FREE WEBINAR April 22, 9am Pacific Time. Introduction to iNaturalist: Celebrate Earth Day Every Day.
Free webinar 4/22: Learn how to explore nature near you, turn your photos into real scientific data, and take part in the upcoming City Nature Challenge!
"Introduction to iNaturalist: Celebrate Earth Day Every Day"
April 22, 9am PT
Sign up: tr.ee/zuuP5Ecm4I
Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io): This colourful butterfly species is native to temperate Asia and Europe, it has a wingspan of 55mm (2.16in) and hibernates in trees or buildings during winter, it can use its eye-spots as an anti-predator deterrent. Beautiful photo taken by Ellena Bailey in the UK.
Abstract submissions open for the Conservation Social Science Conference hosted by @society4conbio.bsky.social SSWG
📅 Deadline: 8th May 2026
More info + submit: lnkd.in/eQXEkHzU
Conference updates: lnkd.in/e-FaBYtU
Email sswgprograms@gmail.com for questions!
#ConSocSci #ConSocSci2026 #SSWG
🎓 THREE fully funded PhDs at DICE 👇
Three fully funded PhDs as part of the Leverhulme *Space for Nature* Doctoral Scholars programme, starting Sept 2026 @dice-kent.bsky.social
More info & apply: lnkd.in/eAS5W-rE
📅 Deadline: 14 May
#PhD #Conservation #DICE #FullyFunded #Research #Biodiversity
🏝️Tree islands in oil palm plantations boost phytochemical diversity via natural regeneration. Bigger islands = more species + more chemical trait diversity 👉️ buff.ly/QHCCPqB
Batiste Creek is now permanently protected.
Beyond its scale, this project helps protect water quality, support wildlife habitat, and strengthen the health of the broader landscape for the long term.
📖Published!
Comparing passive and active kelp restoration techniques along an urbanised coast🌿
Passive restoration through water quality improvements facilitates substantial kelp gains, offers increased scalability and provides broader ecosystem benefits across seascape scales🌊
🔎 buff.ly/3KHXyVt
Greyscale map of the Lesser Sunda islands (the island chain between Bali and Timor) with orange dots representing mapped herbarium specimen collections
New paper! A checklist of the plants endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (S Indonesia and Timor-Leste). For conservation we need to know where these plants are and if they are threatened, and we know so little about either. 51 species haven't been seen in >120 years!
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
An infographic showing some of the actions other actors can take to create an enabling environment.
Everyone has a role to play in creating an enabling environment to align what's beneficial for businesses with what's good for nature. 🌍
🧪 See the more than 100 actions for ALL actors in the NEW 🏡 IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report: https://www.ipbes.net/bba-report/media-release
Bats play vital roles in the ecosystem we all rely on, beyond that it's worth remembering Sir David Attenborough's powerful words about the natural world: "It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
Great news that NWT will be taking over the running of Broadland Country Park, and that they have bought the nearby Drayton Drewery woods to expand the reserve. There are still tickets avaible for the NNNS conference looking at the future of Broadland CP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/norfolk-no...
🐳🧬8 years in the making! 🐳🧬
Our new paper in Cell explores how bowhead whales responded to past climate change - and how commercial whaling reshaped their future.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#aDNA #PopGen
Missed our last Project Forward event on #AI use in #conservation? 🤔 No problem!
Catch a recording of Responsible AI in Conservation: A Path to Equity on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=khck...
Stay tuned to our social media and blog for future events and updates 💭
We're on Spotify! 🎤
Catch Professor Helen Roy @ukladybirds.bsky.social 's podcast on non-charismatic species. She shares about biological recording, projects on invasive species forecasting, and the role of citizen science for biodiversity monitoring.
Link below:
open.spotify.com/episode/3m1Z...
I gave a talk on microbe-mediated carbon accrual in agri soils in the @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social seminar series. A recording is available in the link below. @britishecologicalsociety.org
A poster advertising a meeting of the NNNS photographic group on Tuesday 10th March 2026. This is a show your own event. The poster is pale green with a photo of a photographer in a popup hide on the edge of a pond.
NNNS has a photographic group that holds talks once a month over the winter period so that Society members with a particular interest in wildlife photography can meet. On Tues 10th March 2026 it's the last meeting of the 2025/26 season, and its a 'show your own' theme.
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity – J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during transition to rewilding | Research | Teesside University
J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during…
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Sign up to get updates on upcoming events, opportunities in the field and news and podcasts we're following 🌱
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Developing evidence briefs for landscape fire management 🔥
Researchers and practitioners need clear guidance on how briefs must be developed to address a broad spectrum of issues 📖 🌲
🔎 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB
Please spread the word!
@bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social
@bes-conservation.bsky.social
@rewildingbritain.org.uk
@rspb.bsky.social
Meet @helenkopnina.bsky.social from @northumbriauni.bsky.social, one of our keynote speakers at ECCB 2026! 🌿
🗞️ Read the full interview on our website
Interview: eccb26leiden.eu/interview-wi...
Want to find out more?
⏰ Early bird registration is open NOW: eccb26leiden.eu/registration/
Want to learn more about responsible #AI use in #conservation?
Join our free online event, Responsible AI in Conservation: A Path to Equity. Part of our #ProjectForward series, this time experts will answer your questions on #AI!
Register below:
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/resp...
Keep your eyes peeled for our next event in a just few weeks!
On February 27th, Lynn Dicks will speak on 'Target 10 unpacked: agriculture's role in global biodiversity recovery'. Everyone is welcome, so find out more and register here!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/agro...
Starting 2026 with our January #PolicyNews update now live on our website 📰 💡
Join us this month with a feature on addressing biodiversity loss in the face of agricultural intensification - an analysis by our wonderful Alice not to be missed!
besconservationsig.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/j...
We're advertising a PhD project on how social isolation influences aggression in flies. Based at Durham, co-supervised by @clarahowcroft.bsky.social . Despite what the ad says, this is also open to international applicants! Any questions, shoot me a msg! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Call for proposal closes on 16 Feb ⏰
Find out more here: www.rsb.org.uk/biologist-of...
Round 1 of our training and travel grant is open!
Grants up to £500 are available to support the training and development of PhD students and postgraduate research assistants.
Send us your application by 25 January ⏰
Get involved with your local bat group www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
Become a citizen scientist with the National Bat Monitoring Programme www.bats.org.uk/our-work/nat...
#bats🦇
Blackish-grey Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus) a specialist negatively impacted by acai densification (Alex Lees)
açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) density is being rapidly increased by removing other tree species (Alex Lees)
berries of the açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) in situ (Alex Lees)
Our new paper led by Madson Freitas shows that global demand for Açaí, a dietary staple for Amazonian people, now marketed as a superfood, is driving widespread estuarine forest degradation leading to impoverishment of their bird communities
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology 🌎🍴🪶🌴
