Register now for #ECCB2026 in Leiden!

New review on OECMs by @dpetza.bsky.social et al, emphasising the need for standardised assessment methods, improved decision-support tools, and socio-cultural integration to enhance OECM recognition under the 30 × 30 conservation target link.springer.com/article/10.1... @skatsanevakis.bsky.social

Check out our news article in la Repubblica www.repubblica.it/green-and-bl...

The diamond lizardfish Synodus synodus, a subtropical Atlantic taxon, is more widespread in the Mediterranean Sea than previously assumed as demonstrated by our observations during the field campaigns of the Biodiversa project @cambiomed-biodiversa.com

PhD opportunity: MOVE Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c... Deadline: 12/01/26 Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...

How English-centric metrics distort global scientific productivity - a nice coverage of our recent paper (doi.org/10.1371/jour...) in @plosbiology.org www.the-scientist.com/how-english-... #languagebarriers

A new Nature Climate Change study shows our understanding of species range shifts is biased: we detect northward shifts more easily than east–west movements driven by nitrogen pollution or land use. The new Latitudinal Bias Index helps reveal this blind spot: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Funded PhD opportunity!!🧪🌎 Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected? Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods? This PhD could be for you! Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH (UK or settled status applicants) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

... just look at these 👀 Just a handful of the incredible new #PhD opportunities at the lab. Visit our website to see them all, and apply! 🔗 pml.ac.uk/Working-with... #PhDs #PhDopportunities #hiring #Plymouth #PhDlife

Come and work with us in beautiful and affordable Palermo :-)

We are advertising a 12month scholarship for analyzing pictures of macroalgae using an AI tool. The candidate should have a bachelor degree in Biological Sciences or similar. For applications see Borsa di Ricerca n. 44/2025 on www.szn.it/index.php/it... DEADLINE 30 November!!!

A 11month postdoc at the Center for Marine Research Rovinj, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia supervised by the amazing Dr Ljiljana Ivesa. The position focuses on the conservation and restoration of fucalean marine forests in the northern Adriatic euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/381267 Deadline 17 Nov!!!

Rivers transport significantly more dissolved organic matter to the ocean than previously thought, with up to 25% of marine dissolved organic matter originating from land—1.7 to 2.5 times higher than prior estimates. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/5gcG50Xq2MJ

The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended until November 15th! Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more. @eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social #conservation #networking

BehaveAI is live! Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease. Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source. Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI

Do you have hours of videos📹with animals? Speed up your watching by using BEHAVE - a user-friendly, open-source, free, zero-install tool for coding animal behaviour in video recordings! Try BEHAVE here: behave.claude-apps.com Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) aims to protect and restore biodiversity whilst ensuring coastal communities remain economically viable. Read our latest post from the @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE Greece-Aegean Sea case study to find out more about our approach. 🐟🌊 www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/marine-...

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8

Two PhD positions available to come and work with us - please share! [1] Detecting rapid evolutionary responses to climate change in UK plants tinyurl.com/ye262pk2 [2] Natural GM: The role of horizontal gene transfer in crop adaptation and evolution tinyurl.com/32tkce2w

Why is modelling land-cover changes over time so important and challenging? Read our latest blog post from our #Tagus case study to learn more: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/why-is-...

Our study investigated the functional diversity of coastal fish communities across habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. It demonstrates that sandy habitats contribute disproportionately to functional beta diversity in Mediterranean infralittoral ecosystems authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

ICMB XIII goes to Cape Town, South Africa! The next International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions is now confirmed for 2027! Follow for more updates. Hope to see you there! @marinebioinvasions.bsky.social #bioinvasions #NIS #marinebioinvasions #ICMB2027 #capetown #southafrica

Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐

As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare. However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)

Several years ago, I watched the National Geographic "Jane" documentary, and wrote a Twitter thread about it, then rewrote it in blog form for the @peopleprimate.bsky.social. And I'm dismayed to see so much of her memorials repeating this narrative (2/10) human-primate-interactions.org/blog/

Excellent advice from Hugh Possingham on monitoring conservation projects and why most Monitoring and Evaluation is flawed. youtu.be/qa6Ewt-W5mU?...

Does anyone know what is wrong with this scorpionfish?

To boldly go where no woman has gone before...

Take a look at our latest blog article on 'The ecological value of the Tajo River basin'. Born in the Sierra de Albarracín (Teruel, Spain), the Tajo flows westwards meeting the Atlantic in the Portuguese capital of Lisboa. #Spain #Portugal #Tajo www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/the-eco...

Applying CAMBioMed's sampling protocols in Croatia #StazioneZoologicaAntonDohrn #RodjerBoskovicInstitute

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #languagebarriers

Analiza el reto de abordar legalmente la interacción entre mascotas y fauna silvestre desde 3 perspectivas sobre la falta de armonía entre las leyes de conservación y bienestar animal: 🦜 Mascotas asilvestradas 🐈 Mascotas con libertad de mov 🐕 Paseo de mascotas www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Researchers from #StazioneAntonDohrn and the #UniversityofPisa implemented #CAMBioMed 's monitoring protocols for temperate rocky reefs in Tuscany last week. In contrast to the Cyclades Islands (Greece), macroalgal forests were present whereas no alien herbiovores were recorded.

Quantifying the economic value of #ecosystemservices is essential for making evidence-based decisions in #conservation and marine spatial planning. Read our latest blog post from our #Aegean Sea case study to learn more: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/economi... 🌍🐟🌊

Today workers from all fields in Italy required that the Italian government puts sanctions on the criminal government of Israel for the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

🚨🗓️🚨 5 WEEKS left until the MarinePlan FINAL EVENT! Join us online to learn about MarinePlan's improved transdisciplinary approach to EB-MSP and conservation in European seas. 🌊🪸🐠🌊 REGISTER HERE: thuenen.webex.com/webappng/sit... Agenda is available on our website: www.marineplan.eu

🧪Australian ongoing position in academia

🧪Australian academic position Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife and Spatial Ecology. careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...

New paper led by @martinjung.eu presenting a protocol/tool that increases transparency in reporting Systematic Conservation Planning projects

Besides attending super interesting presentations, it is such a great pleasure to meet old friends/colleagues at #ICCB2025 @hugepossum.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social @mariabeger.bsky.social

Jorge Alvarez-Romero provides a succinct description of how #Marxan delivers prioritised spatial decisions for nature in the spatial planning course @iccb2025.bsky.social

Excited to be back in Brisbane after 10 years for the @iccb2025.bsky.social but it seems like the Cyclades are still following me :-) Γεια σου ρε ελληνική διασπορά!

Repeating the fieldwork conducted by @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social and colleagues 17 years ago in the Cyclades. Lots of changes have been observed! Main results of the historical data can be find in these publications onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... and www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

During our first week of sampling, we have already noticed a remarkable change in the percentage cover of macroalgae in several sites of the Cyclades Islands. Once macroalgal forests, now turf... @skatsanevakis.bsky.social @rilovlab.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social

New paper presenting an innovative NGO-driven approach to conservation planning that can guide the establishment of deep-sea protected areas in data-limited and governance-challenged marine regions authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Sampling in the Cyclades Islands after 18 years! Back then Maria Sini and I were sampling for my PhD with my little car, today we are returning with a catamaran and a crew of 10 people. Getting older has some advantages...

Researchers from SZN and UAegean a 5-week sampling campaign in the Cyclades Islands (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) for the CAMBioMed project www.biodiversa.eu/2024/04/15/c... @skatsanevakis.bsky.social @rilovlab.bsky.social

Great postdoc opportunities in spatial prioritization!

Our #CAMBioMed 2nd annual meeting was completed today in Chania. Very useful discussions on our #monitoring framework and organizing our #field work for this year, #CitizenScience activities, #AI assisted analysis of photo-quadrats, and many more. #MarineEcology @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social

📣 Postdoc Opportunity! The Biota Synthesis Programme 🇧🇷 is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on processes of co-production of knowledge and policy in biodiversity synthesis groups. 24 months. 🗓️ Apply by March 25! 👉 www.iea.usp.br/en/research/... 🌐🧪🌍