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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · 7d

A truly devastating loss.

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 7d

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 14d

All content from this special issue is temporarily free to access. Four more days to download!

Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 24d

Our September issue is out today and it's a big one! We're focusing this month on biodiversity and the renewable energy transition. 🌎🧪This collection includes the Focus issue articles plus relevant content from other Nature journals: www.nature.com/collections/...

Biodiversity and the energy transition

A transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies is required to reduce global carbon emissions, one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss.

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 24d

Finally - all content from this issue has been made free to access until September 29. Download now, read later! www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Volume 1 Issue 9, September 2025

Strategic placement of infrastructure associated with renewable energy can minimize harm to biodiversity; inspired by content in this Focus issue

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · 24d

I'm very proud of this Focus issue that we've pulled together on #biodiversity and the renewable energy transition. As a board game lover I'm especially excited about our cover art which highlights the idea that strategic 'siting' of new infrastructure is a key step to mitigate biodiversity impacts.

Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 24d

Our September issue is out today and it's a big one! We're focusing this month on biodiversity and the renewable energy transition. 🌎🧪This collection includes the Focus issue articles plus relevant content from other Nature journals: www.nature.com/collections/...

Biodiversity and the energy transition

A transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies is required to reduce global carbon emissions, one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss.

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Sep 5

What's preferable in a journal article: use the conventional IUCN palette for reader recognition, or tweak the colors for maximum visual accessibility? I'm stuck -- please weigh in!

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Sep 5

The IUCN Red List threat status categories use a color palette that is inaccessible in terms of red-green colorblindness. Question for the #biodiversity #conservation crowd about data visualization and accessibility 👇

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Sep 1

sanctions hurt people and the planet

Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Sep 1

New online! Challenges and opportunities for biodiversity governance in Iran

Challenges and opportunities for biodiversity governance in Iran

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 01 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00089-yBiodiversity conservation efforts in Iran are affected by economic sanctions. Masoud Yousefi, at the University of Tehran, highlights the effects of sanctions and calls for international support, alongside internal involvement of rural societies and Indigenous communities in conservation programmes, to preserve Iran’s biodiversity and help to address global biodiversity loss.

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Jul 16

Our July issue is now live! go.nature.com/4lw9mkB
Review and Perspective topics this month include:
📈Conserving critically endangered species
🦜The avian radiation
🌡️Marine heatwaves
🕸️ Interaction networks
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Volume 1 Issue 7, July 2025

Stemming the loss of Critically Endangered species; inspired by the Review from Lacher et al.

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Jun 18

Our June issue is now live! Review and Perspective topics this month include:
🐒 Primate genomic adaptation
🧊 Deglaciation
🌱 Seed disperser decline
🦟 Parasitism driving host diversification

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Volume 1 Issue 6, June 2025

Non-human-primate diversity and adaptation; see Review from Roos et al.

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Jun 30

También puedo hablar un poco de español si se prefiere.

Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hi #ATBC2025! I’m here representing Nature Reviews Biodiversity (@natrevbiodiv.nature.com). Happy to chat if you’ve got an exciting idea for a review or an opinion piece. You can reach out by DM.

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · May 30

This 👇 I can normally brush off cover letters beginning "Dear Sir" but lately it's sending me over the edge.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 30

The combination of world goings-on that is simultaneously resulting in:

-More people doing slightly annoying shit

And

-Me being more annoyed than usual by people doing slightly annoying shit

Is perhaps not great for my mood

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · May 13

Glad to share this new publication on the role of scientific diasporas in facilitating global biodiversity research and conservation goals rdcu.be/elSmJ. The result of the Colombian diaspora organizing during COP16 2024 in Cali, Colombia. @juliprieto.bsky.social @birdmapper.bsky.social

Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, Felipe Zapata, Mónica Medina and Julián Prieto co-authors of the paper standing outside the COP16 Green Zone in downtown Cali, Colombia.

Colombian biodiversity mural. Cali, Colombia

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 8

🌊🧬Revolutionizing Biodiversity Monitoring?🧪

Could aquatic #eDNA be a game-changer for tracking biodiversity loss? From detecting invasive species to restoring ecosystems...🌍

Study by Altermatt, F., Couton, M., Carraro, L. et al.: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · May 2

Congrats, Dan!

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The Antonelli Lab @antonelli-lab.bsky.social · Mar 26

Check out our new paper 'Moving biodiversity from an afterthought to a key outcome of forest restoration', where we review current practice and knowledge gaps and set out how to achieve effective, long-lasting positive effects for biodiversity. doi.org/10.1038/s443... @rbgkew.bsky.social

Moving biodiversity from an afterthought to a key outcome of forest restoration - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Forest restoration has the potential to result in substantial biodiversity gains alongside climate and human well-being benefits; however, biodiversity has historically been neglected in restoration e...

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Feb 28

New Review: Conserving seagrass ecosystems to meet global biodiversity and climate goals 🌎🧪

From @carlosduartephd.bsky.social and colleagues.

Web: go.nature.com/4khmf1N PDF:
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Conserving seagrass ecosystems to meet global biodiversity and climate goals - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Seagrass ecosystems are increasingly recognized for their importance to biodiversity and marine ecosystem function, but they face many threats. This Review summarizes the contributions of seagrass eco...

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Feb 26

✋Radicalized by Fern Gully at an early age.

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Feb 26

Those formative, animated movies of my youth also just happened to be about scrappy alliances of everyday folks standing up to authoritarnianism, so, make of that what you will.

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Feb 6

Fantastic review! Congrats, Joaquín!

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Alex McKay @alexmckay.bsky.social · Feb 3

Really interesting to read about alternatives to coffee, cocoa, and palm oil that are already commercially available and could come at a much lower environmental cost: rdcu.be/d8tS4

Emerging alternatives to coffee, cocoa and palm oil deserve a spot on the research agenda - Nature Food

Despite increasing interest in cellular agriculture, coffee, cocoa and palm oil produced using these techniques have received limited scientific attention. Emerging alternatives could mitigate negativ...

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Global Ecology 🌐 @global-ecology.bsky.social · Jan 30

Global bioacoustics dataset ! 🎶🦜

WABAD, the World Annotated Bird Acoustic Dataset

5,044 min of annotated bird vocalizations, 1,147 species, 70 sites 🌍 across 27 countries & 13 biomes

Open-access for AI training & conservation research

👉 by C. Pérez-Granados et al.
doi.org/10.21203/rs....

🌐🧪🌍🦤🪶

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jan 29

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 23

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect

Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

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Kyle Higham @kylehigham.bsky.social · Dec 5

In light of the Government's push to get a 'return on investment' (ROI) from research funding, perhaps it is as good a time as any to talk about just how hard it is to measure this supposed ROI for research in general. Let's take a trip into the weeds! ⬇️

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · Jan 20

For inspiration - this is from 2018, in Nature:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science

A move to classify people on the basis of anatomy or genetics should be abandoned.

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