#CallforPapers on drought dynamics and futures in mountain regions! We seek systematic assessments of initiatives addressing drought in mountains, empirical research on drought processes and impacts, and agendas for policy, development, or research: t.ly/AgJrB ⌛1 week left to send notice of intent!

Veteran White Willow, Lower Derwent Valley.

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! How can grassland biodiversity be conserved in times of rapid global change? Thomas Fartmann will explore current challenges and perspectives 🌾 🦗 🌍 📅 Wed 10th June at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

Gotta love the European Bison. Never knew they existed until they were moved in next door. Now we can even hike in their reserve. Keystone illustrations available from @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social Well done @kentwildlife.bsky.social for starting a breeding herd and @rewildingbritain.org.uk

A fascinating evolutionary tale 🪹🐣

Cave Lions and Modern Lions Interbred After More Than a Million Years Apart as Ice Age Climate Shifted Their Ranges www.discovermagazine.com/cave-lions-a...

2026. Rare wild goats in Northumberland prove to be a genetically distinct breed phys.org/news/2026-06...

Wildlife migrations depend on connected landscapes. That's why the USDA's newly announced Framework for Migratory Big Game Conservation is an important step forward for elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and other species that rely on seasonal movement across the West. www.northernag.net/usda-unveils...

17 June is our next online discussion on #RangelandMyths. This time, we'll explore the myth that 'healthy ecosystems are green'. Our latest newsletter includes links to a new think-piece, registration for the event, a podcast and other news: repairproject.substack.com/p/rangeland-...

@johnwalterswildife.bsky.social @dartmoorac.bsky.social Steps apart from each other. Pretty pleased to find these guys on the farm!

Publishing an op-ed today at Business Daily of the Nation Media Group (Kenya) explaining why climate mitigation policies should not target pastoralists: www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-a... (1/3)

Hey @blueskystarterpack.com please add: go.bsky.app/Dsk4TQ3

Women farm workers and activists from South Africa, representing the Women on Farms Project, came to Brussels and stood face-to-face with EU policy-makers. They shared testimonies of #pesticide exposure and their health impacts - their daily realities on farms: www.pan-europe.info/blog/ending-...

#TransformativeChange toward sustainability takes place in the personal, political & practical spheres. In this new study, we use such lens to identify complex legal barriers & enabling factors for the scaling of #Agroforestry in Germany. 3rd PhD paper of Marina Klimke. doi.org/10.1007/s104....

A federally funded program to ease big-game migration on private land is coming to Utah. Some of the efforts include making fences easier for antelope or mule deer to navigate, creating conservation easements and paying landowners to preserve grasslands. www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...

Birds at risk. #pesticides #nature 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This month, we're exploring myths about people, livestock & biodiversity in rangelands. Join our online event on 28 May with @pablopastos.bsky.social, Munib Khanyari, John Harold, Rashmi Singh & @geofrancismasse.bsky.social. biodiversity-myths.eventbrite.co.uk #IYRP2026 @iyrp2026.bsky.social

"The World Meeting of Women Pastoralists will take place on May 26, 27, 28, and 29, 2026, in Kathmandu, Nepal"

Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution @egmitchell.bsky.social @cambrojoe.bsky.social #evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #canada 👇🏼👇🏾 tinyurl.com/ysumm6cs

Gordolobo monstruoso generado por fasciación fascinante.

As always on Evolution Soup Great guests and fascinating content.

Hurray - new paper out in Functional Ecology! @funecology.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social 
Wild large herbivores promote plant diversity and functional redundancy by reducing dominance: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/5

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Wildlife, Iconic Landscapes From Trump’s Expanded Grazing Plan biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

A must read.

Hopefully this leads to a better understanding and appreciation of the "essential" roles that herbivores play in functioning ecosystems. This should then lead to far more proactive research into the many ways we can put herbivores back onto more of the landscape. And maybe more migrations too.

"SHEEP JERKY" Thank God for livestock

"Women are raising their voices in Spanish livestock farming: this is how platforms like Ganaderas en Red (Women Livestock Farmers Network) are fighting in a male-dominated sector"

New publication Agroecological transition in Madrid’s extensive livestock systems: How expert-perceived NCPs guide transformation pathways Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Loved doing this astonishing story on the response of beavers to flooding youtu.be/CkwS1OK9pJo?...

Dr. hab. Katarzyna Nowak awarded the Wrocław Prize 2026! 🌿 Though she works mainly in Białowieża Primeval Forest, she also contributes locally in Wrocław, collecting observations in Mokrzański Forest, supporting conservation, and speaking on citizen science. More: bip.um.wroc.pl/artykul/197/...

The CMS Atlas of Ungulate Migration has been named Best in Show and winner of the Professional Interactive/Digital Map Category in the 53rd Annual Cartography and Geographic Information Society's (CaGIS) Map Design Competition. 🏆 Congratulations to all contributors! View it here: www.cms.int/gium

Check out our events happening in #England for #NatureFriendlyFarmingWeek and beyond! 23 May - Norton Court Farm Open Day 🐄 24 May - Gowbarrow Hall Farm Open Day 🥕 28 May - NFFN Dung Beetle Workshop: helping pastures & soil 🪲 Find out more and book 👉 https://www.nffn.org.uk/events

📢 It’s time to cut the chemicals from our food and fields ✍️ PETITION - soilassociation.co/cutthechemsb... In the UK, just before harvest, some crops are sprayed with glyphosate to dry them out. It helps meet food system demands for speed and uniformity, letting farmers plan harvests in advance

amazing course with cool tutors!!

Show us your photos of animals of #LongTermExperiments. It could be a grazer as part of your #LTE, or a well-behaved pet. #AnimalsOfLTEs 🌏

From caribou and grizzly bears to golden eagles and tundra swans, a new animation maps how wildlife move across the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region using NASA satellite data. Watch now:

Wir haben mit über 80 Verbänden aus Land- & Weidewirtschaft, Naturschutz & Landschaftspflege ein Positionspapier veröffentlicht und fordern von #BMLEH & #BMUKN eine Weidestrategie, bessere Förderung und ein Bekenntnis zur Bedeutung von #Beweidung für #Artenvielfalt. 🐂💪 www.abl-ev.de/fileadmin/us...

Excited to get Sweden's great moose migration into the global Atlas of Ungulate Migration. Thanks to the GIUM team and Wiebke Neumann and Goran Ericsson at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences for making it happen. #migrationmatters

"Moose in Sweden have migrated the same way for thousands of years... Whether it is wildebeest in the Serengeti or moose in Sweden, we need to raise awareness so that natural migratory behavior is preserved," - Göran Ericsson, lead moose researcher, SLU. tinyurl.com/btythsay

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Iryna Litovska will talk about the ecology of arthropods in a nature-inclusive farming system 🕷️ 🚜 🌾 📅 Wed 6th May at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

Today I did another bird walk around the farm, I saw, or heard: Cuckoo Magpie Jackdaw Crow Raven Buzzard Jay Blackbird Songthrush Mistlethrush House sparrow Robin Dunnock Wren Goldcrest Goldfinch Greenfinch Chaffinch Siskin Reed bunting Yellowhammer Skylark Meadow pipit And…⬇️

Neanderthal infants grew twice as fast as modern humans, study finds #evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #paleoanthropology 👇🏼👇🏾 is.gd/aeAejb

Our new study, part of the book #RoadEcology provides a synthesis on the effects of #roads on #species interactions and #NetSci 🧪🦤🌎🌐 #biodiversity #conservation #ecology link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

La ganadería de bovinos de nuestra compañera Leire es de #RazaAutóctona Pirenaica. Está en Ziortza-Bolibar (Bizkaia) Son animales muy adaptados a su zona, muy fértiles, de crianza fácil y muy buenas madres. Ganaderas en Red os desea #felizdomingo

New paper online 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s104... ✅ The diversity in ideas about what biodiversity-friendly farming entails can be an asset in achieving biodiversity goals 🦋 Conservation initiatives should thus avoid catering to only a narrow subset of conceptualisations of biodiversity-friendliness

We are launching a global initiative on translocation & animal movement - to learn more about roles of memory, the environment and other drivers of space use, and about what works and what doesn't in conservation. But we want to do it collaboratively, so see Inès' post below! We need and want you!

🌍 Global Translocation Study – call for contributors 🐾 We’re compiling post-release movement data from translocated, reintroduced, relocated & rehabilitated vertebrates worldwide. Interested in taking part? Quick survey below 👇 tinyurl.com/global-trans... Feel free to pass it on to colleagues 😊

Great news!

This week, the Montana Dept of Transportation installed 2 light-up signs to warn drivers of elk crossing US-191 in the same wildlife-vehicle collision hotspot where we're working to get wildlife crossings built. Learn more about this effort: largelandscapes.org/191-assessme... 📷: Holly Pippel

#CallforPapers on drought dynamics and futures in mountain regions! We seek systematic assessments of initiatives addressing drought in mountains, empirical research on drought processes and impacts, and agendas for policy, development, or research: t.ly/AgJrB Send your notice of intent by 15 June!