Mandy Korstjens
@ahkorstjens.bsky.social
Prof. In Behavioural Ecology. Bournemouth University, UK. Primatologist. AWEtrails.co.uk and LEAP
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Environmental journalism is under pressure — exactly where it’s needed most.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Environmental journalism is under pressure — exactly where it’s needed most.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
Join us @bournemouthuni.bsky.social at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. #Lecturer #academicjobs in #Biomedical Science, #ecology (especially #Marine Biology please), and #sustainability science. vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Join us @bournemouthuni.bsky.social at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. #Lecturer #academicjobs in #Biomedical Science, #ecology (especially #Marine Biology please), and #sustainability science. vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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Contact and get involved with your local bat group and get involved with bat conservation in your area. www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatsNeedFriends #bats 🦇
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Contact and get involved with your local bat group and get involved with bat conservation in your area. www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatsNeedFriends #bats 🦇
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3-year #PhD student #position open in my group @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social Finland on #gut #microbe- host communication in #birds. DL 20.12, start date in April2026. #microbiome #metabolomics #vesicles, please RT
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Doctoral Researcher: Gut microbiome metabolism and molecular mechanisms mediating gut microbiome-host interactions?
A 3-year Doctoral Researcher position is available at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in the group of Dr. Suvi Ruuskanen. The Doctoral Resear...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
3-year #PhD student #position open in my group @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social Finland on #gut #microbe- host communication in #birds. DL 20.12, start date in April2026. #microbiome #metabolomics #vesicles, please RT
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ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...
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🦇 (thread) We've added more courses and events to our bat calendar! Here are some highlights for the first quarter of 2026:
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🦇 (thread) We've added more courses and events to our bat calendar! Here are some highlights for the first quarter of 2026:
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
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Just landed! 🦅 Our Raptor ID Training Courses are live! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/training #Ornithology
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just landed! 🦅 Our Raptor ID Training Courses are live! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/training #Ornithology
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If you're interested in finding out more about the research on the mantis shrimp in 🇳🇿 then check out this fully funded PhD!!! @asab.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If you're interested in finding out more about the research on the mantis shrimp in 🇳🇿 then check out this fully funded PhD!!! @asab.org
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Currently recruiting PhD students to follow up on this result - please come to have a chat if interested #ASABWinter2025
Compared to warning colouration, camouflage is more affected by the sensory enviro 👀 🦋 #ASABWinter2025
December 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Currently recruiting PhD students to follow up on this result - please come to have a chat if interested #ASABWinter2025
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Devastating news for the Tapanuli orangutan.
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tapanuli orangutans: Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Devastating news for the Tapanuli orangutan.
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Exciting news! @btocymru.bsky.social is hosting its first Welsh Raptor Convention. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026 🦅
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Exciting news! @btocymru.bsky.social is hosting its first Welsh Raptor Convention. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026 🦅
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
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🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Our thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating floods in Sumatra.
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating floods in Sumatra.
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
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Read every word of this blogpost. Read it and weep for what is being lost. And to celebrate what Katie has achieved.
EVEN THOUGH I HAD OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO DO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
mammalssuck.blogspot.com/2025/11/if-y...
If you like milk science...
<dusts off the ol’ blog> On Thanksgiving, a Facebook “human interest story pages” dropped an essay about mother’s milk and me as a milk rese...
mammalssuck.blogspot.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Read every word of this blogpost. Read it and weep for what is being lost. And to celebrate what Katie has achieved.
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Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
Our findings underscore the value of extensive hedgerow management in promoting on-farm bat activity and support the integration of simple hedgerow quality assessment protocols into agri-environment ...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Turn your #BlackFriday green by shopping with Easyfundraising!
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
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@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
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November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Turn your #BlackFriday green by shopping with Easyfundraising!
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
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💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
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@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
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Happy Thanksgiving Week!! 🦃🦃🦃
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Week!! 🦃🦃🦃
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
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#Job in #animalwelfare at University of Rhode Island!
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#Job in #animalwelfare at University of Rhode Island!
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
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We have two upcoming webinars with the Ecological Engineering Group and the Rewilding Group 👇
Make sure to register 📩
Make sure to register 📩
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have two upcoming webinars with the Ecological Engineering Group and the Rewilding Group 👇
Make sure to register 📩
Make sure to register 📩
Comparative Anatomy lab today for our first year BSc Ecology and Wildlife Conservation. A lot of “guess the mammal”. The kangaroo and hyrax were the hardest. Plus of course the monkeys. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Comparative Anatomy lab today for our first year BSc Ecology and Wildlife Conservation. A lot of “guess the mammal”. The kangaroo and hyrax were the hardest. Plus of course the monkeys. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
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Have you seen a movie or a series that had a real monkey or ape (or one you think might be real) "actor" in it recently?
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Have you seen a movie or a series that had a real monkey or ape (or one you think might be real) "actor" in it recently?
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
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A Dutch company dredged through a highly sensitive coral area for TotalEnergies’ liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique.
Environmental groups warn that the environmental impact assessments for TotalEnergies’ project and three others in the same waters are inadequate.
Environmental groups warn that the environmental impact assessments for TotalEnergies’ project and three others in the same waters are inadequate.
Construction of TotalEnergies pipeline cuts through coral reefs in Mozambique
Over the past year, a dredger operated by Dutch company Van Oord cut through a coral reef off the coast of northern Mozambique, part of the construction of French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies’…
news.mongabay.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A Dutch company dredged through a highly sensitive coral area for TotalEnergies’ liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique.
Environmental groups warn that the environmental impact assessments for TotalEnergies’ project and three others in the same waters are inadequate.
Environmental groups warn that the environmental impact assessments for TotalEnergies’ project and three others in the same waters are inadequate.