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Light pollution & changes in water turbidity are affecting how fish negotiate their environment. In their SI review, Cait Newport & @burt15theresa.bsky.social discuss how sensory limitations & visual noise may impact the navigation of fish @biology.ox.ac.uk journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A new special issue in JEB tackles the important problem of animal sensory perception in a changing world. Includes a paper by Cait Newport and me, on the visual challenges that fish face when navigating journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...

Magical on the hills

We're delighted that Dr Cait Newport and Dr Salma Akter have been awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowships Cait will explore how fishes navigate in turbid water, while Salma will explore how plants respond to environmental stresses like drought and flooding 👇 bit.ly/4mQ6nDL

We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Dip a day in October for Surfers Against Sewage campaign www.sas.org.uk

An excellent hoard from weekend foraging.

Very low water this year, but the salmon have started their run upstream

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New paper alert! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fantastic new job, advert now live - Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour, Dept Biology, Oxford. Closing date 8th Oct. Come and join us! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

envres.web.ox.ac.uk/future-envir.... Tomorrow's Grand Challenge Seminar closes the Summer 2025 Series with the big question of where next for Environmental Research and what other challenges should be be focussing on? Join us at Jesus College Ship St Centre @ 5pm, 19th June. Register free at link.

🚨 BREAKING: UK offshore marine protected areas endured 20,000+ hours of suspected bottom-trawl fishing last year. Learn more about this brutal ocean practice and why banning it is so important for ocean health with a new report from @oceanauk.bsky.social 👉 oceana.ly/43zWeV0

🐟 Abundant oceans are critical to keeping our planet healthy and regulating the climate. That's why Oceana campaigns to win policy victories that restore abundance and biodiversity in the world’s oceans. Join us in making a difference today: oceana.ly/3ZexVta

#wildflowerhour and the sun has brought out violet, stitchwort, forget-me-not, dandelion, wood anemone, snakeshead fritillary and cuckoo flower

A lovely hatch above the Usk. Clouds of insects!

Dipper - song bird of water and air

Golden catkins

Goldcrests displaying - here’s hoping for some tiny chicks soon! 🦉

New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A little cheerful celandine for #wildflowerhour

Scarlet elf cups 😃 🍄 📷

Bitterns booming, barn owl, water rail and a hare at Otmoor today (RSPB)

Winter aconite, snowdrops and little hazel catkin flowers for #wildflowerhour

We are looking for #publishers #NGOs #animalwelfare organizations #corporate houses to partner with us for @behaviour2025.bsky.social. Who will be our #mightyelephant or #royalbengaltiger? Check out the sponsorship options: behaviourindia2025.in/sponsorship-...

Uppsala University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships through the Birgitta Sintring Foundation, with a deadline of February 9, 2025. Details: https://www.uu.se/en/department/ecology-and-genetics/research/the-birgitta-sintring-foundation #postdoc

Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant! We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course; Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads; Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers. bsbi.org/grants Don't miss out, apply ASAP!

Two leading scientists with great expertise and style - and sure to be a brilliant synergistic team - are starting a new cutting-edge science podcast: definitely worth following

New #sharkscience from @juliachaumel.bsky.social and @georgelauder.bsky.social showing that the tail of pelagic rays contain an extension of the lateral line system making it a giant hydrodynamic antenna. Fascinating stuff with implications for ecology. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Above the clouds. Black mountains at sunset.

⏰📢 One week to go to apply for these #lectureship 🌟JOBS🌟 with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’. That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Two weeks to go until the application deadline for ILESLA. If you or anyone you know would benefit from full funding to carry out a PhD in Life and/or Environmental Science please visit/refer to our website page iles.web.ox.ac.uk/how-apply where you can see open day videos and get full guidance.

@asab.org has grants to attend #behaviour2025, boosted for applicants (ALL SENIORITIES!) from developed countries up to £2000. Plus the usual £2500 for those from developing countries, and £800 if you're based in India. But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!

The deadline to apply for the ASAB conference grant is fast approaching! Make sure to apply for your grant of up to £500 ▶️ 🔗 www.asab.org/conference-g...

Each morning the woodcock heads to bed in the field opposite as the sun starts to rise.

There is something magical about the light in winter. Cloud inversions in the Black Mountains

Dragon’s breath on the hills

Solstice sun - the light returns

Dusting of snow in the Bannau

Would you like to collaborate? To The Spiral Of Honesty project. web site spiralofhonesty.org with the contributions and a description of the project. There will be an offline exhibition as well. So far there've been 20 contributions - art, poems, photos, more are very welcome!

Closing date for applications is today. Living on a small remote island has its attractions. And Manx shearwaters are extraordinary and very special birds. www.mwt.im/jobs/calf-ma...

Major job opportunity: Always had a soft spot for this back entrance to Cambridge Zoology Department. A wonderful opportunity there now with the Prince Philip Professorship in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - applications by Jan 2025: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48966/

Appropriate for Samhain, I think: this is star jelly; the regurgitated ovaries of frogs that have been swallowed by herons. #birds #amphibia

A reminder that our Research Grant deadline is THIS THURSDAY! Get your applications in soon 📧

Wales is a country of myth and legend; stories weaved from the landscape. Llyn y Fan Fach sits in the shadow of the Black Mountain and is connected to the story of the Lady of the Lake.

Early morning geese #birds

Projects are live for our DPhil in Biology! 'Should I do a PhD?' is a big question, and we have projects that span the biosciences to serve as inspiration. If you're considering a PhD, or know someone who is, take a look at all our projects! 👇 bit.ly/DPhilBiol