Remember when science was first communicated through peer-reviewed papers instead of media ads & Youtube videos? "Unusually for a scientific breakthrough, it has not been published in a journal, meaning it has avoided the scrutiny of experts in the peer review process." news.sky.com/story/de-ext...

Catástrofe invisible: peces invasores en los ríos mediterráneos. Los resultados nuestro reciente estudio son alarmantes: hay <150 especies invasoras en el territorio @es.theconversation.com @garciaberthou.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social theconversation.com/catastrofe-i...

"The proliferation of references to fake articles threatens to undermine the legitimacy of institutional research across the board" -- by Miles Klee www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 1/🧵

Amos: successful elimination of rusa deer after idiots introduced them illegally on an Australian island in 2005. Deer trampled flatback turtle nesting habitat. Much effort and money over 6 yrs. Helicopters, aerial shooting, thermal imaging, camera traps. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

An analysis of 21,000 rivers across the world found that their oxygen levels have dropped by an average of 2.1% since 1985 (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). apnews.com/article/rive...

I love and respect this scientist. Carl Sagan answers a question about creation vs evolution.

If you showed this phenomenon to people a few centuries ago, many of them would probably attribute it to supernatural forces. (And I wouldn't bet against some people thinking that way today)

Episode 149 "Invasion of the ecosystem snatchers" is out ✨ On this episode, we bring you a live recorded conversation we had with Daniel (Dan) Simberloff at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee!

In fisheries models, natural mortality (M) is often set to 0.2 per year. A detailed derivation of this result was provided by John Pope in 1975, see below:

Lakers = commercial vessels operating exclusively within the Great Lakes. While they do not directly introduce species in ballast water from overseas, they can rapidly disperse individuals from an established nonnative population to various ports throughout the Great Lakes. elpc.org/blog/why-epa...

New from @briellecomartin.bsky.social 1] High calcium ([Ca]>25 mg/L) supports dense zebra mussel pop'ns. Lake Memphremagog has a mean [Ca]=20.3 (range 18.6–23.2) mg/L, considered suboptimal for supporting a zebra mussel pop'n large enough to harm native unionids. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

There’s nothing like playoff energy to bring us together! Rien de tel que l’énergie des séries pour nous rassembler ! Go Habs Go! 🔵⚪🔴

Last week we had the VI International Young Researchers Conference on Invasive Species and as always it was a great conference! You can find all presentations and posters on their youtube channel, but here goes a 🧵 of the ones I liked the most. 🧪🌐 #IRYCIS www.youtube.com/@iyrcisconfe...

For folks who say that recent patterns of warming “prove” the climate models are broken, and other forces are “accelerating” the warming. Nope. Warming is as expected and within the range of estimates. Thanks to @michaelemann.bsky.social and team for this. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Around 200 hippos are roaming freely near the Colombian town of Doradal, descended from four animals that Pablo Escobar smuggled into Colombia. Now, the government wants to cull dozens of them as their population explodes and threatens the local ecosystem. But not everyone wants the animals gone.

Sign posted on the door of one of the labs in the McGill Biology Department when I was a grad student in the 1990s: "Limnology - The Science of Ropes and Buckets".

Biological invasions are a threat to animal welfare and cause widespread, sometimes severe, suffering among animals. This overlooked consequence of the human-mediated spread of invasive species suggests that management intervention can be a moral imperative. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is sweet. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

1/ Our 2021 paper identified priority areas for invasion science that remain relevant. Quote: "We advocate comparisons of conspecific populations across invaded and native ranges, recognizing that invasions and impact outcomes are population-level phenomena." cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

To mark David Attenborough's 100th birthday, the Natural History Museum has named a newly discovered species of parasitic wasp – Attenboroughnculus tau – after him. "We trust him because he’s always told us the truth as we know it. And what a legacy that is!” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Quantifying harm posed by invasive species to animal welfare will reveal a moral problem for so-called "compassionate conservation", which demands protection for even invasive animals. Is it compassionate to allow invasive rats, mice, cats to injure & kill wildlife? #bioinvasion #invasivespecies

My tribute to the one and only, Sir David Attenborough theconversation.com/from-fossick... Happy birthday!

"Imagine every human decision – personal, professional, political – tested against one simple question: “If we were in a capsule looping around the Moon, would this be a safe use of our shared life support?” climate scientist Chris Rapley asks.

"No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced." - David Attenborough, on the challenge of rallying public support to protect the natural world. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In 2020, Dan Simberloff & I published an annotated edition of Elton's classic 1958 book. As a grad student in the 1990s, I was inspired by this book to view invasions as a form of global change. I never imagined that I would help give it new life in the 21st century. #bioinvasions #invasivespecies

So Colossal BioSciences is going to alter the appearance of a roan antelope so that it looks like the extinct bluebuck, with the intention of releasing the genetically altered individuals into areas that "may not be in the bluebuck's native South Africa". #de-extinction time.com/article/2026...

The Forgotten Pink Salmon in the Laurentian Great Lakes: An Unexpected Invasion With Insights for Three Oceans. Fish and Fisheries1–18. doi.org/10.1111/faf.....

Typically, the motivation for writing a comment is to inform the audience of counterarguments, especially from people with unique expertise on the subject. Such informed debate is useful. Unfortunately, it is sometimes also used as a cynical ploy to attract citations by piggybacking on a hot topic.

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Opinion piece: Marketing #InvasiveSpecies as products won’t save threatened #ecosytems. In PNAS Front Matter: https://ow.ly/l2tT50YR7Mo#InvasiveSpecies#ecosytems#invasivorism #ManagementStrategy #biodiversity #ecosystem #EcosystemServices #conservation #RedKingCrab #BlueCrab #AsianCarp #Lionfish

See our recent paper advocating more cross-disciplinary integration of biological control science & invasion science: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... There are many conceptual parallels & opportunities around which the two fields can inform each other. #biocontrol #bioinvasion #invasivespecies

Evolvable AI as an invasive species.

Human health impact assessments from invasive species lag behind their environmental and economic effects We present a new, comprehensive typology to characterise the diverse mechanisms underpinning human health consequences from biological invasions Pre-print: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Swimming invasive snakes colonize Mediterranean islets by active swimming, then wipe out Endangered endemic lizard populations. A hidden pathway for biological invasions with profound conservation implications, as they re-shape island ecosystems 🐍 🌊 #OpenAccess in 'Ecology' Picture: Rubén Casas

Bad news Monday 🧪 RIP Peter Raven. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete... news.mongabay.com/2007/03/biod... is a good interview from several years back. 🧪

"In intact forest, tuft-tailed rats were present. In degraded forest, they were not [invasive European rats were present]. That difference reflects a change in the structure of the ecosystem, with implications that extend beyond the rodents themselves." news.mongabay.com/2026/04/why-...

More evidence that goldfish released into lakes & ponds can transform ecosystems. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

California declares state of emergency on invasive golden mussels https://www.europesays.com/people/49869/ A state of emergency has been declared in San Joaquin County as officials warn a fast-spreading invasive species…

My colleague @socialinfluenza.bsky.social has written an absolutely excellent explainer for @theconversation.com about our recent paper with @dalan-bailey.bsky.social identifying a new human surface receptor for alphacoronaviruses: theconversation.com/scientists-h...

Neither retractions, expressions of concern, nor other editorial notices seem to keep authors from continuing to cite problematic papers, according to a look at what happened to more than 170 articles by one author.

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The CDC will not publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduce the risk of hospitalization, despite passing scientific review, and despite using the same methods in studies published in its own journal, and in other journals. Story by @lenasun.bsky.social wapo.st/4cLQkDH

High‑resolution global maps revealing the expansion risk of thousands of non-native plant species under today’s conditions and future climate and land‑use scenarios have been produced for the first time. 🗺️ @natecoevo.nature.com @univie.ac.at @smartenwinter.bsky.social www.idiv.de/global-model...

This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig... The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.