Natalie Cooper
@nhcooper123.bsky.social
Scientist @ Natural History Museum London. Senior Editor Methods Ecology & Evolution. Biodiversity, macroecology/evolution, R, PCMs, comedy, theatre, books, fun animal facts. she/her https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6w4ihPqk5_LOTuw-VhlaqEn1CctPqWGB
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I'm delighted to be joining Kathryn Rooke and the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social team to talk about their #okapi materials on 5 December. This show will be open 10-16:00, and I'll be on the okapi table at 10-11:00 and 12:00-13:00. Hope to see you there
Visitors to the Museum will have the exciting opportunity to enter our beautiful Earth Sciences Library.
A rare occasion to see treasures from the collection and learn about the Museum’s work as shown through the collections we care for.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #SpecialCollections #MuseumArchives
A rare occasion to see treasures from the collection and learn about the Museum’s work as shown through the collections we care for.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #SpecialCollections #MuseumArchives
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'm delighted to be joining Kathryn Rooke and the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social team to talk about their #okapi materials on 5 December. This show will be open 10-16:00, and I'll be on the okapi table at 10-11:00 and 12:00-13:00. Hope to see you there
📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)
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Sign up! I've been an Assoc Editor @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social for about a year; it's a way better experience than some other places I've been AE. Really great submissions & fantastic editorial & admin support.
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Sign up! I've been an Assoc Editor @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social for about a year; it's a way better experience than some other places I've been AE. Really great submissions & fantastic editorial & admin support.
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
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This is sorcery
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is sorcery
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Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Exciting new episode today is SPIKY, featuring our first ever guest the incredible @flygirlnhm.bsky.social. Spoiler alert - there may be some flies! m.youtube.com/watch?v=8si6...
Our first guest brings a powderpuff with wings | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep14
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
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The good thing about about one five star review and one two star review is you can say: "Divisive new play hits the London stage. Go see it and make your own mind up". So yeah please go see it anyway! 😊
On until November 29th @taratheatre.com :
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
On until November 29th @taratheatre.com :
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The good thing about about one five star review and one two star review is you can say: "Divisive new play hits the London stage. Go see it and make your own mind up". So yeah please go see it anyway! 😊
On until November 29th @taratheatre.com :
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
On until November 29th @taratheatre.com :
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
This was a lot of fun! We’re excited to start featuring some of our amazing colleagues starting with @flygirlnhm.bsky.social 🪰
Exciting new episode today is SPIKY, featuring our first ever guest the incredible @flygirlnhm.bsky.social. Spoiler alert - there may be some flies! m.youtube.com/watch?v=8si6...
Our first guest brings a powderpuff with wings | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep14
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This was a lot of fun! We’re excited to start featuring some of our amazing colleagues starting with @flygirlnhm.bsky.social 🪰
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A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
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Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either
🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats
🏳️🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data
Get in your abstracts before December 1st.
conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html
#queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay
🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats
🏳️🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data
Get in your abstracts before December 1st.
conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html
#queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay
Abstracts – rainbowR conference
conference.rainbowr.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either
🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats
🏳️🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data
Get in your abstracts before December 1st.
conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html
#queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay
🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats
🏳️🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data
Get in your abstracts before December 1st.
conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html
#queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay
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New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!!
One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.
One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!!
One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.
One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
It’s our 13th episode! UNLUCKY for some… but not for @joshlukedavis.com and @nhcooper123.bsky.social as they share their favourite UNLUCKY specimens. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGf... Yes we know some might be considered LUCKY depending on how you look at it! Picking stuff is hard! 🤣
What's beautiful and smells like vomit? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep13
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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Don't forget to register for our next MEE live!
Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
Find out more and register 👇
buff.ly/wNIpIWm
Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
Find out more and register 👇
buff.ly/wNIpIWm
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Don't forget to register for our next MEE live!
Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
Find out more and register 👇
buff.ly/wNIpIWm
Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
Find out more and register 👇
buff.ly/wNIpIWm
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social #2025SVP #SVP2025. Can people check they didn’t grab the wrong tote last night? Marc’s had his coat (blue waterproof) in it and he really needs it back!
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social #2025SVP #SVP2025. Can people check they didn’t grab the wrong tote last night? Marc’s had his coat (blue waterproof) in it and he really needs it back!
Want a weird weekend? Take your 68 year old mother to Amsterdam and do the Anne Frank house (I cried the whole way round) and the red light district (my mum’s friends told it was the must see attraction) in one day, while explaining why everything “smells weird” 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Want a weird weekend? Take your 68 year old mother to Amsterdam and do the Anne Frank house (I cried the whole way round) and the red light district (my mum’s friends told it was the must see attraction) in one day, while explaining why everything “smells weird” 🤣
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Under two weeks before my #play hits the stage @taratheatre.com ! Can't wait!
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Under two weeks before my #play hits the stage @taratheatre.com ! Can't wait!
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
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Natural history museum fans (and skeptics) - this is in 24 hours time: there's still time to book! 🎟️
ON THURSDAY I'll be at @linneansociety.bsky.social to chat about whether natural history #museums really represent nature, how they talk about their own [sometimes troubling] histories, & how they help save the world: the 3 themes of my book #NaturesMemory. Come!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
Nature’s Memory | Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History Museums
Get an insider guide to the secrets of natural history museums, as we consider how they shape our society and relationship with nature.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Natural history museum fans (and skeptics) - this is in 24 hours time: there's still time to book! 🎟️
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JUST LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUND SQUIRREL I WAS GIVEN FOR THE EPISODE ISN'T IT A THING OF WONDER
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
JUST LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUND SQUIRREL I WAS GIVEN FOR THE EPISODE ISN'T IT A THING OF WONDER
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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Want to #BringScienceToPolitics?
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Want to #BringScienceToPolitics?
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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And just look at these gorgeous tinamou eggs and spooky Monotropa! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotro...
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
And just look at these gorgeous tinamou eggs and spooky Monotropa! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotro...
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More on our amazing animal mummies m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0R...
Animal mummy reveals its secrets | Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
More on our amazing animal mummies m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0R...