This collaborative study between WashU Anthropology, Madagascar Flora and Fauna Group, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis Zoo, & the University of Antananarivo explores the genetic diversity of 2 Critically Endangered lemur species living in 2 forests in Eastern Madagascar.
🔬 Led by Dr. Patricia Mendoza, the research provides valuable insights to inform current and future conservation actions for populations facing fragmentation and isolation—especially efforts aimed at maintaining genetically viable populations.
🌿 We’re Hiring!
Join the Living Earth Collaborative as a Project Coordinator and help advance our mission.
✨ If you have experience in LEC's pillar areas and love collaboration, apply today!
👉 Link in bio or bit.ly/LEC_Job#hiring#Jobs
New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎
We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.
Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand.
🔗artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/p…
🎉 New publication from LEC post-doc alum and Biodiversity Fellows #ManuscriptMonday
Amazonian and Andean tree communities are not tracking current climate warming | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
Learn about how Missouri Botanical Garden's Madagascar Programme is supporting both sustainable livelihoods and a healthy ecosystems . Read all about it in this article by The Guardian theguardian.com/saving-land-…
The socioeconomic and racial dividing line known as the Delmar Divide separates people, and new research suggests it also segregates wildlife.
In this @STLonAir episode: How politics have shaped the genealogy — and even evolution — of St. Louis squirrels: stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-t…
📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen
🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV#UrbanBiodiversity#Evolution@Nature
“War, politics & religion can shape the evolution of urban wildlife” — Dr. Elizabeth Carlen (Living Earth Collaborative) outlines how human culture and conflict act as evolutionary forces within our cities.
Read more: theconversation.com/war-poli… via @ConversationUS
Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations.
Big thanks to @TheWCS for organizing this informative & timely symposium.
#onehealth | @ICCB2025
#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane!
This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development.
LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!
At @iccb2025.? Stop by booth 4! We’d love to learn about your work and share about our work combining the research power of academia, botanical gardens and zoos.
#iccb2025
We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology!
Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag! #ICCB2025