🔎 We are looking for new associate editors to join our Biological Flora team!
🌱 Do you have expert, comparative knowledge of one or more aspects of diverse species of vascular plants?
📑 Can you provide detailed & authoritative reviews of submissions?
👉 More info: buff.ly/ulefHX6

Had a blast playing my "It's a hard knock life... for fish" game 🎲 at Rochdale Science Initiative Science Extravaganza this weekend.

Players learnt about threats to freshwater fish 🐟🐟 and then found suitable areas for them - the local fish now have some new conservation allies!💪

Lots more videos like this on my Animals in Motion youtube channel - good for biologists and animators: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Marsh Fritillary butterfly perched on grass against a soft green background. Photo credit Mark Searle

Passionate about moths, butterflies, and data management? 🦋

We're looking for a talented Biological Data Officer to join our team and support the UK Recording Scheme databases, including the National Moth Recording Scheme and Butterflies for the New Millennium databases.

Apply 👉 buff.ly/jGl0B6l

Pleased to co-supervise some awesome students & @ljmu-ris.bsky.social projects. This one led by Dr @luciagalvezbravo.bsky.social focuses on beaver reintroductions, working with the Cheshire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social & we shared evidence of extreme ecosystem engineering in just 4 years 😮🦫 #ESRT

Native plants like Ivy provide cover and habitat, supporting a variety of wildlife – the berries are a great food source for birds. A wildlife-friendly garden benefits everyone! 🌿🦊🐾 #Winterwatch

Flexible hibernation could help hedgehogs adapt to environmental changes - British Ecological Society New research has found hedgehogs living in the same, semi-rural area have wide variation in hibernation timing and pattern. The researchers say this flexibility could help them adapt to climate change and urbanisation.

Read more about the research here:

Blue islands in a green sea: Understanding, managing and conserving pond ecosystem health — NERC GW4+ Lead Supervisor: Fredric Windsor Project keywords: Ponds; ecology; metabarcoding; biomonitoring

www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...

a close up of an otter wearing a leash on a leash . ALT: a close up of an otter wearing a leash on a leash .

☎️ calling all budding #freshwater or #molecular ecologists!

Great #PhD with me, Fred Windsor, @danread.bsky.social + @jordancuff.bsky.social looking at impact of stressors + climate change on #ponds with #eDNA #metabarcoding to inform conservation + health assessment

Link below - apply by 13 Jan!

We are hiring a Field Assistant for 2025.

🌊Are you starting your career as a seabird biologist?
🏀Excited at the prospect of remote work on UK islands?
🌧️❄️Happy to work outside in unusual 'summer' weather conditions?

For more info on applying: drive.google.com/file/d/1byRm...

Day 2 of the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social conference starts with Lucy Waruingi Exec Director of the African Conservation Centre giving a masterclass on how to advance collaborative and community-led (not community-based!) conservation to sustain biodiversity, culture and community. #Kenya #Science