We're hiring a graduate Research Assistant to study ecological and evolutionary effects of heatwaves on insect communities. 2-year contract with field and lab work split between Oxford Biology and @JCU Queensland, Australia. Pls share and retweet! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

A new investigation reveals worrying reports of forced displacement and human rights abuses from Ntokou Pikounda, the Republic of Congo’s youngest national park and co-managed by WWF. Read the story here: bit.ly/3Zoznqj CAD Survival International Minority Rights Group John H Knox

One week left to apply for this 5 year PhD/graduate teaching assistant role at University of Liverpool. My PhD project is: "Unravelling the true climate effect of peatland restoration" Lots of fieldwork opportunities on glorious bogs!

The first insect pics I have to share are these deliciously-chocolatey-looking Saturniids, genus Dogoia, which were extremely abundant at all of the hardwood swamp-forest light sheet sessions.

Ask and you shall receive! How about this XXL Lobobunaea sp. which almost took my head off, launching itself directly at my headtorch…

Another fieldwork video… how do you string up a canopy trap when your slingshot is at home? How about a string tied around a stick, flung upwards by your strongest team member? This one went 16m up, right into the canopy of the swamp forest trees.

Many of us feel furious about the state of the UK's rivers––but also powerless. Now King's Legal Clinic have launched a 130-pp toolkit for change. Citizen science, FOIs, reporting, legal remedies: it's all here. It's brilliant. Read it, share it, fight back! kcl.ac.uk/legal-clinic/a…

This is a reminder that I have an open PhD position in my group 🦋🐝🧬 Join us at Centre for Palaeogenetics and Department of Zoology to investigate the genomic consequences of pollinator declines by sequencing loads of historical specimens! Deadline: 30th April Info su.se/english/about-… RT pls 🙏

Our stay in the forest in Cuvette, Republic of Congo, shows that peat forest plays an essential part in the life of the villagers living near it. Firstly for fish - and fishing is the main source of food and income. 1/ 🧵

Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment." [1/2] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Great to be at ATBC Annual Meeting in Kigali talking nocturnal pollinators and all things tropical ecology.

Here's a wonderful three year postdoc opportunity to work on European policy aspects of #pollinator conservation, with a focus on pesticides jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Fully-funded PhD on moth trapping, automated ID, climate extremes & predator responses, with David Roy 🐛 and me at University of Exeter CEC in Cornwall. Deadline ** 29 July **. Please share! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

Calling all botanists... can anyone help with an ID of this apparently parasitic flower found growing directly from the soil in forests near the banks of the Ubangui River, Northeast Rep. of Congo? Very solid and spiky structure, loaded with pollen! Any clues?

Next Monday at 4.15, I will be speaking at the Royal Society about my PhD research on the insects of the Central Congo peatlands. The talk is part of a two day discussion meeting on African Tropical Peatlands. Register to attend in person or online here: royalsociety.org/science-events…

The programme for this two-day meeting on African Tropical #Peatlands includes talks on climate, biogeochemistry, vegetation, socioecology, ecosystem dynamics, and of course #insects. It will be closed by the Environment Minister of the Rep. of Congo. So something for everyone!

Fantastic interactive story from Mélanie Gouby on the Central Congo Peatlands just published in NatGeo nationalgeographic.com/magazine/graph…