Good-bye Jane!

We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social

NEW: For The Guardian, I spent a week in Kerala few weeks ago, for a story on a special place where a bunch indigenous and local women are cultivating and preserving rare and endemic wild plant species in one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

If you are a domestic student interested in working on insect migration/conservation or citizen science @monashbiol.bsky.social, please reach out ASAP. The domestic round deadline is May 31st. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.

Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️ Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a... #UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange

🐅💥🚗 Global Roadkill Data 🌍🐾 🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈 🔹 54 countries 🌍 🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024) Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data! 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x @ueaenv.bsky.social

CEEC Rebellion has kicked off!! 1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!! @ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social

Great news - the Art Institute of Chicago today announced it will return this gorgeous 11/12th century sculpture of the Buddha in meditation, sheltered by the serpent king Muchalinda, to Nepal! Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.

I met THE Jane in Kathmandu 😲 @janegoodall.org

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