Beth Preston
@bethpreston.bsky.social
Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology at RVC, UK. Interested in wildlife conservation, behavioural ecology, social behaviour, mostly in mammals. Worked on Ethiopian wolves, banded mongooses, elephants, lions, hyenas. she/her.
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Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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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
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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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...
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PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
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❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
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Don't forget to register for our Hackathon event! We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible...
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Don't forget to register for our Hackathon event! We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible...
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
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ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
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Hey Camera Trappers 📸🐺🐗🦌🦅Snapshot Europe is back for 2025!
Join us in deploying cameras this Sept-Oct. Help build a crucial snapshot of European biodiversity. Learn more & express interest here ▶️ app.wildlifeinsights.org/initiatives/...
Spread the word and help expand our community across Europe🙏
Join us in deploying cameras this Sept-Oct. Help build a crucial snapshot of European biodiversity. Learn more & express interest here ▶️ app.wildlifeinsights.org/initiatives/...
Spread the word and help expand our community across Europe🙏
July 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hey Camera Trappers 📸🐺🐗🦌🦅Snapshot Europe is back for 2025!
Join us in deploying cameras this Sept-Oct. Help build a crucial snapshot of European biodiversity. Learn more & express interest here ▶️ app.wildlifeinsights.org/initiatives/...
Spread the word and help expand our community across Europe🙏
Join us in deploying cameras this Sept-Oct. Help build a crucial snapshot of European biodiversity. Learn more & express interest here ▶️ app.wildlifeinsights.org/initiatives/...
Spread the word and help expand our community across Europe🙏
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Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
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Hey #WildlifeDisease & #conservation folk, please check out our survey on attitudes to parasite conservation.
Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n
Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n
January 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hey #WildlifeDisease & #conservation folk, please check out our survey on attitudes to parasite conservation.
Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n
Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n
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The next seminar in our Wild Animal Lives series will be on January 29 at 3 pm GMT. Focusing on #urbanecology, it will feature Amanda Trask of @zslscience.bsky.social, Charlotte Burn of RVC, and Marion Chatelain of the University of Innsbruck. Register here: https://buff.ly/4gBx7VP
January 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The next seminar in our Wild Animal Lives series will be on January 29 at 3 pm GMT. Focusing on #urbanecology, it will feature Amanda Trask of @zslscience.bsky.social, Charlotte Burn of RVC, and Marion Chatelain of the University of Innsbruck. Register here: https://buff.ly/4gBx7VP
Fully-funded PhD opportunity at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in Health and Productivity of Cattle Used in Rewilding
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Deadline: 12th February 2025
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Deadline: 12th February 2025
PhD Studentship - Health and Productivity of Cattle used in Rewilding - Postgraduate - Study - Royal Veterinary College, RVC
www.rvc.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Fully-funded PhD opportunity at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in Health and Productivity of Cattle Used in Rewilding
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Deadline: 12th February 2025
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Deadline: 12th February 2025
PhD Studentship - Health and Productivity of Cattle used in Rewilding - Postgraduate - Study - Royal Veterinary College, RVC
www.rvc.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Fully-funded PhD opportunity at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in Health and Productivity of Cattle Used in Rewilding
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Deadline: 12th February 2025
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Deadline: 12th February 2025
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Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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I'm looking for guest speakers (paid, awaiting funding) for my Primate Behavior class. I'm hoping to find a couple people who work with primates in different settings (zoo, lab, field). Preference for in-country (field), historically excluded, & student/early career primatologists. Please reach out!
January 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I'm looking for guest speakers (paid, awaiting funding) for my Primate Behavior class. I'm hoping to find a couple people who work with primates in different settings (zoo, lab, field). Preference for in-country (field), historically excluded, & student/early career primatologists. Please reach out!
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Applications are closing on 8th January for two doctoral research opportunities in wildlife conservation.
Both projects are part of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme which supports conservation of this rare and threatened canid.
👉 bit.ly/4h198zq
@oxfordbiology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Both projects are part of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme which supports conservation of this rare and threatened canid.
👉 bit.ly/4h198zq
@oxfordbiology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
January 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Applications are closing on 8th January for two doctoral research opportunities in wildlife conservation.
Both projects are part of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme which supports conservation of this rare and threatened canid.
👉 bit.ly/4h198zq
@oxfordbiology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Both projects are part of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme which supports conservation of this rare and threatened canid.
👉 bit.ly/4h198zq
@oxfordbiology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost!
Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Priority areas:
‘Responding to anthropogenic change’
‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Priority areas:
‘Responding to anthropogenic change’
‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 12:07 PM
🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost!
Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Priority areas:
‘Responding to anthropogenic change’
‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Priority areas:
‘Responding to anthropogenic change’
‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Call for papers: Indirect effects of hunting on wildlife. Read more: https://www.wildlifebiology.org/blog/upcoming-special-issue-indirect-effects-hunting
December 13, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Call for papers: Indirect effects of hunting on wildlife. Read more: https://www.wildlifebiology.org/blog/upcoming-special-issue-indirect-effects-hunting
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New #EWCP paper highlights concurrent outbreaks of rabies and canine distemper in Ethiopian wolves, with devastating outcomes of the dual disease threat to vulnerable populations. Surveillance and monitoring are vital for early detection and intervention. @oxfordbiology.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/49Cun8g
👉 bit.ly/49Cun8g
December 10, 2024 at 10:29 AM
New #EWCP paper highlights concurrent outbreaks of rabies and canine distemper in Ethiopian wolves, with devastating outcomes of the dual disease threat to vulnerable populations. Surveillance and monitoring are vital for early detection and intervention. @oxfordbiology.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/49Cun8g
👉 bit.ly/49Cun8g
New paper out describing an outbreak of rabies and canine distemper virus which overlapped in Ethiopian wolves, leading to one wolf testing positive for both diseases, which happened when I was working with EWCP in 2019/2020 @wildcru.bsky.social
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Concurrent Rabies and Canine Distemper Outbreaks and Infection in Endangered Ethiopian Wolves
Rabies and Canine Distemper Outbreaks in Wolves
wwwnc.cdc.gov
December 6, 2024 at 2:46 PM
New paper out describing an outbreak of rabies and canine distemper virus which overlapped in Ethiopian wolves, leading to one wolf testing positive for both diseases, which happened when I was working with EWCP in 2019/2020 @wildcru.bsky.social
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...