Excited to share our new paper in Biological Conservation🎉 We show how camera traps can be used to remotely detect and monitor snare injuries in unhabituated wild chimpanzees, providing a scalable, non-invasive way to monitor wildlife health across large landscapes. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Delighted to share our article, 'Building Community Science Together'. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #CommunityScience #CitizenScience #Ecology

(PDF) Building Community Science Together

PDF | On Jun 1, 2026, Chloe Chesney and others published Building Community Science Together | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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Know an ecologist whose work has made significant contributions to the science and practice of ecology, its communication, and the global ecological community? Or is this you? 🌿 The BES Fellows programme is open to applications until 23 April. Please share widely! @britishecologicalsociety.org

New paper out! 🎉 We show that local ecological knowledge can reveal where cryptic nocturnal primates are. 👀 Galagos? Widely reported (via calls + red eyeshine) 🚫 Pottos? Likely absent Takeaway: communities already hold key biodiversity data 👂 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Local Ecological Knowledge Reveals the Distribution of Cryptic Nocturnal Wildlife

Many nocturnal animals are difficult to study because they are rarely seen, including nocturnal primates, galagos and pottos, in West Africa. Working with over 600 people in 52 villages in southern G...

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There's still time to register for our first event! 🎉 What's involved? - Meet the committee - Hear from community science researchers - Have your say in shaping the future of the group More details & registration: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/buil... @britishecologicalsociety.org

The @britishecologicalsociety.org has launched a new @bes-communitysci.bsky.social, open to everyone. Great to see our very own Lisa Phipps featured as the very first Member Spotlight! 🎉 We hope her story inspires even more people to get involved in community science and wildlife recording🌼📲

Community Science Group - British Ecological Society

Bringing people together to support creativity in ecological research.

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BES Community Science Group@bes-communitysci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Our March newsletter has arrived in members' inboxes! 📨 In this issue we're thrilled to announce our first event as a SIG, share our first member spotlight, and bring you the latest news, events and opportunities across our network. Read and subscribe here: tinyurl.com/commsci-march-newsletter

Citizen science, or community science? Hear from our Chair, @chloechesney.bsky.social on why we changed the name of our special interest group from Citizen Science to Community Science in the latest edition of @britishecologicalsociety.org Niche magazine. Become a member to get your copy today!

We’re excited to be launching ‘Member Spotlights’ in upcoming newsletters Share a short update - a project you’re working on, recent achievements, or an area of interest - to communityscience@britishecologicalsociety.org We’re looking forward to showcasing the great work happening in our community

Our 4th newsletter is out now. Sharing events going on at @rbgkew.bsky.social and @britishecologicalsociety.org, putting a call out for future 'Member Spotlights' and sharing new community [citizen] science research. Read and subscribe here: mailchi.mp/britishecolo...

We have a new photo for the SIG, taken by our chair @chloechesney.bsky.social outside her home during her PhD in Guinea-Bissau. Foot prints of the community: people, chickens, dogs, can you see any others? www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/citi...

Community Science Group - British Ecological Society

Bringing people together to support creativity in ecological research.

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Excited to be chairing the @britishecologicalsociety.org’s new SIG on Community Science 🌱

BES Community Science Group@bes-communitysci.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Exciting news! 🎉 Welcome to the Community Science SIG at the British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org! Join us to connect, collaborate & celebrate community science: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/citi... #CommSciSIG #Ecology #CommunityScience