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Tropical ecologist 🌿🌴. Small mammal enthusiast πŸΏπŸ€

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Pray for Sabah

15.09.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford Biodiversity Network | Acoustic monitoring fieldwork in the Scottish Highlands The Oxford Biodiversity Network is a network of researchers and practitioners in and around the University working on biodiversity. The network includes academics, senior researchers, students, and st...

Researchers, @emilywarner.bsky.social & @ellabrowning.bsky.social have just returned from fieldwork in #Scotland, where they are using passive acoustic monitoring to survey bats & birds, & trialling a method for assessing invertebrates. Their passion for their research comes across in this blog.

07.07.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of...

Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling.

Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧡

19.05.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8
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Report alleges criminality in Cambodian, Vietnamese monkey trade BANGKOKΒ β€” Many long-tailed macaques imported into the United States from Southeast Asia were likely poached from the wild and then sold as captive-bred to medical research institutions, a recent…

Many long-tailed macaques imported into the United States from Southeast Asia were likely poached from the wild and then sold as captive-bred to medical research institutions, a recent report alleges.

Despite concerns, global wildlife trade regulator CITES did not ban the trade.

21.04.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Illegal trafficking of siamang gibbons is a concerning and underreported crisis (commentary) Siamangs are the largest of the 20 gibbon species, and belong to their own genus, Symphalangus. Distributed across Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and the southernmost part of Thailand, their…

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As authorities have continued to criminalize great ape trafficking, β€œsmall apes” like gibbons, which are also coveted by the illegal pet trade, are likely to see an increasing threat to their long-term survival.

*The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily Mongabay.

21.04.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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