Álvaro Luna
@alvaroluna87.bsky.social
PhD in Biology 🐦🌍🦅 | Urban Ecology, Plastic Pollution & Wildlife Conservation | PI of the Study and Conservation of Biodiversity Research Group.
1/9 Ethnozoology of medicinal plants used by elephants on Mount Elgon (Kenya) The researchers interviewed 8 local experts on elephant behavior, all with more than 20 years of experience, and what they learned is astonishing. (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This policy directions paper proposes a roadmap for responsible AI in applied ecology linking evaluation to decision context, clarifying responsibility, and ensuring AI strengthens rather than displaces accountable decision-making 🦇 🖥️ Read more👉️ buff.ly/FFqp5Tr
Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology
Peer review, 2026: AI submitting and reviewing itself
Drone delivery and air taxi use are expanding rapidly. A Comment article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discusses how ecological safeguards for the airspace shared between drones and flying wildlife are scarce. go.nature.com/3TOyI4y #econsky 🌎🧪
Nueva publicación: colapso de la comunidad de anfibios local tras la llegada del cangrejo rojo americano Procambarus clarkii: ojs.herpetologica.org/index.php/ba...
Two decades after a helicopter crash claimed 24 of Nepal’s top conservationists, the loss of visionary leadership is still felt. While tiger numbers tripled on community models built by that "lost generation," rising human-wildlife conflict demands a new approach. Abhaya Raj Joshi reports.
Two decades on, Nepal’s conservationists search for new ‘dream’ generation
KATHMANDU — In September 2006, Nepal’s then Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Gopal Rai and a contingent of conservation leaders flew to a remote village in eastern Nepal to hand over a…
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Espartosa et al. Volatile Compounds in Feathers of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) Reflect Sex and Pair‐Bond Status onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology
Volatile Compounds in Feathers of the Scarlet Macaw (<i>Ara macao</i>) Reflect Sex and Pair‐Bond Status
Scarlet macaws exhibit sex- and pair-related differences in plumage volatile composition, with males showing greater chemical richness. Partnered individuals differ in specific compound classes, wher...
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Rare video of night parrot chick hiding in spinifex tunnel in WA desert
Video captures ranger's joyful tears on finding rare night parrot chick
New video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day.
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Hilo: cómo reconocer las aves marinas por su forma de volar. Desde un cabo, lo primero que se pierde es el color; lo último, la silueta y el vuelo.Sin tener ni idea y con ganas de aprender. Una animación por especie 🤣🤣 🧵👇 #seawatching #hegaztiak
Where did bats come from?🦇🌍 After decades of debate, the biggest bat genome + fossil study ever done has an answer - and it’s not where anyone expected! 🤩OUR PHASE 1 FLAGSHIP is out today in nature! doi.org/10.1038/s415... A thread 🧵
Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature
An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.
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We just published the first study showing that a bird-of-prey goes through an ontogenetic window of exploratory play. Young goshawks look like young cheetahs when tossing pine cones into the air, chasing after them. Just published in Animal Behaviour: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4
Think of all the issues people should really have ‘legitimate concerns’ about Biodiversity loss Ecosystem degradation Extreme heat Droughts Intense wildfires Water shortages Dirty water Polluted air Sea level rise Crop failures Floods New pandemics Food shortages Plastics in our bodies & env’t…
The scientific impact of gender in behaviour, ecology and evolution: authorship and citation performance @marinapapa.bsky.social & Afruni: 20 years on, male-dominated author teams still prevail and solo female authorship remains rare www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The scientific impact of gender in behaviour, ecology and evolution: authorship and citation performance
Over the last few decades, gender bias across scientific disciplines has been revealed in the form of skewed gender ratios among invited speakers in c…
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Our paper is on the cover of the latest issue of Hydrobiologia! 🎨🐟 Our study on non-native freshwater fishes across the circum-Mediterranean region is featured on the cover of Volume 853, Issue 20. Pretty cool to see my photo out there! 🔗: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy to see my photo on the bird meat trade in Cambodia recognized in this year's Bird Photographer of the Year competition! Yellow bitterns and other waterbirds on sale in downtown Phnom Penh - our investigation found #birds available across most markets of the capital and several provinces 🌏
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoWinners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures
El trabajo revela que las mariposas con colores azules, amarillos, más contraste... son consideradas más bellas y acaban estando sobre-representadas en listados y políticas de conservación, frente a especies marrones, con menos contraste de colores, muchas veces más amenazadas.
"Una investigación internacional revela cómo la belleza de las mariposas condiciona su interés social y las políticas de conservación" Nota de prensa @universidadoviedo.bsky.social sobre nuestro reciente trabajo: Daporto et. al. @currentbiology.bsky.social www.uniovi.es/actualidad/n...
Me resulta llamativa la frecuencia con la que se ven roqueros solitarios (subespecie distinta a la de España, por si no os cuadra) en templos y otras construcciones históricas japonesas.
Curioso viaje a mi infancia en Yotsugi. Creo que en este barrio de Tokio nació el autor de Oliver y Benji, y aquí se inspiró la serie. La parada de metro es un homenaje, y hay una ruta por el barrio para encontrar 9 estatuas con personajes de la serie.
