We've achieved #HFCGold 🎉! A big thanks to everyone that helped with our @hogfriendly campaign. We've established new collaborations with local primary schools, community groups & hedgehog rescues. We'll keep looking out for our 🦔🦔 & promoting biodiversity across our estate.

Another paper from our BBSRC-funded collaboration on Coronavirus screening of UK wildlife. Hint: we only found other virus types, luckily! See also: doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.…; doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.…

Back in June, ahead of #NationalInsectWeek we ran another pollinator survey on campus with Cardiff University Cardiff University School of Biosciences students. A big thanks to everyone who participated, including Gruffudd, the 🐶! #FriendsInNature #GreeningCathays #wildliferecording #pollinators

#FriendsInNature #GreeningCathays #wildliferecording #pollinators

Headed back to #Cardiff after highly enjoyable and surprisingly ☀️ #fieldcourse week with our year-2 undergraduates. Peregrine falcons near Cardiff University School of Biosciences, deer, 🦊, 🦡 etc on camera traps, toads, slow worms and temperate rainforest around Parc Slip NR, & mint sniffing galore

Frank H Cardiff University School of Biosciences Parc Slip NR OnE_Cardiff Otter Project Molecular Ecology Cardiff University Manus Leidi Dr Rhys Jones An excellent week including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and three (3) all-day breakfasts.

Raise a glass for new #PhD in the house: so proud of Dr Annalea Beard who just passed her PhD viva yesterday with flying colours. Already 4 (!) data chapters published, she's already made an incredible contribution to increase knowledge about #StHelena #seabirds and conservation

📜🎉New paper in Oikos🎉📜 Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions doi.org/10.1111/oik.10… I'm super excited to see this out! Read about our exciting results in the thread below: 🧵👇

The Cardiff University School of Biosciences Molecular Ecology Cardiff University ran a #Pick4Prickles last week. 5 more bags collected for the Hedgehog Friendly Campus #litterpickchallenge ! Thanks everyone! 🙌👏 #litterpickheroes

Happy to present results on a chimpanzee genetic sampling in central Cantanhez NP, Guinea-Bissau #IXIPC APP - Portuguese Primatological Association APE University of Exeter CEC Molecular Ecology Cardiff University Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas

'Unis', the 🦔, is doing well 🤗! Now weighing over 500g from the 150g when she was found poorly on Cardiff University grounds. Thank you @scolwill1 and (⫩)Helen Hedgehogs 🦔 for the lovely video and for taking such good care of her 💚🙌. #HogSOS

🚨PHD OPPORTUNITY!🚨 Join us in Newcastle University to assess carabid beetle ecosystem services and foraging ecology, and develop new methods for inferring interactions between beetles and their food! 🪲🍽️💻 iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/a…

It's 🦔 release day!!! Welcome back home Unis 🫶! We hope you will thrive Cardiff University! A massive thank you to everyone involved in Unis' rescue and especially to @scolwill1 and (⫩)Helen Hedgehogs 🦔 for treating and taking such good care of her for the past seven weeks 🙌. #HogSOS

The Christmas spirit has arrived at Mol Ecol! 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄🦌 #SecretSanta

Massive congratulations to Dr Ivo Colmonero Costeira !! 🎉🍾 Smashed it! Look at the extremely proud supervisors, their expressions say it all 😁🤗💚. #WestAfrica #GuineaBissau #PRIMACTION #Guenon #Bijagos

Take on the challenge! We're asking staff and students to switch off, save energy and help reduce our carbon emissions over the Christmas break. The winning School, Department, or Student Accommodation will receive a prize - so make your pledge today! shorturl.at/QFxlD

Super excited to see this special issue, packed with incredible research, out for the world to enjoy! Check out some exceptional papers spamming the broad theme of 'advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry'! 🌾🪲🔍🪰🌲

New paper out from our Pakistan/Wales collaboration on disease ecology of Cystic echinococcosis Molecular Ecology Cardiff University OneZoo Centre for Doctoral Training OnE_Cardiff Cardiff University School of Biosciences

Looking for your first quantitative ecology post-doc? Then get in touch. I will be co-supervising a post-doc with Lourens Swanepoel (based in SA: University of Venda). You will have access to many awesome data sets and the focus will be on applying hierarchical models.

📣 I’m excited to be able to share our new publication! 📣 Our research on historical genomic variation 🧬 in Eurasian otters 🦦 in Britain demonstrates the viability of hunting trophy specimens as sources of historical DNA. doi.org/10.1007/s12686…