Check out our new database (catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/18...) and data paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) for the traits of UK ladybirds 🐞 Great to see this out, a really fun team to work with expertly led by @charlieouthwaite.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @aru-biology.bsky.social

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

🚨⚠️Last week to submit!! #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Postdoc #UK #Ecology #PostdocJobs @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

I think I have been fortunate to work in an institution (and a department) that has been led by people who saw the importance of enabling flexibility between work and personal life. It was crucial when we faced a major personal family challenge some years ago, and remains a core principle

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

It's the last day to apply for #BESMacro2025 ! Come join us in beautiful York for two days of awesome macro-scale science (plus an optional pre-conference workshop on scientific storytelling) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

📢New volunteering opportunity 📢 BES Macroecology Group is looking for a committee chair to join its team! As part of the group, you will coordinate the committee’s activities, including events and communications. This is a perfect opportunity if you are a macroecologist and an active researcher.

The @besmacro.bsky.social group is one of the most active, dynamic and necessary networks in the @britishecologicalsociety.org. They're recruiting a new committee chair: could it be you?

By only considering a single ecological trait for each species, we risk oversimplifying the complexity in nature. A new special feature in @animalecology.bsky.social aims to build a better understanding of intraspecific variation  https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652656/2025/94/3

Check out the special feature on 'Intraspecific Variation in Ecology and Evolution' by our lecturer and guest editor @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social out now in the Journal of Animal Ecology by @britishecologicalsociety.org #ARUproud besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Guest editors @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social, @ju-morimoto.bsky.social, and Marlène Gamelon have also written a blog post on their experience: buff.ly/idE69HA Thank you to our Guest Editors and authors for creating an exceptional Special Feature.

Great to have our special feature out on Intraspecific Variation in Ecology and Evolution - the irony of the diversity of papers included is not lost! From genes to populations, demography to behaviour, we've got it all. A pleasure editing this issue with @ju-morimoto.bsky.social and Marlène Gamelon

Happy to announce that JF Arnoldi (Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, France) will present the next #ResponseDiversityNetwork Seminar, Wednesday 26th Feb 15.00 CET. "Linear functional ecology: Rethinking species contributions to ecosystem functions" Zoom link via rb.gy/3pf8dh

Registration is open for #BESMacro2025 in beautiful York! The main conference is 10-11 July, plus a pre-conference scicomm workshop 9 July. Join us for some fun and friendly macro-scale science! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

Ever wanted to have an impact on the BES’ events programme? Applications to join our Events Committee are open. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and direct an events portfolio that best supports delivering our vision for a world where nature and people thrive.

Last few days to apply for PhDs!!

Working in collaboration with Hobsons Conduit Trust, this research aims to add to the river conservation evidence-base of the Greater Cambridge Chalk Streams Project. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

ICYMI: #BESMacro2025 will be at the University of York July 10-11 (with a one-day workshop July 9). Registration for the conference will be opening soon -- keep an eye on our mailing list (see if www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/macr... to join) and socials for future announcements!

Today's IPBES #TransformativeChangeAssessment report highlights the benefits to taking immediate action to address the biodiversity crisis as well as the pitfalls of inaction. 🌍🧪

Congratulations to @aru-biology.bsky.social Prof Anna Nekaris for receiving the Osman Hill Medal from the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social #ARUproud

I have some PhD projects now available for application if you are interested in insect biodiversity change. Please check out the links below and shout if you have questions!