Always great to have some live aphids join us for teaching labs - today to our Diploma in IPM students. Wheat on left has been newly colonised by aphids, while plant on right has had high aphid feeding for 2-3 weeks.

Bhí sé go fíorálainn freastal ar Yoga as Gaeilge inné...le ceoil cláirsí beo! Míle buíochas chug Ciaran as Óga Yoga, an cláirseoir, agus @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social. Tuilleadh mar seo le do thoil....

This is a very inspiring video about the All Ireland Pollinator Plan, showing what can be achieved for biodiversity when communities come together. A lot has been achieved, but there's still more to do. To see what you can do to join the action, check out www.pollinators.ie youtu.be/w2gV75_icTY?...

🌳We are seeking a Network Manager! *Please skeet/repost Based at @tcddublin.bsky.social | reporting to @ybuckley.bsky.social | reporting for @npwsireland.bsky.social Closing date: 26 Jan 2026 at 12:00 (irish time) info & apply 👉 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... #JobFairy #DublinJobs #Manager

It was an absolute pleasure to host this years Irish Pollinator Research Network meeting in @ucddublin.bsky.social yesterday. A great bunch of people doing great research, while also supporting the All Ireland Pollinator Plan. Thanks to @ucdearth.bsky.social for support!

Trucked-in honeybees may edge out bigger bumblebee foragers: www.sciencenews.org/article/hone... @darastanley.bsky.social

Bumblebees behave differently in areas with more honeybees. Does this represent competition and what can we do about it? Really, we need to learn more. Great to have funding from @researchireland.ie to continue this work, and hopefully provide better advice for beekeeping and conservation

“This will be our sixth nitrates derogation since 2006. Every time the derogation is extended, we hear the same commitments that water quality will improve. It has yet to happen. In fact, our waterways are continuing to deteriorate." Well said, Jennifer Whitmore 👏 www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

It was great to get started on our new Horizon Europe project #ProPollSoil this week. We'll be bringing the worlds of pollinators and soils (which are surprisingly dependent on eachother) together, with lots of exciting plans! propollsoil.eu

🐝 PhD Opportunity @tum.de Explore how soil health & structure shape habitats for ground-nesting pollinators in the Horizon Europe project ProPollSoil. Join our interdisciplinary team in Soil Biophysics & Environmental Systems 🌿 🔗 Details: www.lss.ls.tum.de/sbe/offered-...

📢 The new programme for our Ecology Seminar is out! It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦 🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET 📧 DM for webinar link! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s... @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

"𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩-𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬." Sobering piece in @theguardian.com by Dr Ruth Leeney of @ucddublin.bsky.social on her deep-sea sharks research, and how marine life is being ravaged by bottom trawling. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

#ScienceWeek 2025 celebrates 30 years of sparking curiosity with the theme: Then. Today. Tomorrow. Running from 9th -16th November, this year’s Science Week will feature 14 festivals and hundreds of events across Ireland. Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/science...

Fascinating new @rte.ie Brainstorm article by @darastanley.bsky.social (Institute member & Assoc Prof at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Agriculture & Food Science), in which she lays out the threats to Ireland’s #insects, #pollinators & beekeeping from the #AsianHornet. 👇 tinyurl.com/uwxp5z4s

🌿 We’re celebrating our first round of BES Fellows! 20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology. 👇 Meet them:

Have you seen our regularly updated job opportunities page? Visit our website for some open entomology-related jobs 🔽 buff.ly/IZnKojI If you have an #insect-related job opportunity, please send us the details [email protected] #Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #Jobs

Interested in entomology/research on insects? Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for an Irish Entomologists' meeting on December 1st. More details here: www.royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-... @royentsoc.bsky.social

Not able to attend in-person? Take part in #Ento25 online 🐞 🦋 Three days immersed in the current themes across #InsectScience 🦗 Three internationally renowned plenaries 🪰 Key themed topics led by keynotes ⏰ Online deadline: 3 September 🔽 buff.ly/UF0Z12Z #StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dear student trying to get into a PhD program: Don't do this! Don't mass email faculty Look for potential advisors & email them one by one Tell them about your genuine interest and passions explain why you think this advisor is ideal Getting a new student is a HUGE commitment

🦋 New UKCEH research with @naturalengland.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social shows the positive impacts of agri-environment schemes (AES) on butterflies. Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social 🧵🧪 1/

Not an ideal day for it...but this year's @ucddublin.bsky.social orchid monitoring team are hard at work, tracking long term population dynamics in our Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) population! @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @noeleensmyth.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

We had a lovely, and productive, few days last week at the @ucdearth.bsky.social writing retreat, in the gorgeous Belfield House @ucddublin.bsky.social. Thanks to all who attended for making it so pleasant! @jonyearsley.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @hollyenglish.bsky.social

What happened when UCD Services stopped mowing a patch of grass between the car park and the road behind the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science? In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋 #SDGsIRL youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw

Just a few days left to apply for our open PhD and postdoc positions. Interested in agroecology, biodiversity, pollinators and/or pesticides? Check them out! www.stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies

@markuseichhorn.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @aicbrn.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social @jappliedecology.bsky.social @ecologyjobs.bsky.social @ybuckley.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @nigeleraine.bsky.social @edstraw.bsky.social @esai-irl.bsky.social

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

Come and join us on Tuesday night for a great programme of music...Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Tickets available on www.nch.ie

UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake used to be a car park. Here UCD Estates Operations Manager Ciarán Bennett explains that the lake is not just a beautiful amenity teeming with wildlife, but a sustainable urban drainage system too. PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo

Today the @aicbrn.bsky.social hosted it’s ‘From Gaps to Greenways’ workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social with guest speakers including Jeanne Moore fm #NESC, Senator @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social, Deidre Lynn @npwsireland.bsky.social & Gerry Clabby fm #DECC lots of inspiring discussion @ybuckley.bsky.social

Bumblebees and honeybees predicted to have different responses to climate change. Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour... with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social

A belated happy #worldbeeday! These ladies were out to mark the occasion yesterday! I'm very grateful to work alongside a super team of researchers, and colleagues throughout the Irish Pollinator Research Network, on these important organisms! #biodiversity #agriculture www.stanleyecoloylab.org

As part of National Biodiversity Week (May 18 - 23) we spoke to Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services about the remarkable work undertaken to preserve the lime tree next to UCD Village, the award-winning student education and amenity building completed in October 2021. youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...

UCD campus is looking great in the sun this week. Lots of evidence of implementation of the #pollinatorplan @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #biodiversity

@aicbrn.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social

Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for some biodiversity identification workshops to mark #biodiveristyweek. Birds, bees, plants, worms, freshwater inverts... Tickets are selling fast! www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-biodiv... @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) is in full flower in hedgerows around the country at the moment, really living up to its Irish name - Sceach gheal (meaning "bright thornbush"). Flowers for pollinators now, and berries for birds later. #biodiversity

It's a good time to be a bee in the Irish countryside (Co. Louth this evening)...hawthorn is out, road verges are full of bush vetch, and oilseed rape is in flower #pollinators #farmland

It's always a joy to be in the Burren, this time with our Masters in Environmental Resources Management students. Plenty of Gentians about! #fieldwork #botany #ecology @ucd-chas.bsky.social

📣Sign up for AICBRN's annual in person event: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-gaps-... Let's get together to explore what research is required to underpin #biodiversity policy objectives - where do we need to be, where are we now, and how can we collectively build our way to a biodiversity rich island?

A great opportunity to work with @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social 🌿 If you're passionate about wildlife conservation and environmental advocacy, don’t miss this! #NowHiring #ConservationJobs #IrishWildlifeTrust

📣Our April newsletter has just been published! us17.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema... Read about our upcoming event, a call for input for a report on human rights defenders, interdisciplinary research on NI climate risk, and shipping decarbonisation. ✨Sign up for future issues: aicbrn.net/news/

It was an absolute pleasure to examine Alberto's PhD. If you're interested in bees, pesticides and risk assessment, then definitely check out his papers (see below!)

Yesterday we launched the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 and in her opening remarks, UCD president Professor Orla Feely commended it for being “very action-oriented”. Read the full story - and learn how you can get involved - here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

In this study authors concluded that beekeeping compromises wild bee conservation in nature reserves. Both taxonomic (TD) and phylogenetic (PD) diversity of wild bees was reduced near to beehives. Keep away beehives from protected areas Tourbez et al. (2025) APIDOLOGIE doi.org/10.1007/s135...

[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!

If we're serious about sustainability, these are the types of genuine conversations we should be having. Even without radical transformation we can do so much with simple changes to our daily behavior. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Just two weeks left to apply to join us at @ucd-chas.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in Land Use and Wildlife Health (including invertebrates!): ucd.ie/adastrafello... #acdemicjobs #academiclife #ecology #wildlife

Yes, we are not objective, BUT "average effect was convincingly negative" is quite enough to me. Different analyses have different interpretations (depending on covariables), so in the end, it is about the story you choose to tell. Important paper to be aware of this but not to distrust scientists.