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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · 1d

A heartfelt farewell to my hero 🌌💚
Dr. Jane Goodall changed the way we see the world — and ourselves.
Read my goodbye to Dr Jane, and to a life dedicated to compassion, courage, and the wild.
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The Long Read: My Goodbye to Dr Jane Goodall

“Have you heard the news? I know you were a big fan.” A gut-wrenching message to receive while out in the field. My heart sinks into my stomach. I immediately think to myself, “Please don’t...

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · 9d

Dr Jane Goodall 1934–2025💚🌌🐒
I’ve lost an idol, a matriarch, and a friend. The world has lost one of its most powerful voices for nature. Tireless, courageous, uncompromising. She transformed how we see animals—and ourselves. Her legacy will shape science and conservation for generations.

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Aug 29

Exploring the Cotswolds and the South East! Other than the tourists it's a lovely area 🤣. Seeing Stonehenge for the first time was amazing but I was even more impressed by Avebury Stone Circle that was much larger (number of stones and circumstance) and Stonehenges senior by 400-800 years!!

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Aug 8

Just another relatable National Trust sign

A grey sign with white writing stands in front of an old tree. The sign reads: I am very old and need to rest. Please don't sit on me

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Aug 3

Some great time spent in nature and with our ancestors (via stone circles!) this summer so far!

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 25

New Conservation Physiology in Action article, written by Jennifer Cocciardi, describing recent work to improve rhino immobilization. academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

Tranquillized but at risk: the conservation cost of rhino capture

Sedation is an essential tool in the fight to save white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum ssp. Simum), but it may come with unintended risks. Conservationists r

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Jun 28

Some time in nature and visiting some Neolithic monuments!

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · Jun 13

Unsung hero of WWII

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · May 8

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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ZEF Bonn @zefbonn.bsky.social · Feb 6

Calling African scholars! 🎓
The Right Livelihood College rightlivelihood.org at @unibonn.bsky.social is offering a @daadworldwide.bsky.social-funded PhD scholarship on Land Degradation, Environmental Justice & Socio-Cultural Dynamics in #Africa
Apply by March 15!
More details here: bit.ly/RLC-PhD

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Nepali researchers capture images of a snow leopard and a common leopard in the same location in the Gaurishankar Conservation Area, adding to the evidence of habitat overlap between the two species."

Nepali researchers yet again photograph snow leopard, leopard in same place

KATHMANDU — Nepali researchers have yet again photographed a snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and common leopard (P. pardus) in the same location in the lap of Mount Gaurishankar in the eastern Himalay...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Feb 2

Book burning?
If everything was digital in Hitler's 1930s Germany, this is what his book burning would have looked like: deletion of data, removal of websites, retraction of scientific studies, censorship of words like "equity," "diversity," "climate change."

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Colin Beale @cmbeale.bsky.social · Jan 31

Handy summary of UK Government consultation on English Land Use for UK ecology people. 🌿🌏

Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Jan 31

Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!

An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1

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Ninad Mungi @ninadm.bsky.social · Jan 30

Happy to share this study!
Large-scale monitoring in India shows tiger distribution increased by 30% in the last two decades and they now share space with 60 million people 🐅

Beyond ecological drivers, tiger recovery depends on peace and sustainability. Rekindles hope for a biodiverse Anthropocene

Science Magazine @science.org · Jan 30

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

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.

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Simon Butler @simon-butler.bsky.social · Jan 3

One week left to apply…

Simon Butler @simon-butler.bsky.social · Dec 3

📢JOB ALERT - Please RT📢
Interested in the spatial and temporal drivers of soundscape dynamics? I'm looking for a post-doc to join my 'Valuing Nature's Soundscapes' project. Deadline: 10/01/25 #ecoacoustics #soundscapes

Details and how to apply:...

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · Jan 25

10,000 of 3,000,000 millionaires left the country last year - 0.33%. These people would rather leave than pay tax - good riddance I say. Let’s not change our approach to appease rich freeloaders.

Reeves to water down tax raid on non-doms amid exodus of millionaires

The chancellor is to amend some of the changes to tax rules for non-domiciled individuals announced in October’s Budget

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Jan 14

What the hell is labour (teamlabouruk.bsky.social) thinking?? Just narrow mind, petty, partisan, decisions are not how you solve the biodiversity crisis or show real leadership.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’

Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through

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Celesté Maré @celestemare.bsky.social · Jan 13

This is so cool; 14 000 - 34 000 year old termite mounds!
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years

There is growing evidence that termites have a substantial, but still poorly understood, role in the carbon cycle.

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Jan 10

Hopefully this included plans for trophic rewilding, additionally to conventional restoration efforts. Very much needed: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London

Charity reveals plans to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich landscape as it marks 130th anniversary

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Parr @funkyant.bsky.social · Jan 6

Why shifting to early dry season fires to gain revenue from carbon is problematic www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management - Nature Sustainability

Adopting early dry season fires has been proposed as a means of generating sufficient carbon revenues to pay for conservation in Africa. However, the climatic impact thereof is deeply questionable and...

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Dec 14

This. Having been through this with a conservation assessment for dingoes in Victoria, this year—which I found highly unsatisfying—this rings absolutely true for me. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Matt Struebig @mattstruebig.bsky.social · Dec 5

Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia.

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ARIES DTP @aries-dtp.bsky.social · Oct 21

#PhD #studentship opportunity to study threatened pig populations and African Swine Fever in Indonesia working with @mattstruebig @DICE_Kent and @RCCC_UI https://buff.ly/4dTPPpC

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hey!! We always find each other some how 🤣

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello?! I am a Conservation Ecologist that is interested in protected areas, global change biology and nature recovery 🐘🌵🏞️ (also history, old school campervans and dogs!! 🏰🚍🐶) Trying to find my people again. Please follow!!

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Reece Thornley 🐘🦏 @rtconservation.bsky.social · Nov 15

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