- British bats, their ecology and conservation. Online over 6 weeks starting on 10 June.

All these and more can be booked here: www.bats.org.uk/events

🦇 The bat calendar keeps filling up! Here are some highlights for the next few months:
- Bat Tracking Methodologies Panel discussion 2: lessons from the field. Online on 20 April.
- South West of England Bat Conference. Online and in person at North Devon College on 25 April.

www.bats.org.uk/events

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This is for young people currently studying for their GCSEs or A-levels, aged 14 to 18. We're also delighted to be able to provide local group accommodation & travel bursaries.

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Join Dorset Wildlife Trust as a Nature-based Solutions Team Assistant and help support projects that tackle climate change while restoring nature. 🌿

Find out more and apply 👉 bit.ly/4tvKX24 ~ Jack

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Chile’s ancient conifers host underground web of life that sustains forests: Study In an isolated valley within Alerce Costero National Park in southern Chile, one tree towers above all others. At 30 meters (100 feet) high, this alerce abuelo or grandpa alerce, is estimated to be…

A 2,400-year-old alerce tree in Chile hosts twice the fungal diversity of its younger peers. This underground "web of life" supports the entire forest floor, but real estate and climate change threaten these endangered conifers.

@sofiamoutinho.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

Dwarf mongoose group in South Africa

Zebra finches on wire in Australia

⏰Time running out - deadline 19th April - to apply for funded #PhD:

🪶Quantifying animal movement patterns & behavioural interactions in a changing world

👥Joint with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #SimonGriffith #MacquarieUniversity

#modelling #birds #mammals #Australia

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Brian Bleese, Dorset Wildlife Trust Chief Executive, met with @vikkislademp.bsky.social MP to discuss the Save Upton Heath campaign 🌿

Over £70,000 has already been raised by the local community - and we are SO grateful! 💚

Help us reach £100,000 to protect it forever! 👉 bit.ly/4mbKIqQ ~ Jack

Western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius) are native to West Africa. Primarily arboreal, they run, leap, and swing through all levels of the rainforest, rarely descending to the ground. Threatened by hunting and habitat loss, populations are fragmented and decreasing. Listed as Endangered.

Indonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025, reversing years of decline JAKARTA — Indonesia’s deforestation surged in 2025, rising 66% from the previous year, marking a sharp reversal after several years of decline, according to new data from the NGO Auriga Nusantara.…

A new data from NGO Auriga Nusantara reveals a 66% spike in forest loss across Indonesia. Satellite data shows that government-backed projects and poor spatial planning now threaten to derail the nation’s 2030 climate goals.

Story by Hans Nicholas Jong for #Mongabay.

Do you know if it is worth going in the next few days? It seems like everything is inaccessible at this time of year. Thanks.

Genetics, Evolution and Environment The UCL Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment (GEE) is world-leading in the study of Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Healthy Ageing and Biodiversity research.

UCL's Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment invites Early Career Researchers for fellowship applications. Deadline: April 30, 2026. Details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gee #postdoc

White-thighed black-and-white colobus monkey adult males sitting peacefully in a tree.

These colobus monkey males might look like harmless, adorable teddy bears, but think again…👺 😨 Read about how male coercion and reproductive strategies stress out females in our new article: rdcu.be/favqS @intjprimatol.bsky.social 🧪🏺 #Primates #AcademicSky #AnimalBehavior

Mystery of Brimstones on Portland Our County Butterfly Recorder, Robin George writes: Portland Bird Observatory alerted us to a question about Brimstones recently in a post on their website : “We’re forever puzzled by t…

Can you help us solve the mystery of the Brimstones on Portland? An island with butterflies but no food plant! Read more about it here www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/03/myst...

Achieving this goal is impossible without ecologists, so we're hoping to see as many of you there as possible to connect with like-minded people and drive positive change for our environment.

Grab your tickets here:

Post-doc opportunity on comparative cognition and movement dynamics in corvids with the brilliant Prof Debbie Kelly at the University of Manitoba

Two PhD Research Fellows in Fish Physiology (298755) | University of Bergen Job title: Two PhD Research Fellows in Fish Physiology (298755), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026

Two PhD positions in fish physiology with an amazing supervisor, @rachaelmorgan.bsky.social ! 🧪🐟

Tell your friends!

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📅 Full time role, part-time will be considered
🏠 Hybrid working policy

The deadline for these two fully-funded phd projects is fast approaching (5th May). Do share far and wide.

Join the BES Board of Trustees - British Ecological Society We are seeking an ecologist working in academic research

We are looking for a research ecologist to join the Board of @britishecologicalsociety.org. This influential role will help to set the strategic direction and priorities of the Society. Deadline 30 June with the role to start in December.

If you know researchers with expertise in forestry/agro forestry please share this permanent lectureship @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. The quality of life in north wales is fabulous: great colleagues & a stunning location.
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Fully-funded PhD with me in beautiful North Wales (field work in Sumatra). From conflict to coexistence: how can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? With @wwf.org.uk, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...

#GreatAdaptations What a clever (not previously articulated, but in hindsight sensible) idea to test.

Give Now to Save the Wild Join the fight to protect wildlife and wild places with a gift to the Center for Biological Diversity.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is invoking "national security" to justify running roughshod over crucial wildlife protections in the Gulf.

So today, we're in court to fight it.

Please help us stop this cruel, cynical scheme by giving now to the Freedom Defense Fund.

I agree. Kidnapping can be motivated by very different emotions than infanticide!

It’s Friday! Managed to make it to the end of this absurdly busy week!

Spring is a great time to look for wildflowers! 💛

Use our handy spring flower spotter guide and let us know what flowers you find. 👇 ~ Jack

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We're looking for a Maintenance Technician for a permanent, part time role at our Thetford HQ in Norfolk. Discover more and apply at www.bto.org/jobs

Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhD

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us

❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world

👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity

📆19th April deadline
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#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia

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A lethal incident during an intergroup encounter in bonobos - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - A lethal incident during an intergroup encounter in bonobos

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What a complicated situation!