Sal Keith (she/her)

ONE WEEK LEFT to join our team! Senior Research Associate in AI-Enabled Behavioural Ecology for Conservation UKRI-funded; coral reefs/UK waters; 2yrs9mth No prior knowledge of AI required, willingness to learn essential! sallykeith.weebly.com/team.html @lec-reefs.bsky.social

New paper! We outline the shortfall in #behavioural #diversity knowledge, exploring why it matters, how the existing data are distributed, and how we can create solutions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Led by @ivanjaric.bsky.social + many awesome co-authors! @macrobehaviour.bsky.social

PhD OPPORTUNITY: From sound to species: scalable acoustic monitoring of UK coastal fish www.exageo.org/phd-student-... Join me @timlamont.bsky.social @tiffanyvlaar.bsky.social + CASE partner @naturalengland.bsky.social! Oct2027 start, 3.5yrs funded, deadline Jan 31st Diverse applicants encouraged

Phew! Good to wake up to Lula getting in this morning 🥳

3 awesome #jobs open NOW with @nickajgraham.bsky.social 2x Senior Research Associates: 1. Marine biodiversity & recovery dynamics hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 2. Marine food web rewiring hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... + Project coordinator & RA hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Great that @asab.org offers these 2 grants for attendance to help create a more diverse conference 👏

One week left until a lot of important deadlines ⌛️

How do orangutans build their huge diet profiles before adulthood? @revathe.bsky.social and colleagues show, for the first time, how multiple forms of learning interact over many years to build broad, survival-relevant ecological skills in a wild great ape. Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Hello friends, the Harvard Life Science departments have banded together to hire a new colleague working at the intersection of Life Sciences and AI. Could be primarily an experimentalist, or could be primarily a compute/theorist. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16773

I created this schematic of how AI, ML and neural networks fit together the other day for our HoD - sharing here in case it's useful for anyone else...

NEW! Mesopredatory fish communities keep stable coz diff species populations do diff things at diff times, via functional diversity. Used 197 Indo-Pacific time series. Led by the brill @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social Read it here nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @lec-reefs.bsky.social

Erika Woolsey is a 2026 TIME Magazine Trailblazer 🤩 Her work delivering immersive VR ocean experiences has been transformative, connecting >2.75M people to the ocean & enhancing conservation time.com/collection/t... thehydro.us/home Massive congrats! 1st PhD I had the pleasure to co-supervise 👌

Last 2 days! Join our team!

Inspiring morning at Low Carbon Computing Conference lancaster-university.github.io/loco2026/pro... Loved Marloes de Valk keynote on ideas of “radical technology”, “soft tech” &“feminist servers” - more at damaged.bleu255.com de Valk: “stay critical & always consider other ways” @dsailu.bsky.social

Born #OnThisDay in 1907 was geologist and palaeontologist Professor Dorothy Hill FRS. She was the first female professor at an Australian university, first female president of the Australian Academy of Science, and the first Australian woman to become Fellow of the Royal Society. #WomenInSTEM

Delighted to share this work from my PhD, which is now published in Animal Conservation: 🎉 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to my co-authors, and to all the funders who supported this work. #MarineMammals #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #AnimalMovement #Seals

Turns out that aquatic inverts are SUPER important nutrient contributors to human diet www.nature.com/articles/s41... Want more selenium? Eat more echinoderms! Led by @jzamborainmason.bsky.social with @james-robinson.bsky.social @christinahicks.bsky.social et al @lec-reefs.bsky.social

ONE WEEK LEFT to apply 2 UKRI-funded Senior Research Associates; intersection of behaviour, conservation + AI (coral reefs/UK waters) 1x2yr9mth; 1x2yrs. TWO WEEKS LEFT for the 3rd position on behavioural ecology (2yrs9mth) More info here sallykeith.weebly.com/team.html @lec-reefs.bsky.social

This new paper is EPIC!

Lancaster! Join us at Lancaster Arts' Festival of Dissent tmrw @the Gregson 11am-late. I paired with the wonderful Imogen Ashby, performance maker&artist, for the What Happens If...? residency. Our "What Happened to the Magic?" puts kids in control of the Qs www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invite...

Only three weeks left to apply for BES Fellowship ✍️ If you, or someone you know, has made an outstanding contribution to the field of ecology, we'd love to hear from you. Join our community of Fellows who are shaping the future of ecology.  Apply by 21 September 👇 https://shorturl.at/uNyWV

Shocking anthropomorphism of AI model outputs, fuelling confusion & fear. Relies on X user reports - without prompt details it is unclear how much the model was just following poor user input www.theguardian.com/technology/2... For responsible ways to talk about AI buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

Are you passionate about code integrity and accessibility? Do you have skills in R, Python or Julia? Why not apply to be one of our new Code Integrity and Accessibility AEs? Open to any career stage. Details here: apply.workable.com/britishecolo... (sadly not paid, but comes with nice perks)

Illegal bomb fishing is causing damage to our most biodiverse coral reefs - but new research offers hope for better prevention 🐠 A study involving @lec-reefs.bsky.social researcher Dr Tim Lamont has detected detonations in a global marine biodiversity hotspot at a rate of almost one per hour.

Very excited to see the #Island-Ocean Research Hub get going! Massive congrats to @nickajgraham.bsky.social on the Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship that will fund this ambitious, much needed & sustained programme for TEN years! More here: portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...

Jason Arday was subjected to a racially driven witch hunt. Far worse accusations or even confirmed cases of academic misconduct have received scant media attention. There should be an inquiry into media behaviour, bias and ethics. This can’t go unaccounted or happen again www.bbc.com/news/article...

2026. Enabling Fieldwork for All (EFFA) Framework: Supporting physical, social, financial, and psychological safety in the field | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Center for Scientific Integrity is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the 2026 Ctrl-Z Award. Named for the universal keyboard shortcut for “undo,” the Ctrl-Z Award this year honors @cetaceanneeded.bsky.social and @katelaskowski.bsky.social for choosing transparency over reputation.

Open position of Associate Professor in Behavioral ecology and cultural evolution at the @dee-unil.bsky.social! You can toggle the ad to English on top right: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

Wow! This conference looks awesome. I'm going to have some serious FOMO...

Almost at #BESMacro2026 ☺️ Looking forward to hearing what everyone is up to in the world of macroecology

Launched today! New resources for Morecambe Bay Curriculum including "Signals of the Bay: Grey Seal Behaviour in a Changing Ecosystem" developed by Vic Bond @LMC and me @lec-reefs.bsky.social for FE students www.lancaster.ac.uk/morecambe-ba... Includes optional resource on AI use @dsailu.bsky.social

UKHO is searching for a marine biologist to join their team as an Ocean Environment Scientist: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...