Genese Sodikoff

📚Submit your book proposal to “Environment, Health, and Well-being”: msupress.org/environment-he… 📨For more information, please contact series editor Tatiana Konrad at tatiana.konrad@univie.ac.at @msupress Ed. board: @CymeneHowe, @dr_hick, @Olivia_Banner, @GSodikoff et al.

Reminder of our CfP for a Multispecies Methods Workshop in June at the @RGS_IBG - submissions still open and we have bursaries available to support attendance! Submit or questions to: animalgeographiesrgs@gmail.com

Join us! We are hiring a new Professor in Social Anthropology, & are looking for someone with a commitment to innovative teaching and an exciting research track record to play an active part in our department. Deadline for applications is 4 January 2024. jobs.ac.uk/job/DEB539/pro…

Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said reut.rs/3plmb9H

Berkeley, CA: occupation of library Is a fight for #anthropology versus big science in the AI era nytimes.com/2023/05/02/us/…

Meet the more than half a million tiny residents who just moved into The American Museum of Natural History in New York. bit.ly/3nav4BT

Why can some #insects carry out what nonhuman primates can’t? The answer lies in large-scale #collaboration. With a collective diligence, these six-legged critters can wield swarm intelligence to achieve impressive goals. Read more from @LSun5 . #nature press.princeton.edu/ideas/truth-ma…

An entomologist shouldn’t play favorites, but for Jessica Ware at the American Museum of Natural History — it is the dragonfly that really makes her heart sing. “They’re like lions of the sky,” she said. nyti.ms/444VtS3

The abundant sun of northern Africa may soon power Europe’s homes and businesses, as European leaders consider connecting massive North African solar projects to undersea power cables to free their continent from Russian energy. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

I want to congratulate the workers at @ruaaup for taking the courageous step to go on strike. You are inspiring the labor movement across this country. I am proud to stand in solidarity with you.

For the first time in the history of Rutgers University, all three faculty, grad, EOF, and postdoc unions have voted to go on strike. Monday morning, we are ON STRIKE. See you on the picket line. #RUOnStrike

It's been a busy week. This is why. More to come. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Cheneso devastated Madagascar, killing 30 people, the Indian Ocean island nation and its neighbors are bracing for a more powerful Cyclone Freddy. apnews.com/article/weathe…

How Climate Change Is Spreading Malaria in Africa nytimes.com/2023/02/14/hea… The mosquitoes that transmit the disease dramatically increased their range over the last century as temperatures warmed, scientists reported.

In Opinion As bird flu spreads among migratory birds and mammals, it’s “hard to imagine clearer and more alarming warning signs of a potentially horrific pandemic,” our columnist Zeynep Tufekci writes. nyti.ms/3Y3S5n0

“Vaccinating wild animals for the sake of animals, not to protect humans, is novel.” Scientists in Brazil are vaccinating endangered wild monkeys against yellow fever in an ambitious effort to save the golden lion tamarin from extinction. bit.ly/3HQ95YA

6 more scholarships available for Leeds University's Leverhulme Extinction Studies Doctoral Programme, deadline 6 Feb @CologneEnvHums @BSUEnvHums phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/224-le…

At least 16 people are dead, and 17 others are missing in Madagascar, following the landfall of Tropical Storm Cheneso and ensuing rain on the island reut.rs/3JmuWrI

New @msupress book series "Environment, Health, and Well-being" open for submissions! Editor Tatiana Konrad @univienna, editorial board @CymeneHowe, @dr_hick, @Olivia_Banner, @GSodikoff et al.

New York City is seeking a "director of rodent mitigation," a job that will pay between $120,000 to $170,000. Applicants will need the drive to fight a "relentless rat population," the posting says. It's a task that many have tried and failed before. nyti.ms/3B3jcFB