Thank you Indianapolis Zoo for the funding! Fungal Taxonomy needs friends like you!!

🚨🚨🚨 We found a new genus of aquatic fungi right here in Indiana! 🚨🚨🚨 Learn more in this blog post! 👇

Luring you in with a sunny photo of Tampa! We had a fun few days already @ AZA Annual Meeting. We're flexing our muscles for North American FW mussels: great attendance @ SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) session & roundtable, our poster is up & ready to go for tonight's session. Shell yeah!

We're at the Association of Zoos & Aquariums Annual Conference in Tampa, FL! Spent some time with awesome musselheads to spread the word on our AZA SAFE plan for North American FW Mussels! Great attendance for 8am session! Thanks all for coming & watch this space for more to come! 💪💪💪

📣 📣 📣 Are you going to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Annual Conference in Tampa FL? Are you a musselhead or interested in becoming one? Then join us for one/several/all of the MANY sessions featuring AZA SAFE North American Freshwater Mussel!

Just when you thought I had talked about it enough already, another post appears about our Migratory Freshwater Fish workshop at Lake Tahoe! This time via IUCN Species Survival Commission! Several IUCN SSC members were involved in the workshop! iucn.org/story/202509...

Happy inaugural World Lake Day! Lakes are amazing! From habitat to water source, and climate regulation and recreational fun, lakes do it all and then some! Three cheers for lakes!!!

Remember the workshop I posted about in July, on Migratory Fishes, hosted by @unevadareno.bsky.social? We're still beating the drum about this, because migratory species deserve (and need!!! 🚨) more spotlight so we can help them survive and thrive in our world. indianapoliszoo.com/wp-content/u...

Blog about our recent migratory fish workshop hosted by University of Nevada Reno! Inspiring to meet with this dedicated group to discuss outputs that are usable & impactful for conservation policy & benefit these amazing species! freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/05/m...

Migratory fish is where it's at! Check out the news from our #migratoryfish workshop at Lake Tahoe, featuring several members of the @IUCNssc Freshwater Conservation Committee & Freshwater Fish Specialist Group: www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

We had a wonderful time at the migratory fish workshop hosted by our colleagues from University of Nevada Reno, right on the shores of Lake Tahoe. We discussed migratory fish, databases, CMS context and Swimways. Watch this space for some cool outputs!

The scope of #fungi #biodiversity is only beginning to be fathomed. Every day almost ten new species are described. 🍄🤯 David Hibbett László Nagy and Henrik Nilsson introduce the fungal tree of life. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our work is not done / never done! With around 300 species assessments still to publish on the IUCN Red List, there is still a lot to learn about the conservation status of these amazing species!

Love plants, conservation and the SSC? Come work with us! 🌺🌴🌵🌽🌲🌻 @protectspecies.bsky.social is looking for a passionate Plant Conservation Coordinator to support the IUCN Species Survival Commission's plant Specialist Groups. indianapoliszoo.applicantpro.com/jobs/3774489

With June nearly over - it's time to reflect on our Swallowtail of the Month, the common birdwing (Troides helena). (I clearly posted this in a rush originally and just got used to typing 'swallowtail'. Such is life when multitasking. 😂)

Love inverts, conservation and the SSC? Come work with us! @protectspecies.bsky.social is looking for a passionate Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator to support the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Invertebrate Specialist Groups. indianapoliszoo.applicantpro.com/jobs/3773405

Swallowtails are pretty epic, and on #WorldSwallowtailDay a few years back, I penned a birdwing inspired haiku. Might as well share it again... Birdwing high above, Bursts of colour among green Flutters, disappears. #yourewelcome #WorldSwallowtailDay

Happy #WorldSwallowtailDay! Here's a blast from the past, check out the podcast episode we released about swallowtails in... at some point in the past! Hahahaha!

Sometimes, it's difficult to keep focused on your contribution to online panel discussions when you also have this little weirdo in your line of sight.... 🤣😂 Great 1st partnership meeting, @shoalorg.bsky.social, very inspirational for me, yet tiring for the dog!

The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has just completed an expert workshop covering the European Atlantic region.

Excited to see the Assess to Plan report for European bivalves is out now! Given the dire state of these vital critters, this presents a HUGE step toward generating activities and actions for #freshwater bivalves! Well done to all involved! www.cpsg.org/sites/defaul...

One more sleep until International Day for Biodiversity 2025! Join @protectspecies.bsky.social, @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social, @funaction.bsky.social & @mostfun.bsky.social for a celebration of all things aquatic fungi! Register here: tinyurl.com/aquaticfungi...

Only two more sleeps! Sign up for our Aquatic Fungi webinar now! You know you want to! #aquaticfungi

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Great talk by Nathan Whelan presenting the workshop outcomes & next steps from our January conservation translocation workshop at & led by @tnaquarium.bsky.social. @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 Webinar alert! Come celebrate International Day of Biodiversity with us & learn all about #aquatic #fungi! @protectspecies.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social @shoalorg.bsky.social

Cool webinar opportunity for Biodiversity Day! (Also keep your eyes peeled for another being advertised shortly on Aquatic Fungi!)

Protecting habitat is perhaps THE most important conservation strategy. But a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act would stop doing so, allowing people & companies to destroy habitat that endangered species need to survive. Join us in stopping this change ➡️ xerces.org/protect-the-esa

Presented on our first (still draft) 3 year Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) SAFE plan for North American #freshwater #mussels at the @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social symposium in Ann Arbor. Can't wait for its approval later this year! Let's get more zoos & aquariums active for mussels! 💪

Dr. Lily-Arison René de Roland is the 2025 Indianapolis Prize Winner! After dedicating 20+ years to saving Madagascar's endangered birds of prey, Dr. René de Roland's conservation leadership has brought back multiple species from the brink of extinction. www.indianapoliszoo.com/prize/news/m...

At the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Symposium this week - excited to hang out with fellow musselheads!

Looking for a PhD opportunity in insect migration/conservation? Check out this cool opportunity with a super cool human! Also, Melbourne has great coffee!

☣️ A river 'died' overnight after an acidic waste spill from a mine, potentially affecting millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100km downstream. it has been described as, “an environmental disaster really of catastrophic consequences”. apnews.com/article/mini...

Very excited to work with the new IUCN SSC Sponge Specialist Group on all things freshwater sponges!

Really exciting PhD opportunity with @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social on biodiversity risk assessments! 👇

What do you know about #AquaticFungi in a changing & challenging world? Register now and submit your abstract for #SEFS14 🌟Special session 15🌟 Spread the word! @mostfun.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social @funaction.bsky.social www.sefs14.com

Check out our engagement & communication plan for our Biodiversa+ funded @funaction.bsky.social! Thanks for making this look so beautiful @jandbio.bsky.social! So much fun communicating about these poorly known fungi in our aquatic systems!

Happy World Wetlands Day! Reduce, reuse, recycle - also applies to blogs! Along with the blog post below about the Global FW Fauna Assessment, there are many more on the @protectspecies.bsky.social website, covering Indiana to Socotra, & aquatic fungi to mussels: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/

ICYMI 📢 last week a watershed report revealed that 🚨1 in 4 freshwater animals are at risk of extinction🚨 Dive in to the largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ EVER 👇 shoalconservation.org/global-fresh...

Deadline extended until 22 Jan! Nominate your under-appreciated molluscs now 🐌🐌🐌

🇦🇺 Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct: https://theconversation.com/troubled-waters-how-to-stop-australias-freshwater-fish-species-from-going-extinct-242950

This critical paper is what we need to kick us more into action for freshwater species. In 2019 we launched the SHOAL Initiative to accelerate and escalate action for threatened freshwater species across the globe. We have the clear evidence of the crisis and now is the time for MORE ACTION.

#SHOALWrapped It's that time of year again - when we reflect our most memorable moments of the last 12 months. Let's just say we certainly stayed busy in 2024! Check out SHOAL Wrapped for a round-up of highlights from 2024, our most transformative year yet: shoalconservation.org/shoal-wrappe...

A major Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment just published by the IUCN @monnikaboom.bsky.social iucn.org/press-releas...

❌ BREAKING NEWS ❌ 1/4 of freshwater animals are at risk of #extinction‼️ The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List to date has revealed that 24% are at high risk of extinction, according to analysis published in Nature today. 👇 shoalconservation.org/global-fresh...

1/ 🚨It’s been a journey (20+ yrs) but today we finally publish the results of the IUCN Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment: 24% of the world’s freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish & shrimp species are at risk of extinction! iucn.org/press-releas...

Learn about today's announcement that a quarter of freshwater animal species (fish, crabs, crayfish, shrimps, dragonflies and damselflies) are threatened with extinction, and what we are doing to help!

Did you know we're hiring? We're looking for conservation biologists with expertise in plants and fungi. To apply for the Plant Conservation Coordinator job, click here: bit.ly/PlantCoordin... 🌱 To apply for the Fungus Conservation Coordinator job, click here: bit.ly/FungusCoordi... 🍄

Attention all conservation geeks! On behalf of the IUCN Species Survival Commission & the Conservation Measures Partnership, we are pleased to announce the publication of the "IUCN-CMP Classification of Direct Threats to Species and Ecosystems 4.0" in Conservation Biology: doi.org/10.1111/cobi....