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🚨1 week left until Abstract submission closes for the upcoming Nature conference "Corals, Coasts and One Health" 🪸 natureconferences.streamgo.live/corals-coast...

Join editors from @natecoevo.nature.com , @natclimate.nature.com , @natrevearthenviron.nature.com & @commsbio.nature.com 14–16 Feb 2026
Corals, Coasts and One Health
Corals, Coasts and One Health is focused on addressing the urgent challenges facing coral reefs and connected coastal ecosystems. The conference program will bridge scales and disciplines, linking mic...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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570 turtle shells seized in Semporna, Malaysia www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/270612/...
GOF seizes 570 turtle shells in Semporna raid
SEMPORNA: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized 570 turtle shells during a joint operation with the Sabah Wildlife Department in Semporna on Saturday.
www.dailyexpress.com.my
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The Turtle Patrol in Colombo is ready for the 2025/26 nesting season www.sundaytimes.lk/251116/news/...
When Colombo’s nocturnal guardians come ashore to protect nesting turtles
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November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition!

Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.

📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme

More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Postdoctoral fellow
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November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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🎓 #Postdoc - Marine Ecosystem Modelling with University of East Anglia

🗺️ Where: Norwich, England
⌛ Deadline: November 24 2025

Discover more 👇
Research Associate in Marine Ecosystem Modelling (RA2363) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Research Associate in Marine Ecosystem Modelling (RA2363) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Environmental Sciences Research Associate in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Ref: RA2363 Starting salary from £31,236 per annum, dependent on skills and experi...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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The Marine Biological Association is now accepting applications for the Molly Spooner Studentship, a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate students interested in hands-on marine biology.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.

One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.

Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Are you an #ECR working with #birds and looking to put your critical writing skills to use? Consider joining our team at ‘Avian Conservation & Ecology’ as a Subject Editor ace-eco.org/our-editors/
Avian Conservation and Ecology: Our Editors
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November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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If you're in Qatar, check out “Lehmesa: Return by Moonlight” at the National Museum, an immersive exhibition that explores the life cycles, habitats, and ecological significance of Qatar’s #seaturtles
www.gulf-times.com/article/7136...
Sheikha Mayassa unveils 'Lehmesa: Return by Moonlight' at NMoQ
The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) has unveiled “Lehmesa: Return by Moonlight”, an immersive exhibition that explores the life cycles, habitats, and ecological significance of...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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The Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre and co-founder Jennie Gilbert receiving some well-deserved publicity with this conservation
campaign www.mi-3.com.au/28-10-2025/m...
Man of Many and Seiko Australia launch turtle conservation campaign | Mi3
Men's lifestyle site Man of Many has launched a new cinematic campaign in collaboration with Seiko Australia, focusing on turtle conservation.
www.mi-3.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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How do sea snakes breathe at the sea surface and feed on the seafloor? Looks like some wiggling is involved as they dive and surface www.newswise.com/articles/sea...
Seafloor-Foraging Sea Snakes Sometimes Wiggle | Newswise
Researchers have for the first time closely tracked the fine-scale diving behaviour of two species of sea snakes that forage along the seafloor and discovered that one species performs a curious wiggl...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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#seaturtle hatchling season in Con Dao National Park, VietNam, is nearly over for the year. Looks like they've had a very successful 2025 breeding season en.sggp.org.vn/con-dao-nati...
Con Dao National Park releases 120,000 baby turtles into sea
Con Dao National Park in Ho Chi Minh City reported that since the start of the sea turtle nesting season in April 2025, park rangers have safely relocated nearly 1,800 turtle nests to incubation sites...
en.sggp.org.vn
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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If you’re in Australia, grab your camera and get ready to record all the bugs & inverts you see in the first Bugs in My Backyard week (Nov 17-23). Then record your sightings on #inaturalist for #citizenscience

#insects #inverts #ausinverts #wildoz

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Bug Hunt calls on Australia's volunteer citizen scientists to join in
Australia's photographic natural database is about to get a big boost as citizen scientists are urged to join a national search.
www.abc.net.au
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Human actions and changing ocean conditions are leading to loss of turtle nesting beaches in Karnataka, India www.newindianexpress.com/states/karna...
Coastal erosion, seawall construction leading to rapid loss of sea turtle habitats along Karnataka coast: Study
MANGALURU: Sea turtles along the Karnataka coastline are facing habitat loss owing to coastal erosion, seawall construction and climate-induced extreme weather
www.newindianexpress.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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🛰️ Need high-res satellite imagery to boost your field, community & AI data?
Apply for the Satellites for Biodiversity Award — funding projects protecting species & ecosystems worldwide.
WIN: $6K | Airbus Pléiades imagery | Mentorship
⏰19 Dec 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Mongabay is hiring! 🌎

Join our global newsroom:
🌊 Contributing Editor (Oceans)
📣 Engagement Editor
📰 Wire Reporter (Asia)
All remote + full-time.

Apply now to tell the stories shaping our planet! Relevant links in comments 👇
October 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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New turtle rehab center planned for North Queensland
statements.qld.gov.au/statements/1...
Hatching a turtle rehabilitation centre for the Far North
statements.qld.gov.au
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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In Sri Lankan waters, there’s a growing problem of ghost nets that are entangling sea turtles, fish, dolphins and seabirds, reports contributor Malaka Rodrigo for Mongabay.
Ghost nets entangling turtles, marine life in Sri Lanka’s waters
In Sri Lankan waters, there’s a growing problem of ghost nets that are entangling sea turtles, fish, dolphins and seabirds, reports contributor Malaka Rodrigo for Mongabay. “Ghost nets” are fishing…
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October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Job vacancy 🧪
Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB Cymru

Can you provide the evidence needed to save and restore the iconic species and landscapes of Wales?

Deadline: 3rd Nov
Location: Flexible within Wales
Duration: Permanent

Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

📷Jake Stephen
A Chough sits on a rocky cliff edge at South Stack Nature Reserve, North Wales.
October 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Exciting news that artificial incubation has led to the first successful hatching of Aldabra Giant Tortoises in the Seychelles. Now to identify the environmental factors responsible for widespread egg failure in the wild.
www.miragenews.com/successful-h...
Successful Hatching For Endangered Giant Tortoises With Artificial Incubation
Pioneering conservation research conducted by the University of Sheffield has led to the first successful artificial incubation of Aldabra Giant
www.miragenews.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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This is great news for green #seaturtles, not so much for other species.
iucncongress2025.org/newsroom/all...
Arctic seals threatened by climate change, birds decline globally – IUCN Red List
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 October 2025 (IUCN) – Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Toda...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
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October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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New project in Pakistan to distribute and install TEDs at zero cost to fishers and reduce #seaturtles bycatch during shrimp trawling
www.dawn.com/news/1947664
Maritime ministry launches Rs90m project in bid to protect sea turtles from shrimp trawling
Shrimp trawling often results in capture of large quantities of non-target marine species; project aims to distribute Standardised Turtle Excluders (TEDs).
www.dawn.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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#seaturtle hatching season underway in Nui Chua National Park, VietNam
vietnamnet.vn/en/over-1-30...
Over 1,300 sea turtle hatchlings return to the ocean in Nui Chua
Since April, Nui Chua National Park, part of the Nui Chua World Biosphere Reserve in southern Khanh Hoa province, has successfully rescued and released 1,301 baby turtles into the sea.
vietnamnet.vn
October 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Malaysia and Indonesia authorities collaborate to strengthen surveillance for cross-border smuggling of protected #seaturtle eggs
en.tempo.co/read/2054691...
Indonesia, Malaysia Strengthen Monitoring of Protected Fish and Sea Turtle Eggs
The hunting and smuggling of protected fish species, including sea turtle eggs, from Indonesia to Malaysia, has become a crucial issue.
en.tempo.co
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM