Super excited to share that my latest paper from my PhD is now published! 🎉 If you're into camera traps, citizen science, animal individual ID or pine martens this ones for you! 😆 doi.org/10.1002/rse2... Big thanks to my co-authors and everyone who in the MammalWeb community who contributed! 📷

Citizen Science for Individual Identification of Pine Martens Martes martes From Camera Trap Footage

Camera traps generate large volumes of wildlife footage, but identifying animals to the individual level remains challenging and time-consuming. Using European pine martens in the Forest of Dean as a....

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📢 Our latest newsletter has just gone out! Find news on our transition to a charity, info on platform updates, news on projects, an updated spotters league and an image sequence to test your bird-watching prowess. Read it here: eomail1.com/web-version?...

The Wildlife Research Student Prize for Best Paper is now open for eligible submissions. If you're a student lead author publishing in Wildlife Research, you could be eligible to win! connectsci.au/wr/pages/awa... #WildlifeResearch #BlueskyScience #ECRChat #PhDLife #ResearchCommunity

Join the @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social Editorial Board! We're seeking Associate Editors to help evaluate submissions and manage peer review. Applications from all regions welcome, especially from Africa, Asia and South America. connectsci.au/wr/pages/edi... #WildlifeResearch

'Absence or avoidance? White shark response to killer whale predation risk' By @bellareeves.bsky.social, Adam Barnett, David Donnelly, @meyer-sci.bsky.social, @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social #OpenAccess in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social: connectsci.au/wr/article/5... #WildlifeResearch 4/4

An otter-ly awesome spot from our trail cameras in Gwent! Otters are a European protected species so it’s wonderful to capture this family venturing out from their holt. 🦦 Sign up to be a hedgehog spotter at www.nhmp.org.uk. NHMP led by us and British Hedgehog Preservation Society.

1 week left to apply for this PhD. ✅ Field surveys ✅ Cutting-edge modelling ✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social 🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26 #PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social

Philip Stephens@ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd

Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use 🔗 tinyurl.com/3xxvv9n6 🏢 @durham.ac.uk 👥 @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social, ME, Flurina Wartmann

Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use at Durham University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):

📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd

📢 Fully funded PhD available: Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use Through @netgain.bsky.social, with @naturescot.bsky.social More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (UK ‘home students’ only) #phd #wildlife #deer #ecology

Ten ways to tackle feral cats but one size doesn’t fit all 🐈 Study looks at different control methods (from aerial baiting to detector dogs) across Australia’s varied landscapes, finding that effectiveness differs by terrain, land use and social license. #FeralCats #Ecology doi.org/10.1071/WR23...

Hot off the press: a new study contrasts how the extent vs. severity of fire shape occupancy for two marsupial gliders in NSW. A timely look at how wildlife responds when the landscape heats up. 🔥 #WildlifeResearch #FireEcology #GliderConservation #AustralianWildlife doi.org/10.1071/WR24...

📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd

Maybe of interest to participants at #BES2025

Iapetus DTP@iapetusdtp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2026 start: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... @ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen

PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2026 start: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... @ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen

We recently sent out our November newsletter. Read about a new deer ID guide, the latest platform developments, a tempting offer for training, news of a new competition, and more! If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/MWNOV25 #cameratraps #ukwildlife #mammals

Proud that @csiropublishing.bsky.social 's Wildlife Research has published this fabulous collection of indigenous-led and cross-cultural research! #IndigenousKnowledge | #TraditionalKnowledge | #IPLC | #wildlife | #ecology

Biodiversity Council@biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A new special collection, released in the journal Wildlife Research @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social, published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social, showcases some of the amazing Indigenous-led and cross-cultural wildlife research occurring in Australia 🧪 Watch the full interview in the link below.

Our researchers are working with affrichighlands.bsky.social to track red deer 🦌 in the Scottish Highlands to understand their movements and impact on the landscape. 📺Watch the latest episode of BBC Scotland’s Landward to find out more. brnw.ch/21wWk1s @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social

New PhD opportunity: Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @chrissuthy.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew

Excited to share the preprint of our first @cascade-hei.bsky.social paper on “Potential for academic institutions to support international biodiversity commitments” 🌿 🌍.

Our bioscientists are tracking the movement of red deer in the Highlands of Scotland using GPS collars as part of a new project to inform how to manage deer health, numbers and habitats 🦌 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social‬ @affrichighlands.bsky.social‬

Our June newsletter is out. It has an NHMP competition update, news on site developments, and a mystery deer to classify. If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here: lnkd.in/d7SCd6wZ If you're feeling keen, you can also classify the mystery stag, here: lnkd.in/dshPEidZ #cameratraps

Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️ Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest. Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social Apply by June 19th www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

New research from Professor David Graham in our Biosciences department reveals that climate change is speeding up the spread of antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — especially in colder regions. Learn more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Iapetus news, May 2025

The latest news from Iapetus DTP

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Fantastic new paper led by @charlotteesharpe.bsky.social exploring the integration of Ai and citizen science through @mammalweb.bsky.social with @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CJ8QP4...

Edinburgh looking fine on the first day of the Iapetus student conference 2025, funded by @ukri.org.

Our May newsletter has just gone out, featuring - among other things - news of a competition happening now, with prizes awarded by @ptes-org.bsky.social! If you don't yet subscribe, check it out here eomail1.com/web-version?... #mammals #ukwildlife #cameratraps