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Have metagenomic data? Want to know the chromosomal sex of the host? Check out SCiMS, a new tool developed by Hanh Tran in our lab, now out in @microbiomej.bsky.social! Paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Tool: github.com/davenport-la...

Last week, in the Mainstreaming Biodiversity course led by @cabes.bsky.social, we learned and discussed about the BizBiodiversity report, sharing many insightful views and inputs. As a passionate conservationist and researcher, I couldn’t have come across this report at a better time.

Detecting pathogens in insects in one thing, but understanding if microbes lead to disase and impact on host populations is what we need. 🧪 Read our review on bees and pathogens, and what we should do after detecting pathogen spillover: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a substantial, growing and largely unregulated threat to biodiversity worldwide. A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity examines the state of knowledge regarding the measurement, impacts and mitigation of ALAN. go.nature.com/4yglFr2 🌎🧪

Existing legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path. go.nature.com/4rFLVZX

OHT's Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan's new book, Bacteria to Buddha, is now available on Kindle in the US and coming to bookstores February 2027. Read it on Kindle now: www.amazon.com/Bacteria-Bud... Learn more on the Cooperation Project Substack: thecooperationproject.substack.com/p/when-coope... #New

Great letter! Handling wildlife for the perfect shot is unethical “Some travel to the Amazon to photograph anacondas, boasting on social media about their struggle until it is immobilized, clearly violating national laws that prohibits the disturbance and capture of wildlife without authorization”

Become part of the ASM community! Join the world's leading microbial science community and receive 50% off 2026 membership when you use code 50OFF2026 at checkout. Don't miss this limited-time opportunity—offer ends Sept 30. asm.social/33n

US ambassador to Belgium threatened Ghent university for suspending the literal ethno-supremacist 'professor' Via @skwawkbox.org

📣 Call for Papers: 70 Years of Ecological Genetics 🧬🌱 #EGG70 We are partnering with @jappliedecology.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social to launch a Cross-Journal Special Feature! ⏰ Proposal: 5 November, 3 PM GMT besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/call-for...

Champion, Suchandra Gupta (SGT University, India), recently organised an event in a local village. The aim was to help spread the word about antimicrobial resistance and the gut microbiome to secondary school students. Find out how it went: https://microb.io/3TQE676

We're seeking article proposals to our cross-journal Special Feature 🔎 If you're interested in using multispecies health, agriculture, or public health to further disease ecology through a One Health lens, then we'd love to hear from you! 🩺 👇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Quiero pagar la compra con una Avoceta en el billete. Votad aquí para que las aves se reproduzcan en todos los billeteros europeos: surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...

Women play significant roles in biodiversity-related livelihoods, governance and decision-making, yet gaps remain in access, representation and rights. Gender-responsive biodiversity governance is essential for comprehensive policy development. Learn more with this graphic from BES-Net 👇

📢 Apply now to SCCS 2027 🎉 The 26th Student Conference on Conservation Science will take place between 30 March – 1 April 2027 at the University of Cambridge. Check the website for further details and to apply: www.sccs-cam.org

Two weeks left to submit your abstract to the BOU Avian Disease Ecology conference. Attendance grants are available (see BOU funding opportunities). We have an amazing keynote lineup for you! Please share 😁

Is it not just “good” and “bad” bacteria but their absolute abundance, i.e, quantitative microbiome parameters (QMPs) that control the #microbiome’s effect on the host? Check out our new paper in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

🌿📚 More than 64 million pages of biodiversity knowledge are freely available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. As funding challenges put its future at risk, the Internet Archive is proud to help preserve this invaluable resource. 🌎 Learn more 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Such a tremendous read. As soon as I saw the paper published, I thought I had to include this research in my references. I’m currently writing my thesis, and this interesting paper arrived just in time 😊

we're hiring for a new research assistant to join our group at OU to manage field studies on migratory and Neotropical bats! please see the linked application on our website: beckerlab.weebly.com/join.html. applications will be reviewed in early August and the position can start in January.

A fertilized egg’s first few divisions rely on proteins stored in fibrous structures. The ordered nature of these structures and clues about their function are revealed. go.nature.com/4vcHgiW

The oldest known sea turtle soft tissues could help reveal how a variety of vertebrates adapted to ocean living. #WorldTurtleDay https://scim.ag/4naQh7t

Persian Gulf’s ecological treasures under threat from war 🌍 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... #EcologicalCrisis #IranWar #MiddleEast

As conservationists, we shoulder heavy emotional strain, navigating everything from compassion fatigue and eco-grief to loneliness, despair + burnout. Join in on May 29th to share and connect without the expectation of needing to change or fix ourselves. www.reviveconservation.org/event/suppor...

Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough, whose life & voice have inspired generations to care for the living world. 🌍 On his 100th birthday, we celebrate his extraordinary legacy as he join the Natural Centenarians’ Club, alongside some of nature’s most remarkable wonders. Swipe to see more 👇

A fascinating paper, and one worth reading as we enter a period likely to see accelerated spread of malaria back into areas from which it had been eradicated.

ABSTRACTS OPEN! We have an incredible line up for our Avian Disease Ecology conference next year. This is such an exciting field right now - if you’re working on avian pathogens, parasites, AMR, immunity, or non-infectious disease (pollutants, etc) then consider submitting an abstract!

Happy day Mother Earth 🌎 💚

📢CALL FOR COLLABORATION📢 My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica! If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre. #TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur

Many rangers work under sustained pressure, with repeated exposure to trauma, long absences from family, and little access to mental health care. #conservation #rangers

Nature knows how to make an hour count. ⌛ In one week, it's our turn. This #EarthHour, 28th March, switch off for our world. 🌍

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering grants of €10,000–€12,000 to 3–4 media organizations in low- & middle-income countries to boost biodiversity reporting. ✍️ Applications close March 28, 2026. Learn more with @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/opportunitie...

Preserved in the Marine Organisms Collection at the Charles Darwin Research Station, these specimens are windows into the ocean of the 19th century. 📖 Read the blog here: www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

‪Tell me the truth...I'm ready. New IPBES report finds that $220 billion were directed to conservation & restoration of biodiversity in 2023... yet $7.3 trillion flowed toward subsidies that directly harm nature. IPBES Business & Biodiversity Assessment www.ipbes.net/business-imp... @ipbes.net

Very special to wake up today to a profile of @viralemergence.org from Yale. We’re in month eight of turmoil right now, and it’s hard to focus on the science, but the truth is: we have a lot more work to do. ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Restoring traditional herding practices in northern #Botswana has led to a huge decrease in cattle predation + retaliatory lion poisonings. More #lion cubs are now surviving, with the lion population in northern Botswana up 50% over the past 4 years. #conservationoptimism

Is #AI turning grant evaluation into a lottery? 🎲 The 2025 generative AI improvement coincides with ~20% of proposals scoring >95% in EU #MSCA call. We’ve reached "excellence saturation." Time to rethink funding? 👉 doi.org/10.31222/osf... w/ @birder158.bsky.social #MetaScience #AcademicSky

New 2026 paper led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, @kruthsatz.bsky.social & I in @conphysjournal.bsky.social show studies on embryos make up <10% of conservation physiology studies, highlighting a major blind spot in predicting vulnerable life stages to climate change. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders. He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels." #COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Book review 📚 Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix go.nature.com/4oJQAra

There is one point of agreement among both enthusiasts and sceptics: the future has already arrived go.nature.com/48M5Xuu

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For the first time, microbes are part of global conservation efforts. 🌍🧫 The IUCN’s new Microbial Conservation Specialist Group— including @symbionticism.bsky.social —aims to protect the unseen majority of life on Earth. Read more: www.psu.edu/news/eberly-...

Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!