Fight AfD. #noAfD #iDiv Scientists fight back against far-right plans to restrict academic freedom in Germany www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists fight back against far-right plans to restrict academic freedom in Germany

With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom.

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Responsible publishing - something to consider before reviewing, or submitting your next paper. Lets keep more money within the scientific community! academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

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A new study by Professor David Combosch (former postdoc) and OEB Professor Gonzalo Giribet reveals the surprising sex determination system in the living fossil, Nautilus #evolution #genetics #cephalopod #chromosome

Ancient Cephalopod, New Insight: Nautilus Reveals Unexpected Sex Chromosome System | Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Past to future 1/2 🌍 Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com perspective shows how archives, maps, art, oral histories & palaeo-records can enrich #biodiversity science—helping set baselines, track change & inform #conservation. 🔗 rdcu.be/eEcIt #history #ecology #baselines

In a parallel with the devastating destruction of the Aral Sea, Lake Urmia in Iran -- once one of the world's largest saltwater lakes -- has now also been completely destroyed by overpumping, #water diversions, and increased evaporation from climate change. www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/862...

'Lake Urmia Has Become Part of History,' Report Declares as NASA Images Confirm Complete Disappearance

NASA images have confirmed the complete disappearance of Iran's Lake Urmia, once one of the world's largest saltwater lakes, according to a report by Ettelaat Online. The 4,000-year-old "turquoise jew...

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This perspective is the fruit of a truly inspirational and interdisciplinary collaboration between biologists, archeologists, geographers and historians. Feeling very priviledged to have been a part of it!

Laetitia Navarro@laenavarro.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it: rdcu.be/eEcIt

@theguardian.com Reconnecting people with eels is wonderful, important and necessary But local initiatives are far from sufficient The eel will go extinct if its conservation doesn't grow to be drastic and widespread Check new paper below www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Activists blend science and folklore as they try to revive Somerset’s eel population

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Feargal Sharkey back campaign to save the animal, which once inspired placenames, songs and stories

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Miguel Clavero@chikichanka.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Perverse market incentives related to the desirability of rare items are pushing the European eel to extinction, by favoring its exploitation despite extreme scarcity @consletters.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social See thread below conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....