Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

NEW PAPER! Some kinds of genetic mutations are more likely to arise than others. Such "biases" in mutation vary between species. Analyzing data from 14 species, we show that this variation explains species differences in the genetics of adaptation! (1/3) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New research on mountain lions in California shows that human development is limiting the movement of young mountain lions causing a decline in genetic diversity. Wildlife crossing structures could be the key to reconnecting these isolated populations. phys.org/news/2025-12...

Coexistence with large carnivores is not a fixed end point — it is an ongoing, adaptive process that requires ecological, social and governance dimensions to align. Below a new #LCIE perspective paper on coexistence with #LargeCarnivores, developed for the European Commission. 🦊 1/4

Killer whales or orca have been observed hunting with Pacific white-sided dolphins in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, and sharing fish scraps with them after making a kill, according to research in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4rZ08RJ 🧪

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

- Protect your writing time! Schedule it as a mtg in your calendar - Do the important things first, not the urgent ones - Writing in short bursts (<30 min) is possible and useful - It doesn't have to be perfect, especially at first - Think about your audience and what they need to know

How can we monitor biodiversity on a budget? In this article, Moore et al discuss optimizing camera trap selection in a biodiversity hotspot.🌿 Find their #openaccess article at doi.org/10.1111/csp2... #conservation #biodiversity #science

Despite Prepublication Peer Review being a core part of science, training materials for it are sparse. This open source guide is very valuable for ECRs! ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/

Our systematic overview of how rewilding is practiced in Europe has been published in @consletters.bsky.social. We found five distinct strategies differing in goals, interventions, and people's role as part of the rewilding process. Read more here👇 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Optimising Genome‐Wide Detection of Runs of Homozygosity: Impacts of Reference Genome Quality and Sequencing Parameters on Inbreeding Assessment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

After work rebuilding habitat corridors and focusing on wildlife coexistence with local communities, a leopard was caught on camera trap in western South Africa for the first time in 170 years. This shows the species is beginning to recolonize their previous habitat. #conservation #goodnews

As the vulture population plummets, dogs multiply and rabies spreads. The sequence, triggered by human action, carries a warning that many scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction: When we endanger other species, we endanger ourselves.

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat. Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S

truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind

This perspective article shares insights from decades of long-term mammal research. Lessons for long-term research are clear: ask the right questions, use technology carefully, analyse data frequently... 📖 Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A survey of 10,000 members of the public across European Union countries in which there are large carnivores finds strong support for carnivore recovery but simultaneous, and somewhat paradoxical, opposition to both population growth and hunting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Once more for the people in the back — “The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.” University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence. theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...

A recently discovered canid is making their home along the coast of LA. They’re classified as coyotes, but Red Wolf ancestry gives them bigger ears, and longer legs. Scientists are working to better understand these hybrids and what they mean for the future of canids in the region. bit.ly/4rfpSst

when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean

#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published. Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin! #CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)

📖Two new Conservation Biology pieces read like a lively dialogue on coexistence: 🌳Bruskotter et al. question process-focused frameworks, and 🌾Pooley replies by centering power and polarization. Scholarly back-and-forth pushing the field forward! doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70174 doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70173

ARTISTS! I need your help! In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend. Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Educators: Help me figure out how to communicate about plagiarism and AI to my students. This semester, 40% of my students have had assignments flagged for AI-generated content. When I talk to them about it, they earnestly insist they didn’t cheat… then guilelessly describe using AI tools to cheat.

Fossil evidence from six continents indicates that human agriculture and livestock have fundamentally altered global mammal communities, disrupting natural patterns established during the Ice Age. doi.org/g95dzg

The publication: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A shorter snout is one of several physical traits linked to domestication. Using almost 20,000 raccoon photos from iNaturalist, researchers found that urban raccoons' snouts were 3.5% shorter than rural ones.

Back in 2017— when the last chance conservation effort to move vaquitas into protected sea pens failed—if you had told me there would still be vaquitas in 2025 I would not have believed it. They are still in terrible danger, but that they exist at all and are having babies is miraculous #hope

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

A 🆕 #OpenAccess Concise Review in "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment": What makes public engagement work? A review of 6 key attributes that help scientists connect meaningfully with communities—and vice versa 📄Six elements of effective public engagement with science doi.org/10.1002/fee....

🐺Did you know that #Emotions and #perceptions predict local communities' attitudes toward the #conservation of large carnivores?🐆🐻 You can find out more about this in Monfared et al's #recentlypublished article, available at doi.org/10.1111/csp2... #science #conservationscience

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

1/ Carlton & Cohen (1993) described the global transport of species as "ecological roulette" (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), whereas Paine & Zaret (1973) equated the introduction of non-native species to ecological gambling (jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...). #bioinvasions #invasivespecies

As climates shift, breeding must adapt. We show how Genomic Offsets can guide selection for resilience—predicting future genetic mismatches before they arise. researchgate.net/publication/...

🎨🔬 CALLING ALL ARTISTS & DEEP-SEA SCIENTISTS! 💡 Open to ALL artists & scientists 
🗓 Deadline: August 31 
📍 Apply via the short form in our bio / link below! 🔗 forms.gle/SftLbez3ML2j...

the IUCN have passed the Longevity Conservation motion put forward to them by @kellerfish.bsky.social and @pili-scotland.bsky.social and based on the paper we wrote on the value of older individuals in animal societies. www.cdu.edu.au/news/global-...

Our Q&A on inbreeding and its implications for conservation is out!

Is it possible to link modern coexistence theory with functional ecology? @joe-wan.bsky.social shows that it is! Functional coexistence theory provides an avenue toward mechanistic and predictive understanding of community–ecosystem feedbacks @esajournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70033

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

anyone have experience fragmenting DNA for WGS library prep with a Qsonica Q800R3? effective covaris alternative, or ineffective trap for cheapskates?

The disproportionate impact of the #megabiota on biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Check out the #OpenAccess study, from Ecology's #TheScientificNaturalist series, here: doi.org/10.1002/ecy....