Jeff Grant

​The @mortonarboretum.bsky.social NSF REU program ​is open for summer 2026! $7500 stipend + housing / travel. Apply by 31 Jan 2026 and share with your networks!

Details at ​​https://mortonarb.org/science/opportunities-in-science/research-experiences-for-undergraduates-program/

Sandhill cranes on the move.

Trout are hatching. Can’t wait to see how much they grow over the Thanksgiving break.

The quantity of starlings perched on the power lines off I-88 was stunning. I’d like to think the slow traffic was because everyone was watching the murmuration like me…but I doubt it.

Just started The Year Science Changed Everything by Mark O’Connell. One of the three author/presenters that will be at our teacher conference in February. Tinyurl.com/ClimateOfHOPE2 We will have over 30 presenters for an exciting action packed day.

A great morning smashing pumpkins and sending them to compost instead of a landfill. @downersgrovenorth.bsky.social

The colors today were beautiful.

What US school kids are learning about climate – DW – 10/31/2025 As the long arm of the fossil fuel lobby enters the classroom, some US science teachers are finding their job requires more than simply imparting knowledge and wisdom.

A podcast that I did an interview for got turned into an article. www.dw.com/en/what-us-s.... @melissaarctic.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social were also a big part of this great discussion on the importance of climate change education.

“Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life” Belk Lecture

I'm honored to be giving the Ethel Belk Lecture at @miamiuniversity.bsky.social, 7 p.m. on Weds, Nov 6. It is a public lecture, so please join us if you can! It is also live-streamed if you can't make it in person. Either way, I hope to see you... details below:

events.miamioh.edu/event/copy-o...

It was such a pleasure to help @ncse.bsky.social with the evolution symposium. Always a good time sharing my love of evolution with other science teachers. Better yet was meeting the scientists that made the discoveries I talk about in class!!!! @nabtbio.bsky.social

@evoexplorer.bsky.social absolutely crushing his presentation on microsafari. @nabtbio.bsky.social A privilege to call this talented man my friend.

My colleague AP bio teacher @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social in @science.org (10/9/25), on the now-shuttered climate.gov: "I always provide [students] with the latest research."

By contrast, Donald Trump on climate change: "the biggest con job ever perpetrated." Plus side? Jeff is the one teaching.

Woolly bear time!

So cool! “Hard-skin” what forms them? Is it a fungus or bacteria interaction?

Downers Grove N AP bio students collecting data in the bur oak common garden experiment, asking: what traits vary betw OK, MN, and IL plants? What traits are correlated? Do gall wasps of 5 spp have preferences?

A great start to the semester!

@jeffgrantscience.bsky.social @cavenderg9.bsky.social

So much good out of this partnership. I wish all teachers could be as fortunate as I am to work with brilliant scientist like you.

I'm very happy to have this article published in The American Biology Teacher w/ @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social & colleagues, conveying lessons learned in 12 years co-mentoring high school AP bio students in practices of plant biodiversity research.

Please share!

online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/...

Beautiful pictures. I love the Virginia waterleaf. The patch in my backyard is blooming as well.

A cute little veery visited the yard this evening. #birds among the native plants

Trout are just about ready to find their new home in Lake Michigan.

House wrens are getting active in the backyard. #birds

This has been a fantastic evolution unit. An amazing guest speaker @prosanta.bsky.social and some inquiry labs @ncse.bsky.social have made teaching exciting. I also feel that kids are really having a great time learning!

Happy Earth Day from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! 30% off selected books (including Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and teh Tree of Life) w/ promo code EARTHDAY30.

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That would be great thank you.

Cardinal and an Eastern Towhee through the binoculars. Still learning to develop a good technique.

I'll be giving a free public lecture tonight at 6:30 p.m. for the Botanical Club of Wisconsin. The lecture is online and open to anyone; join us at the zoom link below if you're interested in learning more about oaks!

16 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM Central Time (US / Canada)

uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91623580182

A little shakey because I tried filming through binoculars, but that is a kinglet in a hackberry tree

Ah spring beauty :) one of my favorites

Trout are getting huge!

Illustration of magnificent creatures held captive in cart cages in a miserable midnight carnival from the cartoon movie The Last Unicorn.

The "de-extinction" concept is so bereft.
The same bereft sadness for the Lonesome Georges & that last Thylacine at the Hobart Zoo.
Extinction is FOREVER.
Splicing ghost genes into other species doesn't change that.
Just making lonely mutants.
Like the midnight carnival in the Last Unicorn.