Iroro Tanshi
Tropical community ecologist & conservationist; diet, functional ecology, mountains, fires & global change | WRF Postdoc @UW @SESantana | Co-Founder SMACON | Pritzker EEG/Whitley/FFN laureate | Saving 🦇forests and livelihoods in 🌍| she/her
- Honored to be speaking at the @linneansociety.bsky.social online lecture series. Come for the cute bat photos, stay for the fun research 🦇🦇🦇
- Final call: our online lecture on bat foraging is happening tonight, 6:30 to 7:30pm! Join Dr Iroro Tanshi, @irorotanshi.bsky.social, as she explores how bats find food in the dark and how different species share foraging space across the Gulf of Guinea forests. See you soon! buff.ly/sJo16t6
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiIndia is one of the most biodiverse & unique countries on Earth, with high levels of endemism & evolutionary distinctiveness, yet its biodiversity is still poorly understood. It is important to make biodiversity research available to all, starting with collections 👇 🌍
- Great news for North American bats 🦇🦇🦇
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi🚨🦇New paper alert! We integrate information across fields to highlight key traits associated with the diversification of #bats, their roles as evolutionary drivers, and their importance to global ecosystems: An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiNew paper alert! Worked with an incredible group of scientists across fields on this vision for much needed investment in Indian natural history collections: Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
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- Reposted by Iroro TanshiEcology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi24 early-career ecologists from 13 African countries have arrived at Mpala Research Centre for the #EcologyMasterclass - two weeks of hands-on training in the Kenyan savanna to build skills, confidence and networks. @mpalarc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiI'm excited about the Ecological Society's new Fakhri A. Bazzaz and Steward T.A. Pickett Mentorship Award for Enhancing Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Ecology. Nominate your colleagues who have been outstanding mentors! Due Nov. 13 esa.org/about/awards... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiPlease pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiLast Chance! If you're a grad student don't miss your chance to apply for our 2026 Student Scholars program. The application deadline is a week away! Batcon.org/student-scholars
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi🚨Call for proposals for Collection Study Grants at the @burkemuseum.bsky.social!! Open to grad students and postdocs for collections-based research, including cross-disciplinary projects. Applications are due December 15, 2025. More information: www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiCome work with us on our integrative anthropology program!
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi📢 New paper from my PhD! 🦇 Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk. @vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk #PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshifor #fatbatweek day 6: snack and species found in Ghana: Spurrell's Woolly bat and Kelewele - fried plantain. With a shout out to @irorotanshi.bsky.social @africanbatcon.bsky.social @batresearch.bsky.social @dailybats.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi91 years is a good long run for most but too short for someone like Jane Goodall. Damn.
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiSCREEEEAAEEEAAEAEEEEAEAAAAA!!!! Oop, looks like our resident pipistrelle is BAT at it again (not with white vans)...this time she's pipisTELLING you to come to our Lunchtime Lecture with @irorotanshi.bsky.social ! You BATter not miss out on this one 🧪🌍🦇
- Bats love a midnight snack, and our September lunchtime lecture will see how they choose where and what to forage, with @irorotanshi.bsky.social. Iroro is an ecologist & conservationist, & Editorial Board member for @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social. Join us online, 24 September, 12:30 BST.
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiCome work with us at S&B! As EA, you'll be working at the @nhm-london.bsky.social on S&B and our sister journal @journalsystpal.bsky.social ! 📖 Apply here: jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi🦇The Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB) is making its way through Parliament - and we urgently need your help to protect bats and other wildlife. Please ask your MP to help protect wildlife in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. More information here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiNew OA 🦇 research 📄 Differences in fur cortisol levels of three migratory bats link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Celebrating bat appreciation day with the bunny-eared bat aka slit-faced bat (Nycteris arge) ahead of Easter weekend. Muncher of insects big and small, saving farmers millions in pest losses. #BatAppreciationDay
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiNew publication out this weekend in Ecology highlighting the long-distance movements of lesser long-nosed bats. Individuals migrated as far as 1631 km between roosts and completed overnight flights across the Gulf of California (~189 km) 🧵1/7 @esajournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
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- Reposted by Iroro TanshiNew OA 🦇 Research 📄 Onboard recordings reveal how bats maneuver under severe acoustic interference www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Thrilled to see our work featured in Science, all thanks to the individuals and institutions that make the science and conservation possible. www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiDid you join SSE through our Global Membership Assistance program? Then you’re eligible for free registration for virtual #Evol2025 on May 29-30! Check your eligibility and request your code today: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo... @evolmtg.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiWent to a wonderful reunion for the birthday of dear friend and colleague Gerd Blobel yesterday. In the end, it’s funny how all the papers and grants fade away and the main thing you remember are the people.
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi‘Everything (in museums) Everywhere, All at Once’ Blogpost by Julia Sigwart “Collectomics concept represents a holistic modern view of museum collections … new approach shifts the perspective to treating collections as a single global dataset. blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/03/e...
- Congrats! Can’t wait to see this go out to African students through our book program at SMACON.
- 🦇 Super excited to see 'The Lives of Bats. A Natural History' published today. It was a joy to write and to see it come to life with extraordinary photos and illustrations. Thanks @princetonupress.bsky.social! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
- New deadline for our special issue. Please share. Also happy to answer questions.
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiNew deadline May 15th - would love to see your contributions to this important special issue ...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiVery proud of this paper led by @lsu.bsky.social students where we examine what ‘Unexplored’ means in a natural history context - we recommend ‘biodiversity blindspots’ instead for places that lack digitized public data Paper here peerj.com/articles/185... Video abstract youtu.be/QZ8wUrgJEao
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiAn analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity go.nature.com/3CwUUaN
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiLet's talk about this Nature piece in more detail. I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiAnother contender for Best Ears! Throwback to the Allen's big-eared bat (I. phyllotis) we had in care. 🦇 #bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife
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- Send us your manuscripts on “Mobilizing Natural History Collections in the Global South” 👇🏾
- Reminder @irorotanshi.bsky.social and other are putting together a special issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society @linneansociety.bsky.social titled 'Mobilizing Natural History Collection in the Global South' Details available here: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p...
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshilooking for a good scientific read? This paper is out today and shows how much energy male bats can save by living in groups. Great for buffering environmental unexpectedness! Pic by Rene J doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi1 week left to apply to do a PhD with me & APHA on the Virome of British #bats 🦇🧬🦠 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ #OneHealth
- PhD Alert! ⚠️⚠️ Come to do a PhD with me @universityofexeter.bsky.social and Animal and Plant Health Agency on 'Virome of British bats: A One Health approach to understanding disease emergence and environmental health'. Application deadline 28 Feb. #bats #zoonoses 🦇🦠 www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiRemarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiPublic Statement on Recent Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Sincerely, the Executive Board of the ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) #TeamFish #TeamHerps #ASIH www.asih.org/2025-asih-ex...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiThis is an attack on US science. NSF staff provide critical support for scientific infrastructure and global excellence. These are valuable dedicated public servants. Please contact your reps, write letters, make noise! Are there any plans for rallies at NSF headquarters? Journalists: COVER THIS!
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- Reposted by Iroro TanshiCan we help and support our Bat1K regional chair and long standing Bat(1K) advocate Emma?? 🤍🦇 www.gofundme.com/f/zkdvh-help...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiToday is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE. To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiGuess what - our Science Moms climate ad made this top ten best (upcoming) Super Bowl ads list! The only nonprofit ad on the list! Warning: do not watch without a tissue www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiHere’s @lizneeley.bsky.social’s latest newsletter, documenting the ongoing attacks on science and higher ed, and figuring out what to focus on: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiLetter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
- Stay informed, stay strong www.science.org/content/blog...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiI usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
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- Nearly midnight but I got #FatBatweek day 6 done Bibundi Butterfly bat with Bissap Sorbet and a scoop of icecream for bat researcher Iroro Tanshi and the smaconbats team. There are SO FEW photos of this bat online- reflecting how much more research there is to be done. #biodiversitymatters
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- 🦇 I love old pictures of bats and I think I just found my favourite piece of #BatsInArt [Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)]:
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- All of my fatbatweek sticker range -these and my notebats can be found for sale here: rovingstationery.bigcartel.com
- Thrilled to announce our call for papers, a special issue in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society titled: "Mobilizing Natural History Collection in the Global South" More details here: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p... Please share widely.
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiLast week colleagues published a blog that gives a deep dive on how to use the Fire Weather Index app on ClimateData.ca 🔥 - it's a good read and now is good time to think about taking changes in wildfire into account in long term #adaptation & #resilience... you know, in between #wildfire seasons!
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiEarlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiNew database of occurrence, distribution and conservation metrics for Subsaharan African #bats 🦇🌍
- Excited to share our new publication, Africa bat database. Grateful that lead author, Ara Monadjem invited me and others to contribute to his long-standing dataset. Congrats to all co-authors. Please share. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Excited to share our new publication, Africa bat database. Grateful that lead author, Ara Monadjem invited me and others to contribute to his long-standing dataset. Congrats to all co-authors. Please share. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiThis is so important: at the college (not departmental) level, highly productive Black and Hispanic faculty were as likely as white faculty to receive tenure; but less productive Black/Hispanic faculty were significantly less likely to receive tenure than equivalent white scholars.
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiWe had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiThe legendary Kim King kicks off the invasive species talks with a picture of a pekapeka! Native mammals in Aotearoa are very rare due to its isolation in the South Pacific. Even our native long tailed bats arrived from Australia. Short tailed bats are the only living in its genus now #NZES2024 🦇
- Dr. Morton blew us away with his talk, exploring historical systems, freedom dreaming and our positionalities as educators, with clarion call to re-envision cultures in STEM that foster black student success.
- Reposted by Iroro Tanshi✨ So proud of this special issue and deeply grateful for my wonderful co-editors, all contributions at the workshop by participants, and the amazing resulting papers in the special issue. Check it out! You will not be disappointed, I promise 😊
- Finally our editorial for the "What makes a good theory?" special issue is out (co-edited with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @jcskewes.bsky.social, Sashank Varma, and Todd Wareham). It's an interdisciplinary issue and the contents are transdisciplinary. #philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiTo reach new users if you have an interest in #eDNA #environmentalDNA as a scientist or user, please consider completing our survey. We are engaged in funded research on community perspectives on eDNA, ethics, risk and potential forms.office.com/r/P6R57BAbZq #academicSkY #womenInSTEM 🧪
- Reposted by Iroro TanshiI think someone mentioned this already but journals usually have a “share to…” option that includes LinkedIn, Twitter…. But no BlueSky. Honestly that would be a big help. (even if people say that posting to social media doesn’t improve journal metrics, I like sharing interesting articles)
