Fishing opportunities for 2025 in EU and non-EU waters were agreed late last night. The 6-month eel fishing closures in EU waters are repeated, including the 80 day exemption for glass eel fishing agreed last year. The ban on recreational fishing remains: europa.eu/!DbgYTw

The amazing work of Trisha Gupta ! 🦈

“Researchers suggest cats may serve as hosts for reassortment of avian and mammalian influenza viruses, posing severe public health concerns.” #H5N1 is adapting to #cats. Help limit the spread of avian influenza by keeping #CatsIndoors. is.gd/P3EsPp

Amphibians🐸 and reptiles🦎 show contrasting responses to land-use change🌳 in West Africa -📢new study from Guinea-Bissau: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… led by Francisco Silva, together with Ricardo Rocha Rice Guardians TROPIBIO Project and others💚

Tenemos un problema con los gatos del que nadie quiere hablar nationalgeographic.com.es/mundo-animal/g… via @natgeoesp

HPAI suspected on Marion Island, a sub-Antarctic Island off South Africa. While S. Africa has been struggling with HPAI since 2017, this is the first suspected case on Marions. So, spread from S. Africa, or via a sub-antarctic route? 👉nature.com/articles/d4414…

"The continued exposure, viral circulation, and adaptation of the H5N1 virus in cats raise significant concerns for transmission and public health. Cats (...) could serve as a bridge for cross-species transmission of H5N1 viruses" Keep cats indoors!! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Job in Ecological Remote Sensing of tropical forests at BioEO lab jesusaguirre-spatialecology.com ECI, Univ of Oxford SoGE, University of Oxford working with me, Yadvinder Malhi Felipe Martello Laura M. Suz KewGardens and many more across the tropics -> Apply! shorturl.at/uM4F0

What’s in a name? Ricardo Rocha speaks on a Nature Podcast about eponymous scientific names - the practice of naming species after people. From 24:30 👇 nature.com/articles/d4158…

If we don’t read the non-english literature we miss 35% of the science and from the most diverse areas. Tatsuya Amano is determined to change that. For 70 videos on conservation concepts see youtube.com/@bill_sutherla…

The impact of pet cats on native wildlife has been widely studied, with estimates that on average, a single cat allowed to roam kills 186 reptiles, birds and mammals per year. Help Australian wildlife by keeping your cat indoors this Christmas 👉 bit.ly/AWC-5-ways

If an indoor pet cat can contract bird flu from cat food then there should be no doubt that outdoor cats allowed to hunt #wildlife for food would also be exposed to bird flu. Keep #CatsIndoors for their safety! #SafeCatSafeWildlife #KeepCatsAndWildlifeSafe

What's in a name? Jesus Fellow Ricardo Rocha speaks on the Nature Podcast about eponymous scientific names - the practice of naming species after people. Listen from 24.30. 👇🎄 nature.com/articles/d4158… #jesusresearch #jesuscollegeoxford

Un article publicat al darrer butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Herpetologia confirma i quantifica que la presència de colònies de gats ferals 🐈 és fatal per la sargantana iberoprovençal (P. liolepis) 🦎, espècie endèmica i protegida. Cal gestionar aquesta problemàtica urgentment! ⚠️