Looking for a postdoc/job! Research on diversity dynamics in novel ecosystems. Palaeo/macro/marine-ecology
Also chatting craft beer, tabletop gaming, and open/ethical science.
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Matt Kerr
National Museums Northern Ireland are hiring a curator of vertebrates!! Details here - deadline soon!! ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
After 5 years, hundreds of interviews & workshops, many open access papers (& more on the way), an App, the 1st global symposium on #novelecosystems & lots of deep research, the @noveleco.bsky.social project finishes today. Thanks to so many people, especially my super team and the @erc.europa.eu.
Prof Susie Maidment
Come join us! We have a one-year, part-time, education-focussed Assistant Professor post in Palaeobiology. Deadline for applications is 2nd June 2026. Please see more at the below link:
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Check out our new letter in Conservation Biology where we argue that (re-)introduced large herbivores are often wrongly framed as harmful because herbivory is automatically equated with ecological damage - overlooking their potential to restore biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Important new paper out today led by @jonastrepel.bsky.social that explains how common approaches to quantifying the impacts of #introduced #herbivores are fundamentally flawed, including those used by the #IUCN. #Rewilding
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Marcus Collier
Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.
This has been a really fun collaboration with a wonderful team:
@mattkerr.bsky.social, Rob Buitenwerf,
@kristymferraro.bsky.social, Liza le Roux, Erick Lundgren,
@maitner.bsky.social, @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social and @jcsvenning.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social. Thanks everyone!
A nice opportunity in Nothern Ireland: @savebutterflies.bsky.social Limestone Grassland Project Manager. Deadline for applying is 8 June. More information here:
butterflyconservation.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
#NatureRecovery #GenerationRestoration
You will contribute to a range of education-related activities. In addition you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive work...
Was really cool to be part of data collection effort of this study - which involved a huge effort and authors from all continents. Really important results for moving forward with open science too - read for details and advice!
And thanks @nhcooper123.bsky.social for leading us all with patience šš¼
Brian Maitner
Jonas Trepel
Jonas Trepel
Matt Kerr
Ashkaan K. Fahimipour
Weāre hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/3R94V58
Closing Date: 9th June 2026
#WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience
Markus Wagner
Herbivory is a fundamental ecological process; treating it as harm (like recent work has suggested) misinforms conservation decisions about introduced herbivores.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
