💡 Next up for #BMW2026Innovate: In this @americanscientist.org article, @amanatiala.bsky.social explores how scientists are using eDNA- collected from air, water, fur, & even bloodsucking leeches - to detect elusive wildlife without disturbing them! 🧪 🌍️

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Don't forget to post your solutions to our puzzle and word search for today - tag us to be entered into the daily raffle!

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💡 For today's theme - #BMW2026Innovate - we'll be highlighting cool tech & methods used in mammal-related work! First up: In 2025 Dr. Nyeema Harris & team used #DNA #metabarcoding to provide the first comprehensive survey of West African #lion parasites.🐛 🧪 🌍️

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It's time for announcing the giveaway winners, randomly chosen from all who've interacted with our posts today!

Tonight's giveaway prizes are: 2 sets of BMW stickers, 2 @browningtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams, & 1 BMW T-shirt! #BMW2026Innovate #BMW2026 #BlackSky

Tomorrow at 10 am PST we are collaborating again with @EBTSOYP.bsky.social to discuss mammals & birds with two field biologists! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And if you use any interesting tech to study mammals, make sure to share with #BMW2026Innovate #BlackSky

#BMW2026Innovate 💡 Dr. Tommy Parker used Anabat echolocation technology & global positioning satellites across 13 national forests to analyze #bat habitats to establish ecological baselines used to guide landscape scale management plans to fight white-nose syndrome in bats. #BlackMammalogists 🧪 🦇 🌎️

Today’s puzzles! #BMW2026Innovate

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Don’t forget to tag us if you complete a puzzle and get entered into a giveaway. #BlackSky

First day of #BlackMammalogistsWeek2026 means #BMW2026RollCall! Today we are highlighting the organizers and ANY Black person doing mammal-related stuff, be it art or research, writing or conservation! If that's YOU, tag us & we'll share your info! #BlackSky

A PREVIEW OF THE VIRTUAL EVENTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK for #BlackMammalogistsWeek2026 🥳

Traditional mobile telemetry systems require vehicle modifications. Dr. Tommy Parker developed a rooftop Detachable Mobile and Adjustable Telemetry System that allows antenna control from inside the vehicle without permanent modifications—ideal for shared research vehicles! #BMW2026Innovate 🧪 🐾

Corina Newsome, an avian ecologist at @nwf.org, used a modified Hunt Trap to monitor mammalian predator activity & diversity in salt marshes. She faced cameras toward the ground, elevated them on PVC to avoid high tides, & used fish scents to draw mammals in. #BMW2026Innovate #BlackMammalogists🧪

🐘 💡 Trust, treats, and a whistle! I’m Alexis Jones, a mammal keeper at Zoo Atlanta. I use a whistle to mark successful behaviors during positive reinforcement training, helping elephants and meerkats voluntarily participate in daily care and health exams. #BMW2026Innovate #BlackMammalogists 🧪 🌍️

@dnlee5.bsky.social is a Mammalogy Professor. She & her students use motion-activated game cameras to study small mammals, which normally can’t be detected by these cameras. They make pass-through arenas from buckets, pointing the lens down to capture images & videos of field mice. #BMW2026Innovate

WEDNESDAY: #BMW2026Innovate

Innovation in thought, method, & tech drives our understanding of mammals! With Cesar Estien & Julian Nesbitt learn how similar mammals & birds are. You'll see mammals differently!

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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!