Three marine research positions: Post-Doc - Marine Food Web Rewiring: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Post-Doc - Biodiversity and Recovery Dynamics: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Project coordinator / research assistant - w/@timlamont.bsky.social hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

For anyone looking for a society journal to publish their research on geographical variation in biodiversity, 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 welcomes submissions on all taxa and at all levels of biological organisation. 🌍 biogeography.pensoft.net

Vaughn Cooper@vscooper.micropopbio.org · 3w ago

Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.

To put out an ad in our October newsletter, submissions are due by September 30! Send us an email with details. We look forward to hearing from you! (We're always happy to share opportunities via email and social media as well! Reach out at any time.)

2 #postdoc positions now live! 🐠🐡🐟 (1) #AI for #Ecology, (2) #Marine Field Ecology for AI-Enabled Behavioural Monitoring, & v soon (3) AI-Enabled #BehaviouralEcology for #Conservation Join our team, unlock #AnimalBehaviour as an early warning system. #Jobs @lec-reefs.bsky.social Links 👇

🤔 How can everyone, from schoolkids to biomolecular experts, participate in the eDNA Expeditions 2026–2028 sampling events? 🦀 We developed a reliable, field-tested, and accessible sampling protocol for all, with step-by-step guidance. ➡️ Learn more: ednaexpeditions.org/story/2026/0...

Skills & language on scientific publishing are not often taught. @ljfalkenberg.bsky.social, @erinkpeck.bsky.social and I are thrilled to present 📚The ASLO Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellowship Glossary: A living dictionary of scientific publishing acronyms, terms, and expressions tinyurl.com/doi19183304

Our Brief Communication on species name similarity is now officially published in Biodiversity Data Journal! 🪸🦀🦈 Explore how similar species names really are and why does this matter for biodiversity data. Open access 👇

How similar are species names and why does this matter for biodiversity data

Standardising taxonomic names is an essential step in biodiversity studies to ensure robust data aggregation under the most recent accepted species nomenclature. Fuzzy (inexact) matching is widely use...

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🎉 Our policy brief on why countries need @gbif.org is now available in a total of 11 languages!  👉 The newest language additions are Spanish 🇪🇦 and Lithuanian 🇱🇹  🌐 Check out the policy brief in your own language on: zenodo.org/records/2081...

Support the International Biogeography Society by submitting your biogeographic research to its journal, which is brilliantly run by editor in chief @rjwhittaker.bsky.social ⬇️

Robert J. Whittaker@rjwhittaker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Frontiers of Biogeography Retains Q1 Ranking, New Scopus CiteScore of 5.7 biogeography.pensoft.net/news/1291

New study led by S. Llorente-Culebras on drivers of knowledge gaps in global mammal traits databases. 📊 Traits like diet & body mass are known for >97% of species, but reproductive traits for <17%. 🚨 Biggest gaps: data-deficient, recently described, range-restricted species far from major cities.

Patterns and Drivers of Knowledge Gaps in Global Databases of Mammal Traits

Aim Knowledge gaps in biodiversity, particularly in species traits, can hinder an accurate understanding of species roles in ecosystems, limiting our comprehension of ecosystem functions, maintenanc...

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I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit.

Species names are commonly treated as unique identifiers, but how similar are they really? How far apart are congeneric species names? By analysing the scientific names of over 𝟐𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, we found some interesting results. 🪸🦀🦈

How similar are species names and why does this matter for #biodiversity #data @bdj.pensoft.net doi.org/10.3897/arph...

Looking forward to reading this. When combined with the inevitability of typos and misspellings, highly similar names present a tricky problem for assembling and using large DNA reference libraries for environmental DNA studies.

tomjwebb@tomjwebb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

How similar are species names, and what are the implications of this if you're trying to match names across different biodiversity databases? New preprint using @marinespecies.bsky.social data led by @andremenegotto.bsky.social preprints.arphahub.com/article/1969...

How similar are species names, and what are the implications of this if you're trying to match names across different biodiversity databases? New preprint using @marinespecies.bsky.social data led by @andremenegotto.bsky.social preprints.arphahub.com/article/1969...

If you’re into marine biodiversity / macroecology and are looking for an MSCA host, I strongly recommend @tomjwebb.bsky.social and the University of Sheffield. Tom is an excellent supervisor, and the university offers a great research environment to develop your project and grow as a scientist.

tomjwebb@tomjwebb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very happy to discuss opportunities to come and work on marine biodiversity / macroecology with me here @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Annual #mangrove forest #photography awards now open for entries:

Mangrove Photography Awards

The Awards provide an international platform that highlights the beauty, biodiversity, and fragility of mangrove forests through visual storytelling. Enter your mangrove photos from April 1st, 2026.

photography.mangroveactionproject.org

Back to Sheffield after a six-month secondment in the MNCN-CSIC with @jhortal.bsky.social. It was an amazing time, both scientifically and personally... learning a lot, exchanging ideas, reconnecting with old friends, and making new ones for life. Deeply grateful for this experience!!! 😊

Compared to continental ones, only a few #marine species are considered #extinct. Now we have one more, the #snail Conus lugubris from São Vicente Island (Cape Verde Archipelago). This species had a very restricted range now lost to "development". www.iucnredlist.org/species/1922...

So far, 47 participants from 25 countries signed up to take part in our global bioturbation experiment across freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems. No prior experience needed and we’ll send you a bioturbation kit - to join in, sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/projects

The postprint of this paper is now available via the @uam.es institutional repository. You can access the PDF of the accepted version here 👇

André Menegotto@andremenegotto.bsky.social · 2y ago

Occurrence records currently available may be insufficient to capture the latitudinal gradient of marine diversity. Computer simulations show that sampling bias persists even with the use of different richness estimators. 🌎🧪🦑 #Macroecology #MarineEcology 👇 Out now in GEB!

February's Funk Biogeography seminar is on the horizon! This month's speaker is Juan Pablo Quimbayo, who will talk about the role of traits in shaping marine biodiversity. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/fe...

🥁 After a week of 1000s of name suggestions - the newly found #chiton finally has a name! 👋Meet 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪! The "chiton of the people" is now officially described in @bdj.pensoft.net! 🌊 Many thanks to everyone who participated, @zefrank.bsky.social, @oceanspecies.bsky.social, & @sgn.one

The Internet Names a New Deep-Sea Species, Senckenberg researchers choose a scientific name from over 8,000 suggestions. | Blog

Published in the Biodiversity Data Journal, a new deep-sea chiton species was named via a global internet naming competition by Senckenberg, Pensoft, and Ze Frank.

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Starting the year at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus 🇩🇰 next week. Excited to see so many interesting works and meet great people there. If you’re interested in #marine macroecology, knowledge shortfalls, or data mobilization, come say hi! 😁

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

¿Sabes cuánto ignoramos de la #biodiversidad en los océanos? Nuevos hallazgos con vehículo submarinos controlados a distancia y #metagenómica muestran que gran parte de la vida marina sigue sin describir: desde arrecifes profundos hasta microbiomas desconocidos: 👉 theconversation.com/queda-mucho-...

¿Queda mucho por saber sobre la vida en los océanos?

La verdad es que apenas sabemos nada. Si recopiláramos el código genético de todos los organismos marinos descubiertos y aún por descubrir, escribiríamos nuevas enciclopedias de la vida con volúmenes ...

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Exploring the universe of species names has been really fun. I always assumed that genera would be shared across species more often than epithets. It makes sense, right? A genus can include many species, while the epithet is supposed to be more, well, “specific.” 😅 (1/2)

Starting a 6-month secondment at @mncn-csic.bsky.social (🇪🇸). Super glad to be joining @jhortal.bsky.social and his amazing team to advance our project #MarineGaps.

Dear ecologists 🌎 Which journals in ecology (or related fields) offer editor mentoring programs? I know about Journal of Applied Ecology, ESA Editorial Fellow, and ASLO Editorial Fellow. Any others that early-career researchers should track for future calls?

Finished off this year's conference season at #BESMacro2025. What an amazing experience! Great talks, incredible people, and plenty of networking opportunities. If you're into macroecology and get the chance, don't miss it next year!