Come work with me with wolves 🐺

Over the moon to share the cornerstone of my PhD dissertation Animals as sentinels of the environment; aka can animals predict weather?! nature.com/articles/s4155… A thread 1/

Absolutely ecstatic to receive the first printed versions of our book Christopher Schell, amazing colleagues, & I assembled this book to showcase the "why" and "how" of equitably/justly conserving biodiversity in our cities and suburbs DM me for a discount! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

I’ve been involved in a lot of Washington wildlife recovery and reintroduction stories over the past decade: wolves, wolverines, pronghorn, Canada lynx, fishers, seemingly endless debates over grizzly bears. More than once it’s been asked: what about the most charismatic

Check out my new lab website to learn about the research I'm working on, graduate student opportunities, and some cool pictures of wildlife (and my dog)! 🐺🫎🐧 clarkwolflab.com

my 1st dissertation chapter is out in Environmental Science & Technology Journals! We not only show that redlined areas face high levels of environmental hazards, but within their own city, they face disproportionately higher hazards than non-redlined areas. check it out! (1/4) 🧵 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

out today in People and Nature, we present a framework for understanding the social and ecological factors that shape the type and location of data sources like iNaturalist and eBird!! co-led with Dr. Elizabeth Carlen and made with lots of folks!! thread 👇🏽 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa… 1/6

🐺A perfect reason to come to the "Coexisting with Wildlife" panel + Q&A on 4/3🐺 Feat. experts from the Snoqualmie Tribe, Seattle Urban Carnivore Project, Woodland Park Zoo, Issaquah, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and Sam Kreling from the UW Purgh Lab. Reserve your spot: bit.ly/4aswR8v

Beyond thrilled to share the new Urban Wildlife Information Network paper out today in PNASNews where we show that gentrification drives patterns of wildlife diversity in cities. #urbanecology #cameratrapping #mammals 🧵1/14 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

New publication alert! This article came from a conversation about how different color morphs are treated differently. Congratulations co-lead authors Tyus D. Williams & Sam Kreling. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Publication dropped today! We investigated how novel colorations in different wildlife species elicit varying responses in people influencing human-wildlife interactions. Major thanks to all my co-authors especially my co-lead Sam Kreling. Great job! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Exciting news! We have been getting some reports of a mountain lion sighted in Griffith Park. The Santa Monica Mtns biologists have been alerted and are investigating. Please give the cat space if you see him-we are trying to avoid for now people trying to photograph him -lights

Hot off the digital press! #Urban planning decisions from decades ago still influence the species we see in cities today! We digitized historical #maps of three US cities and compared historical park metrics against Christmas Bird Count data. Check out our findings below!

Second Dissertation chapter published! We found that Interstate-5 and the Washington Ship Canal acted as strong barriers to coyote gene flow in Seattle, Washington using STRUCTURE and private alleles. Congrats all! Laura Prugh Robert Long Christopher Schell …iley-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/doi/10.1111/me…

Sam Kreling discusses how to choose candidate genes when studying the #urbanevolution of “urban adapter” coyotes #Evol2024

Happy to share our new paper out today!! 🦌🔥🌳 We investigate the plasticity of deer movement and behavior following a major megafire in Northern California Hopland Research and Extension Center. TL;DR : Deer can adjust their behaviors to keep up with a rapidly changing landscape! doi.org/10.1186/s40462…

Hey y'all! It's been a minute. A longer update is coming, but for now: I'm sharing an essay I wrote for the book Heart of the Wild edited by Ben Minteer and Jonathan B. Losos, with an amazing author group, and I'm honored to be among them. My essay is linked below! lithub.com/to-dream-of-be…