I have considered Moleskine to be outrageously overpriced for quite some time but using AI to generate a sketchbook cover betrays a level of hubris that is wild even for them. Those high prices and they couldn't be bothered to pay a human? Dump 'em. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

It is comical to the rest of the world (at least our Government) that instead of addressing the access to guns, the United States Government wants to build larger buildings to hide in. Truly amazing.

📣The Community Science team at @nhm.org is #hiring a Project Data Scientist to work w/us on our projects related human-wildlife interactions, environmental justice, biodiversity, & more! We also want this person to have experience working with communities. 🌱🐾👣Join us! 🧪🌎 tinyurl.com/CSProjectDat...

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Well guess what! Strong affinity with Mbuti hunter-gatherers from Central African forest

We don’t do political stories, but the answer to this is “you got fined for driving in a bus lane because you drove in a bus lane”.

In the first eleven months of 2025, 10,109 doctoral-trained scientists left the federal government. The losses were concentrated in agencies that fund medical research, regulate environmental standards and model climate. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/more-than-...?

As gold prices soar, so does illegal mining in the Amazon. A new AI tool from Amazon Mining Watch is now tracking these "mining scars" across 9 countries to provide an early-warning system for authorities to tackle this illegal mining crisis. @constancemalleret.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

I don’t know but maybe this could be amplified within primatology for starters: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

In Indonesia, a corruption scandal and illegal mining have devastated Bangka Island’s coastal wetlands. With 36% of its forests gone, displaced wildlife is clashing with local communities. Experts say the destruction of these habitats is the primary driver of rising crocodile attacks. Learn more!

#Animove26 is going to Kenya. Come and join us! Applications are now open until 31st of May 🦁🦏🐘🦛🦇🦂🦗 animove.org/next-animove...

So exciting to see sperm whale dialect data being collected from the Turkish eastern Med waters 👏 Aylin Akkaya - and presented with good humour 🤣 sperm whale squeals can indeed sound like drowning cats! watch this space for more developments on this topic! 👌🦑🧪🐋 #ECS2026

But time is quickly running out, and this new conference framework will "show those who are hesitating about the transition that there is a critical mass moving in favour of renewables." @fionaharvey.bsky.social and @jonathan-watts.bsky.social wrote a good piece in the Guardian last week

Don't forget about this excellent opportunity to share your joy and story-telling passion with younger generations! Expressions of interest are due on April 30th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Collectively, these data suggest that gender differences in partner preferences are malleable and sensitive to cultural parameters such as gender norm attitudes. Link to Walter et al (2020) study below. Supplementary material for our study: osf.io/ycweh journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 4/4

Two new marine parks that would protect 10% of Chile’s waters are stalled. While the former president signed the decree, the new administration has suspended it amid pressure from fishing interests. Conservationists fear the delay could weaken protections for species and vital artisanal fishing.

One of the world’s most threatened primates, Raffles’ banded langur, is getting a lifeline in Singapore. A citizen science program has identified vital food plants and corridors to reconnect fragmented forests. This community data is key to protecting biodiversity amid intense urban development.

One for you @katzyna.bsky.social and the Red colobus interactions with goats?

Asian elephants are diversifying their diets to survive fragmented forests in Malaysia. While DNA sequencing shows they are resilient feeders, this flexibility often leads them into oil palm plantations, increasing the risk of human-wildlife conflict as their natural habitats shrink. Learn more! 👇️

We're looking for a junior specialist to work on a fun project exploring seagrass local adaptation across the whole state of California! It should be a good mix of field and molecular work. Please share with folks you think would be interested! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07605

Article @theconversation.com Europe on how, 40 years after the accident, #Chornobyl has transformed into one of the best nature reserves in Europe, and the toll that the current war in Ukraine is having on the area. theconversation.com/chernobyls-e...

Nice coverage in The Guardian of our article on the importance of conserving culture for conservation. with @simonfitzpatrick.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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NEW: NSF has been funding research at a fraction of its historic rate. Last week, the agency finally began distributing money to its directorates and is now likely to pick up the grantmaking pace. But these allocations also amount to substantial cuts across the sciences. My reporting:

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

Sri Lanka’s push for solar energy is creating a new conflict in the Hambantota region. A planned solar park overlaps with key elephant habitats, conservationists are calling for clear land-use rules to ensure renewable energy doesn't destroy vital corridors. Malaka Rodrigo reports for #Mongabay.

📣ATTENTION!!! Postdoc position on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees and Bonobos 🤩 With the APE Group & Wildminds Lab @nakedprimate.bsky.social Come join us!!! ✨Please RT✨ @efprimatology.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

There are some science things I really don’t want to know.

Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us at the #SWEEET Symposium on May 14 (1:30-5pm) at #CSEE2026! We're tackling three barriers facing equity-deserving researchers: parenthood, fieldwork access & socioeconomic challenges. Featuring talks by Drs. Courtney Robichaud, Rachel Giles & Diane Srivastava. We hope to see you there!

Do you work in the Global South? @biologists.bsky.social is seeking Workshop proposals for their 2028 programme from researchers based in Global South countries. The Company is looking for an exciting proposal to bring a Workshop to your region. Find out more at www.biologists.com/workshops/pr...

I legitimately don't have words. www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/c...

'Carrying on years of British tradition by playing punk music ...why have the Dept of Education gone to war against us?!' Bob Vylan crew have never been charged. One Radical Anthropologist HAS been charged as a terrorist (unlawfully). See great film by DDN...

California's wildlife and communities need more support for coexistence. We're urging @governor.ca.gov to support SB 1135 to establish the Wildlife Coexistence Program. This program would provide public education, technical assistance, and nonlethal deterrents like barriers and noise machines.

From rivals ⚡️ to neighbours 🤝 🤔 How has the #competition between the two #woodpecker species changed over the last 20 years? 👩🏻‍🔬 Alena & team found that while D. major has adapted to coexist, D. medius still behaves aggressively. 💪 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #rivals #newpaper 🥳

Big shoutout to Kelty this week. They’re donating 5% of every purchase to the Conservation Alliance in support of saving the US Forest Service. Kelty is one of the four companies that actually founded the Conservation Alliance back in 1989, alongside Patagonia, REI, and The North Face.

I'm so honored to have received this award in memory of Frans de Waal for my PhD thesis! His work (and briefly working with him) truly shaped my scientific thinking and research. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

This is where free speech absolutism on university campuses leads: the widespread dissemination of disinformation 👇 The journals who published Lynn’s discredited database - where the claim that Somalians have an average IQ of 68 originates - typically did so in the name of “freedom of enquiry”

Six women have been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2026. This year’s winners secured major victories against fracking in Colombia, oil projects in the U.K., and mining in Papua New Guinea. Their work proves that local action can drive global environmental justice. Get to know them!

Legislating that literally every view, regardless of academic rigour, should be platformed by universities helps only those who want to spread disinformation and have a vested interest in damaging trust in expertise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The same could be said of humans.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Exploring matrilocality in history: insights from ancient DNA | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Interesting insights into the most difficult and dangerous conservation job. I knew him as a PhD student. Really dedicated even then. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/can-...