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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt

drjosemfarinas.bsky.social
In this #newpaper I joined 24 other colleagues across 18 countries to say nuance is needed in licensing marine ecological restoration projects. We don't advocate deregulation but they can't be subjected to same licensing framework as extractive and commercial activities. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Rethinking marine restoration permitting to urgently advance efforts
The decline in marine biodiversity necessitates the urgent restoration of our oceans; however, these efforts face unique technical, financial, and regulatory challenges. Unlike terrestrial work, metho...
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Julie L. Lockwood

apanec-lab.bsky.social
🌊 New paper out!
Our latest study in Environmental DNA shows how fish daily vertical migrations affect eDNA in the ocean. 🐟
For species like European hake, seafloor eDNA signals vary between morning and evening, showing that behavior must be considered in eDNA monitoring.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Environmental DNA for Aquatic Monitoring: Impact of Diel Vertical Migration
Environmental DNA concentrations are affected by animal behavior, such as diel vertical migration (DVM), which has repercussions for designing eDNA sampling strategies. The effect of DVM was identifi....
doi.org
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dannihinchy.bsky.social
Thrilled to share my latest open access research publication - Shifting Seasons: Long‐Term Insights Into Climate Change Effects on Bird Phenology From UK Bird Observatory Ringing Data #ornithology #ljmu #impact @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Shifting Seasons: Long‐Term Insights Into Climate Change Effects on Bird Phenology From Ringing Data
This study analyses a 25-year bird ringing dataset from Spurn Bird Observatory to assess how climate change affects migratory bird arrival times and species abundance. While there was a weak associat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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pritam8683.bsky.social
My first post here 🙂

👩‍🔬💧 Can a few drops of water reveal hidden rice-field pests?
Our new bioRxiv preprint shows how low-cost eDNA can help farmers track native & invasive species efficiently—no long surveys needed.

🌾 Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#eDNA #Agroecology #PestMonitoring
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Julie L. Lockwood

brentcemerson.bsky.social
!!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Archived natural DNA samplers reveal four decades of biodiversity change across the tree of life - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study explores four decades of biodiversity change across the tree of life in Germany’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems by sequencing standardized biota samples from a long-term pollution monitoring archive.
www.nature.com
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by Allan D. McDevitt

shrewgod.bsky.social
1st PhD chapter from @jjackman27.bsky.social on comparing #eDNA filtration methods in a hyper-tidal estuary. Although some methods outperform others, all are generally effective in recovering fish biodiversity, including the passive metaprobe. Paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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hannah-scharf.bsky.social
Today I heard a pair of great tits just outside my office window, followed by a loud thump of something against the windowsill. I rolled up my blinds and to my surprise, there was a bat! This tit had knocked a bat from her roost and looked like he was thinking about lunch…
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ciaraioch.bsky.social
Parents, please teach your offspring to swim and to drive before they're in their 20s because it's SO much harder (and consequently more expensive) as adults. Ideally, they should be swimming comfortably as a young child and able to drive an articulated lorry cross country by age six
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by Colin A. Simpfendorfer — Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt

sharkcolin.bsky.social
New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues.
Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@iucnshark.bsky.social
Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras
Judah et al. identify 30 species of chondrichthyans that overlap with proposed deep-sea mining activities, nearly two-thirds of which are already threatened with extinction. Precautionary management o...
www.cell.com
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dustin Mulvaney , and 3 more

marspidermonkey.bsky.social
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.

However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
Photo of Jane Goodall in the center, signing a book, with three women standing slightly hunched behind her. A very young Michelle is to the right, smiling.
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Julie L. Lockwood

davehb.bsky.social
New preprint alert! We DNA barcoded 95 thousand Ghanaian arthropods, more than doubling the number of BINs (a species proxy) available online from West Africa. In doing so we’ve released a huge amount of new data to scientists studying the region 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Characterising a species-rich and understudied tropical insect fauna using DNA barcoding
Background: West Africa has high biodiversity that is relatively understudied, especially for insects. Studies of West African arthropod diversity can therefore help address important questions regard...
www.biorxiv.org
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit , and 24 more

rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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dannihinchy.bsky.social
Should I stay or should I go?🐦 Fancy a #PhD studying Pied flycatchers in the Peak District to help better understand what drives individual & population performance? Think #habitat #movement #ecology #genetics 🌍 Make use of this nestbox PIT tag study system and join us! Email me #LJMU #NationalTrust
Male pied flycatcher
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lovedalen.bsky.social
Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?

Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.

To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, David N. Thomas

louisefirth.bsky.social
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶‍♀️🐚👨‍⚕️🦀👩‍🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Julie L. Lockwood

marianilab.bsky.social
At last, #DNA #Divers is here! A blueprint for a transformative way of capturing #eDNA, from everywhere, through the engagement of #SCUBA divers - a huge team effort led by #ErikaNeave
@ukri.org @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
DNA Divers: Volunteer‐based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring
Volunteer-based biodiversity recording is a powerful source of scalable data yet to be used to its full potential by the scientific community. Coastal ecosystems are varied and diverse, making it ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Matthew J. Collins, Frédéric Delsuc

mick2474.bsky.social
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD

Reposts appreciated 😁
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt

kitstoner.bsky.social
Fluorescent bats!! #NatBatConf
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Matthew J. Collins, Catherine J. Frieman , and 1 more

gingerhowley.bsky.social
I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.

Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.

kevingdaly.github.io
Ruminant Palaeogenomics - Kevin G. Daly: Ruminant Palaeogenomics
kevingdaly.github.io
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Julie L. Lockwood

maartendb.bsky.social
Job opening! CSIRO @csiropublishing.bsky.social is currently hiring 2 #eDNA Postdoctoral Fellowships!

sednasociety.com/2025/09/04/j...
Job opportunities: 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is currently recruiting two eDNA Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications close on October 5th. More information and links below. CSIRO Postdoctoral Fell…
sednasociety.com
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Grant D. Stentiford, Trevor A. Branch , and 1 more

nature.com
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species

go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
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kabweprq.bsky.social
Version of record published today. Deliberate burial practices by extinct hominin Homo naledi. 128 pages of detailed multi-strand analyses underpinning the funerary behaviours, including comprehensive work on archaeothanatology and spatial taphonomy #homonaledi

elifesciences.org/articles/89106
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Remains of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi were interred by members of their own species, the first time that burial has been documented in populations other than modern humans and Neanderthal...
elifesciences.org
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Craig R. Primmer

cpgsthlm.bsky.social
🚨JOB ALERT!🚨

Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!

Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬

Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt

barrymasterson.com
So sad to hear the Ollie Horgan news.

The LOI is a tight community yet I never met the man he's been like a part of the furniture for over a decade or my life, working miracles with Harps, going mad on the sidelines, making fun one liners in interviews

A legend we will miss 🫡
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theguardian.com
Grimsby deepen ridicule for Ruben Amorim as he ploughs on with flawed, final stand | Jonathan Liew
Grimsby deepen ridicule for Ruben Amorim as he ploughs on with flawed, final stand | Jonathan Liew
Carabao Cup humiliation is the latest setback for a coach who may actually be the last real thing at Manchester United
www.theguardian.com
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lgambrose.bsky.social
Cunha and Mbeumo both miss penalties, Šeško opts to go tenth. What a transfer window.
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Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt

rominassbatista.bsky.social
I am very happy to share our latest paper published:
"First Assembly of a Draft Genome of the Critically Endangered Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus, Primates, Atelidae) Including Non-Invasive Genotyping Strategies for the Species" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
First Assembly of a Draft Genome of the Critically Endangered Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus, Primates, Atelidae) Including Non‐Invasive Genotyping Strategies for the Species
First draft genome assembly of the critically endangered primate northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) and complete mitochondrial genome assembly. Set of microsatellite markers developed for the....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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by Allan D. McDevitt

shrewgod.bsky.social
One thing I love about pre-prints: shows everyone the story that the authors originally wanted to tell. What we sometimes end up with after peer review, sheesh.... 🤦‍♂️
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birdguides.bsky.social
New research has provided the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK:
Major new study examines nest predation in the UK
New research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and University of East Anglia, in collaboration with other partners, has given the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK. The research examined camera studies of more than 2,000 wild birds' nests in England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
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jonathanliew.bsky.social
column on michael johnson’s failed attempt to reinvent athletics, and why just because you can breed a chicken without feathers, doesn’t mean you should www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track misses the vital village-fete feel of athletics | Jonathan Liew
Shearing off apparently extraneous matter is how the featherless chicken was hatched. But ditching field events is too much plucking
www.theguardian.com
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