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Phyllis Lee

@pili-scotland.bsky.social
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Elephant follower for 40+ years, with the odd primate and bird (especially birds) thrown in. Mentor.

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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 20h
A national shame: "What is shocking to us is the true extent to which Prime Minister Carney has rolled back climate policies, largely in favour of the fossil fuel industry," "(...) the CAT has downgraded its sub-rating for Canada's Policies & action to "Critically insufficient"."
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Press release: Both Canada and the US roll back climate policies
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 19h
Deadly wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are drying up forest pools, leaving wildlife searching for fresh water. As animals are pushed toward human settlements, residents & conservationists are stepping in to provide water & rescue affected species. (Content Warning) By @basten.bsky.social.
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Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water
Wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are leaving wildlife without fresh water as ponds turn brackish and forest pools dry up, driving animals into villages and toward the coast. Residents and…
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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 22h
We called it the Stone Age because rocks don't rot. Ethnographic toolkits are 90% wood and fiber. Rare Pleistocene finds prove Neanderthals were master carpenters—understanding timber mechanics, hafting, and fire-hardening. Read the essay: deephistory.substack.com/p/the-wood-a...
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The Wood Age: How Neanderthal Carpentry Smashed Prehistory’s Greatest Illusion
For two centuries, we called it the “Stone Age” because rocks don’t rot. A stunning trove of 60,000-year-old wooden tools from a Spanish cliff proves Neanderthals weren’t knuckle-dragging cave brutes—
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 18h
A proposed fishmeal plant on India’s southwestern coast has reignited protests against an industry linked to pollution and overfishing. Despite 30 plants being cited for environmental violations since 2018, officials are backing further growth of the sector. By Ian Urbina for Outlaw Ocean Project.
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For Indian communities, fishmeal factories bring pollution, danger and protests
This article is from Food for Feed, a series investigating the global fishmeal industry. It is produced by the Outlaw Ocean Project, a news organization based in Washington, D.C., and excerpted by…
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Qvarnström Lab @qvarnstromlab.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ready to lead your own ecological research project in the field? We are looking for students interested in evolutionary ecology, sensory ecology, and climate change to join the Qvarnström Lab, studying wild birds. If you fill the conditions below, this is for you !! 👇👇👇👇
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Re-post 🔁 is appreciated! #neurojobs: we’re looking for new team members to join us @cmc-unit.bsky.social!
If you’d like to study decision-making in naturalistic & embodied contexts (integrating RL, RNNs & cross-species data analysis) in a cool & collaborative research environment 😎, check 👇
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23h
A look at the industrial scale welfare issues surrounding recreational shooting of reared gamebirds for current Defra evidence call. markavery.info/2026/10/13/t... #pheasants #rlpartridge #shootingforfun #scale #welfare @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
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Helen Mylne @helephantmylne.bsky.social · 21h
Primate Profile #104: Indochinese Gray Langur Believed to reduce within-group competition, a troop will all feed at the same height within a tree, then move on together to the next tree. They also drop a lot of fruit, which is important for ground-foraging animals. Image: あひる @ahiru345 (iNat.org)
Mother and baby langur sat in a tree, with the babby cradled against the adult's chest. Adult langurs have long grey fur across their whole body, whereas infants are bright orange. The baby in the image is not a newborn, and therefore has started to fade from orange to grey. Langurs have large hands and feet, and long tails for balance when moving through the trees. Their faces are somewhat clownlike, with a triangular crest on top of the head (though this is smaller than in many langur species), round black eyes that are ringed with a very pale skin, and they have a similarly pale patch around their lips.
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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We need your help - four of our satellite-tracked quail have gone missing in France! Any information would be interesting, e.g. if the signal comes from near a fox den, buzzard nest or hunting area 🦊🦅🔫 If you can recover the tag, we can re-use it - and you can name this quail 😉 Pls share widely 🇫🇷
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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.bsky.social · 21h
Four weeks today we're running an interdisciplinary workshop @UCL on the emergence of language: What made us "hunter-gatherers of words"? 🌑 Tues Nov 10 🌒 10:30-6pm A fantastic lineup of speakers -- details here
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Check out this excellent opportunity for a funded #PhD on a fascinating & challenging topic #Political Ecology #Zoonoses #EnvHums
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/10/2026
An attack on Sri Lanka’s tallest tusker has sparked calls for armed guards to protect rare wild elephants. While Kenya successfully uses individual guards, experts caution that this strategy faces steep hurdles in Sri Lanka’s crowded, human-dominated landscapes. Malaka Rodrigo reports.
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Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?
COLOMBO –- Wildlife enthusiast Pathum Bandara watched Kavantissa, believed to be Sri Lanka’s tallest living tusker, moving gently through the landscape on Sept. 20 around Galgamuwa in the island’s…
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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"“The chimps there have many more important stories to tell us,” Mitani says. “This is one of the reasons I am so concerned about the war on science and truth in this country.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘I didn’t want to write about this’: the man who first saw chimps waging civil war
John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world
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Lysanne Snijders @lysannesnijders.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New paper @oikosjournal.bsky.social! Wild #guppies become twice as social in response to ephemeral food resources, helping individuals find these fleeting foraging opportunities. doi.org/10.1002/oik.... With @ralfkurvers.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @gedragsbiologie.bsky.social
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/10/2026
Senegal’s booming fishmeal industry is diverting local fish catches to feed foreign livestock and aquaculture. As local supply plummets, coastal communities face severe food insecurity and pollution, pushing some fishers to risk dangerous sea migrations to Europe. An investigation by Ian Urbina.
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Fishmeal factories take Senegal’s fish from the dinner table
This article is from Food for Feed, a series investigating the global fishmeal industry. It is produced by the Outlaw Ocean Project, a news organization based in Washington, D.C., and excerpted by…
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Heather Physioc / HP Conservation @heatherphysioc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Top-down conservation failed critically endangered Bali starlings; community-led customary law saved them. Indigenous-led conservation improved anti-poaching compliance and transformed former trappers into guardians. Read it at @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indi... #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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Indigenous-led protections spark Bali starling’s recovery in the wild
NUSA PENIDA, Indonesia — Two young conservation workers rattle up on a motorbike and dismount at the edge of a coconut grove. Picking through husks, fallen fronds and stray plastic bottles, they scan ...
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Press On @pressonsouth.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we’re lifting up Honor the Earth’s @honortheearth.bsky.social Indigenous-led movement to keep hyperscale data centers off of Indigenous lands. Their Data Center Tracker at honorearth.org/datacentertracker helps them provide more accurate news & info to their communities.
Graphic with images of the input survey for hyperscale data centers and the data center tracker, which features a map of the U.S., that says, “Help us track hyperscale data centers either on or within a 30 mile radius of a reservation. Fill out this form if you are tracking a data center in your community. Our team will then add this information to our tracker!”Graphic with an image of the tracker that says, “No hyperscale data centers on Native land!! Visit honorearth.org/datacentertracker. Help us track the attacks on our Land and Water.”
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Glad to publish this @mongabay.com op-ed celebrating Indigenous women's leadership on #Indigenouspeoplesday & every day, for clean water and more "In working alongside #Indigenous leaders I have seen how community knowledge, technical expertise, and relationship-building complement one another."
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Indigenous women bring leadership, creativity & joy to clean water action (commentary)
On Indigenous Peoples Day, let’s honor the leadership and contributions of Indigenous women in water. Women – and particularly Indigenous women – are underrepresented in the water workforce and make u...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/10/2026
Where are Earth's ecosystems still standing? Global Safety Net v3 uses AI and satellite imagery to map intact habitats, highlight Indigenous land stewardship, and hold nations accountable to global 30x30 biodiversity targets. Learn more in this interview by Abhishyant Kidangoor with Karl Burkart.
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How much nature is left? Interview with Nature Data Lab’s Karl Burkart
Where are ecosystems still left standing? Where should conservation be focused? A new tool is attempting to answer these questions and serve as a watchdog for conservation and land protection…
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I remember very well when COSEWIC first assessed the porbeagle as endangered following a catastrophic decline, over 20 years ago. DFO kay-boshed the listing because there were TWO boats commercially fishing this shark www.techtimes.com/articles/328...
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Canada Proposes Endangered Listing for Porbeagle Shark After Audit Exposed 22-Year Bias
Canada species at risk act: Canada proposed Thursday adding the porbeagle shark and 10 other aquatic species to federal endangered protection, reversing more than 22 years of government delay that a 2...
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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The UK higher education sector delivers world leading education & research delivering real impact. Until UK governments fund it properly & end reliance on international student fees, Universities will keep having to make these kinds of devastating decisions in order to stay afloat.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The coloration is produced by a complex overlay of structural color, carotenoids and other pigments. A little guy with a BIG sense of color. You can read more & see more pictures here at Birds Of the World:
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Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher - Ceyx erithaca - Birds of the World
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds
A new UBC study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious.
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Natick Bobcat @natickbobcat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Bobcat: The tracking collar lost the gps satellite link.
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Phyllis Lee @pili-scotland.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
a not quite sea bird for Sunday.
African pelicans lazing at the edge of a swamp.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.
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The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan
Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
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Botany One @botany.one · 10/10/2026
Research Leader - Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Science // Kew careers.kew.org/vacancy/rese... We are seeking an outstanding ecologist or environmental scientist with expertise in spatial ecology, ecosystem science or ecological modelling to lead applied ecosystem research at Kew. #BotanyJobs
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Research Leader - Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Science - Careers | Kew Gardens
We are seeking an outstanding ecologist or environmental scientist with expertise in spatial ecology, ecosystem science or ecological modelling to lead an ambitious programme of applied ecosystem…
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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Exciting Associate Professor opportunity in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, with access to state-of-the-art neuroimaging and stimulation at OHBA/OxCIN: MEG, OPM, 3T/7T MRI, TUS, TMS & more. Please share! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSQ831/a...
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Associate Professorship of Experimental Psychology at University of Oxford
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Associate Professorship of Experimental Psychology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As yellow-eyed penguins disappear, conservationists focus on deaths in fishing nets 🧪🌎🦑🐟
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As yellow-eyed penguins disappear, conservationists focus on deaths in fishing nets
OTAGO PENINSULA, Aotearoa New Zealand — Sandfly Bay was long a key nesting area for yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), noisy, pink-footed birds that spend long days foraging at sea. But…
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This was just a matter of time, sadly
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“ crossing at an unwalled section of the border currently under construction underscores the need to halt wall construction in the area.” 🧪🌐
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Damien Farine @damienfarine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cool video by National Geographic Society on the dolphin-fisher wildlife intelligence project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlbV... Great footage from our latest field season 'blocking out all the noise' to discover how dolphins and fishers work together. @oregonstate.edu @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Understanding how dolphins and humans cooperate
YouTube video by National Geographic Society
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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · 10/10/2026
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam was labelled as #ecocide. But its loss, and the reappearance of the Great Meadow that originally covered the area are challenging our notions of loss, recovery and of ecocide itself. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage
As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide
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New England Primate Conservancy @neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Black-crowned Central American squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedii), also called red-backed squirrel monkeys, are endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. Occupying seasonally inundated and river-edge forests and secondary forests. Threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture and urbanization. Endangered.
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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We have an open Call for PhD positions at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social : www.leipzig-school.eva.mpg.de/application/... #adna #phd
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Open positions - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The beautiful Greater Knapweed flower in the treepit of the new tree in our street has been poisoned by West Sussex CC, who continue to spray glyphosate on #Worthing pavements. 😢 #pavementplants #wildflowers #banurbanglyphosate @lgspace.bsky.social
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Alan Stewart @wildlifeblog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Great investigative work by Met Police, NWCU and foreign agencies but this depraved individual will likely be released from jail after only one year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ringleader of global monkey torture network jailed
Sentencing Bartosz Poklek, 30, a judge calls for tougher penalties for animal abuse.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A Scottish Wildcat conservation project has reached the milestone of 50 releases into the Highlands, with the programme also recording breeding in the wild for a third consecutive year:
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Saving Wildcats celebrates 50 releases into Scottish Highlands
Conservation project reaches milestone as released females continue to produce kittens in the wild.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So, umm, for all of you arguing that progressive leftists are ruining the social sciences (Vandy report and its sub-reports), what's your take on this? www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 10/10/2026
Thinking about purchasing an exotic pet? Think again | Rachel Li
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Is the UK’s exotic pet trade harming animals?
Thinking about purchasing an exotic pet? Think again
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is a very disturbing read by Philip Moriarty about the corporate consultants at University of Nottingham, whose "bloodless prime-LLM-grade corporate boilerplate" called Future Nottingham 2 is guiding decision-making - cuts, cuts and more cuts. muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/10/07/j...
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Just how much of Future Nottingham 2 was written by vastly overpaid consultants?
PA Consulting misled a government department, threatened the press, and over-charged the NHS up to £2,500 a day. So why is a PA consultant listed as the author of the Future Nottingham 2 business c…
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
* there is no bright side here. The lack of concern for the job losses - which will not just be among the laptop classes, and shrinking of access to education - which will hit the least privileged hardest, resulting from a *Labour* govt's policies is dispiriting, to use the mildest possible term
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 09/10/2026
Migratory birds need urgent action and support from all actors to address the unprecedented threats they face. Let this #WorldMigratoryBirdDay be a call to listen to the science and redouble efforts to implement evidence-based policies to better protect people & nature. —L. Dziba, IPBES Exec. Sec.
"World Migratory Bird Day" graphic on a light teal textured background. Illustration of a duck (bottom left) and reed grass. Quote: "The recent IPBES Business and Biodiversity Report shows that civil society plays an important role in generating data, knowledge and capacity that can ensure that businesses, state and non-state actors drive positive action for biodiversity. From simple at-home sightings to trained volunteers contributing to coordinated global efforts, such actions can help scientists detect population trends, identify emerging threats and inform conservation measures at local, national and international levels." — Luthando Dziba, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Circular photo of Luthando Dziba. World Migratory Bird Day logo (bottom right).
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 09/10/2026
Contrary to long-held assumptions, a new study reveals that invasive species cause more severe environmental impacts in the Global South than in the Global North. In countries like Myanmar, invasive pests like golden apple snails severely disrupt smallholder farming. Fellow Esther J. reports.
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Invasive species have more severe environmental impacts in Global South, study finds
The environmental impacts caused by invasive alien species are more severe in poor countries of Global South than wealthy countries of Global North, a new study finds. The study shatters a…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 09/10/2026
An investigation into stolen lemurs trafficked from Bangladesh to India reveals severe gaps in regional wildlife enforcement. As cross-border tracking and repatriation remain major hurdles, experts call for stronger regional dialogue to curb illegal wildlife trade. Sadiqur Rahman reports.
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Did two of the lemurs stolen in Bangladesh end up in India? Officials are investigating
The case of three ring-tailed lemurs, an endangered species, stolen from Gazipur Safari Park in Bangladesh last year resurfaced on social media in September this year, when news spread that two of…
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Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Please RT: Do you use math to address interesting biological problems? Join us at Vanderbilt BioSci! We are conducting an open-rank TT search in Theoretical Biology: apply.interfolio.com/194619. We are a friendly and collaborative department with interests spanning a range of biological disciplines!
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We've got some great opportunities to join us at BTO! Discover more and apply for our jobs and voluntary roles online at www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology
A sideways view of a Puffin shows its white face, black body and brightly coloured orange-red bill. Wording alongside reads: We're hiring. Bird Atlas 2027-2031 Organiser, Research Ecologist, Field Surveyors, Youth Rep (Voluntary Role).
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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Fyssen Foundation International Prize is open for nominations, this year on the theme of "Technology and the Social Organisation of Prehistoric Human Groups" . The prize is for 100,000 euros - consider applying if your research is relevant! culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
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Fyssen Foundation International Prize: Technology and the social organisation of prehistoric human groups - Cultural Evolution Society
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 09/10/2026
Genetically isolated for tens of thousands of years, Arabian Sea humpbacks are likely a distinct, non-migratory subspecies at risk of extinction. With the lowest genetic diversity of any global humpback population, these endangered whales face severe threats from fishing gear and ship strikes.
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Arabian Sea humpbacks may be a unique subspecies at risk of extinction
Humpback whales found in the Arabian Sea are likely a distinct subspecies, having evolved in isolation for tens of thousands of years, according to a newly published genetic analysis. “Arabian Sea…
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