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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s well known that finding reviewers is increasingly difficult. Yet I often meet researchers—especially ECRs—who’ve never or rarely been asked to review but would like to. Is that you? Natural History Notes are the perfect place to start. Aquatic & terrestrial ecologists welcome—get in touch!

Screen shot of Austral Ecology Journal with the journal title at the top. And below header text saying Editorial - An Austral Ecology 5 year retrospective on Natural History Notes: A compelling case for curiosity. Author - Stephanie K. Courtney Jones

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Come join us, PhD and postdoc positions! Please spread! Supervisor @patricepottier.bsky.social (patricepottierlab.com), me as co-supervisor. Impacts of climate change on different life-stages in fish.🐟🧪 PhD web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... Postdoc web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024. And it's only going to get worse.

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Earth’s oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever recorded

The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Riley did a very good blog about this as a Library Science nerd that’s worth reading aftermath.site/google-searc...

And in this presumption, Google tries to narrow and direct my search behavior in a way that infuriates me as a library science nerd. No database is neutral, but they generally tend to stay out of your way. When you go to your local library catalogue, your desires (and your skill at using a particular repository) are what move you through, not the library catalogue nudging you toward what it thinks you should be searching for.
Google, uninvited, attempts to steer me down the path it boldly presumes I mean to go, in the process inherently attempting to limit the information I encounter by pushing me toward itself instead of actual results.
Google has always done this with its opaque and changing priorities, but that priority has changed from making websites conform to its whims to trying to force me to conform to its obsession with Al.

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

SLU Aqua is looking for a permanent full-time Researcher. The position involves fish stock assessment, quantitative analysis & modelling, & contributing to scientific advice for fisheries management. Location: West coast of Sweden Deadline: 15 Sept web103.reachmee.com/ext/I017/111...

Aerial view of a coastal town, showcasing buildings, streets, and the shoreline meeting the ocean. In the foreground is water and then a cluster of white buildings on the waters edge. To the left is large rocky boulder foreshore. Behind both are scatter houses and in the distance a spire pokes high above the town

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

📑 #NewStudy by Ingelbrecht et al. uses donated sawfish rostra and historical catch data to identify possible locations of nurseries for these critically endangered rays. 👀 doi.org/10.1093/mcfa...

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📑 #NewStudy by Pini-Fitzsimmons et al. assess two commercially available deterrents that may help prevent endangered sharks and rays becoming bycatch. 👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

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Dom Roche @domroche.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This is really unfortunate... ICESJMS no longer accepting pre-printed articles. 'exclusive' high-quality content = pay to publish? academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @icesmarine.bsky.social

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Josefin Sundin @josefin-sundin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Fully-funded 4-year PhD-position available! The PhD-student will investigate the effects of restocking European eel. The position will be based at SLU Aqua in Stockholm, Sweden. Application deadline is July 6. Info about the PhD-position and link to apply: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New #NaturalHistoryNote in Austral Ecology by @danhoops.bsky.social A bicycle dragon was observed eating a live Jan's banded snake in South Australia. A review of published diets found vertebrate prey records in Ctenophorus are exceptionally rare🦎🐍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

A bicycle dragon (Ctenophorus cristatus) in the centre of the shot sits side on to the camera and is predating a Jan's banded snake (Simoselaps bertholdi), the head and roughly the first 1/3 of the snake protrudes from the dragon's mouth. The background is browny reddish exposed dirt with the odd scatterred leaf. Photo by Angus Kennedy.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In fisheries models, natural mortality (M) is often set to 0.2 per year. A detailed derivation of this result was provided by John Pope in 1975, see below:

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New #NaturalHistoryNote in Austral Ecology: Treefrogs in Brazil's Cerrado were found carrying tiny ostracods, providing the first evidence of phoresy in this species = Frogs may help disperse aquatic invertebrates between bromeliads & other habitats🐸 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

Juvenile of Scinax montivagus sits facing downwards in a bromeliad of the species Hohenbergia caatingae. The frog is a dark brown grey colour face down along what looks like a light brown leat that has ends in a point.

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

2/n "Wasps (Agelaia pallidiventris) inhabiting the ant nest without causing apparent harm, with no visible signs of aggression or avoidance". doi.org/10.1111/aec....

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

1/n New #NaturalHistoryNote in Austral Ecology: Social wasps living inside ant nests in the Brazilian Amazon — with no visible aggression between the species — provide rare evidence of a potentially mutualistic wasp–ant nesting association. 🐜🐝🌿🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

"Figure 1 Individuals of the wasp Agelaia pallidiventris living in close association with ants of the genus Azteca. The nest entrance is about 10 cm wide, with no visible signs of aggression or avoidance between the species". The figure has four panels all are from the POV looking into the entrance of an ants nest. small brown ants cover the cave like entrances walls. A number (2-6 or so per image) of much larger yellow orange black wasps also stand on the tunnel walls, towering above the small ants.

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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

We agree! #TheScientificNaturalist is all about sharing those "wow" natural history observations via short, accessible pieces grounded in solid science. With striking photo/video evidence, these studies connect rigorous ecology with a broad audience

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I really like the #TheScientificNaturalist format, & this "Big sharks in the dark" paper is a great example—sufficient details, but written in a way that makes the work accessible & engaging to a broad audience. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... @esajournals.bsky.social

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Ivy Baremore, PhD @ivalina.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I was supposed to present my research on deep-sea sharks in the western Caribbean Sea at #SI2026, but I was, er... let go from my job shortly before the conference and am not there. Since I gained a few followers from this, I thought I would share some of what I would have presented yesterday (1/9)

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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Giant Cretaceous octopi. What started out as a bad year for fossil octopi (looking at you, @taphonomist.bsky.social) has suddenly taken a turn for the awesome www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📢 Apply now for the ASFB’s Student Awards! 🚨 All applications are due 30th April 🚨 👀 See thread for award details

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Sharks International 2026 @sharks-int.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Plenary Session: Shifting cultures in elasmobranch conservation 🗓 Tuesday, 5 May ⏰ 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM 📍 Sirimavo Expo Centre, Hall A 👉 Explore the full schedule of plenary sessions, side events and more, on our website now: si2026.org

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Rare peat-bound karstic wetlands in Lutruwita/Tasmania—alkaline, groundwater-fed systems within acidic peatlands. Endemic flora + living stromatolites. Monitoring shows slow change but infilling risk. 🌱🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

"Aerial view of PKW in the Prince Rivulet area in December 2017 nearly two years post-fire showing extensive presence of water with black sediment and flocculant covering areas of previously white sands (Photo: Rolan Eberhard)." - the image shows a hour glass shaped patch of dark water in the middle of the image, with lighter sand towards the bottom part of the patch and some patches of vegetation. Surrounding the water is fairly bright green vegetation.

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Tiny sundew bugs dodge capture & steal prey from their carnivorous host plants & manage to appear when Drosera sundews are most sticky — timing their heists to peak prey capture. 🪰🌱🧪🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

(A) Adult S. n.sp_BINA on D. auriculata, a close relative of D. peltata; (B) late instar nymph of S. n.sp_BINA; (C) early instar S. n.sp_BINA nymph on D. peltata; (D) late instar nymph of S. n.sp_BINA feeding on a captured cricket; (E) D. peltata; (F) D. binata leaf lamina. The figure shows 6 panels with close ups of sundew plants with the exception ob b a which does not have a sundew in the picture.

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For comparison, the longevity record for BTO (Ireland and UK) Common Ringed Plover is 21y 10m 12d (from ringing to latest report). More longevity-records here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

PhD opportunity at the University of the Sunshine Coast: Movement Ecology and Trophic Dynamics of Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in Southeast Queensland 💰 stipend of $15,000/yr for 3.5 yrs (+ RTP scholarship) Dr Bonnie Holmes: www.unisc.edu.au/staff/dr-bon... Dr Matt McMillan (DPI, Queensland)

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Can we overcome the shifting baseline syndrome? At @au.dk they offer at three year PhD project Co-supervised by me, which aims to intertwine local ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge to gain insights into seabird breeding distributions prior to rat invasion phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

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Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD)

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Exceptional Longevity in a Neotropical Shorebird A male Two-banded Plover (A. falklandicus) was resighted over nearly two decades at the same Patagonian beach. 🐦🪶🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

The oldest known Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus), male 41X (D010111), photographed on 22 September 2022 while foraging at Playa Paraná, northern Chubut, Argentina (42.800° S, 64.936° W). Photo credit: Clément Berthelot. The image shows a ploved on a pebble substrate with a dark blurred background. The plover has a light red tag 41X on one leg

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Jobs thread - Lots of aquatic research related jobs open here at SLU Aqua Sweden right now (with a few bonus aquatic jobs in other departments). Around half are English language roles. Come and work with us🙂 1/n

RV SVEA a large blue and white research vessel passes between two rocky headlands heading out to sea

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’

Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Put it in reverse! Captivating deep-sea footage reveals the mysterious movements of abyssal fish", featuring some amazing footage: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... It highlights a paper by Priede and Jamieson doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 28/01/2026

Let's try this #AcademicSky 1 fav, 1 funny, strange, or unexpected scientific anecdote about a paper, a scientist, a fact, hoping that some will be new to you.

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Chase Brownstein @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

1/10 ⏰⏰ New stuff from me & @tjnear.bsky.social ! We show that sharks themselves might not be a natural group ... it depends on what spots in the genome you analyze! Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Ant-mimicking crab spiders may exploit social ant behaviour to safely prey on them. The paper suggess that the Neotropical crab spider A. rogersi mimics nestmate transport. 🐜🕷️ 🧪🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

This is part a) of the papers figure with the caption "(a) Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) carrying a conspecific; Manu National Park, Peru (photo courtesy of Paul Bertner). (b) Aphantochilus rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, carrying a C. atratus corpse; Sani Lodge, Ecuador (photo courtesy of Sani Lodge, Coca, Ecuador). These images document observed instances of ant carrying in both the model and the spider and are provided to illustrate the configurations recorded, without implying that these represent consistent or typical orientations in either species." The images shows a black ant holding another smaller black ant over its head

This is part b) of the papers figure with the caption "(a) Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) carrying a conspecific; Manu National Park, Peru (photo courtesy of Paul Bertner). (b) Aphantochilus rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, carrying a C. atratus corpse; Sani Lodge, Ecuador (photo courtesy of Sani Lodge, Coca, Ecuador). These images document observed instances of ant carrying in both the model and the spider and are provided to illustrate the configurations recorded, without implying that these represent consistent or typical orientations in either species." The images shows a black crab spider holding a similar sized black ant over its head

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Mikko Kolkkala @xcsci.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Oho, tuo hämähäkkien muurahaisten jäljittely ei ehkä olekaan pelkkää viatonta pedoilta suojautumista! Harmi että kuvissa on vain muurahaisia, hämpit näyttävät siis tältä (kuva: Wikipedia): #mimikry

Muurahaisen näköinen hämähäkki lehdellä seittipesänsä päällä

#mimicry

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Geophagy (soil ingestion) in an Upper-Forest Frugivore, the Toco Toucan @ecolsocaus.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/aec....

A toucan with a vibrant orange bill stands on reddish-brown soil, surrounded by sparse green plants, under soft sunlight.

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Quite a few of us at SLU Aqua are working on ECO-CATCH, a large Europe-wide collaboration. I’ll be focusing on Smart Bycatch Detection Systems, aiming to advance fisheries electronic monitoring & analysis, to reduce—or eliminate where possible—bycatch of sensitive/protected species eco-catch.eu

A promotional graphic announcing the launch of the ECO-CATCH website for sustainable fishing, showing a laptop, a fishing boat, and EU funding logos.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Coauthor on a paper and the journal allows you to enter your social media handles, but ... no Bluesky? Especially given that Bluesky now links to more scientific papers than Twitter, according to @altmetric.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Since that time, HPV vaccine has been demonstrated to be safe and very, very effective at preventing cancer, which you can see for yourself in this Figure from a paper by Lei et al. (NEJM, Sept 30, 2020).

Figure that shows cervical cancer rates by unvaccinated and unvaccinated status. For those vaccinated at less than 17 years of age, cervical cancer cases hover near zero.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Not to minimize a real problem, but couple of cautions here: *53 papers out of 4841 *It is not the job of peer reviewers - esp in conferences - to manually check every citation *These guys are selling an AI agent to detect bad cites - which is useful, but thats the pitch here.

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Geophagy (soil ingestion) in an Upper-Forest Frugivore, the Toco Toucan @ecolsocaus.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/aec....

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I would echo this, but with the advice for ECR's _not_ to publish with your institutional email. Use a service (Gmail, Proton, Hotmail) until you're settled.

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