Dr Erica McAlister #HowItStarted #PoppysEpisodes BAS

Want to learn more about the return of White-tailed Eagles? - Now’s your chance! 🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
We are hosting four public drop-in sessions across South-east Wales & Severn Estuary.
Make sure you drop-in to say hello, show your support or express your concerns!
👍💬👎

Yesterday at 2pm the first honeybee (Apis mellifera) in this species’ evolutionary history managed to pull a string for reward. They are much harder to train than bumblebees, though!

A water company released sewage into the stream that runs into the beach where we were holidaying. I didn’t like the idea of swimming in the sea after that, so I tried to sue to water company for spoiling our holiday. This is what happened…
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New #meiofauna preprint: We generated >770 new COI reference barcodes, analyzed more than 550 #metabarcoding samples from sandy beaches of the North Sea, and show that reference #barcoding of beach meiofauna massively improves #metabarcoding efficiency.biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Call for abstracts for
BrEPS

conference is now open! The theme is 'Elevating Environmental Psychology research in everyday life, practice & policy: Reflective dialogues'. Submit abstracts here:
surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02…
Pls RT across your networks! See you in Portsmouth! 😊

If you want to do country-wide citizen science while training up high school students in eDNA and qPCR, here is one way to do it: an inspiring example of “extreme citizen science” by the Natural History Museum of Denmark between 2022-2023 via the DNA & Life project.

This…

People talk about european eels crossing over land to get to new lakes and ponds but has anyone ever actually seen it? Is it no more a case of flooding, birds regurataing them or most likely people chucking them in?

not sure if other freshwater people are aware, but the journal Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems (IF = 1.8) has no APC and is free to read. kmae-journal.org/author-informa…

Lough Corrib #trout

The salmon hut at Elmore #RiverSevern

📢It's #WorldWaterDay ! In celebration, we're giving out our Freshwater Biology & Ecology Handbook 📔💙 #FreshwaterScience #FreshwaterBiology #FreshwaterEcology 📢Grab your free digital copy here 👇
fba.org.uk/shop/p/freshwa…

Fancy a waterside walk with a knowledgeable guide who can explain all about the wildflowers, foliage, birds and insects you see along the way?

Come on a Stroud Safari with our Tamsin! Free but please book.

stroudvalleysproject.org/events/a-strou…

#VisitStroudUK #InStroud #GreenGloucestershire

Historic step in fungal research! @insidenatgeo has changed their definition of 'wildlife' to include fungi, declaring mycology as an area of interest for research & supporting it with access to grants worldwide! Read more about it on our web 👇🏽ffungi.org/blog/historic-…

If you're under 26 and face financial barriers in pursuing a career in Ecology, apply now for our Span Trust bursaries.

The bursaries can provide you with mentoring, training and direct funding support.

Deadline: 20 March 12pm

britishecologicalsociety.org/learning-and-r…

This is so powerful…

And all before our eyes.

Just to clarify on who can apply for the below position: ANYONE! This is not just restricted to Irish/EU nationals thanks to updated regulations in our University around postgraduate fees.

Call for abstracts for
BrEPS
conference is now open! The theme is 'Elevating Environmental Psychology research in everyday life, practice & policy: Reflective dialogues'. Submit abstracts here:
surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02…
Pls RT across your networks! See you in Portsmouth! 😊

This should be well worth a visit 19 March - 6 April. The plight of the eel, Julie Manning.

thegeorgeatnewnham.co.uk/event/the-decl…

🦏The IUCN Red List has now assessed 157,190 species, revealing that more than 44,000 are currently threatened with extinction.🐞

This list serves as a comprehensive record of the #conservation status for a wide array of plant & animal species.

iucnredlist.org/en