Dr Morgan Hughes
@thereremouse.bsky.social
Bat researcher 🦇 Mostly crepuscular. Floridian Brit. Gen X. 3rd Culture Kid. Cat mom. ENFJ.
Awesome article. She's such a rock star. 😍
‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Awesome article. She's such a rock star. 😍
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
What a perfect day for this brilliant paper to come out from my colleagues at @batconservation.bsky.social 🎃
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
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What a perfect day for this brilliant paper to come out from my colleagues at @batconservation.bsky.social 🎃
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
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Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
What a perfect day for this brilliant paper to come out from my colleagues at @batconservation.bsky.social 🎃
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
What a perfect day for this brilliant paper to come out from my colleagues at @batconservation.bsky.social 🎃
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A beautiful afternoon along Hudson Bay with a bunch of polar bears. It was much too warm for this time of year, so the bears were resting up and saving their energy. #mammals 🌿
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A beautiful afternoon along Hudson Bay with a bunch of polar bears. It was much too warm for this time of year, so the bears were resting up and saving their energy. #mammals 🌿
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
This is where I'm posting from.
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is where I'm posting from.
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📢 New paper from my PhD! 🦇
Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk.
@vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
#PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk.
@vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
#PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing canopy cover elevates vehicle collision risk for barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) at roads - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Increasing canopy cover elevates vehicle collision risk for barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) at roads
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📢 New paper from my PhD! 🦇
Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk.
@vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
#PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk.
@vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
#PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am re-watching Downton, and Maggie Smith just fills my heart with happiness. I miss her.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I am re-watching Downton, and Maggie Smith just fills my heart with happiness. I miss her.
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Maybe you need something different than doomscrolling? How about a banger about disco snails? youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...
Vulfmon & Zachary Barker - Disco Snails (Official Video)
YouTube video by Vulf
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October 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Maybe you need something different than doomscrolling? How about a banger about disco snails? youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impacts of offshore wind farms on migratory bats in British waters
Offshore wind energy projects are developing at pace with ambitious Net Zero targets in place across Europe and understanding the evidence base for th…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
that was a long day.
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
that was a long day.
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Schrödinger's douchebag
A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
October 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Schrödinger's douchebag
A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
Doing penance with RATM
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Doing penance with RATM
On the train platform listening to Toad The Wet Sprocket. Fight me.
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
On the train platform listening to Toad The Wet Sprocket. Fight me.
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Flagging this both because it's cool research, and because the graphs shown here illustrate a very important best-practice of showing both the curves/confidence intervals and the raw data points themselves whenever possible.
Colours of urban selection: carotenoid-based signals reveal divergent urban/rural evolutionary trajectories in two closely related passerines | doi.org/10.1002/oik.... | Oikos | #ornithology 🪶
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Flagging this both because it's cool research, and because the graphs shown here illustrate a very important best-practice of showing both the curves/confidence intervals and the raw data points themselves whenever possible.
My cats are obsessed with "upstairs" as they have never had an upstairs before.
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My cats are obsessed with "upstairs" as they have never had an upstairs before.
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Raman was one of our @opwall.bsky.social research assistants in Croatia a couple of years ago, and watching her impact as a young conservationist makes me so proud!!
Winner of The Marsh Award for Young Ornithologist is Ramandeep Nijjar! Ramandeep has put tremendous effort into promoting ornithology through various platforms including as a BTO Youth Rep, an organiser of local events and through public speaking, podcasts and webinars. @marshawards.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Raman was one of our @opwall.bsky.social research assistants in Croatia a couple of years ago, and watching her impact as a young conservationist makes me so proud!!
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Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dear Green Frogs & other inflatable heroes in Portland,
You have made this week BEARable & I’m so grateful. Authoritarianism fucks with our heads. Your activism provides a grounding, loving & peaceful vibe during a horrific time.
Don’t ever quit!
Love, Me
You have made this week BEARable & I’m so grateful. Authoritarianism fucks with our heads. Your activism provides a grounding, loving & peaceful vibe during a horrific time.
Don’t ever quit!
Love, Me
October 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Dear Green Frogs & other inflatable heroes in Portland,
You have made this week BEARable & I’m so grateful. Authoritarianism fucks with our heads. Your activism provides a grounding, loving & peaceful vibe during a horrific time.
Don’t ever quit!
Love, Me
You have made this week BEARable & I’m so grateful. Authoritarianism fucks with our heads. Your activism provides a grounding, loving & peaceful vibe during a horrific time.
Don’t ever quit!
Love, Me
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Accepted with major revisions.
Accepted with major revisions.
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Accepted with major revisions.
Accepted with major revisions.