Linnea Kivelä assessed the color-sensitive phototaxis of male common glow-worms, finding that outdoor lights with long-wavelength spectra could result in an evolutionary trap for male glow-worms through light attraction #LSS33

Sini Bäckroos aims to study the effects that artificial 💡 at night has on the reproductive success of a key species of the Baltic Sea, the threespine stickleback 🐟

Megha Khanduri presents on consequences of light pollution for threatened species of the Ganga River Basin, India, focussing on a gharial and turtles! Light doesn’t appear to influence nesting site selection in these species, but does affect gharial thermoregulatory behaviour

Anirban Ganguly plans to study light pollution’s effects on freshwater ecosystems, hoping to improve both our understanding of the impacts of artificial light on these communities and our ability to predict and alleviate larger perturbations of freshwater ecosystems. #LSS33

And important reminder, and so true! Ecologists: don’t lose touch with the joy of fieldwork nature.com/articles/d4158…

🧵Check out our preprint where we discuss the opportunities - as well as challenges - of AI to improve evidence synthesis in conservation science, with relevance also for the disciplines of ecology and evolution more broadly. 1/2

Inviting contributions to a special issue on #lightpollution in the newly launched journal BMC Environmental Science. Call for papers - Light pollution and its impact on human health and wildlife (biomedcentral.com) BMC. Please share widely!

Illuminated nights make mating difficult for some shrimp journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22… Nice summary of our research, led by Yuhan He and Anirban Ganguly

Day 1 of the workshop started with great plenary talks from Suzanne Alonzo and Ulrika Candolin

A massive shout out to all of the fabulous coauthors, especially Shinichi Nakagawa | 中川震一 and Oded Berger-Tal. The paper was the product of an international workshop held at Monash University Prato Centre. A big thanks to Monash, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Pratt Foundation for their support.

1/6 Role of AI tools to support evidence synthesis in wildlife conservation. A thread about our new Trends in Ecology & Evolution paper. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… School of Biological Sciences, Monash #BobWongLab

The number of AI tools that can be used to synthesize evidence in conservation is growing daily. How can we use these tools to improve systematic reviews and maps, and what are the dangers? This is the product of a wonderful workshop made possible by Monash University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Now out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution “Leveraging AI to improve evidence synthesis in conservation”. Offering recommendations as well as warnings – how can we best make use of the rapid progress in #AI. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

STICKLEBACK RESEARCHERS - spread the word! We now have a website for our summer 2025 meeting at the Bamfield Marine Station in BC (Canada). stickleback-2025.ca Bookmark the page and check for updates in the fall.

Wonderful workshop at Erice,Sicily! Sexual Selection in a Changing World organized by ⁦Chiara Morosinotto⁩ ⁦AndreaPilastro⁩ ⁦Gil Rosenthal⁩ Tamás Székely We discussed how climatic conditions can alter sexual traits influencing adaptive changes and population viability

We are looking for a lecturer in #AnimalBehaviour to join us Wageningen U&R! Especially those interested in #CompanionAnimal behaviour are encouraged to apply! connexys.nl/wageningenursi…

A new article in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, co-authored by SEI's Biljana Macura, explores how #AI and large language models can boost #EvidenceSynthesis in biodiversity conservation. AI could address funding challenges & improve decision-making. Explore 👉 buff.ly/3xe8Y6q

Our paper on leveraging AI to improve evidence synthesis in conservation is now out in the latest issue of Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Link to article here: cell.com/trends/ecology… #BobWongLab School of Biological Sciences, Monash

After unforeseen production delays, it was great to return the final proofs of our new edited book back to the production team today. Hopefully not too long to go before it comes out. A massive shout out again to co-editor Ulrika Candolin and our amazing chapter contributors 🙏