leland c. graber

leland c. graber

@bug4bug.bsky.social

postdoc at amnh | insect evolution & phylogenomics | website: https://sites.google.com/view/lelandgraber

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Jane Waters 🏳️‍⚧️🐜🇵🇸
@lovetheants.bsky.social

New paper out today about the metabolic rates of ant brains... smaller ants have more costly brains, and evidence for a progressive evolutionary trend toward lower brain and body mass-specific metabolic rates! royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

royalsocietypublishing.orgEvolution of neurometabolic frugality in harvester antsAbstract. Despite the importance of neurometabolic cost in brain size evolution, quantitative data on brain metabolic rates (MRs) are lacking. We measured
leland c. graber
@bug4bug.bsky.social

@rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and my paper on Trans Inclusive Practices for Natural History Collections has been published! It includes the results of our survey of trans natural history collections professionals, so thanks to all participants! nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.comTrans Inclusive Practices for Natural History Collections: Recommendations Based on Existing Efforts and Survey DataFrom the early cabinets of curiosity to the vast museum repositories of today, natural history collections have been an invaluable resource for scholarship and public education. Curators, researche...
leland c. graber
@bug4bug.bsky.social

Thanks to all those who participated in the survey! @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and my paper on Trans Inclusive Practices for Natural History Collections (with the survey results) has been published and is available here: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.comTrans Inclusive Practices for Natural History Collections: Recommendations Based on Existing Efforts and Survey DataFrom the early cabinets of curiosity to the vast museum repositories of today, natural history collections have been an invaluable resource for scholarship and public education. Curators, researche...
leland c. graber@bug4bug.bsky.social

Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.comTrans in Natural History Survey 2026

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Naomi Klein
@naomiaklein.bsky.social

If you have a smidge of power and you catch yourself thinking: Maybe we'll be safe if we: - tone this justice program a bit - take that 'decolonization' reference off the website - nix that grant for decarbonization... know that you are playing your part in Trump's game perfectly. 1/2

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