CMEC
@macroecology.bsky.social
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC) is a research center on a mission to elucidate biology's laws of nature 🌎
📍Globe Institute | University of Copenhagen
🔗 https://macroecology.ku.dk/
📍Globe Institute | University of Copenhagen
🔗 https://macroecology.ku.dk/
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#FishADay Scolopsis affinis Bridled monocle bream. Western Pacific; prefer sandy or muddy bottoms near reefs. Cooperatively mob predatory worms that rely on stealth to catch prey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY21...
Fish against Monsterworm //Scolopsis affinis mobbing
YouTube video by Jose Lachat
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January 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
#FishADay Scolopsis affinis Bridled monocle bream. Western Pacific; prefer sandy or muddy bottoms near reefs. Cooperatively mob predatory worms that rely on stealth to catch prey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY21...
How can change in available #RedList data influence the selection of spatial conservation priorities and how do we assess which regions are identified as most critical for #conservation? New paper out in Biological Conservation by Farooq et al.
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Priorities for conservation rely heavily on discovery and assessments
The Red List is one of the most important and widely used sources of biodiversity information, providing conservation assessments for nearly 160,000 s…
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January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
How can change in available #RedList data influence the selection of spatial conservation priorities and how do we assess which regions are identified as most critical for #conservation? New paper out in Biological Conservation by Farooq et al.
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If you want to know a little more about my (cover!) article in Journal of Biogeography, "Depth matters for biodiversity", there's a blog post here: hannahlowens.weebly.com/blog-and-new...
New Paper Out on the Cover of Journal of Biogeography
Recently, my paper “Depth Matters for Marine Biodiversity” was published in the Journal of Biogeography—and to my great delight, it also ended up on the cover of the December issue. Even more...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
If you want to know a little more about my (cover!) article in Journal of Biogeography, "Depth matters for biodiversity", there's a blog post here: hannahlowens.weebly.com/blog-and-new...
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#FishADay Oxylebius pictus Painted Greenling. NE Pacific; shallow rocky areas. Has bounced around a bit taxonomically thanks to its weird pointy head, but (according to Eschmeyer's Catalog) it's currently found with the rest of the greenlings in Hexagrammidae. youtu.be/Gk3FMfx-2KQ
Mating Pair of Painted Greenlings, Oxylebius pictus
YouTube video by Ed Bierman
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January 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
#FishADay Oxylebius pictus Painted Greenling. NE Pacific; shallow rocky areas. Has bounced around a bit taxonomically thanks to its weird pointy head, but (according to Eschmeyer's Catalog) it's currently found with the rest of the greenlings in Hexagrammidae. youtu.be/Gk3FMfx-2KQ
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🎉🎉 New publication out! 🎉🎉
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
Client Challenge
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January 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🎉🎉 New publication out! 🎉🎉
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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We are changing the path of evolution in the natural world, and bears are a good example. Thanks to @elpais.bsky.social and to @MACriado for the interview
Is always great to talk to elpaiscyt.bsky.social
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Is always great to talk to elpaiscyt.bsky.social
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Los osos están cambiando su conducta, su forma y hasta su genética por culpa de las presiones humanas
Algunos pardos están menguando, ya hay polares adaptados a un mundo sin hielo. “Ha habido una selección a favor de los individuos más tímidos”, señala un biólogo
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January 8, 2026 at 9:17 AM
We are changing the path of evolution in the natural world, and bears are a good example. Thanks to @elpais.bsky.social and to @MACriado for the interview
Is always great to talk to elpaiscyt.bsky.social
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Is always great to talk to elpaiscyt.bsky.social
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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📸 Today at @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social, Robert Whittaker talked about the island species-area relationship for plants globally.
Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of #Biogeography: biogeography.pensoft.net, the journal of @biogeography.bsky.social we are happy to publish!
#TIBS2026
Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of #Biogeography: biogeography.pensoft.net, the journal of @biogeography.bsky.social we are happy to publish!
#TIBS2026
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
📸 Today at @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social, Robert Whittaker talked about the island species-area relationship for plants globally.
Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of #Biogeography: biogeography.pensoft.net, the journal of @biogeography.bsky.social we are happy to publish!
#TIBS2026
Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of #Biogeography: biogeography.pensoft.net, the journal of @biogeography.bsky.social we are happy to publish!
#TIBS2026
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Join us in the afternoon as we kick off #TIBS2026 with five exciting parallel sessions:
✔️Species-Area Relationships
✔️ Paleoecology and Change Through Time
✔️ Niches and Co-occurrence
✔️ Bird Abundance Change
✔️ Geodiversity
✔️Species-Area Relationships
✔️ Paleoecology and Change Through Time
✔️ Niches and Co-occurrence
✔️ Bird Abundance Change
✔️ Geodiversity
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Join us in the afternoon as we kick off #TIBS2026 with five exciting parallel sessions:
✔️Species-Area Relationships
✔️ Paleoecology and Change Through Time
✔️ Niches and Co-occurrence
✔️ Bird Abundance Change
✔️ Geodiversity
✔️Species-Area Relationships
✔️ Paleoecology and Change Through Time
✔️ Niches and Co-occurrence
✔️ Bird Abundance Change
✔️ Geodiversity
If we fail to curb #climatechange, malaria mosquitoes could significantly expand their habitats across Africa, exposing hundreds of millions of people to a higher risk of infection
Explore the new findings 👇🦟
news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
Explore the new findings 👇🦟
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Researchers Warn: Climate Change Could Expand Habitats for Malaria Mosquitoes
If we fail to curb climate change, malaria mosquitoes could significantly expand their habitats across Africa, exposing hundreds of millions of people to a higher risk of infection.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If we fail to curb #climatechange, malaria mosquitoes could significantly expand their habitats across Africa, exposing hundreds of millions of people to a higher risk of infection
Explore the new findings 👇🦟
news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
Explore the new findings 👇🦟
news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
How will climate change affect malaria vectors? 🌍🦟
New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social highlights the pressing need to update #malaria control efforts as changing environments alter where mosquitoes are found.
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New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social highlights the pressing need to update #malaria control efforts as changing environments alter where mosquitoes are found.
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Climate Change Favors African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes
Malaria is a deadly parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. This study investigates occurrence patterns of malaria mosquito species to predict how climate change will affect their range ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How will climate change affect malaria vectors? 🌍🦟
New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social highlights the pressing need to update #malaria control efforts as changing environments alter where mosquitoes are found.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social highlights the pressing need to update #malaria control efforts as changing environments alter where mosquitoes are found.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
NEW PAPER by Erika Vaéz Vargas et al., incl. co-author Assistant Prof. @hannahoish.bsky.social, elucidates the evolution of color mimicry systems in Adelpha - a genus of Neotropical #butterflies 🦋 Read more👇 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Phylogeny, systematics and evolution of mimicry patterns in Neotropical limenitidine butterflies
The most comprehensive phylogeny for Adelpha reveals that it is not monophyletic, supporting the description of the new genus Adelphina for the alala-group.
The rate of mimicry evolution increases t.....
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November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW PAPER by Erika Vaéz Vargas et al., incl. co-author Assistant Prof. @hannahoish.bsky.social, elucidates the evolution of color mimicry systems in Adelpha - a genus of Neotropical #butterflies 🦋 Read more👇 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Today we publish a new paper at The British Medical Journal on the links between biodiversity, climate and health in relation to the hashtag#COP30 in Brazil
Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.
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Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.
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The Amazon is one of Earth’s major climate stabilisers—we must protect the rainforest and its biodiversity
The twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change have clear implications for human health and must be central to discussions at COP30, argue David Nogués-Bravo and Helena Alves-Pinto
The acce...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today we publish a new paper at The British Medical Journal on the links between biodiversity, climate and health in relation to the hashtag#COP30 in Brazil
Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
New paper in Environmental Evidence presents a systematic map protocol to shed light on metrics used to measure the impact of dynamic #NatureManagement working with natural processes 📈🌳 Kerstin Bouma et al.: environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
What evidence exists for the impact of restoration of natural processes on biodiversity in temperate ecosystems: a systematic map protocol - Environmental Evidence
Background Over the last decade, a paradigm shift has been initiated in the field of nature management and conservation with shifting the focus from traditional, more static conservation efforts to dy...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New paper in Environmental Evidence presents a systematic map protocol to shed light on metrics used to measure the impact of dynamic #NatureManagement working with natural processes 📈🌳 Kerstin Bouma et al.: environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
⚠️🪸 Det vil have enormt store konsekvenser for ikke bare biodiversiteten, men også for menneskeheden, fordi der er rigtig mange mennesker, der er afhængige af koralrev, siger prof. Katherine Richardson oven på udgivelsen af ny rapport: www.dr.dk/nyheder/vide...
Ny rapport: Det er så godt som uundgåeligt, at verdens koralrev kollapser
Ifølge en ny klimarapport er det nu 99 procent sikkert, at verdens koralrev kommer til at kollapse.
www.dr.dk
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
⚠️🪸 Det vil have enormt store konsekvenser for ikke bare biodiversiteten, men også for menneskeheden, fordi der er rigtig mange mennesker, der er afhængige af koralrev, siger prof. Katherine Richardson oven på udgivelsen af ny rapport: www.dr.dk/nyheder/vide...
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"Biodiversity loss is a public health problem – let's treat it as such"...this is the topic of a popular science article I just wrote for a Danish Media Outlet.
Check it here: naturmonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...
Check it here: naturmonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...
Professor: Tab af biodiversitet er et folkesundhedsproblem – lad os behandle det som sådan
Landene har forpligtet sig under FN’s konvention om biologisk mangfoldighed til at anerkende sammenhængen mellem biodiversitet og menneskers sundhed.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"Biodiversity loss is a public health problem – let's treat it as such"...this is the topic of a popular science article I just wrote for a Danish Media Outlet.
Check it here: naturmonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...
Check it here: naturmonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...
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Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
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September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Root restriction as a method to reduce plant size and enable high-throughput phenotypic screening of large sets of quinoa plants under controlled conditions: test and validation.
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Read more https://bit.ly/4psCThm
@iascsic.bsky.social @macroecology.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Root restriction as a method to reduce plant size and enable high-throughput phenotypic screening of large sets of quinoa plants under controlled conditions: test and validation.
@iascsic.bsky.social @macroecology.bsky.social
Read more https://bit.ly/4psCThm
@iascsic.bsky.social @macroecology.bsky.social
Read more https://bit.ly/4psCThm
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🐋 🐻❄️ 🦭 MASSIVE NEW FOSSIL DATABASE 🐋 🐻❄️ 🦭
Our FAMM (Fossil Arctic Marine Mammal) database has now been published #OpenAccess in Global Ecology and Biogeography!
Come learn about the cool stuff you can do with #Arctic #fossil material and bio-molecular archives! ☢️ ⚛️ 🧬
Link and thread below!
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Our FAMM (Fossil Arctic Marine Mammal) database has now been published #OpenAccess in Global Ecology and Biogeography!
Come learn about the cool stuff you can do with #Arctic #fossil material and bio-molecular archives! ☢️ ⚛️ 🧬
Link and thread below!
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September 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
🐋 🐻❄️ 🦭 MASSIVE NEW FOSSIL DATABASE 🐋 🐻❄️ 🦭
Our FAMM (Fossil Arctic Marine Mammal) database has now been published #OpenAccess in Global Ecology and Biogeography!
Come learn about the cool stuff you can do with #Arctic #fossil material and bio-molecular archives! ☢️ ⚛️ 🧬
Link and thread below!
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Our FAMM (Fossil Arctic Marine Mammal) database has now been published #OpenAccess in Global Ecology and Biogeography!
Come learn about the cool stuff you can do with #Arctic #fossil material and bio-molecular archives! ☢️ ⚛️ 🧬
Link and thread below!
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Når vi taler om, at naturen optager CO2, tænker de fleste på skovene. Men den største klimaregulator gemmer sig under havets overflade 🌊♻️ Bliv klogere på havets klimahelte med Katherine Richardson og Thomas Kiørboe @ucph.bsky.social @dtu.dk #dkvid #dkgreen
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VidenSkaber - Formidling: Havets skjulte klimahelte
Våbenkapløb mellem kiselalger og vandlopper medfører, at der lagres enorme mængder kulstof i havet. Når vi taler om, at naturen optager CO2 og derfor er vigtig for klimaet, tænker de fleste på skovene...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Når vi taler om, at naturen optager CO2, tænker de fleste på skovene. Men den største klimaregulator gemmer sig under havets overflade 🌊♻️ Bliv klogere på havets klimahelte med Katherine Richardson og Thomas Kiørboe @ucph.bsky.social @dtu.dk #dkvid #dkgreen
www.videnskaber.dk/formidling/h...
www.videnskaber.dk/formidling/h...
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#FishADay Careproctus colliculi Bumpy Snailfish. Newly described species from Monterey Canyon off California. Single specimen (collected via suction sampler by ROV Doc Ricketts in 3268 m of water) is distinct from congeners based on (name gave it away) fleshy bumps on its head.
youtu.be/hwsl-ebVVoU
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MBARI's advanced underwater robot reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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September 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#FishADay Careproctus colliculi Bumpy Snailfish. Newly described species from Monterey Canyon off California. Single specimen (collected via suction sampler by ROV Doc Ricketts in 3268 m of water) is distinct from congeners based on (name gave it away) fleshy bumps on its head.
youtu.be/hwsl-ebVVoU
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🐢🧬 New paper on how climate shifts shaped turtle and tortoise populations over time 🐢🧬
Using whole genome sequencing and environmental niche modeling we reconstruct demographic history and suitable habitat for turtles and tortoises 🧵 #popgen #consgen doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Using whole genome sequencing and environmental niche modeling we reconstruct demographic history and suitable habitat for turtles and tortoises 🧵 #popgen #consgen doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Quaternary Habitat Fluctuations and Demographic Dynamics in Turtles Inferred From Environmental Niche Modelling and Whole Genome Data
Quaternary climatic fluctuations had a substantial influence on ecosystems, species distribution, phenology and genetic diversity, driving extinction, adaptation and demographic shifts during glacial...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🐢🧬 New paper on how climate shifts shaped turtle and tortoise populations over time 🐢🧬
Using whole genome sequencing and environmental niche modeling we reconstruct demographic history and suitable habitat for turtles and tortoises 🧵 #popgen #consgen doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Using whole genome sequencing and environmental niche modeling we reconstruct demographic history and suitable habitat for turtles and tortoises 🧵 #popgen #consgen doi.org/10.1111/1755...
How may the future landscape of Denmark look like?
Join the conversation when Visual Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen & Professor @carsten-rahbek.bsky.social delve into the intersection btw. art & #science following the new @art2030.bsky.social project 👇🎥
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Join the conversation when Visual Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen & Professor @carsten-rahbek.bsky.social delve into the intersection btw. art & #science following the new @art2030.bsky.social project 👇🎥
youtu.be/J6z3XV_iBQQ?...
In Conversation: Jakob Kudsk Steensen and Carsten Rahbek
YouTube video by ART 2030
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September 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How may the future landscape of Denmark look like?
Join the conversation when Visual Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen & Professor @carsten-rahbek.bsky.social delve into the intersection btw. art & #science following the new @art2030.bsky.social project 👇🎥
youtu.be/J6z3XV_iBQQ?...
Join the conversation when Visual Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen & Professor @carsten-rahbek.bsky.social delve into the intersection btw. art & #science following the new @art2030.bsky.social project 👇🎥
youtu.be/J6z3XV_iBQQ?...
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#FishADay Porichthys notatus Plainfin Midshipman. Northeast Pacific. Breed in shallow water on the coast. Males build nests, then "sing" by vibrating their swim bladders, calling in females to lay eggs. Males then care for the eggs until they hatch.
youtu.be/g4eLU9Z4jBU
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Strange Underwater Noise
YouTube video by Justin Jolly, My Life Aquatic
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August 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#FishADay Porichthys notatus Plainfin Midshipman. Northeast Pacific. Breed in shallow water on the coast. Males build nests, then "sing" by vibrating their swim bladders, calling in females to lay eggs. Males then care for the eggs until they hatch.
youtu.be/g4eLU9Z4jBU
youtu.be/g4eLU9Z4jBU
Stretched out or patchy? Habitat shape matters and may play a big role in creating the foundation for #biodiversity hotspots 🔥 New study out in Sci.Adv. by J Sonne, @mkborregaard.bsky.social, R Colwell & @carsten-rahbek.bsky.social 👇
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New insight into biodiversity hotspots
New study enhances our understanding of what determines biodiversity richness on Earth.
macroecology.ku.dk
August 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Stretched out or patchy? Habitat shape matters and may play a big role in creating the foundation for #biodiversity hotspots 🔥 New study out in Sci.Adv. by J Sonne, @mkborregaard.bsky.social, R Colwell & @carsten-rahbek.bsky.social 👇
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