James B Dorey
@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social
Bee researcher, evolutionary ecologist, R nerd, photographer, and Lecturer at the University of Wollongong, Dharawal Country
The culmination of years of work (more from others than me) has seen a great paper about the [hopefully soon-to-be listed as Critically Endangered] _Acacia araneosa_ in South Australia is out with an article in @theconversation.com as well! theconversation.com/this-rare-au...
This rare Australian wattle is on the brink of extinction: new research
Four experts explain how we can protect the rare – and increasingly at risk – spidery wattle.
theconversation.com
A bit more than a week to apply! W 3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology. Freiburg, Germany. Great university, great faculty, awesome colleagues. Apply, if you want to be my successor. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
University of Freiburg
uni-freiburg.de
🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 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
Species risk to climate change depends in part on their capacity to evolve. A study in Nature Communications shows that the microclimates that native bees occupy in their nests shapes the way tolerance to heat evolves and species corresponding sensitivity to warming. 🌎🧪
Nesting behaviour predicts heat tolerance evolution and climate vulnerability in bees - Nature Communications
Species risk to climate change depends in part on their capacity to evolve. Here authors show that the microclimates that native bees occupy in their nests shapes the way tolerance to heat evolves and species corresponding sensitivity to warming.
go.nature.com
For non-scientists, LTER programs run for decades, so scientists can learn how ecosystems change over time. These programs cover ecology, evolution, systems biology, and it includes animals, plants, even microbes, and more. We learned so much about how our world works with LTERs. This sucks :(
Mike Kaspari@mikekaspari.bsky.social · 4mo agoNSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
morethanjustparks.substack.com
Fantastic first day at #SMP2026! Met new friends and old and, while I won’t attend the beekeeping tour, I met one of @jagungal.bsky.social’s mates on the way in ;)
Great opportunity for a Lecturer (levels A-C, part time possible) in Natural Sciences here at Flinders Univeristy, for indigenous identified candidates. Links for the post in Seek, LinkedIn and university websites: www.seek.com.au/job/90956553 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... tinyurl.com/y5j7fpv5
Associate Lecturer/Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Natural Sciences (Indigenous Identified)
Position Details Full Time (Part-Time Negotiable) | Continuing position Academic Level A | AU$88,842 - $107,666 pa | 17% super I View Position Description Academic Level B I AU$113,211- $133,974 pa | ...
flinders.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
🚩 EF researcher James Dorey @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social is part of the team that published a global dataset for bee-plant biotic interactions. Out in Scientific Data! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions
nature.com
Australia would be signed up to Iran war ‘by deception and stealth’ if military support sent, Shoebridge says
Australia would be signed up to Iran war ‘by deception and stealth’ if military support sent, Shoebridge says
Greens senator sounds warning as Labor expected to announce possible defence measures to protect Gulf countries within days * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Greens say sending military support to Gulf countries would only serve Donald Trump’s interests in the growing Iran war, as international law experts warn assistance would mean Australia was legally part of the conflict. Cabinet’s national security committee met on Monday to consider requests for Australia to provide help to countries feeling the brunt of Tehran’s missile attack, sparked by bombings ordered by the US president and Israel. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Exciting new study in @natcomms.nature.com led by James Dorey @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social with other EF members Nikolas Johnston and Damien Esquerré, showing that there could be thousands of unknown bee species out there yet to be described!
James B Dorey@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew paper alert! "Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic gaps" suggests that we have thousands of bee species left to describe and decades of taxonomic work ahead of us. We also provide the methods needed to apply more broadly :) doi.org/10.1038/s414...
New paper alert! "Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic gaps" suggests that we have thousands of bee species left to describe and decades of taxonomic work ahead of us. We also provide the methods needed to apply more broadly :) doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic gaps - Nature Communications
Bees are crucial for the maintenance of healthy ecosystems, yet rigorous estimates of their species’ richness are lacking. This study estimates taxonomic gaps for bees around the world and provides a ...
doi.org
Is the surveillance state going too far? Not far enough, I say! …I think? This is very neat :)
Andrew Straw@andrewstraw.bsky.social · 6mo agoUsing our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
This is the longest news article I’ve read in, maybe ever! But interesting and well worth a read about [neo]liberalism and then war for public opinion… and spread of disinformation by think tanks
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
abc.net.au
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
Research reveals the unique species living in Australia’s arid rock holes. "We will need more knowledge to protect them in a warming climate." theconversation.com/meet-the-wei... @dr-brock-hedges.bsky.social @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social @marinefreshwater.bsky.social
Meet the weird, wonderful creatures that live in Australia’s desert water holes. They might not be there much longer
From water fleas to seed shrimp, Australia’s desert rock holes shelter unique animals found nowhere else. But as the climate warms, their homes are at risk.
theconversation.com
Read the #OpenAccess research @marinefreshwater.bsky.social: 'Environmental DNA reveals temporal & spatial variability of invertebrate communities in arid-lands ephemeral water bodies' connectsci.au/mf/article/7... @dr-brock-hedges.bsky.social @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social
That peanut worm is a little too exciting for me you got anything else?
The last thing we need right now is a reason for MAHA/MAGA to discredit science further. Please, for the love of microscopes, don’t cite shit you haven’t read.
Josh Shepperd@joshshepperd.bsky.social · 8mo agoDo not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
Phenomenal photos. Photojournalists are amazing people.
Top 25 News Photos of 2025
Powerful images from the past 12 months
theatlantic.com
Can I have a moment of your time to talk about BEESus?!
Steve Most@sbmost.bsky.social · 9mo agoGuilty
This is just mental. I can’t imagine aligning strongly with an aspiring autocratic fascist. Let alone at the cost of our natural assets :(
Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 9mo agoPenny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
Nesting behaviour drives the evolution of heat tolerance and climate vulnerability in bees! Check out our pre-print on 95 species of Australian native bee across the latitudinal extent of Australia! 🐝 #nativebee #climateadaptation #heattolerance #plasticity #behaviour #bees #climatechange
BeeBDC version 1.3.0 is now on CRAN with new functionality to estimate species richness at country/continent/global/ANY level using species occurrence data 🐍🐌🐸 jbdorey.github.io/BeeBDC/artic... This follows on from our 🐝 pre-print, under review at Nat Comm doi.org/10.21203/rs.... 😍
Species richness estimation
jbdorey.github.io
Thank u Vanessa for this excellent photo of my proposed classification scheme for Coleoptera
A detailed look at how bee genomes evolve when the various species switch between generalist and specialist diets.
Margarita Lopez-Uribe@mmlopezu.bsky.social · last yr.🧬 Shift between specialized & generalized diets in #bees is associated with evolutionary changes in their sensory genes. Generalists lose odorant receptors (ORs) and gain gustatory receptors (GRs), while specialists diversify existing genes 🌸🐝 #genomics #pollinators academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social on cleaning biodiversity data using beebdc #ICCB2025 jbdorey.github.io/BeeBDC/
