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michael<p>3-Jun-2025<br>Ancient <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collagen</span></a> can help identify a “<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> the size of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hippo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hippo</span></a>” in the fossil record<br>Scientists find new markers to identify species from fragments of fossilized bone and help us understand mysterious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megafauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megafauna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085325" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">085325</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>‘Half the tree of life’: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ecologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologists</span></a>’ horror as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> reserves are emptied of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a><br>A new point in history has been reached, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/entomologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entomologists</span></a> say, as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a><br>The declines witnessed by Janzen and others around world – are part of what some ecologists call “new era” of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ecologicalcollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologicalcollapse</span></a>, rapid <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> occur in regions that have little direct contact with people.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?</p><p>“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/29/why-does-leonardo-dicaprio-care-so-much-about-australian-wildlife" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/29/why-does-leonardo-dicaprio-care-so-much-about-australian-wildlife</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Skate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skate</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/MaugeanSkate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaugeanSkate</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/salmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salmon</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/OpenNetPens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNetPens</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SeaBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaBased</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farms</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/30/study-of-more-than-600-animal-and-plant-species-finds-genetic-diversity-has-declined-globally" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jan/30/study-of-more-than-600-animal-and-plant-species-finds-genetic-diversity-has-declined-globally</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/GBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GBF</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/GeneticDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/humanImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanImpact</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harassment</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/OnGroundConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnGroundConservation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a></p>
Jussi T Eronen<p>"The late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions thereby represent an early, large-scale human-driven environmental transformation, constituting a progenitor of the Anthropocene, where humans are now a major player in planetary functioning"<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/latequaternary-megafauna-extinctions-patterns-causes-ecological-consequences-and-implications-for-ecosystem-management-in-the-anthropocene/E885D8C5C90424254C1C75A61DE9D087" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/core/journals/ca</span><span class="invisible">mbridge-prisms-extinction/article/latequaternary-megafauna-extinctions-patterns-causes-ecological-consequences-and-implications-for-ecosystem-management-in-the-anthropocene/E885D8C5C90424254C1C75A61DE9D087</span></a></p>
Sergi Valverde<p>Very excited to share our <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@TrendsEcolEvo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TrendsEcolEvo</span></a></span> review paper on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/punctuated_evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuated_evolution</span></a>: a pattern of long-term stability interrupted by dramatic changes. A thread on the origins of rapid change, from large <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> to socio-technological <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a>.🌍🧬🛠 <a href="https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(24)00114-9?rss=yes&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/trends/ecology-evolut</span><span class="invisible">ion/fulltext/S0169-5347(24)00114-9?rss=yes&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The Unseen <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> Legacy of Whaling <a href="https://nautil.us/the-unseen-deep-sea-legacy-of-whaling-537454/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/the-unseen-deep-sea-</span><span class="invisible">legacy-of-whaling-537454/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WhaleFalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhaleFalls</span></a>, Suspended Ground, and Extinctions Never Known <a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/12/2/454/166998/Whale-Falls-Suspended-Ground-and-Extinctions-Never" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">read.dukeupress.edu/environmen</span><span class="invisible">tal-humanities/article/12/2/454/166998/Whale-Falls-Suspended-Ground-and-Extinctions-Never</span></a></p><p>"It’s not just <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> who were decimated, but the creatures who live where they fall... When we encountered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WhaleFall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhaleFall</span></a> ecosystems, our decimation of these habitats had been underway for centuries. Although no direct evidence of whale-fall specialist <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> has yet been found, that might be because the baseline shifted before anyone observed it"</p>
Nadiah Kristensen<p>My <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> keywords: <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p><p>I'm a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postdoc</span></a> specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling at <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NUS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> currently working on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/theoretical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theoretical</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/models" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>models</span></a> for the evolution of cooperation, in collaboration with Hisashi Ohtsuki, at <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SOKENDAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOKENDAI</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>.</p><p>Previous work: estimating undetected <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/qualitativemodelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qualitativemodelling</span></a>, migratory <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/phenology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phenology</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/foodweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodweb</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/modelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelling</span></a>, local <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/carryover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carryover</span></a> effects, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/dispersal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dispersal</span></a>.</p><p>My blog <a href="https://nadiah.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nadiah.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>