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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Aug 1

Australia has a lot of weird critters, and it's time to bring the underrated ones to light! Cast your vote here: www.abc.net.au/news/science... |

Hard to pick between the ghost bat 🦇, great desert skink 🦎, and turtle frog 🐸.

Video: youtu.be/u1-XUmqVC-M?...

What is Australia's most underrated animal? | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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Daniel Gomez Isaza @danielgomezisaza.bsky.social · Jul 31

In a world where multiple stressors collide, we often focus on their negative impacts on animals 🐟🐸🐢. But what if, under certain conditions, one stressor protects against another? Read our latest paper: dx.doi.org/10.1093/conp... @conphysjournal.bsky.social from our @sebiology.bsky.social session!

Protective multi-stressor interactions in the Anthropocene: Key considerations for investigating cross-tolerance in a conservation context

Species in a human-impacted world face multiple stressors, which sometimes interact in protective ways. Cross-protection occurs when exposure to one stress

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · Jul 21

I am very happy that our ALAN issue is receiving many nice contributions. I will share them here as they come out.

The first contribution is now online, in which Daniel Gomez Isaza et al. reviewed global ALAN impacts on sea turtle hatchling dispersal.

Read REVIEW here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jun 27

The effect of artificial light at night on sea turtle hatchling early dispersal: A systematic review of methods, impacts and findings www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🦑🌎

The effect of artificial light at night on sea turtle hatchling early dispersal: A systematic review of methods, impacts and findings

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a rapidly expanding pollutant, raising concerns about its impact on species that rely on natural light cues for cr…

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you’re an ECR at #SEBCONFERENCE in Antwerp and interested in writing for Conservation Physiology in Action, or getting involved in reviewing, come chat to our editorial team tomorrow @conphysjournal.bsky.social

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Daniel Gomez Isaza @danielgomezisaza.bsky.social · Jun 30

Excited to share our latest review of the impacts of artificial light in sea turtle hatchling dispersal 💡🐢! We review their visual capabilities 👀 and discuss the costs of disrupted orientation. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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FishEvo Zuzana Musilova @fishevo.bsky.social · Jun 23

We're hiring a postdoc!👀
Join us to explore the amazing world of (deep-sea) fish vision! We're looking for a curious researcher to work with histology, FISH, and even crispr!
Apply by 14 July 2025.
Thks for sharing!
#PostdocJobs #DeepSea #FishVision #Evolution www.fishevo.com/open-postdoc...

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Jun 18

Developed from the #WCH10 symposium, we provide a guide for researchers & managers on current advances for assessing the vulnerability of reptiles 🐍 & amphibians 🐸 to water stress | doi.org/10.1093/conp... | Published in @conphysjournal.bsky.social

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Daniel Gomez Isaza @danielgomezisaza.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are you heading to #ICCB2025? Come see my talk on baby turtles and what we can do to minimise the threat of artificial lighting 💡🐢. Monday 16th at 3:30-4:30 in Plaza meeting room P3. Excited for my first ICCB conference - let’s chat over a coffee or lunch!

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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · May 9

I will forever be haunted by this footage.

Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.

What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Apr 11

It’s time to take science to the southern hemisphere!
Save the date for the 1st Austral Animal Physiology Conference. Brazil, 6-9 Dec 2026.
Follow aapc2026 on Instagram #comparativephysiology
#ecophysiology
#conservationphysiology #globalsouth

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Mar 6

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Daniel Gomez Isaza @danielgomezisaza.bsky.social · Feb 28

🐢💡Lights, Hatchling, Action💡🐢
Great end to an incredible week of field work. We used a Y-maze to observe the attraction of turtle hatchlings to different lights and intensities. Now time to analyse the data! 🔦 Stay tuned for the fascinating results!

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Daniel Gomez Isaza @danielgomezisaza.bsky.social · Feb 23

Great to get out for field work on the stunning beaches of Ningaloo, working hands-on with these adorable turtle hatchlings! 🐢 A fantastic team - Michele Thums, Phillips Wilson, Kellie Pendoley - and some exciting results!

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · Feb 6

Meet the #ICCB2025 Plenary Speakers, a lineup of inspiring leaders shaping the future of conservation! From #wildlife trafficking to Indigenous land stewardship, these thought leaders will challenge perspectives and spark new ideas.
🌍 #conservation #ecology #marinelife
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · Jan 30

A reminder that there is a starter pack for the CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY COMMUNITY. Today we welcomed cons phys gurus @trishschulte.bsky.social @physiologyfish.bsky.social & @craigefranklin.bsky.social. Ping me if you work in this space and want to be added! go.bsky.app/RRAUWkk

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Craig Franklin @craigefranklin.bsky.social · Jan 30

At long last, I am delving into social media & this platform seems to underpin my principles & values. Bear with me as I navigate this landscape.

I am on here to celebrate the creativity & impact of experimental biology & the research that is being conducted by dedicated & passionate scientists.

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Luciana Ferreira @drlucianaferreira.bsky.social · Jan 7

Our paper just out on pygmy blue whale diving and using dive data to validate foraging areas identified using movement data

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Tracking pygmy blue whale diving behaviour and validation of foraging areas defined from horizontal movement data

Foraging in large vertebrates is often inferred from horizontal movement behaviour from satellite tracking data, but the strength of this inference ha…

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Katharina Ruthsatz @kruthsatz.bsky.social · Jan 9

CALL FOR PAPERS 🌡️ @jthermbiol.bsky.social
Working on life-stage-specific thermal sensitivity? Check out our #SpecialIssue on ontogenetic variation in thermal biology! 🐘🐦🐸🐝🐟🐚🕷️🐍🦈 (all taxa welcome!) @patricepottier.bsky.social @elisathrl.bsky.social, ZL Cowan, F Dahlke
👉https://shorturl.at/D3Bow

Journal of Thermal Biology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Journal of Thermal Biology | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Journal of Thermal Biology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Josefin Sundin @josefin-sundin.bsky.social · Jan 1

Post-doc position available! Join us in this exciting project where we will use more than 100 years of data to investigate habitat choice and availability of the elusive European eel. The position will be based at SLU Aqua in Stockholm. Apply before January 7. Please repost!

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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · Dec 18

🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9...

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Martin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · Dec 12

Check out our new paper "Effect of elevated incubation temperatures on learning and brain anatomy of hatchling and juvenile lizards" published online in Journal of Comparative Physiology B and led by Iván Beltran. @sherculanohouzel.bsky.social
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Effect of elevated incubation temperatures on learning and brain anatomy of hatchling and juvenile lizards

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Daniel Noble @danielwanoble.bsky.social · Dec 12

Check out our cool new findings showing how developmental temperature and corticosterone have long term impacts on mitochondrial efficiency that coincide with consistent differences in body size through life! A fantatsic team effort doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

From eggs to adulthood: sustained effects of early developmental temperature and corticosterone exposure on physiology and body size in an Australian lizard

Highlighted Article: Incubation temperature and prenatal corticosterone exposure have independent sustained effects, but not interactive effects, on morphological and physiological traits in the delic...

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Dec 9

Yesterday was the 3rd publication anniversary of our 2021 review paper on ecological light pollution💡 AND we also received our 100th citation on Google Scholar📈🎓 Therefore I thought it quite fitting to reproduce the original🧵 published on the other site

www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco... 🔓🧪

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Schematical representation of a street light; abov is a inverted pyramid showing the levels of biological organization affected by artificial light:
genes/cells; individuals; populations; communities; ecosystems/landscapes
The original figure legend reads: Impact of artificial light at night (ALAN) on multiple levels of biodiversity. The multiple levels of biodiversity are interlinked, i.e., one level of biodiversity may respond to ALAN and modify processes at other biodiversity levels. For example, ALAN may impact the gene expression of certain clock genes, which results in a reduced fitness of individuals and a population decrease due to a phenological mismatch with other species and finally a changed community composition. This may impact ecosystem processes and nocturnal lightscapes (e.g., forests, coral reefs), which in turn influences all other levels.

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Tharusha Wijewardena 🐢 @turtleecology.bsky.social · Dec 6

I want to create a list of turtle scientists around the world! 🐢

If you study turtles, could you please reply to this post or DM me so I can add you to my list of "Fun Turtle Science"?

(Creating a list instead of a starter pack so I can pin it to my feed.)

Photograph of Spotted Turtle amid fallen leaf litter. Lots of sticks in the foreground and background.

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