The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) is one of the rarest wild felids (~1,400–2,500 individuals). Beyond rarity, it highlights a key challenge in ecology: studying and conserving low-density species in fragmented landscapes under climate change. #AndeanCat #CarnivoreEcology #Conservation

Did you know #parasites can also show #TemporalNichePartitioning? In our recent study, seasonal rainfall reorganized the helminth community of Kinosternon on Marajó Island, with different parasite species peaking in different seasons. Read more: www.vanwildlife.com/parasite01/ #Ecology #helminth

Understanding how animals move through these landscapes helps conservationists identify corridors, the pathways wildlife uses to survive in changing environments. What does a landscape look like from the perspective of a wild predator? #Carnivores #Conservation #MovementEcology

Movement patterns help us understand what predators truly need to survive, and which parts of the landscape are most important to protect. Sometimes the biggest conservation insights come from a simple question: What is the animal trying to tell us through its movement? #MovementEcology #carnivores

When predators disappear, ecosystems can slowly unravel. The balance of nature shifts. Protecting predators often means protecting the health of entire landscapes. If predators are so important for nature… Why are they still some of the most threatened animals on Earth? #Carnivores #Conservation

If we understand how predators move, we can identify the places that are most important for their survival. Protecting those places can help keep entire ecosystems healthy. The question is simple: Are we protecting the landscapes predators actually use? #Carnivores #Conservation #Ecology

’m excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the International Small Cats Symposium 🐆 smallcatsymposium.org Small cats are often overlooked in conservation, yet they are key components of ecosystems. Looking forward to a meaningful symposium. 🌎✨

📢 New paper out! 🐢🌧️ Seasonal rainfall in the Amazon reshapes parasite communities in the scorpion mud turtle, with a ~71% drop in parasite load during the dry season and clear temporal niche partitioning. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #Ecology #Parasitology #Amazon #OneHealth

More about my work… in a short article in the Pesquisa FAPESP Journal. Thanks to the various Brazilian media outlets for their interest in my work and for sharing it! 🥹🤩 #jaguar #oncapintada #wildcats #brazil #Leopardus #jaguarundi #puma revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/quando-falta...

Merry Christmas 2025 🎅🦌🎄

🌿 Our research is now featured in @oeco.org.br We reveal how Brazil’s wild cats react to human-driven changes 🐆 📊 Key facts: L. geoffroyi: 35.8% of records <10 m from roads L. guttulus: only 0.001% — a 3,500× difference! 🔗 Read: oeco.org.br/noticias/est... #Conservation #WildCats #Ecology #Brazil

📝 Fresh blog post is live! Since we just published our research on Brazil's wild felids, I wrote a detailed blog breaking down what we found and why it matters for conservation. Much more digestible than reading through GLM outputs 😅 Check it out: www.vanwildlife.com/brazil-wild-...

Brazil’s wild cats 🐆🐾 Our new study shows how 9 species respond to habitat change & roads using an open-data framework. Free access until Oct 23! 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1liqO1R%7E... 📢 Please share with your network! #Conservation #Ecology #BrazilianCats

🚨 New blog post! Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana): key for Neotropical migration & conservation. Read more about this fantastic species 👇 www.vanwildlife.com/flycatcher-m... #BirdMigration #Flycatcher #NeotropicalBirds #Conservation

Small changes in ecosystems can trigger major shifts if thresholds are crossed. In my new blog, I explain: 1) What ecological thresholds are 2) Why do they matter in conservation 3) How to identify them Read: www.vanwildlife.com/thresholds/ #Ecology #Conservation

How do jaguars move across human-modified landscapes? I wrote about it on my blog, and the topic was also featured on Brazilian TV! 👉 www.vanwildlife.com/jaguarmoveme... #JaguarConservation #MovementEcology

Still relevant! 🐾 I wrote a piece on cross-validation for ecological models some time ago, and many of you still ask about it. Take a look: 👉 www.vanwildlife.com/cross-valida... Feedback is always welcome! #ecology #rstats #spatialecology #conservation

📢 New blog post! Ever struggled with authorship in science? Here are key reflections & questions to ask before saying “yes” to co-authorship. For early-career researchers, mentors & collaborators. 🔗 www.vanwildlife.com/co-authorship/ #SciComm #AuthorshipMatters #ResearchEthics

New on VanWildlife: What happens when jaguars live in landscapes shaped by humans? Forests, water, croplands and even roads play key roles. Sex and circadian rhythms make a difference. Is this a story of coexistence? 📖 www.vanwildlife.com/jaguarhabita... #Conservation #Jaguars #MovementEcology

🚨New preprint out! “Ecological traits explain wild felid responses to human-modified landscapes in Brazil” is now available on EcoEvoRxiv Check it out & share if you work on carnivores, roads, or conservation planning 🐆🌎 📄 doi.org/10.32942/X25...

Hace unas semanas, una colega del departamento @laranavesalegre.bsky.social y otros investigadores sacaron un monográfico sobre fototrampeo en la revista @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social. Los artículos están en español. Podéis echarle un vistazo aquí: www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...

New review out in J Anim Ecol! We explore how to predict animal movements in human-modified environments, highlighting the need for mechanistic models to guide conservation. 📄 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #MovementEcology #Anthropocene

Nuestro próximo monográfico sobre fototrampeo se publicará dentro de muy poco. ¡En nuestra página web ya podéis leer 4 de los artículos que se incluirán en el monográfico! 🦡🦆🐈 revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...

🚨 Shrew paper alert! 🚨 Our latest study found that brain size changes stayed on track, but behavior? 🤔 Not so much❗ Captivity makes shrews hyperactive and less motivated to learn, hinting at chronic stress. 🐾 Curious? Full paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #Shrews @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Are you interested in learning more about the publishing process? I am running two workshops with @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social in April and May on reviewing articles and how to publish a literature review. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reviewing-... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-an...

✨ Nature SPAM Filter, launched this week, is an easy and fun reading-based project to help wildlife globally. Look at real newspaper article titles from archives and complete a simple yes-or-no task to identify animals and wildlife in the news. Try it here: www.zooniverse.org/projects/dve...

Do interactions between hyaenas and lions impact how they select habitat? GPS-collar data reveals hyaenas don't avoid areas used by lions and may even be attracted to lions because of scavenging opportunities. Study by Andrew Loveridge and David Macdonald 👉 bit.ly/41hn02a @biology.ox.ac.uk

I completely re-worked my course "Introduction to Bayesian statistics with brms" and taught it for the 1st time this week. It is meant as a tutorial for ecologists, but should be general enough for other sciences as well github.com/benjamin-ros... #stats #Rstats #brms #Stan #Bayesian

Look for the bear necessities 🐻 Polar bears are found across the arctic, however limited movement data has been collected on males as their necks are wider than their heads, and cannot be radio collared. 🤖 Explore >9.3k polar bear records: 🔗www.gbif.org/species... #InternationalPolarBearDay

Thanks so much to Lila for this LA Times article about our new publication about social-ecological influences on coyote movement in Los Angeles! 🧪🌎🏙️ Check out the publication here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

To all Animovers out there: Our next workshop will take place from the 30th of November until the 13th of December 2025. More information about location, price and how to apply will follow soon....🤗🐒🦥🌎🐸🐊🕷️🪱

Excited to share a new publication, just off the press!! This time back to the terrestrial ecosystem, 📣 led by PhD student Charlie, @thecharlieroger.bsky.social , on using machine learning 🤖〽️ to identify wolf behaviours from accelerometer data #biologging, #movementecology. Congrats!! 👏

"New research reveals how predators and prey adjust their behaviours in space and time! 📷 Using camera-trap data from Brazil and Suriname, we found that red-rumped agoutis adjust their activity patterns in response to ocelots' presence." buff.ly/40QU0hz

👋 ¿Te interesa la ecología del movimiento 🛰️ y la selección de hábitat 🗺️? Hemos publicado un artículo de divulgación sobre ello en la revista AmbioCiencias de la Universidad de León. ¡No te lo pierdas! 👉 shorturl.at/AkSHj @zaiortega.bsky.social

Post-migratory movements in the nonbreeding season are in fact displayed by a surprising number of birds around the world, with diverse resource- or weather-based cues. Two former students in the lab wrote a paper documenting examples of this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

How good are our #conservation efforts? New publication thread. Are bird counting schemes really providing important information regarding population trends and phenology? We try to answer this for two amazing places - Eilat, Israel and Batumi, Georgia: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/n

Se você utiliza armadilhas fotográficas no Brasil, inscreva-se aqui para participar de uma nova pesquisa nacional do Snapshot. If you run camera traps in Brazil sign up here to join a new national Snapshot survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So happy to be able to contribute to this paper and for the US Animal Telemetry Network to be part of such a collaborative group! I'm excited to see our community continue to grow! #biologging #telemetry #opendata 🌐🌊📈

🌟📢 New Article Published! 🌟 🌿 #Jaguars & #peccaries in the #Pantanal 🐾: This study explores predator-prey dynamics, showing how landscape and prey density shape interactions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... @biotropica.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social #Conservation #Ecology

"Today, November 29th, we celebrate #JaguarDay, a powerful symbol of our ecosystems. 🐆 Stay tuned for our upcoming article on jaguar conservation, soon to be published in #BIOTROPICA. Let's unite to protect the king of the Americas! 🌿💚"

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

🐆🌍 New research! Our study shows how jaguars adapt their movement in human-altered landscapes—navigating forests, farms, and roads. 🌿🐾 🔗https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000506 #Jaguars #Conservation #BigCats #MovementEcology