“Hares are shot… because some landowners believe the countryside is overpopulated with the animals” Yet “hare populations have declined by 80% over the past century” Another example of why ‘stakeholder opinion’ should be treated warily by conservation ecologists www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Wildlife temporal behaviors in response to human activity changes during and following COVID-19 park closures vist.ly/4j5pb #CameraTraps #Covid19 #UrbanEcology

#BatYearReview We have 18 resident bat species in the UK, 17 of which are known to breed here but 2025 is the year in which the 1500 bat species was scientifically described. #bats 🦇

🦇 (thread) We've added more courses and events to our bat calendar! Here are some highlights for the first quarter of 2026: - Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February. - Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February. www.bats.org.uk/events 📷(c) Hugh Clark

NEW VACANCY - Come and join our team as the Head of Fundraising (2 year Fixed-term, Part-time 22.5hrs per week; 0.6 FTE). Deadline for Applications: 9am Monday 12th January 2026 🦇 www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

La historia de los balleneros vascos en Labrador en el sXVI es alucinante, y este Documentos de RNE la cuenta divinamente Una de las primeras industrias globalizadas (hilo de 5 posts) www.rtve.es/play/audios/...

Found only in the Galapagos Islands the marine iguana is the only marine lizard species in the world, they can dive as deep as 30m (98 ft) and spend up to 30 minutes at a time underwater 📹Shelton Dupreez

The tech boosting our understanding of bats @westernsydneyu.bsky.social www.westernsydney.edu.au/future-maker...

The Agriculture and Fisheries Council @consilium.europa.eu will probably decide these days the extension of current (poor, useless) restrictions to eel exploitation. In the 5th year of zero-catch advice, @ec.europa.eu (may) insist on refusing to protect the eel theconversation.com/eels-have-fa...

There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

🪶🌎🧪 WE'RE HIRING!!! Want to band fabulous birds on a far-flung island in the Western Pacific? We need to fill these 2 positions ASAP. More information here: birdpop.org/docs/job...

“Despite reports of catastrophic insect declines, their global status remains unclear due to … a massive lack of data” Poorly evidenced reports of huge losses do insects a disservice & do not help with planning appropriate action www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i...

Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶

BBC News - Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy www.bbc.com/news/article...

Climate change and overfishing threaten African Penguins. BirdLife South Africa are fighting for this species’ future www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It is all too easy to regard new monitoring tech as the solution to environmental problems All they do is expose in greater detail our degradation of the Earth We need to use on that information to spur action - don’t just observe, act

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

Every pound donated gets doubled until midday on Tuesday 9th December or once we reach our target. Help us continue to provide A Voice For Bats at this critical moment donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

🦇 Today is #WorldWildlifeConservationDay - Bats account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide. They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

CITES has failed to protect Anguilla eels, even when the proposed modification of appendices was shy and insufficient The most threatened Anguilla species must be in CITES Appendix I to avoid any international trade See comment in Aquatic Conservation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶

Las anguilas son fabulosas Los 15kg servidos en Kresala habían recorrido en conjunto más de 150 millones de kilómetros, la distancia de La Tierra al Sol, para llegar a la costa francesa y acabar comercializadas por Angulas Aguinaga y servidas en paltos pijos theconversation.com/la-anguila-e...

@elperiodico.com emite la justificación de Iñaki López de Viñaspre sobre su banquete de angulas en Kresale: "han sido pescadas (...) siguiendo las directrices del Sustainable Eel Group (SEG)" Eso es una tontería. Lo explico abajo www.elperiodico.com/es/gastronom...

Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic. Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Join us! We're recruiting research assistants in the following groups: Drosophila Connectomics (closing date: 8 Dec) Insect Ecology (closing date: 7 Jan) Prof Stephen Montgomery’s Group (closing date: 14 Jan) For more info and to apply: bit.ly/48pL6wF

🚨we're looking for new Associate Editors to join our editorial board! ⏲️deadline for submissions: 23 February 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0) 📎read more and apply at the link below: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

Interested in a multidisciplinary PhD that integrates robotics, computer vision, ecology and conservation? We are looking for 12 Doctoral Candidates to join the WildBotics MSCA Doctoral Network! Positions are fully funded for 36 months! More info & apply @ www.wildbotics.eu/recruitment 🧪👩‍🔬🌍

1] The global threat posed by invasive non-native species is outlined in the 2023 IPBES assessment report, the most comprehensive analysis of its kind. Its findings are based on the work of 80 international experts reviewing 13,000 scientific papers. Their conclusions are unequivocal. ipbes.net/ias

Polynesian rats, introduced with the arrival of colonists circa 1200, rapidly grew into a massive population and consumed most of the island's tree seeds, thereby preventing forest regeneration after humans cleared land for cultivation. #bioinvasion phys.org/news/2025-11...

Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds idw-online.de/de/news862413 #ALAN #Wildlife

Weighing up the wild-meat harvest in Amazonia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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

🦇 Following an enthusiastic reception at the National Bat Conference, Paola Reason is back with an extended online talk on 2 December (2:00 - 3:15pm) to share her reflections on 30 years of bat work and consultancy. Book today: www.bats.org.uk/events/voice...

@natreswales.bsky.social published the first Species in Peril report. It outlines species at risk in Wales which includes six mammal species, five of which are bat species: greater horseshoe bat, Bechstein’s bat, Leisler’s bat, barbastelle and serotine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?

🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇 Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social , @bfraser.bsky.social and BCT, based at the University of Exeter. Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Fascinating story about evidence that #H5N1 #birdflu infected vampire bats in South America, raising the prospect of a potential new & dangerous host for the virus. Some good news: The virus didn't appear to spread well among the bats. By @martinenserink.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...

Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - new #OA @nature.com paper with @patrickawalkden.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social, combining #PredictsProject with #Avonet doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New study by Williamson et al. (2025) finds that boat use during an acoustic telemetry study for European eel didn’t disturb sensitive waterbirds in a UK Special Protection Area-thanks to low speeds + strong mitigation. 🛥️ doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70181 #ConservationScience

About 30% of island-restricted reptiles are currently threatened with extinction (vs 12% of mainland reptile species). Yet, just 6.7% of the published research from 1960-2021 is devoted to island species @mongabay.com @biology.ox.ac.uk @jesusoxford.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Pangolins, the scaly anteaters that are the most trafficked wild mammals in the world, face a host of challenges throughout their range, including South Asia. The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group is working on a global action plan to conserve the species, with subgroups working on regional plans.

Feed: "World news | The Guardian" By: Shreya Dasgupta on Monday, February 10, 2025

Estarão em debate questões como o comércio ilegal de chitas, o comércio de cágados e tartarugas de água doce ou a conservação de abutres, elefantes, leões africanos, leopardos e rinocerontes.

About 70% of all 1500 described bat species feed on insects and spiders, this includes all 18 UK resident bat species. However in tropical countries some bat species help to pollinate plants, including crop plants, others also spread plant/tree seeds and hence helping with reforestation.

Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... Q&A with Stéphane Blanc, research director at CNRS, about the Long-term Studies in Ecology and Evolution programme and its priorities for supporting long-term monitoring and research Free to read: rdcu.be/eQltU

#Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges. Crucially, the research also found that 90% of church communities feel positively about their resident bats. ⛪🦇 #naturepositive www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...

There are 1500 described species of bat in the world with more being added all the time. Each species is unique in its requirements and the role they play in the ecosystem. In the UK we have 18 resident species www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

I just got an email from a former mentee telling me that one dinner conversation changed how he writes papers♥️ I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.” Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))

Reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy 🦎 New research from @ricardonature.bsky.social shows that 30% of island reptiles are threatened with extinction (compared to 12.1% of reptiles overall) - but only 6.7% of reptile-focused research since 1960 has studied them 👇 bit.ly/3LqQo1F