Under the CAPES PEC-PG program, our program was awarded a full doctoral scholarship (48 months) for a foreign student to pursue a doctorate at the UFAM Zoology (Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil), starting in 2026. See details and the list of eligible countries in this link (www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/as...).
What a privilege to work at a university (UFAM), where we occasionally come across the wonders of the local fauna in Manaus (Amazon, Brasil). Here is a male of Pithecia pithecia eating fruit very close to our office.
A record of Caiman crocodilus just across my office. The surprises we have from time to time working at @UFAM campus, which is located within the largest urban forest fragment in Manaus, Amazon.
Community management in the Santa Maria community (Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil). Baby turtle release day
New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cultural reverence toward tigers (Panthera tigris) has fostered tolerance and permitted coexistence with humans in India. Ecological restoration, socioeconomic policies, and political stability have facilitated the recovery of tigers within their historical range, despite high human densities. This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home.
This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home.
Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra
Tiger recovery amid people and poverty
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global study on genetic diversity reveals accelerated loss, suggests conservation solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
MIAU: An analysis-ready dataset on presence-only and presence-absence data of Neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) from 2000 to 2021. Link:
natureconservation.pensoft.net/article/1406...
SSARP: An R Package for Easily Creating Species- and Speciation- Area Relationships Using Web Databases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.31.630948v1
Cool! #Phylogenomics and a new classification of the #tropical genus #Heliconia L. (Monocots, Zingiberales, Heliconiaceae).
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Check out the cutest thing ever: a pair of Little Aracuã (Ortalis motmot, Cracidae, Galliformes) chose my backyard to raise their two adorable chicks! 😍
Black capuchin (Sapajus nigritus), Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Check out this new paper just out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution on better understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
#conservationgenetics #PopulationGenetics
Starter pack with primate organisation icons
Primate peeps assemble!! Some great starter packs out there, so we figured we join the fun and start one for organisations and fieldsites. Help us find folk & let us know who we missed! 🧪🦊🐒
go.bsky.app/NK7z2st
The MOLRA (Map of Life Rapid Assessments) team, which our lab (LEGAL/UFAM) contributed to by collecting eDNA data, took second place in the Rainforest @XPrize competition out of 300 teams that entered. We are thrilled!
I’ve spent the last week traveling through the Amazon to witness the extreme drought & wildfires wreaking havoc across Brazil. Here’s our first dispatch from the front www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...
Population genetics of Himalayan langurs and its taxonomic implications https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.04.611248v1
