Reposted by Nat DuffusRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 15600450
Reposted by Nat DuffusDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026FFS, @Guardian. Max Pemberton is NOT an expert in #ADHD, he's a psychiatrist specialiseing in older patients, with a bizarre agenda against #Neurodivergence, a regular column in the Daily Mail, and a dangerous TV show to promote Remember when you had actual experts regularly writing for you? 27592191
Reposted by Nat DuffusGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Wildlife on bank notes: the Bank of England’s shortlist is out… Good to see White-tailed eagles on there - perhaps if enough of us vote for them, grouse moor owners will stop killing them? 🤔 @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he... 57422
Reposted by Nat DuffusJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The first white-tailed eagle to fledge in Dorset for more than 240 years has gone missing on the North York Moors “The disappearance is being treated as suspicious” “Birds of prey regularly go missing in areas associated with game shooting” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRare white-tailed eagle disappearance investigated by policeThe satellite-tagged bird, part of a breeding programme, lost contact in the North York Moors. 67265
Reposted by Nat DuffusRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Eagles poisoned. Hen Harriers shot. Buzzards beaten to death. Birds of prey have been legally protected for over 60 years, but the law is still failing them. Our new report reveals 921 confirmed persecution incidents across the UK between 2015–2024. Read more: brnw.ch/21x2Rir 15472177
Reposted by Nat DuffusZero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 13/05/2026🚨 The collapse of our natural world is a direct threat to the UK’s national security. 🌍 The Nature + National Security Bill is a new, urgent, science-led response to this emergency. 📣 Ask your MP to choose the #NNSBill in the private members’ bill ballot. Head to 👉 zerohour.uk/write 310573
Reposted by Nat DuffusJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Many talk about ecological complexity, but is the concept useful in practice? Our new paper shows complexity is measurable in the field & can be restored But it isn’t reducible to simple indicators - we must measure multiple ecosystem properties besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comDrivers of complexity in ecosystem restorationThis study shows that ecological complexity is empirically measurable, and its development in restoration can be influenced by key variables, which have mechanistic underpinnings. The foundational ro... 07526
Reposted by Nat DuffusBiological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 12/05/2026Can development actually improve biodiversity? 🌿 Natalie Duffus explains Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)—how it’s measured and what it could mean for invertebrates and ecosystems. Watch the full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSL... @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.socialyoutube.comBiodiversity Net Gain and Invertebrates: Are We Getting It Right?YouTube video by Biological Recording Company 023
Reposted by Nat DuffusENDS Report @endsreport.com · 23/04/2026This week’s ECO Chamber is live ⚡ as @jamesxparsons.bsky.social and @shoshaadie.bsky.social get to grips with government’s changes to 🌿 biodiversity net gain and the potential consequences for nature markets. Link to episode in comment below ⤵️ 111
Reposted by Nat DuffusUKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 15/04/2026UKBMS results out today! Results from fifty years of butterfly monitoring! The UKBMS data reveals declines in 33 species over the last 50 years. Check out the full story below butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... And the full 2025 statistics can be found here: jncc.gov.uk/our-work/off...butterfly-conservation.orgFifty years of data reveal specialist butterflies disappearing across UKAn extraordinary dataset of over 44 million records from 782,000 volunteer surveys has revealed what has happened to the UK's butterflies as the national landscape has changed over the past 50… 15434
Reposted by Nat DuffusJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Our recent paper projects large shifts in GB plant, butterfly & bird communities, even under mild climate futures ‘Disappearing bioclimates’, communities depending on climate conditions which will be lost ‘Novel bioclimates’, future climates with no current analogue www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1188
Reposted by Nat DuffusSophie Yeo @sophieyeo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Today is an exciting day: I have relaunched Inkcap! New website, new branding, lots of in-depth reporting on nature in Britain coming your way. Please share & help me get this thing off the ground. www.inkcap.co.uk/inkcap-is-ba...inkcap.co.ukInkcap is back. Hello.We are relaunching – and we have big plans. 27534
Reposted by Nat DuffusLeverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 27/02/2026🌱 New research shows how to make sure the nature credits you buy are real, not just greenwashing. Dive into science-based tips for stronger biodiversity & climate impact from Nature Recovery experts. Read more👇 @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @natduffus.bsky.social @joewbull.bsky.socialnaturerecovery.ox.ac.ukHow to make sure the nature credits you buy are real – new research 076
Reposted by Nat DuffusGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 8125931554
Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Really pleased to have passed my viva yesterday! Officially Dr Nat 🥳. Thank you to my examiners for a really pleasant and interesting viva, and to my supervisors for all their support over the last 4 years! 🪲💚 180
Reposted by Nat DuffusrainbowR @rainbowr.org · 02/02/2026📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉 The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend. pretix.eu/rainbowr/con... #RStats #LGBTQpretix.eurainbowR Conference 2026Feb. 25 – 26, 2026 14230
Reposted by Nat Duffus🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 30/01/2026My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋 29391140
Reposted by Nat DuffusGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George MonbiotIt took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 24693385
Reposted by Nat DuffusTony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 20/01/2026An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery. www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukNature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national securityThis strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity. 217892
Reposted by Nat DuffusOxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 20/01/2026📢Executive Education Course Dive into Green Economy & Nature-Positive Finance - 5 days of expert training on why nature matters in financial markets 🌿 Oxford | 16–20 Mar 2026 bit.ly/greeneconomy... 033
Reposted by Nat DuffusTony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 15/01/2026A lot of what is said about Nature holding up development is simply not true. It’s wrong. False. At best misleading. If you’ve heard that newts are a cause of our national housing shortage, read this from @naturalengland.bsky.social naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/14/b...naturalengland.blog.gov.ukBuilding Homes, Restoring Nature: How District Level Licensing has streamlined developmentBy Mike Burke, Sustainable Development Portfolio Director Nature underpins our nation's growth, health, and security. Natural England's job is to recover nature whilst enabling our partners in the dev... 14224
Reposted by Nat DuffusZero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 16/01/2026📉 UK biodiversity remains in serious decline—a worrying confirmation of what many suspected. We need an urgent rethink of our approach to protecting ecosystems, safeguarding species, and restoring habitats. It’s time for new, science-led legislation. #CANBill www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK biodiversity continues to decline, 2025 bioindicators showWallingford scientists contributed to the 2025 indicators with analysis of animal and plant trends. 11110
Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Super honoured to have contributed to this paper, led by the brilliant Sophus zu Ermgassen! We use our experience evaluating nature markets from around the world and derive 5 'golden' rules for the design and implementation of markets that deliver scientifically-credible outcomes. 🌱 rdcu.be/eYFx8rdcu.beFive rules for scientifically credible nature marketsNature Ecology & Evolution - This Perspective synthesizes insights from the past use of nature markets to identify design factors that are necessary if such markets are to achieve their... 043
Reposted by Nat DuffusThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The programme is out for our Symposium, Exploring Queerness in Natural History, on 5 February. We're excited to hear from our Symposium Curators, Connor Butler and @aquadan1.bsky.social, as well as talks from Simon Goldhill, @canopyrobin.com and @rossbrooks.co.uk. (1/3) buff.ly/jc6Unz7eventbrite.co.ukSymposium | Exploring Queerness in Natural HistoryA one-day, interdisciplinary symposium centring LGBTQ+ inclusion in the environmental sector. 16732
Reposted by Nat DuffusRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025England’s most important nature sites are being failed.❌ Protected sites can and should be driving nature’s recovery. But today’s OEP report exposes the real problem: years of weak delivery, underfunding and political drift have left them unable to do the job the law intended. 120654
Reposted by Nat DuffusBiology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 28/11/2025We are super excited about Ross Brooks’ seminar on Tuesday! Details and sign up information below ⬇️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 051
Reposted by Nat DuffusRowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Last year I wrote this for Transgender Awareness Week because of the challenges I've faced in my institution. Sharing it again as this week we celebrate trans identities and remember those who have been targeted for being themselves www.britishecologicalsociety.org/five-steps-t...britishecologicalsociety.orgFive steps towards being a trans ally - BESFive steps towards being a trans ally - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive. 0166
Reposted by Nat DuffusBiology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 11/11/2025LGBTQ+ Journal Club is turning 1! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈To celebrate, here's a bit about what we've been up to over the past year: a thread of interesting papers in queer biology (1/n) ⬇️🧵 12113
Reposted by Nat DuffusBiology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 14/10/2025In our session this week, we will be joined by the amazing @penguinacho.bsky.social for a discussion on penguin sexuality and the documentary Animal Pride: Nature's Coming Out Story! 🐧💬 #QueerStem #QueerAcademia #GayPenguins 043
Reposted by Nat DuffusBiology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Hello bluesky! We are an LGBTQ+ Biology Journal Club at Uni of Oxford 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. We are interested in topics relevant to queer ecology and amplifying queer voices in academia 🪲🌱. For those in Oxford, we meet every 2 weeks - get in touch for more details! 🥳 12713
Reposted by Nat DuffusCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again... 'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.' 30901355
Reposted by Nat DuffusDave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New preprint alert! We DNA barcoded 95 thousand Ghanaian arthropods, more than doubling the number of BINs (a species proxy) available online from West Africa. In doing so we’ve released a huge amount of new data to scientists studying the region 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgCharacterising a species-rich and understudied tropical insect fauna using DNA barcodingBackground: West Africa has high biodiversity that is relatively understudied, especially for insects. Studies of West African arthropod diversity can therefore help address important questions regard... 34523
Reposted by Nat DuffusKate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Big Doughnutty News. Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41... 8264167
Reposted by Nat DuffusInterdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025🚨Women are central to tropical wild meat systems, yet too often overlooked🚨 A new paper led by @jasminwillis.bsky.social, Dr Lauren Coad, @orchiddelirium.bsky.social & @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social reviewed 334 studies across 54 countries, finding women occupy 36 roles, from harvesting to trade. 162
Reposted by Nat DuffusProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/09/2025"Today, we clear a soccer field’s worth of tropical forest every six seconds, a loss dramatically worsened by humanity’s growing hunger for meat" Wean ourselves off meat now, or the switch to a Pliocene climate that's locked in will do it for us www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comMeat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis findsSentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions 15317163
Reposted by Nat DuffusDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Police continue to mass arrest protestors for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban. The day after the ban came into force, 29 were arrested. Last month, it was 500. Today, over a thousand people are defying the unjust proscription of a domestic direct action group. 210255
Reposted by Nat DuffusRichard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Cool new research by @e-ellis1.bsky.social Moths & hoverflies are more sensitive to urbanisation than bees, but urban trees boost moth species richness in UK cities. #teammoth 🌍 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 14115
Reposted by Nat DuffusThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Our upcoming Queer Ecology evening will be a real treat, with a special guided tour exploring the diversity of nature and its interpretation by scientists throughout history. 📍 Linnean Society 📆 6pm 25 September 🎟️ £15 (discounts for Members and concessions)buff.lyQueer Ecology Evening at the Linnean SocietyA special guided tour exploring the diversity of nature and its interpretation by scientists throughout history. 01510
Reposted by Nat DuffusJeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 28/07/2025A romantic meeting of Wasp Spiders, Argiope bruennichi, at Thompson Common yesterday. The male is much smaller than the big, stripy female. They ended up going out to lunch afterwards, when he became the main course. srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p... #Spiders #UKWildlife 0404
Reposted by Nat DuffusOxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 17/07/2025Congratulations to @natduffus.bsky.social, who has been commended in the @mplsoxford.bsky.social Impact Awards! Nat has been recognised in the Early Career Policy Impact category for raising awareness of the ecological outcomes of Biodiversity Net Gain 👇 bit.ly/4eSmRZebit.lyNatalie Duffus commended in MPLS Impact Awards 2025 094
Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Having had time to digest the new BNG consultation, I am *astounded* at the proposed changes to the small sites metric (SSM). If the changes are implemented, the SSM could apply to developments up to 49 dwellings/1ha - affecting a lot of developments! 1/ consult.defra.gov.uk/defra-biodiv...consult.defra.gov.uk 196
Reposted by Nat DuffusGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsA new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides 7921891231
Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Very disappointing to see the govt not only cut funding for nature-friendly farming schemes but ALSO lay out a consultation on changes to BNG which would reduce the requirement for the majority of developments to compensate for their impacts on nature. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/governm...wildlifetrusts.orgGovernment digs grave for wildlife | The Wildlife TrustsNew proposals on Biodiversity Net Gain from UK Government will harm whole communities so that a few can profit more. 021
Reposted by Nat DuffusAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 28/05/2025What part of nature emergency does the government not understand? These attacks on nature keep on coming. In a biodiversity crisis, the Govt should be expanding the nature friendly farming programme, not cutting it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending reviewExclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’ 611042
Reposted by Nat DuffusRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Labour promised to restore nature. ❌ Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it. We offered solutions. We’re done waiting. Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species. Without significant change, it must be scrapped. 14799386
Reposted by Nat DuffusThe Oxford Nature Network @biodivoxford.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Congratulations to our wonderful colleague @natduffus.bsky.social who has been recognised as an unsung hero on the ENDS POWER LIST 2025 for her work on BNG and invertebrates 🐞 www.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk/research_sto... 0101
Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Super honoured to have been recognised by the ENDS Power List 2025 for my work on Biodiversity Net Gain and invertebrates! 🪲🌱 www.endsreport.com/article/1918...endsreport.comPower List 2025: The UK’s 100 most impactful environmental professionals 2102
Reposted by Nat DuffusMuseum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Dolphin Orgies, Intersex snails, Gay giraffes... Join award-winning drag king, Bi-Curious George, London’s most loveable nature boy, on a raucous romp through the animal kingdom as he shatters the heteronormative binaries through which we view the natural world. oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/queer-...oumnh.ox.ac.ukQueer PlanetJoin award-winning drag king, Bi-Curious George, London’s most loveable nature boy, on a raucous romp through the animal kingdom. 15311
Reposted by Nat DuffusLeverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025This #earthday2025 we are thrilled to share some of the #Naturerecovery projects we have been working on with local partners in #Oxfordshire youtu.be/Yy1wRYRBtto @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.ukyoutu.beHERO shortYouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery 1104