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Paige Byerly, PhD
@paigebyerly.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Senckenberg @sgn.one | research associate at Smithsonian NZCBI | conservation and museum genomics, seabirds, conservation biology | managing editor @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social she/her
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · Nov 18
new account 🚨! hi everyone I'm Paige Byerly, a postdoc researcher from the US living in Germany. I work on conservation #genetics of a lot of species, including the endangered Great Bustard I'm holding, but my true love is #seabirds. I'm excited to rebuild a community of scientists on here ❤️‍
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Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 28m
This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1h
Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 3h
NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m
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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 22h
Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard
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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 12d
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 4h
and appear to be forming alliances with the plant community
A small mushroom and a sapling tree grow together on a mossy log
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 4h
very small conglomerations of mushrooms are also reporting for duty
Tiny white mushrooms on a mossy tree Small white mushrooms grow from a mossy log with ivy
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 15h
Big year for large conglomerations of mushrooms
A large cluster of of mushrooms on a rotten log A large cluster of of mushrooms on a rotten log
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 20h
a real lunker #fungi #fungusfriends
A large brown mushroom in a field the size of a hand held next to it for scale
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 1d
Pour yourself a coffee and have a read of this tragic story about the last pair of Great Auks for #Auktober ♥️
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Niels de Winter @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social · 3d
Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved
DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio
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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 2d
Amethyst deceiver
#fungifriends
Purple mushroom with gills and a thin stem seen from below.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d
This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.
Winchell's Donut Hors Open Winchell's Donut House Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992. The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark Elias/AP)
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Laura Kelley @lauraakelley.bsky.social · 2d
Back in the land of bowers this week! Investigating how male courtship signals are affected by urbanisation #greatbowerbirds @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 2d
The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

@aarc-community.bsky.social
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 2d
2025. The world's snow leopards are very similar genetically—findings suggest that doesn't bode well for their future phys.org/news/2025-10...
The world's snow leopards are very similar genetically—findings suggest that doesn't bode well for their future
There are relatively few snow leopards in the world, and it has likely been that way for a long time, a new study indicates. This situation increases their risk of extinction in a changing environment...
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 3d
We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 4d
What a gem! the Death's Head #Hawkmoth. 💀🦋Excited each time I find one!
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Maria Akopyan, PhD @akopyan.bsky.social · 17d
Now published in Cell! We found that ~15% of SNPs from divergent refs did not liftover as SNPs in the gray fox ref—half mapped to monomorphic sites, half failed to map. Co-authored with Matthew Genchev, @elliecat.bsky.social, and @jazlynmooney.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 4d
Shit is so terrible right now that I find people sparring over something meaningless that I also don’t care about extremely soothing.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 4d
The University of Oklahoma seeks an Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences for a tenure-track role starting Fall 2026. Apply at: https://apply.interfolio.com/174674 #job
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 4d
Edible mushroom foraging is a huge activity here but I only hunt with my camera bc I don’t trust my ID skills to not kill us. I asked some local friends if they’d be willing to show me the ropes but they politely brushed me off—no one wants the competition!
A small pink mushroom on the forest floor A cluster of orange and tan mushrooms on a rotting log A round brown mushroom with a shaggy top A cluster of yellow mushrooms on a mossy rotting log
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 4d
Lots of rain here recently, which means it’s finally autumn mushroom-hunting season here in the Spessart Forest of Central Germany 🍄🍁
#fungusfriends #fungus
A cup of coffee next to several German guides to mushroom ID A small blue mushroom poking out of autumn leaves A cluster of white mushrooms on a mossy log A large yellow mushroom on a forest floor
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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 6d
I spent several days in my own cabin in Sweden this past week, on a quest for mushrooms. I was lucky to be guided by my partner's uncle to some choice spots, and bagged ten different edible species, including the elusive horn of plenty. Chanterelle dominated, but also wood hedgehog.
Porcini / steinsopp / Boletus edulis Chanterelle / kantarell / Cantharellus cibarius A tisket a tasket, I pop fungi in my basket. Trumpet chanterelle / traktkantarell / Craterellus tubaeformis
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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 7d
Fly Agaric aplenty at Castor Hanglands this week, drifts of them in birch woodland along with more Red-cracking Bolete than I've ever seen, and a single young Bay Bolete with a velvety cap and swollen, fibril-covered stipe

#fungusfriday #fungifriends
Red-cracking Bolete (no blue at base of stem) Bay Bolete
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 7d
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 7d
Exciting news!! The World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social 4th World #Seabird Conference is now open for registration! 🕊️🌏

🏢Hobart, Tasmania. 📅7-11 Sept 2026

Click the link for all the info 🤓
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir... #WSC4
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