❗New paper alert❗ in @natureportfolio.nature.com Comm compares alpine biodiversity across mountain systems and taxonomic groups worldwide. Led by PhD @lottaschultz.bsky.social Biodiversity patterns differs among mountains, and plants, birds, mammals, and reptiles! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In 2019, a Persian leopard named Aren was first spotted in Armenia. Later that year, he was seen again, but he was missing a leg. Rangers believe he stepped on a landmine. Aren's story shows how roads, fences, & landmines fragment the habitat of this endangered species. By @ayleighk.bsky.social.

Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and landmines

Last September, zoologist and conservationist Bejan Lortkipanidze received a video file from a collaborator, Zurab Gurielidze, the head of Georgia’s Tbilisi Zoo. Gurielidze offered no details, but…

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❗Looking for suggestions ❗ I would like to find gape size (width) data for as many frugivorous mammal species as possible, do you know any good papers that collate such data?

Fully-funded PhD with me in beautiful North Wales (field work in Sumatra). From conflict to coexistence: how can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? With @wwf.org.uk, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...

Only a few days left to the deadline of SCB Europe Early-Career Conservationist Award 2026! Apply now!

Society for Conservation Biology - Europe@scbeurope.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🏆 NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR OUR EARLY CAREER AWARD 2026 🏆 Conservationist within 6 years since latest degree & based in Europe/working on European ecosystems? Highlight your achievements in conservation research/practice/policy/education & apply by March 30th! www.scbeurope.org/en/early-car...

Protecting nature shouldn’t cost rangers their mental health. Our new study highlights the urgent need for mental health support for them worldwide. New paper by Mahmood Soofi & colleges out now in Conservation Letters! @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/con4...

Since 2024, CDKN has worked with Nature and People as One (NaPO), K2A grantee, in northern Kenya. This photo story, published in celebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists, with images provided by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, documents NaPO’s HCN initiative. 👉bit.ly/46kwhK4

#ECCB2026 deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating! #conservation #networking

One more day to apply! #RestoreNature #Biodiversity #Wildlife

Patrick Jansen 🐾@patrickjansen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration? Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

If you’re an early-career #conservation researcher or practitioner, planning to attend @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden later this year but struggle with funding, don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Society for Conservation Biology - Europe@scbeurope.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are offering registration fee waivers to support early-career conservationists and practitioners facing financial barriers to attend the next ECCB @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden! 📅 Deadline March 15th 📢 Results by April 5th Details & how to apply: www.scbeurope.org/en/actualiti...

📢 ECCB 2026 deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating! Questions? Message us!

With the increase of recreation on public lands, there is an increasing need for data on how recreation affects wildlife. We ask whether wildlife responses to recreation depended on previous exposure to recreation Paper, led by @markdittmer.bsky.social here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The landscape of no worries? Increased recreation exposure decreases the landscape of human fear in wildlife

Recreation's expanding footprint increasingly overlaps habitats once considered refuges from human disturbance. Yet our ability to predict wildlife re…

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Since 2024, CDKN has worked with Nature and People as One (NaPO), a K2A grantee, in northern Kenya. In celebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists, a new photo story, with images provided by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, documents NaPO’s HCN initiative. 👉bit.ly/46kwhK4

Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration? Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Look at this great picture of this beautiful snow leopard taken by the UNEP Vanishing Treasures project (Tajikistan)! Check out @arashghoddousi.bsky.social and colleagues' paper in @ambio-journal.bsky.social for more information link.springer.com/article/10.1... #snowleopard #tajikistan #biogeo

A great start to the new year: registration for the European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB 2026) is now officially open! Participants can take advantage of a special Early Bird discount, available until 31 March 2026. More on: eccb26leiden.eu/registration/

Nice outcome of the Vanishing Treasures project with @unep.org and a large team of regional collaborators (🙏).

Once again: context specificity matters! Even under the same climate change scenario in the same ecoregion, some landscapes will require conflict mitigation measures, while others will offer restoration opportunities.

Regionally diverging results under climate change: - more overlaps between snow leopards and pastoralism in the future Tajikistan (below) - less overlaps and increasing spatial separation of wildlife and pastoralists in Kyrgyzstan

We used species distribution models to analyze the current and future distributions of (a) snow leopards, (b) their prey, and (c) pastoralist - and how they overlap - for two large landscapes in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Spatial overlaps signal interactions and the potential for conflict.

Climate change impacts on the potential for coexistence between snow leopards and people in Central Asia's mountains - new paper out, led by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social in @ambio-journal.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Our society has a brand-new website! 🎉 Explore our latest activities, news, governance, and ways to get involved. A clearer window into who we are and the work we do for conservation across Europe. Check it out: scbeurope.org

📣Job vacancy!📣 Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... #ConservationScience 🌍

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation

Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...

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Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid Ecol&Evol

Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.

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The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended until November 15th! Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more. @eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social #conservation #networking

The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended by 2 weeks! Apply before November 15th. The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, and closes January 31st, 2026. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu.

In case you missed Bella's workshop at #ICCB2025: join SCB & Current Conservation for Noticing Nature: A Nature Journaling Workshop with Bella Charlton! #conservation #biodiversity #scienceart

Society for Conservation Biology@society4conbio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Slow down and really see nature. Join artist–zoologist Bella Charlton for a free online workshop on #NatureJournaling - hosted by SCB and Current Conservation. 🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET 🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed! 👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SciComm

Please repost! I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information: @camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk

We developed a framework, rooted in social-ecological systems theory, to identify key pathways of how shocks impact large carnivores - and exemplify this framework with three case studies (jaguars, snow leopards, Asiatic cheetah) @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social

🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4 @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social