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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🔎Looking for ecology stories? Our latest media tip sheet highlights new research on sea slugs and conservation, insects as key decomposers, wildfire history in the Southwest, marine predators, and nature-positive development. Read the full roundup: ow.ly/xClt50ZVTe8

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Any company that makes a billion dollars profit does not need tax breaks or exemptions.

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New blog post!🚨 These researchers wanted to answer the question 'How much of a vocalisation do we need to hear before we can recognise the individual?' in birds 🐦️ 🔊 🧪 Find out more 🌏️ 👇️ buff.ly/XhyDoHb

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Identifying individual birds even when vocalisations run long

Post provided by Jonathan Gallego Londoño Most of us can recognise the voice of a friend or family member without seeing them. Sometimes, just a few words are enough to know who is speaking. But co…

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great article about carbon offsets, the INFM, & Great Koala NP fiasco. I don't agree with this statement by Prof. Frank Jotzo: "There is nothing that incentivises or compels state governments to create national parks; there is really no push factor in that regard," www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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How a controversial scheme will fund Australia's largest koala park

Experts, conservationists and politicians are divided on using carbon credits to help fund the Great Koala National Park.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't know what it's called, but it sounds great!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

😱 Oh, this is very cool! Thanks for sharing that link!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ooh, thanks Sarah, that's cool to know, and starts to explain how things of a similar noise level can together be louder!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Who said anything about needing a degree?! You don't need to be apologising. I was explaining why I'd posed the questions here, rather than simply heading to Wikipedia myself 🙏 Bluesky is at it's best when we all get to ask questions and share different bits of knowledge, no matter who we are.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ah, I assumed you had some expertise in this from the way you answered in your initial reply. Of course anyone can look things up online - but it's fun to connect with other scientists on social media, which is why I posted in the first place! ☺️

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So if noise is additive how does that work physically? If you have two things at 'whisper level' (30dbs) does that mean you have combined noise at 60dbs? Which would no longer be whisper level...

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ah, thank you! Glad it went away quickly! I was filled with terror of the verucca in the 90s... I did get one around age 10 and it had to be frozen off!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Number Two: Is noise additive? As in - if you have background noise that is 30dbs, and you add an item that is also going to make noise at 30dbs, does that mean things will sound louder? And can someone explain how this works? 😆

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Stupid questions that my brain has thought of today: Number One: Are veruccas still a thing? They were totally a thing growing up as a swimming kid in 90's UK, but did we get better at floor hygiene since then? 🤔

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

'Governments must not ignore the social sciences when they marshal researchers to address grand challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, housing pressures, energy security and social inequality, a new report says...'

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Grand challenges ‘require social science response’

Sustainability issues too often framed as technical challenges, researchers say

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McClure 🦉🦅🦤 @mcclure.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Maxent produces a map with no error bars, despite there often being great uncertainty in species distributions. We examine the trouble with using Maxent for delimiting species distributions, especially for Red List assessments. Open access: doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I kind of like the hoping typo there... They do hop, but they also give me hope 😆

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Love Willie Wagtails and LOVE their Noongar name: Djiti Djiti They do so well in Perth's urban landscape, and I am endlessly happy to watch them hoping about my tiny courtyard in Freo. Thanks for sharing Dr Dave, this was a lovely moment of calm.

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Dr Dave @ecosystemunraveller.com · 11/09/2026

Time for another #AwesomeBirds #WildOz edition and this scamp is an entry-level contender. Most bird noticers know this bird well, black and white, Australia-wide except Tasie; notoriously bold…

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you for your kind words Mary! I hope this is useful 🙏

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I completely agree Ian! Industry often imagine biodiversity conservation to be about maintaining/protecting "perfect places", which is of course important. But if we ONLY do this it's a disaster! Every place has potential to be better for biodiversity, we just need help seeing what can be done.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We wrote this hoping to inspire conversation, and discuss how we could do things differently. UK Biodiversity Net Gain proves there's appetite for this. Now we need it everywhere. 🙏 As always, this was a team effort with @sbekessy.bsky.social and the @icon-science.bsky.social crew.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The problem: EIA only triggers when threatened species are present. Degraded land with no listed species? Nature gets ignored entirely. Our solution adds a biodiversity gains assessment alongside the traditional process. Identify the site's ecological potential. Plan for it. Measure it. Reward it.

A constructed wetland in Perth, Western Australia. The wetland was built alongside a housing development, construction of which is ongoing in the background, cranes in use. The wetland has a boardwalk that connects the medium-density housing to the nearby road and bus stops, and has been planted with a diversity of different Australian native plants.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Environmental Impact Assessment doesn't protect nature. It manages how much we lose. Our new paper proposes a fix: a "nature positive pathway" asks what a development site could gain for #biodiversity, not just what damage to offset. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🌏 🧪

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Rethinking Environmental Impact Assessment for nature positive development

Achieving “nature positive” development within existing regulatory frameworks will be challenging. Halting and reversing biodiversity loss requires protection, restoration, and enhancement of ecosyst...

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 03/09/2026

A new study reveals thousands of native animals are taking up residence in Australian homes.

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Your house may be a haven for wildlife. It’s time we design homes with nature in mind

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I went looking for numbats this weekend, and all I got was a numbum. 🌏🐾🦘 #wildaus

The retreating rear-end of a numbat is satisfyingly stripey. In this image the naughty numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is scurrying off into the scrub, flicking its bushy tail. You can just see its ears peaking above the rounded grey and white striped rump. The soft pale brown of the ~30cm long animal is perfect camouflage for the drab greens of the surrounding Wandoo woodland foliage.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Snail Facts! Get your snail facts heeeeere! Scratch a shell a day for a fact about snails! There's been a lot of talk this week about university and government failure to fund critical institutions. Keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat while having fun learning about snails 🐌 SquidFacts.net

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Something nice to read over your Sunday coffee - we just published an updated gang-gang cockatoo chapter with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Read about these gorgeously silly birds - some cute videos in there too. birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

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Gang-gang Cockatoo - Callocephalon fimbriatum - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is brilliant, thank you! Recommendations are always so useful. 😍

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thank you so much for sharing this. I think I had been finding that headspace of "just getting some useful things done" so helpful, but I have not seen it articulated this way! (I have read Braiding Sweetgrass, but it seems like it might be time to revisit)

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thanks for sharing 💚💙

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Somehow, watching people I care about begin to feel this grief too has compounded mine further. It's hard to be hopeful for them, but I do try to be, at least on the surface!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ooh, are there any that have stood out in particular? I'm having conversations with several friends and family members now who are just starting to confront these feelings for the first time - in both the UK (drought/fire) and Australia (H5N1).

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s an insult, a national disgrace. This is @albomp.bsky.social & Murray Watt making it crystal clear that they do not see helping Australian wildlife in the face of this massive threat a high priority. Submarines, anyone? au.news.yahoo.com/australias-2...

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Australia's $20 million virus announcement ridiculed: 'Forgot a zero'

The Albanese Government's "serious" funding commitment has been slammed as "deeply unserious".

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Along the same lines as my post yesterday, I found this piece from @aunz.theconversation.com a few weeks ago very helpful (if not hopeful). 🌏🧪 Anyone else starting to see ecological grief turning up now in their non-enviro science friends and family? theconversation.com/i-feel-deep-...

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I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?

Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lately I have been finding it hard to stay motivated, in what feels like increasingly fragile times. Which is why I'm trying to bookmark anything that shines a little light in the dark. Here's a nice one from the enviro journos @australia.theguardian.com: 🧪🌏 www.theguardian.com/membership/n...

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We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation

There are countless initiatives around the world that can inspire people and spur them into action. Amid the devastation of the climate crisis, our journalists strive to highlight these stories of hop...

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes, there's also the Ecological Society of America journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, which is also old, highly ranked and very reliable. It's a shame about the names 😔

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change. 🦋80% expanded 🦋27% contracted 🦋22% shifted elevation 🦋342 showed multiple shift types. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social

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Quentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The collapse of nature in our lifetimes has a sound – or rather a lack of it. Year on year, mesmeric natural soundscapes are ever more dumbed down, as this heart rending recreation of the dawn chorus over recent decades shows. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years

Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Curtin University RTP scholarships are open for application! EOI submissions accepted until 31st July through the online portal. I have two projects advertised. To find out more, head to the link and scroll down to see the HDR project opportunities. staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profil... 🧪🌏🏙️🪶🗺️

Pink and white everlasting daisies blooming in a garden bed on Curtin University campus. The afternoon sun is shining through the flowers, making the colours glow.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you! We have both had the privilege of working and learning so much from grassroots practitioners. Starting out as "trained" ecologists, it sadly can take time to recognise the value and importance of understanding different approaches, and shared knowledge from different perspectives.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I will! I think she is not a lover of social media, sadly!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It was a privilege to work creatively on this with the always brilliant @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social While I hope you enjoy the writing, I also hope this resonates with any of you working hard to make our cities a better place for both people and nature! Very interested to hear people's thoughts 💚

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