Tom Martin

Creating a global evidence map for animal management in zoos | About Conservation Evidence Andrew Bowkett introduces a new evidence map for zoo animal management interventions

Nice summary of our massive evidence map of interventions in zoos on the Conservation Evidence blog page, written up by Andy Bowkett: about.conservationevidence.com/2025/08/11/c...

Great to see our evidence map of husbandry and management actions in zoos and aquaria (identifying 1071 studies that quantitatively evaluate such actions) out in JZAR! This was a big piece of work with a lot of investment from lots of people, so fantastic to see it out! www.jzar.org/jzar/article...

Great to see our recent paper on the threats tropical cyclones pose to biodiversity featured in the Guardian!

Nice piece in the Conversation giving an overview of our recent Biological Conservation paper, which highlights the threat tropical cyclones pose to species in Biodiversity Hotspots.

BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The up.....

Great to see the huge new (open access) BioTIME 2 paper out; very happy to have contributed to this with lots of excellent collaborators! Should be a super-useful resource going forwards: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Very pleased to help out with this great new open-access paper led by @thereremouse.bsky.social which provides a much-needed update to the terrestrial mammal inventory of Krka National Park, Croatia. Should be a very useful resource for park managers!

Heightened extinction risk due to tropical cyclones in insular biodiversity hotspots Tropical Cyclones (TCs) represent a serious and potentially growing threat to global biodiversity, although spatial patterns in the severity of this t…

Great to see our paper on the threat of tropical storms to global island biodiversity out. Key highlights are the Caribbean being especially vulnerable to storm-driven extinctions, and the identification of 60 'high risk' species representing key conservation priorities shorturl.at/EAqOS

Orpheus wouldnt have many friends these days.

Leopard - no conclusive North African records for many years
Lion - Extinct in North Africa since the 1960s
Tiger - Extinct in Turkey since the 1970s
Scimitar-horned Oryx - extinct in the wild late 1980s (locally reintroduced)
Hartebeest - North African ssp. extinct 1920s

Roman Mosaic in the Bardo museum in Tunisia which showcases shifting extinction baselines. Orpheus plays his lyre to a bunch of animals that all occurred in the Roman empire (and all except the tiger in Tunisia) when it was made, yet are now all extinct (or only recently reintroduced):

Nice!

Some amazing finds there!

Great to see this book chapter preprint out on @authorea.com; a massive piece of work providing an extremely thorough overview of the knowledge gaps that impede research into poorly-studied taxa. Congratulations to @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social and @dhaelewa.bsky.social for pushing this through!

Ormia (Tachinidae) - adult fly

Close up of hearing aid on Ormia species of fly

A gorgeous fly collected from @opwallscience.bsky.social trip to Honduras in 2023

Ormia sp. are very special Tachinidae as they have ‘ears’ on their prothorax that they use to listen for the hosts (Orthoptera) for their offspring to live in and consume 😎🤓

@dipterists.bsky.social

I agree!

will write a fuller summary when the final article is published, but results essentially show Covid-19 was probably beneficial for hunted species in CNP, given the nature of hunting here is largely recreational rather than subsistence (and bad economy = less recreational hunting).

Nice Christmas present this year - new paper on the inferred impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on hunted mammal species in Cusuco National Park, Honduras, just accepted! Great work by Dylan McKenna pushing it through. Pre-proof version here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dont have a guide immediately to hand to compare with similar species, but yeah, Mountain Chat looks like a good shout (juvenile perhaps?).

Great to see this @plosone.org article out, excellently headed up by @dhaelewa.bsky.social and @thereremouse.bsky.social. This cross-site study demonstrates that standardized bat survey techniques dont work equally well in all ecosystems, and assuming that they do can severely impact results!

Horay! Great to see this out!

Absolutely! Just coming back from Egypt now - saw these 3000 year-old ducks yesterday. Very pretty, but ultimately just artistic drawings at the end of the day.....

(Bird has been safely removed by an appropriate organisation, i understand)

Woodcock surrounded by Bankers talking about the FTSE 100 in the middle of the City of London today. Odd but i understand not massively rare? A case of city lights confusing their migration, perhaps? (Photo courtesy of my brother)

Given the repeated lack of response from the general enquires address, perhaps someone more senior could help? @georgevousden.bsky.social - any chance of helping us out with this article stuck in editorial limbo?

A paper telling a story I never wanted to tell nor did I think we ever would...

🚨🦜🗻Check out our new paper on demographic rates of tropical birds along elevation in Cusuco NP, Honduras. Props to @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social
for leading the analytical charge! @amornith.bsky.social
See linked thread for paper coverage - here for a bit of background.. 1/5
doi.org/10.1093/orni...

New paper out, excellently led by Ferran Sayol, showcasing the AVOTREX database. This database summarized information on all 610 bird species known to have gone extinct in the last 130,000 years (including geographical range data, traits, and phylogenetic positioning). tinyurl.com/muznycc9

Hello! Just joined here and will try and use it more (given the other option seems to be becoming increasingly un-useable these days!