Vanessa Bateman

*Globalizing Wildlife* is OUT THIS MONTH (!) with @uncpress.bsky.social “An essential and timely intervention… exciting, cutting-edge vantages on crucial global histories” -Daniel Vandersommers Edited by @rafdebont.bsky.social myself, & Tom Quick #animalhist #globalhist #HistSci #envhist

In April of 1191, a gyrfalcon from the far north flew over Acre. How did it get there? Did it feel hot? Can one use scant medieval sources to explore the experiences of a bird that lived mora than eight centuries ago? Read Ryan Mealiffe's new Arcadia piece to learn more! #envhist #envhum #animalhist

What does it mean to dwell when the home has become an instrument of ordinary violence toward birds? I ask this question in my essay in NiCHE. Reading Martin Heidegger’s lecture “Building, Dwelling, Thinking” against the pane, I tell an ornithological history of glass and its avian entanglements.

Fantastic @craigtimes.bsky.social column on the history and status of wildlife crossings in Florida for panthers, turtles, and other critters, featuring an extended cameo by America’s favorite #roadecology book. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/22/t...

University of British Columbia is hiring: Assistant Professor of the Social Dimensions of Wildfire #assistantprofessor #wildfire #socialsciences

Mapping Tariffs explores “the potential impacts of tariffs on jobs and businesses across Canadian cities and communities at the neighbourhood and city level”. [mappingtariffs.org]

The first review of “Globalizing Wildlife” is out! “…a superb contribution to ongoing debates around human-animal relations, globalization, global history, conservation, and more.” Thanks @historianmkalb.bsky.social !

This is exciting! 🇨🇦

In 1992, Canada declared a moratorium on Northern cod fishing due to overfishing. It was devastating for Newfoundlanders. This year, for the first time since then, the govt has “upgraded the cod stock’s status from ‘critical’ to ‘healthy’”. [canadianaffairs.news]

This article was one of those case studies I couldn’t quit when researching the history of N. American wapiti (elk). 🦌 It started by asking: what happened to the 20 wapiti “gifted” to New Zealand by Theodore Roosevelt? #animalhist

Curious about “Globalizing Wildlife”? Listen to this episode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social We published the open access volume last spring with @uncpress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/globalizing-...

The ANIMALS AND TECHNOLOGY themed issue is out!! Vol. 2, no. 3 online.ucpress.edu/ah

We're looking to recruit a PhD student at Trent to do some experimental community engagements with UNFCCC climate docs. Are you a theatre kid at heart? An aspiring policy wonk? A climate comms nerd? We have funding for you--Come work with us! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Ontar (lake) + io (superlative) is Wendat for the superlative lake, the lakest of lakes, or the most lake 🌊 #ontario #lakeontario #ontar #io #superlative #lake #thesuperlativelake #thelakestoflakes #themostlake

A first for me: live animal habitat diorama (very cute African penguins) among traditional taxidermy dioramas at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco

Finally listened to this episode. Really inspiring, especially on exploring multiple topics i.e. “grazing,” accessible writing, supporting mothers/families in academia & at conferences (yes please!), and striving for completion over perfection.

Looking forward to reading this! Also - @nancyjjacobs.bsky.social has a wonderful chapter on grey parrots in Globalizing Wildlife! www.jstor.org/stable/10.51...

Do you know any places named for animal-human relations? I'm thoroughly enjoying this thought-provoking #teaching module by Youjia Li on the "Ox-Town" (Shibakuruma-chō) of 18th-century Tokyo. 🐂 Teaching Animal Mobilities website 🐂 animalmobilities.org/modules/2026... #HistSci #animals #mobility

Short but truly fascinating paper 👇Paintings will clearly be the next big thing in historical ecology. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

On Monday, I defended my PhD thesis, Saving Species. I am now officially an environmental historian (with a very large diploma to prove it) #envhist

Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t instant; they travel between users at the speed of whichever bird they use to send it. Note sending is limited by the # of birds in your rookery…if they’re all out, you have to wait until one returns. [roostsocial.app]

A brilliant new study of the history of rats and plague by @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social focused on the historically neglected case of the third plague pandemic's impact on Mauritius: "Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure" (OA) www.jstor.org/content/oa_c...

It was a pleasure to contribute a chapter, "Caring for Chimps as Viral Kin," on the complex relations of care and unequal relations of exchange that developed at Vilab II in Liberia, for this great volume! Open access is available @ www.jstor.org/content/oa_b... #envhist #medhist

One for the top of the reading list for 2026 - congrats to @rafdebont.bsky.social @vbateman.bsky.social & Tom Quick. The book is a series of engaging essays by brilliant writers ⬇️

Publication Day!

Rather than “invasive” or “alien” species, “new species” is used in the Swedish Museum of Natural History to describe non-native plants and animals.

HEY HEY I may not be on social media much anymore but I wrote a thing for @biographic.bsky.social about gulls nesting in unexpected places that maybe aren't so unexpected after all. www.biographic.com/spains-cliff...

In Stockholm for the “BIOrdinary Anthropocene” conference. Human- #animalhist prominently displayed in front of the royal palace and parliament building — in the form of loop net fishing boats

A very good, very 2026 headline: Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves in Fight Against Bears. “Starting at around $4,000, each bespoke Monster Wolf is now equipped with battery power, solar panels, and detection sensors.” (via @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social) [popsci.com]

The most riveting screen time I’ve watched in ages! Yesterday, I watched one of the adult eagles casually drop off a nice fish to the nest.

Maybe you just learned about woodcocks, but they've been a big deal for centuries. I wrote about the long history of loving the American Woodcock birdhistory.substack.com/p/more-than-...

What’s the role of history—historical archives and historical thinking—in the formation of environmental justice movements in the past and today?