Deer numbers have been rocketing in the UK and Ireland, causing *massive* damage to nature and society. The solutions? Eat wild venison instead of farmed meat, and reintroduce missing native predators like lynx. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A comprehensive review building on the IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment reveals that numbers of alien species are increasing for all taxonomic groups and regions, and that this trend is likely to continue. Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058

As the EU’s deforestation-free regulation takes effect in 2026, companies will lean on satellite maps to prove their supply chains are compliant. But a new review warns most maps can’t meet EUDR standards, risking misclassification in places where agroforestry and forests look alike.

Just published: a cross-taxon synthesis of how #non-native species spread: from dispersal and #invasion fronts to Allee effects, human pathways, and predictive models. Understanding spread is key to management & policy. 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies 🧪🌍🌐

We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

🗞️ Great news! A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015. Scientists working in the area report multiple sightings since April 2025. Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/eFb450XAvyN

Our new review lays out a framework for understanding the social-ecological benefits of protected areas to their surroundings - just published in One Earth: www.cell.com/one-earth/ab... doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101462

Elephants along with red deer, horses and wolves on the Spanish coast, not so long ago 🐘🦌🐎🐺🐾🇪🇸 #megafauna #lastinterglacial phys.org/news/2025-12...

The fantastic Ellen Robertson at Univ. Florida is recruiting 2 PhD students to work in her lab. Students would work with long-term data on two endangered species: The Snail Kite & Red-cockaded Woodpecker. If thinking about a PhD, please take a close look! Below are details on the kite project:

New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾

Really excited about what came in the mail today:

A new PNAS paper finds that polarization increased immediately after the invention of smartphones and the advent of social media, which both appeared around the same year, 2008. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Go see Joe’s poster! He is doing fantastic work! #BES2025

One of the techniques the students learn to use on our #Wildlife #Conservation #MSc field course in #SouthAfrica is camera trapping to estimate mammal biodiversity. Sometimes the videos are more interesting than other times #leopard @uniofhull.bsky.social

The subtropical thicket is one of South Africa’s most biodiverse yet overlooked ecosystems. Through spekboom planting, the Thicket Restoration Flagship aims to restore 800,000 hectares of thicket. Learn more about this #GenerationRestoration effort: https://ow.ly/k50A50XIGsh

High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100 🌎🧪 🌐 www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social] After years of expeditions, Gregg Treinish felt uneasy: he wasn’t making a difference. He founded Adventure Scientists, turning outdoor enthusiasts into data collectors whose work now spans microplastics, illegal timber & California’s biodiversity.

Really happy to share that the Second Edition of our book, "Spatial Ecology and Conservation Modeling", is now out and available online! We provide a foundation for applied spatial ecology with a focus on learning-by-doing. @camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk

Seed dispersal by 🦜🦇 underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian Chocó? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99

Important work about biodiversity across sub-saharan Africa: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just finished up a series of statistics workshops—this….

🚨we're looking for new Associate Editors to join our editorial board! ⏲️deadline for submissions: 23 February 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0) 📎read more and apply at the link below: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶

2025. Native megafauna (Bison bison) act as a surprising inhibitor of cedar tree expansion in a Great Plains grassland esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

As the vulture population plummets, dogs multiply and rabies spreads. The sequence, triggered by human action, carries a warning that many scientists consider to be a sixth mass extinction: When we endanger other species, we endanger ourselves.

Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States 🔗 buff.ly/KnY2LCi

For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...

Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - new #OA @nature.com paper with @patrickawalkden.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social, combining #PredictsProject with #Avonet doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions Communities can act as functional sources and sustain rare ecological roles across space. We reveal patterns of functional vulnerability for plants and birds Check out our Perspective in Ecol Lett 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌐🌍🦤🪴🍁🧪

There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out! 2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... 1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/

Did you know that European wildcats could return to Devon? 🐾 These fascinating cats have been absent in south west England for over a century but a two-year study has concluded that reintroducing wildcats to mid-Devon is feasible — and that most local people are positive about the idea.  🧵1/2

One of the world’s rarest birds has rebounded from near extinction after Indigenous communities in Bali committed to protect it under traditional laws, Mongabay contributor Heather Physioc reported. In 2001, just six Bali starlings were known to live in the wild. By 2021, there were roughly 520.

Participatory mapping (#PPGIS) has potential to foster socially inclusive #EcosystemRestoration. In our recent #PeopleNatureLandscapesBlog, Gaelle Ndayizeye showcases her experiences from a PPGIS study of how local farmers value Western Rwanda's restoration landscapes. medium.com/people-natur...

Happy to share new research, just out in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social, led by Meghan Beatty. We interrogate source-sink dynamics over a 28-year period for the endangered snail kite, testing how an invasion of novel prey alters dynamics... esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... Q&A with Stéphane Blanc, research director at CNRS, about the Long-term Studies in Ecology and Evolution programme and its priorities for supporting long-term monitoring and research Free to read: rdcu.be/eQltU

🚨Job opportunity🚨 We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you! 🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

South Africa’s rhinos now have an unlikely superpower: radioactivity! Scientists working on the Rhisotope Project inject the horns of live rhinos with a radioactive isotope. Although harmless to rhinos, it makes smuggled horns easy to detect in customs inspections in hopes of deterring poaching.

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

Shiny new PhD being advertised with me and @cmbeale.bsky.social !!

🌍Connectivity occurs from local to global scales and is crucial to supporting life on Earth. 🌿Protecting, restoring and enhancing ecological connectivity underpins the survival of a wide range of species and is key to tackling the global nature and climate crises. #RestoreWetlands #WetlandsMatter

Please repost! I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information: @camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk

Today, the Planning Bill returns to the Lords. And the future of nature in England’s planning system is on the line. 🌳⚠️ Peers must back the amendments* that protect wildlife, ensure accountability, and build nature back into our homes & communities. *130, 140 & 245, 114, 148

Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!

Less than 1 month left to submit abstracts for what is always the *best* conference on climate change impacts on biodiversity. Intimate conference size but truly global participation; highly recommend for 1st-timers and returnees.

Using automated acoustic monitoring, citizen science, and centuries of ornithological research and understanding to quantify ecological integrity at scale. The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Start of the new term and excited to be teaching Conservation Science @camzoology.bsky.social Working with these talented students gives me hope about our future