Avian flu has severely impacted breeding seabirds. Modelling study evaluates carcass removal as a tool to manage outbreaks, finding that it offers only limited benefits in reducing mortality in dense breeding colonies 🪽💡 @rspb.bsky.social Learn more here! 👇 buff.ly/oN6LPsG

New paper out today (my final PhD chapter)! Increasing impervious surfaces strongly reduces cavity-nesting bee and wasp communities, and flower patches alone showed no detectable impact. @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social #openaccess besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Interested in joining our editorial board? ✍️🌱 Apply here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

🤝Co-designed research is increasingly necessary to ensure effective conservation and management is carried out. 💡How do you integrate co-design in your work? Check out our guide for tips! buff.ly/SHnrlz3

Valuable camera-trap data can sit unanalysed for months—too slow for day-to-day management decisions 📸 Learn how researchers are tackling this issue by developing a deep-learning model in our latest blogpost! 👇 buff.ly/lfLamVC 🌍🧪

Ahead of #IPBES12, the British Ecological Society has curated a Virtual Issue to highlight research from our journals on approaches and evidence to aid The Business and Biodiversity Assessment 🌍🧪 See here 👇 buff.ly/LsHioXu

🤩We’re excited to announce our winner of Capturing Ecology🤩 🐊Zeke Rowe, @zekerowe.bsky.social, with their photo 'Wouldn't hurt a fly'🪰 Taken in Panama, the image shows an American crocodile fixing the camera with its golden eyes, utterly unmoved as blood-sucking horse flies feed on its snout.

🚨 new podcast episode! 🐧 this episode explores the story behind the paper, "record phenological responses to climate change in three sympatric penguin species". 🎙️ listen to the episode in english here: buff.ly/oUyixWX 🎙️ Escucha el episodio en español aquí: buff.ly/Kfb2bkH

Developing effective interventions for producing heat tolerant corals and combating climate change remain essential to protect our reefs 🪸🐟 Learn more here 👇 buff.ly/PHxa1WM 🌍🧪

NEW EDITORIAL! 💡 Using data to construct tripartite networks & models 📊, we found that editorial diversification helps make peer review more inclusive & better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research 🌐 Find out more 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Can pollinators help assess biodiversity in new woodlands? 🐝🌳 A new study shows they can — but that bees may be more reliable than hoverflies, and the choice of metrics and sampling methods matters. Learn more here 👇 buff.ly/6sgHS1F 🌍🧪

Researchers study a place-based framework for reconciling multiple voices, values and priorities towards planning and management of ecosystem services in stormwater management ponds 💧 See the article 👇 buff.ly/DcjJe4j

Carbon plantings can do more than store carbon — when designed with diverse native species mixes, they can deliver real biodiversity benefits 🌱💡 Learn more here👇 buff.ly/DcjJe4j 🌍🧪

It is possible to detect wood lilies using drones. Researchers found 90% plants in full bloom, 85% beginning to bloom, and 75% fading but only 1% plants that were not blooming 💡 Learn more here 👇 buff.ly/SVVga2m 🌍🧪

A new study explores how drones paired with distance sampling can be used to estimate breeding waterfowl metrics 🦆 Check out the article 👇 buff.ly/mN2jOfl 🌍🧪

Can we develop more scalable methods for estimating species' population sizes? Researchers test the predictability of detection probabilities, with implications for designed heterogeneity of monitoring design 🌍 Learn more here 👇

Tanzania’s Selous-Nyerere landscape has been highlighted as a leopard stronghold in this new paper by researchers from @wildcru.bsky.social, Lion Landscapes, TAWA, TANAPA, and TAWIRI🐆🌿 See here 👇

We're starting off the year with our brand new issue! ⭐ Cover image: By Joshua Vela during a monitoring expedition for the Galápagos Verde 2050 program of the Charles Darwin Foundation 🌱 See what we've published so far 👇 buff.ly/2ptqfLS

The @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting was extra special this year! Thanks again, @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social for the honor.

Took a while but finally published in @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social! Our study indicates great crested newt #eDNA survey window could be extended beyond June and filtration outperforms ethanol precipitation, but further evidence needed to support changes to regulated protocol doi.org/10.1002/2688...

Attending #BES2025 in Edinburgh & interested in incorporating grey literature into evidence base? @dochpjones.bsky.social & I are giving a workshop on 16 Dec at 13:15. Learn about what @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social are doing to include grey literature in management & policy. Help guide its development!

Learn more about the need for effective management of native and non-native deer species in Scotland in our latest blogpost 🦌🌲

Check out our latest blogpost where ecologists explored how to restore degraded sites within the Galapagos National Park 🌱🌍🧪

We have a new article type!! 🚨 🌍 🧪 Workflow articles will describe the design testing, and analysis of the performance of complex workflows. Find our more about workflow articles in our new blog post and in our authors guidelines. Blog post 👉 buff.ly/R7vcuqT Author guidelines 👉 buff.ly/VUfAt3x

Watch our recent AER Live 'DIY sensors for high-resolution microclimate monitoring: Lessons learnt and future perspectives' 🌱 🎥: buff.ly/XwtD030 🌍🧪

💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing? We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.

🌿 A great review is more than just a summary or description of past research! They integrate existing studies in new ways to promote discussion & offer new ideas & directions in plant ecology 🌷 📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇 buff.ly/cgUBfSp

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live! Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪 Find out more and register 👇 buff.ly/wNIpIWm

Watch Applied Ecology Resource's recent live talk 'Restoring Resilience: Lessons from the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in Durban, South Africa' 🌱 🎥: buff.ly/e0mvuNQ Sign up to our next one on the 18th Nov, 2pm GMT 👇 buff.ly/hLArtmy 🌍🧪

Patrick Cook and his team share their experience in the Scottish Highlands investigating how moths respond to landscape-scale woodland expansion on our blog The Applied Ecologist🌲 Check it out here! 👇 buff.ly/vFbUx4b 🌍🧪

Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. 🌨️ Read more and submit your proposal here:

Register for our next MEE live! Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! 🧬 ⭐ ⏰ 27 November 2025, 16:30-17:30pm (GMT) Find out more and register 👇 buff.ly/wNIpIWm

During the course of Black History Month, we have been collating a resource page of blogs, networks, literature and more, with the aim of consistently supporting and elevating Black ecologists.

📣Join our free online workshop! Dr. Lina Mühlbauer talks about her team's development of a low-cost, high resolution sensor network to measure microclimate with hardware that is cheap, easy to purchase and that uses freely available software 💡🌿 Sign up here! 👇 buff.ly/v9Vc1JD 🌍🧪

Watch Applied Ecology Resources' recent online workshop: 'Biodiversity and Nature Reporting for Complex Global Supply Chains' 🌿 🎥: buff.ly/XtCKGB9 Sign up to our next one on the 4th of November! 👇 buff.ly/yYeouwz 🧪🌍

Estimated numbers of black-legged kittiwakes nesting on oil and gas platforms in UK and Irish waters suggest these are important breeding sites 🪹 See the article here 👇 buff.ly/9cFElJS 🧪🌍

Our latest podcast episode, hosted by @edieabrahams.bsky.social, explores the story behind the paper, "Prey bioluminescence-mediated visual luring in a sit and wait predator". 🕷️ 🎙️ listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/HDHpvhZ

📣Join our free online workshop! We go behind-the-scenes with project managers from the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in South Africa, who share their experience with large-scale tree planting, invasive species control, fire management and biodiversity monitoring🌿 Sign-up here👇 buff.ly/5UdUSaM

Our latest podcast series 'Included in Nature with Clare Rishbeth' explores the barriers to nature inclusion for various communities and the ways in which we can overcome them 🌱 This discussion is based on four reports deposited in Applied Ecology Resources 📚 Listen here 👇 buff.ly/7BpYW1c

We're thrilled to announce our first-ever webinar! @hollietree.bsky.social & @pettorelli.bsky.social will be joining us to discuss how Integrated Nature-Climate Action can strengthen policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change 🌍🧪 Learn more & register for free here 👇 bit.ly/4mJGwx2

🌟 Our new issue is out! 🌟 Cover: Drone image of a passing vessel near a group of Florida manatees, captured by a community member as part of citizen reporting on manatee-vessel interactions. Photo by Taylor Masnjak See what we've added so far: buff.ly/q8ViFDN 🌎🧪

There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏 If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇 bit.ly/47uwYlD

What would it look like to combine scientific research, public education, and ecosystem restoration all in one place? 🌱 Check out are latest blog post to find out more! 👇 buff.ly/PEUuVb7 @holdenrestoration.bsky.social @itsdrfunk.bsky.social

This #PeerReviewWeek we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has reviewed for us over the last year! We appreciate the time and effort spent in helping to ensure high-quality research is published 🌟 See our Reviewers here: buff.ly/BrTpsgn

Did you know that all of our journals offer authors the chance to improve their manuscript's clarity for free? ✍️ This #PeerReviewWeek check out our post which explains why we made the decision to offer the Writefull service to all 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/rooofhshdm

📣 Sign up to our free online workshop! Explore the evolving landscape of biodiversity and nature reporting, and the challenges of applying these within complex international supply chains with Dr. Tara Garraty, Tunley Environmental, and Benedicta Bakpa, Bespak 🌎💡 Register here: buff.ly/o0GFgVZ

Did you know that it's officially #PeerReviewWeek? 📑💭 Whether you're looking to learn more about #PeerReview for the first time or want to brush up on some best practice tips, check out our free guide below 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/eoffzyiudg

📢 A new study, published in @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social, sets out the vision for the Freshwater Network – our new national strategy to tackle the crisis facing freshwater species – and identifies the 24 most important landscapes for freshwater wildlife in England and Wales:

Authors who are publishing an article with us are now able to submit a Plain Language Summary to be shared alongside their study! 💬🧪 These short-form pieces are aimed at making research accessible to a wider audience, & will be free to read🔖🌏 More info👇 bit.ly/4ndGkXF