Mark Gately
@markgately.bsky.social
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Mark Gately
@markgately.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Just arrived here and looking around to find people interested in wildlife and conservation.
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Gorillas in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park scratch the ground for truffles, not for insects as long assumed, study says.
With these findings, Gaston Abea becomes Ndoki's first Indigenous lead author of a peer-reviewed scientific paper.
🌍 bit.ly/4cwC3Ky
With these findings, Gaston Abea becomes Ndoki's first Indigenous lead author of a peer-reviewed scientific paper.
🌍 bit.ly/4cwC3Ky
April 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Gorillas in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park scratch the ground for truffles, not for insects as long assumed, study says.
With these findings, Gaston Abea becomes Ndoki's first Indigenous lead author of a peer-reviewed scientific paper.
🌍 bit.ly/4cwC3Ky
With these findings, Gaston Abea becomes Ndoki's first Indigenous lead author of a peer-reviewed scientific paper.
🌍 bit.ly/4cwC3Ky
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“Tropical rainforests don’t give up their secrets easily,” says WCS’s @emmastokeswcs.bsky.social. That makes the images from a recent camera trap project in Congo rewarding.
They help us better understand the forests to protect them. #InternationalDayofForests 🌍
▶️ bit.ly/3DjeDLr
They help us better understand the forests to protect them. #InternationalDayofForests 🌍
▶️ bit.ly/3DjeDLr
Unseen Rainforest
Over the course of an entire year, Will Burrard-Lucas, a UK-based photographer, worked with WCS and Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to capture images of some of the rarest, endangered mammals for the fir...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Tropical rainforests don’t give up their secrets easily,” says WCS’s @emmastokeswcs.bsky.social. That makes the images from a recent camera trap project in Congo rewarding.
They help us better understand the forests to protect them. #InternationalDayofForests 🌍
▶️ bit.ly/3DjeDLr
They help us better understand the forests to protect them. #InternationalDayofForests 🌍
▶️ bit.ly/3DjeDLr
Wolf populations in Europe have made a big comeback, increasing by almost 60 percent in a single decade, according to a new study.
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March 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Wolf populations in Europe have made a big comeback, increasing by almost 60 percent in a single decade, according to a new study.
www.ecowatch.com/european-wol...
www.ecowatch.com/european-wol...
Wildlife photo of the week: storks at the Knepp estate, West Sussex, UK. Storks went extinct in the UK in the early 15th century, but are now making a comeback on rewilded land.
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March 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wildlife photo of the week: storks at the Knepp estate, West Sussex, UK. Storks went extinct in the UK in the early 15th century, but are now making a comeback on rewilded land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Scottish conservationists hope to convert a Highland sporting estate into a rewilding showcase after a mystery benefactor gave them more than £17.5m to buy it.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Scottish conservationists hope to convert a Highland sporting estate into a rewilding showcase after a mystery benefactor gave them more than £17.5m to buy it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the UK government has announced.
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March 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the UK government has announced.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Beavers reintroduced to a farm in the UK have saved it from drought, prevented flooding in the nearby village and boosted the local economy, according to the owner of the land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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March 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Beavers reintroduced to a farm in the UK have saved it from drought, prevented flooding in the nearby village and boosted the local economy, according to the owner of the land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A major camera-trap photography operation in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park led by photographer Will Burrard-Lucas and supported by WCS has captured outstanding images of some of the most charismatic but often rarely seen mammals.
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February 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A major camera-trap photography operation in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park led by photographer Will Burrard-Lucas and supported by WCS has captured outstanding images of some of the most charismatic but often rarely seen mammals.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release....
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release....
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Our WCS team in Gabon is supporting critical steps toward peaceful human-elephant co-existence there. bit.ly/3Dbr3VM 🌍
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our WCS team in Gabon is supporting critical steps toward peaceful human-elephant co-existence there. bit.ly/3Dbr3VM 🌍
Sustainable management would seem to be the obvious way forward as an encounter between a dog and a wild boar spreads panic across Dartmoor.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Sustainable management would seem to be the obvious way forward as an encounter between a dog and a wild boar spreads panic across Dartmoor.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
African lion numbers are declining as a result of decreases in prey populations, necessitating the need for increased prey protection measures to reverse this trend, a study says.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
African lion numbers are declining as a result of decreases in prey populations, necessitating the need for increased prey protection measures to reverse this trend, a study says.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: come be my peer at @wcs.org as the new Regional Director of the Sudano-Sahel Region, overseeing conservation programs in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria, reporting to a regional office based in Kigali, Rwanda. 🌍🧪 More here: shorturl.at/O2c41
February 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: come be my peer at @wcs.org as the new Regional Director of the Sudano-Sahel Region, overseeing conservation programs in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria, reporting to a regional office based in Kigali, Rwanda. 🌍🧪 More here: shorturl.at/O2c41
Wildlife photo of the week is a herd of bison in Elk Island national park, Alberta, Canada. The park’s herds play a vital role in bison rewilding efforts across North America and as far as Russia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Wildlife photo of the week is a herd of bison in Elk Island national park, Alberta, Canada. The park’s herds play a vital role in bison rewilding efforts across North America and as far as Russia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland and lock up millions of tons of carbon, say researchers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland and lock up millions of tons of carbon, say researchers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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great time with Minneapolis Audubon yesterday! Amazed that four years into the life of OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, this book can still coax upwards of 70 people from their normal routines to learn more 🦉🌍
February 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
great time with Minneapolis Audubon yesterday! Amazed that four years into the life of OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, this book can still coax upwards of 70 people from their normal routines to learn more 🦉🌍
Wildlife photo of the week is one of the four Lynx that were illegally released into the Cairngorms in January. All four were recaptured, but one subsequently died.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wildlife photo of the week is one of the four Lynx that were illegally released into the Cairngorms in January. All four were recaptured, but one subsequently died.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marine scientists and economists have unveiled a comprehensive framework for Marine Prosperity Areas, which align human well-being with the restoration of designated marine and coastal environments.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
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February 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Marine scientists and economists have unveiled a comprehensive framework for Marine Prosperity Areas, which align human well-being with the restoration of designated marine and coastal environments.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
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This is not good news. If they rule out the reintroduction of Lynx, they need to outline a a system that controls herbivores, including sheep, to allow the restoration of forests, stop landslides, capture carbon and live up to the claim that Scotland will become a rewilded nation!
February 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is not good news. If they rule out the reintroduction of Lynx, they need to outline a a system that controls herbivores, including sheep, to allow the restoration of forests, stop landslides, capture carbon and live up to the claim that Scotland will become a rewilded nation!
First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland (while attending the NFU conference!).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland (while attending the NFU conference!).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wildlife photo of the week is a Darwin’s frog at London zoo. It is one of more than 30 froglets of the endangered species born at the zoo after a dramatic rescue mission in which their parents were extracted from their fungus-threatened native habitat in Chile.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wildlife photo of the week is a Darwin’s frog at London zoo. It is one of more than 30 froglets of the endangered species born at the zoo after a dramatic rescue mission in which their parents were extracted from their fungus-threatened native habitat in Chile.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Crimes against wildlife are increasingly threatening biodiversity in Latin America, with almost 2,000 wildlife seizures and poaching incidents recorded over five years, according to a recent report.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Crimes against wildlife are increasingly threatening biodiversity in Latin America, with almost 2,000 wildlife seizures and poaching incidents recorded over five years, according to a recent report.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/repo...
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/repo...
Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years. The last confirmed sighting was in 1839.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years. The last confirmed sighting was in 1839.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/worl...
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/worl...
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👋 Bluesky - we're Wildlife Conservation Society Canada! We work across biodiversity, climate & conservation to better understand and address impacts on Canada’s globally important wild ecosystems🌎
Follow for the latest in Canadian conservation science & policy 🙌
📸 by Peter Soroye
Follow for the latest in Canadian conservation science & policy 🙌
📸 by Peter Soroye
February 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
👋 Bluesky - we're Wildlife Conservation Society Canada! We work across biodiversity, climate & conservation to better understand and address impacts on Canada’s globally important wild ecosystems🌎
Follow for the latest in Canadian conservation science & policy 🙌
📸 by Peter Soroye
Follow for the latest in Canadian conservation science & policy 🙌
📸 by Peter Soroye
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an observation tower at Prek Toal Ramsar Site, on the edge of Tonle Sap in Cambodia. Egg collectors had decimated bird colonies here (stork, ibis, heron, cormorant, pelican). An effort to convert poachers to guards resulted in a spectacular rebound in numbers; a true conservation success story 🌍
January 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
an observation tower at Prek Toal Ramsar Site, on the edge of Tonle Sap in Cambodia. Egg collectors had decimated bird colonies here (stork, ibis, heron, cormorant, pelican). An effort to convert poachers to guards resulted in a spectacular rebound in numbers; a true conservation success story 🌍