Congrats to Jamie Smith @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social on a great #ento25 talk presenting his PhD work on the dramatic effects of even mild heatwaves during the larval stages (simulating the 2022 UK heatwave) on fertility in mason bees. Wish I could have been there in support!
10.09.2025 17:07 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Good luck to all presenting at #ento25! Members of our lab talking today - @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at 1615 on heatwaves and bee fertility - and Matthew Chambers at 1645 on mason bee provisioning. Find them at the poster session too where they are presenting our poster! Gutted to be missing it!
09.09.2025 08:25 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Common Blue butterfly resting on heather against a dark pink background. Text overlay reads 'the results are in' with Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo. Photo credit Matt Berry
The #BigButterflyCount results are in and it's official...
2025 was an average year for butterflies.
See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths π
https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025
09.09.2025 08:00 β π 60 π 33 π¬ 4 π 4
Happy #WorldBeeDay
20.05.2025 11:03 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pacific beetle-mimic cockroach and her newly born nymphs
Overview of project on Nutrition and immunity in pregnancy: picture of pregnant woman on one side, viviparous insects on the other; 3 boxes linking project components (evolutionary models, insect experiments and human cohorts)
View of cormorant drying its wings by the Bristol harbour: light reflecting off the water
Researchers at an insect outreach event, standing at the stall
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
15.02.2025 15:32 β π 28 π 29 π¬ 0 π 2
Climate drives long-term landscape and rapid short-term promoter evolution in the Western Canaries lizard, Gallotia galloti https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.18.628907v1
21.12.2024 11:32 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Climate change extinctions
Climate change is expected to cause irreversible changes to biodiversity, but predicting those risks remains uncertain. I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quantitative global assessment of climate change ...
Climate change is driving global extinction risks, with 1.6% of species threatened at 1.3Β°C of warming and risks escalating to 29.7% at 5.4Β°C, according to a new meta-analysis in Science encompassing more than 30 years of research.
Read more:
24.12.2024 19:56 β π 101 π 31 π¬ 1 π 1
The back corner of the LSB
We want you to work with us!
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
17.12.2024 12:35 β π 57 π 72 π¬ 0 π 3
ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
π£ π£ π£ Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
26.11.2024 13:48 β π 233 π 188 π¬ 2 π 6
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! ππ§ͺ #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
11.11.2024 17:41 β π 731 π 388 π¬ 78 π 38
Would love to be added to this, researching impacts of altered Nutrition and Temperature on wild solitary bees
16.12.2024 07:41 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A starter pack of people working on thermal biology or metabolic theory. Presently a very short list, but I know y'all are out there - please tell me if you'd like to be added!
(Or if you'd like to be taken off)
go.bsky.app/nHLZbD
13.11.2024 18:47 β π 34 π 27 π¬ 34 π 1
More Redsky this morning... Lincoln, UK
15.12.2024 19:33 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis, mating on a Wild Strawberry flower.
Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis, mating on a Wild Strawberry flower.
Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis, mating on a Wild Strawberry flower.
Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis, mating on a Wild Strawberry flower.
Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis.
On a Wild Strawberry in our back garden. 6th May 2024.
bwars.com/bee/megachil...
10.12.2024 16:17 β π 27 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
AUSTRALIA EXTREME HEAT WAVE
A short but very intense heat wave is kicking off in Australia in the States of South Australia,Queensland,Victoria and New South Wales with temperatures expected >45C ,even 47C in some areas.
Minimums can locally stay above >33C.
Follow the updates here...
15.12.2024 03:29 β π 93 π 34 π¬ 4 π 8
Diagram showing how tree species diversity can influence understory plants through changes in microclimate which in turn affects phenology and nectar and pollen quantity and quality. This may affect pollinator visits and plant fitness
π£ Fully funded PhD project supervised by me & @philstevenson.bsky.social within @treesdla.bsky.social on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators. Nice mix of fieldwork in Finland & pollen and nectar chemistry ππΌπ³π² π§ͺπ Apply by 20 Jan www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
07.12.2024 08:54 β π 199 π 103 π¬ 5 π 3
Thanks Rob! Hope you enjoyed the conference
15.12.2024 11:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We are far from conserving migratory butterflies. Our new
paper shows that current protected areas are inadequate for
π84% of migratory butterfly species in at least one season
π45% of species in all seasons. (1/7)
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
03.12.2024 03:26 β π 35 π 17 π¬ 1 π 0
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Ecologist interested in #ecotoxicology #nutritionalecology #stressecology #pollinators
Understanding the dietary needs of wild bee: http://youtu.be/OsNImYspsPo
Entomologist / community ecologist | Working on army ant ecology, among other things
Bugs, bogs and birds.
Wildlife Conservation Management lecturer at SRUC, Aberdeen.
Senior Editor: Insect Conservation and Diversity.
Agricultural entomology | beekeeping | epidemiology Edinburgh π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ (views my own)
OA journal providing an author friendly outlet for any aspect of ecology or evolution. Partnering with societies, promoting open everything including minds. www.ecolevol.org
Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD.
Part-time, Uni of New England, NSW.
Dingoes, foxes, cats and quolls.
Rock wallabies when time permits.
Comments are mine.
Camera traps, nature, history, weather, the Hartsel prairie. Wildlife researcher and community scientist. Colorado.
Alt-text: Night photo of raccoon sitting on right side with front paws together, mouth open. Shrubs near him. Avatar: sleeping raccoon.
Invasive species, Islands, Eradication, Feral cats, Ecological restoration, Technology for conservation.
Plant ecologist π caughlinlab.com
Passionate about ED Tech. Adjunct/online professor, and work at Microsoft. β¨Opinions are my own.
#edtech #AIinEdu #edusky #MicrosoftEDU
Behavioral ecologist using drones to study collective behavior of African ungulates. Leader of HerdHover project and co-PI of WildDrone project. Project Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, currently on TT job market. She/her.
#MarineEcology, Mister #AMBI. To assess the marine ecological status you have found the right person! Coordinator of #GES4SEAS project Member #CERF (Odum Award 2025) #ECSA Chief editor #Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, associate edit CSR #Elsevier #AZTI
Associate Professor at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Nutritional and Chemical Ecology; koalas and other herbivores; eucalyptus and other plants
Formerly @Blinkybenjy at the other place
PhD student at University of Exeter & University of Queensland. Interested in researching AI and its responsible application to Ecology, Environmental Monitoring and Nature Conservation.
