I’m really concerned about early career scientists using generative AI in writing, because writing is how we think and reflect. There’s almost nothing *more* human than that, and to give that gift away to a machine is almost unconscionable to me

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

New post: All The Things I Was Never Trained To Do. Which turns out to be a sneakily disguised meditation on what university education is for, and thus what university is, and what it isn't - despite the persistence of idiots who don't understand that!

Important thoughts about museums, extinct species, and all the biological diversity that is going extinct unnoticed (not even preserved as museum specimens)

Álvaro Pérez Gómez defendió ayer su tesis doctoral en la UCA. Ha sido fácil y fascinante trabajar con él; entre otras cosas, por su formación naturalista, que traía ya de su mentor desde pequeño: Íñigo Sánchez. Álvaro ha realizado este breve documental de su tesis: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpp...

Beetles have taken me a long way!

We have developed a new methodological framework to measure biodiversity. We focus on the uniqueness (or singularity) of biological communities and apply it to the GBF 30x30 target. If you only have 4:35 min, check the visual abstract to know a little bit more about it ☺️: youtu.be/dHMBhVJ8dns?...

Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales.

Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gracias al programa CICERON del @csic.es mi colega y amigo @oscar-godoy.bsky.social y yo coordinamos este itinerario que persigue acercar la conservación y restauración de la naturaleza a la sociedad. youtu.be/WlJCXlgp310?... gracias! @actisandres.bsky.social @clementealvarez.bsky.social

Hoy hay que leer esto con Serafín González y @xabiervp.bsky.social sobre el gran valor del matorral. Un hábitat, que en su versión "maleza", cada vez se parece más en boca de algunos al de "alimañas" para el mundo animal. www.eldiario.es/1_bfe5f5

Abstract submission for the meeting in Aarhus has been extended by one week! The new abstract submission deadline is 8 September. conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

🐝 A captura masiva da 'Vespa velutina' con trampas non selectivas mata tamén insectos polinizadores ⚠️ É urxente apostar por métodos de control sostibles Así o explican investigadores da Universidade da Coruña neste artigo de @es.theconversation.com

Esta semana os IPs @andresbaselga.bsky.social e #C.Gómez-Rodriguez imparten “Código para biólogos: introdución a R” Curso da #UniversidadeDeVerán no que guiarán aos asistentes na aprendizaxe de R desde as bases ata a súa aplicación no ámbito da bioloxía. @biogeography-usc.bsky.social @usc.gal

Aquí tedes a miña aportación ao debate dos lumes en @elpais.com elpais.com/espana/2025-...

Probably not the standard way of having fun at the beach, but I just had a lot of fun observing for the first time a new phylum (new for me, of course). The xenacoelomorph Symsagittifera roscoffensis. It has no digestive system, because it lives from its symbiotic algae (hence the green colour)

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿 Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network. Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

Frontiers of Biogeography (the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, now with an impact factor!) has recently published some cool papers. Check them out and consider publishing your work in our journal.

Exciting news! Our society journal has been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report for the first time, with an impact factor of 2.5! It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research! biogeography.pensoft.net

Mark Vellend has a new book, available for pre-order: "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More Than We Think, From Proteins to Politics". It looks interesting and VERY ambitious. Here's Mark's pitch for why you should read it: dynamicecology.wordp... 1/2

CRETUS organiza 3 cursos da #UniversidadeDeVerán: 🧫A bioloxía das pequenas e grandes cousas 10-12/06 ⚗️Química, a ciencia que envolve a nosa vida 10-12/06 🐛Código para biólogos: introdución a R 01-05/09 #JesusRomalde, #LIDSA, @biogeography-usc.bsky.social #FondosEuropeos www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...

Hoy cumplo un sueño: he publicado en 'Babelia', y sobre mi escritor favorito, Gerald Durrell. Leer a Durrell en un mundo de guerras, fascistas, mentiras y aranceles es descubrir, sonreír, emocionarte y sorprenderte. Es, por un rato, volver a ser un niño

Having fun watching the eclipse with a shoe box

📢📢Deixámosvos a ligazón da páxina web da plataforma onde se irán actualizando (na medida do posible) os buses dispoñibles para acudir á manifestación da Pobra do Caramiñal do sábado!! Comparte💚🙌 plataformaulloaviva.com/22-03-25-man... #altriNon

Una injustificable irresponsabilidad ctxt.es/es/20250301/...

Un fin de semana de rabia y preocupación nos ha hecho componer una especie de himno en defensa de la naturaleza gallega, un Altri NON apelando a la emoción. Sumando narrativas, estilos y voluntades contra un proyecto que no debe ver la luz youtu.be/tzb6GbHdVzQ?... #AltriNon #fernandovalladares

Recursos en castellano para ayudar al alumnado a utilizar R en estudios de diversidad biológica. Con un par de videos de iniciación para empezar

University Departments and Faculties of the three Universities in the region have formally endorsed the “Open Letter (Manifesto) Against Altri”, after holding official internal votes. This extraordinary alignment represents a historic act of collective academic dissent. Official Endorsements 👇🏽

The scientific community working in environmental and natural sciences has taken an unprecedented, united stand against a new macro-scale pulp mill in NW Spain. We voted against However, the regional government gave its green light last week. The scientists’ manifest: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...

TRIBUNA 🖋️ | "É urxente unha reflexión colectiva. Debemos pensar se o modelo forestal do eucalipto é a paisaxe que queremos", di Jaime Fagúndez, profesor na @udc.gal. Así o analiza en @es.theconversation.com, onde propón a renaturalización como alternativa 👇

Our article on the congruence between species abundance and genetic diversity in leaf beetles has been assigned to an issue in @ecography.bsky.social Paper: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Visual abstract in YouTube (with Abril's cute narration ☺️): youtu.be/8ALxwQ2e5-E?...

Investigadores de CRETUS do grupo @biogeography-usc.bsky.social publican un exhaustivo estudo sobre as lesmas Arion da Península Ibérica e as Illas Baleares e ademais describen dúas novas especies para a ciencia! 👏 👏@andresbaselga.bsky.social #C.Gómez-Rodriguez

Very happy to have contributed to this: Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian species of genus Arion. Genetic data derived from a very extensive sampling have proven very useful to solve problems not tractable with morphology, but only because we could rely on Prof. Castillejo's taxonomic knowledge!

En pdf: drive.google.com/file/d/1baWy... #AltriNon #fuckAltri

Of course many federal workers can just “find another job”. But the point is that the jobs we do are done for the *public good*. There are no private sector corollaries. We do things that are largely not profitable and that is on purpose. We do work that benefits everyone, if sometimes indirectly.

Hai non moito, en campaña, @anaponton.gal decía explícitamente que o BNG era feminista e ecoloxista. Do 1° 0 dúbidas. Do 2° pois acaba de perder unha boa ocasión para demostralo. Tamén para amosar q a súa acción política guíase pola mellor ciencia dispoñible Rectificade, por favor

Our students are great! Look what they made! The Biology building looks cool and it also shows that we are against the project of a huge paper mill in Galicia. It will be a disaster for biodiversity. #AltriNON —- Nuestra facultad viste sus mejores galas contra Altri. Obra de arte del alumnado 🙌🏽

Online now: Questioning the sixth mass extinction

Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, who wrote one of the most poetic lines ever dropped in scientific writing: "There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

Today, is the 216th anniversary of the birth of Charles #Darwin, a day to celebrate Darwin, natural selection and #evolution. Let's celebrate with a bit of (much needed) music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry7N... Happy #DarwinDay!!!

We are very happy to be part of #CIGUSNetwork! 🪲 Biodiversity at @cretus.usc.gal cigus.gal/en/ “The CIGUS Network comprises 10 research centres. It’s a superstructure promoted by the Autonomous Government to strengthen and boost excellence in university research and drive progress in Galicia.”

🟣 No Día Internacional da Muller e a Nena na Ciencia, a USC reafirma o seu compromiso coa igualdade. Consulta aquí toda a axenda de actos 👇 #cienciaUSC #11FnaUSC #11F 🗞️ www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...

Happy #11F everyone! 🎉👩‍🔬 To celebrate, we’ve added a transcript of Carola’s talk on Maternity & Academia to our website—for those who prefer a quick read over a video. Check it out here, along with the video of her invited talk at WISE 2020 www.biogeography-usc.org/carola_wise.... @cretus.usc.gal

CRETUS súmase á conmemoración do #11F Día Internacional da Muller e a Nena na Ciencia e aproveita a ocasión para destacar o talento científico feminino que ten! @usc.gal #11F #11F2025 #mujeryciencia #mullereseciencia

@vozdegalicia.bsky.social, no es Bruselas IUCN la catalogó En Peligro Crítico hace 17 años, @icesmarine.bsky.social lleva 3 años aconsejando el cierre de la pesquería, el Comité Científico de @miteco.gob.es pide su protección (sigue) www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/somo...

This means these fauna, mostly soft corals, likely have a lower recolonisation capacity to the impacts of Deep-Sea Mining than we previously thought. But we need more knowledge on life-history traits, larval typologies & behaviour in abyssal seascapes to fully understand these processes!

Do abyssal species that grow on polymetallic nodules have more restricted dispersal than fauna not depending on this resource? Contrasting distance-decay patterns in community similarity across the NE Pacific basin suggest they do! See our new study doi.org/10.1111/geb.... on time for #17DSBS!

Scientists developed the first climate models in the late 1960s (for which the Nobel Prize in physics was recently awarded!). How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:

🐛As comunidades de invertebrados son menores nas plantacións de eucaliptos Un estudo da @uvigo.bsky.social analiza os efectos no solo destes cultivos da especie foránea. Contámosche os detalles neste artigo 👇