Reposted by Paul CrossJan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 195
Reposted by Paul CrossGeography at Bangor University @bugeography.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Researcher Spotlight Dr Rebecca Jones Food Geographer: Rebecca's research explores the the intersection of food experiences and place-making Read more here research.bangor.ac.uk/en/persons/r... Meet Our Staff 002
Reposted by Paul CrossWolfgang Wüster @wolfgangwuster.bsky.social · 08/07/2025How many mamba species are there? Find out from our new paper: Phylogeny and species delimitation in an iconic snake genus: the African mambas (Serpentes: Elapidae: Dendroaspis) academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...academic.oup.comPhylogeny and species delimitation in an iconic snake genus: the African mambas (Serpentes: Elapidae: Dendroaspis)Abstract. The African mambas (Dendroaspis) comprise an iconic genus of four large-bodied, highly venomous elapid snakes: the black mamba (D. polylepis) fro 1177
Paul Cross @paulcross.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I think that was my favourite as well. I wanted to walk into the painting and live there! 130
Reposted by Paul CrossBotanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Today is launch day for our friend @nicwilson.bsky.social whose fabulous book 'Land Beneath the Waves' is attracting so much interest. Hope you have a great launch event NIc! 1157
Reposted by Paul CrossTrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 06/06/2025@bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @naturelark.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @jillwhitelock.bsky.social @paulcross.bsky.social @amandatuke.bsky.social @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social 1153
Reposted by Paul CrossTrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Oh my word! Botanist about to explode! Just unboxed my presentation copies of Urban Plants & I’m as giddy as a bee in a bellflower. It’s a beautiful thing, from the gorgeous Carry Akroyd cover to the photos kindly provided by many lovely people. Hope you enjoy it www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla... 1317830
Reposted by Paul CrossDave O'Brien @daveob66.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Some of the 100+ Marsh Fritillaries I saw today at Finglandrigg Wood NNR near Carlisle. @savebutterflies.bsky.social 1627
Reposted by Paul CrossBangor Uni Sciences @bangoruniscience.bsky.social · 13/05/2025New Queen* in the hive today! A result of supercedure whereby bees select a new queen without swarming. Our Conservation MSc students get to learn about beekeeping and this is the first time we've seen this on a field visit.(*with dot) 👑👩🎓 @paulcross.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social 121
Paul Cross @paulcross.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Nice study. A future subject for a book for @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social 010
Paul Cross @paulcross.bsky.social · 08/05/2025What a fabulous outfit of amazing CLM students and @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social 140
Reposted by Paul CrossTrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Fabulous final day of fieldwork for MSc Conservation & Land Management students, assessing changes in dune vegetation communities at Aberffraw. Lots of wonderful plants, some swimming, and a bit of a grass-fest @paulcross.bsky.social @bangoruniscience.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social 1152
Reposted by Paul CrossBangor Uni Sciences @bangoruniscience.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Bracken control, the field trials, with @paulcross.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Paul CrossTrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 06/05/2025They also decided to test a novel method of bracken control, concluding that it was very effective, sustainable and fun, if a bit disorienting #students #MenWiilBeBoys #EndOfTerm @paulcross.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social 2131
Paul Cross @paulcross.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Students completing a great day in the meadows of @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social Quadrats, sweep netting and beating trays for the MSc Conservation and Land Management. #What'snottolike @bangoruniscience.bsky.social bangoruniversity.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Paul CrossBangor Uni Sciences @bangoruniscience.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Our @bangoruniversity.bsky.social 'MSc Conservation and Land Management' students are on a week's field course. You can't leave them alone for a second! 🤹😂 #learningthroughplay Join us and @paulcross.bsky.social! bangor.ac.uk/study/postgr... 141
Reposted by Paul CrossBangor Uni Sciences @bangoruniscience.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Our postgraduate #Conservation students have completed a grand trip out, not bad eh? Join us! @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @studyinwales.bsky.social bangor.ac.uk/study/postgr... @paulcross.bsky.social @juliajones.bsky.social (thanks Dr Freya St John for vid) 043
Reposted by Paul CrossLars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · 26/03/2025New Primer on Bumblebees now out in Current Biology (with Guillaume Ghisbain & Denis Michez): www.cell.com/current-biol... 14219
Reposted by Paul CrossCasey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 25/02/2025www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/tesla-is-m...hamiltonnolan.comTesla Is More Vulnerable Than You ThinkHow to cost Elon Musk $100 billion. 347173903102
Reposted by Paul CrossMr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Relaxation of management intensity promotes butterfly communities in mountain grasslands... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comRelaxation of management intensity promotes butterfly communities in mountain grasslandsSemi-natural mountain grasslands are currently threatened by either land abandonment or management intensification, which calls for evidence-based rec… 0146
Reposted by Paul CrossMassimo Martini @entomassi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Paper alert! I'm happy to share that my first research paper has been published! 🐝🌸 Road verges can support #pollinators but their potential for preserving representatively diverse and even communities is limited, due in part to high densities of non-native plants. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... 58528
Reposted by Paul CrossMaria Johansson @mariajohansson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Fires have destroyed nearly 11 million carbon offset credits in California's program. The buffer pool had only set aside a little more than six million credits to compensate for losses from wildfire. Those six million credits were meant to last for 100 years. carbonplan.org/research/buf...? 031
Reposted by Paul CrossLucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Great news! Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England to be mapped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDeadline to record historic footpaths to be scrappedWalking campaigners welcome the move, which the government says will help prevent paths from being lost. 12553138
Reposted by Paul CrossiBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 11/12/2024[new paper] You probably suspected that loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants, but here we quantify it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLoss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plantsNature Ecology & Evolution - A meta-analysis finds that decreasing diversity of pollinator species has a negative affect on multiple measures of plant reproductive success, with wild plant... 8292138
Reposted by Paul CrossDavid N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Here's a wild image from the #Antarctic Peninsula for: #InternationalMountainDay2024 #InternationalMountainDay #IMD2024 4415
Reposted by Paul CrossOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/12/2024By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post... Is that that's THE MATTERHORN 814105421695
Reposted by Paul CrossBritish Beekeepers Association @bbka.org.uk · 07/12/2024December 7th is the feast day of St. Ambrose, patron saint of Beekeeping an candle makers. The Latin phrase for “honey” is “Ambrosia” or the food of the gods, thus the origin of St. Ambrose’s name. christianapostles.com/st-ambrose/ 077
Reposted by Paul CrossLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 04/12/2024“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below) 3833981521
Reposted by Paul CrossGuardian NUJ @gonuj.org · 04/12/2024Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵 How can you support us? SHARE our posts WRITE to guardian.readers@theguardian.com JOIN US - there's cake! 7425981453
Reposted by Paul CrossReuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Some extraordinary photos in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum. Particularly liked this one of Eros blue butterflies in China. Photographer - Haiyong Cai. #nhm #butterflies #wildlifephotography 0204
Reposted by Paul CrossTimothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com · 29/11/2024Yes, and this will also affect our evidence synthesis mechanisms. When AI generated papers (maliciously or otherwise) start making their way into IPBES or IPCC reports, we'll have a credibility crisis that we simply cannot afford. 🧪 33212
Reposted by Paul CrossCiaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 29/11/2024🌱🌎 Soon our volunteers will distribute (for free) 45,000 native trees grown in Ireland to hundreds of people who will plant and care for them. Growing today for a greener tomorrow! freetrees.ie 733234
Reposted by Paul CrossBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Hunting - by East Sussex artist and printmaker, Annie Soudain #art #printmaking #owls #birds #birdart #linocut 538550
Reposted by Paul CrossFintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project - "Wildlife can recover, and quickly, if we just give it a little space and let nature work her magic" #RestoreNature www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bum...scotsman.comBumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland project‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’ 301002402
Reposted by Paul CrossNeil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Amazing fossil alert. Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach… 🧪 #evolution #paleontology 271513346
Reposted by Paul CrossMarkus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.socialbesjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comSpecies‐rich old grasslands have beneficial effects on the health and gut microbiome of bumblebeesRead the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. 523488
Reposted by Paul CrossAcermendax @acermendax.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Quand Didier Raoult est dans le journal *Science* ce n'est pas en tant qu'auteur, c'est en tant que sujet de honte de la recherche française. #JeSuisUnGrandChercheur www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgUnearthed university investigation found research ethics failings at French medical instituteStudies conducted by Didier Raoult and colleagues flouted French and international ethical standards, report concludes 315640
Reposted by Paul CrossAussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 22/11/2024There are ~22,000 #moths in Australia but only half have been scientifically described to date. Far from being drab or boring, their diversity is amazing as this account will try to show #mothsmatter #teammoth 1217
Reposted by Paul CrossRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Painted in 1905, 'View from Lejre,' bears witness to Vilhelm Hammershøi's lesser known fascination for landscape painting. By now living at Strandgade 30, the Copenhagen apartment that was the subject of his most famous interiors, Hammershøi took time to also paint the surrounding countryside. 2609
Reposted by Paul Crosskatemortimer.bsky.social @katemortimer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024#spotthecollie 031
Reposted by Paul CrossRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024'Village on a Hill, Capri,' was painted by Frederic, Lord Leighton when he visited the Italian island in 1871. In the distance are the ruins of the Villa Jovis (the Roman palace, built by Emperor Tiberius in AD 27) and the church of San Michele alla Croce is to the left. 0595
Reposted by Paul CrossNigel Raine @nigeleraine.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Huge congratulations to Dr. Sabrina Rondeau on winning the Ecology & Environment category of the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. Read more about her impactful research in "Digging below the surface: hidden risks for ground-nesting #bees": www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #Pollinators 1194
Reposted by Paul CrossDaniel Bailey @danielbailey99.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Sometimes it's instructive, to see the context of where we are now vs the conditions that allowed agriculture and civilization to develop. 04011