[Thread] I will now explain our new study about people cooperating with honeyguide birds, using Lego and graphs (and Lego graphs). This study was a great team effort: Honeyguide Research Project Claire Spottiswoode Jessica van der Wal Jess Lund + many not on Twitter.

Introducing our #ISBE2024 plenary speakers: Prof Claire Spottiswoode (University of Cape Town & University of Cambridge). Claire’s research includes coevolution between brood-parasitic birds and their hosts, and mutualism between honeyguides and humans. science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/cl…

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This article resonates. Creativity is an optimistic investment in your future. It's near-impossible to make that investment when (for one reason or another) you are fighting to survive. science.org/content/articl…

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THREAD: What is happening in UK universities is astonishing. Right now about quarter of universities are laying off staff. Almost all universities expect to make a loss this year. And the entire thing is happening in an effort to deceive the population about migration statistics.

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This may be one of the biggest papers I ever have the privilege to be part of. Out now in Science Magazine, we ask: Are nature conservation interventions working? The answer is YES. We now need to fund MORE to reverse global biodiversity declines. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 🧵

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