Sarah Lower

evolutionary biologist, toddler mom, hiker of high places, chaser of bugs

[Science Friday @scifri]

Researchers used citizen science observations and machine learning to understand where fireflies are and what they need to thrive.

@seslower from @BucknellU joins us to discuss ways to protect fireflies.

https://t.co/AbtLZMgXa9

[Mike Ferlazzo @MikeFerlazzo]

I really enjoyed seeing @BucknellU Professor Sarah Lower (@seslower), #biology, and the students who assist her in her research on #fireflies featured in this story in @TheAtlantic. https://t.co/psZCtD8hop

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

My favorite comic @xkcd is about my favorite critter today! What a lovely way to wake up! Also - truth - need flash patterns to ID a lot of these species - can't get those during the day!!! Panel 1 especially familiar to my research assistants #FIREmones

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Daytime Firefly https://t.co/USTbpH11NT

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

Come join us! Love this department!
https://t.co/ehk5kfF4vE

[Global Center for Species Survival @ProtectSpecies]

Love #fireflies? If you'd like to learn more about them, we encourage you to join our Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator Sérgio Henriques on Saturday, July 15 in Kankakee Sands. This @Nature_Indiana event is open to the public, but you need to RSVP. https://t.co/FdyaxwGsty

[Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @MartineBotany]

Lower Lab led a great night of firefly education this week, too. Learned a bunch and got to experience a pretty awesome storm with a bunch of other nature nerds.

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

@josh_sokol does it again! Thank you for highlighting these wonderful creatures and the people who are passionate about them!

[Sara Lewis @silent_sparks]

In celebration of World Firefly Day, lab-reared aquatic #fireflies are helping to restore Bangkok’s ailing firefly populations ✨💚

Project lead & 📷 by Dr. Anchana Thancharoen @kasetsart_ku
@IUCNssc @IUCNFireflies @ProtectSpecies

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

Across the season, there are at least 13 light-using firefly species around the site of the PA Firefly Festival. At the festival this year, this brilliant crew is ready to tell you all about the ones that DON'T light up. #teamFIREmones ⁦@BucknellU⁩

[Dino Grandoni @dino_grandoni]

In non-SCOTUS news, if you need some, read this from me on fireflies 🔥🪰
🟡why they're disappearing — almost 1 in 3 (!) in the U.S. & Canada may be threatened with extinction, according to one estimate
🟡and what you can do about it
https://t.co/PalOhdNeoY

[Bucknell University @BucknellU]

Sarah Lower, professor of biology at #Bucknell, was a guest on the Just the Zoo of Us podcast to chat fireflies and provide some tips for enjoying a summer bioluminescent picnic! 💡🔶🔷 #rayBucknell

Learn more about Lower's work at Bucknell. ➡️ https://t.co/9AxCQyB7yx

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

Thanks for coming out and sharing the wonders of fireflies with us! #lightsoutforlightningbugs @JasonNark @LowerLab @BucknellU

[Jason Nark @JasonNark]

Seeing less lightning bugs? Researchers say development, light pollution, and pesticides may all be playing a part in the global decline of fireflies. I wrote about them in Pa. for the @PhillyInquirer

https://t.co/7VfWpg1ysu

[Smithsonian NMNH @NMNH]

Fall 2023 paid #SciCom internship opportunity @nmnh!

If you love interviewing scientists and writing about 💎🌋☄️🌸🌷🍃🌳🐟🐠🍤🐋🦖🦕🦇🦋🐝🦗🐞🕸🐻🦆🦅🦜🐨 🪨 apply by July 10. https://t.co/Q2EBh1Y55F

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

Firefly science in ⁦@ThePAwilds! ⁦@BucknellU⁩

[Doug Collins @EarthMechanic]

Reminder that this workshop is accepting applications until July 1. If you’re looking toward a #faculty job at a research-active #PUI in the future, check this out!

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

We’re almost at the time when the blinking lights of our common firefly, the big dipper, will dot our evenings and beg a question — what do those flashes mean? https://t.co/DAde6OUF5g

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

I so look forward to getting these in my work mailbox. Now to claim my fav lunch spot and nerd out! Thank you anonymous gift giver!

[UGA Research @UGAResearch]

While butterflies might float in the wind and have very delicate wings, these insects are actually very resilient when it comes to a widely used class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids.

Read more about @UGAEcology’s latest discovery below.

https://t.co/1zF60nzQ7K | #UGA

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

My fav!!!!

[Sarah Lower @seslower]

Fireflies. *biased

[Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D @SarahMackAttack]

What's your favorite nocturnal animal that lives on land?

I'm working on my lectures for Life without Light now and I have so much to talk about but also I'm afraid I'm going to skip over some absurdly cool nocturnal animal ahhhhh!!!

(join here btw
https://t.co/lsKTBHCUBJ )