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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Can video games encourage people to care about biodiversity? 🎮 Researchers reviewed 380 papers covering 450 video games across 5 languages to find out how gaming links to nature engagement. Read the paper led by WildCRU’s Katie Blake 👉 doi.org/10.1145/3811... 1/6

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Saving beloved species isn't enough — but it's a good start. @diogoverissimo.bsky.social contributed to a discussion about the role species popularity and value play in conservation messaging when raising awareness about a species in peril. 👉 tinyurl.com/4ksyunj4 @biology.ox.ac.uk

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 02/05/2025

ARC Raiders Impressions: The Most-Promising Extraction Shooter I've Played Read @itsvanaken.games' preview: www.gameinformer.com/preview/2025...

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 30/04/2025

New! 13 ways gaming affects your mental health – for better and worse. Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers @nballou.bsky.social, @thomashakman.bsky.social, @matti.vuorre.com, rpsychologist.com and @shuhbillskee.bsky.social. Find out more: bit.ly/44hOl7I 1/4

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

With more than 3 billion people playing video games, how can these virtual environments, with gameful modes of human-wildlife engagement, help biodiversity conservation, pro-environmental engagement and behaviour. 👉 tinyurl.com/2k3e88v3 @katieblake.bsky.social @diogoverissimo.bsky.social

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Katie Blake (she/her) 🎮🐾 @katieblake.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thrilled to reveal my first lead author publication on how video games engage with conservation! 🎮🌱 Katherine Tubb, @diogoverissimo.bsky.social, and I replied to Chris Sandbrook et al.'s recent paper on the topic. Check out the short paper below 👇 doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_59_25

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Games for Gaia: Leveraging Gaming Interventions for... : Conservation and Society

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The IUCN and Zoomarine Portugal have established the Center for Species Survival on Behaviour Change, creating a hub to connect conservation practitioners, researchers, and policymakers addressing biodiversity challenges. tinyurl.com/cfs57snr @diogoverissimo.bsky.social @iucn-bctf.bsky.social

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

You can't learn from something without a brain. Faculty, students, and parents should protest to their MPs. Whoever is pushing #AI for education is either monumentally ignorant and should not be in charge of so much as a paper bag, or is getting a commission to destroy education. 1/n

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 02/04/2025

Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis. theecologist.org/2025/apr/02/...

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Scientists 'must experiment with storytelling'

Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis.

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