater demands from agriculture, tourism and drought. Scientists report that 83% of the wetland’s ponds are flooding less extensively and for less time than would be explained by climate. go.nasa.gov/3Xqo01y

News Media acts so nonchalantly about the fact that a gigantic swath of boreal forestland in North America is on fire right now, with smoke choking out cities hundreds of miles away. THESE FORESTS ARENT SUPPOSED TO BURN. We are the next mass extinction event.

Huge hiring for @forestservice- geneticists, horticulturists, biologists, maintenance, admin & more! #careers #jobs #phdlife Pls RT! @PublicGardens @CPCplants @indfnsofplnts @USGS @MartineBotany @JacquelynGill @DavidBLowry @MExpositoAlonso @fieldgenomics fs.usda.gov/working-with-u…

What's happening to Antarctic sea ice extent isn't getting enough global media attention. And by "enough" I mean none. Nothing. This ongoing and dramatic collapse is completely absent from today's news. Yesterday's sea ice extent was 4.02σ below the 1991-2023 mean (1-in-34,000).

#JEArcheo | Los mosaicos romanos de #Itálica, en tres dimensiones 📲 Un programa de digitalización, a través de la fotogrametría, pone a disposición de la ciudadanía e investigadores la colección musivaria de la ciudad de Adriano 🔗 opgob.es/19psv 🎦 @DGonzalezAcuna