Richard Rachman

The Walton family surely does

Annenberg* sorry I misspelled the rich persons name.

I'm so sad, none of my observations of invasive plants that have quickly colonized the "fungi treated soil" from ontop of the Annenburg Wildlife Crossing have gone Research Grade 😢

Made some friends while looking for pinyon pine nuts. Native bee and a jumping spider inside of pine cones.

LOL WHAT

I just sent earthworm specimens to a researcher in Canada from USA. I was told by FedEx that they weren't sending things to Canada. So I just did it through the US Postal Service. Did all the things, stated they were non commercial "insects" for science, filled out a customs form. Will they make it?

I'm also wondering if it impacts the endangered California dandelion, Taraxacum californicum, of which has habitat on the shores of Big Bear Lake. And thats not the only endangered plant in the area.

Cause they are pretty and there's lots of them 🥺🦂

Scorpions are kind of like plants if you think about it, kind of.

These weird scorpions i found on some really neat boulders at a desert spring in Owens Valley. Identified to Stahnkeninae but not beyond that...

You may want to list the salary or pay per hour on the document, though it does sound better than most other assistantships I've seen. BSU was about 30k a year and that wasn't for all PhD students, many recieved an abysmal 25k a year with barely any benefits.

I think a big part of that future needs to include water sovereignty, and getting water from sources that don't deplete outside ecosystems, like Owens Valley or the Colorado River.

Sheep moth on a sagebrush, group of sage grouse eating sagebrush, friendship and Red Dead Redemption cosplaying.

Black light scorpion, tiger lily, white light scorpion.

First monarch butterfly on iNatrualist from May 2025 to today in Bishop, CA. Seeming to nectar feed on some narrow leaf milkweed.

Took my non biologist boyfriend scorpion hunting, this is Paruroctonus becki.

I got to talk with my coworkers about one of my favorite books, A Field Guide to Desert Holes, and how I own a copy in my personal library. Today was a good day.

Rattlesnake avoidance with this knucklehead of a golden retriever this weekend.

This tiny scorpion is found crawling on a large boulder with orange lichen.

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Community science and iNaturalist gone... wrong? She used iNaturalist to find the mushroom locations for her murders.

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I found a moth, probably western sphinx moth.

If you dont have cones, how do you tell white bark pine and limber pines apart

Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line Despite the critical role of graduate students in the Canadian research ecosystem, students report high levels of financial stress. As a case study, we collected graduate minimum stipends and tuition ...

Canada Day spent, so far, tending to our yard, marvelling at a mouse, being proud of a new tomato flower, and making talk slides for our recent paper on Canadian graduate stipends, wondering what's next for Canadian science.

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The rare cloud
Makes magic
Under shrubs
And red pups
Craving life,
Adventure,
And spoils.

What I suspect is Lomatium rigidum, rigid biscuitroot. Locally endemic to the region. Giving strong holly vibes. Surrounded by woodrat poo.

Rare king mousetail, salt loving weirdo looking as octopus like as possible in a salty marsh.

Good news, I found 2 puppies to battle.

I sure got a pretty boy. Pic from the dog walker.

Sleepy bee in a rare Owens Valley checkerbloom.