A fascinating paper, and one worth reading as we enter a period likely to see accelerated spread of malaria back into areas from which it had been eradicated.

ABSTRACTS OPEN! We have an incredible line up for our Avian Disease Ecology conference next year. This is such an exciting field right now - if you’re working on avian pathogens, parasites, AMR, immunity, or non-infectious disease (pollutants, etc) then consider submitting an abstract!

Happy day Mother Earth 🌎 💚

📢CALL FOR COLLABORATION📢 My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica! If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre. #TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur

Many rangers work under sustained pressure, with repeated exposure to trauma, long absences from family, and little access to mental health care. #conservation #rangers

Nature knows how to make an hour count. ⌛ In one week, it's our turn. This #EarthHour, 28th March, switch off for our world. 🌍

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering grants of €10,000–€12,000 to 3–4 media organizations in low- & middle-income countries to boost biodiversity reporting. ✍️ Applications close March 28, 2026. Learn more with @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/opportunitie...

Preserved in the Marine Organisms Collection at the Charles Darwin Research Station, these specimens are windows into the ocean of the 19th century. 📖 Read the blog here: www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

‪Tell me the truth...I'm ready. New IPBES report finds that $220 billion were directed to conservation & restoration of biodiversity in 2023... yet $7.3 trillion flowed toward subsidies that directly harm nature. IPBES Business & Biodiversity Assessment www.ipbes.net/business-imp... @ipbes.net

Restoring traditional herding practices in northern #Botswana has led to a huge decrease in cattle predation + retaliatory lion poisonings. More #lion cubs are now surviving, with the lion population in northern Botswana up 50% over the past 4 years. #conservationoptimism

Is #AI turning grant evaluation into a lottery? 🎲 The 2025 generative AI improvement coincides with ~20% of proposals scoring >95% in EU #MSCA call. We’ve reached "excellence saturation." Time to rethink funding? 👉 doi.org/10.31222/osf... w/ @birder158.bsky.social #MetaScience #AcademicSky

New 2026 paper led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, @kruthsatz.bsky.social & I in @conphysjournal.bsky.social show studies on embryos make up <10% of conservation physiology studies, highlighting a major blind spot in predicting vulnerable life stages to climate change. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders. He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels." #COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Book review 📚 Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix go.nature.com/4oJQAra

There is one point of agreement among both enthusiasts and sceptics: the future has already arrived go.nature.com/48M5Xuu

For the first time, microbes are part of global conservation efforts. 🌍🧫 The IUCN’s new Microbial Conservation Specialist Group— including @symbionticism.bsky.social —aims to protect the unseen majority of life on Earth. Read more: www.psu.edu/news/eberly-...

Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!

Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:

Indigenous Peoples make up less than 5% of the world’s population, yet they protect significant amounts of global biodiversity. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

A postdoc position working on marine phage - please share widely!

We're hiring an assistant researcher for the Retraction Watch Database. Find out more here:

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜 I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology! 📍 Nottingham, UK 📅 6–8 April 2027 🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe Please share widely! #BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

The ocean forecast is in… and it’s alarming. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are pushing our ocean to the brink. Protecting it means protecting all life on Earth. Join our #WorldOceanDay call for greater efforts to #SaveOurOcean. www.unep.org/topics/ocean...

The Amazon rainforest may hold the title of my favorite place on Earth, but my admiration for the marine environment runs just as deep. A world that amaze me! Just take a look at this magnificent eagle ray I encountered at Galapagos National Park. Isn’t nature incredible? 🌊💙 #HappyWorldOceanDay

Last week, I returned from an inspiring workshop about communication and using large language models (LLMs) in research. We had enriching discussions with a diverse group of researchers about the pros and cons of using LLMs. It was an excellent environment for sharing ideas and mutual growth. 🫶

An emerging fungal infection is endangering bats in America https://go.nature.com/450a44e

I want to share my first post, along with some pictures from my fieldwork. A year ago, I returned from the final field season for my PhD. This project began with my master’s thesis, where I proposed a project to investigate the egg and hatchling microbiome of the yellow-spotted Amazon turtle 1/3