This is an interesting, complex interaction. An *introduced* moth affects fruit characteristics, causing more animals to eat it. That could mean more seed dispersal, and it could also mean more seeds getting eaten and destroyed. 🪲🪳🌎🧪 fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/b...

How many pollinators can you fit in one photo? Found these two brown flower beetles mating next to flying ants and two foraging native bees (Hylaeus and Parasphecodes). #nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪

Here's a fun ecological game! There's a plant one too for the botany fans 😀 🌱

📢📢 Sign up now for an in-person hub for the NZES National Virtual Event on Thursday 20 November 2025! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Tree dieback diseases caused by #Phytophthora (and other #Oomycetes) have impacts that extend beyond the host species, affecting for instance, insect communities: ecosystem functions at risk! #CommunityComposition #CommunityEcology

📢 A new study in NZJE looks at the effects of kauri dieback on beetle communities 🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida 🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618

📢 Check out the latest research in NZJE! 🪶 Testing the repellent efficacy of a newly stabilised formula of d-pulegone on wild kea to assess potential for use during aerial poisoning operations 🪶 Lead author: Laura Young newzealandecology.org/nzje/3617

The four horsemen of unaccepted taxonomic names! Leen Vandepitte presenting on "Integrating biodiversity data by name matching to shared reference lists" #LivingData2025

my first story back as a freelancer is a fun one: a quick hit for @science.org about the electrostatic tricks that parasitic worms take to infect their hosts... featuring very cool videos! 🧪

This is how you connect people to nature through science. Well done @theguardian.com ! 🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our new study uncovers what native birds in Aotearoa New Zealand were eating around the time of human arrival 750 years ago. 2/6

📢 New publication in NZJE! Reconstructing ecological niche and feeding ecology of pre-contact New Zealand avifauna from Harwood, Otago Peninsula 🪶 Lead author: Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social @atennyson.bsky.social newzealandecology.org/nzje/3616

📢 Interested in Sika Deer in NZ? Check out this new publication in NZJE, which is a comprehensive assessment of their movement ecology in NZ🦌 Home ranges and movement of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central North Island, New Zealand. Lead author: Cecilia Latham newzealandecology.org/nzje/3615

📢 Calling ecology students! NZES is accepting submissions for student plenary speaker for our Virtual Event on 20 November 2025. This is open to students at all levels of study and is a great opportunity to showcase your work. Find out more here: newzealandecology.org/nzes-student...

Bird of the Year results!

Highly generalised feeding by insect herbivores is often seen as a paradox. One possibility is that generalist species are really just made up of lots of hidden specialists. In this case generalism goes all the way down. 🧪🌏

🐞 Scientists at the University of Auckland are looking for thousands of drivers to collect insect DNA off their license plates to help map insect populations! Keen to be involved in this project? Click the link below! 🐞 www.dnadrv.com?fbclid=IwdGR...

📢 Has your work been affected by the cuts to science? The Save Science Coalition are looking for a group of people to tell their stories. If you are keen to participate, get in touch with them here: PSA National Science Organiser [email protected] 🧪

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪 doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

📢 New publication out today in NZJE! Commonly used funnel trap causes rostral damage in Lakes skink (Oligosoma aff. chloronoton 'West Otago') Lead author: Scott Bourke University of Otago newzealandecology.org/nzje/3614

This is one of the strangest things I've ever read. 'Almost like science fiction': European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species | Live Science share.google/aiR1JwSXJ4h2...

There’s an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to ‘Get your tickets now’ button) www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san... #paleobotany

📢 New publication out today in NZJE! Vegetation-environment relationships in the regenerating shrubland of Remus Hill, Cass, in the eastern South Island high country 🌱 Lead author: Sarah Wyse (University of Canterbury) @frankashwood.bsky.social newzealandecology.org/nzje/3613

Read more about this research at @aunz.theconversation.com → theconversation.com/lakeshore-sh... #complexsystems @troybaisden.bsky.social

A strong breeze blowing across a lake can result in more food for native freshwater mussels UP TO A YEAR LATER 🤯🧪🧵

🐧 Bird of the Year voting starts today! This calls for a bird joke... A whio goes to the chemist to buy some chapstick. The cashier says, "Cash or card?" She replies, "Neither, just put it on my bill." #boty www.birdoftheyear.org.nz?ref=kannz.com

📢 New publication out today in NZJE! The impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on North Island ecosanctuaries 🌪 Lead author: Warwick Allen - Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Group newzealandecology.org/nzje/3612

Highly recommend for anyone considering a career as a journal editor! 🧪🧬🔬🥼 #sciencecareers #scientificediting #journaleditor #careersoutsidescademia

📢 New publication in NZJE! Patterns of seed rain into exotic plantation forests, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand 🌱 Lead author: Grace Marshall - University of Canterbury newzealandecology.org/nzje/3611

📢 And another new publication in NZJE! Acoustic monitoring reveals widespread distribution of pekapeka across an isolated forest ecosanctuary, Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari 🦇 Lead author: Fiona Collie - University of Otago newzealalandecology.org/nzje/3610

📢 New publication in NZJE! No longer a pipe dream: monitoring a cryptic, endangered skink population (Oligosoma otagense) using passive eDNA detection devices Lead author: Nathan Whitmore (Southern Lakes Sanctuary) newzealandecology.org/nzje/3609

📢 Another recent publication in NZJE! Braided rivers as a case for landscape-scale management Lead author: Holly Harris (University of Canterbury) newzealandecology.org/nzje/3608

📢 Another recent publication in NZJE! Animals of New Zealand wetlands Lead author: Warwick Allen (Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research) newzealandecology.org/nzje/3607

📢 Recent publication in NZJE! Victims of ignorance: Gaps in the protection of endemic lizards during land use activities in Aotearoa | New Zealand 🦎 Lead author: Christopher Woolley (Victoria University of Wellington) newzealandecology.org/nzje/3606

#herps Not sure how I’d not seen this before but its a fascinating piece on the relationship between an island population of wall lizards and a native Arum plant. m.youtube.com/watch?v=b2-4...

New game just dropped Birdle 🇳🇿 01/09/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 birdle.nz

Happy to have this new preprint up: Disturbance provides limited respite for native fish against invaders We assess the potential for coexistence between threatened native galaxiid fishes & invasive trout, & find native fish prevail only at high disturbance regimes. Even then, it's dicy.

It's time for #InverteFest, BRING OUT YOUR BUGS! Go find bugs, draw bugs, have a seance with bugs but most importantly share bugs (all inverts). We'll have a special announcement soon as well. Plus, we've got this poster in multiple languages on our website! www.metrofieldguide.com/invertefest/

Update from the International Union of Biological Sciences 🌏 331739.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16392472/5...

📢 New publication in NZJE! Cholecalciferol for mouse (Mus musculus) control: limited effectiveness and the challenges of tracking tunnels for density monitoring 🐁 Lead author: James Reardon (Department of Conservation) newzealandecology.org/nzje/3605

📢 Check out this recent publication in NZJE! Bird population trends in response to predator management at Waitutu Forest, Fiordland: 2006-2022 🪶 Lead author: James Mortimer (Department of Conservation) newzealandecology.org/nzje/3604

It was great fun watching the Lincoln Uni finals of the 3 Minute Thesis #3MT. Such a wide range of topics and extremely high quality. To top it off, Nathan Campbell was awarded top Masters talk and 3rd overall! #proudsupervisor

Interested in seed sourcing and native restoration? Please take 15 minutes to fill out this survey from Uni of Otago! redcap.otago.ac.nz/surveys/?s=7...

📢 Save the Date! Announcing the upcoming joint conference of the New Zealand Ecological Society & the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania, 30 November - 4 December 2026, in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🌿 confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...

📢 Reminder! The NZES award nominations and applications are open until the end of July! There's still time to get them in and celebrate the exceptional work being done in ecology in Aotearoa 🌿 More info and nominations here: newzealandecology.org/awards-grants

The Cambridge elements series ‘Philosophy of Biology’ includes short, accessible books by experts. Everything from humans to slime moulds, selection to minds. And they’re all free to read and download this week! 🧪📚

Reminder - applications are open for the 2025 science medals from the New Zealand Association of Scientists🏅 Closing 5pm Thursday 31 July 2025. Find out more at the link below: scientists.org.nz/how-to-apply