Great new paper by Susan Fountaine on women experts in the media & challenges they face - worth a read journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🌏🧪
Margaret Stanley
@ecostanley.bsky.social
Professor, University of Auckland: urban ecology, conservation, invasive species. Mum to 2 teenagers. Nature fan. She/her. Aotearoa - New Zealand. UOA profile: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/mc-stanley
I just voted! Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2025: interactives.landcareresearch.co.nz/foty/
Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2026 - Interactives | Bioeconomy Science Institute (Manaaki Whenua Group)
Vote for your favourite fungus, or maybe vote for a fungus that is threatened, or culturally important, or edible, or (on the negative side) one that’s causing an important disease.
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The Hauraki Gulf is getting noisier, pushing sea life to the brink newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/31/t...
The Hauraki Gulf is getting noisier, pushing sea life to the brink
Lockdown was a great time to be a fish as humans stopped drowning out their environments with shipping and recreational boating. It’s time to consider quiet zones in the Hauraki Gulf.
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"New research by University of Auckland PhD candidate Diana Borse found that more gardens translated into more weeds." Excited to see Diana's research in the media. She submitted her thesis 2 weeks ago! More to come on this! @dianaborse.bsky.social 🧪🌏🌐
Invasion of the house plants
Every year, several previously harmless plant species go rogue, escaping from homes and gardens and multiplying unstoppably – but we could stop them before they destroy local ecosystems.
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20% of urban areas in NZ are lawn - the costs to health & pockets is massive!
Auckland's love affair with lawns comes with a hefty bill
They’re expensive and time-consuming, sources of carbon emissions, and make up a high proportion of NZ cities. What else could we do with that green space?
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Check out my first ever paper! @kecain.bsky.social @ecostanley.bsky.social and @jgmussoi.bsky.social summarised our knowledge on sleep disturbance in birds
Journal of Avian Biology@avianbiology.bsky.social · 6mo agoAward issue: @kamyabio.bsky.social and colleagues review how urban noise, lights, and stress can disrupt birds’ sleep. Highlighting our fragmented knowledge about sleep disturbance in birds and calling for more studies on this topic ➡️ vist.ly/4qfzm #ornithology #birds #urbanecology 🪶
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year theconversation.com/are-you-a-he...
Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year
Take the personality quiz to match with one of NZ’s larger-than-life little creatures, then cast your vote.
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Give nature some help this summer? Some tips...keep 4WDs off beaches/riverbeds, keep dogs out of conservation areas, keep your distance from wildlife, mow your lawn less, contain pets, keep your yard dark, have a (clean) water bath for birds... & loads more tips...🧪🌎
Want to be on the right side of biodiversity this summer? It's your choice
New Zealand’s biodiversity is under immense pressure, but we can give native species a boost this summer by making some simple choices.
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Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens theconversation.com/dunedins-inn...
Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens
Medium-density housing has limited green spaces, but even small planted patches can provide enough food and habitat to enhance urban biodiversity.
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Some big diffs between citizen science observations (from iNaturalist) and specimen records (from digitised museum collections) - cit. sci records biased towards large inverts & exotic spp. Great MSc project with recommendations 🌏🧪@nzhymenoptera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hiring in our school!! Come & join us! 🌐🧪🌏
University of Auckland hiring Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant-Microbe Interactions - School of Biological Sciences in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | LinkedIn
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Soft launching our new podcast series - Under the Lens 🎙️ This is our pilot series… warming up the mics, dusting off the pipettes and pulling together the crew for something new. Its part science, part 80’s nostalgia and all about what keeps our ecosystems thriving.
Under the Lens Podcast | Bioprotection Aotearoa
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Awesome weedy discussion with my phenomenal award winning hoamahi Margaret (with the fab Peter, Amanda and Nick) - our natives need more PR, and let's all be on the lookout for newbies!
Margaret Stanley@ecostanley.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis was a fun chat with the Bioprotection Aotearoa team about everything weeds! What's the issue & what can we do about it? So many weeds & so little money! @bioprotection.bsky.social 🌏🧪🌐🌿#invasive #weeds
This was a fun chat with the Bioprotection Aotearoa team about everything weeds! What's the issue & what can we do about it? So many weeds & so little money! @bioprotection.bsky.social 🌏🧪🌐🌿#invasive #weeds
Under the Lens Ep05 | Weeds hidden in plain sight
YouTube video by Bioprotection Aotearoa
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"“We’ve got to make a decision: do we want to have penguins on the mainland, or do we want to have fishing? And maybe it’s as tough as that." newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/j...
Jones’ penguin plan doesn’t go far enough, experts say
A University of Otago researcher says proposed protections for endangered hoiho will just slow their decline.
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"deer are causing severe, possibly permanent damage to native forest on public and private land" newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/b...
Biodiversity takes beating from land-trampling deer
In the second of a series on southern pest problems, Newsroom looks at the deer’s devastating impact on agriculture and the already-struggling conservation estate. Jill Herron reports.
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Weed management is going to be critical.... theconversation.com/the-fire-is-...
The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy
The disaster should raise questions about how we fund, manage and protect these vulnerable habitats when climate change is outpacing conservation efforts.
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With the focus on mammalian predators, browsers & omnivores populations are growing - see this series on feral pigs newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/17/c...
Cloven-hooved ruffians ripping up the south
In the first of a series on the south’s pest issues, Newsroom looks at feral pigs, which are threatening national parks and wreaking havoc on farms and public conservation land.
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And Inke takes out the @aucklanduni.bsky.social postgrad poster runner up prize! #scicomm Loving our awesome science communicators!
Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social for awarding me the Callaghan medal for Science Communication. Thanks to my many supporters, NZ communities for being curious, & the many people in various agencies who really do want to use evidence in decision-making. This is critical now, more than ever. 🌐🌏🧪
Siouxsie has forged a path to making science communication a little safer for the rest of us...
Siouxsie Wiles: Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle
'Between the ERA and the Employment Court, my husband and I have spent over $632,000.'
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"Inflammatory, politically-motivated rhetoric has no place here." Emeritus Professor Alison Jones on the politically-motivated betrayal of academic freedom at UoA. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
A betrayal of academic freedom | E-Tangata
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📹 In collaborative wildlife conservation, Indigenous Peoples and Western science partners increasingly balance principles of open data with Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Potential tension is explored and nine recommendations to advance resolution provided➡️https://buff.ly/TOJHc4s
A study by Rutgers ecologist and RCEI affiliate Myla Aronson and colleagues has found “overwhelming” evidence that increasing biodiversity in cities – establishing parks, installing native plants and encouraging sustainable landscaping – can significantly ... Read more at tinyurl.com/2tw837ut
Native trees support specialist invertebrates, fungi and birds that co-evolved with them - if we only plant exotics, we lose those relationships and end up with cities dominated by generalist species like sparrows and pigeons.🧪🌏 #urban #trees #urbanforest #biodiversity
Five reasons urban trees make sense
Comment: The trees lining our streets and parks are quietly delivering a host of benefits – from cooling and cleaning the air to improving our health and wellbeing.
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“It’s not about trees versus houses,” she says. “We also have huge areas like sports fields that could do with a lot more trees around the edges. Every bit of canopy helps.” @ecostanley.bsky.social #aklbiodiversity newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/17/f...
Five reasons urban trees make sense
Comment: The trees lining our streets and parks are quietly delivering a host of benefits – from cooling and cleaning the air to improving our health and wellbeing.
newsroom.co.nz