"The High Seas Treaty has reached the threshold of 60 governments signing it into law, clearing the way for it to enter into force. This is the most important global agreement on the environmental crisis since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement" www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/histori...

Gray wolves are making a comeback in the U.S. state of California after a century-long absence. Conservationists say their return is a success, but it’s putting pressure on ranchers and rural communities as wolf attacks on livestock mount, Mongabay wildlife staff writer Spoorthy Raman reported.

“It’s sobering. And it’s unexpected, not because impacts will be increasing—that is not surprising—but because they will be increasing so much, so fast"

Does it make sense to apologize for anthropogenic species extinction? This article explores the potential of ecological apologies to help us think and work towards care, justice, and moral repair beyond the human.

New article from @stefcraps.com! Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

2/ On birdsong and sounding extinction @aurorafredriksen.bsky.social, on sturgeon and biobanks @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social & on histories of conservation elites @rafdebont.bsky.social

A fantastic few days in Manchester with fellow scholars writing about extinction from various disciplines. Feeling hopeful despite the content! Buoyed by new connections and deepened connections.

#CFP: "Mainsheet: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Maritime Studies" Deadline for articles: October 1st 2025 Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... #envhum #envhist #bluehumanities #ecocriticism

3 weeks left until the deadline! #ecojustice #envJustice #greyzone #greenTransition

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The AGWG has its AGM this Wednesday 3rd Sep at midday. Please register to attend. Help shape the direction of this research group over the next year :) 🐟🐟🐛🦧🐕‍🦺🐥🐾 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social

Excited by biological data storage? Ready to share your work or be part of the conversation? 📅 October 2, 2025 🕛 12:00 – 16:00 BST 📍 @manchester.ac.uk 🎟️ shorturl.at/znMSY 📧Contact at [email protected] to share your research.

This is a fantastic blogpost by @patthomson.bsky.social about the mixed emotions when you do finally get an article published. I was esp drawn to this para and this is why I'm honest & vulnerable abt my challenges via my blog (and also in the imposter syndrome episode of @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social!)

Deadline to register for this conference is tomorrow :)

Researchers analyzed the underwater vocalizations of male leopard seals in the Davis Sea along Eastern Antarctica’s pack ice. The information entropy of the songs, a measure of how predictable or random a sequence is, was remarkably close to that of human nursery rhymes.

🧵Call for Participation: “A Letter FROM the Sea” I invite sea professionals, artists, researchers, swimmers, divers, poets, writers, dreamers to join my long-term project by writing a Letter FROM the Sea.

Really important article examining #harms from @monicapons.bsky.social & @guillemrubio.bsky.social comparing #AtlanticSalmon & #EuropeanEel in #Aquaculture. The narrative of ecological sustainability & reduced pressure on ‘wild’ fish needs a fundamental rethink #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️

"The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out! I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I've always been really upfront about my experiences with this. I have encountered accent-based classism (not actually a true assessment of my 'class') at every stage in my student and now academic career. It is RIFE in this country across students and also staff members. Something HAS to change.

Also a great place to go when it's too hot outside/inside! Working in Weston Bank library @sheffielduni.bsky.social today as my home-office is sweltering and it's cool and calm in here. Picked up some books too! (alumni benefits 😆)

Come and join the @rgs-agwg.bsky.social committee! We are a friendly and active committee, working to advance and amplify the work of animal geographers in the UK and beyond! Get in touch if you have any questions

We are looking for two new committee members - a Postgraduate Officer and a Treasurer. Spread the word and join us! Deadline for applications is 1st September. More details here: www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/agw...

This week the first article from my PhD was published! This piece explores the belief that our planet is hurtling towards self-inflicted extinction. By working closely with Extinction Rebellion, I examine how demands to halt planetary extinction shape the future. doi.org/10.1111/tran... 🐞🌱

Out Now: Humanimalia 15.2! Featuring timely essays on human–animal entanglements, including 🐴 a taxidermied horse in London, 🐗 a feral pig in Australia, 🐐 “happy” goats in Italy, 🐾 robot dogs in Gaza, 🐦 pheasants in NL, and 🐑 sheepdogs in the UK. 🔓 OA here: humanimalia.org/issue/view/1...

Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh

It's National Marine Week! 🌊 These specimens of marine algae were collected in Plymouth and pressed in an album by Russel Harris in c late 1800s or early 1900s. Their vibrant colours last to the present day! 📷 EUL MS 278 #NationalMarineWeek #MarineWeek #Devon #MarineAlgae #Seaweed #Archives

Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.

CFP on the geographies of fraud and financial crime - get in touch with Dr Emily Cooper by 1st December 2025 ⬇️

ECR 'Blue bodies' conference in Bristol, 7-8th October, @uobrisceh.bsky.social @dudleymarianna.bsky.social would love to see your students there! 🌊💦https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/embodiment-and-water

www.nature.com/articles/d41... @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social interested to hear your thoughts...

What does a sick coral reef sound like? What happens when a noisy reef falls silent?

This will be an amazing project to be affiliated with and excellent team to work with!

🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕‍🦺 🐄🐎🐦‍⬛ Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social 📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...

Happy International Horseshoe Crab Day! iucn.org/news/species...

Our next Globalising Animal Geographies seminar with Camille Bellet will be on 24th June at 11am UK time. Details and QR code to sign up are below. See you there!

A new blogpost on how to use line and graphic drawing in ethnography and more broadly in social research 👉🏽 alexandrinavanke.com/2025/06/11/s... #ethnography #drawing #sociology #anthropology #geography #creativemethods #research

first interview for my marine biobank project completed! It's been so long since I began thinking about this project... pregnancy, mat leave and sick leave later, I'm delighted to have finally got started w/data collection. Such a rich and fascinating first interview to kick things off🐟🦠🌱🪸

I'm giving a lunchtime talk today (12noon UK time) on the postwar history of sericulture and science in Japan. Excited to share this research with a bunch of animal geography scholars @rgs-agwg.bsky.social ! #animals #japan

Last chance to register for @lisaonaga.bsky.social seminar for @rgs-agwg.bsky.social happening today at midday UK time. Sign up here or message me for the zoom link 🐛

Manchester Museum named European Museum of the Year

Friends & fellow 🪴 enthusiasts! Have you acquired live houseplants during/since the COVID-19 pandemic? Does your houseplant collection continue to grow? If so, please consider taking part in my research! Details & survey link 👇🏼Please share widely! 😊 🌱 🪴 www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

I'm currently thinking/writing about fear of ocean critters and also have an obsession with lobsters... so this article brought two of my interests together in an exhilarating way. Trying to plan a next project on lobsters on the Yorkshire coast... www.sandwichmagazine.com/fillings/blo...

The AGWG has our next Globalising Animal Geographies seminar with @lisaonaga.bsky.social on Friday! I am so excited to hear about Lisa's work on Silkworms and Sericulture 🐛 Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/13eE...

Final call to register for @rgs-agwg.bsky.social seminar from Dr Muhammad Kavesh happening tomorrow morning at 10am UK time! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We invite submissions for the Interdisciplinary Conference on “Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies.” Key dates · Submission ends: 30/06/2025 · Notification of acceptance: 30/07/2025 · Conference: 26/09/2025 See the full Call: tinyurl.com/m6zhyv56

Our Globalising Animal Geographies series continues this week with Dr Muhammad A Kavesh presenting his work on "spy pigeons" at the India-Pakistan border. Message me for sign up link!

📣The great economization of the Ocean: Following cod & doing empirical economy 📆14 May, 3-5pm 📍Online - zoom 🔗 shorturl.at/hiDmV Our speakers discuss how the ocean has been harnessed to become a space of ever-intensifying capital investment & innovation. Join this Anthropocene Histories seminar!

Two teenagers from Belgium find out their sentence tomorrow after being found with test tubes containing more than 5,000 ants. It's easy to think of ants as harmless, but the booming global trade could have consequences for biodiversity open.substack.com/pub/sammeado...

We have another exciting research seminar coming up – this time with Dr Muhammad Kavesh on ‘Hospitality and Hostility: Arrival and Intrusion of Foreign Pigeons in Pakistan and India’! Please see more info and QR code for registration below: