Plain language summary of the paper by Thuy Hang Le and colleagues published in @applvegsci.bsky.social "Microscale Plant Diversity in Traditional Wood-Pastures" vegsciblog.org/2025/11/28/m... @iavs5.bsky.social

10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025 #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 is.gd/MVCdce

Two ancient human species came out of Africa together, not one, suggests new study @trentonholliday.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 is.gd/RipKZh

"The International Criminal Court wants to prosecute crimes against the environment"

The Tiny Trailer Abattoir is under construction now! We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest Can you help us? Please can you share this link as widely as possible www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...

The finished size chart of most of the fauna from the Mammoth Site, a Pleistocene fossil locality within an ancient sinkhole in South Dakota that preserves dozens of entrapped mammoths alongside scattered remains of other animals. #pleistocene #paleoart #sciart #Paleostream

Remember to check out our latest paper: "Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes" by Gabriele Retez and colleagues. Out in the Journal of Applied Ecology -> besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #newpaper #bison #biogeography #europe

What does Southern Plains Land Trust do? We provide a Home for the Herd 🌾🦬 American Bison, a keystone species, maintain grasslands by creating a mosaic as they move and graze through the prairie. Visit www.southernplains.org for more information! #SouthernPlainsLandTrust #Colorado

Elephants along with red deer, horses and wolves on the Spanish coast, not so long ago 🐘🦌🐎🐺🐾🇪🇸 #megafauna #lastinterglacial phys.org/news/2025-12...

🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙 Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile). We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago. Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl #aDNA #popgen Thread below🧵 Reposts appreciated :)

Chatting to Forum Wildnis Schweiz about "Toward Meeting Europe's Commitment to 30x30 Targets: a Spatial Modelling Approach" with Iluri Strus, FZS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAmY...

A new face for the first human ancestor to venture out of Africa #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 is.gd/B6bMRt

The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...

Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England @trentonholliday.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 is.gd/nVP68d

We used to have aurochs: we now have domesticated cattle. Thanks to analysing bones, found by cavers in Yorkshire caves, we now understand the extraordinary way in which that exchange occurred. youtu.be/YCbQYcNkb_o?...

With a really heavy heart I share last Thursday's passing away of William J. Bond, Emeritus Professor at University of Cape Town facebook.com/615804606253... Extraordinary plant ecologist, great innovator in how we understand forests & open landscapes I stay committed to continuing his legacy

Fascinating study that backs up the idea that woods need grazing* and management (*carefully and with thought, to create habitats) Also interesting to see how similar my (grazed and coppiced) woods and wood edges look to the photos in the study.

We asked 22 innovators (in 3 separate groups) embedded in the ancient wood-pastures of Transylvania to draw the ideal wood-pasture, and explain how it functions. Ideal wood-pasture features are already (still) present and only need maintenance. The social dimensions are, however, to be restored.

Exploring the lynx's ancient landscape with the remarkable Tom Lord youtu.be/rHTy2tJUamE?...

Ive been musing Mind you, the boxes may be soon redundant and we will just be left with the maps… which is not ideal either (to put it mildly!) www.scribehound.com/countryside/...

Are you a UK national/resident and identify as Black, Asian, or a minoritised ethnic community? You can apply for a PhD with me and colleagues at Swansea as part of our NERC CROCUS doctoral training programme... and we develop the topic together. Please get in touch if eligible and interested!

Currently observing a stakeholder debate at the 2nd session of the EU Young Citizens Assembly for Pollinators. One of the first question from delegates is - where are the industry representatives? (e.g. pesticide companies, commercial forestry companies etc.).

Giraffes interacting with a temperate forest would be a sight to behold. There was an ancestor in Europe 5-10 mya called Bohlinia. And a more recent; early Pleistocene giraffe in Greece called Palaeotragus inexspectatus that went extinct about a million ya.

I've always been baffled at why ecologists don't enlist the help of expert livestock breeders. Their animals are not in danger of extinction and they'd probably increase the populations of giraffes and many others vulnerable species quite quickly.

Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 is.gd/60lgYx

📦 Today, 75 boxes of EU-banned #pesticides were returned to the @ec.europa.eu in Brussels. 🗺️ From Brazil to India, Indonesia to South Africa, citizens sent a clear message: toxic exports must stop. #ReturnToSender www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

Happy to share my new paper on the nutritional ecology of elephants🌿🐘 Should elephants graze or browse? The nutritional and functional consequences of dietary variation in a mixed-feeding megaherbivore royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org

#WildMarsh is looking for collaborators & field sites! We’re prepping a Europe-wide study for spring/summer 2026 to explore how trophic #rewilding influences #saltmarsh resilience. Let us know about salt marsh areas with large grazers, e.g. water buffalo, deer, moose, wild boar, cattle, sheep,etc.

Steppe life was really nothing like the image of nomads roaming willy nilly (and different periods very different). Awesome discovery!

✨NEW INTERVIEW✨ NEANDERTHALS VS THE ICE AGE - 100,000 Years of Cold ~ with PROFESSOR TRENTON HOLLIDAY @trentonholliday.bsky.social @lemoustier.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 youtu.be/M633cJCT3G4

Check out the new bathing water results here: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...

🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social @msunatsci.bsky.social 1/n

The beaver is going to town: devouring a downed cottonwood tree, and is getting close to felling this poplar.

"-locals have developed a brand for "photovoltaic sheep" and now sell mutton nationwide through e-commerce platforms"

A farmed landscape. A semi wild landscape. Home for cattle and sheep as well as a wealth of other things, from yellowhammers to lichens, from voles to fungi, from ravens to dor beetles. Food and the wild, in the same place, at the same time. #dartmoor

Excited to share that my first PhD chapter just got published in @animalecology.bsky.social! You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/1365.... Based on fieldwork in the beautiful Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in South Africa, we show that.. (1/3)

The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure Please show your support by signing the below! c.org/KtYyZB8dHk

A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical #pesticides. Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

The beaver is back! And BTW - This 6 acre property I've been managing and rewilding as a nature reserve for the last 10 years is going UP FOR SALE. I'm posting this here because I would rather see it go to a nature friendly person, and not fall into the wrong hands. 1/2

En este nuevo estudio, el equipo científico ha comparado la capacidad de tres especies de aves acuáticas para trasladar plásticos desde los vertederos hasta espacios naturales de la Bahía de Cádiz. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

doi.org/10.1093/af/vfae051, que salió hace pocos meses, caracteriza las diferentes tipologías ganaderas según su impacto ambiental. Unas tienen efectos netamente positivos, otras netamente negativos. La vida real es una compleja mezcla de tipologías pero se necesita herbivoría.

Crop agriculture is indeed one of the main drivers of wild terrestrial mammal herbivores being only a part of the current 2% global mammal biomass. It seems that humans with a high plant content in their diet have priority over all wild herbivores, whether mammal, avian or invertebrate.

It's #PalaeoPercs day! Join us at 1000 UTC to learn more about stromatolites and research opportunities in China with Viplove Rajurkar from Tongji University, China!

🌳This #WorldEcologyDay, remember: forests are Earth's ecological backbone! They regulate climate, purify water, house 80% of terrestrial biodiversity & sustain 1.6 billion livelihood. Find out how we measure forest health before it's too late👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #JFR #Forestryresearch

Regen ag is not a product of BigAg, it's a grass roots movement that's embarrassing a lot of so called experts. I suggest @ipes-food.org get back in their tank and do some proper thinking. Then maybe we might make some progress.