Enough. Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations. #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The two options seem to be anti-depressants for raptors or stop game shooting. I would be in favour of the latter. 😀 A small number of people involved in game shooting are determining what birds of prey we are able to see! It must stop. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

The day after Palestine's ambassador urged SNP delegates to "isolate companies that profit from occupation, John Swinney had breakfast with Airbnb's lobbyist. Airbnb is on the UN database of firms profiting from illegal settlements. shorturl.at/p67Yt

I came here to post this as I can't believe it doesn't already have 10,000 signatures - please sign and share! So vital and so utterly crazy that this has to be petitioned for. #climatesky

Now at the AGM of this important parliamentary group - so much to say about importance of horticulture on #PublicHealth through vegetables & fruit, and green spaces @htanews.bsky.social

Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action? Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it. But they think the majority of people DON’T support it. That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵

NYBG's @mauriciodiazgra.bsky.social was recently featured in Redagricola in a profile highlighting not only Mauricio’s career path, but also the impactful scientific work being carried out at NYBG. Read the article here: redagricola.com/al-servicio-...

Before the European Enlightenment, cultures across the world engaged scientifically with the natural history, and showcased it visually with their own unique visual language and perception of the living world. I do not understand the current aversion to different "styles" in scientific visual art.

Scotland’s coastal communities and marine life have been let down again 🪸 Last week, the Scottish Government once again delayed action on protecting Scotland’s inshore waters. 🧵1/5

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

🔴NEW: A body which sets environmental and welfare standards for fish farms took wholesale buyers to a Scottish salmon farm which broke its rules for 11 consecutive weeks. Our latest investigation: www.theferret.scot/a...

Landscape-scale ecological restoration. We can do it but we need much more of it and it needs to be now! Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland

Nature has an incredible capacity to recover - if we give it the chance. 🌱 The #NaturalEnvironmentBill is a vital opportunity to set legally binding targets to restore nature. Ask your MSPs to make Scotland's new nature targets as strong and effective as possible 👉

Over 800 people have attended Linnean Lens talks this year, with our most popular being Leonhard Fuchs's History of Plants. You can watch it, and all our other Linnean Lenses here: buff.ly/MidnesM

It's 10 years since the Paris climate agreement. Before Paris, the world was heading for 4 degrees of warming; it’s now headed for 2.5 degrees. We must continue this progress to limit heating and reduce its impacts. Every fraction of a degree matters for the future of humanity.

This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in the beach. It is much more than the story of the lost Lego cargo. And would be a great way to introduce youngsters to the "treasure" on the beach and the issues of plastic pollution. BUY IT NOW !

Post from Herbarium World about the Plants on Paper Exhibit at the Yale Haas Family Arts Library: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/b...

“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce “But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...

🐝 Pollinators are in decline. 
The EU’s new EU PoMS sets a unified, science-based way to monitor them. 🎯 CETAF helped shape the methodology, ensuring taxonomic expertise is central to accurate pollinator monitoring. 🔎 cetaf.org/cetafhelps-s... #Biodiversity #Pollinators #TaxonomyMatters

The Writing with Plants Project offers "free online 2-hour-long writing(with)plants sessions (since 2022), to foster community, imagination and creativity, all required for cohabitation with plants." Learn more here. www.instagram.com/writingwithp...

It seems to me that extreme inequality is at the root of all our societal instability. It creates poverty and puts vast power in the hands of an unelected greedy few.

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

Media literacy is vital for our democracy. 🗳️ Today we joined a group of more than 30 experts urging the government to back curriculum reform with proper funding for schools and librarians. Read our joint statement:

Looking for ways to be more eco-conscious this Christmas? 🎄 Check out this blog from our Engagement Officer, Rachel, for some top tips! buff.ly/QapnSBM 📸© Rachel Faichnie

Librarian? No self respecting librarian would be piling books on the floor like that. This is a bookseller, surrounded by piles of stock that for the love of god will someone just come in and buy so they can use their desk again?!? 😂 www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...

Applications are open for the 2026 Plant Humanities Summer Program! This program is a collaboration between the DO Plant Humanities Initiative and the Oak Spring Garden Foundation. Participants will engage in two weeks of virtual instruction followed by two weeks in-person at Oak Spring.

Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations. But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations. Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist. I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human

📈 #ClimateCrisis Experts say "emergency-level action at wartime scale" needed 🙋 Sign petition to Media bosses --> www.nebriefing.org @nebriefing.bsky.social @edi.bike @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @tessakhan.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @threadinburgh.scot @2050climategroup.bsky.social

Come and see an array of material from our archive on display in our free exhibition, 'Wonder', including playing cards, Victorian knitting patterns, lockets of hair, and bat scales. buff.ly/JUTYPY0 #EYAYourArchives

Ideas for a green Christmas: ❄️ Choose plastic-free decorations ❄️ Buy local, seasonal food ❄️ Buy gifts in charity shops or on charity websites ❄️ Choose sustainable ways to wrap More ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/Gre...

if WOC were barred it would be a white women's conference. if queer women were barred it would be a straight women's conference. if you bar any group of women from a women's conference, you do not have a women's conference, you have a conference of female people who are ok with prejudice.

Native #wildlife helps keep our landscapes in balance. 🌿From keystone species to the tiniest forest dwellers, #biodiversity shapes the health of our ecosystems. 🦅 Learn more about the iconic and vital wildlife of the Caledonian forest 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-for... #WildlifeConservationDay

IAPT Webinar Series: Breeding blindfolded - The benefits of good taxonomy! Join us on December 5th and also participate in a special toast to celebrate 75 years of IAPT! 🪸🍄🌸🎉 bit.ly/iaptwebinar3

Our latest investigation, in collaboration with Democracy for Sale 👇 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

💚 Thank you for helping us #GiveBHLWings! Your support this #GivingTuesday brings BHL closer to independence on 1 Jan 2026 and keeps the world’s biodiversity knowledge open for all. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸 ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...

"Justice cannot only respond after harm — it must prevent harm." - statement from Farah Naz, aunt of Zara Aleena Angiolini part 2 finds prevention of violence against women & girls is underfunded & under-prioritised despite commitments. www.angiolini.independent-inquiry.uk/reports-2/th...

"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.” What does this do for women's rights?

We are excited to share the newly published Impulse paper: Publishing cultural heritage data in the age of #AI, a joint publication by the Europeana Foundation and @openfuture.bsky.social You can read the paper here: bit.ly/3MBQAeY

I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them. I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue. Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.

1 in 9 species in Scotland is at risk of extinction. But we can change this! The Natural Environment Bill is a chance to turn things around for Scotland's amazing nature. 💚 Take 30 seconds to email your MSPs: scotlink.eaction.online/targets #NatureRestoration @scotlink.bsky.social

Pet parasiticides are entering soils and waterways, harming the very ecosystems we depend on. Ministers must act on the evidence and reduce this chemical load on nature. #EnvironmentalProtection #NatureRecovery

From Falkirk to Aberdeen, Dundee to Inverness. Far right groups are attending anti-asylum protests across Scotland. We spent three months investigating. People doxxed, attacked, threatened. And communities standing firm. Our first monthly long read. bit.ly/ferret-long-...

Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂 Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast. Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇 https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa

In one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state

Small gardens can boost biodiversity just as much as large ones – and when little green spaces join together with others, it creates a network of wildlife-friendly areas that benefits many different species. Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sma...

Bumper harvest of PhDs on offer at Kew Gardens at the moment - on many aspects of plants including ethnobotany and humanities approaches. Closing dates December -January: www.kew.org/science/trai...

The UK uses c227,000 miles of wrapping paper each year – & an estimated 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper isn't recycled. So choosing sustainable wrapping paper, & disposing of it responsibly by recycling, is an important way to cut Christmas waste. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...

Who is Anna Atkins? Discover the artist and scientist behind the first-ever illustrated photography book. 🧵 www.getty.edu/news/anna-at...