News for friends and followers of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno.https://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mvlc7f67wk22Our science ambassadors extraordinaire Cynthia Scholl and Lee Dyer recently visited a morning news show to talk 🪲, 🦋, and the UNR Natural History Museum! https://foxreno.com/news/mornings-on-fox-11-and-arc-reno/unr-museum-drawer15 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlc7f67wk22https://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mvecvmnq2s24A new feature on @unevadareno.bsky.social Biology Dept.'s Vladimir Pravosudov and students! 🧪@cognitiveecol.bsky.social #birds #behavior #cognition [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvecvmnq2s24https://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mt3chh6fms22If you missed Dr. Matt Forister's excellent interview on today's Science Friday about the new Journal of Lost Species, you can listen here!: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/journal-of-lost-species-endangered-fireflies/ #conservation #ecology #Biodiversity 🧪14 Aug 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3chh6fms22https://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3msyeyxurds2rWhat happens when a species hasn't been seen in years? 🔎 @unevadareno.bsky.social's Matt Forister is launching the Journal of Lost Species to create a global record of lost, potentially extinct, and rediscovered species 🧪 Learn more: tinyurl.com/445y8zvt #Biodiversity #Conservation #ScienceFriday https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2026/journal-of-lost-species13 Aug 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyeyxurds2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mmu2ekkfsc23Many of these excellent scientists are our alumni, colleagues, and collaborators. Thank you for all that you do! https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.7005027 May 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmu2ekkfsc23https://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mk4zxo4rls2xYet another Biology faculty member in the news, this time Dr. Beth Leger is featured on the Sagebrushers podcast, in conversation about conservation, native seeds, and the UNR Natural History Museum with President Sandoval! https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2026/sagebrushers-s5-ep-2-leger-natural-history23 Apr 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4zxo4rls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mk4ztkpyuc2xBiology Dept. faculty demonstrate seasonal emergence into the...limelight! ✨📸 Here, Dr. Pamela Sandstrom accepts the F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award, one of UNR's highest teaching honors! Congratulations Pamela, richly deserved!23 Apr 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ztkpyuc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mk4zenz7k22xCongratulations to the 7(!) current or future Biology-associated students who received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships or Honorable Mentions! 🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4zenz7k22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3mdm6ck3yek2nAn article memorializing Dr. Jeanne Zeh's contributions to science and our department. A Memorial Scholarship is being established to support undergraduates engaged in research, link: (enter "in memory of" and "Jeanne Zeh" to make sure it finds its way) https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1949/lg21/form.aspx?sid=1949&gid=2&pgid=695&cid=2040&pdid=6086&dids=1697 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdm6ck3yek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3m5heojtvws2c“The environmental, economic, and social costs of sand mining likely exceed the benefits by an order of magnitude,” says fish biologist Zeb Hogan of the University of Nevada, Reno." @unevadareno.bsky.social's own Dr. Zeb Hogan quoted in this @science.org article! https://www.science.org/content/article/sand-mining-threatens-asia-s-largest-lake12 Nov 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5heojtvws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3m3dqdrei322chttps://www.kolotv.com/video/2025/10/16/day-museum/16 Oct 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dqdrei322chttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3m2rz5fj2bk2jA fall tradition returns! Join us Oct 18th for @unevadareno.bsky.social 's Day at the Museum! The bees, butterflies, and snakes at the Natural History Museum are always a big highlight! #reno #northernnevada #renotahoe https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2025/day-at-the-museum-202509 Oct 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rz5fj2bk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lzreb6ivrc2zFriday afternoon after a long week: cave-dwelling lifestyle sounding appealing? Dr. Misty Riddle interview may be of interest! https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2025/how-the-cavefish-lost-its-eyes26 Sep 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzreb6ivrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lzlw63yxtc2z@unevadareno.bsky.social Biology Assistant Professor Misty Riddle featured in this career profile in @dev-journal.bsky.social! (We love the shout-out to former Biology Facilities Manager Lou Christensen!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlw63yxtc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lzhyz7ezyk2zThe rumors are true, "Nevada Plants: An Annotated Checklist of the State’s Botanical Diversity" is now out! This represents the hard work of Jerry Thiem and Jan Nachlinger and all sales benefit the @unevadareno.bsky.social Museum of Natural History! 🌱 https://shopbritpress.org/products/nevada-plants-an-annotated-checklist-of-the-state-s-botanical-diversity23 Sep 2025 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhyz7ezyk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lwpxckqc5s26Today we welcomed 235 new Biology majors to @unevadareno.bsky.social! 🌱19 Aug 2025 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpxckqc5s26https://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lwhi3xbs522aCongratulations Biology Prof. Dr. Misty Riddle on her new #NSF CAREER award! 🦠+ 🐟 = 🎉 https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2025/misty-riddle-nsf-career-award15 Aug 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhi3xbs522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lw5u7xq2as2oWe are hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno @unevadareno.bsky.social. 🧪🧠 #neuroscience #neuroskyence https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/assistant-professor-neurobiology/11 Aug 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5u7xq2as2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3luip67ymkc2zWe're hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology at UNR https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/assistant-professor-neurobiology/21 Jul 2025 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3luip67ymkc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social/post/3lu4luusu3k2xA nice article about @unevadareno.bsky.social Prof. Emeritus Richard (Dick)Tracy's recent election as an @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Fellow! https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2025/tracy-esa-fellow16 Jul 2025 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:2zrlgyuco57evso4csljnnmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4luusu3k2x