Lera Miles
@leramiles.bsky.social
Nature and climate. Work @unepwcmc.bsky.social on nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation. She/her. Sheffield/Cambridge. Views my own.
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Lera Miles
@leramiles.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Starting a thread of starter packs in nature and clîmate
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me,
@iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
@iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me,
@iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
@iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
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Nature loss is no longer a distant risk. 🥀
Recognizing the important role of businesses in responding to the biodiversity crisis, IPBES is set to release their Business and Biodiversity Assessment.
Learn about UNEP-WCMC's central role in producing the assessment: tinyurl.com/42hd2d9r
Recognizing the important role of businesses in responding to the biodiversity crisis, IPBES is set to release their Business and Biodiversity Assessment.
Learn about UNEP-WCMC's central role in producing the assessment: tinyurl.com/42hd2d9r
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Nature loss is no longer a distant risk. 🥀
Recognizing the important role of businesses in responding to the biodiversity crisis, IPBES is set to release their Business and Biodiversity Assessment.
Learn about UNEP-WCMC's central role in producing the assessment: tinyurl.com/42hd2d9r
Recognizing the important role of businesses in responding to the biodiversity crisis, IPBES is set to release their Business and Biodiversity Assessment.
Learn about UNEP-WCMC's central role in producing the assessment: tinyurl.com/42hd2d9r
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🌍 The IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report launches on 9 February 2026
The Report explores methods to measure & act on dependencies & impacts of businesses on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
💻 Follow the media launch livestream at:
https://ow.ly/Zerm50Yb610
https://ow.ly/uIaj50Yb611
The Report explores methods to measure & act on dependencies & impacts of businesses on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
💻 Follow the media launch livestream at:
https://ow.ly/Zerm50Yb610
https://ow.ly/uIaj50Yb611
February 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🌍 The IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report launches on 9 February 2026
The Report explores methods to measure & act on dependencies & impacts of businesses on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
💻 Follow the media launch livestream at:
https://ow.ly/Zerm50Yb610
https://ow.ly/uIaj50Yb611
The Report explores methods to measure & act on dependencies & impacts of businesses on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
💻 Follow the media launch livestream at:
https://ow.ly/Zerm50Yb610
https://ow.ly/uIaj50Yb611
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🚨 For those with access to collections of bird specimens: we are looking for collaborators who can quickly measure bulbuls/greenbuls (Pycnonotidae) for a project on intraspecific trait variation. We need 100s specimens measured from common species in return for co-authorship. Anyone up for it? 🧪🌐🪶
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
🚨 For those with access to collections of bird specimens: we are looking for collaborators who can quickly measure bulbuls/greenbuls (Pycnonotidae) for a project on intraspecific trait variation. We need 100s specimens measured from common species in return for co-authorship. Anyone up for it? 🧪🌐🪶
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Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs
jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs
jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
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We are still looking for a PhD student to work on feedbacks between plant invasion and riverbank erosion, embedded in the @terra-cluster.org. In collaboration with geoscientists and modellers; cool combination of field work & experiments. Position is in the Tielbörger lab, in collab with our group.
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
We are still looking for a PhD student to work on feedbacks between plant invasion and riverbank erosion, embedded in the @terra-cluster.org. In collaboration with geoscientists and modellers; cool combination of field work & experiments. Position is in the Tielbörger lab, in collab with our group.
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The Tielbörger lab at @unituebingen.bsky.social is offering TWO PHD POSITIONS in rangeland ecology, as part of the sage-centre.org. It is about tipping points in Middle Eastern rangelands. A large interdisciplinary project with unique long-term experiments!
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Tielbörger lab at @unituebingen.bsky.social is offering TWO PHD POSITIONS in rangeland ecology, as part of the sage-centre.org. It is about tipping points in Middle Eastern rangelands. A large interdisciplinary project with unique long-term experiments!
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reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
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Come to Hamburg and do a PhD on insect/spider traits with me!
February 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Come to Hamburg and do a PhD on insect/spider traits with me!
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I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
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🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
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The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) is seeking a scientist in wildlife biology, ecology, or a closely related discipline, with a focus on movement ecology, spatial data analysis, and/or scavenger and carnivore systems.
Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk
Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) is seeking a scientist in wildlife biology, ecology, or a closely related discipline, with a focus on movement ecology, spatial data analysis, and/or scavenger and carnivore systems.
Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk
Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk
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JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 AM
JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.
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Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris)
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
January 30, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris)
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
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Looking for your next opportunity, looking to hire someone or trying to fund your work?
Explore roles in SCB’s Career Center: careers.conbio.org
And don’t miss our regularly updated Awards, Fellowships & Grants Opportunities Roundup (Google Doc): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation
Explore roles in SCB’s Career Center: careers.conbio.org
And don’t miss our regularly updated Awards, Fellowships & Grants Opportunities Roundup (Google Doc): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Looking for your next opportunity, looking to hire someone or trying to fund your work?
Explore roles in SCB’s Career Center: careers.conbio.org
And don’t miss our regularly updated Awards, Fellowships & Grants Opportunities Roundup (Google Doc): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation
Explore roles in SCB’s Career Center: careers.conbio.org
And don’t miss our regularly updated Awards, Fellowships & Grants Opportunities Roundup (Google Doc): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation
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1) 🦅 Keep calm and carrion.
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM
1) 🦅 Keep calm and carrion.
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
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Are you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution!
friedmanlab.ca
friedmanlab.ca
Friedman Lab
Visit the post for more.
friedmanlab.ca
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Are you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution!
friedmanlab.ca
friedmanlab.ca
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Regional Capacity Development Center for the Caucasus,
Central Asia, and Mongolia (CCAMTAC), based in Almaty, Kazakhstan is seeking to hire a highly qualified
Economic Analyst.
unjobs.org/vacancies/17...
Central Asia, and Mongolia (CCAMTAC), based in Almaty, Kazakhstan is seeking to hire a highly qualified
Economic Analyst.
unjobs.org/vacancies/17...
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Regional Capacity Development Center for the Caucasus,
Central Asia, and Mongolia (CCAMTAC), based in Almaty, Kazakhstan is seeking to hire a highly qualified
Economic Analyst.
unjobs.org/vacancies/17...
Central Asia, and Mongolia (CCAMTAC), based in Almaty, Kazakhstan is seeking to hire a highly qualified
Economic Analyst.
unjobs.org/vacancies/17...
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Do you know someone who is making a real difference in the Somerset countryside? They can be individuals or groups.
Tell us about them and they might win our Countryside Changemaker Award.
tinyurl.com/countrysidea...
Tell us about them and they might win our Countryside Changemaker Award.
tinyurl.com/countrysidea...
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Do you know someone who is making a real difference in the Somerset countryside? They can be individuals or groups.
Tell us about them and they might win our Countryside Changemaker Award.
tinyurl.com/countrysidea...
Tell us about them and they might win our Countryside Changemaker Award.
tinyurl.com/countrysidea...
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European goldfinch
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
European goldfinch
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
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We're hiring a full-time research software engineer for biodiversity & bioacoustics!
Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact.
expected salary range $111K - $116K.
dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...
Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact.
expected salary range $111K - $116K.
dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...
We’re Hiring! Help Build the Future of Biodiversity Research | The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment at Berkeley
We’re excited to announce a new, full-time position opening for a Research Software Engineer / Data Scientist, who will focus on biodiversity and bioacoustics research.
dse.berkeley.edu
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
We're hiring a full-time research software engineer for biodiversity & bioacoustics!
Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact.
expected salary range $111K - $116K.
dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...
Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact.
expected salary range $111K - $116K.
dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...
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HIRING! We are looking for a new PhD student to work on insects in deadwood, effects of microclimate and land use. This is part of the Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social and will use a new experiment using rain-out shelters in different regions of Germany. EU driver´s licence required.
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 AM
HIRING! We are looking for a new PhD student to work on insects in deadwood, effects of microclimate and land use. This is part of the Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social and will use a new experiment using rain-out shelters in different regions of Germany. EU driver´s licence required.
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📣The DFG research training group ECO-N at @unileipzig.bsky.social has just announced 14 new PhD🎓 vacancies within its 2nd cohort, on topics incl clean air💨, climate change🌀, soil biodiv🪱 and forests🌳.
More info on ECO-N: www.eco-n.org
Vacancy announcement: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/9...
More info on ECO-N: www.eco-n.org
Vacancy announcement: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/9...
Universität Leipzig: Economics of Connected Natural Commons
The Research Training Group ECO-N trains a new generation of sustainability researchers to develop both an excellent command of quantitative research methods for understanding specific natural or human-made commons and adopt a systemic perspective on connected natural commons.
www.eco-n.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📣The DFG research training group ECO-N at @unileipzig.bsky.social has just announced 14 new PhD🎓 vacancies within its 2nd cohort, on topics incl clean air💨, climate change🌀, soil biodiv🪱 and forests🌳.
More info on ECO-N: www.eco-n.org
Vacancy announcement: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/9...
More info on ECO-N: www.eco-n.org
Vacancy announcement: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/9...