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Alec BM Moore
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Lecturer in marine top predator conservation @sosbangor.bsky.social

I research: sharks & rays | marine historical ecology | fisheries | conservation 🏊🤿🎣🐟
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nickajgraham.bsky.social
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.

One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.

Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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stephanielking.bsky.social
3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
alecbmmoore.bsky.social
Great to see cross-disciplinary training & knowledge exchange between historians & scientists as part of @ukrio.bsky.social funded @projectfishistory.bsky.social
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Thanks @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social
helping to unlock overlooked historical data
projectfishistory.bsky.social Project FisHistory @projectfishistory.bsky.social · 4d
This time last week our team were midway through an interdisciplinary research visit at the National library of Wales 📖 The marine scientists came away with a newfound appreciation for the art of deciphering handwriting! @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
PhD studentship available. Please repost.
www.swbio.ac.uk/agriculture-...

@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exetergses.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @hls.exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @ecehh.org @willhgaze.bsky.social @elzehesse.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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phoca-sapiens.bsky.social
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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fr.pensoft.net
Fossil shark teeth from Pliocene Tuscany show the first evidence that 𝑂𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑥 "zombie worms" exploit shark tooth dentine in the wild.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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linneansociety.bsky.social
Ever wanted to get the lowdown on natural history museums? Interested in how they're shaped from behind the scenes? Or how they in turn shape scientific understanding?

Then join Jack Ashby's talk exploring both the scientific and social relevance of these fascinating institutions

🎟️ from £9.38
Nature’s Memory | Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History Museums
Get an insider guide to the secrets of natural history museums, as we consider how they shape our society and relationship with nature.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
📣 There are just a few days left to apply!

We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!

Closing date: 11 November 2025

For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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legolostatsea.bsky.social
Indeed. A few years ago, we picked up all these from one beach in a single day. We picked up more this morning. Another menace on our beaches.
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
alecbmmoore.bsky.social
Historical sources such as the excellent Tourists in Wales website can provide valuable information for ecologists studying longer-term aspects of species and environments

sublimewales.wordpress.com/introduction/
TOURISTS IN WALES 1700-1900
A boat used to take tourists down the Wye, a two-day journey from Ross  to Chepstow, stopping at Monmouth for a night. This expensive trip became very popular from the early 1750s. People began to …
sublimewales.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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drandrewthaler.bsky.social
Antarctic robot ‘Lassie’ uncovers thousands of icefish nests beneath Antarctic ice

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Antarctic robot ‘Lassie’ uncovers thousands of icefish nests beneath Antarctic ice
Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the colossal A68 iceberg broke away. Using robotic explorers, they found over a t...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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juliachaumel.bsky.social
Why do eagle and manta rays have long, whip-like tails? 🦈 Our study shows that they act like kite tails, adding drag to keep rays stable as they glide!
Thanks to @georgelauder.bsky.social, Connor White, Harvard MCZ, @nhm-london.bsky.social , CSIRO & @tamu.bsky.social Article: shorturl.at/gSf7P
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
alecbmmoore.bsky.social
New evidence in @science.org that herring🐟 spawn where they were spawned (natal homing) adds urgency to the work @projectfishistory.bsky.social is doing @sosbangor.bsky.social - identifying unmapped spawning areas using historical sources 📜 & living knowledge 🎣🗣️

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Direct evidence of natal homing in an Atlantic herring metapopulation
Herring return annually to their natal spawning sites, highlighting the need for sensitive coastal management.
www.science.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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sjurdur.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Mammal Ecology

🧪🌍 #science
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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leafyhistory.bsky.social
Out now in the @sochistnathist.bsky.social journal, my article on the BERRY-POMEROY MANUSCRIPT!
This is a natural history text from the year 1599 which lists 278 species of animals and plants living in Elizabethan Devon!
There are some very surprising records here...
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Screenshot of abstract from a journal website: Archives of Natural History, October 2024, vo. 51, No. 2 : pp. 289-302 Keywords: ‘Berry-Pomeroy Manuscript’, chorography of Devon wildlife, early modern animal history, Devon fruit cultivars, sixteenth-century Britain, John Vowell, extinction of the wolf Fauna and flora listed in John Hooker’s manuscript ‘Synopsis chorographical of Devonshire’ (1599) Lee Raye Abstract This paper introduces and comments on the animals and plants listed in a manuscript dated 1599 (the ‘Berry-Pomeroy Manuscript’), the ‘Synopsis chorographical of Devonshire’ by John Hooker of Exeter (1527–1601). Two hundred and seventy eight animals and plants were named, which is an unprecedented number for a local natural history text from sixteenth-century Britain. The animals mentioned include some of considerable interest like the wolf, bear, roe deer and red deer, polecat, black rat, white stork, Cornish chough and numerous freshwater fishes. Several cultivated varieties of domesticated fruit trees, in particular apples and pears, and other local specialities that are no longer known were also in Hooker’s list.
December 18, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The global biomass of mammals since 1850 - Nature Communications
Here, the authors estimate mammalian biomass from the 1850’s to today, tracking an increase of over five-fold in human and domesticated mammal biomass and a two-fold decrease in wild mammal biomass. R...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Monitoring juvenile sicklefin lemon shark Negaprion acutidens in remote marine nurseries using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Monitoring juvenile sicklefin lemon shark Negaprion acutidens in remote marine nurseries using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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bluewhalenews.bsky.social
Published! Our huge effort to obtain catch series for each of five overlapping populations of pygmy blue whales. Big collaboration with 30+ coauthors using spatial patterns of blue whale song (unique to each population) to figure out where each resides 1/n
March 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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friel.bsky.social
The earliest appearance of gigantic lamniform #sharks has now been pushed back by ~15 Ma (upper Aptian, ~115 Ma) with the discovery of enormous cardabiodontid shark remains from northern Australia.🦈🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Early gigantic lamniform marks the onset of mega-body size in modern shark evolution - Communications Biology
The earliest appearance of mega-body size in sharks is pushed back by 15 million years with the discovery of new fossils from Northern Australia. Using a comprehensive dataset of living sharks to esti...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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darrencroft.bsky.social
MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social

People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.

Deadline 19Dec

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
alecbmmoore.bsky.social
PhD on pied flycatchers
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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irishbaskingshark.bsky.social
Reflecting on the International Basking Shark Conference last month, we are all still so inspired by the energy and passion captured in one weekend.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCg...
Irish Basking Shark Group - International Basking Shark Conference 2025
YouTube video by Swimming Head Productions
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Guinean landing surveys of Bentfin devil rays add insight into threatened elasmobranch catch
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Nice write-up of new study on European cultural grassland diversity. Resurvey from 100 year old baseline. Plant richness declines. Good photo of the field botanists! Paper is linked in article. #botany
Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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ukirsc.bsky.social
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM