Dr Simon Goodman

'Alien mammal introductions can reshape global viral sharing networks' by Toneli et al -> www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Nature's code: molecular tools for wildlife genomic health and conservation | The Zoological Society of London Using genomics to assess wildlife health at the genomic, cellular, and regulatory levels

A new Science and Conservation Event! Join us on 4th Nov at 6pm as we discuss how innovative tools developed in biomedical research can offer insight into #wildlife health, from the hihi in Aotearoa New Zealand to the sea turtle in Cabo Verde 🐢 Book now: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...

Carried By The Receding Tides | Studio1-0-6LA The project explores ecological changes in Caspian Sea and the impact from human activity in the region

Other pieces of their work have drawn on our recent paper about declining water levels in the Caspian Sea. doi.org/10.1038/s432.... @natureportfolio.nature.com #SciCom

Flow diagrams from this paper (Svolkinas et al (2023) People and Nature, 5, 1187–1206. doi.org/10.1002/pan3...) on attitudes of fishing communities to poaching and seal bycatch were adapted for elements of the installation @peopleandnature.bsky.social @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social 🧪🌍🦭 🧵

It's been fascinating collaborating on the project, seeing how artists work, and hearing responses to the issues raised in the installations, opening up the chance to reach new audiences who wouldn't normally interact with our research. There's been lots of insightful comments. #SciCom #outreach 🧵

Lena and Eldar work as the2vvo (www.the2vvo.com), and they use art to explore and communicate how people relate to nature in the Anthropocene. You can see more examples of their work via their website and also here www.studio1-0-6.com/carried-by-t... 🧵

If you're in Berlin this October check out this art exhibition featuring installations by Lena Pozdnyakova & Eldar Tagi exploring stories of black caviar imperial extraction in Central Asia. We were excited that figures from our papers on Caspian seal bycatch gave inspiration for some elements. 🧵

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
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#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Are you an oceanographer or marine biologist with an interest in marine biodiversity and climate change? Our upcoming scientific meeting will look at #ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss linkages in ocean ecosystems:

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Having worked on a response letter this week, this is closer to the mark than it should be.... 🙂

Thanking the reviewers

Despite its name, the Bird-Dropping Beetle definitely does not drop any birds ~ instead, it looks just like a bird’s dropping (Excastra albopilosa). The disguise is so effective that no-one noticed it till 2024. Now it’s a finalist for Australian Insect of the Year
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The recently formed IUCN Parasite Specialist Group has just launched a Bluesky account. Give them a follow to get news about the conservation and amazing biology of parasites. Many parasite species are co-endangered with their hosts and need more conservation attention. 🌍🧪🪱

<i>Dinobdella ferox</i> When it comes to parasitology, sometimes you have to get really up close with your study organism, as one researcher in Taiwan did in trying...

Sometimes, parasitologists have to put their own body on the line in the name of science. In this case, a parasitologist played host to a nose leech for over a month to find out more about its life history 🧪
#Invertebrate
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2019/10/dino...

🎉 Congratulations to Rebecca Niklas on completing her master’s thesis!

Rebecca used eDNA samples to assess marine biodiversity and whale diet in the Azores, as part of the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social project🐋🌊

Fantastic work bridging cutting-edge molecular tools with marine ecology!

Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses Using a species-specific reference genome significantly improves the accuracy of population genetic analyses, as exemplified by mapping gray fox sequence data to genomes of several canid species. Mapp...

Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses

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Mammals & Lice We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...

The camtrapR R package: From data management to interactive ecological analysis of camera trap data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678697v1

I've long thought of our research as artworks 😉. But now it is actually true - our research on Caspian seal conservation has been integrated into an artwork in Berlin, on ecological degradation and human-nature interactions. w/ @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social.
www.studio1-0-6.com/carried-by-t...

Genomic divergence across the tree of life | PNAS Nucleotide sequence data are being harnessed to identify species, even in cases in which organisms themselves are neither in hand nor witnessed. Bu...

Genomic divergence across the tree of life 🧪🌐https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319389122

Global selection on insect antipredator coloration Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understand...

Wa hoo! Our paper in Science is out today, revealing why some prey use conspicuous warning colouration while others use camouflaging colours. A huge global collaboration under incredible leadership by Iliana Medina and @wlallen.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I drew a poem about this summer, living in between worlds with my dearest bud www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/24/t...

What beautiful, heartfelt words.

Lions across Africa are under threat from habitat loss, poaching, and wildlife trade.

A continent-wide survey of 132 lion subpopulations was conducted in collaboration with landscape managers and lion researchers to determine perceived threat severity.

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Comparing Neanderthal introgression maps reveals core agreement but substantial heterogeneity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678138v1

Just wow! 🧪🌍🦑🐳🦭

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

In which I proudly stay on my soapbox to counter the #ColossalBio #DisInformation; they made GMO grey wolves, not dire ones whether it was for fun, function, or fiction #ExtinctionReallyIsForever 🐺 🧫 🧬 🧪

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28 doctoral + 28 #postdoc positions in #climate #research, spanning natural & social #science. Be part of an international team exploring climate & society.

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"After the fall of the Roman Empire, elephants virtually disappeared from Western Europe. Since there was no real knowledge of how the animal looked, illustrators had to rely on oral and written transmissions to morphologically reconstruct the elephant" www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anth...