Great new paper by Susan Fountaine on women experts in the media & challenges they face - worth a read journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🌏🧪

I just voted! Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2025: interactives.landcareresearch.co.nz/foty/

With @ecostanley.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

The Hauraki Gulf is getting noisier, pushing sea life to the brink newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/31/t...

"New research by University of Auckland PhD candidate Diana Borse found that more gardens translated into more weeds." Excited to see Diana's research in the media. She submitted her thesis 2 weeks ago! More to come on this! @dianaborse.bsky.social 🧪🌏🌐

20% of urban areas in NZ are lawn - the costs to health & pockets is massive!

Very worth reading: e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Aotearoa's environment keeps taking hits....

Check out my first ever paper! @kecain.bsky.social @ecostanley.bsky.social and @jgmussoi.bsky.social summarised our knowledge on sleep disturbance in birds

Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year theconversation.com/are-you-a-he...

Give nature some help this summer? Some tips...keep 4WDs off beaches/riverbeds, keep dogs out of conservation areas, keep your distance from wildlife, mow your lawn less, contain pets, keep your yard dark, have a (clean) water bath for birds... & loads more tips...🧪🌎

Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens theconversation.com/dunedins-inn...

Some big diffs between citizen science observations (from iNaturalist) and specimen records (from digitised museum collections) - cit. sci records biased towards large inverts & exotic spp. Great MSc project with recommendations 🌏🧪@nzhymenoptera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hiring in our school!! Come & join us! 🌐🧪🌏

Soft launching our new podcast series - Under the Lens 🎙️ This is our pilot series… warming up the mics, dusting off the pipettes and pulling together the crew for something new. Its part science, part 80’s nostalgia and all about what keeps our ecosystems thriving.

Awesome weedy discussion with my phenomenal award winning hoamahi Margaret (with the fab Peter, Amanda and Nick) - our natives need more PR, and let's all be on the lookout for newbies!

This was a fun chat with the Bioprotection Aotearoa team about everything weeds! What's the issue & what can we do about it? So many weeds & so little money! @bioprotection.bsky.social 🌏🧪🌐🌿#invasive #weeds

"“We’ve got to make a decision: do we want to have penguins on the mainland, or do we want to have fishing? And maybe it’s as tough as that." newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/j...

"deer are causing severe, possibly permanent damage to native forest on public and private land" newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/b...

Weed management is going to be critical.... theconversation.com/the-fire-is-...

With the focus on mammalian predators, browsers & omnivores populations are growing - see this series on feral pigs newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/17/c...

And Inke takes out the @aucklanduni.bsky.social postgrad poster runner up prize! #scicomm Loving our awesome science communicators!

Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social for awarding me the Callaghan medal for Science Communication. Thanks to my many supporters, NZ communities for being curious, & the many people in various agencies who really do want to use evidence in decision-making. This is critical now, more than ever. 🌐🌏🧪

Siouxsie has forged a path to making science communication a little safer for the rest of us...

"Inflammatory, politically-motivated rhetoric has no place here." Emeritus Professor Alison Jones on the politically-motivated betrayal of academic freedom at UoA. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

📹 In collaborative wildlife conservation, Indigenous Peoples and Western science partners increasingly balance principles of open data with Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Potential tension is explored and nine recommendations to advance resolution provided➡️https://buff.ly/TOJHc4s

A study by Rutgers ecologist and RCEI affiliate Myla Aronson and colleagues has found “overwhelming” evidence that increasing biodiversity in cities – establishing parks, installing native plants and encouraging sustainable landscaping – can significantly ... Read more at tinyurl.com/2tw837ut

Native trees support specialist invertebrates, fungi and birds that co-evolved with them - if we only plant exotics, we lose those relationships and end up with cities dominated by generalist species like sparrows and pigeons.🧪🌏 #urban #trees #urbanforest #biodiversity

“It’s not about trees versus houses,” she says. “We also have huge areas like sports fields that could do with a lot more trees around the edges. Every bit of canopy helps.” @ecostanley.bsky.social #aklbiodiversity newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/17/f...

📣 Opportunity for early career researchers from developing countries who work on climate change. IPCC is calling for chapter scientists for assessment round 7. Successful applicants will receive a stipend for 48 months. 🧪🌎 www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter? This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... published in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social olevo.bsky.social led by ever talented @aisrayne.bsky.social 📷 Kevin Parker

Check out NZ Parliamentary Commissioner for Environment's report: 3 points politicians should agree on: 1) our economy is a subset of the environment, not vice versa, 2) critical importance of high-quality spatial data, 3) be realistic about time frames/costs of tackling env. problems. #Aotearoa 🧪🌏

The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project theconversation.com/the-remarkab...

An excellent piece - "Goodall showed us scientists can express their emotions and values and that we can be respected researchers as well as passionate advocates and science communicators."

More changes & challenges ahead (well, now really).... the logistics can be super challenging. This is where we learn lessons from our colleagues.

An excellent piece of writing - "Now, more than ever, mothers don’t need to be told what to do. They need our support, and our commitment to prioritising actions that make the world a healthier place for everybody."

I spoke with @rnzrss.bsky.social about why we need to regulate the exotic pet trade in Aotearoa www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...

Quantifying timing and impact of invasive predators on seabird breeding success conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A great initiative from Te Tira Whakamātaki - peltswithpurpose.raiselysite.com/en/ What is unwanted here (possums) is a taonga (treasure) in Te Whenua-a-Moemoeā (Australia). Māori possum hunters supply Aboriginal communities (for cultural revitalisation). Donations enable rangatahi exchanges.

Fantastic talk by the fabulous @dianaborse.bsky.social on her @aucklanduni.bsky.social PhD research about co-occurring weeds at #EMAPI2025 ecology & management of weeds conference. #weeds #invasive

Invasive species eradication: How do we declare success? 🌎 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much theconversation.com/data-centers...

Some brilliant @aucklanduni.bsky.social #3MT talks tonight! Incredibly talented communicators! Making research accessible!

BRAIDED RIVERS are more than water. Between the braids are islands of BIODIVERSITY that need PROTECTION. Some of us take these spaces for granted. Others know what’s at stake. PhD student Jazmynn Hodder-Swain shares her first BLOG POST — a reflection on responsibility and care.

And here's @jgmussoi.bsky.social's @aunz.theconversation.com story theconversation.com/sleepy-birds...

Can leaf MICROBES help protect MAIRE TAWAKE from MYRTLE RUST? In our next Rangahau Rising kōrero @hanareiaehau.bsky.social shares research into the microbiome of this endangered tree and what it could mean for forest resilience in Aotearoa Wed 20 Aug | 12–1 PM | Zoom 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/25x2jwae

New article out: The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

"Auckland’s spaces for play are spatially fragmented, limiting social encounters and the risk-taking skills vital for development." Some interesting recommendations in there from the authors.

Dr Helen Nathan & team want to hear from Māori aged 16 and up! Do you see ngēru as cuddly companions (hoa maimoa), mischievous troublemakers (poti nanakia), or a bit of both? Take our survey 👉 Click here to start the survey lnkd.in/gBY3-yNg Let’s talk cats! Kōrero mai mō ngā ngēru! 🐱✨