Harry Siviter

Career highlight to be read out on TSM this morning (deafening the honour of wasps)

Wildflowers in an in-field strip in an arable field

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found

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Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis

New paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com's Scientific Reports!
We investigated emotional & psychological impact of late ADHD diagnoses in women
Highlighting how undiagnosed ADHD contributes to life-long challenges & how diagnosis in adulthood can be life-changing
#ADHD #WomenWithADHD #ADHDawareness

If you want to see ‘value’ in nature- go to a kids play ground on a hot day and watch exhausted parents scramble to get in the shade of the one tree 🌳

high up view of people visiting insect week event

child with insect face mask by the craft table

children visiting insect display

child looking at microscope by insect stall

#InsectWeek event @bristolbiosci.bsky.social was a huge success - over 200 visitors across all ages, some who had even cycled here from other cities, and there was lots of enthusiasm and fascination for the mini-beasts (woodlice, spiders, and ticks also featured!). Thanks to all who came & helped!

Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

Biology/Geography/Earth Sciences colleagues: can anyone recommend a field centre or similar field course location that works well for students who are wheelchair users? This is a no-fly course so we're trying to find somewhere in the UK or Western Europe

The image shows two female researchers from the global majority conversing around a table. The text says: GW4 Connect: Peer Support Programme for Global Majority Postgraduate Researchers, apply by 9 July 2025

📣 2 weeks left! Are you a Global Majority PGR at Bath, Bristol, Cardiff or Exeter? Join GW4 Connect; an expert-led prog to help you thrive in your PhD, build a community & grow in confidence.

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@uniofbath.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social, @cardiffuni.bsky.social, @exeter.ac.uk

And abstract from a scientific paper entitled 'Brood care by male bumble bees'. Paper was published in PNAS in 1985.

I had no idea this was a thing (after 9 years working with bumblebees!) 🐝

Really looking forward to this! Come and join us for an afternoon of amazing insects 🐝🦋🐜

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…

Love research and working with insects? Find your perfect job in entomology 🪲

Check out our regularly updated #job #opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽

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📸 Red Hemiptera (c) Anurag Aditya 2016

#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers

Jobs available with ‘quite a nice guy’ 🦋

Not as bad as last year, but still not seeing many red tails around this year. Anyone else noticing the same?

An interview article about my new paper with my co-author Dr Liam O'Reilly is out now in New Scientist! Give it a read for the bees 🐝🌸

Professor in Physical Geography at University of Salford Discover an exciting academic career path as a Professor in Physical Geography at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

4 jobs available in my department at University of Salford!

Professor, Senior Lecturer and 2x Lecturers in Physical Geography.

Deadline: 12th June
@salforduni.bsky.social #geography #postdoc

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Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Very excited about this experiment 🐝🐝

A Puffin with its beak full of sandeel fish looks down the camera.

Last year the EU challenged the UK's closure of industrial sandeel fishing in its waters.

These closures are a lifeline for the millions of seabirds which rely on sandeels for food.

Reversing them would be a blow for hungry Puffins, Kittiwakes, and other birds.

Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).

🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r

Apply now for a four year Research Fellowship at Kew. £41,020 per annum Closing Date 20/04/2025 opportunity to become an independent researcher with some startup funds for research and travel. careers.kew.org/internal/vac...

🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨
🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology.
🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia.
Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z

Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.

How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com

Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
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First flight cage up for @victoriamallinson.bsky.social first PhD project. 16 more to go (and lots of planting) 🐝🌸🌻 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Hairy-footed flower bee foraging at Bristol Botanical gardens yesterday. Love this time of year 🐝

Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

Like so many SEND parents, I owe a debt to the tireless work & insights of Special Needs Jungle. I wrote this for them, about one of the lessons of my book Maybe I'm Amazed: that the decline of music in schools is a tragedy, and in mainstream & specialist places, it really matters

This is really lovely

My first full length play is coming to London this November. Come along if you can and I'll see you there! 😊

This photo is of a large furry orange bee with orange hair and huge black eyes.

This photo is of the face of a large furry orange bee with orange hair and huge black eyes.

This bee's really special. Her name is Xylocopa myops & she's NOCTURNAL

But instead of developing echolocation or another sense to help them navigate the dark, this species puts all their effort into sight. She has absolutely massive eyes as you can see. But more than that, she has huge ocelli. 1/x