Emily Runnells

Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social

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Calling all Early Career Seabirders! What are some topics you would like more discussion on/support with? I am trying to compile a list of things that mentors could help ECRs with @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social

When trying to decide if a plastic cleanup technology is a good idea, ask yourself:

Would this work on land? Would dragging a net through a forest be a good idea?

If the answer is “no”, then it’s not a good idea in the ocean, either.

#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

World Athletics says that "The SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex." The guy who literally discovered the gene and has spent the last 35 years researching it says they're wrong. theconversation.com/world-athlet...

Are you planning on attending the @amornith.bsky.social (American Ornithological Society) #AOS25 meeting in St. Louis this year?

I'm making a Starter Pack of attendees so we can easily follow each other. Attending the meeting and want on the list? Comment here or DM me! go.bsky.app/3dybD1a

These assholes often back down when we push back.

We should push back more.

DOE climate report response form We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.

🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨

Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.

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German text: Mission "net zero" failed? Yes, but successfully!

This is how you do climate goals:

In 2012, Copenhagen announced it'll be net zero by 2025. Guess what it's at -80%, and it's one of the most livable cities on the planet to boot.

The text:

Mission "net zero" failed?

Yes, but successfully!

Job Advert reads: Work with us! Seabird Monitoring Programme Organsier www.bto.org/jobs With a photo of a Razorbill flying behind the text.

📢Job alert! We’re looking for the next Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser to join the BTO Surveys Team!🔭📈

ℹ️ For more information and to apply: www.bto.org/jobs
🗓️ Deadline for applications: 8th Sept 2025.

#seabirds #citizenscience
@btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:

We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.

If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

Politicizing science: how quota quarrels lose sight of sustainable fishing – The Independent Doubling Northern cod catch limits ran counter to what scientists and key stakeholders called for — so what’s behind the decision?

"What if, instead of contentious quota disputes, the focus shifted to collaborative efforts that prioritize marine ecosystem health?"
A good question & a fair analysis by @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social & Leila Beaudoin on Northern cod and capelin fisheries in NL.

theindependent.ca/commentary/s...

🥵Our cities interact with energy from the sun — reflecting it, absorbing it, storing it — in ways that shape the experience of urban heat.

🌡️Understanding and harnessing what makes a city hotter is key to designing cooler cities. Get the facts behind extreme heat🔗 go.wri.org/cool-cities-bs

HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN CANADA

Record temperatures allover the planet and Canada is not an exception.
Temperatures up to 35C in Newfoundland and Labrador Province, including historic records like
34.9C at Badger.

This is a great time to remind you that @dorassessment.bsky.social has a guide on hire to effect change in tenure policy and other research assessment policies:

sfdora.org/resource/pra...

Advancing Seabird Diet Studies Through Buccal Swabbing for DNA Metabarcoding Determining the diet of wide-ranging, pelagic seabirds is challenging. In this study, we investigated buccal swabbing and DNA metabarcoding to describe the diet of Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus...

Evans et al. Advancing Seabird Diet Studies Through Buccal Swabbing for DNA Metabarcoding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology

PhULMaR continues! Peer support and networking, collaboration and data sharing group for PhD and MRes #seabirds and marine #ornithology students in the British and Irish Isles 📢🐣 Please share with students and colleagues 🙏🏻

Moa "de-extinction" plans announced - Expert Reaction An overseas company has announced plans to "bring back" the South Island giant moa. Colossal Biosciences, working with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Canterbury Museum, says it expects to "resurrect" t...

And here is a whole host of expert comment on the Moa/Colossal announcement -- well worth a read, with lots to think about.

www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/07/09/m...

SURELY there is some grad student or postdoc out analyzing like 10 samples each of 20+ Larus spp. genomes -- whoever you are hit me up before I edit this systematics section of the American Herring Gull page

Great to see this collaborative paper out on partial niche partitioning in three large gull species thanks to tracking data from Herring, Lesser Black-backed and Great Black-backed Gulls during the 2021 breeding season on the Isle of May #seabirds bit.ly/GullStudy

In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.

Watercolor painting of Atlantic puffins

Puffin around…
A little watercolor inspired by one of my summer muses…

#watercolor #puffin #painting #seabirds

🕊️ Today is #WorldSeabirdDay, marking the 1844 extinction of the Great Auk. Seabirds still face major threats—bycatch, pollution & habitat loss.

Just weeks ago, #WorldAlbatrossDay reminded us: thousands of seabirds die yearly in fisheries. Let’s act. 🌊🐦 #ACAP

From student to researcher, a #career in #science can come with a high price tag. @drcraigmc.bsky.social ‬explores how wealth shapes opportunity in #STEM and proposes structural changes to support #equity and inclusion. 🧪
plos.io/4edGlY4

Open Positions Positions and vacancies at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate

Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions!

macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos and artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution of Gannets galore off the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth #SuperSeabirdSunday

A screenshot of a politicopro article with the headling 'Kill shot:' Senate GOP megabill would impose new tax on solar and wind projects.

If you didn't already think the #BigUglyBill was essentially a ban on clean energy, you should now. Overnight GOP added a new tax on wind and solar while giving a new subsidy to COAL, most of which gets exported. Meanwhile the rest of us will pay more for less energy.

Hungary banned Pride marches. This is the response ✊🏳️‍🌈

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
The most extreme heat wave in history.
Records have fallen every single day for weeks.
400+ records so far and it's just getting worse.
Heat indexes locally >50C and it will just get worse.
Today New June records:

Job alert: We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable marine ornithologist to join the JNCC Marine Species Team. More info here: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...