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This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

Figure 2 from Winter et al. (2025) showing the geographical extent of the year-round core area of the Swedish muskox population, with the Norwegian–Sweden border noted in white. The map was made using the software QGIS 3.34.11 based on, and updated from, Nilsson (2014).

Did you know about the small, wild population of #muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in Sweden? To learn more about their current conservation status, ecosystem services, and latest population inventory, check out our latest paper, published #OpenAccess in Polar Research! doi.org/10.33265/pol...

We have some great keynote speakers lined up for our Conference on the 29-30th at ATU.

Remember that you can register on-site or attend virtually: www.baskingshark.ie/conference2025

Exciting news - we are tracking chimaeras, the ghost shark, in the Bergen city fjords We received great news from Save Our Seas Foundation that the Ghost Track project will be funded. The ghost shark, Chimaera monstrosa, is a deep water cartilaginous fish that occupies great depths. Th...

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Little spotted kiwi found on New Zealand's mainland for first time in 50 years "I'm not sure how to express how thrilling this rediscovery is for the conservation world," an expert says.

Last mainland sighting was in 1978 😱 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

‘Stealth flippers’ helped this extinct mega-predator stalk its prey Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 16 July 2025

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NGO funding opportunity for marine conservation in West Africa.
🌊 €30-40K over 12 months.
🌊 Deadline 25 August
🌊 Call for proposal by #PRCM ➡️ ogy.de/j7t3
#OceanOptimism

FULLY FUNDED PhD opportunity on edible crab disease
with a great team here in a stunning location @sosbangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @cefasgovuk.bsky.social

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https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70113

New publication on the natural history of the shortfin #mako #shark (Isurus oxyrinchus). Do shortfin mako hunt dolphins actively? doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
@nairvilasarrondo.bsky.social @csic.es

🦈Shark Awareness Day🦈

Some of the most valuable 'shark fins' are actually from rays (shark-like rays) which are Critically Endangered

And still being trade internationally despite regulation

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black and white illustration of the electric ray Torpedo marmorata. Dorsal view. common name on page is the old British torpedo

balck and white ilustration of the smooth-hound Mustelus mustelus

Happy #SharkAndRayAwarenessDay 🦈 To celebrate these important ocean dwellers we've selected two illustrations from William Yarrell's 'History of British Fishes', Third Edition, 1859.

We have Torpedo marmorata, an electric ray and the smooth-hound, Mustelus mustelus

Opened page of a work showing three illustrations of sharks in side profile. At the top is a 'White Shark', underneath is a 'Hammer headed Shark' and at the bottom is a 'Long tailed Shark'.

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the sharks, for today is their special day!

To celebrate Shark Awareness Day, here are three illustrations of sharks from the book 'Animated Nature Vol. 2' (1821) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.

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Caviar-producing sturgeon found in Irish waters for first time in 40 years Fishermen off Valencia Island have astonished marine experts by catching a fish long thought extinct in Irish waters.

This verified report of two sturgeon in Irish waters is pretty incredible considering the species is critically endangered & considered functionally extinct in Ireland due to no evidence of breeding. share.google/jyn5MHKpQHjT...

Biology / management mismatch with silky sharks

The cover of Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals by Jack Ashby, showing a photo of a platypus diving

Aww there's a lush new ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon review of #PlatypusMatters. It really means a lot to know it resonates 😊

"Absolutely excellent book about absolutely excellent subject. Uses platypus as a wedge to learn so much about mammal evolution, diversity, and the natural and human history of Australia."

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Impressive new atlas resource for students & researchers of marine turtles 🐢

Excited for this morning’s #JMIH25 #AES25 plenary all about sawfish conservation! @coastalelasmos.bsky.social is a conservation hero! 🧪🌎🦑🐠🦈

www.publish.csiro.au/pc/PC25006

Next year's @thefsbi.bsky.social conference will be at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social

See you there!

🦈 in the news, 1937

I've re-read this several times and still don't quite understand

Our final medal award winner is Oliver Crimmen, of the Nautral History Museum (London), who was awarded this year's Le Cren Medal. With over 50 years of experience, some species are now present in the collection but extinct in the wild, which gives much pause for thought #FSBI2025

Breaking records for youngest solo swim from NI to Scotland Oscar Black, 15, has become the youngest person to complete the North Channel swim from Northern Ireland to Scotland.

Incredible 16-hour swim from Northern Ireland to Scotland

This would surely take the prize for #FSBI2025 Green Travel Awards
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Just 10 days left to submit a proposal to our latest special feature!! ⏰ 🌍 🧪

Find out more and submit here 👇

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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....

Thrilled to say the first chapter of my PhD is out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social!

We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧

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Continuous mitochondrial diversity of Danube sturgeon species over millennia: insights from ancient DNA | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Sturgeons, an iconic group of large fishes inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems, have historically had significant economic and cultural value, particularly prized for their meat and roe (cavia...

Our latest work is out! Ancient DNA from Danube sturgeon fossils dating back 10,000 years reveals that, despite centuries of decline, some populations have preserved high genetic diversity and ancient lineages. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
@royalsociety.org @lukeeholman.bsky.social

A quarter of a century ago, my first publication came out

Mystified why it has only been cited 6 times (once by me)..🤣

The Menai Suspension Bridge will celebrate its bicentenary in 2026. To help with celebrations, please consider supporting the #TelfordCentre, a small museum in Menai Bridge promoting the bridge's unique story @archpbu.bsky.social @bangorhistory.bsky.social: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/200th-anni...

Interesting paper on non-lethal stomach sampling of sharks & rays