Ecological connectivity is essential. "There is really an understanding that we are part of nature. And as we lose it, we could get ourselves into big trouble," says @hiltyjodi in @bbc_future bbc.com/future/article… #ConnectAndProtect

Today, Gabriel Oppler of Center for Large Landscape Conservation presented virtually to a group gathered in Quito for the First National Meeting of Connectivity Corridors in Ecuador. His talk on ecological connectivity and environmental policy was featured in Session 2. agenda-encuentro.getresponsesite.com

I share this remembrance of my friend and colleague, Diana Wall, in sadness but also in gratitude for the warm, generous, & infectiously enthusiastic, way that she lived and elevated her science. We remember her fondly. Diana H. Wall (1943–2024) | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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We're thrilled that ZSL's Professor Nathalie Pettorelli has been named in ENDS Report Power List 2024, for her work shaping the science on environmental issues. Congratulations Nathalie Pettorelli!🏆 Read more: endsreport.com/power-list

Are you a youthful person passionate about preserving our planet's biodiversity? Share with us your insights on youth engagement & conservation efforts and we'll be happy to amplify them to a worldwide audience. Share your responses here: buff.ly/3yJbQJ1

Leaked Decision Slams LNG Ads for Greenwashing. Great piece by Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social via The Tyee And evidence that we need a actual law to ban misleading ads by oil and gas corporations thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/3…

‘More profitable than farming’: how Ecuador’s birding boom is benefiting wildlife theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Simulation from a baseline model as a way to better understand your data: This is what “hypothesis testing” should be. statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/05/30/sim…

Three scientist mothers call for a change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on their personal experiences go.nature.com/3KfWZIB

Opinion piece: Can writing #ResearchPapers in the first person make them not only easier to read and understand, but also more impactful? In PNAS Front Matter: ow.ly/RHKu50S2Bzy #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #WritingStyle

"[My adviser] told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should think about what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. This advice surprised me at first, but it ended up being exactly what I needed to hear." scim.ag/7aJ

canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/.../view/3213/… New paper shares min. # species killed in AB’s wolf strychnine program 2005–2020. Fewer wolves were killed compared with non-target animals, including 10 mammal & 4 bird species. I suspect there are even > non-target deaths & suffering caused by 1080.

Law enforcement officers said they were pressured to lie when the governor of Montana, Greg Gianforte, killed a black wolf in 2021. He says the story is an election-year smear. nyti.ms/3VplPvH

Key new Government of Northwest Territories Report by an all star team on barren ground caribou demography and impacts of climatic variation and weather across North American caribou herds. Hope to see it published in a journal down the road too! researchgate.net/profile/Robert…

More than wolves have killed….. cows die in all sorts of ways without wolves to blame….Single Lightning Bolt Just Killed 34 Cows in Colorado Outside Magazine outsideonline.com/outdoor-advent…

Just got my copy by our amazing Dean & human ⁦Alan Townsend⁩ in the mail! Just in time for the start of kids summer vacation!

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We got good news. If you were unable to be part of this years #Animove MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social . Don't worry! All lectures were recorded and will be online in a few weeks. 😃🤙Watch this space....animove.org/elearning/