Delighted to join Biodiversity and Conservation ( #SNBIOC) as an Associate Editor. A great honour and responsibility—and a new opportunity to support research on #biodiversity, #amphibians, and #lightpollution. @tmtspringer.bsky.social link.springer.com/journal/1053...

Biodiversity and Conservation

Founded in 1992, Biodiversity and Conservation is an international journal that publishes articles on all aspects of biological diversity, its conservation, ...

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Artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 is a stronger inhibitor of overwintering dormancy than urban warming in mosquitoes 🦟 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🔓

Artificial light at night (<fc>ALAN</fc>) is a stronger inhibitor of overwintering dormancy than urban warming in mosquitoes

Low intensities of warm white ALAN were a stronger inhibitor of diapause initiation than urban warming, indicating that changes in brightness or light colour may not be sufficient to mitigate ecologi...

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NEW publication on the impact of light pollution on the Indian Gharial. Led by Megha Khanduri. #crocodile #ALAN #LightPollution kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

The results emphasise the significance of hybridisation in shaping patterns of phenotypic plasticity and shed light on potential mechanisms that could lead to complex interactions between the two species, all while highlighting the importance of ongoing climate change. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

I have an honour to organise special issue on light and noise pollution on herpetofauna. If you are working on this topic please reconsider it. #ALAN #noise #amphibians #reptitiles www.mdpi.com/journal/anim...

AquaPLAN@aquaplan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Light (ALAN) & noise pollution are rising stressors & impacts on amphibians & reptiles remain underestimated Issues central to our work in AquaPLAN & PLAN‑B Researchers in herpetology, ecology or environmental management: Special Issue 👉 www.mdpi.com/journal/anim... #EarthDay @proksima.bsky.social

Paper 16: @proksima.bsky.social and colleagues review the scientific evidence for ALAN impacts on amphibians across their life cycle. As it turns out, this vulnerable group of animals is vulnerable to impacts in all life stages. Read all about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions

Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…

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📢 Postdoc position available Join the lab of Peter Dijkstra at Central Michigan University. 🧬 NSF-funded research on behavior, aggression, and stress resilience in East African cichlid fish, combining genomics, cognition & neurobiology. 📅 Start: June 2026 www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/44560 Share!

🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think? Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone 📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...

Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians. Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions

Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…

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Paper 13 is out: @travislongcore.bsky.social and colleagues present a detailed framework for ALAN risk assessment for species, using several real-world case studies as examples. Risks have not been taken into account enough in our bright world. Great work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Assessing and mapping taxon-specific effects of ecological light pollution for environmental impact analysis

Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…

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🌙 Teaser from our manuscript under consideration in the Biological Conservation Special Issue on Artificial Light at Night. Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking. Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution

Cieraad and Dalley (2026) Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪💡🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social

It was a great pleasure to participate in meeting and to connect with such outstanding people and organisations. 👏

AquaPLAN@aquaplan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Kicking off the year with momentum, collaboration & fresh ideas! The AquaPLAN_EU Annual General Meeting 2026 is in @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social Lisbon this week 🎉

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

ENLIGHT project in its beauty. I’m truly happy to work alongside these incredible girls ❤️

My last work about immunity in the wild 🐸🔦⬇️ #lightpollution #ALAN #ecoimmunology

Functional Ecology@funecology.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📰Published📰Does nocturnal light pollution impair immune function in a wild-living amphibian?🐸 buff.ly/RvRQMR8 🧪🌍

AquaPLAN at ENLIGHT Conference in Novi Sad 🌃 Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️ Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...

ENLIGHT Conference: AquaPLAN highlights aquatic multi-stressor research - AquaPLAN

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

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Main day at our conference Facial expression analysis revealed a 94% smile rate, not bad. Sounds like ENLIGHT lived up to its name. Thank you all for being a part of it. P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.

First day of the ENLIGHT conference done! 🎉 We had an amazing workshop today, and tomorrow brings a second day full of new opportunities and knowledge. 💡✨ . . . . . #ENLIGHT2025 #lightpollution #darkskyprotection #amphibians #novisad #belgrade #promis2023 #ibiss #pmf #sciencefund

🚨 HELP NEEDED!!! Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies. www.unveiling.eu/en_US/

📢 Adoption of new IUCN resolution on #amphibian #conservation 📢 🐸 Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for: -updated conservation guidelines -govts to implement long term national plans -funding research

Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help! Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡

Darren Evans@dmevans.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If you are interested in helping us to mitigate the impacts of light pollution #ALAN on biodiversity, and work on street lighting mitigation and road safety, consider joining our Knowledge Network: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

"Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments." Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change

The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...

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🌙🔊 How do we perceive light and noise pollution? Your experience matters! ✨ Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl... Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B. #lightpollution #noisepollution

New paper: #lightpollution suppresses diel migration in #Daphnia, but no detectable difference between urban and rural populations. rdcu.be/eNVwb So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.

Excited to join the #UnderOneSky conference (Nov 7–8), organized by @darkskyintl.bsky.social to protect our natural night. 🌙 I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.

See You at ENLIGHT 2025! Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies. 📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia @salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social #lightpollution #ALAN

New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment

Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…

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🚨 Deadline Extended! 📅 New deadline:  November 10th, 2025. 📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online 👉 Register & submit abstracts: 🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference 📩 enlightproject@gmail.com #lightpollution #ALAN #darknight

❄️❄️Read about mechanisms behind animal responses to dormancy 🐸🐻‍❄️🐌🐿️. 🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨 #hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Effects of animal dormancy on oxidative stress, immune status, and glucocorticoids: a meta-analysis

Despite the growing interest of evolutionary biologists and ecologists in unravelling the mechanisms behind animal responses to challenging conditions, our knowledge remains limited. To contribute to ...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Effects of animal dormancy on oxidative stress, immune status, and glucocorticoids: a meta-analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.02.680078v1