Rob Puschendorf
@rpuschen.bsky.social
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Tropical biologist interested in conservation
Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...
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Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/books/paul-r-ehrlich-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻
3 months ago
‘tis the season to be aware of Christmas beetle decline. “Researchers point to several possible causes including drought, climate change and the loss of eucalypt forest and woodland habitats, which are essential for the beetles’ survival.” 🪲 🪳 🌏
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news...
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Where have the Christmas beetles gone?
Christmas beetles, once the glittering party crashers of Australian summers, are vanishing.
https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news/where-have-christmas-beetles-gone
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁
4 months ago
I’m going to LOVE adding this next part of the story to
#ZOO2700
in January!
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Jonathan Drury
4 months ago
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies:
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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Rob Puschendorf
School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth
4 months ago
The University of Plymouth is
#recruiting
a Technical Specialist (Skipper) to support teaching & research at our Marine Station Operate the 14m Falcon Spirit and small-craft fleet, ensuring safe, high-quality marine operations.
hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
#MaritimeJobs
#MarineScience
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Prof Martin Attrill
4 months ago
I really can’t fathom why COP30 didn’t deliver what was needed 🤔 (from
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
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School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth
4 months ago
We’re recruiting a Professor of Marine Technology & Autonomy at the
@plymuni.bsky.social
, to help drive and expand our new cross-disciplinary research centre,
#CMAST
, the Centre for Marine Autonomy, Maritime Cyber-Security and Technology.
#AcademicJob
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Yawako
4 months ago
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches. Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
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PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
https://yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
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Rob Puschendorf
Schmidt Ocean Institute
4 months ago
Skating into the weekend . . . like a cartilaginous fish! Related to sharks w/wings for hovering & flying over the seafloor & a long, whiplike tail for steering. We see them during ROV dives, burrowed into the sediment, utterly still until they can ambush their next meal. 235m
#Taleof2Canyons
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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec
5 months ago
[New Paper] Two shrimp species, Rimicaris loihi and R. cambonae, live side by side at hydrothermal vents — yet remain genetically distinct. Our genomic data and decadal sampling reveal insights on their demography and speciation! Out now in Molecular Ecology, OPEN ACCESS:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Zack Steel 🪶🦇🌲🔥
8 months ago
New research from our lab documents important drought impacts on desert bird communities in the SW United States 🌎🐦 25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness.
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Increased drought drives avian community declines in the warm deserts of the United States
The frequencies, intensities, and durations of extreme weather are increasing under climate change, furthering biodiversity loss. In the Southwestern …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320725004306
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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute
10 months ago
New PhD Studentship Opportunity! Work with
@exeter.ac.uk
and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) on this exciting project. The programme offers 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers.
@uniexecec.bsky.social
@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk
@sarahenelms.bsky.social
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Louise Firth
10 months ago
We are advertising a 28-mo postdoc on hybrid
#ecoengineering
in
#saltmarshes
@ University College Cork,
@ucc.ie
🇮🇪🇪🇺. Ref no 087274. EU &
@marineinst.bsky.social
funded BLUESHORES Project. State date: 1st Sept 2025. Salary: €45,847–€52,339. 🌱🌊🦀🐌 See link:
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
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George Monbiot
10 months ago
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
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Schmidt Ocean Institute
10 months ago
A sea star, despite a friendly-sounding name, is a carnivore that envelops prey—expelling a cardiac stomach from the center of its body to engulf & dissolve its meal into a gastric soup. Read full caption &
@echinoblog.bsky.social
paper on sea star predation here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DKcp9OB...
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School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth
10 months ago
Dr Thomas Murphy,
@plymuni.bsky.social
has written for
@uk.theconversation.com
about the most effective and sustainable ways to meet the growing demand for more forests.🍁🌍
theconversation.com/how-to-creat...
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How to create a thriving forest, not box-checking ‘tree cover’
The UK is set to plant 20 million trees to form a new ‘national forest’ in the west of England.
https://theconversation.com/how-to-create-a-thriving-forest-not-box-checking-tree-cover-254160
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁
10 months ago
🧪🪲🐞🗺️ 📢 a neat news piece from
@respublications.bsky.social
#RESEcolEnt
about the
@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social
led global
#meta-analysis
of
#elevation
&
#biodiversity
for
#beetle
#Coleoptera
families.
www.royensoc.co.uk/news/do-beet...
Read the paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/een....
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Do beetle families show a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation? - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society
Do beetle families show a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation? First published: 16 April 2025 A recent review article by Alexandre M. M. C. Loureiro and M. Alex Smith i...
https://www.royensoc.co.uk/news/do-beetle-families-show-a-common-pattern-of-taxon/
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What an honour, thank you 👍❤️👍❤️
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Mangrove Comeback: Restoring West Africa’s Coast Our new paper shows how hydrological repair and invasive grass removal successfully restored degraded mangrove communities in Benin achieving 90% survival over 2 years
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#mangroves
#restoration
#climateaction
10 months ago
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What an honour, thank you 👍❤️👍❤️
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10 months ago
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#home
, for a bit
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Article Spotlight: Future climate-driven habitat loss and range shift of the Critically Endangered whitefin swellshark Cephaloscyllium albipinnum | PeerJ Blog
https://peerj.com/blog/post/115284890317/article-spotlight-future-climate-driven-habitat-loss-and-range-shift-of-the-critically-endangered-whitefin-swellshark-cephaloscyllium-albipinnum/
12 months ago
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Kerry 🦈
about 1 year ago
From undergraduate thesis to published paper 📑 🦈 “Future climate-driven habitat loss and range shift of the Critically Endangered whitefin swellshark (Cephaloscyllium albipinnum)” 🔗
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
#climatechange
#sharks
#UniversityofPlymouth
#SharkResearch
#SharkConservation
#JCU
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Future climate-driven habitat loss and range shift of the Critically Endangered whitefin swellshark (Cephaloscyllium albipinnum)
Climate change is driving many species to shift their geographical ranges poleward to maintain their environmental niche. However, for endemic species with restricted ranges, like the Critically Endan...
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18787
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2nd year
#marinebiology
students learning how to identify
#plymouth
sound marine organisms 👍❤️@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
@plymuni.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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Xav Harrison
about 1 year ago
New PhD opportunity with me, Mirjam Schilling
@aphapublichealth.bsky.social
and Klara Wanelik at U. Surrey This project will use metagenomics to study fox microbiome dynamics 🦊 and investigate their potential to act as sentinels of disease spread.
t.co/FdjT15LgLf
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Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai
over 1 year ago
Bird flu causes deaths of cats and zoo animals as virus spreads in US
->
Fox News
|
#BirdFlu
#Pandemic
#Virus
|
More info
from
EcoSearch
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Bird flu causes deaths of cats and zoo animals as virus spreads in US
Just days after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new order that all raw (unpasteurized) milk must be tested for bird flu, reports have emerged of animals dying of the virus. In Los Angeles County, the public health...
https://www.foxnews.com/health/bird-flu-causes-deaths-cats-zoo-animals-virus-spread-us
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
over 1 year ago
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#witchesrock
,
#acg
#costarica
over 1 year ago
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