Please apply if you would like to make a difference to the implementation of genetic monitoring in Europe!

One of my students bought cake to the final lecture to celebrate our successful lab practical a few weeks earlier 🤗

Calling #Indonesian students (or other SE Asia nationals) studying #ecology or #conservation in the UK📢 ... 2month #internship/placement available DICE Kent @ARIES_DTP to work on #cameratraps #mammals and GIS. *Paid* & possible trip to Indonesia!aries-dtp.ac.uk/monitoring-mam…

Great to finally see this out! Despite recovering in numbers the genetic effects of population bottleneck still threaten the pink pigeon but zoo populations could save it. Not all is rosy for the pink pigeon, study finds phys.org/news/2022-05-r… via Phys.org

Only a few more days to apply, deadline on Friday!!!

Swallowtails were the highlight of a nature-packed weekend that also starred otters, bitterns and bearded reedlings. Thanks to Patrick Barkham for an engaging discussion and tour around Norfolk Wildlife Trust Hickling!

Do you have knowledge or experience of wild alpine newts living in the UK/Ireland? If yes, please take 10-15 mins to help increase our understanding of this species outside of its native range. More info & survey here: plymouth.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/alpinenewts 📸 Miltos Gikas. Please RT & share!

We are looking for new Twycross Zoo trustee - particularly to support our conservation and sustainability work. Get in touch if you can help and please share! 🌍🦧🐅🦏 jobs.twycrosszoo.org/twycrosszoo/se…

Hey Vodafone UK please pop over to your DMs and select 'message a customer back about their fault code that the helpline doesn't recognise' two of your team have asked security questions and then vanished! Thanks 😘

Is it just me, or does anyone else pack their own knives when they visit their parents at this time of year?

🚨PhD alert🚨 Less than 2 weeks to apply for our PhD on “UK wilding for nature recovery: investigating the role of large herbivores". This is a DICE Kent & Kent Wildlife Trust project. Submit by 17th Feb. Details here: findaphd.com/phds/project/u… Picture ©️ Kent Wildlife Trust

PhD on “Integrating science and practice for macaw reintroduction biology and conservation” with Jake Bicknell, Jim Groombridge, John Ewen and Simon Tollington Funded by @ARIES_DTP ⏰Submit by 19th May. Details here: aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/b…

Great experience at the annual meeting of the #Mauritius Wildlife Foundation! Mauritian Wildlife Meet collgs and fnds 1st in person after wking together for 3 years! Grateful for invitation and opportunity to witness 40 years of awe-inspiring #conservation. Here to many more years!

Know how I'm always banging on about these guys🦜? Well, take 12 mins out of your day to see how they've been brought back from the brink of extinction & the exciting research that is still going on today. kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/mau…. #Collaboration #Conservation

📢 More The Leverhulme Trust scholarships DICE Kent !! 4 MSc+PhD scholarships available! We want to help UK students from underserved backgrounds gain postgrad education in conservation! So, MSc first then possible PhD - 5 yrs fully funded! Please share with students/graduates

Hey BBC Springwatch. Just to let you know that the photo you featured last night (left) is actually a Mauritius parakeet. It's also my photograph. Seems someone on Flickr is claiming it as their own. Maybe avoid them in future. Nevertheless, love the show. Keep up the good work.

Genetic analysis of wild and captive leopards reveals genetic diversity in captives absent in the wild. Genetic rescue could improve wild population viability. with Jim Groombridge Simon Tollington Dr Hadi Al Hikmani DICE Kent Jim Labisko (no longer posting here) @WilderWoodsUK UEA School of Environmental Sciences doi.org/10.1111/eva.13…

DNA and camera trap surveys estimate a total of 51 critically endangered Arabian leopards in Oman. Genetic rescue could help improve long-term population viability. with UEA School of Environmental Sciences Jim Labisko (no longer posting here) @WilderWoodsUK Simon Tollington Dr Hadi Al Hikmani DICE Kent doi.org/10.1111/eva.13…

Northern lights over Loughborough! #aurora