Limestone caves host unique ecosystems we’re only just starting to understand #science #wildlife 🧪🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How does one go about walking on water? The Jesus Christ lizard, a maestro of fluid dynamics, has some answers. Me in #Science Focus mag. And Apple News. 🧪🧪 #wildlife apple.news/AfXZFbzzlRsC...

Good news story

Oooh @jobrodie.bsky.social

There is nothing funny about bottom quarks. My thoughts on science communication for The Guardian #scicomm #science # 🧪🧪🧪 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of my fave studies - bees DON’T dance like noone’s watching. The quality of their dance, and its message, deteriorates when the audience dwindles. Les’s break dancing. More dad dancing. Me in BBC #Wildlife #science 🧪🧪 #bees #conservation www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

I think Storm Dave is more likely to be sitting in his underpants eating a jar of pickled eggs than he is to be causing havoc #stormdave

Hammerheads do the ‘thermal hustle’ which means they maintain peak hunting performance in temps outside their optimal thermal range. Super cool. Critically endangered. My story for BBC #Wildlife #science #scicomm 🧪🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Utterly fantastic…. #lepidoptera #science 🧪🧪

Monk parakeets are cheeky blighters & expert builders who build mahoosive, communal, car-sized nests at the top of utility poles. Not a problem if u like ur parakeets neon, but not great if u like ur power functional! Me in BBC #Wildlife again #science 🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Something a bit different from me. 60% of the world's freshwater flows through international borders, stoking tensions over how best to share it. I interviewed 2 inspirational scientists working on solutions to this problem. #science 🧪#water #rivers www.facultyforthefuture.net/testing-the-...

There’s a river in the Peruvian Amazon hot enough to make a proper cup of tea. Animals get boiled alive in it. It’s geologically unique, contains life that’s unique and is at risk from habitat destruction. Me in BBC #wildlife 🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...

A beautiful and deeply moving story. Sperm whale 'midwives' help pod members to give birth, physically supporting them and preventing the newborn from drowning. The video is well worth a watch. #wildlife #science 🧪🧪 bit.ly/4s3u9OS

Debate in the Pilcher house - should Ryan Gosling be forgiven for ‘that’ scene in #ProjectHailMary where he fails to balance the centrifuge properly? I say, inexcusable! Thoughts? 🧪🧪🧪 #science

My love letter to the moths of my garden and beyond... #teammoth #moths #science #wildlife 🧪🧪 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Genuinely the best statue ever

Top 5 animals that act like jerks by killing other animals when there is seemingly no need. Includes pet cats obvs, but also dolphins, orcas, wolves and… drum roll… midge larvae. Yes, really. Me in BBC #Wildlife mag 🧪🧪 #science www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Barrel sponge having a little underwater disco there….🧪🧪🧪

Last year 2.3 million viewers pressed the fish doorbell. This year the bell is back and it’s a strangely compelling watch #science #wildlife #fish #migration 🧪🧪🧪

Super cool stuff - the layers in turtle shells are a bit like tree rings and can be used to reconstruct past behaviour and environmental conditions. Me in BBC #Wildlife #science 🧪🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Ooh, this is fun. When presented with two different mating calls made by, say, a particular frog, humans and frogs tend to prefer the same one. Shared aesthetic preferences - what a wonderful notion. Click on the link and you can even listen to some of the sounds. #wildlife 🧪

In an inventive bid to boost numbers of the worlds rarest, fattest, least able to fly parrot, a researcher built a sperm-collecting helmet and allowed the bird to mate with her head. Too early for April fools. True I promise 🧪🧪#wildlife #kakapo www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

How do fireflies synchronise their light shows? It’s like being in a club when the DJ mixes in a new song, and everyone on the dance floor adjusts to the new beat. My piece in BBC #Wildlife 🧪🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Japan’s snow monkeys love a hot bath in a geothermal spring. It enhances social bonds, relieves stress AND it’s good for their health because it affects their parasitic micro beasties. My story fot #bbcwildlife 🧪🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

The new #moth trap season begins. 1st fella is Oak Beauty. 2nd is Early Grey. Interloper is a croc with a dog called Mabel attached #teammoth 🧪🧪🧪

Can our state of mind influence how long we live? A growing body of evidence says yes. Check out my new book, This Book May Cause Side Effects, to learn more 🧪 Published in May

They may be small but they travel far. A beautiful read on the migratory patterns of our vanishing insects 🧪🧪 #biodiversity #moths #butterflies www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great study on the use of humour in science. I’m all for it and include these skills when I teach sci comm. Plus, when you crack jokes at a conference, you get a better class of heckle! 🧪🧪🧪 bit.ly/419PLy6

Red kite with light bite www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Platypuses, those weird, egg-laying mammals have another odd string to add to their bow. Their pigment-producing structures are more bird- than mammal-like. In birds, this leads to iridescence, yet the platypus is brown. Brilliantly bizarre! In BBC #wildlife 🧪🧪 bit.ly/40Alusb

Please share far & wide - the bestest, most heart warming thing you’ll see all day. Kakapo-Cam - watch one of the fattest, greenest, least able to fly, most endangered parrots in the world care for her young. Thnx @digs.bsky.social #kakapo #wildlife 🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Don't get me started. Again. The answer is no. But whilst their attention-seeking hype makes me wince, they are doing some great work applying genetics to modern conservation problems. And here ends the micro rant. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Celebrating UK Mothering Sunday by sharing this - please enjoy a cup of tea and 5 minutes with kakapo mum Raikura as she cares for her chicks. #kakapo are the greenest, fattest, least able to fly, most endangered parrot in the world. Live webcam footage 247 www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...

More than a little in love with the coastal marten. Didn’t know about them until I wrote this piece, but can tell you they are alive and well in the forests of Northern California. Stunning camera trap footage and dna results 🧪 #wildlife #conservation www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Catzilla vs. the horizontal blinds Lily looks enormous next to the tiny car in the background. iPhone 6 photo from 2016. #Caturday #BlueSkyArtShow #horizontal #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJForJuxtaposition #ColorADay #GreenSat #SensoryArt #animals #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #cats

Whole families of elephants mine this cave in Kenya for the salt in the walls… while remaining blissfully immune to the Marburg virus carried by the cave’s resident bats. An extraordinary place tucked behind a waterfall #caving #elephants 🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...

One of the coolest birds I’ve written about. The look like they’ve been designed by Coco Chanel. They hang out in gangs like mods. And they build cosy egg hammock skyscraper cities. Meet the oropendola #bbcwildlife #birds www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Ethiopia’s urban scavengers are unlikely climate change heroes www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Which animal has the strangest pee, readers asked. No, not the river dolphin which practically pees on its own head. Not the male porcupine which wees on wannabe partners. Yes, the Angolan python - pellety pee w nanocrystals. For appreciating, not flushing away! apple.news/A1uutBrUdSUG...

Took my new book out for a little spin today at Warwick Arts Centre for Education in Action #nocebo #TBMCSE

Bigger trees = more diverse undergoing fungal ecosystems so protect big trees…the take home from this BBC wildlife story #fungi #wildlife www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/...

Reasons why whale sharks are cool: 1. Biggest fish in the sea. Boom! 2. Spots as unique as our fingerprints. Boom! 3. Cut through international waters like a knife through butter. My story for BBC Wildlife on why they need international collaborative conservation. Boom! #whaleshark bit.ly/4121Oxf

Can a human outrun a croc? My answer for BBC Wildlife includes the immortal words of Charles Darwin, ‘Never smile at a crocodile’ #wildlife #crocodiles www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

We get a lot of great questions at BBC Science Focus mag, including this one. Does my dog have ADHD? Answer - maybe something a bit like it. And i mean you, dog next-door, who stole 3 socks, 2 tea towels & a partridge in a pear tree from my house all in less than 5 mins apple.news/ACDeoCo38SXu...

Caterpillar conga

New book alert! ‘This Book May Cause Side Effects’ is the most personal, relevant and grown up thing that I’ve ever written. About how beliefs conjure symptoms & steal health. And how to be more well. Out UK, May 7. US, September. Nervous but excited. #thisbookmaycausesideeffects #nocebo

This is South Africa's Rising Star cave system, possibly the oldest known human burial site. Fun fact - one part is so narrow that any explorer must squeeze thru on their belly, w one arm pressed against the body, one stretched over the head - like superman. This bit is called Superman's Crawl!

Genome sequencing in 418 koalas from 27 populations across Australia shows that, though they still have low diversity due to past decline, there are clear signs genetic recovery is underway. Escaping bottlenecks: The demographic path to genetic recovery in koalas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🐨🧬😊🧪

Stunning!