We (@rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social; @jdwitts.bsky.social; @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social ; @egmitchell.bsky.social and Andrea Manica) used ecosystem complexity (measured as non-random pairwise co-occurrences of taxa and metacommunity structure) as proxies to assess ecosystem health in latest Cretaceous.
Whooper swans are supposed to winter in the uk but this adorable honker has been in Cambridge 2 weeks already! Sound on 🔊 for whooping!
the underside of a humpback whale chin sticking out of the ocean. It is covered in barnacles
My whale photo got shortlisted in the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk Photographer of the Year competition. It is of a whale's chin! Do me a favour and give it a vote here and check out the other amazing photos: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC
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Thank you
5 images in the RSB Young Photographer of the Year 2025 shortlist
5 images in the RSB Photographer of the Year 2025 shortlist
We need your help!
This year, entrants to our photography competition were asked to explore the theme 'Restoring Biodiversity and Habitat'. A panel of judges has shortlisted the entries & now it's your turn to help decide the winners.
Cast your vote via our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC
Thank you
Thank you
the underside of a humpback whale chin sticking out of the ocean. It is covered in barnacles
My whale photo got shortlisted in the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk Photographer of the Year competition. It is of a whale's chin! Do me a favour and give it a vote here and check out the other amazing photos: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC
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Hi. They are close ups of the skin of everything from an Adélie penguin to seafloor invertebrates
Progress pride flag made from images of Antarctic animals
#pride month is upon us! This progress pride flag is made from images of Antarctic animals!
A green beetle on a red poppy
A ladybird on a plant stalk
A pollen beetle on a yellow and white flower
A ladybird
Bugs from my walk!
New paper alert! 🚨
rdcu.be/entY4
In the second paper of my PhD, published today in Scientific Reports, we investigated the spatial ecology of two solitary scleractinian coral morphotoypes, which are likely Caryophyllia or Flabellum, from the Powell Basin slopes of Antarctica 🇦🇶 .
PhDone!!! Passed my viva with minor corrections!
Thanks to @egmitchell.bsky.social @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social and Andrea Manica for supervising, and Prof Rob Fletcher and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social for examining!
Back in the uk now
Yes
Good morning from the Falklands! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
Arrived in the Falklands yesterday. Now busy packing up
30 m above the water
Hello A23a! The world’s biggest iceberg! Stretching as far as we can see! #biopole2
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Sorry, all good. Just working
What happens when giant #icebergs start to fall apart! #biopole2 #antarctica #southgeorgia #ice #A23a @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
Not in the original plan, we will see if we have any time left at the end
The world’s biggest iceberg, A23a, emerges from the fog! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Breaching #humpbacks and diving #southernrightwhales! Even on a misty day #biopole2 doesn’t disappoint! #whales #antarctica
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Humpback whale in the crystal clear Antarctic water! #biopole2
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The perfect day for Antarctic science. #biopole2
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