Dr Rebecca Lakin

No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.

Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.

Smashed records.

Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

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JOB: Palaeoclimate Laboratory Research Assistant with the Past2Future Horizon Europe research project at Cardiff Uni, advancing understanding of Earth’s climate, with a focus on potential abrupt climatic transitions and the crossing of tipping points
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Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.

Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.

One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction - Nature A global multi-taxon extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species finds one-quarter of species to be at high risk of extinction.

Sayer, C.A., Fernando, E., Jimenez, R.R. et al. One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

I mean, a lot of my driving instructors would chastise me for going 30 in a 40 limit, you can hardly blame people for not knowing better

Mmm Christmas eve buffet 😋

In spite of Storm Darragh, I was still able to celebrate my birthday this weekend with good food, good friends, and animal cuddles courtesy of @animalcwtch.bsky.social 🥰🦔🐇🦎🐍🦜 #30th

A litre of water is a pint and three quarters

Two and a quarter pounds of jam weighs about a kilogram

Absolutely ✨❤️✨

And this is the Artful Dodger. I found him in a bin, and he wakes me up at least an hour before my alarm to scream for breakfast. His hobbies include tripping me down the stairs, leaving rodents on my kitchen floor, and vomiting on the carpet (but NEVER on the lino)

This is Marmalade. She is an ethereal goddess, a princess queen, a fluffy Galadriel. It's her house, I just live here 💕

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Landmark report calls for immediate action to safeguard Wales' rainforests The vast majority of Welsh rainforest habitat is in ‘unfavourable’ condition, with many sites suffering from multiple compounding threats, according to a landmark report that assesses the health of Wa...

The vast majority of Welsh rainforest habitat is in ‘unfavourable’ condition, with many sites suffering from multiple compounding threats, according to a landmark report that assesses the health of Wales' rare temperate rainforests

Had an amazing time this weekend at Wilton's Music Hall with Carradine's Cockney Sing-a-long. Perfect nostalgic atmosphere and the audience was packed!! 🍻