New preprint! 🦒Towards ecologically meaningful foundation models 🧑‍🔬 With @rachelparkinson.bsky.social and many other really cool people! 🔗 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

What would a 'Foundation Model' for ecology look like? In our new preprint, we explore this emerging idea & outline a roadmap for foundation models in Ecology (ecoFMs)👇 Really great working with @rachelparkinson.bsky.social @hcerbone.bsky.social @polarprem.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.32942/X2V...

I’m leading a session at #ICTC2026 in Lima 🇵🇪 Shaping the Future of AI for Conservation: cross-disciplinary discussions on priorities, risks, and opportunities for the future of AI and conservation. ⏰ When: Thursday 19/02 at 13:30 🗺️ Where: Limatambo (main stage) Join the discussion!

Winter on the beach in Cornwall with Oscar.

It’s not easy measuring how bumblebees taste, but incredible progress is being made on nectar perception! 👅🐝 #ASABWinter2025

Heading up to Edinburgh to present at the ASABWinter meeting with the theme “How sensory information affects behaviour”. I’ll be presenting on how the taste of nectar sugars and amino acids drives feeding in bumblebees. 🐝 🌺 👅 Let me know if you’ll be in town! @asab-meetings.bsky.social