Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈
@ScrapNaturalist
Carnivores & conservation @ucsc @calacademy| SciComm @unitedtalent |Co-founder @BlkMammalogists | @NatGeo Explorer| @HyaenaSG|@SchmidtFellows|#BlackLivesMatter
Super excited for this- come stop by today! 🐾 #ScienceTwitter @NatGeo @InsideNatGeo
Don’t miss our @Reddit AMA with Nat Geo Explorer @ScrapNaturalist—today at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT—for a discussion on carnivores, conservation, and human-wildlife interaction! on.natgeo.com/3ZbPkR0
Ah, spring! Temperatures are warming, the birds are chirping, and large wildlife will soon be unwilling participants in your unflattering selfies.
new headshots from National Geographic Explorers Festival 🌿 thanks to Mark Thiessen 📸 and to Nova West for making me laugh 😋 @NatGeo @InsideNatGeo


What a fun group of urban ecologists I am lucky to work with! academic.oup.com/bioscience/adv…
🎉Excited to share our new publication, out now in Bioscience (@AIBSbiology): "Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions" Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs Thanks to Maureen Murray for leading us, and to rest of our amazing team!

Good news! The Humans and Hyenas Alliance has *finally* sourced a fantastic project vehicle that is relatively affordable, & we're in the process of purchasing it. 🥰 Bad news: I'll have to pay for ~1/2 of it out of pocket. Can you help offset costs? gofund.me/adcedcf0
Happy #Pride! Today’s #QueerIsNatural: common vampire bats 🦇🧛🌈, who have the strongest anticoagulationships 😉. check out my tiktok for more queer and misunderstood animals! tiktok.com/@thescrappynat…
occasionally trying to learn to paint stuff 🙃 i was trying to find something to paint in my favorite color (cerulean) and the Ulysses butterfly fit the bill

missing my dad today (and every day) hold your people close. ❤️

Check out my #coyote coexistence video collab with @calacademy 👀🐾👣
Assistant Professor @urbanschell and alums @ScrapNaturalist and Phoebe Parker-Shames recently spoke to @nytimes reporter @hknightsf about one of San Francisco’s most polarizing urban residents: coyotes. nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/…
It was great being part of this longform @nytimes article about the San Francisco coyotes- with @TaliCaspi @UrbanSchell & @phoebeparkers . Loren Elliott's photos are incredible! Check it out. nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/…
SF coyotes in the @nytimes! Featuring the most incredible photography by Loren Elliot. "After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain." nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/…
This @hknightsf tale of San Francisco coyotes is worth a click for the pics alone nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/…
so grateful to be at the opening @valkyries game 💜🎊👏🏽

Coyote discussion beginning now. #California #coyote
Speaking of coyotes, today’s CA Fish & Game Commission meeting will include an important discussion about the proposal to remove coyotes from the list of “non-game” wildlife, thereby ending indiscriminate killing of coyotes in CA. Attend the mtg virtually: fgc.ca.gov/Meetings/2025
📣Check out our coyote episode of @Radiolab For Kids (Terrestrials!). highlight: “behavioral flexibility” musicified! 😍😅 stay for the cute kid Qs at the end 🤗 @lmillernpr The Howler: The Dog Who Joined a Coyote Pack wnycstudios.org/story/the-howl… via @WNYCStudios
In undergrad, an NSF-funded program for URM students provided my first-ever research experiences (paid!) & kept me involved in science despite my financial hardships. Then the NSFGRFP provided critical support for me as a grad student. The NSF changed my life. What do we do?
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced. scim.ag/3F9BeuO
the Giant Dipper was more invigorating than expected 😅
