🔊New paper: coral reef #fish #calls exhibit consistent acoustic characteristics across different bioregions! #bioacoustics @timlamont.bsky.social @profstevesimpson.bsky.social @andyradford.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/rem...

Congratulations to @sharkslikejazz.bsky.social for leading this collective analysis of coral reef soundscapes, building a universal songbook for the tropics. Valuable guide for #ecoacoustic biodiversity surveys. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... @timlamont.bsky.social @andyradford.bsky.social

🌟Huge CONGRATULATIONS to @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social who has won the @asab.org Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator. 🤗 Research on social evolution and what links climate & cooperation in a changing world, using #wasps as models. #worthywinner #ECR #proud

Sad to be missing the #ASABWinter2025 @asab-meetings.bsky.social conference this week, but two postdocs that may interest ASAB members:

Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly theconversation.com/friendship-i...

Thanks to Rosa Vásquez Espinoza for bringing "The Spirit of the Rainforest" to our @bristoluni.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social MSc Science Communication for a Better Planet Christmas Lecture. Stunning combo of biochemistry, traditional medicine, conservation, indigenous wisdom & spirituality

Covid 2020: The year of the quiet ocean Imagine an ocean without noise pollution. The pandemic gave a rare opportunity to listen to the ocean, and we were ready! Fabulous article by #FrankieAdkins for #BBC_EARTH covering our work in the #IQOE community: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

WHALES! Excited to see the latest Usborne Beginners book is out in time for Christmas. Great honour to contribute into these wonderful books as scientific consultant. As a boy growing up in London, I know I would have spent days and days in my local library discovering the wonders of the deep.

Bahr al-Hayat ("Sea of Life") is out! – immerse yourselves for 11 mins of hope... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8z... Congratulations to our PhD, Research MSc and MSc Science Communication for a Better Planet students for producing this stunning film, showcasing our valued collaboration with #HEPCA

Thanks to @hugotagholm.bsky.social and all @oceanauk.bsky.social and @oceana.bsky.social for curating a fabulous gathering at the @royalsociety.org of ocean advocates, scientists and conservationists. Plenty of powerful and hopeful messaging, including from #BaronessJennyJones and #LizzieDaly

Thanks to #ProfPeteFalloon @metoffice.gov.uk for hosting our wonderful @bristolbiosci.bsky.social MSc Science Communication for a Better Planet students. Great to hear from the #KnowledgeIntegrationTeam, @stottpeter.bsky.social & #JenniferWeeks, and visit @alexdeakin.bsky.social in the weather room

Well we went early with this year's research group Christmas Symposium, and what a superb collection of talks and films from a wonderfully talented collection of MScR, PhD & Postdocs! Great to mix wasps, birds, mammals with our fish & corals thanks to @andyradford.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy

A brilliant afternoon #symposium and evening of #fun with the best #researchgroup in the world (I may be slightly biased!). Fantastic talks from everyone; interesting discussions; great food; laughter throughout. What more could you want? @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @profstevesimpson.bsky.social

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social on tour at the #ClovellyHerringFestival. Great food, stunning choral music, mulled cider, and a cheeky dip in the sea with #HugoHarrison and #ShelbyTemple

Fabulous evening with #SophieLewis #WorldCetaceanAlliance, @tommustill.bsky.social & #LukeMcMillan @whalesorg.bsky.social exploring the past, present & HOPEFUL future for humpback whales (and their cousins!). Thanks to Rob Hutchins (@oceanographicmag.bsky.social) & #Finisterre for hosting

Delighted to support the amazing #PratchayaPhinthong with his #PhuketBiennale2025 installation. Our collaboration took us to meet the Moken people, capture video and audio at degraded inshore and also pristine Surin Island reefs to bring to the installation, and build a restoration reef of hope!

Two great opportunities to join a wonderful team working on the business of marine restoration...

Keeping it cruisy gives reef residents space to hear! Our latest paper, led by @sharkslikejazz.bsky.social, explores how motorboat noise can be minimised by adopting sensible cruising speeds around coral reefs: doi.org/10.1121/10.0... @sophienedelec.bsky.social @andyradford.bsky.social

Thanks to ‪@alteredstatetalks.bsky.social‬ for sharing the podcast of our recent event (www.alteredstate.org.uk/podcast), supported by #FUTURES Festival of Science, superbly hosted by #MirandaKrestovnikoff. The next event THIS THURSDAY looks fascinating: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/hen...

Imagine choosing where to live for centuries when only 2 days old! How do free-swimming coral larvae detect their environment, and how are they wired to choose a suitable home? Find out with this fabulous PhD opportunity with @venky-vnm.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

Huge thanks to #Life'sABeach for enabling our @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 1st Year #BeachClean. >200 students collected >57 kg litter, including lego, shotgun cases and >30 shark/ray egg cases. All data uploaded to @mcsuk.bsky.social & #SharkTrust. Blog here: www.lifesabeach.org/back-with-br...

Looking for a PhD that combines global food security, climate change and environmental protection? Then read on... The amazing #JoleahLamb is joining us in 2026 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social. You can join too with this exciting fully-funded PhD opportunity: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

❓ Want to join us? 📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates 🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork 👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy 🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🙏Share widely

Why is hiking in a zebra onesie a smart move if you want to avoid being devoured by flies? And why are skunks more stripy in predator-rich forests? Find out this, and more, from @bristolbiosci.bsky.social experts @drmartinjhow.bsky.social & Tim Caro on BBC CrowdScience: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

The PaddlePod: Sounds of the Reef - Top work by @gedwardsnature.bsky.social and @casey_sciencenature compiling the meandering river of conversation we shared on the River Avon. Two great series to paddle through... thepaddlepod.substack.com/p/sounds-of-... open.spotify.com/episode/5dOA...

Some amazing heroes of science celebrated this month in the foyer of our Life Sciences Building @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social. Wangarĩ Muta Maathai a particular favourite for building the Green Belt Movement that empowered women across Africa to engage in rewilding.

Inspired by this fresh perspective. Thanks @wanderinggaia.bsky.social for showcasing the best of migration, albeit often driven by the brutality of climate change. Loved your BBC Radical podcast with #AmolRajan: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thanks to #BearingFruit for the invitation to speak at the #SidmouthScienceFestival. Programme also included #MyOctopusTeacher screening and #TomMustill's "How to be a Whale". Heartening discussions on the legacy of #DrJaneGoodall and the importance of sharing #OceanOptimism to inspire #ActiveHope

Delighted to welcome our Y1 undergrads to the Uni of Bristol School of Biological Sciences. On retreat this week they forged new friendships over 22 activities, incl. pond dipping, woodland surveys, bat walks, and a mega Life’sABeach / Marine Conservation Society beachclean, removing 57kg of litter!