I’m really concerned about early career scientists using generative AI in writing, because writing is how we think and reflect. There’s almost nothing *more* human than that, and to give that gift away to a machine is almost unconscionable to me
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
New post: All The Things I Was Never Trained To Do. Which turns out to be a sneakily disguised meditation on what university education is for, and thus what university is, and what it isn't - despite the persistence of idiots who don't understand that!
Important thoughts about museums, extinct species, and all the biological diversity that is going extinct unnoticed (not even preserved as museum specimens)
Álvaro Pérez Gómez defendió ayer su tesis doctoral en la UCA. Ha sido fácil y fascinante trabajar con él; entre otras cosas, por su formación naturalista, que traía ya de su mentor desde pequeño: Íñigo Sánchez. Álvaro ha realizado este breve documental de su tesis:
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Beetles have taken me a long way!
We have developed a new methodological framework to measure biodiversity.
We focus on the uniqueness (or singularity) of biological communities and apply it to the GBF 30x30 target.
If you only have 4:35 min, check the visual abstract to know a little bit more about it ☺️:
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Thanks Erik! Glad you found it interesting
Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales.
This video summarizes the new framework we introduce to quantify and model phylogenetic uniqueness, and our main results for terrestrial vertebrates:
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Phylogenetic endemism is best to maximise global phylogenetic diversity in the smallest area, and spatial scaling of phylogenetic uniqueness identifies globally distinct but regionally less unique sites (evolutionary hills), from highly irreplaceable sites even at small scales (evolutionary islands)
Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gracias al programa CICERON del @csic.es mi colega y amigo @oscar-godoy.bsky.social y yo coordinamos este itinerario que persigue acercar la conservación y restauración de la naturaleza a la sociedad.
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gracias! @actisandres.bsky.social @clementealvarez.bsky.social
Hoy hay que leer esto con Serafín González y @xabiervp.bsky.social sobre el gran valor del matorral. Un hábitat, que en su versión "maleza", cada vez se parece más en boca de algunos al de "alimañas" para el mundo animal.
www.eldiario.es/1_bfe5f5
I would always appreciate colourblind friendly palettes, please!
Abstract submission for the meeting in Aarhus has been extended by one week! The new abstract submission deadline is 8 September. conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
🐝 A captura masiva da 'Vespa velutina' con trampas non selectivas mata tamén insectos polinizadores
⚠️ É urxente apostar por métodos de control sostibles
Así o explican investigadores da Universidade da Coruña neste artigo de @es.theconversation.com
Esta semana os IPs @andresbaselga.bsky.social e #C.Gómez-Rodriguez imparten “Código para biólogos: introdución a R” Curso da #UniversidadeDeVerán no que guiarán aos asistentes na aprendizaxe de R desde as bases ata a súa aplicación no ámbito da bioloxía. @biogeography-usc.bsky.social @usc.gal
Aquí tedes a miña aportación ao debate dos lumes en @elpais.com
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
Probably not the standard way of having fun at the beach, but I just had a lot of fun observing for the first time a new phylum (new for me, of course). The xenacoelomorph Symsagittifera roscoffensis. It has no digestive system, because it lives from its symbiotic algae (hence the green colour)
🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿
Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.
Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD
Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB
Frontiers of Biogeography (the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, now with an impact factor!) has recently published some cool papers. Check them out and consider publishing your work in our journal.
Yes, it is an evolutionary race, and there are chrysomelid counterploys!
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Exciting news! Our society journal has been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report for the first time, with an impact factor of 2.5! It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research!
biogeography.pensoft.net
Mark Vellend has a new book, available for pre-order: "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More Than We Think, From Proteins to Politics". It looks interesting and VERY ambitious. Here's Mark's pitch for why you should read it: dynamicecology.wordp...
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CRETUS organiza 3 cursos da #UniversidadeDeVerán:
🧫A bioloxía das pequenas e grandes cousas 10-12/06
⚗️Química, a ciencia que envolve a nosa vida 10-12/06
🐛Código para biólogos: introdución a R 01-05/09
#JesusRomalde, #LIDSA, @biogeography-usc.bsky.social #FondosEuropeos
www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...
Hoy cumplo un sueño: he publicado en 'Babelia', y sobre mi escritor favorito, Gerald Durrell. Leer a Durrell en un mundo de guerras, fascistas, mentiras y aranceles es descubrir, sonreír, emocionarte y sorprenderte. Es, por un rato, volver a ser un niño
And the eclipse on our solar panels
Having fun watching the eclipse with a shoe box
