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Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️... Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong... 🌐 🦑🧪 🧵⬇️

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Dieser Denkfehler könnte jetzt echt Wellen schlagen, weil Merz am Sonntag ein Sondertreffen dazu plant, wie die Union in Zukunft mit der AfD umgehen soll. #noafd #Brandmauer #Merz

Last chance to apply for this exciting job opportunity in our International Conservation Science team Applications close Monday 20th Oct 🌍🧪

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🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Bioacoustics Winter School - January 2026 Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇 www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...

#GEOMARJobs | We are hiring! 🌊 Doctoral researcher (m/f/d) in Marine Data Science in the project "Applying inverse reinforcement learning to understand what motivates individual fish movement" 🔗https://www.geomar.de/en/karriere/open-positions

Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Get in touch if you want to know more

Full-time, permanent Lectureship in Forestry or Agroforestry at Bangor University, which has an excellent reputation in forest sciences. jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Please share! We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates! Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...

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Please share. We are hiring domestic/international #PhD students to work on citizen science, insect migration/conservation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.

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🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy APPLY NOW 👇

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🧪 Great to see our students being supported in their research that aims to have a positive impact on the local community 👏 funded by Bangor City Council 🎉 Congrats to you all! @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social @bangoruniscience.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social

We’re hiring! 🌊💼 Join our Operations team at our waterfront location in #Plymouth, where you'll be central to supporting us as a destination for #MarineBiology research & discovery. 🐟 Aquarium & Research Facilities Technician 🌊 Site Services Coordinator More info: mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....

Beautiful images and videos of the marine wildlife on and around #Anglesey, in Welsh #YnysMon by @tomjwebb.bsky.social Lucky to live and work there. The lab at the doorstep #rockyintertidal #marinelife #seabirds @beps-bangor.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑

Artificial light, together with urban heat, may be lengthening the growing season in urban environments by as much as three weeks compared to rural areas, according to an analysis published in Nature Cities. go.nature.com/4e7pQwO #urbanag 🧪

‘A small but mighty program’: little-known US light pollution 💡agency threatened by Trump 🍊 funding cuts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com 🌐🧪

Do you want to know about past, present, future of rocky shores? ➡️ shorturl.at/WSeZb We revisited 25-year predictions made in 2002 by Thompson et al, assessed where we are now & forecast the next 25 years 🧪🌐🌊🐙 Huge team effort 🙌 ⬇️... @louisefirth.bsky.social y.social @benthicecol.bsky.social

Our new forum piece is out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social 🥳 We argue that existing & expanding regulations to protect specific animal groups from light pollution 💡 (e.g. bats 🦇 marine turtles 🐢 insects 🦋) might co-protect many other organisms ... doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🔓🧪

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For many marine species, all we have is a name. Now, thanks to a huge effort led by @drcraigmc.bsky.social, for 85,000 species we have body size as well. Version 1 of the MOBS database is published today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Enjoy! 🌐🧪

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇 shorturl.at/wijEq Would appreciate a re-post!

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🗞️Our Summer 2025 newsletter is OUT! 🗞️ Check out our latest election results, upcoming council positions, a recap of #ASABSpring2025, a call out for comments on ethical guidelines, editor opportunities at #AnimalBehaviourJournal, and more! www.asab.org/newsletters

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Great opportunity if you’re a grad student interested in animal migration 🪶🧪🌍

🌊🌈 Sea ice loss changes the colours of life underwater A new study shows that melting sea ice narrows the range of underwater light, shifting it toward blue. This reshapes the 'light niches' for marine algae – favouring different species and pigments. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🧪 #SciComm

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Last week we talked to some Alberta gardeners about "Moon Meadows" and "Bat Gardens"! See our "Bat-friendly Communities Guidebook" for plants native to the prairies. Choose plants native to your area that are fragrant in the evenings. Avoid pesticides & keep your garden dark.🦇🌎

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Started day 2 at #biologists100 conference with excellent plenaries on climate change and biodiversity by HO Pörtner Bremen/ @awi.de & J Francis @bas.ac.uk 🌐🧪🌊

📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!

Exciting first day at 🧪 #biologists100 conference in Liverpool Last presentation in the theme experimental biology, climate change and biodiversity gave a great example how to combine mechanistic with large scale mesocosm experiments Poster 236 if you’d like to chat about biological rhythms 😉 🌐

Don’t forget about the available incentives for travel to our Biologists @ 100 conference: Up to £150 for international train journeys and a prize of £700 in our sustainable travel blog competition. Find out more at 100yearsconference.biologists.com/sustainability #biologists100

Looking for a PhD position, and interested in in 2nd generation restoration considering genetic factors in seagrasses (aka assisted evolution)? - still 10 days left to apply!