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Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energy

Farage’s Reform is part of a “global network of rightwing billionaires” who want to undermine net zero for their “vested interests”, says Ed Miliband - as he revives pledges for a Green New Deal & 400,000 new jobs in clean energy by 2030

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

Another recent paper in #BirdStudy showed autumn densities of Pheasant & Red-Legged Partridge in southern England can be an astonishing 2,500 birds per km2 on land near releases. After winter, there were still up to 700 birds/km2. That's huge numbers.
Paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology

YouTube video by Natural History Museum New dinosaur is unlike anything we've ever found | Unique armoured dinosaur discovered in Morocco

If you like the new specimen of #Spicomellus, check out this film of us excavating the specimen, by Ben Webber at the @nhm-london.bsky.social youtu.be/TEeCFl0MJ0A?...

How is this possible?

This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother

This is quite extraordinary!

Millionaire owner of a £4m second home Richard Tice promises to ‘scrap all inheritance tax’ and asks farmers to ‘tell him bonkers regulations’ so he can ‘scrap them’ - via Helena Horton on Twitter:

I always knew they were up to something.

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

I heard today that the ‘small boats crisis’ was actually *caused* by Nigel Farage and Brexit. That before Brexit we had sufficient influence in the EU and could negotiate with France. The growth in numbers is linked to changes since Brexit. Farage is the *cause* not the solution.

Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."

Sheep dog puppy's first day on the job... 🐑

#dog #dogday #bluesky

Meta‐analysis of predator identity in nest‐camera studies in the British Islands Nest predation is the primary cause of nest failure across many bird species. Interventions to support declining or threatened species frequently involve measures to reduce nest predation, through le...

New meta-analysis underlines that Grey Squirrels are really a very minor nest predator in UK, despite once considered probably very important in woodland bird declines. Good example of evidence overturning dogma, allowing focus on real issues. #ornithology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

White mountain ermine hopping in the snow... Enjoy #bluesky 😊

Tenure track position in English linguistics (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor) / tenure track -tehtävä, englannin kielen tutkimus (Apulaisprofessori tai Professori)

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Tampere University is seeking an Assistant professor, Associate professor or Professor in the field of English linguistics.

The closing date for applications is August 18th.

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Interested in insects? Join us at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social on Tuesday 24 June as part of @royentsoc.bsky.social’s National Insect Week! 🪰🪲🦋🐞🐝🪳

It’s a tough one. These are society-led journals that reinvest in the community with grants, mentoring, events, etc. There are also discretionary waivers @funecology.bsky.social

BioArtAttack 2D BioArtAttack 2D is a drawing and painting competition for children aged 7-18 years old to draw or paint their favourite animal, plant or fungi. The Nancy Rothwell Prize is now a sub-category for speci...

Calling young UK-based artists!

To celebrate 50 years of CITES 🌍, the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk is hosting an art competition for 7–18-year-olds to draw or paint an endangered species. 🎨

🧪Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved...

Field drawing of Charaxes cognatus, also known as the Sulawesi blue nawab. The butterfly is shown from the front and side, with some parts of the wings coloured.

We're rounding off #IAW25 with this drawing from Alfred Russel Wallace's Butterflies of Malay Archipelago notebook (MS/181).

You can access this, and over 61,000 other records with over 218,000 images, at Linnean Online. linnean.access.preservica.com
#ArchivesAreAccessible

One of the rarest birds in Scotland - a very fragile population discovered only a few years ago.

In an effort to balance the "Editors/Reviewers as gatekeepers" (& the "Mike's a miserable old git") narrative, I'm having a great start to today by handling a really interesting, well-written manuscript on cool niche-related things.
Reach out if you'd be interested in reviewing such a manuscript! 😄

Mapping the ‘National Estate for Nature’ – and what it should do next This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: the Lulworth Ranges in Dorset, on a long lease from the Weld Estate to the Ministry of Defence. Back in March, the Government announced it was forming a new &#…

In March, Ministers launched the ‘National Estate for Nature’ group – bringing together some of England's largest landowners to do more to restore nature.

I've now mapped what these landowners own - & set out what the National Estate for Nature should do next 1/

whoownsengland.org/2025/06/10/m...

Come and join us in Newcastle for a wonderful gathering of network ecologists! This year our theme is 'Network Ecology in the Anthropocene' and our plenary speakers include Jane Memmott and Paulo Guimarães. Symposium tickets are an absolute bargain, especially for students.

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

Can I love this post more than once? ;)

A photo of a group of people in front of a traditional Mediterranean building with a wooded hill in the background.

A group of people smiling at the camera. They are stood on a scenic viewpoint with a wooded valley in the background.

We had a great week hosting MSc students and staff from the University of Lincoln. We’d like to say a big thank you to all involved. Thanks especially to the students who really got enthused by the conservation and management of this area. Good luck with your future careers! @g-iossa.bsky.social

CAMS European ground-level grass pollen forecast (Copernicus and ECMWF): higher grass pollen concentrations are indicated on this map for Portugal, Spain, France and Italy for today

Do you know the pollen forecast of CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social?

Check it out for grass pollen to view the situation in Europe today and the near future.

Source:
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...