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James Gilbert @jdjgilbert.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Great morning at Hull’s Community Orchard with @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social, sharing with the volunteers some results from the bee project, and getting vital feedback for future projects. This orchard sits on the last remaining common land in Hull. It’s a wonderful place full of vitality and energy ❤️

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Joshua Cole @joshcole2504.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) season the UK 🍄

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James Gilbert @jdjgilbert.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Congrats to Jamie Smith @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social on a great #ento25 talk presenting his PhD work on the dramatic effects of even mild heatwaves during the larval stages (simulating the 2022 UK heatwave) on fertility in mason bees. Wish I could have been there in support!

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James Gilbert @jdjgilbert.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Good luck to all presenting at #ento25! Members of our lab talking today - @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at 1615 on heatwaves and bee fertility - and Matthew Chambers at 1645 on mason bee provisioning. Find them at the poster session too where they are presenting our poster! Gutted to be missing it!

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

The #BigButterflyCount results are in and it's official... 2025 was an average year for butterflies. See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇 butterfly-conservation.org/big-butt…

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r... Apply if you are enthusiastic about: - experiments on insects which get pregnant - relevance of evolution to public health - a vibrant city & research environment

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Overview of project on Nutrition and immunity in pregnancy: picture of pregnant woman on one side, viviparous insects on the other; 3 boxes linking project components (evolutionary models, insect experiments and human cohorts)

View of cormorant drying its wings by the Bristol harbour: light reflecting off the water

Researchers at an insect outreach event, standing at the stall

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Joshua Cole @joshcole2504.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Another #FungiFriday for my #fungifriends from the Peruvian Amazon 🍄

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Joshua Cole @joshcole2504.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

#FungiFriday for my #fungifriends from the Peruvian Amazon

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Climate drives long-term landscape and rapid short-term promoter evolution in the Western Canaries lizard, Gallotia galloti www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Science Magazine @science.org · 24/12/2024

Climate change is driving global extinction risks, with 1.6% of species threatened at 1.3°C of warming and risks escalating to 29.7% at 5.4°C, according to a new meta-analysis in Science encompassing more than 30 years of research. Read more:

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Climate change extinctions

Climate change is expected to cause irreversible changes to biodiversity, but predicting those risks remains uncertain. I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quantitative global assessment of climate change ...

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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ecoevojobs.net 2024-25

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georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @blahttodea.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Starter packs

BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

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Mridul K. Thomas @mridulkthomas.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

A starter pack of people working on thermal biology or metabolic theory. Presently a very short list, but I know y'all are out there - please tell me if you'd like to be added! (Or if you'd like to be taken off) go.bsky.app/nHLZbD

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Jamie Smith @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

More Redsky this morning... Lincoln, UK

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis. On a Wild Strawberry in our back garden. 6th May 2024. bwars.com/bee/megachil...

Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis, mating on a Wild Strawberry flower.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

AUSTRALIA EXTREME HEAT WAVE A short but very intense heat wave is kicking off in Australia in the States of South Australia,Queensland,Victoria and New South Wales with temperatures expected >45C ,even 47C in some areas. Minimums can locally stay above >33C. Follow the updates here...

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

📣 Fully funded PhD project supervised by me & @philstevenson.bsky.social within @treesdla.bsky.social on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators. Nice mix of fieldwork in Finland & pollen and nectar chemistry 🐝🌼🌳🌲 🧪🌍 Apply by 20 Jan www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

Diagram showing how tree species diversity can influence understory plants through changes in microclimate which in turn affects phenology and nectar and pollen quantity and quality. This may affect pollinator visits and plant fitness

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We are far from conserving migratory butterflies. Our new paper shows that current protected areas are inadequate for 👉84% of migratory butterfly species in at least one season 👉45% of species in all seasons. (1/7) doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

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Jamie Smith @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Incredible time at the British Ecological Society’s Annual Conference in Liverpool. I was honoured to give my first conference talk, sharing some of my recent research. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way @britishecolsoc.bsky.social @uniofhull.bsky.social

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