Fiona Mathews
@fionamathews.bsky.social
Professor Environmental Biology. #wildlife #conservation. Red List British Mammals; State of Nature UK; Black Ops & Beaver Bombing. Loves bats. Project on Andean bears (Paddington!). Chair Mammal Conservation Europe. Sussex Uni @MathewsFiona (X). 🦇🐻🌍🐾
Look at this beautiful bat! Delighted to be welcoming Fred Touzalin to talk to us about his amazing work on Greater Mouse-eared bats, from conservation to molecular biology and disease dynamics. Look at the photo too! 🦇🦇🦤
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Look at this beautiful bat! Delighted to be welcoming Fred Touzalin to talk to us about his amazing work on Greater Mouse-eared bats, from conservation to molecular biology and disease dynamics. Look at the photo too! 🦇🦇🦤
Thank you! If everyone reading this post does the same, it would send a powerful message.
I emailed Amazon myself.I looked up every address I could find,attached the link and gave them a piece of my mind.I also reminded them that helping the planet will do a lot more for them in the public eye revenue wise,than selling these dam*display boxes.Look how many stores stopped selling real fur
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thank you! If everyone reading this post does the same, it would send a powerful message.
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In Functional Ecology, we integrate predator energy balance into functional responses to better understand tundra species interactions. This paper reflects major field and modelling efforts by our #UQAR team and colleagues. Read: bit.ly/49p6brL 🧪🌿🌎🦊 #wildlife #movementecology #arctic #fox #ecology
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In Functional Ecology, we integrate predator energy balance into functional responses to better understand tundra species interactions. This paper reflects major field and modelling efforts by our #UQAR team and colleagues. Read: bit.ly/49p6brL 🧪🌿🌎🦊 #wildlife #movementecology #arctic #fox #ecology
Wonderful news for Ecuador and the world. Voters have said no to:
🔸️Consolidating power in the hands of a few;
🔸️allowing US military bases
🔸️rewriting their inclusive constitution that values the rights of nature and indigenous groups. Democracy is alive and kicking!
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
🔸️Consolidating power in the hands of a few;
🔸️allowing US military bases
🔸️rewriting their inclusive constitution that values the rights of nature and indigenous groups. Democracy is alive and kicking!
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Wonderful news for Ecuador and the world. Voters have said no to:
🔸️Consolidating power in the hands of a few;
🔸️allowing US military bases
🔸️rewriting their inclusive constitution that values the rights of nature and indigenous groups. Democracy is alive and kicking!
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
🔸️Consolidating power in the hands of a few;
🔸️allowing US military bases
🔸️rewriting their inclusive constitution that values the rights of nature and indigenous groups. Democracy is alive and kicking!
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Fue en el bosque nublado en Ecuador (Reserva St Lucia). Uno de mis lugares favoritos en el mundo! 🦋🦜🦇🌳
Bravo! ¡Como una mariposa de alas claras! Necesito llevar mi trampa a España.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fue en el bosque nublado en Ecuador (Reserva St Lucia). Uno de mis lugares favoritos en el mundo! 🦋🦜🦇🌳
Una polilla (Gymnelia sp. Un imitador de avispa). Muy hermosa!
¿Es un díptero muy grande o una cigarra?
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Una polilla (Gymnelia sp. Un imitador de avispa). Muy hermosa!
Estoy muy preocupado sobre el referendum en Ecuador mañana. No tires tu constitución única! El futuro de tu país precioso, y las vidas de tus hijos dependen de ti! #Ecuador #referendum #rightsofnature 🇪🇨🌎
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Estoy muy preocupado sobre el referendum en Ecuador mañana. No tires tu constitución única! El futuro de tu país precioso, y las vidas de tus hijos dependen de ti! #Ecuador #referendum #rightsofnature 🇪🇨🌎
The eyes of the world should be on Ecuador tomorrow. The Trump-backed government is holding a referendum to permit US military bases in the Galapagos, and allow changes to the country's unique constitution to facilitate mining, threatening the rights of nature and indigenous people. Disastrous! 🦤🐢🌎
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The eyes of the world should be on Ecuador tomorrow. The Trump-backed government is holding a referendum to permit US military bases in the Galapagos, and allow changes to the country's unique constitution to facilitate mining, threatening the rights of nature and indigenous people. Disastrous! 🦤🐢🌎
Bats face a dizzying array of threats, ranging from climate change to being entombed by housing insulation. Spent a busy few days in Bonn with the Eurobats Advisory Committee highlighting issues and identifying solutions. 🦇🌍🦤
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bats face a dizzying array of threats, ranging from climate change to being entombed by housing insulation. Spent a busy few days in Bonn with the Eurobats Advisory Committee highlighting issues and identifying solutions. 🦇🌍🦤
Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RIP the Christmas Island Shrew. Now declared extinct.
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In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
RIP the Christmas Island Shrew. Now declared extinct.
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Proposal for Rights of Nature to be protected in UK www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights
Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Proposal for Rights of Nature to be protected in UK www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My best work is interdisciplinary. Utter nonesense from politicians about rip-off degrees neatly summarised here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon
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October 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My best work is interdisciplinary. Utter nonesense from politicians about rip-off degrees neatly summarised here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shame on us!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Shame on us!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ecuador revokes environmental license for Canada’s DPM to develop gold project
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/189815/
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s government has revoked the environmental license granted to Canadian mining company DPM…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/189815/
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s government has revoked the environmental license granted to Canadian mining company DPM…
Ecuador revokes environmental license for Canada's DPM to develop gold project - Canada News Beep
By Alexandra Valencia
www.newsbeep.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ecuador revokes environmental license for Canada’s DPM to develop gold project
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/189815/
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s government has revoked the environmental license granted to Canadian mining company DPM…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/189815/
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s government has revoked the environmental license granted to Canadian mining company DPM…
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The Waorani people of Ecuador won a historic court case blocking oil companies from entering 180,000 hectares of their ancestral land in Pastaza. The ruling, upheld on appeal, set a precedent for indigenous free, prior, and informed consent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waorani...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waorani...
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Waorani people of Ecuador won a historic court case blocking oil companies from entering 180,000 hectares of their ancestral land in Pastaza. The ruling, upheld on appeal, set a precedent for indigenous free, prior, and informed consent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waorani...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waorani...
Mega-mushroom. That's supper sorted! #mushrooms
September 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mega-mushroom. That's supper sorted! #mushrooms
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LISTEN: At the upcoming #IUCNcongress, we are supporting a motion to address the international pet trade in terrestrial wildlife.
The scale of the trade is huge, says WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.
🌍 On #WCSWildAudio, how this action could help address it: apple.co/46qZa82
The scale of the trade is huge, says WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.
🌍 On #WCSWildAudio, how this action could help address it: apple.co/46qZa82
September 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
LISTEN: At the upcoming #IUCNcongress, we are supporting a motion to address the international pet trade in terrestrial wildlife.
The scale of the trade is huge, says WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.
🌍 On #WCSWildAudio, how this action could help address it: apple.co/46qZa82
The scale of the trade is huge, says WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.
🌍 On #WCSWildAudio, how this action could help address it: apple.co/46qZa82
Beaver bombing. Good or bad? And what about those pesky wild boar? What do you think? www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Ops-Be...
September 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Beaver bombing. Good or bad? And what about those pesky wild boar? What do you think? www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Ops-Be...
Was very happy ro catch this lovely barbastelle bat last night. The species is rare across Europe and is usually found in ancient woodland. This one's roost is in a tiny remnant patch that clings on next to a conifer plantation. She was nice and fat ready for winter!
September 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Was very happy ro catch this lovely barbastelle bat last night. The species is rare across Europe and is usually found in ancient woodland. This one's roost is in a tiny remnant patch that clings on next to a conifer plantation. She was nice and fat ready for winter!
It keeps getting worse! We have already shown that agricultural fields treated with sewage sludge have high rates of microplastic contamination. Now it seems that potentially toxic liquid from landfill is added to the mix. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It keeps getting worse! We have already shown that agricultural fields treated with sewage sludge have high rates of microplastic contamination. Now it seems that potentially toxic liquid from landfill is added to the mix. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fantastic news for British wildlife and the climate 🌎🦤: a ban on burning deep peatlands (>30cm). This terrible practice is used to manage moors for grouse shooting. Comes into force on 30th Sept, a day ahead of new burning season. 👏 @defra.gov.uk www.gov.uk/government/n...
Burning banned on England’s deep peat to protect wildlife
Ban on burning heather and grass on deep peat extended to improve air quality for local communities, reduce flood risk and protect wildlife.
www.gov.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Fantastic news for British wildlife and the climate 🌎🦤: a ban on burning deep peatlands (>30cm). This terrible practice is used to manage moors for grouse shooting. Comes into force on 30th Sept, a day ahead of new burning season. 👏 @defra.gov.uk www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Can giant otters be indicators of ecosystem health?
This new Report in #EnvironmentalConservation evaluates mercury concentrations in these apex predators, suggesting the impact of contamination in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌍 #otters 🦦
This new Report in #EnvironmentalConservation evaluates mercury concentrations in these apex predators, suggesting the impact of contamination in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌍 #otters 🦦
Pervasive mercury contamination of a semi-aquatic apex predator across the Pantanal wetland | Environmental Conservation | Cambridge Core
Pervasive mercury contamination of a semi-aquatic apex predator across the Pantanal wetland
www.cambridge.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Can giant otters be indicators of ecosystem health?
This new Report in #EnvironmentalConservation evaluates mercury concentrations in these apex predators, suggesting the impact of contamination in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌍 #otters 🦦
This new Report in #EnvironmentalConservation evaluates mercury concentrations in these apex predators, suggesting the impact of contamination in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌍 #otters 🦦
Sewage isn't the only problem for water pollution! Farming practice is a huge contributor. Who thinks it's a good plan to spray slurry here (an old canal draining straight into a wetland) during heavy rain? I keep my mouth shut when I swim! @eea.europa.eu @theriverstrust.bsky.social #waterpollution
September 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Sewage isn't the only problem for water pollution! Farming practice is a huge contributor. Who thinks it's a good plan to spray slurry here (an old canal draining straight into a wetland) during heavy rain? I keep my mouth shut when I swim! @eea.europa.eu @theriverstrust.bsky.social #waterpollution