📣We're pleased to announce we've partnered with Hedgehog Society for a new national #hedgehog survey!📣 The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme #NHMP is a new approach to counting hedgehogs and we need your help.🦔 Want to get involved? Learn more 👉 nhmp.co.uk

We’re helping to monitor the UK’s #hedgehogs to try & reverse the fall in their numbers. Durham University & @mammalweb are partners in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme People's Trust for Endangered Species Hedgehog Society 🦔 Find out more & get involved 👉 brnw.ch/21wIc0q Impact Acceleration Accounts @ Durham

Job opening: Woodland Mammal Ecologist, Forestry Commission, Forest Research. Deadline 28/04/2024. civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… BES careers MammalWeb Mammal Society IAPETUS DTP CEG Durham

Had a great first day in the office at Durham BioSciences as a new post-doctoral research associate! Ready to begin investigating the potential impact of climate change on birds and mammals in Ecuador's Key Biodiversity Areas 🌎🦅🦜 CEG Durham

I passed my PhD VIVA! Turns out they're not even that bad- thank you to my examiners @thonoir and Jeremy Kendal for a great chat about #mammals, #CitizenScience, #CameraTrapping and MammalWeb and for the constructive feedback! Now to get revisions sorted and papers submitted!

Also thank you Dr Sammy Mason and Hebe for the amazing camera trap image cake, to my supervisors Russell Hill & Philip Stephens for all their advice and support and to the lovely CEG Durham and all my other friends and family for all being so awesome 😊

New study led by Jamie McKaughan shows leopards persist well in mixed use areas of South Africa, with densities ~2.2 (1.1 - 4.2) per 100 sq. km. Lethal control has a big impact though; alternatives are needed. Read it: nature.com/articles/s4159… #ecology #conservation #secr #bigcats

Our study is out in nature! This was a big piece of work compiling data on global conservation actions. Headline? 58% of the world's threatened species are seemingly neglected by conservation efforts... Durham University Princeton School of Public & International Affairs Princeton University Yale BGC nature.com/articles/s4158…

📢 Open call for editorial board members for #WildlifeResearch CSIRO Publishing. Get behind-the-scenes of scientific #publishing & previews of #wildlife research before it appears! AEs: publish.csiro.au/media/client/A… Social Media editor: publish.csiro.au/media/client/S… Deadline: 16 Aug

At the age of 98 Durham alumna Dr Margaret Bradshaw is a tireless advocate for the conservation of unique plant life. It's a privilege to award her with a Doctor of Science degree. Congratulations Margaret! 🎓 👉 brnw.ch/21wL5oe @teesdaleflora #DUcongregation #DUalumni

Massive congratulations to Drs Emily Baker, Kieran Lawrence and Jonathan Rees, CEG graduates who all wrapped up their theses in recent months! Well deserved finery - and proud times for your supervisors, colleagues and friends. 🥹

Deadline approaching (16th August) ... x.com/PS_Applied_Eco…

📢 2 PhD opportunities in #deer research, Atlantic Technological University, Galway. gmit.ie/research/postg… (via Lab of Wildlife Ecology & Behaviour) BES careers British Deer Society (BDS)

JOB 📢: Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution or Behavioural Ecology Durham BioSciences Durham University. Deadline 31 Oct 2024 More info: durham.taleo.net/careersection/… CEG Durham Durham BEER centre BES careers SCB #HiringNow EcologyJobs EcologyJobs ASAB

We're excited to announce that our evidence synthesis, "Behaviour Change for Achieving the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework", is now available on our website🌍🤝. Find it here and share widely: cascade.ac.uk/evidence-policy #COP16 ICCS #EvidenceSynthesis #GBF

A new study has shown that seasonal variation in thermal performance (or the lack thereof) can influence how vulnerable populations are to heatwaves.🔥 @Matt_Sasaki Read the paper here: buff.ly/3UX1Dki

Congratulations to our MammalWeb project on winning the NBN Trust Group Award 2024 for outstanding contribution to #wildlife recording and data sharing supporting #biodiversity and #conservation. Find out more including how to get involved in MammalWeb 👉 brnw.ch/21wOS3O

Fully-funded PhD on "Meeting commitments to biodiversity conservation: developing a framework for predicting and monitoring the potential contributions of nature markets", with The Office for Environmental Protection & University of Aberdeen findaphd.com/phds/project/m… Part of netgain Deadline 31 Jan