Lisa Whitenack, PhD

Gearing up for #SICB 2027 in January? Be sure to put this on your schedule: S4 Building the bridge between extinct and extant #biology Organized by : @whitenacklab.bsky.social , & more read more & register cf23.xcddev.com/sicb/program... #conferences #academia #PhD #scientists

CSUN Biology seeks a "Bird or Mammal Biologist" studying extant, non-model birds or mammals, and having experience in collections management, to teach Avian Ecology and/or Mammalogy and help steward our natural history collections (showy examples pictured) careers.pageuppeople.com/873/nr/en-us...

This is a fun thread! The red tailed hawk screams always make me twitch

Well this is just a delightful thing to play with!

GET READY 🥳 Next week #BlackMammalogistsWeek2026 begins! Here's a quick rundown of the many cool and informative events happening from Oct. 11th - Oct. 17th. Giveaways, panels, another drawing workshop, all culminating in our in-person event at NHMLAC in LA on Friday! Join us in the fun!

Peter is a fantastic scientist, and more importantly, a fantastic person. Learn a bit more about him in this piece. 🐠🐟

🚨 Vertebrate paleo job alert!!!!

🪸Hi, Friends!🪸 A great way to support CM *and* beautify your home is through the purchase of our photographic prints 📸 Below is a close-up of a Portuguese Man O War 🪼 Browse this print and many more selections @ coralmorphologic.bigcartel.com/category/pho...

Huh. It almost like the “there are more men named Mike than women featured in Shark Week” finding from our paper isn’t an isolated thing. </sarcasm>

Autumn is here, which means cat snuggles, warm fuzzy blankets, and trying to crochet my first sweater. For the second time. The first try was a mess, and I turned it into a cowl.

Woot! My kids’ band did great! And the rain held off until all bands were done. Bonus image: my oldest kid designed the show shirt this year. They’re a fantastic artist and looking to major in art in college next year.

Fintastic news for northern cod!

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

It’s been a busy month! Taking kid 1 to visit colleges, learning how to be an associate provost, band season is full swing… Took a much needed art break this evening to keep working on this puffer linocut 🐡

#SICB Members! The #Education Council of SICB is hosting a #workshop to get your course into gear! Dana Orbach Amanda Chicoli Ph.D. @billryerson.bsky.social & Stephen Ferguson will be featured. Simply sign up at: tinyurl.com/sicbedcouncil1 #academia #professors #scientists #biologists

Whelp, it’s that time of year again. The time where I have to once again remind people: that the giant shark known as Megalodon is super extinct and has been for several million years. Yes, we know for sure. Yes, the ocean is really big. But our current ecosystem cannot sustain it.

www.cracked.com/article_3616... Love this Cracked article about my research with @whitenacklab.bsky.social @drcatmac.bsky.social

Let’s gooooooo

We have a visiting teaching line in the Biology Department at the University of Tampa. We are hiring soon so apply now if you are interested: #academicsky

Excellent thread summing up this neat paper

Chaco is a beautiful, culturally important site - like so many of our National Parks sites! - and is in the crosshairs. Info on how to make your voice heard is below.

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

Seriously, it takes about 1 minute. You can spare that. Link below.

#SICB & all other #academicsociety members If allowed to go into effect, the changes the #OMB is proposing will seriously harm the American #scientific research . www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... read www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea... & comment by 7-13 www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

I've been doing sexual harassment and assault research and advocacy work since 2012. If there's one thing people need to understand is that everything, literally everything, is stacked against the victim. Every one who comes forward risks their reputation, identity, safety, and more. 1/2

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 11 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/R83IO

On May 29, the OMB released: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... Among many other things, it would Give #political appointees veto power over peer review... comment period closes July 13, 2026. Your voice matters. Comment directly www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... #science #biology

Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000

Really excited to share that Chris Martinez & my paper on ecological, functional, & evolutionary diversity produced by novel jaw joints in fishes is out at@evojlinnsoc.bsky.social! We show how modulation of these new joints can produce a wide range of functional opportunities doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Folks interested in sharks will want to tune to the New England Aquarium's Lowell lecture series. Tonight's speaker is @ingridhyrycena.bsky.social, talking about #shark and #ray #conservation in #Brazil. Watch the live stream, or If you're in Boston, attend. support.neaq.org/site/Calenda...

Completed a new to me art form - Kinusaiga! I found a photo of a whale shark and based the pattern on that. This is done insulation foam with fabric from my stash. No sewing- just tucking the edges into grooves I cut into the foam.

🎉Save the date! Black In Neuro Week 2026 is July 27–Aug 2. We're celebrating our 6th annual BIN Week with returning favorites like #NeuroRacism, #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora, and #BINRollCall plus a brand new theme: #BlackInTime. ✨ 🧠 #BINW26 #AReimaginedFuture

We're hiring! 🐟 Assistant Curator of Ichthyology This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 🔸 Full info: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/caree... 🔸 Apply via @ufl.edu: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/54... 🔸 About the Dept. of Natural History, Florida Museum: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/

Field School is the best!!

Nope, nothing to see here. <stuffs hands in pockets, whistles as she leaves>

Found this nugget of joy at a local antique/thrift store. The label says “creepy fish taxidermy”. It did not come home with me, only because I couldn’t figure out what I would do with it or to whom I would gift it.

My cheeks hurt from smiling with joy! The Masters of the Universe movie was just the best for this Gen X kid who has MotU stuff all over her office. So many deep cuts!