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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi, Joanna Bryson, Melissa Sweet

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Obituary: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

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Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists
She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
"All the signals are green here for Enceladus"
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Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances
Scientists studying water vapour plume from Enceladus find presence of complex molecules that could harbour life
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Watch to the end.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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by Garry Peterson — Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

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A boost for integrative rethinking of resilience in water-driven transitional ecosystems
Hurtado+
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rethinking resilience of water-driven transitional ecosystems
"characterized by experiencing periodic and reversible alternations of aquatic-terrestrial transitional states"
Figure 2. Assembly disassembly dynamics of biological covers in water-driven transitional ecosystems. Historically, biodiversity assessmentshave primarily been focused on the ability of aquatic biofilms (in light green) to resist and recover from drying, overlooking the compensatoryeffects provided by terrestrial organisms. However, during the terrestrial phase, aquatic species must acclimate or emigrate, favoring organismswith rapid life cycles and specific adaptations for survival during the terrestrial phase (biocrusts in brown). Within an integrative approach,biological covers (in blue) are a cornerstone community, embracing both biofilm and biocrust dynamic ensembles that better represent thebiodiversity changes associated with fluctuating water availability. WDTE refers to water-driven transitional ecosystem.
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi, Anne Applebaum, Michael Cox , and 40 more

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi, Flavio Lehner, Justin H. Kirkland , and 5 more

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Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

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"The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee."

-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
undark.org/2025/10/02/i...
Invasion Metaphors in Conservation Biology Pose Real-World Risk
Opinion | Comparisons between invasive species and human migrants in the literature can get hijacked for political ends.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to visit Leeds University and to see @josiesouth.bsky.social (one of my favorite colleagues) and her keen group of grad students.
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Josie South @josiesouth.bsky.social · 5d
This week was full of training, workshops and seminars. @leopoldadrianus.bsky.social taught the group ecomorphology, @ecoinvasions.bsky.social gave an insightful lecture on context dependent invasion impacts
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

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No one understood the importance of scientists engaging in society more than #JaneGoodall.

Though she lived a long, vibrant life, I still felt sad today, knowing that we lost an incredible ambassador for science, whose empathy, curiosity, and resilience inspired me and countless others.

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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

josiesouth.bsky.social
This week was full of training, workshops and seminars. @leopoldadrianus.bsky.social taught the group ecomorphology, @ecoinvasions.bsky.social gave an insightful lecture on context dependent invasion impacts
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi, Julie L. Lockwood

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In the Richelieu River, 25 years' exposure to zebra mussel fouling and food competition has produced a longterm erosion of native unionid mussels, despite the river's chemistry being suboptimal for zebra mussels.
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Pre-print: utoronto.scholaris.ca/bitstreams/9...
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

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Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has passed away aged 91

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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
An extraordinary researcher, conservation advocate, and inspirational figure. Her legacy transcends science. Legend.
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Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, the institute she founded said.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Sabotage by animal rights militants? 😁
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Invasional meltdown is a fascinating, poorly understood, and highly consequential phenomenon that can transform entire ecosystems. New models and experiments are needed to inform theory.
#bioinvasions #invasivespecies
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Jul 31
1/ Invasional meltdown is a popular but nebulous concept in invasion ecology. It involves multiple direct & indirect mechanisms, yet it is rarely studied beyond simple pairwise facilitations.

In a new paper, we expand the concept & offer testable hypotheses: redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Ri...
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Count me, too, among the ecologists who are unimpressed with conservation philosophies that embrace/ignore/soft-pedal invasive species.
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Chris Lean @chleansaidlane.bsky.social · 15d
I am giving a short online overview of my recent paper, next week. Expect me to be unimpressed with new conservation, compassionate conservation, the multispecies justice movement, and others defending invasive species. Register here:

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by Anthony Ricciardi — Reposted by: Henry Jones

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
"I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars."

- Edward Abbey ('Desert Solitaire', 1968).
#WorldRiversDay #StLawrenceRiver
Person fishing on St Lawrence River with Montreal skyline in background. (Associated Press photo)
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

thismanyyearsago.bsky.social
63 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
"We’ve looked at the Ganges and the Caspian Sea, but this could have been about Lake Victoria, or about drying rivers in Europe, or the disappearance of Bolivia’s second largest lake.

It’s not just water that disappears: it’s entire ecosystems and ways of life." theconversation.com/vanishing-wa...
Vanishing waters in a warming world
Bad news for the rivers and the lakes that we’re used to.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
New paper from our lab: The use of #microplastics as case-building material by larval caddisflies facilitates the transfer of plastic (& potentially its associated contaminants) to predatory fish.
Larval caddisflies (Limnephilidae) that had been exposed to microplastics (PET) and natural materials will readily incorporate plastic into their cases. Plastic in gastrointestinal tract of a freshwater fish (brown bullhead) exposed to larval caddisflies whose cases incorporate plastic.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
There is reason to be concerned. Genetic swapping between flu viruses has likely occurred in farmed pigs, and led to reassortment that created novel avian/swine flus.

The mixing vessel concept is important for understanding the emergence of invasive zoonotic pathogens from farming practices.
Figure by K. Dhama. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229805901_Swine_flu_and_the_current_influenza_A_H1N1_pandemic_in_humans_A_review
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

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A common freshwater fish seems to be attracted to caddisfly cases containing microplastics and consumes their cases (whole or in part) during predation. Incorporation of plastic in larval caddisfly cases leads to another route of transfer into aquatic food webs.
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Caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) facilitate the uptake of microplastics by a freshwater fish (Ameiurus nebulosus)
Microplastics are pervasive in inland waters and are entering aquatic food webs through diverse pathways. Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are common prey it…
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

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Our research group just published a study in Nature on how fish biodiversity in U.S. rivers and streams has been changing over the past 27 years (1993–2019). The results show sharply diverging trends depending on historic and changing water temperature. 🧵 rdcu.be/eH0l8
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Quote: "Endemic ants, finely adapted to local conditions, are now losing ground to invasive species, which thrive in disturbed habitats created by agriculture and urbanization."
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Fiji’s Ants Are Vanishing in a Stark Warning for Global Biodiversity
A new study shows 79% of Fiji’s endemic ants are vanishing, underscoring the urgent need to protect fragile insect biodiversity.
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by Anthony Ricciardi — Reposted by: Mark Lubell

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news.wm.edu/2025/09/23/s...
Study highlights the benefits of biodiversity for commercial fisheries
Combining 17 years of Chesapeake Bay population assessments with economic analyses, researchers show the importance of diversifying catches across species.
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi, Kirstin Drenkhahn

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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

chleansaidlane.bsky.social
I am giving a short online overview of my recent paper, next week. Expect me to be unimpressed with new conservation, compassionate conservation, the multispecies justice movement, and others defending invasive species. Register here:

cassyni.com/events/GXDbo...
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Reposted by: Anthony Ricciardi

ricciardilab.bsky.social
Last week our field team investigated the effects of low water levels in the St Lawrence River. Shown left to right: @briellecomartin.bsky.social, @ivanakomendic.bsky.social & @tjcolvin.bsky.social
Joining them was @ecoinvasions.bsky.social. The land on which they're standing should be under water.
Grad students assembling equipment on the receding shoreline of the St. Lawrence River.
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by Anthony Ricciardi

ecoinvasions.bsky.social
There are times when this feels like an appropriate response...
A parody written by Anthony Ricciardi (who is - full disclosure - a handling editor for multiple journals)
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