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Holly Pringle

@hollypringle.bsky.social
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🌱 Ecology PhD student, Biome Health Project, UCL 🦒 Research interests: human & livestock impacts on wildlife, camera traps, mammals 📍 Bedfordshire, UK 🐾 Bipedal companion to retired IED detection dog Charlie

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#ATBC2025 has the best freebies
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Science Sam @samanthayammine.com · 08/04/2025
Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that: 1. Climate change is real 2. Vaccines work 3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤 🧪
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
GODDAMIT. IT’S NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes. IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION. EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is such nonsense. This company "claims that the same techniques it uses to summon back species from the dead could prevent existing but endangered animals from slipping into extinction themselves." We already have a method for preventing extinction. It's called conservation, and it works.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
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Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
One oat latte for me and a dog-friendly ice cream for Charlie Boy
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Lisa Buckley @lisavipes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The Fish Doorbell is live! THE FISH DOORBELL IS LIVE 🐟 🐠 visdeurbel.nl/en/
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The Fish Doorbell — The Fish Doorbell
Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.” Uh....
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
* unless they're storming the Capitol in support of Trump.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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Tõnu Runnel @runnel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We are all Zelensky.
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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Charlie and I took a trip to North Herts Museum yesterday. He was very interested in the natural history section. So so proud of how well this boy has adapted to civilian life 🥰 #belgianmalinois #retiredmwd
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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Nice to see our opinion paper on #species #range #shifts & #species #traits among the 🔟 most downloaded papers in 2024 in #GCB 🌏🌐🧪 @globalchangebio.bsky.social shorturl.at/j7tQW
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Bringing traits back into the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution
In this opinion piece, we explore under which circumstances species traits are expected to explain the rates and directions of species redistributions in response to climate change and discuss how fu...
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 06/02/2025
I don't know, I reckon I could probably guess what's going on 🧐
A guardian headline titled "hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists".A BBC article titled "record January warmth puzzles climate scientists".
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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig. If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪 www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...
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REMOTE ROLE FOR ECOLOGISTS, NATURALISTS, AND TAXONOMIC EXPERTS at Pivotal Future in London, UNITED KINGDOM
Jan 2, 2025 | Ecologists, Naturalists, and Taxonomic Experts ‍ Can you identify birds, bats or frogs from acoustic data? Or can you identify plants,... | EXPIRES IN 4 DAYS
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Zé Burnay @zeburnay.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Heron
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Chris Berglund @chrisberglund.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Someone told me recently that it was impossible for adult male elephants to seals to be cute. I’ve never heard someone be so wrong before.
Adult male northern elephant seal looking pretty dang adorable with the rising sun shining on its face.
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Tannis Davidson @tannisdavidson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments
Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Went on a beautiful wintery walk with Charlie at RSPB The Lodge the other day. Feel blessed to be within walking distance 🥰
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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Coyote pack in the Sierra Nevada.🧪🦊📷
Two visible coyotes and the rear end of one are looking around on a trail between thick oak and pine. The image is from a trail camera so there is a time stamp at the bottom.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 23/12/2024
🦅⚠️ Vultures save lives & billions The collapse of vultures in India led to a 4% rise in human mortality due to sanitation impacts, costing $69.4 billion annually. Clearly conserving keystone species has immense social & economic value 🔗 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... #Conservation #SciComm 🧪
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The Social Costs of Keystone Species Collapse: Evidence from the Decline of Vultures in India
(October 2024) - Scientific evidence has documented we are undergoing a mass extinction of species, caused by human activity. However, allocating conservation resources is difficult due to scarce evid...
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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
At least there's always 2025. 🧪 #academicsky
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The smartest boy 🎄💚
Belgian shepherd dog wearing a green velvet bow tie
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Does anyone else think that making money from charging NHS staff, patients+visitors to use car parks is wrong? I’ve just found this info: “NHS England Estates data reports that in 2018/19, £271.8 million was made from car park charges—£185.6 from patients/visitors and £86.2 million from staff.”
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The last two days I've binged Black Doves and then immediately started The Day Of The Jackal. And, ummm, don't do that... my dreams last night were all about being followed 🫠
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere. The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back. A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year. Fiat lux! 📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
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Michael Thomas @michael-thomas.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Some good climate news to start the week: The U.S. built less new gas capacity in 2024 than any year since 1994. Most of it was combustion turbines that are designed to run infrequently to meet peak demand. cleanview.co/data-insight...
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Glad you asked, the thing about Cuban Gars… #GarWeek #GarPuns
Two gar photos are shown, one of a Longnose Gar and the other of an Alligator Gar, both to tell a sea gar vs cigar joke. Yes, it’s THAT bad. Laughing emoji.
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Great to have some good news stories. Proof of concept.. Shows we can and must do so much more to restore natural systems ‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish i...
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Introduced Charlie to the local vet on Friday. He spent most of the consultation fixated on the door stop because it was the same material and colour as his kong toys. I love how his weird little brain works...no one is going to throw that for you bud, sorry 😂
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Something wonderful for the weekend! About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art. 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows the left side profile of a head of a cave lion made of mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago (Aurignacian culture). The ivory would originally have been white in colour but is now a light creamy brown with a surface sheen, and darker patches caused by time spent buried in the ground. Carved details include mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. There is cross hatching behind the ears to indicate the mane. It measures 2.95 cm in length x 2.11 cm height.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Remember all the outraged coverage about a handful of climate protesters slowing ambulances a few years back? Well it turns out that wealthy farmers doing exactly the same thing on a much bigger scale is absolutely fine bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
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Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12/12/2024
Some cynics say it’s impossible, but the imperative act of reversing car supremacy is already happening in places around the world that have stopped making excuses, and started making progress. 32 cities (in 18 different countries) we visited this year that are making big changes to their streets.🧵
A collage of 32 streetscapes from cities around the world that include new bike lanes, green space, pedestrian zones, and public transport.
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#dogsofbluesky
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We're seeing more of our friends move over here. We've set up a starter pack that includes Faculty of Life Sciences people. Take a look at our excellent colleagues. Do reply, and we'll add you to the list if you're not on there.👏 go.bsky.app/BdWu6Yb
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/12/2024
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 09/12/2024
Brilliant tips for explaining research to non-scientists. Having to answer the "So what do you ACTUALLY do?" question at family gatherings is what got me into #SciComm in the first place - I wish this was the case for more researchers. #AcademicSky
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Just need 15 of you to get to 24,000! END THE 🦡 CULL ✍️ here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026. “Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
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Finland is building a giant heat pump to cut CO2 from warming homes
The heat pump will be part of a plant that will warm around 30,000 homes in Finland’s capital city.
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 02/12/2024
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." www.iflscience.com/intrepid-cat...
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Intrepid Cat Journeys 1,450 Kilometers Home From Yellowstone To California
Cat-astrophe averted.
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Esther van Hulsen wildlife art @esthervanhulsen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Red Kite Watercolor and colored pencil on board 11.8″ x 16.9″ (30 x 43 cm) Original available
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
From Mary Colwell "IMPORTANT The campaign for a GCSE in Natural History has stalled. Labour see it as a "Conservative initiative" and won't progress it. It is not a political football, every child has the right to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Pls ask you MP to lobby for it now" 🌿
Young people testing for water for evidence of aquatic life
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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🌍🌱🌲🌳🌾🐕Dogs protect trees in UK. Trained to sniff out disease. @forestresearchuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bark detective: dog trained to sniff out UK tree disease
Six-year-old spanador called Ivor taught to identify tree fungal-like organism killing trees and shrubs around UK
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Holly Pringle @hollypringle.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Agreed. I lost my mum in August to cancer, and hearing stories over the last few days has made me realise how lucky we actually were that she was able to die at home surrounded by family, and she wasn't in pain. Her illness was devastating but she had a good death. I want that for everyone.
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 29/11/2024
Consumerism is one of the underlying issues responsible for climate and biodiversity crises. Can we stop "celebrating" Black Friday, and do a White Friday (in honour of polar and montane wildlife) instead? A "buy nothing" day - or maybe week, month or more? Who's with me? Visual by Toni Llobet. 🌏🦊🐻‍❄️
Text: Rampant consumerism is burning up the Planet!
-threatening wildlife, pushing arctic and mountain animals to narrower, ever higher latitudes and altitudes.
White Friday - Buy nothing day!

Images show white animals, including polar bear, snowy owl, beluga whale and stoat.
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