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Congress is considering rolling back the Endangered Species Act & Marine Mammal Protection Act - US folks please contact your reps before the oversight hearing on Wednesday Feb 26th. Pacific Whale Foundation has a great tool for emailing your reps here: www.pacificwhale.org/what-we-do/c... 🦑🧪

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Resulting from an @snsf-ch.bsky.social SPARK grant this took some time to mature, but the outcome is very imformative and builds a foundation for where to head next - how to liberate facts/information locked in the published literature www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #textmining #biodiversity

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“Many of the nations gathering in Rome for Cop16 have offered no plans to honour their agreement to protect 30% of land and sea for nature” More evidence, if you need it, that international environmental agreements are so easily reneged upon www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/

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Cretaceous Lice: Chewing lice (which look a lot like modern lice) and nits have been found on feathers dating from the mid-Cretaceous period. Which means there's a good chance that Velociraptor was riddled with lice. #Invertebrate 🧪 - www.cell.com/current-biol... - academic.oup.com/nsr/article/...

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Greek 🇬🇷 marine #biodiversity #genomics www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/navigat...

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Focusing on making it through to the weekend. Short eared owl diving on a vole. #owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #photographersunited

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@bhensonweather.bsky.social and I on major damage occurring to science: "Large cuts at NIH and the National Science Foundation would devastate U.S. higher education, forcing thousands of layoffs and ending the education of thousands of graduate students." yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/02/cuts...

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27 outbreaks of avian diseases in poultry in Kazakhstan from 2005 to 2023, primarily involving HPAI and NDV. LPAI (H9N2, H11N9) & HPAI (H5N1, H5N8, H5N2 & H5N untyped) detected though prevalence of HPAI H5 varied widely from 0.22-100%. 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...

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Smart surveillance really coming into its own. Air, water, and surface sampling in bird markets w NGS can outperform traditional swab based approaches in detecting in a diversity of viruses, including avian influenza. Amazing work by @E_A_Karlsson + team 👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

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Really useful tip highlighting the flexibility of map visualisations in R and use of the excellent Patchwork package. www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

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We've been getting really interesting responses to our research survey on attitudes to parasite conservation & have extended the deadline to 14th March to boost sample size & increase representation. 🌍🧪🪱🦠. Survey form: forms.office.com/e/KBPhk6fgz3 Info sheet: tinyurl.com/yxdbb7hs

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Looking for a new work bestie? We have options 🐧 We're looking for boating officers, divers, chefs, technicians, plant operators and more to work with us at British Antarctic Survey research stations. These are jobs unlike any other, in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. 🧵 1/2

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Clinilcal + pathology of HPAI in pinnipeds, Argentina. Nerological signs, and one w resp distress. Viral antigen was localized in neurons, glial cells... fetal tissues positive in pregnant sea lion. Pulmonary lesions minimal 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Really nice overview of the HPAI situation in US dairy cattle, with a focus on transmission modalities between cows within herds, the spread of the virus between dairy farms, and exposure risks for humans. Highlights key gaps. 👉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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📢 IUCN is hiring National Technical Advisors in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to support #OneHealth in nature conservation in #CentralAsia🌿🐾 🗓️ Apply by 14 March 2025 🔗 Learn more 👉 iucn.org/procurement/... @iki-germany.bsky.social

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This katydid from Ecuador has been affectionately named by photographers "candy-cane katydid". The truth is... we are not sure which species it is. One possibility is a Harroweria nymph, but until someone witnesses the transformation into the adult stage it will remain a mystery.

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Call for Fellows! 🚨 @ipbes.net is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the #GlobalAssessment2. Contribute to assessing progress towards achieving the goals of sustainability! 🌍🧪 🗓 Apply by 28 March 2025 🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

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🚨BAVP ECR CONFERENCE 2025🚨 When: 8th and 9th May 2025 Where: ONLINE only Topic: all things veterinary parasitology Abstract deadline: 11th April 2025 (3min intro or 10min presentation) forms.office.com/r/JseFrajHEe Registration deadline: 5th May 2025 forms.office.com/r/kTU21Hpix1

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Robin Waples' reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne) #biodiversity #genomics #conservation #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Looking for a breath of fresh air this week? Check out this paper in @natureecoevo.bsky.social on the evolution of lungs! 🫁🫁🫁 🧪 🧬 💻 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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2 days after #ValentinesDay, spare a thought for the vaquita - a species on the edge of vanishing forever. Found only in the Gulf of California waters 0-50m deep, this porpoise is critically endangered. With only ~18 left, let's protect this rare marine mammal before it's too late.💙

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We're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis. Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r... #MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs

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This excellent interactive tutorial on misleading data visualizations explores the idea of a "counter chart" — the graph you draw in response to refute a misleading claims flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

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Third hospitalized human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in the USA, first case in a resident of Wyoming. The hospitalized woman was likely exposed to the virus by direct contact with an infected poultry flock (but no details on species involved, size of flock or type of system).

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𝗕𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 (Acari, Anoplura, Cestoda, Diptera, Hemiptera, Nematoda, Siphonaptera, Trematoda) in France This 2020 paper was a bibliographical survey of bat parasites in France between 1762 and 2018. A total of 113 parasite taxa were identified from 27 host species 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...

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I have a piece out today in @naturesustain.bsky.social arguing that we should be realistic -- or even pessimistic -- about the potential for climate adaptation. rdcu.be/d9Rue

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We have been pleased to work with ORCA on reducing the risk of ships hitting whales on their journeys across the Indian Ocean. ORCA biologists have worked with us to identify IMMAs in the NE Atlantic. Here is the latest ORCA news story on our new IMMA release: orca.org.uk/news-blog/ne...

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#Invertebrate alert! 🚨 🧪🦑

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We are delighted to announce that the 11th #ukdnawg conference will be hosted by the @royalsociety.org London on 13-14th May 2025. For more information, and to register, follow the links from ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna 🧬 #eDNA #biodiversity

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1/3 Hello Bluesky! We are delighted to launch the shiny new @ukeof.bsky.social UK DNA Working Group Blue Sky Account! 🧬🐟🦈🌱🦫🍄🦆🪳🐸

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🔥🌊 The #Mediterranean is undergoing a rapid ecological shift! Our new study in Nature Communications reveals that #MassMortality events have caused a substantial loss of benthic #trait #diversity in just 5 years Read the full study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ClimateChange #MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪

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Now officially published with its 2025 publ date. Looking beyond Popper: How Philosophy can be relevant to ecology. @oikosjournal.bsky.social A fantastic collaborative effort between ecologists and philosophers of science. #philosophy #ecology nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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🦑Join us for a webinar discussing how to reduce marine mammal bycatch with good science and robust relationships between scientists, managers, and stakeholders on the ground: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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I just uploaded the first version of {{exactplot}} to github.com/const-ae/exa... 🎉 It produces figures with consistent font size, Latex labels, and millimeter-perfect layouting. It's an alternative to patchwork with less elegant syntax but much more flexibility. #rstats

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Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚 Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈 Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in ! 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾

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The 2025 @tylerprize.bsky.social has been awarded to Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio for their stellar bodies-of-work. Not only are they the 1st recipients from S. America, but they were also 2/3 co-Chairs of @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment. 🌍🧪 Congratulations! Read more: www.tylerprize.org

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Palaeo@Leeds researchers have been busy in the first month of 2025... check out our latest set of publications ranging from mass extinctions, biostratigraphy and geochronology, molluscan genomics, and marine geochemistry 🌋🪨☄️🌍⛏️🧬🦪⌛🌊🧪

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Adult & larval forked fungus beetles (family Tenebrionidae) are found on/in shelf fungus across the eastern U.S. & Canada—& despite their appearance they can fly! #TenebTuesday

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Currently losing it over this baby fly. The larva's butt has evolved to look like the head of the termite species it parasitizes. The larva also chemically mimics the termite. The disguise is so convincing that the termite colony accepts the parasite and allows it to exploit the colony's resources 🧪

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Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. This place has given me so much since I first picked up a camera in 2018. I remember my first visit and saying to my friend “I had no idea all of this was on the same island I live on.” #LandscapePhotography #Scotland #NaturePhotography

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Is susceptibility to different viruses phylogenetically correlated across host species? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Ryan M Imrie, Megan A Wallace, and @blongdon.bsky.social.

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Happy international day of women and girls in science! Here are two starter packs of women in ocean science for you to follow 🦑🧪 go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4

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Todays the international day of women & girls in science, it’s also my 32nd birthday, & yesterday I got promoted to Associate Prof @universityofleeds.bsky.social Today I will snooze a bit & have a look at my fish tanks

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On International Day of Women in Science let's celebrate the life of Prof. Georgina Mace (1953–2020) who was instrumental in creating the Red List of endangered species which now underpins conservation around the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgin...

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