Saving beloved species isn't enough — but it's a good start.

@diogoverissimo.bsky.social contributed to a discussion about the role species popularity and value play in conservation messaging when raising awareness about a species in peril.

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ARC Raiders Impressions: The Most-Promising Extraction Shooter I've Played

Read @itsvanaken.games' preview: www.gameinformer.com/preview/2025...

New! 13 ways gaming affects your mental health – for better and worse. Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers @nballou.bsky.social, @thomashakman.bsky.social, @matti.vuorre.com, rpsychologist.com and @shuhbillskee.bsky.social. Find out more: bit.ly/44hOl7I 1/4

With more than 3 billion people playing video games, how can these virtual environments, with gameful modes of human-wildlife engagement, help biodiversity conservation, pro-environmental engagement and behaviour.

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@katieblake.bsky.social @diogoverissimo.bsky.social

Thrilled to reveal my first lead author publication on how video games engage with conservation! 🎮🌱

Katherine Tubb, @diogoverissimo.bsky.social, and I replied to Chris Sandbrook et al.'s recent paper on the topic. Check out the short paper below 👇

doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_59_25

The IUCN and Zoomarine Portugal have established the Center for Species Survival on Behaviour Change, creating a hub to connect conservation practitioners, researchers, and policymakers addressing biodiversity challenges.

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@diogoverissimo.bsky.social @iucn-bctf.bsky.social

You can't learn from something without a brain. Faculty, students, and parents should protest to their MPs. Whoever is pushing #AI for education is either monumentally ignorant and should not be in charge of so much as a paper bag, or is getting a commission to destroy education. 1/n

Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis.

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