Already one month into my placement at Rothamsted Research and learning more and more about chemical ecology every day! 🌱

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

A Turning Point for the #Ocean. What the High Seas Treaty Means. More than 60 countries signed, and the law will soon enter into force, ushering in the world’s first framework to conserve #biodiversity across two-thirds of the ocean #MarineEcology #Policy insideclimatenews.org/news/2709202...

How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals? We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field. Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... #evolutionarybiology #animalbehavior @eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social Photo: Grant Maslowski

Here we propose adding an 11th criterion to UNESCO’s framework to protect animal cultures—habitat protection alone isn’t enough. Excited to collaborate with philosophers @merikatariina.bsky.social & @birchlse.bsky.social on this! Message me for access ;-) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sperm whale echolocation loud & clear on the @mbarinews.bsky.social hydrophone live stream right now! www.mbari.org/project/soun... Amazing to have live audio from the deep sea streaming online... & this long-term data enabling discoveries about these cryptic animals' lives tinyurl.com/58a5jefp

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Very happy seeing that already 60 countries have ratified the #HighSeasTreaty. It could be enter into force next year! Nice to see my country among them! #MarineEcology #marineprotection highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet? Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification

❤️ Happening now - tons of big names performing at Wembley Arena & live on YouTube. #Together4Palestine Musicians, artists, writers & cultural figures unite to raise millions & share solidarity. Watch live, buy merch, donate what you can - all proceeds go to aid groups in #Gaza 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

Tonight seems like a good time to share your emotional support crabs 🦀 🦑

What do rivers sound like? What creatures (or otherwise) contribute to freshwater soundscapes? Our newest research, led by Katie Turlington, provides a new method to explore these types of questions. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #bioacoustics #freshwater

A lil nurse shark arrived in Coral City and circled the Cam a few times today. Welcome home! #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #babyshark #boop #circles #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Ever wondered how tidal creek crabs stabilize their gaze? think crabs are neat? want to support a first time author? read my first article! out now in IOB @sicbjournals.bsky.social academic.oup.com/iob/article/...

After almost a year(!!) of my PhD, I am excited to start my 3-month placement at @rothamsted.bsky.social 🌱 I shall miss this lovely group at St Andrews @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social @mikemwebster.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social but I'm sure I'll be back to the sea before I know it! 🌊🐟🦀

Crickets, finches, chimpanzees, fish, sholicola, lovebirds, ants & insects: the "Animal Communication II" session at #Behaviour2025 explored how sound, song, signals & even vibrations shape survival, sociality & adaptation in animals from cities to coral reefs.

New fish species keep popping up in Sweden, most likely because of ocean warming! Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil! (Photo Janice Melander)

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“A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development can lengthen the time birds spend singing by nearly an hour per day” #scicomm #lightpollution #sensoryecology #bioacoustics www.sciencenews.org/article/bird... 🧪 🐦

Beavers are back 🦫 For the first time in over 400 years, wild beavers will return to the northwest Highlands. Today, the Scottish Government gave the green light for six beaver families to be reintroduced to Glen Affric and Abriarchan forest. 🧵1/2

Living dangerously. A miniature hermit balances on the tip of a crab's leg. She's tiny, but valiant. Next, a tiny hermit on a crab's cheliped, ignoring the watchful eye above. It's a big world out there! #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Scorpionfish spend most of their time hunkered down looking like a rock… but when they swim, they fan out their strikingly colorful pectoral fins to caution haters that they are packing potent venom 🦂🐟 #scorpionfish #venomous #packing #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay ##coralcity

All hail the Queen 🙌👑🐠 #queenangelfish #angelfish #holocanthusciliaris #allhailthequeen #staghorncoral #acerventura #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Me: why do I always have a sore back? Also me:

Eelgrass is a flowering plant that grows in the low intertidal zone. It's an important highway, garden, and shelter for intertidal hermits. This Holm's hermit in a Nassa shell fits tidily on a single blade.#VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

A little moon jelly at the rockpools today🪼 @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social

🐟New Publication🔉 We found that strategies for conserving at-risk fishes in Canada rarely consider acoustics. We propose that integrating fish sonifery and noise pollution into Canadian policies would improve species management and conservation efforts. Read more at doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...!

🚨 New Paper Alert: rb.gy/1jgmoh Background noise masks acoustic signals, reducing both obvious startles and subtle group-level responses in juvenile common carp 🐟🔊 🎯 Detection drops with noise 🧠 Fine-scale behaviour matters 📈 Signal-to-noise ratio is key #FishBehaviour #Bioacoustics #UWnoise

So many happy pollinators at Alnwick Garden today 🪻🌼🐝

Some #macro shots of little crabs in the #rockpools - a baby edible crab and common hermit crab. Taken on an iPhone with a DiveVolk housing and macro lens. #underwateruk #marinelife #underwaterphotography

Impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services: our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity is out! doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social

Read this month's Editors' Choice article, Optic flow, a rich source of optic information for harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) by Laura-Marie Sandow, Ann-Kathrin Thimian, Markus Lappe and Frederike Hanke journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Mantises use their 3D vision to hunt, but which target do they choose if more than one tasty treat shows up? Recently, Robert &co showed that mantises might use cues to choose their target, but cues can also distract them if the contrast is high enough journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A nurse shark swerves at the last minute to avoid bonking the Cam! #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #swerve #bonk #barbel #elasmobranch #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

Naked, vulnerable and oh, so new, even to the eyes and antennae. A small hermit crab, freshly molted, waits while his body expands and the new skin hardens, before searching for a shell one size larger. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Just like wild urchins, the green urchin in my aquarium likes fancy hats. This one happens to be a live hermit crab. This crab finally freed itself by pinching one of the tube feet causing the urchin to let go. #aquarium #hermitcrab #urchin #behavior #hats 📷🦑🦀

I really enjoyed presenting some preliminary results from my PhD work at the St Andrews Biology PGR conference today! It was great to see all the cool work coming out of our community as well 🦀🐟🔊 (thanks to @mikemwebster.bsky.social and @lrendell.bsky.social as always)

A very eventful five seconds 🦀🐟🫧

Listen to WHAT FISH ARE SAYING!! 🐟🐠🦐 #fish #oceans #reefs #kidlit #nonfiction Thanks to Dr. Tim Lamont at Lancaster U for sharing this fun mix of fish sounds!

A really fun and insightful first day at our #eastbio25 symposium discussing research impact with excellent talks and workshops from Dr Ismar Haga, Dr Harriet Day, @viveknityananda.bsky.social, Dr Dave Blackbell, Prof Andrew Millar and William Smith!

New paper 🚨 very excited to see Angela Amlin's first PhD paper confirming the underwater vocal repertoire of Mediterranean monk seals published 🦑🦭🐋 @gordonhastie.bsky.social @joan-gonzalvo.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...

🧵Pond soundscapes are bursting with life and mysterious sounds! Aquatic insects rub hard body parts together to attract mates and submerged plants release oxygen bubbles as they respire in the hot sun.

"Bubbles" A hairy hermit on sugarwrack kelp, poised for a tumble down onto the sand. Hermits don't jump; they just let themselves fall; no problem, the shell rolls and absorbs the impact. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

We’re calling on everyone who cares about nature: write to your MP now. Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...

Had a great time hosting our #Eastbio thematic meeting today - with fantastic talks by @nakedprimate.bsky.social, @sheardcat.bsky.social and Dave Shuker! @louisekandler.bsky.social @mzworsley.bsky.social Followed by some good old-fashioned rockpooling 🦀🐟

Warning to Hermit crabs: When a big red crab invites you to dinner, it doesn’t mean what you think. 🦑

Another bright morning at the rocky shore with some members of 'Team Fish'🐟🦀☀️🌊 @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social

Artificial night light intensity modulates herbivory & phytochemistry in European beech 🌳 Advocates for increased collaboration to address the challenge of optimizing light parameters in order to minimize ALAN impacts on species interactions 💡🧪 🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

I know you’re all sad #ASABSpring2025 is over, but you can put the #ASABWinter2025 dates in your diary: Dec 15-16 in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Theme is “How sensory information affects behaviour”

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀