Mónica Páez-Vacas

PhD, Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation Genetics. Poison and harlequin frogs, mostly. Some lizards too #LatinainSTEM 🇪🇨🇦🇷

[mauro @MauroFdz]

Ese streaming tiene 20 años de inversión del Estado entre formación de profesionales en universidades públicas, becas de posgrado, sueldos de investigadores, proyectos de investigación previos y laboratorios.

Es la mejor prueba de que la inversión pública y el CONICET sirven.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Tiny Brazilian frogs’ inner ear canals are too small to help them balance well, explaining why they are clumsy jumpers, according to a @ScienceAdvances study.

🐸 Learn more during #AmphibianWeek: https://t.co/u2YiqljCZa

[SSE @sse_evolution]

Registration for virtual #Evol2025 on May 29-30 is free for SSE members in 152 countries and territories around the world! Check if you’re eligible and request your discount code on our website: https://t.co/JLBMJ1DQuk @evol_mtg

[Majo Navarrete Mendez @majonavarrete4]

A letter that my colleagues and I wrote regarding the installation of a U.S. military base in the Galápagos Islands has been published in @ScienceMagazine. This decision is unconstitutional, as it violates multiple articles of the Ecuadorian Constitution, which recognizes nature as a subject of rights and guarantees its right to exist, maintain its vital cycles, and preserve its structure, functions, and evolutionary processes. The establishment of a military base not only undermines the Constitution and Ecuador’s sovereignty but also sets a dangerous precedent for violating international treaties designed to protect globally significant ecosystems.
Here is the link to the article, DMme if you'd like the pdf
https://t.co/eiJdZGjbbG

[Amphibian Survival Alliance @amphibiansorg]

Amphibians are vanishing. But YOU can help.

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[Zoológico de Quito @Zoo_Quito]

#ConoceASisa 🫶🏼 | No sabemos por qué Sisa estuvo encadenada en la casa donde le encontraron, en Agosto del 2024. Tampoco conocemos qué pasó con su mamá y la razón de que su cría haya quedado abandonada.
📸: @rubenramirezphoto

[Inty Grønneberg @groninty]

¡Descubre el primer mapeo satelital de Ecuador para detectar la contaminación plástica que amenaza la vida marina de nuestro país y las Islas Galápagos!

De acuerdo con el Global Plastic Action Partnership, cada año 16.000 toneladas de basura acaban en nuestros ríos y en el océano. Para comprender mejor este problema y basar las decisiones en datos, la Alianza Galápagos Guardians —liderada por @ichthion, @2bLatam y marcas con propósito— realizó el mapeo de todas las costas ecuatorianas empleando imágenes satelitales del programa Copernicus de la Unión Europea.

Como resultado, se identificaron 2.541,86 km² de superficie afectada por residuos flotantes, especialmente cerca de desembocaduras de ríos y zonas urbanas. Esta información permitirá definir estrategias efectivas para reducir en al menos un 30% la contaminación que fluye desde el Ecuador continental hacia la Reserva Marina de Galápagos, salvaguardando así su extraordinaria biodiversidad.

¡Súmate a los esfuerzos de la Alianza Galápagos Guardians y sé parte de la solución!

[SSE @sse_evolution]

SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2025 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Sign up for your free registration code today! https://t.co/pzNB6909jS @evol_mtg

[Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo]

Online now: Stewardship underpins sustainable foraging https://t.co/oQDtyoDuu0

[Daniel Chavez @DanielC23028196]

How to rapidly sequence the DNA of endangered species in the global south. Check out my latest work on the super cute olingos !!! @frozenzoo
prepirnt: https://t.co/xB2yQEdcNG
Great local collaboration @PUCE_Ecuador, @zoologicoquito, @DarwinFound, @INABIO_EC

[The Coalition for Conservation Genetics @CoalitionConGen]

🚨New #policy research! A recent study explores how the #conservation of #GeneticDiversity can be integrated into the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulations & why safeguarding genetic diversity is key to ecosystem resilience🌿 Read more here: https://t.co/OTYq1GTQK3

[J. Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @NicolasUrbinaC]

Las especies raras importan más de lo que crees 🦎🌿 En este nuevo estudio mostramos cómo la pérdida de anfibios con bajas abundancias afecta la diversidad funcional de los bosques tropicales en el Pacífico colombiano. 🌎 #Biodiversidad #Conservación

[Herps in the News @HerpsInTheNews]

#NewSpeciesAlert - Honouring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of 𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑜 sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests. #PoisonFrog #PoisonArrowFrog #Currulao #BambucoViejo
🔓 https://t.co/dAstAt3XA1

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Genetic diversity has declined within two-thirds of more than 600 species over the past three decades, according to research published in @Nature. The findings highlight the need for conservation efforts to prevent genetic diversity loss. https://t.co/l3VXlL53L4

[Catherine Grueber @CEGrueber]

Out now in @Nature! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
https://t.co/B3Ih4lVmQ5

[Juan M. Guayasamin @jmguayasamin]

#USFQ_Research
Ranas arlequín 🐸🐸(Atelopus)
Enorme colaboración liderada por #StafanLotters y #AmadeusPlewnia.

Zootaxa: https://t.co/ngIHjFFGRY

[Katherine Porras @Kathauratus]

Thrilled to see my master's paper is officially out! 🐸 More conspicuous green and black poison frogs not necessarily hold more alkaloids in their skin. We also found interesting frog behavioral differences across Costa Rican populations.

https://t.co/9yTz27CeyT

[@amphibiagen.bsky.social @AmphibiaGen]

What do evolution and adaptation have to do with predicting vulnerability to climate change? Find out in our new paper led by the amazing Dr. @BrennaRForester and featuring the WORLD'S COOLEST 🐸 just published in Molecular Ecology: https://t.co/jcdiDBhfCW...!
@Mol_Ecol

[Olivia Ruppert @oliviaruppert_]

My first first-author publication is out now in Environmental DNA!

The first portion of my MS project focused on comparing sampling methodology for eDNA metabarcoding for reptiles and amphibians in wetlands. 🧬 🐸

[Donald Miles @LizardProf]

Climate change and the cost-of-living squeeze in desert lizards | Science https://t.co/KYJCEuuzIn