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Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📢 Open position in Biodiversity Science The 2-year position focuses on how patterns of species co-occurrence are shifting under global change, using long-term biodiversity datasets and advanced statistics. 📍 Helsinki, Finland | ~€3,700/month 📅 Apply by 19 Oct. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Science

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Ecography @ecography.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A global latitudinal decline in breeding site fidelity emerges from a single biome vist.ly/5jpgq "Arctic #Shorebirds #Dispersal

Map of bird migration with biomes, charts on return rates across latitudes.

Chart of return rates for Calidris alpina, Calidris pusilla, and Phalaropus lobatus in different habitats with bird silhouettes.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/09/2026

This dolphin chased a fish until it puked—then ate the vomit. The surprising behavior, known as kleptoparasitism, marks one of the few well-documented examples of a cetacean stealing food. Learn more: scim.ag/4xDYsP7

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dream job for an #editor & nature lover! 🐦🌿Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📅 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £38,710.00 per annum. 📍 BTO HQ in Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid working). Deadline for applications: 30 September 2026. #Ornithology

A Nightingale perches on a branch amongst the green foliage of a bush. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring! Science Communications Manager.

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Emma Luck @emmaluck22.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hello friends! I recently completed my Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship and am looking for my next role. I am interested in positions involving endangered & protected species management/conservation, fisheries policy/management, but am open to other opportunities in marine science & conservation!

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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/

A book cover featuring a beautiful closely cropped portrait of an Anna's hummingbird. The cover says LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale, by Ed Yong. The image also says US: 4/06/27 and UK: 4/29/27

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴

Flyer for the BIODIFUL Soundscapes survey. Text reads: 'Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica? Please answer our online questionnaire: Voices of the Tropical Forest.' Photo of a lush tropical forest interior, overlaid with a translucent ear icon surrounded by sound waves. Text continues: 'This anonymous survey will take only 10 min. https://www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en.' Logos at the bottom: BIODIFUL, ETH Zürich, CNRS, and Station d'Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Great job opening for Habitat Connectivity Biologist at WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife. The position will "identify priority areas for connectivity conservation and translate that science into practical tools...to help protect and restore wildlife movement and build climate-resilient habitat networks."

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Martin Modrák @modrakm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I will be looking for a PhD student in Bayesian statistics (in collaboration with Paul Bürkner), located in Prague. Forward to students if you have somebody who could be interested. www.martinmodrak.cz/grammo-call/

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Grammo - Let's Research Bayes!

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

ForestGEO is hiring a data scientist! This is a 2-year position based in Washington, DC. Come join us! Application deadline is Oct. 12. Please distribute widely to potential candidates. trustcareers.si.edu/postings/8a2...

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Data Scientist (Bioinformatics), IS- 1560- 11

Job Opening: Data Scientist (Bioinformatics), IS- 1560- 11 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats Just published in @pnas.org, OA for all eyes Led by the one-and-only @romero-vidal.bsky.social, with the amazing @elena-tena.bsky.social and Sonia Sánchez-Navarro @ebdonana.bsky.social LINK: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We have a really unique (and cool IMHO) opportunity open for a cooperative research faculty member at Auburn Fisheries. If you work on aquatic conservation genomics, check this out. Feel free to DM me with questions. 👇

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Is plastic pollution getting worse?" It's the question we get asked more than any other. After 15 years of data from Lord Howe Island, we finally have a straight answer. 🧵 🔗 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

A hand holding a plastic fork piece in the foreground. In the background, another hand lays out plastics on a sheet of paper towel. The plastic was in a shearwater chick's stomach.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...

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New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.

New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The US House passed the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act (H.R. 9436) by a vote of 219-196, which stops NOAA from protecting endangered right whales through to 2035 by requiring more expensive ropeless lobster pots. 1/n defenders.org/newsroom/hou...

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House Gambles with Survival for North Atlantic Right Whales in Latest Vote to Delay Protections

The House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 9436, a bill that will delay conservation protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

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Cassie Speakman @cassiespeakman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Research Scientist in Stochastic Dynamic Programming in Montpellier, France. Develop demographic and SDP models to guide adaptive management of priority bird species. ofb.gestmax.fr/4571/1/charg...

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Chargé de recherche en programmation dynamique stochastique (h/f) (HP)

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Thomas Lenormand @thomaslenormand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨Interested in #evolutionary #genomics and #popgen #theory? My lab just opened a 1+ year #postdoc position to work on sex chromosome dosage compensation. At #CEFE in beautiful Montpellier. Deadline soon, don't be shy, apply, theory is exciting! 👉 bit.ly/4eMWDIh

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Eric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm

Line chart showing 5 biggest publishers from 2019-2025

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Emma-Liina Marjakangas @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers. Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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alexandra @birdmotif.alextey.co · 27/08/2026

as rising seas drown their nests along the US east coast, saltmarsh sparrows have declined by ≥90% this century. now, trump's interior department is gutting the endangered species act, and extinction looms for this long-overlooked songbird today in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/envi...

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This Little Bird Is in Big Trouble—and Trump Is Making Things Worse

The Saltmarsh Sparrow’s numbers are cratering. Why isn’t the government doing something about it?

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Interior has reassigned ~30 of its most senior career staffers. Among those losing their longtime positions? The woman who directed the National Wildlife Refuge System for the last 10 years, and the man who ran the migratory bird program for the last 15.

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‘They Want Us All To Leave’: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff

Around 30 top staffers have been reshuffled, with some people moving to teams outside their areas of expertise.

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Angus McIntosh and Helen Warburton have 4 PhD scholarships in freshwater ecology available at University of Canterbury, NZ. Invasive aquatic plants in high-country springs, and native fish, springs, and birds in braided rivers

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

SLU Aqua is looking for a permanent full-time Researcher. The position involves fish stock assessment, quantitative analysis & modelling, & contributing to scientific advice for fisheries management. Location: West coast of Sweden Deadline: 15 Sept web103.reachmee.com/ext/I017/111...

Aerial view of a coastal town, showcasing buildings, streets, and the shoreline meeting the ocean. In the foreground is water and then a cluster of white buildings on the waters edge. To the left is large rocky boulder foreshore. Behind both are scatter houses and in the distance a spire pokes high above the town

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📖 Forest cover drives bird occupancy across guilds and habitats in a Colombian coffee-farming landscape 🦜 🌳 Find out more👇️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Part 1 of 2 in this month's roundup of #ConservationJobs in Canada: Land and wildlife. 💫 Multiple positions pay $100K+, have flexibile location or a four-day work week 💫 All postings show salary Part 2 will focus on climate and communications. www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

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#conservationjobs #hiring #greenjobs #wildlifejobs | Aerin Jacob

[18 August 2026] Part 1 of 2 in this month's roundup of #ConservationJobs in Canada: Land and wildlife. Part 2 will focus on climate and communications. Multiple positions pay $100K+, have flexibile l...

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Philip Patton @ptpatton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

An impressive visualization of urbanization and agricultural intensification over the past 70 years. Is this where 3 Billion Birds went?

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quantitative global assessment of #climate change extinctions. With increased certainty, this meta-analysis suggests that extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. "

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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 quant...

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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🐦 Job offer: Research Data Analyst – Wildlife Telemetry 📊 GPS • R • ecology • habitat selection 📍 Paris 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 2026 Join the #HABITRACK team at CESCO @mnhn.fr and help uncover how European birds use their habitats! 👉 recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #EcologyJobs #ornithology #RStats

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

... This ongoing process of biodiversity homogenization & erosion is being driven by invasions, in synergy with habitat alteration and other anthropogenic stressors. It is an insidious form of global change.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 11/08/2026

A phylogeny of the Hawaiian honeycreepers reveals how 60 species radiated out from a single rosefinch-like ancestor over a 1-million-year period between 2.5 million and 3.5 million years ago. Just 17 taxa remain—and most are endangered. In PNAS: ow.ly/3nfH50ZxWv7

Mounted specimen of the extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hawaiʻi mamo (Drepanis pacifica) from the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
CREDIT: Jeremy Snell (photographer).

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 07/08/2026

The Andean leaf-eared mouse thrives on volcano summits above 22,000 feet, where subzero temperatures & low oxygen kill most mammals. A new study reveals how: genetic adaptations allow the rodent to use oxygen more efficiently, generate extra heat, and even digest toxic plants. David Brown reports.

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These mice live on volcano summits at extreme elevations. Study finds how

The Andean leaf-eared mouse thrives at extreme elevations where most other mammals wouldn’t survive. At these altitudes, oxygen levels are low; temperatures are permanently below freezing; and humans…

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

With highly-pathogenic avian influenza now in NZ, we're taking steps to protect #kakapo and #takahe by vaccinating against the disease, following a successful trial. We're aiming for ~90 kākāpō and 100 takahē in an initial phase to protect the most valuable birds/sites. #conservation #birds

A kākāpō amongst bushes on the ground, in day time. Credit: Andrew Digby

A takahē on a nest with two eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby

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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Drawing on an analysis of over 100000 articles in ecology-related disciplines [...], we show that the shift to pay-to-publish OA has already reduced participation by researchers from many middle-income countries." nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Payment‐based open access is biasing scientific participation from the Global South in ecology

Opening access to the products of scientific research is widely considered a key step toward both fairness and better science worldwide. Since the 1990s, different forms of open access (OA) to journa...

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Remarkable amount of fire on the ground, and smoke in the air, this evening. In this satellite snapshot, numerous large fires (red thermal detections) and smoke plumes stretch from Great Basin northward into British Columbia; fire weather conditions will worsen this weekend.

Current snapshot from NOAA Wildland Fire Data Portal showing extent of Thu fire activity in Western U.S.

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yesterday's "lightning bust" in eastern Oregon & Washington has already resulted in >100,000 acres burned & dozens of new wildfire ignitions. Many are in grass & brush and may be managed soon, but at least 10 are in heavier (forest) fuels and are taking off this PM. #ORwx #WAwx

Snapshot of current wildfire activity form NOAA Wildfire Fire Portal. Dozens of large heat signatures are visible, and around 10 major smoke plumes are now apparent across eastern Oregon and Washington.

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“What is unfolding is what climate and forest scientists have been predicting for 30 years. That as the world gets hotter and drier, we are exposing forests to more and more risk, and the old strategies of fire suppression are simply being overwhelmed.”

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Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn

Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A major new wildfire outbreak is now underway across interior Pacific Northwest, with dozens (or more) new wildfires already popping up in eastern Oregon & Washington following tens of thousands of lightning strikes in region experiencing moderate to extreme drought. #ORwx #WAwx

Current Watch Duty snapshot across PacNW, showing literally dozens of new fires in eastern Washington and Oregon.

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