Robert Ricklefs - in memoriam dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...

Robert Ricklefs – in memoriam

Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…

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Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society, is seeking new editors to join the team! If interested, please see the solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

Species names are commonly treated as unique identifiers, but how similar are they really? How far apart are congeneric species names? By analysing the scientific names of over 𝟐𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, we found some interesting results. 🪸🦀🦈

The new year of biogeography is off to a strong start! Dr. Pedro Peres-Neto will present our next Funk lecture on January 28 at 1:00PM UTC. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ja...

Because fine words butter no parsnips on 🌍 protection, the EU must move forwards from good intentions to action now‼️ I tell about it in a 📝 just published in #npjBiodiversity @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A new study by @ukceh.bsky.social @khoproject.bsky.social et al. published at @natureportfolio.bsky.social #npjbiodiversity not only provides explanation for #biodiversity in the Amazon region, but also opens up new ways of reconstructing human-environment interactions in the past. How? Read more:

How paleoenvironmental data improves climate models—the Amazon example

Study opens up new ways of reconstructing human-environment interactions in the past.

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❄️Still welcoming contributions till fall 2025 to the @npjbiodiversity special collection on polar biodiversity change www.nature.com/collections/... reach us out for more details 📩

As we near the final stages of #TIBS2026, Rob Whittaker shares exciting insights into the Frontiers of Biogeography journal —covering its development, impact factor, and a compelling call to action for @biogeography.bsky.social members to help grow the journal. ⏩ biogeography.pensoft.net

I was delighted to receive a best poster award at the closing ceremony yesterday! Had a great time at #TIBS2026 and look forward to seeing all the wonderful biogeographers again in the future 🌍🌎🌏 @biogeography.bsky.social

Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social@globalchangeeco.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Congratulations to our @esme-ashe.bsky.social for winning one of the @biogeography.bsky.social poster award at #TIBS2026. Well deserved! 🎉

Coming back home from another great @biogeography.bsky.social TIBS meeting #TIBS2026. So many great talks, conversations with friends and colleagues, and renovated energy for future research! It is always a pleasure to attend these meetings.

⏩️❓️‼️ If you have your biogeography research to be published, there is the perfect journal with an impact factor of 2.5 & being led & driven by a great society @biogeography.bsky.social🎉‼️⏪️ ❤️FRONTIERS OF BIOGEOGRAPHY❤️ biogeography.pensoft.net #tibs2026 #macroecology @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social

⏩️"It is not that there is life on the surface of earth. Life is THE surface of earth!"⏪️ #tibs2026 @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social @biogeography.bsky.social with a.very interesting symposium on co-evolution of landscape & life

It was great to meet so many other Early Career Researchers at our #TIBS2026 mixer last night - both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done: go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK

Born on this day - Alfred Russel Wallace en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_... 🧪🌐

Alfred Russel Wallace - Wikipedia

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New technologies are revolutionising ecology, with more data than ever available at our fingertips. But what are the costs and perils of ecologists doing less field work? Interviews with several BES members in this fascinating @nature.com article

‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI

In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.

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Abrimos reservas para el proximo curso PRESENCIAL / ONLINE de nicho ambiental en el que abordaremos distintos tests de hipotesis, comparativas y predicciones alrededor de la macroecologia de las especies mncn.csic.es/es/sociedad-... 🐧🐞🌴🦁

Los que no sepáis quién es Robe Iniesta, os invito a escuchar “Jesucristo García”. Y luego a pensar si a lo mejor, si esa canción hubiese salido hoy, Manos Limpias lo hubiera denunciado, hubiese ido a juicio y Robe hubiese acabado en la cárcel.

Se nos ha ido un pedacito grande de la vida

La Historieta Musical@lahistorieta.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Increíble los dos días que llevamos. Otro gigante del rock español nos deja tras la muerte ayer de Jorge Ilegal. Si bien hacía tiempo que no era de mis favoritos, durante mi adolescencia escuché mucho Extremo y su valía como poeta, pensador y compositor era inmensa. elpais.com/cultura/2025...

Hace diez años, el mundo tenía 1,04°C de calentamiento respecto a la era preindustrial y los modelos preveían alcanzar los 1,5°C en 2042. Con los datos de septiembre de 2025 -el planeta ya está en 1,4°C- se superará el umbral de 1,5°C en 2029. Un adelanto de 13 años.

Este libro engaña. Esperas una guía de tracks de montaña y te encuentras con una lección maravillosa de ecología, geobotánica, historia natural, usos tradicionales del paisaje y efectos del cambio global en la Península Ibérica. Precioso. Muchas gracias Adri, mola

University reputations and finances often hinge on their position in global ranking tables that prioritize narrow aspects of academic life. Elizabeth Gadd writes about three changes that would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working. #Academicsky 🧪

To reform universities, first tackle global rankings

Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.

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🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

#BlogMNCN Las musarañas elefante atrajeron a los zoólogos por su peculiar morfología. Estrechamente emparentadas con las verdaderas musarañas, los erizos y los topos, las incluyeron en el orden Insectivora. Con el tiempo se vio que era otro: Macroscelidea. www.mncn.csic.es/es/comunicac...

Lo cantó Battiato sobre su 'povera patria' italiana, y nos lo cantó en nuestra lengua. Pobre patria, medio siglo y así seguimos. Ojalá podamos cambiarla, y finalmente traer la primavera que tarda tanto en llegar. youtu.be/qHCF9pYsr9M?...

60. Pobre Patria, de Franco Battiato

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Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte@iugarte.bsky.social · 9mo ago

El Tribunal Supremo cumple con lo que la derecha esperaba. Fuerza la dimisión del fiscal general con una condena a dos años de inhabilitación. No con pena de prisión pero con los mismos efectos políticos, los que buscaban todas las acusaciones. www.eldiario.es/politica/sup...

#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035 @cscherber.bsky.social

Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT)

Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...

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No os imagináis lo laborioso que es analizar y preparar un conjunto de datos para entrenar un modelo de Machine Learning La calidad del dato es vital para que estos sistemas funcionen

#asimov nailed the definition of how those who mix liberal and illiberal views understand government: "She hadn't liked Earth (...) its combination of anarchy in the important things and governmental force in the little things." —In the description of Eugenia Insignia in Nemesis (1989)

Joaquín Hortal@jhortal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#asimov acertó con la definición de cómo entienden el gobierno los que combinan lo liberal con lo iliberal: "a ella no le había gustado la Tierra (...) ni su combinación de anarquía para las cosas importantes y fuerza estatal para las pequeñas" Descripción de Eugenia Insignia en "Némesis" (1989)

#asimov acertó con la definición de cómo entienden el gobierno los que combinan lo liberal con lo iliberal: "a ella no le había gustado la Tierra (...) ni su combinación de anarquía para las cosas importantes y fuerza estatal para las pequeñas" Descripción de Eugenia Insignia en "Némesis" (1989)

Interesting article about rethinking the Turing test, putting the focus on discriminating different aspects of "intelligence" (whatever this diffues concept is), and also on IA safety and biases. It seems more important to detect unsafe IAs and how to tackle the pervasive biases in their training

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Chatbots now ace the mathematician’s famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.

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