New analysis from the The Royal Society shows just how high UK visa costs for researchers are compared to upfront costs for similar visa routes in 13 other countries. Here, we take a look at how the UK compares to countries in the G7 included in the analysis 🔍⤵️ 1/5

Pipit’s first election 💚 #DogsAtPollingStations

If you dove into the ocean in the 1800s, you would have been treated to a complex symphony of sound: raindrops falling, seals moaning, staccato snapping of shrimp, undersea vents bubbling & love songs of humpback whales. Today the sea sounds different. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Solidarity to this brave woman taking a stand against the racist thugs attacking a mosque in Southport tonight We need to spread the message of unity over division of Robinson and other far right instigators

Just off the press in Science Magazine tinyurl.com/52e295m3 Sharks play diverse roles in aquatic ecosystems. Management and conservation should go beyond abundance metrics and move towards rebuilding and sustaining shark function and role in these systems. 📷Laurent Ballesta

Out now in Science Magazine led by Simon Dedman Jerry Moxley, Ph.D Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou - Shark conservation must prioritize the ecological roles of sharks, which are diverse across species and systems globally. Thrilled to be part of a great team on this work! tinyurl.com/ysfkta2f

New in Science Magazine: 🦈 With warming seas & human activity, the roles of sharks are changing. 🌎 Conservation action should seek to protect sharks & their ecological roles. doi.org/10.1126/scienc… Amazing work pulling this together, Simon Dedman & Jerry Moxley, Ph.D! 📸 Andy Mann

Lancaster University news article available here: lancaster.ac.uk/news/big-shark… 🦈 Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University

🦈🦈 Some great writing by Mike Heithaus about our review of the ecological importance of sharks in the Anthropocene:

Fab thread on our recent review 👇 'Ecological roles and importance of sharks in the Anthropocene Ocean' 🦈

Out today in Biology Letters! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… Our #NewPaper documents decade-long behavioural change at a #spawningsite, showing how #fishing disrupts squaretail grouper mating behaviours, causing them to flee w fear, rather than fight w competitors or flirt w mates.

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Atolls are vital for seabirds - and vice versa! 🐦🏝️💞 Check out my NatureEcoEvo News & Views article: nature.com/articles/s4155… 📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.

NEW ISSUE OUT! The cover features the article by Steve Votier et al - nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja… - showing two red-footed boobies. full issue: vist.ly/3mfi3zv Nordic Society Oikos #ornithology #birds #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses

A great turn-out for the 16th International #Seabird Group Conference! 🥳#CoimbraSeabirds We’re only halfway through, and already had lots of fantastic seabird talks! Huge thanks to the ECOTOP team at Universidade de Coimbra for putting on such an excellent event 🤩

Excellent images of gannet foraging from camera loggers presented by Evelyn Alexander at #CoimbraSeabirds. Important insights into diet, social feeding and multi species (Manx shearwater bottom left) The Seabird Group

Immaculate talk by Alice Trevail on immature prospecting of breeding colonies in tropical #seabirds at #CoimbraSeabirds The Seabird Group

I’ve loved #CoimbraSeabirds! It’s been so lovely to reconnect with old friends, hear about all sorts of exciting seabird research, and spend (probably too much) time working on perfecting our various seabird impressions. Thank you, ECOTOP and The Seabird Group 🩵

#CoimbraSeabirds is all wrapped up - a huge thanks to the organisers & The Seabird Group for inviting me to speak about toileting and menstruation during fieldwork. I'm so grateful to all those who engaged so positively during & after the talk! Thanks Paul W for pictures

🐧 What are the costs to & drivers of common guillemot returns to the colony during the non-breeding period? 🐧 How does this strategy influence their activity and energy budgets? New paper exploring the role of individual variation by Sophie Bennett: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbe…