Summary of @darrenjparker.bsky.social's recent paper on stick insect evolution! www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-08...

Scientists make surprising finding about insects that reproduce without sex

Research, led by Dr Darren Parker, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology at Bangor University, studied the genes of several species of Timema (a type of stick insect), which haven’t engaged in sexual repro...

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Very exciting news for Bangor!

Alex Georgiev@alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · last mo.

Some big news to share! @rhythmsoflife.bsky.social www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

Heading North to lead this all-female Arctic expedition, researching the land to sea leakages and quantities of #microplastic #plasticpollution to better inform effective solutions @sosbangor.bsky.social Read more: www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

Our new paper is out! Congrats to all involved. Dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation are maintained under relaxed selection | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation are maintained under relaxed selection | PNAS

Dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) are key mechanisms regulating gene expression from the X chromosome in male-hete...

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🌊 New paper by Jonathan Heath @sosbangor.bsky.social 🦞 ⚓ Anchoring pressure on the seabed can be estimated from AIS ship tracking data Pressure can be mapped to highlight spatial hotspots Significant pressure levels revealed in a designated conservation area www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

You can follow along for pics on Instagram! @zanzredcolobusproject

Zanzibar Red Colobus Project@zrcp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Monkey research summer in full flow with @beps-bangor.bsky.social students Andy, Osian and Toby here at Jozani-Chwaka Bay NP in Zanzibar following multiple groups of the endemic and Endangered Zanzibar red colobus!

Monkey research summer in full flow with @beps-bangor.bsky.social students Andy, Osian and Toby here at Jozani-Chwaka Bay NP in Zanzibar following multiple groups of the endemic and Endangered Zanzibar red colobus!

🚨Job alert!!🚨 I'm recruiting a 3-year postdoc on amphibian host–microbiome interactions at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - funded by BBSRC. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW850/p...

Submit your abstract for Ento26 and join us in Cardiff for lots of fascinating insect science! Deadline is tomorrow!

Royal Entomological Society@royentsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 Abstract submission for #Ento26 closes this Friday. There’s still time to take part - Talk or a poster, this is your chance to: 🔬 Share your research 🧠 Get feedback from experts 🤝 Build new connections Make sure your work is part of the programme 🔽 buff.ly/oMvnU2G ⏳ Deadline: 12 June

Final week to apply for our FREE Young Leaders Course➡️ www.bto.org/young-le... This residential course is for young people aged 18–25 who want to make a difference for the natural world & for people. 🌳🐦 📆 Monday 27 to Friday 31 July 2026. 📍 Cameron’s Cottage, Hampshire. 📝 Deadline: 22 June

Congratulations to Ben on this exciting funding success! 🥳

Benjamin Jarrett@bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am very happy to share that I will be exploring herbivory and native insect adaptation to the invasive Rhododendron ponticum across North Wales with funding from an ARIA seed grant! @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

I am very happy to share that I will be exploring herbivory and native insect adaptation to the invasive Rhododendron ponticum across North Wales with funding from an ARIA seed grant! @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)@aria-research.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meet our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience seed Creators 🌱 Backed by up to £500k, these projects span advanced ecosystem sensing, nature-based interventions, autonomous robots and molecular tools for conservation. Discover the teams: link.aria.org.uk/EER-seed-creators-BS

Huge congrats to BEPs members Richard Holland and @wschneider.bsky.social on their recent paper on bat navigation in @science.org! 🦇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Disruptive effects of brief radiofrequency noise exposure on migratory bat navigation

How anthropogenic electromagnetic noise can affect living systems is a poorly understood impact of an increasingly urbanized natural environment, especially when occurring in a sublethal manner. In th...

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Learn how to respond to reviewers with confidence. In a recent article from @conphysjournal.bsky.social, members of the editorial team share practical tips for responding to peer review: oxford.ly/3RKFZB5

The closing date for applications for this postdoc on the evolutionary ecology of insects associated with the invasive Rhododendron ponticum is THIS FRIDAY the 5th of June! Join us in wonderful Bangor!

Benjamin Jarrett@bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Huge congrats to BEPs members Richard Holland and @wschneider.bsky.social on their recent paper on bat navigation in @science.org! 🦇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Disruptive effects of brief radiofrequency noise exposure on migratory bat navigation

How anthropogenic electromagnetic noise can affect living systems is a poorly understood impact of an increasingly urbanized natural environment, especially when occurring in a sublethal manner. In th...

science.org

I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

The @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social conference is in full swing! With great representation from our research group. MRes student Keya did a great job presenting her research so far, with lots more to come! @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social

I’m a bit biased as I’m married to him BUT this will be a great project and a brilliant opportunity for an evolutionary ecologist who values variety (genomics, fieldwork, entomology) and who’d like to live in beautiful North Wales!

Benjamin Jarrett@bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

So good to see this innovative terrestrial #eDNA #invertebrate #habitatcomplexity work published by @meebangor.bsky.social collaborators Daniela Zuzolo, Gina Gizzi and team from University of Sannio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... dstunisannio.it/en/introduct...

Great opportunity to join our group as a postdoc! Contact Ben ASAP for more info :)

Benjamin Jarrett@bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

@therockpoolproject.bsky.social National BioBlitz is taking place from 23-31 May 2026. It is a flexible event where participants can head to their local shore on the day that works best for them.

I'm in Berlin Natural History Museum looking at Lake Malawi cichlid specimens collected in the 1890s. Some were described in 1926, the year David Attenborough was born!

Some lovely talks from BEPs colleagues and others today to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday! Reflections on his huge contributions to natural history scicomm with particular reference to primatology from @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social and entomology from @bjmjarrett.bsky.social 🐵 🐞

The UK is sizzling towards a big Friday next week. David Attenborough’s 100. Uni colleagues what are you doing to mark the day??

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Excited to say my 2nd phd paper has been published! We used natural variation in ecological time series to estimate thresholds --> identify relationships with environmental gradients (eg. depth) --> use threshold distributions to estimate probability of being in good status doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Jan Geert Hiddink@jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌊🦞 Better tools for ocean health assessment! 🪱🪸 @lornamckellar.bsky.social's new paper delivers a robust, scalable & pressure-independent way to estimate the probability of good ecosystem status across marine systems. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪

We have made it to Sun Moon Lake for the Species on the Move conference @sotm2026.bsky.social. Beautiful location!

I’m visiting my friend and collaborator Dr Syuan-Jyun Sun at National Taiwan University in Taipei at the moment. He has built a wonderful supportive lab here and it is brilliant to see. Cool science already done and much more to come @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social

New citizen science initiative launched 🎉 Anyone in the UK can join in by registering their garden and recording the wildlife they see using established apps (FIT Count, iRecord Butterflies or iRecord) More info: ngs.org.uk/the-big-brit... Register today: esurveyor.ceh.ac.uk/national-gar...

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)@ukceh.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Great to be partnering with National Garden Scheme on The Big British Garden Survey to reveal the wildlife thriving in our gardens 🦋🐞. Record what you see and help build a national picture of UK #biodiversity. Join in: ngs.org.uk/the-big-brit... 🧪 @abigaillowe.bsky.social

Have you ever wondered what #wildlife does at #night? How prevalent night-time activity/ nocturnality is? 🦇 🦉 🦗 How night-time conditions differ from daytime and between nights? 🌃 🌟 🌑 🌕️🌘 We, Almut Kelber & myself, just published a Quick Guide on Nocturnality @Currentbiology 🧵 ➡️ shorturl.at/TpA13