Rusty Russell

Advocate for natural history collections, colls based research, field books & citizen science. @NMNH @TranscribeSI @FieldMuseum @SaveGalapagos

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

Won’t change much except in my own heart and mind, but this is my last post on this platform. What’s happening is wrong. Peace all! #checkout

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

William Louis Stern (1926-2021). A personal and professional loss. Passed away Nov 1st. @NMNH @Yale @UF @UofMaryland @Illinois
https://t.co/0ftWCYqwLA

[Galápagos Conservancy @savegalapagos]

More from the expedition to Alcedo Volcano: 8 individual tree ferns, thought to be extinct in the region, were discovered by the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative Team! Director @wacho_tapia captured these photos of this lush plant species (details: https://t.co/XetN2uflbc).

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

Smuggler caught with nearly 1,000 cacti and succulents strapped to her body
https://t.co/Bxo9AAL4iI

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

@bethany_bug That was me too.

[365 Women in Botany @365BotanyWomen]

Born next week in '63, Araliaceae and Vitaceae evo botanist Jun Wen graduated from @HZAU_China and @OhioState. A curator at @NMNH @Smithsonian, she has worked @FieldMuseum, @ArnoldArboretum @Harvard, and @ColoradoStateU; and served with @AmSocPlantTaxon and @IAPTGlobal.

[Dr. Laura Lagomarsino @Lagomarsino_L]

.@MoBot_Research is looking for a new herbarium manager (who will replace Jim Solomon). It’s a dream job for someone: in charge of one of the biggest herbaria in the world! And it’s a really important job too. #jobs #herbaria #CollectionsAreEssential

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[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

The new normal??

[Galápagos Conservancy @savegalapagos]

#ICYMI: Decades of #Galapagos tortoise research and conservation by GC science advisors James Gibbs & Linda Cayot, and GTRI director @wacho_tapia, have culminated in an amazing new book, 'Galapagos Giant Tortoises' -- available now! Details: https://t.co/IBOWRWrOxA.
📷D. Downing

[Rep. Gerry Connolly @GerryConnolly]

I’ve seen several recent stories in the press that seem to point to a coordinated attempt to portray @GSAEmily as some kind of unassuming, apolitical bureaucrat.

My subcommittee oversees GSA. I know Admin Murphy. She is a Trump loyalist, through and through.

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[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

Great story about plant extinction in the @nytimes @NYTScience and a huge shoutout to Wes Knapp @wmknapp. https://t.co/T7maEP6Hx4

[Charles Darwin Foundation-Fundación Charles Darwin @DarwinFound]

In March we welcomed nine newborn giant tortoises to the Galapagos Islands. To celebrate, we invite you to help name one of them by tweeting us your unisex suggestion.

[Charles Darwin Foundation-Fundación Charles Darwin @DarwinFound]

The newborn Galapagos tortoises are on the move and they need a name! Help us name one of them by tweeting us your unisex name suggestions. #tortoise #galapagos #AnimalsAtHome

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

@StevenKJohnson So true ... and dangerous.

[Phil Torres @phil_torres]

Incredibly upsetting news from a region that seemed to be on the verge of a conservation victory for the locals. I’ll be visiting these monarch sanctuaries tomorrow, more solemn than my visits before. https://t.co/WlIxA6Kgp4

[Charles Darwin Foundation-Fundación Charles Darwin @DarwinFound]

¡Descubren nuevas especies en Galápagos!
Un grupo de científicos ha encontrado cinco ecosistemas diferentes y 37 especies que serían nuevas para la ciencia.
Mira el artículo completo aquí 👇 https://t.co/6cp9udfJKs via @mongabaylatam

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

Pinta Tortoise hybrids found on Isabela. Possibly Lonesome George descendants. https://t.co/K2we9RYwTR

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

@Cataranea I wholly sympathize! As a younger man my heart would pound so hard that my shirt pocket moved. But it gets better. No. 1 be prepared and know your shit. No. 2 smile a lot and laugh a little. No. 3 know that your audience is (usually) pulling for you. No. 4 return to No. 1

[SI Collections Digitization @SIxDIGI]

We can’t 🐝-lieve it, but we’ve completed capture on our @SmithsonianDPO mass digitization project with @NMNH @NMNH_Entomology! 18,162 Bombus and 11,862 Xylocopa specimens (30,024 in total) in just 7 weeks of production! Thanks to everyone on the team for their great work!

[Rusty Russell @rustyrussell22]

@BortEdwards https://t.co/Dx9DTYfM2l