How does global science lead to local action?🦋 We're excited to share the #IPBES12 Stakeholder E-Posters! From Cameroon to the UK, corporate boardrooms to local communities, explore 28 initiatives showcasing the real-world impact & uptake of IPBES#IPBES12reports. Nature-positive action starts here.👇

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 🧪🌎

Two new pieces of ocean science, co-authored by WCS, reveal more about what it takes to build truly equitable and sustainable ocean economies.

Community Science: Big Insights From Small Mammal Data - Sherbourne - 2026 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New R or Python interface galaxias for biodiversity data upload into ALA and GBIF, galaxias.ala.org.au at the testing stage

Global representation of rodents in zoological institutions: Implications for ex situ conservation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Follow these awesome women ocean scientists, many of whom I'm proud to call colleagues and delighted to call friends. 🧪🦑🌍🐟 go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

More than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists were fired by the Trump administration last year. Grant cuts affected more. "A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution. There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.

Western-long beaked echidna ecotourism at Klalik echidna park, Sorong Regency, Indonesia. Echidna location mapping supported by AMMSG through the work of Freddy Patiselanno and colleagues, University of West Papua. An excellent chance of seeing this incredible species if you visit this place!

Western-long beaked echidna ecotourism at Klalik echidna park, Sorong Regency, Indonesia. Echidna location mapping supported by AMMSG through the work of Freddy Patiselanno and colleagues, University of West Papua. An excellent chance of seeing this incredible species if you visit this place!

We're looking forward to the first week of February being full of positive, optimistic stories about species recovery and the people working to make it all happen. #ReverseTheRedDay is all about celebrating the collective work of this amazing community. www.reversethered.org/reverse-the-...

Check out the recent #ReverseTheRedDay Awareness Program with the Port Moresby Nature Park on Radio Maria Papua New Guinea! www.youtube.com/live/1NYkHTA...

🚨NEW WEBINAR🚨 Join this webinar in celebration of the @reversethered.bsky.social day. @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social member @huzefaraj.bsky.social will present about a newly identified genus of freshwater ascomycete fungus. Other 2 exciting talks lined up. Registration: tinyurl.com/yja95rmv

The Global Tree Specialist Group is celebrating #ReverseTheRedDay with @reversethered.bsky.social, through our mission to conserve tree species globally, by sharing knowledge and catalysing action to halt declines, restore populations and prevent extinctions. #SpeciesConservation #Biodiversity

Today is #ReversetheRedDay. For the Estuarine Pipefish (Syngnathus watermeyeri), it’s a reminder that reversing the red doesn’t always come with dramatic interventions, but often begins by getting the science right with research. Read more: www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2026/2/...

#Caturday is a a great day to enjoy fine felines in your feed. It’s also #ReverseTheRedDay, a good day to remember wild cats need our help. Sure a lot of them have camouflage (like the #cloudedleopard in the pic). But…⤵️

Did you know? Key Biodiversity Areas #KBAs protect irreplaceable sites for threatened species—like spider monkeys in Andean forests or vaquitas in Gulf waters. They hold globally significant populations we can't lose! On #ReverseTheRedDay, commit to KBAs to reverse biodiversity loss! 🌍🦒

February 7 is #ReverseTheRedDay! This landmark day celebrates the conservation success around the world & all of the people, organizations, and communities working to make sure we reverse #biodiversity loss trends 🌱 Learn more at www.reversethered.org

📢 Tomorrow is #ReverseTheRedDay! 🌱 Reverse the Red Day is an annual celebration of the conservation work to reverse trends of biodiversity loss - those shown through negative slides on the Red List of Threatened Species. 🔎 Learn about some of the conservation success stories: lnkd.in/dmx9B8BS

Happy Reverse the Red Day!  Reverse the Red is a global movement that ignites strategic cooperation and action to reverse biodiversity loss. When we combine data-driven science with partnership, we reverse extinction. 🌍 www.reversethered.org Ridgway's Hawk 📷 Carlos Suárez

Reverse The Red Day is today. The western quoll or chudditch is featured as a conservation success

Cats and foxes are indisputable major causes of extinction and decline of Australian native mammals academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Tenkile Conservation Alliance have done a fantastic job for local livelihoods, people's wellbeing, and conservation since the 1990s. Their mission is 'To save lives in PNG – the lives of people, animals and their places' tenkile.com

After 16 years of delay, draft Recovery Plans have finally dropped for the lungfish + sandhill dunnart. They’re the species at the heart of our court case against the federal Environment Minister. 🔗 ws.org.au/4cHeIO via @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social @yahoonewsau.bsky.social

Australia and the Persian Gulf have defied a trend as dugongs disappear from the world's oceans, as a new report from the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) reveals. au.news.yahoo.com/australia-br...

Anyone seen a tiger snake hunting for fish in saltwater before? This could be the first time it's ever been photographed. I had a chat with the farmer who witnessed it, and the Australian Herpetological Society to find out more. au.news.yahoo.com/farmer-captu...

Success after a 17-year search for a rare Australian animal! au.news.yahoo.com/grainy-image...

12 years after Australia’s 'extinct' night parrot was rediscovered, a worrying new investigation by the Australian Conservation Foundation has revealed swathes of its remaining habitat are under threat. au.news.yahoo.com/rare-and-bea...

Dr Fernanda Alves @febiologia.bsky.social spoke to the ABC about a creative tool she has gifted to forty-spotted pardalotes to arm them against a deadly parasitic fly that is killing their nestlings. @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social

Incredible story about a fish and the forces of time. www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...

Our journalists are joining nearly 40 scientists on an expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers. Getting there will require taking a helicopter over icy seas. What do you want to know — about the trip, the glaciers, the research? Send your questions: trib.al/rdYRyO0

Indigenous knowledge is vital for biodiversity conservation. From Thailand's Karen tribe to Bhutan's yak herders, traditional practices are blending with modern solutions to shape sustainable solutions. Learn more in this article by Puja Bhattacharjee (She/Her) : https://ow.ly/G6H650XAvM6

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

Xmas miracles aren't for people only: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-c...

Marliana & Nugraha's blog discusses their research on the bear cuscus in South Sulawesi. Over 92% of the landscape is unsuitable habitat, with remaining areas fragmented and threatened by mining, deforestation, and poaching. Legal protection and reassessment of its IUCN status are urgently needed🌿

You can read more about the establishment of this group in Oryx's Conservation News piece by De Smedt et al.: doi.org/qjcr Photo by burak emre cıra on Unsplash.

🗞️ The IUCN SSC has launched a Woodlouse Specialist Group. Woodlice are a group of 4,100+ species that drive litter decomposition, nutrient cycling and soil water retention, and yet have been largely overlooked in conservation planning🪵

"Critics say not enough is known about the potential damage to the marine environment to allow industrial seabed mining. Nearly 40 countries have called for a moratorium or ban on seabed mining."

Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of Non‐Volant Mammals in New Guinea - Vejmělka - 2025 - Diversity and Distributions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great news: Today at #UNEA7, the Women Ocean Guardians initiative welcomed Seychelles and Australia as signatories of the commitment. This coincided with a side event on inclusive and transformative approaches to ocean governance. 🌍

🚨We need your help🚨 #Shearwaters are washing up on beaches, particularly around #Tathra. Some #seabirds are still alive. Please do not touch the #birds. Instead, take photos & submit your observations to our new portal ➡️ adriftlab.org/beached-bird... (also, please share this) #ornithology #OzBirds

The Draft National Recovery Plan for the Ghost Bat is open for public consultation until the 10th March 2026. Head to to the DCCEEW website below to find out more consult.dcceew.gov.au/draft-nation...

A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog, Tibet, China, based on morphological and molecular data zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms. 🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi. 📷 Laszlo G. Nagy

At the 7th Session of the UN Environment Programme's Assembly (#UNEA7), CMS will be working with partners to put migratory species and ecological connectivity at the centre of solutions for a resilient planet. 🌱 🦋 Discover the full overview and tune in via livestream: www.cms.int/eventcalenda...

Meet the Sulawesi bear cuscus! This arboreal marsupial lives in tropical forests throughout parts of Indonesia. It moves slowly & spends much of its time resting & digesting all of the fruits, flowers, & leaves that it eats. Photo: Dario Nessi, Royle Safari, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

An all-too-common interaction I've had: Scientist: Our research can help shape policy to protect this endangered animal. Me: Neat! How? What policy? What is it now, and what should it be instead? Scientist: Uhhhhh..... Our new paper can help! www.southernfriedscience.com/shark-scient... 🧪🦑🌍🦈

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.