Meet our recent guest, David M. Lodge! To learn more about David and the revolutionary applications of environmental DNA, tune into our most recent episode “Conservation in a cup with David Lodge.” Link in our bio!

📖 New research Beta diversity of Arctiinae moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) along a recovering tropical forest gradient🦋 🌳 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/vKlxwr4

New #BiologyLetters research shows that warming waters and declining diatom abundance could threaten energy storage in Calanus finmarchicus, with potential consequences for marine food webs and ocean carbon sequestration. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Ecology #Ecosystem #EnvironmentalScience

This week we moved to Atlantic Forest, sampling Rio Branco, close to Itanhaem, with @kiewerlek.bsky.social, @drdanperkins.bsky.social, @vssaito.bsky.social and his lab

🌾 UKCEH's 3m Land Cover Map maps England in unprecedented detail, classifying 14bn+ 3m squares into 72 land cover & habitat types, from individual trees and hedgerows to buildings and solar arrays, supporting nature recovery. www.ceh.ac.uk/data/informa... www.ceh.ac.uk/press/showin... #LandUse

Ever heard of the five-toed worm lizard (Bipes biporus)? This critter spends most of its time underground: Each of its forelimbs is equipped with five clawed digits that are used for digging. It can grow up to 8.3 in (21.1 cm) long. Photo: franfauna, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

How local is local adaptation? Researchers transplanted more than 700 lab-raised stickleback fish among lake and stream environments, finding that adaptation to specific sites can outweigh adaptation to broader habitat differences. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/yTOk50ZP97o

Our lab is hiring a long-term Postdoc in marine animal physiology (5 years). Great chance to work with us phenotyping mussels & to develop your own research program on questions of choice. Excellent lab and aquaristics facilities and easy access to European seas: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoc-...

I am delighted to see our third issue of Global Change Biology Communications live online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/30669200...

Global Change Biology Communications: Vol 1, No 3

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Great team and some unexpected visitors

Successful sampling so far of streams and riparian communities for aquatic-terrestrial food web in Ribeirao Bonito, Brazil with @drdanperkins.bsky.social, @kiewerlek.bsky.social, @vssaito.bsky.social and others

Exciting to see our new paper about the overlooked #conservation values of #saline #lakes published in @natcomms.nature.com Check it out: rdcu.be/DwNCmA6WrVJa.

Lovely trip in Brazil so far with @kiewerlek.bsky.social @drdanperkins.bsky.social, Thursday presenting in Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Friday at Universidade Estadual Paulista - Rio Claro. Today and tomorrow visiting colleagues and friends at UNICAMP. Thanks for hosting @vssaito.bsky.social

New in PNAS today: we projected how climate change will reshape the body size of marine life across the entire ocean. 23,329 mollusc species, every ocean basin. The headline everyone expects is "life shrinks." The real answer is far stranger. 🧪 #marinelife www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Nonuniform resizing of marine life under climate change | PNAS

Global warming is often predicted to drive universal declines in animal body size, but empirical evidence remains equivocal. This is particularly t...

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Dragonflies surviving the drought - a clip from my latest video on what happens when a pond dries out you can watch here: youtu.be/PBw40QZm67A #UKWildlife #Pondlife #insects #amphibians

What makes a multispecies abundance indicator "wrong", and what can be done to fix it? Read our new paper in Ecography to find out! @sacrevert.bsky.social @spakey.bsky.social @susanjarvis.bsky.social, Gary Powney and Xiao-Li Meng @uniexecec.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

How to reduce sampling error in species population monitoring: from theory to methods

Progress towards national and international targets to halt and reverse declines in species' abundances will be assessed using multispecies indicators (MSIs). A distinction must be drawn between two ...

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This issue has emerged as another threat to the Arawa lakes with PFAs being found in Lake Rotorua. The close proximity of the airport to the lake has resulted in forever chemicals being detected - raising concerns about mahinga kai sourced from the lake.

‘We cannot say it’s safe’: Forever chemicals found in Lake Rotorua

The discovery has prompted calls for more testing and raised concerns about the safety of food taken from the lake.

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Worth repeating, in response to those who claim that the modern mass extinction event is overblown because many regions contain more species now than before. bsky.app/profile/ecoi...

Anthony Ricciardi@ecoinvasions.bsky.social · last yr.

A common (and misleading) question: "If most species invasions do not cause extinctions - and therefore increase species richness in invaded areas, shouldn't we conclude that most invasions are good for biodiversity?" Here is a straightforward answer from invasion science... 🧵

Rivers across Europe are running low on water. The Rhine, Danube and Po are at historically low levels. The water crisis is being intensified by global warming driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas. www.dw.com/en/europes-r...

Europe's rivers are drying up. Can they be saved?

The Rhine and Danube have reached historic lows. Dwindling water levels are affecting shipping, agriculture and ecosystems — and raising concerns about the future of drinking water supplies.

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New study synthesises zooplankton data from 311 lakes in 37 countries! A great resource for freshwater ecology! See: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Great leadership Steph Figary, @rmpilla.bsky.social, @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social & @drplanktonguy.bsky.social! 🧪

Summer mayfly swarms are a highly visible reminder of the progress made to improve the health of the #GreatLakes - even if it is sometimes gross to wake up to streets, cars, and everything else covered in a carpet of bugs www.statenews.org/section/the-...

Mayflies' return to Ohio isn't just a nuisance — it's a good sign for Lake Erie

An entire generation grew up without mayflies. But the pesky bug's return this summer points to a healthier Lake Erie .

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What co-benefits do we gain when planting trees along stream margins? We don't fully know. Fully-funded PhD going now — mapping food webs across Mt Taranaki's "ring of restoration" 🌱🐟 Please repost among your networks Email: frank.burdon@waikato.ac.nz

I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.

New study, just published. Consequences -> Global #warming 🌞can alter feeding preferences 🐸, species #interactions and systematically alter entire #food #webs…

Queen Mary Faculty of Science and Engineering@qmulse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As temperatures rise, amphibians are changing what they eat to cope 🐸 New research by @kratina.bsky.social from @qmul.bsky.social shows tadpoles can adapt their diet, but only up to a point, revealing limits to nature's ability to keep pace with climate change. www.qmul.ac.uk/news/latest-...

Have #natural #microcosms fulfilled the promise of #model systems? Read our new paper, with @srivastavalab.bsky.social, @ecolgonzalez.bsky.social, Nick Gotelli & others royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Natural microcosms in ecology: fulfilling the promise of model systems?

Abstract. Natural microcosms (NMs) have been proposed as model systems for ecology based on their ubiquity, ease of study and natural context. We assess wh

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When it's 91-93°F me: dying Devils Hole pupfish: thriving

Important study -> More complex ecosystems, especially those with higher #diversity of #predators, function more effectively! Led by @barnesecodiv.bsky.social. Exciting to see this published in @nature.com. @qmulsbbs.bsky.social

Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social

🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there?  A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years.  Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected.  doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lynn Hsu.

Globally, 84% of the heatwave days people were exposed to in 2020-24 would not have occurred without climate change. The rate of deaths associated with heat exposure increased by 23% from the 1990s, reaching 546,000 deaths annually. Look where people are dying. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...