morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.
🧪🌎🔬🧬🐸 (Almost) 50 Years of Effort on a Catalogue of Living Amphibians www.iucn-amphibians.org/celebrating-...
President Donald Trump has nominated Brian Nesvik to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
This is a worst-case scenario for our main wildlife agency.
Make your voice heard: Urge your senators to oppose Brian #Nesvik for director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. ➡️ biodiv.us/41OVTfe
Woohoo congratulations!! 🎉
A chromosome-level genome assembly of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis)
Published yesterday in G3
@GeneticsGSA
SAVE THE SALAMANDERS!
SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger @kerrykriger.com has submitted an official comment to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in strong support of expanded protections for U.S. salamanders under the Lacey Act! 🏞️🐸
savethefrogs.com/usfws-2025-s...
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Huge congrats, Dr Jensen! Wonderful presentation and superb discussion! 🥳🎉 Many thanks to @joanameier.bsky.social and the committee for so many nice questions and perspectives. Quoting the committee members: "We all agree that this is one of the best theses we've had the pleasure to read." 💪
"...a compelling reminder of how deeply our fate is tied to the natural world. 🐸 may seem like a minor player in the grand scheme of things, but their role in controlling disease vectors highlights the complex and often unexpected ways that ecosystems and public health are intertwined." #OneHealth
Check out our new study 👇
With @denovorego.bsky.social and @alexfhart.bsky.social
Unreal: a study I contributed to was just published in @nature.com
A policy brief with the findings + recommendations is also available in several languages.
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
An analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity
https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN
🌍Global study on 600+ species reveals an alarming decline in genetic diversity🧬
But there's hope: we have the tools and conservation strategies to prevent further decline - if we act now.
Read the paper by following the links below⬇️
#Biodiversity #GeneticDiversity #Conservation
Leap into amphibian genomics 🐸 with this new year read.
The Amphibian Genomics Consortium (AGC) is advancing global efforts to sequence high-quality genomes and bridge the gap in amphibian research.
The Norwegian captive breeding programme represents a central pillar in the conservation the Arctic fox #arcticfox #EcosystemRestoration #RestorationDecade storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b784...
