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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 8d

Read more about how you can turn your home into a wildlife refuge @aunz.theconversation.com @icon-science.bsky.social

theconversation.com/from-frog-sa...

From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge

Urban sprawl has forced native animals and humans to live close together. Here are eight ways to make your home a refuge for wildlife.

theconversation.com

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Jul 11

Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...

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Society for Conservation Biology Oceania @scboceania.org · Jun 19

If you can’t wait for the next ICCB - We are thrilled to announce that the next SCB Oceania conference will be held in Nov 2026 together with @newzealandecology.bsky.social in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ!

#NZES_SCBO2026 #ICCB2025

confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...

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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · Jul 2

Calling all early-career ecologists 🐨

Mentee registration is NOW OPEN for ESA’s July Speed Mentoring Week!

🔹 Book up to 3 one-on-one sessions with experienced ecologists
🔹 Get answers to your biggest career questions
🔹 Flexible, impactful, and designed for YOU

🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/bderjjxj

Speed mentoring for early career ecologists

Calling all early career ecologists!

The ESA Mentoring Program supports Early Career Ecologists by connecting them with mentors from academia and industry. The program provides a space to explore topics such as career development, work-life balance, research pathways, and navigating challenges in the profession.

When you register as a mentee, you will be invited to browse the profiles of our registered mentors and enjoy a unique opportunity to book up to three 30-minute sessions.

Mentee registration for the July week is now OPEN

A few things to note:
If you’ve been part of the ESA Mentoring Program before – or been mentored elsewhere – you’re still welcome to apply.
Mentees must be current ESA members to participate.
Sessions will be held online (Zoom)
There is no ongoing commitment – mentors and mentees may choose to continue the conversation after the mentoring week, but there is no expectation to do so.
If July doesn’t suit, look out for the October round (registrations open in September).

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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · Jul 10

Just over a week to go until the deadline for conference abstracts for ESA2025 🪶

Don't miss the chance to present your work in front of peers and experts in Adelaide this November.

Submit your abstracts online now: esa2025.org.au

#ESA2025 #ESAus2025 #ecology

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 8

Everything you want to know about deep-sea mining in this interview with @divaamon.bsky.social. 🌊

Meet The Marine Biologist Trying to Prevent Deep-Sea Mining

"Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress," says Diva Amon.

time.com

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Chris Janousek @janousekwild.bsky.social · Jul 7

Sea Grant, a program of NOAA which funds coastal research, education, and community outreach - is unfortunately a target for the current administration's draconian reductions in science funding. Sign a letter of support for Sea Grant here: sga.seagrant.org/letters-of-s...

Support Sea Grant Funding – Sea Grant Association

sga.seagrant.org

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Dr Veronica Radice @drradice.bsky.social · Jun 23

Mesophotic reef #coral reference genomes for Leptoseris and Montipora species! From my postdoc work in American Sāmoa. Thanks Revive & Restore Wild Genomes and @dtgenomics.bsky.social‬ for the support 🪸 @danbarshis.bsky.social | Data (see Files tab): osf.io/kdm8f/ | Paper:‬ doi.org/10.1093/jher...

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · Apr 30

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @uofguelph.bsky.social added its 15 millionth specimen to its archive, moving closer to its goal of sequencing 25 million specimens by 2029 — and then all life on Earth by 2045.

news.uoguelph.ca/2025/04/worl...

#DNAbarcoding #Milestone

World’s Largest DNA Library Collects 15 Millionth Specimen

A beetle from Costa Rica has become the 15 millionth specimen to enter a genetic reference library at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at the University of Guelph

news.uoguelph.ca

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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · May 31

The #GSB2025 Banner has been released, looking forward to seeing all your observations this year.
Find your local project here,
inaturalist.org/projects/gre...
or organise your own just get in contact via our socials or email. #inaturalist #citizenscience #naturelovers

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just saw this on the other site. Not good. We must preserve, protect, and advocate for biological collections and the museums who care for them

Announcement from iDigBio indicating BioDigiCon 2025 in DC wil be canceled due to current funding uncertainties

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Dr Veronica Radice @drradice.bsky.social · May 7

That's a shame, I was wondering why I couldn't find the website. Are there other similar national or international conferences this year that you might recommend?

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Livestream Oceanographic @livestreamocean.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today's dive will take place on an unnamed seamount northwest of Holanikū (Kure Atoll) starting at 450m. #OkeanosExplorer EX2503 dive 11 #Papahānaumokuākea #MarineLife #saveNOAA
www.youtube.com/live/rwq8v0c...

Camera 1: Beyond the Blue: Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping

YouTube video by oceanexplorergov

www.youtube.com

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · Apr 22

A press release is out about the Biodiversity Heritage Library. From 1 January 2026 the Smithsonian will no longer host the administrative functions of BHL. BHL is looking for a new home. For further information see blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
#ILoveBHL #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary

A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

blog.biodiversitylibrary.org

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Dr Veronica Radice @drradice.bsky.social · Jan 16

Last year I had an absolute blast at the Field Museum (Chicago, USA), especially at the Unseen Oceans exhibit with an amazing plankton entrance hall followed by bioluminescence! #MuseumSelfieDay @sciencecenters.bsky.social

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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · Dec 17

✅ Do you use R or Python?
✅ Are you an ecologist/biologist?

Then you might find our website ALA Labs useful!

ALA Labs is full of how-to articles to visualise or analyse biodiversity data. Some are for beginners, others are advanced/experimental 😀

labs.ala.org.au

🧪🌏 #rstats #python #quartopub

An animated scroll through an ALA Labs post, showing code, text and visuals to make a data visualisation in R. The article is on how to make a hexagon map of Australia, where each hexagon is an area of Australia, and each point in the hexagon is positioned and coloured to represent a species.

Examples of dataviz that ALA Labs posts show how to make in R. They are colourful and fun. One of them is even 3D!

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Dr Veronica Radice @drradice.bsky.social · Dec 18

@dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social @gabygoesdiving.bsky.social @cnidaryan.bsky.social @drjackhlaverick.bsky.social @valeriomicaroni.bsky.social

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Valerio Micaroni @valeriomicaroni.bsky.social · Nov 23

🚨 New paper!🚨 We explored, characterized and mapped shallow-water marine animal forests around Wellington, NZ. We found incredible sponge gardens, brachiopod beds, and polychaete fields.🧽🪸🪱🐟

In OA at: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

Sponge bed (Suberites australiensis) on shell rubble in the Wellington Harbour, New Zealand

Colorful mesophotic sponge and anemone garden in the Cook Strait

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Dr Veronica Radice @drradice.bsky.social · Dec 18

🪩 Excited to share our paper in #BiologyLetters about recent trends & biases in #mesophotic research! Huge effort by our volunteer community worldwide @pimbongaerts @AlelimonHA @perez-rosales-g.bsky.social & entire @mesophotic team!
▶️ doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
#ForCoral @rsocpublishing.bsky.social

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Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · Dec 14

Hi Bluesky, I’m Nicole, Manager of the Australian branch of the Biodiversity Heritage Library @bhl-au.bsky.social, the world’s largest online repository of biodiversity literature. I work with museums, herbaria & libraries to make their collections openly accessible, discoverable & connected. 1/3

An historic illustration of 3 fairy wrens

An historic illustration of a black and white possum in a tree

A historic book on a book scanner, open to a page showing historic illustrations of 5 colourful parrots

A woman standing in front of a bookshelf filled with historic bound journals

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Nov 29

I don’t quite yet have the same reach on here as I did on Twitter, so I’m going to start a new fish game called #EtymologyEpithet, where I explain the etymology (the meaning behind a name) for all of the fishes I’ve described, starting with Cirrhilabrus isosceles, the Pintail Fairywrasse.

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Dr. Torrance Hanley @torrancehanley.bsky.social · Nov 10

Many of the (great) starter packs focus on faculty in different fields. In an effort to help #EarlyCareerResearchers in #marine biology, ecology, evolution, & related fields (re-)connect, here is a list of ECRs. Please give them a follow (and reply to be added or suggest people). go.bsky.app/KhWvT4u

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · Nov 22

Quite clear that this ^ one is going to fill up, so I’ve started a 2nd one. Please continue to follow for ocean scholars and let me know if you’d like to be added. 🌊

go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · Nov 22

Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.

You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.

If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

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