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 · 3w 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 · last mo.

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...

New study, just published in #Limnology and Oceanography Letters, shows how warming alters the trophic role of invasive consumers. Brilliantly lead by @varsharani.bsky.social 🌊!@qmulsbbs.bsky.social

@varsharani.bsky.social · last mo.

🌊 Our new paper is out now! What happens when an invasive omnivore gets warmer? We found that the mysid Limnomysis benedeni shifts toward a more ‘herbivorous’ diet. 🦐🌡️ More here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @csabavad.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social

🌊 Our new paper is out now! What happens when an invasive omnivore gets warmer? We found that the mysid Limnomysis benedeni shifts toward a more ‘herbivorous’ diet. 🦐🌡️ More here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @csabavad.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social

Temperature‐driven diet shift in an invasive omnivorous crustacean feeding on plankton

Global warming alters the physiology of ectotherm consumers, potentially making their diets more herbivorous. However, the relevance and generality of these changes remain poorly understood in a mult...

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Urgent call for the Global Biodiversity Research Programme

Nature Ecology & Evolution@natecoevo.nature.com · last mo.

A global research coordination programme is urgently needed for biodiversity rdcu.be/fqDcP Urban et al. call for the creation of a World Biodiversity Research Programme to translate knowledge gaps highlighted by IPBES @ipbes.net and other organizations into global research questions and priorities

Four postdoc positions - Evolutionary Dynamics and Genomic Ecology (BCI EDGE)integrating population & evolutionary genomics, community ecology, metabolomics, & long-term forest dynamics to investigate the evolutionary processes maintaining tropical forest diversity stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... 🧪 🌐 🌾

BCI Evolutionary Dynamics and Genomic Ecology project

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Want more #InsectPhotography? 📸 Check out the photos captured by the winners of last year's Photography Competition, featuring our #InsectWeek 2025 Over 18 Behaviour and Portrait winners. Enter this year's photography competition now! Check out the galleries 🔽 buff.ly/Xv8aiaN

Using eDNA from 113 river systems, this study presents a unified analysis of global riverine fish biodiversity to examine how effectively eDNA captures multiple facets of biodiversity and how it responds to variation in drainage properties and human activities 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A unified analysis of global riverine eDNA reveals common associations of fish biodiversity with drainage characteristics - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Using environmental DNA from 113 river systems, this study presents a unified analysis of global riverine fish biodiversity to examine how effectively environmental DNA captures multiple facets of bio...

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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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Biotic interactions biogeography: A framework for understanding how species interactions shape biodiversity patterns across scales 🧪🌐https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003813

Biotic interactions biogeography: A framework for understanding how species interactions shape biodiversity patterns across scales

Biogeography and ecology have long developed in parallel. This Essay explores how new data on species interactions across large scales now allow their integration, opening fresh insights into how biod...

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New analysis examines how deforestation in the Amazon affects rainfall and forest stability. Changes to the land surface may feedback strongly on atmospheric exchanges, affecting rainfall conditions in other locations. The study identifies key hotspots of vulnerability. 🧪 1/

It was a great pleasure to visit University of Palermo, and other institutions - such a lovely crowd and engaging discussions. And super exciting to visit the pond that inspired Hutchinson to write his foundational paper Homage to Santa Rosalia🤩

Vojsava Gjoni@vojsavagjoni.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It was a real pleasure to host @kratina.bsky.social at University of Palermo, CNR and Stazione Zoologica, for a fascinating seminar on how climate warming reshapes aquatic–terrestrial subsidies. Inspiring science and a memorable visit in homage to Santa Rosalia and Hutchinson in Palermo! Thank you!

@plosbiology.org - The integration of biogeography and ecology has been limited. The emergence of new methods and high-quality ecological network data at biogeographical scales promote deeper integration of biogeography and ecology. @mncn-csic.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Biotic interactions biogeography: A framework for understanding how species interactions shape biodiversity patterns across scales

Biogeography and ecology have long developed in parallel. This Essay explores how new data on species interactions across large scales now allow their integration, opening fresh insights into how biod...

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We're pleased to partner on the new Good Vibrations project. This will combine eco-acoustics with environmental DNA analyses to provide detailed insights into how river biodiversity responds to pollution and climate change. https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/news-updates/b6-winners/ 🧪

Fungi that filter water, 3D-printed infrastructure, and river life monitors win the sixth Water Breakthrough Challenge - Water Innovation Fund

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ICYMI: Lage-scale analysis shows the importance of freshwater insects such as mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies for riparian avian communities www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cross-ecosystem linkages between freshwater insects and riparian birds across the USA - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Aquatic insects such as mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies are widely used for freshwater biomonitoring and could provide resource pulses to terrestrial insectivores. Here the authors show a positiv...

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Another highlight of our field trip to Croatia was this dice snake, Natrix tessellata, devouring a sunfish 🐟🐍 in #Krka National Park 👇

Just published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters: our new study shows how American #manatees adjust their #diet along the Brazilian coast. With Camila Carvalho, @emmadeeks.bsky.social and others. aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

American manatees adjust their diet composition and trophic niche breadth across different coastal regions

Marine mammals can exhibit high plasticity in foraging strategies, but how such plasticity is driven by environmental conditions is poorly understood. The American manatee (Trichechus manatus), a lar...

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Another exciting field trip to Croatia that we have been running for our @qmulsbbs.bsky.social students since 2014. Many thanks to Clara, Mengdi and the Croatian team! See you next year!

Looking for a candidate for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 to work with my group at QMUL on climate warming, freshwater ecosystems, ecological networks, trophic plasticity, etc. www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/researc... DM me if you are interested!

people all over the world are working to protect their environment, like these groups in Cuba. This month @globalvoices.org is bringing you stories of environmental defenders, brilliant solutions, committed local action, in our climate action Spotlight: globalvoices.org/special/posi...

Who is defending Cuba’s threatened species?

Cuba hosts some of the world’s richest biodiversity but faces the impacts of climate change, human activity and weak protections. Scientists and activists strive to preserve endangered wildlife and ec...

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A beautiful mayfly #UKwildlife

Manatee Meditation.

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country’s rivers and streams—from extinction

The baffling ecological disaster that’s killing America’s freshwater mussels

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country’s rivers and streams—from extinction

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