Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiKathi Kasper @kathikasper.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Scale of observation matters! 🔍 By combining landscape-level distributions with local-scale negotiations for time and space, our new paper shows how carnivores navigate human constraints and opportunities - proving coexistence doesn't need strict spatial segregation. 🐺👤🦊 dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... 011
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiBTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 29/07/20261/ A major new global review published in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, featuring BTO authors CEO @julietvickery.bsky.social & Senior Research Ecologist Chris Hewson, finds that 51% of the world’s migratory bird species are declining! #Ornithology 🌍🌐 📖 www.bto.org/MigratoryBir... 26842
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiVincent Wildlife Trust @vincentwt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026We’re getting excited for the 36th European Mustelid Colloquium in Poland (7-9 Oct 2026) and delighted to highlight our three keynote speakers — Dr Karol Zub, Dr Jenny MacPherson and Dr Tim Hoffmeester. We look forward to finding out more about their research and work on a range of mustelid species. 032
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiPro Wildlife @prowildlife.bsky.social · 02/01/20262025 ended with some #goodnews for #wildlife, including Italy's decision to close down #furfarming - Bravo👏 and congratulations to @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social ! #RealFashionVictims #fur ▶️ www.surgeactivism.org/articles/ita...surgeactivism.orgItaly to ban fur farming and shut down all mink farms within six months — Surge | Creative Non-Profit for Animal RightsNEWS: The Italian Senate today voted to approve changes to a budget law that will see the country’s 10 remaining mink farms closed within six months and a permanent ban on fur farming throughout Italy... 063
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiDr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Academia friendly peer-reviewed journals in EEB: academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...academic.oup.comTime to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biologyAbstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R 05033
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 28/11/2025Interesting investigation into a dodgy Elsevier journal -- with the additional nugget that the CEO of Elsevier's parent company made more than €15 million in total compensation last year. english.elpais.com/science-tech...english.elpais.comThe fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishingOne of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill... 38960
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiKathi Kasper @kathikasper.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Happy to see this first PhD chapter out in the big wild world. 365
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiVincent Wildlife Trust @vincentwt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove launched its first Pine Marten Haven site at Kirroughtree, Dumfries and Galloway. We were joined by project partners #ForestryAndLandScotland, wildlife organisations and vols to celebrate the opening of the new Wildlife Hide. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund (1/2) 163
Reposted by Andrzej Zalewskidr Katarzyna Nowak @katzyna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025We observed impacts of state border #militarization & #infrastructure #construction >5km from the border itself & report on tree damages & #roadkill in #BiałowieżaForest @unesco.org #WorldHeritage site along with #mitigation recs e.g., closure of forest #roads. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comFootprint of state border infrastructure extends beyond the border: Tree damage and roadkill along a road in Białowieża Forest, northeastern PolandState border barriers are proliferating, but their ecological impacts are poorly documented, particularly during construction. More than 50 km of Pola… 033
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiJoanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 09/07/2025An extremely rare pygmy shrew with a leucistic mutation was found by Anita McMillan near St Austell, Cornwall. CEO of the @mammalsociety.bsky.social, @mattlarsen-daw.bsky.social, states it's the first pygmy shrew with this distinctive patterning ever recorded in the British Isles. Also: CUTE😍 🧪🌍🦊 2426
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiNature Conservation @natureconservation.pensoft.net · 20/06/2025A new article from @theguardian.com explores the spread of invasive raccoons in Europe, featuring research from our journal on their diet of endangered mussels in western Poland. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across EuropeMany in Kassel have embraced the animal but the EU classes it as an invasive species and ecologists are divided about what to do next 136
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Absolute carnage in the Białowieża Wood Warbler study this year. Nest failure rate currently running at over 83%!!!! Almost all due to predation: mostly foxes, jays and martens. Some also trampled, possibly Red Deer. Only a handful of nests have fledged any chicks. @martamaziarz.bsky.social 34012
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiValeria Marasco @valeriamarasco.bsky.social · 15/05/2025🔥Thrilled to share our OA review "Life at new extremes: Integrating stress physiology and the bio‐exposome in the Anthropocene"✨ with D Costantini, M Sebastiano, & S Messina #ecophysiology #wildlife nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @fiwivienna.bsky.social #VetmeduniVienna #Unitusnyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNYAS PublicationsWe propose to expand the concept of extreme environments to encompass those that are profoundly altered by climate and global changes, highlight the critical role of stress resilience in understandin... 036
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiNicolas Alexandre @nicmalexandre.bsky.social · 21/05/2025🚨New paper alert!🚨 We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵 📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiologydx.doi.orgSupplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna's HummingbirdsBird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal... 7243104
Reposted by Andrzej ZalewskiKarolina Zalewska @kazalews.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Kestrel activity levels were lower while use of patches with trees increased with temperature. Temperature thresholds above which activity declines varied with time of day, and at higher temperatures, usage of trees was more frequent between 11am and 4pm. 4/5 141