Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today. It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians. Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch. It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month. “Hope is the thing with rivers…”

Job alert! We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).

You can learn more about this work in this web story from IUCN: iucn.org/news/202601/...

In a nutshell: Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!

The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) is an international treaty for helping transboundary collaboration in saving species on the move. Freshwater fish are currently barely listed despite many migrating across borders - we reflect on how this tool could be used for future fish conservation! 🐟

📣Job vacancy!📣 Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... #ConservationScience 🌍

Polluting waterways is a crime. However, it is a remarkable state of affairs that it is a crime that is overlooked when the people doing so are water company executives earning millions in annual salaries (paid for by the public). And it is government policy to turn a blind eye.

My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠 A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home! TO BE CONTINUED…

I just watched this fascinating short documentary on the importance of namä’o (Lake Sturgeon) the Ancient Storyteller to the Menominee people (watch all the way to the end for the post-credits conclusion of the cute animation!) youtu.be/c5vII8Qzi3c?... #sturgeon #freshwatermegafauna

“Trashing the living world to stimulate growth is like sacrificing virgins to secure a good harvest: it’s cruel, ignorant and ineffective.”

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.

To extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.

Can you guess my current research? 🤔 🐟 + 🎣 + 🧜‍♀️ + 🎏 + 🍣 = 👩‍💻 ➡️ 🐟📈😃 We (@gkalinkat.bsky.social and I) just did a social media for scientists workshop with @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social and thought I should practice what I preach (writing up your current research using only emojis 😅)

Just finished a fun workshop on 'Social Media in Science', so here's my PhD research topic as emojis: (🌱-🦆🦆)---(🌱🌱-🦆) Thanks to @crocodiledunphd.bsky.social and @gkalinkat.bsky.social and to @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social for hosting this! #phdchat #academicchatter #scicomm #dowestillusehashtags

The ultimate animal mascot for those having an existential crisis

We will host Gregor Kalinkat and Phoebe Griffith for the online workshop "Social Media for Scientists". They will explore how to optimise the visibility of our science and present the potential of various social networks! 🧑‍💻 🗓️ March 18th at 14:00 - 16:00 CET 📝 Register here: tinyurl.com/23pmvx3b

Question for any ecology peeps that might read my tweets (blues? Do we have a new word for this by now? 😅): Do you know of any courses teaching species distribution modelling techniques (correlative/causative) that you can recommend? Grateful for any advice (baby pike pic for attention) 🙏🧪

Hi #fishsky - calling all fans of the fish Lota lota or #burbot. What common names do you know for this species (in any language) and why is it called that? I have heard some very funny common names in US English and German for the species and would LOVE to know some more! #fishtaxonomy

#FishADay Aaptosyax grypus Giant Salmon Carp. Endemic to the middle Mekong River in SE Asia. Up to 30 kg, 130 cm, it had not been recorded after 2005 and was thought extinct. BUT cooperation with local fishermen resulted in several new records from 2020 forward. apnews.com/article/meko...

Happy to share we have a new postdoc position in "Biogeography of genetic diversity changes or Macrogenetics" at @utu.fi to work on large-scale patterns of genetic diversity using Lepidoptera= moths and butterflies 🦋🦋 Applications are open until March 10! ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...

❌ BREAKING NEWS ❌ 1/4 of freshwater animals are at risk of #extinction‼️ The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List to date has revealed that 24% are at high risk of extinction, according to analysis published in Nature today. 👇 shoalconservation.org/global-fresh...

Christmas paper, fresh from under the tree!!! Everyone measuring oxygen isotopes in fish otoliths, this year for Christmas, we´re making the whole story just a little bit more complicated for you (naughty!), but we also offer solutions (back on the nice list maybe…?) 🧪🐟🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.fi...

I see Freshwater Megafauna Christmas, and raise you Hecht Ruprecht! Germans will get it, Knecht Ruprecht is a partially demonic helper of Santa, carrying a cudgel/rod and a sack to punish naughty children. Figure comes from the same folklore as the better known Krampus. And Hecht means pike. 😁

@solomonrdavid.bsky.social in honour of #GARWEEK the ultimate zoo has opened in Berlin…!

Merry (freshwater) Mega(fauna) Christmas! 🎄

Awesome meeting of our Early Career Crocodile Network today, with folks joining from five continents! So much cool work going on with crocodilians, I love this network! dm me if you’re an early career croc person and want to join us next time 🐊♥️🐊♥️🐊

📣 We are recruiting! Please spread the word! We look to hire an associate professor in animal ecology, specializing in evolutionary ecology. Apply by Feb 7 2025. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden! Application page and contact info 🔗👇 #ecology #evolution #job www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

I am looking for a PhD student to work with me and @dzchilds.bsky.social on biodiversity indicators www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

How do you pay rent? With money, like a sucker? Have you thought about using eels? In medieval England, people did just that! In fact, eel-rents were very common. In 1100, English landlords collected more than 500,000 eels in rent each year. That's a lot of eels! Here's a map: 🗃️🧪

I guess Bob got bitten… #ichthyology #fish #fishscience

Good river news: the biggest dam removal project in US history is underway on the Klamath River (Oregon—>California). *2 weeks* after the last century-old dam was destroyed, salmon were seen 230 miles upstream, above all 4 dams. If you unbuild it, they will come… therevelator.org/salmon-klama...

We are looking for master, PhD, and postdoc individuals that would be interested by a project with fish, food-web and winter ecology project in Canada. Experience with telemetry and/or isotopes will be a great asset! If interested, DM me :)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024... Great news for the Salmon and all the communities who benefit from their return.

On Thursday, November 21st, I will present my research at the University of Southern California. If you are in the vicinity, please pass by! If not, you are welcome to join via Zoom. It's at 12.30 local time, so 15.30 ET / 21.30 CET. calendar.usc.edu/event/ritual...

Exited to be at the Ecosystem Services conference in the Netherlands! Keen to learn more about work happening in aquatic ecosystems using this framework

1st post here: a note of hope? “Daylighting" is the work of bringing buried rivers back to the surface & sun, in cities where they've been entombed. Here’s @emilyraboteau.bsky.social on a $133m daylighting project in the Bronx. Here’s to doing things differently. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/da...

Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

You want to know how important eels were in early medieval Britain. I hear you. Bede says they were very important. And grave goods from a 7th C. burial site in Cambridge include a copper bowl w/ the skeletal remains of three complete eels. Who says you can't take it with you? 🗃️🧪

Crawling out of the muck of what was once twitter, hoping to find fellows lovers of inland waters and real-world muddy environments over here: I am a researcher working on conservation and cultural significance of freshwater megafauna ie big aquatic animals like crocs, fish, dolphins and turtles 🎏