Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years

New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A Year of Action: GuardIAS and OneSTOP’s First Year Tackling Invasive Alien Species Across Europe Authored by Grace Windsor from the Irish Ocean Literacy Network, Nadya Denkova from Pensoft Publishers, Stelios Katsanevakis from the University of the Aegean, Quentin Groom from Meise Botanic Garden ...

🌏It’s been over a year since OneSTOP and our sister-project @guardias.bsky.social kicked off with the shared aim of tackling the threat of #InvasiveAlienSpecies in Europe

👉Check out what the two projects have been up to in our joint blogpost: onestop-project.eu/news/year-ac...
#BioInvasions

Species distribution models (SDMs) calibrated with GBIF and social media data showed greater expansion rates than SDMs based solely on GBIF data. doi.org/10.1111/cobi... (3/6)

📢 ECCB 2026 deadline extended!
The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026.

📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL
👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses...

Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating!
Questions? Message us!

a white crowned robin chat stands atop a book titled “a dumb birds field guide to the worst birds ever”

that’s it, i’ve finally taken my best photo of all time 😅

(this chubster is an unapologetic beggar so don’t feel bad for him)

🧪🌍 #bird #birb

Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🌿🔬
From fieldwork to data analysis, from mountains to oceans, women play a vital role in advancing biodiversity conservation and shaping a more sustainable future.

#WomenInScience #Biodiversity #Conservation #SCBItaly

Indeed! That's going to be tonight 💃

First day of the annual @onestop-project.eu meeting in #Almería 🦝 Looking forward to all the fruitful exchanges and fun activities 💃

🌍 How do we identify invasive species that pose the highest current and future risks?

In this new blog post, we show how ecological models turn biodiversity data into practical tools for biosecurity planning! 🌳

🔎 Read more: tinyurl.com/43haxn6h

#OneSTOP #IAS #biodiversity #ecologicalmodelling

Welcome to German Duolingo 😅

Renew your SCB Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social membership NOW to secure a reduced registration fee for the upcoming ECCB26 @eccb26leiden.bsky.social!

Join us here: www.scbeurope.org/membership

ECCB26 abstract submission will open soon - stay tuned 📆📝
eccb26leiden.eu

@theresahenke.bsky.social presenting her research at our weekly group seminar 🐟🌿 It's always great to have invited speakers from other groups! #BiologicalInvasions

CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD opportunity!!🧪🌎

Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected?
Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods?

This PhD could be for you!

Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH
(UK or settled status applicants)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Alberto Trentini, l’appello della madre: “Un anno senza di lui. Chiediamo tutti la sua liberazione”
www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/11/14/news/...

A deadly fire ant has reached European shores. The insect invasion could wreak havoc The red imported fire ant is one of the world’s most destructive invasive species. Can its spread be stopped?

Very cool (and very worrying) interactive article about fire ants in Sicily, Italy 🐜

edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

Exchange day for early career researchers between @univie.ac.at and #IIASA 🌎🥂

Heartbreaking truth: At just 1.5°C of #warming (where we already are), 70–90% of #CoralReefs could vanish. At 2.0°C, almost all (>99%) are gone. We’re watching a living wonder cross a #TippingPoint.
#MarineEcology 🧪🌍🌐🌊🔥

Wenn in Redaktionen Stellen gestrichen werden, trifft das auch jene, die nie einen fixen Schreibtisch hatten: die freien Journalist:innen.

Diese Krise betrifft uns alle – ob fix oder frei. Aber freier Journalismus ist kein Hobby – ohne uns wären viele Zeitungsseiten weiß!

Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...

Join the SCB Europe Fall Webinar 2025!

Thought-provoking sessions coming up this October & November:

20/22/29 Oct: DEIJ in conservation
23 Oct: Rethinking conservation narratives
7 Nov: Rights for organisms!
12 Nov: Habitat restoration & ecopsychology

Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM

🌍 Call open for #ECCB2026!

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, July 6–10 2026) seeks proposals for symposia, panels, workshops & training.

📅 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
🔗 eccb26leiden.eu/calls/

Join us in building effective biodiversity conservation.

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

🦀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Faxonius immunis, the Calico Crayfish
🌊 It may impact aquatic invertebrate communities and outcompete native species where introduced.
🔴It is also a carrier of pathogens, and its burrowing activity has the potential to damage infrastructure
#SpeciesofUnionConcern

🚨 First call! 🚨

European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.

Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

Infographic showing the 6 species of camelids

🌿 Meet the 6 species of camelids: 🐫 Dromedary 🐫 Bactrian camel 🦙 Llama 🦙 Alpaca 🦒 Vicuña 🦒 Guanaco

Which one is your favorite? 👀🌏🧪

Infographic by @fao.org ⤵️

Congrats! Looking forward to reading it :)

Correcting environmental sampling bias improves transferability of species distribution models Sampling bias is an inherent problem in widely available biodiversity data, undermining the robustness of correlative species distribution models (SDMs). To some extent, subsampling occurrence data c....

🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social

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Thanks to @lenzner.bsky.social @franzessl1.bsky.social and all the other not on BS for the great collaboration and support 🦝 #alienspecies #mammals #IAS #macroecology