Brendan Godley
@brendangodley.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist, U of Exeter, Cornwall (UK). Biodiversity, ecology & conservation (research, practice & education). Esp. marine realm- sea turtles, fisheries, and ocean plastic. Academic Lead at @exetermarine.bsky.social & @exetergses.bsky.social
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Brendan Godley
@brendangodley.bsky.social
· Mar 15
Second Call: We made a starter pack for those interesed in sea turtle ecology and conservation. Add a comment if you would like to be added. 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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🦤🧪🌐 🐢 Concern about nesting #flatback #turtles on Delambre Island, Western Australia. Despite natural cycles, population currently appears to be dropping. Monitoring and adaptive management are vital to understand and protect this unique population.
bit.ly/esr_58_287
bit.ly/esr_58_287
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🦤🧪🌐 🐢 Concern about nesting #flatback #turtles on Delambre Island, Western Australia. Despite natural cycles, population currently appears to be dropping. Monitoring and adaptive management are vital to understand and protect this unique population.
bit.ly/esr_58_287
bit.ly/esr_58_287
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I am a freelance writer, have written about sea turtles for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Emory Magazine, am a frequent visitor and patron of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, and looking for ways to contribute to sea turtle and ecological conservation.
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am a freelance writer, have written about sea turtles for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Emory Magazine, am a frequent visitor and patron of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, and looking for ways to contribute to sea turtle and ecological conservation.
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Please check out this interesting presentation on #stormpetrels and #lightpollution in the Faroes by collaborator and PhD student @bardseyben.bsky.social
#seabirds 🧪🌍
kvf.fo/sjon/sending...
#seabirds 🧪🌍
kvf.fo/sjon/sending...
Vísindavøka '25 - Ben Porter, Umhvørvisstovan
Ben Porter: Ávirkan av ljósdálking á drunnhvíta
kvf.fo
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Please check out this interesting presentation on #stormpetrels and #lightpollution in the Faroes by collaborator and PhD student @bardseyben.bsky.social
#seabirds 🧪🌍
kvf.fo/sjon/sending...
#seabirds 🧪🌍
kvf.fo/sjon/sending...
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Endangered Lake Chubsucker in Canada are feeling the heat – literally. 🔥🐟 While they hold their own in low-oxygen waters, rising temps are already affecting their behaviour, which is concerning as climate change intensifies. bit.ly/esr_58_275
Endangered Lake Chubsucker in Canada are feeling the heat – literally. 🔥🐟 While they hold their own in low-oxygen waters, rising temps are already affecting their behaviour, which is concerning as climate change intensifies. bit.ly/esr_58_275
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Endangered Lake Chubsucker in Canada are feeling the heat – literally. 🔥🐟 While they hold their own in low-oxygen waters, rising temps are already affecting their behaviour, which is concerning as climate change intensifies. bit.ly/esr_58_275
Endangered Lake Chubsucker in Canada are feeling the heat – literally. 🔥🐟 While they hold their own in low-oxygen waters, rising temps are already affecting their behaviour, which is concerning as climate change intensifies. bit.ly/esr_58_275
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Habitat degradation may hinder #pangolin ability to raise pups, despite their perceived adaptability. We documented the elusive wild female #ManisJavanica during maternal and non-maternal stages, offering insights for evidence-based conservation. bit.ly/esr_58_223
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Habitat degradation may hinder #pangolin ability to raise pups, despite their perceived adaptability. We documented the elusive wild female #ManisJavanica during maternal and non-maternal stages, offering insights for evidence-based conservation. bit.ly/esr_58_223
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#Conservation works
Green sea turtles are making a comeback, IUCN says 'no longer endangered' though some subpopulations are still in trouble, news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
They're not rare in the Galapagos where I made this image (saw up to 4 at once!) but E. Pacific pop is still 'vulnerable'
Green sea turtles are making a comeback, IUCN says 'no longer endangered' though some subpopulations are still in trouble, news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
They're not rare in the Galapagos where I made this image (saw up to 4 at once!) but E. Pacific pop is still 'vulnerable'
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#Conservation works
Green sea turtles are making a comeback, IUCN says 'no longer endangered' though some subpopulations are still in trouble, news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
They're not rare in the Galapagos where I made this image (saw up to 4 at once!) but E. Pacific pop is still 'vulnerable'
Green sea turtles are making a comeback, IUCN says 'no longer endangered' though some subpopulations are still in trouble, news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
They're not rare in the Galapagos where I made this image (saw up to 4 at once!) but E. Pacific pop is still 'vulnerable'
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Green turtles are making a comeback! 🐢🌊
After decades of global conservation work, these once-endangered sea turtles are showing encouraging signs of recovery. While they still face threats, this is proof that protection works! https://bbc.in/4q9uIqH
After decades of global conservation work, these once-endangered sea turtles are showing encouraging signs of recovery. While they still face threats, this is proof that protection works! https://bbc.in/4q9uIqH
Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Green turtles are making a comeback! 🐢🌊
After decades of global conservation work, these once-endangered sea turtles are showing encouraging signs of recovery. While they still face threats, this is proof that protection works! https://bbc.in/4q9uIqH
After decades of global conservation work, these once-endangered sea turtles are showing encouraging signs of recovery. While they still face threats, this is proof that protection works! https://bbc.in/4q9uIqH
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Solar-powered lights integrated into fishing nets have been shown to reduce sea turtle entanglement by 63% without impacting target fish catch, offering a promising solution for sustainable fisheries.
Solar-powered lights on fishing nets cut sea turtle entanglement by 63%
Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption.
phys.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Solar-powered lights integrated into fishing nets have been shown to reduce sea turtle entanglement by 63% without impacting target fish catch, offering a promising solution for sustainable fisheries.
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Saving sea turtles with solar-powered fishing nets #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #SeaTurtles #SustainableFishing #CleanTech
Saving sea turtles with solar-powered fishing nets
For fishers working the inky dark night, it can be difficult to keep endangered or unwanted animals out of their nets. While lighted nets can reduce the bycatch of sharks and sea turtles, their batteries...
puretech.news
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Saving sea turtles with solar-powered fishing nets #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #SeaTurtles #SustainableFishing #CleanTech
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🦤🌐🧪Wind beneath my wings: we describe the spatial and temporal extent of the post-fledging dependence period of the endangered #ChacoEagle (Buteogallus coronatus), related with individual sex, body condition and ecoregion. bit.ly/esr_58_193
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🦤🌐🧪Wind beneath my wings: we describe the spatial and temporal extent of the post-fledging dependence period of the endangered #ChacoEagle (Buteogallus coronatus), related with individual sex, body condition and ecoregion. bit.ly/esr_58_193
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October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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POSITIVE NEWS 🗣️
Green turtles move from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least concern’ on the IUCN Red List, thanks to decades of hard work by conservationists globally.
Read the full assessment - iucnredlist.org/fr/species/4615/285108125
Footage from Open Planet / @brendangodley.bsky.social
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Green turtles move from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least concern’ on the IUCN Red List, thanks to decades of hard work by conservationists globally.
Read the full assessment - iucnredlist.org/fr/species/4615/285108125
Footage from Open Planet / @brendangodley.bsky.social
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October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
POSITIVE NEWS 🗣️
Green turtles move from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least concern’ on the IUCN Red List, thanks to decades of hard work by conservationists globally.
Read the full assessment - iucnredlist.org/fr/species/4615/285108125
Footage from Open Planet / @brendangodley.bsky.social
🦑🌍🌐🌊🐟🐢
Green turtles move from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least concern’ on the IUCN Red List, thanks to decades of hard work by conservationists globally.
Read the full assessment - iucnredlist.org/fr/species/4615/285108125
Footage from Open Planet / @brendangodley.bsky.social
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🌐🧪🦤 A population assessment and ecological study confirmed that Sulcaria isidiifera is a critically endangered lichen that only occurs on the central coast of California. Translocation was also tested as a potential conservation measure to protect this rare lichen. bit.ly/esr_58_103
September 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🌐🧪🦤 A population assessment and ecological study confirmed that Sulcaria isidiifera is a critically endangered lichen that only occurs on the central coast of California. Translocation was also tested as a potential conservation measure to protect this rare lichen. bit.ly/esr_58_103
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I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
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🌐🧪🦤 Automated cameras in remote field sites captured breeding data for at-risk #doublecrestedcormorant in #StraitofGeorgia #BritishColumbia. Multievent capture-recapture models were used to understand negative effects on nest success across entire breeding season. bit.ly/esr_58_85
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌐🧪🦤 Automated cameras in remote field sites captured breeding data for at-risk #doublecrestedcormorant in #StraitofGeorgia #BritishColumbia. Multievent capture-recapture models were used to understand negative effects on nest success across entire breeding season. bit.ly/esr_58_85
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🌐🧪🦤 Using DNA from skin samples, age (1–45 yr) and sex of Lahille’s bottlenose #dolphins in Brazil were estimated. With <600 left, this non-invasive #epigenetic tool aids survival predictions and #conservation 🧬🐬. bit.ly/esr_58_137
September 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
🌐🧪🦤 Using DNA from skin samples, age (1–45 yr) and sex of Lahille’s bottlenose #dolphins in Brazil were estimated. With <600 left, this non-invasive #epigenetic tool aids survival predictions and #conservation 🧬🐬. bit.ly/esr_58_137
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🪂Species reintroductions have a radical history; in the UK, where official rewilding remains tightly regulated, a covert counterculture has emerged🐗
🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫
📰 lnkd.in/dw7EVA5n
🖥️ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6
🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫
📰 lnkd.in/dw7EVA5n
🖥️ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🪂Species reintroductions have a radical history; in the UK, where official rewilding remains tightly regulated, a covert counterculture has emerged🐗
🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫
📰 lnkd.in/dw7EVA5n
🖥️ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6
🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫
📰 lnkd.in/dw7EVA5n
🖥️ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6
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New issue!🏝
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎
This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋
You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎
This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋
You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New issue!🏝
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎
This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋
You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎
This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋
You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New study by @exetermarine.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Chagos study highlights value of vast Marine Protected Areas
Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of whic...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New study by @exetermarine.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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Brilliant to see our research featured in this Scientific American article: Microplastics Could Be Turning Bacteria into Drug-Resistant Superbugs
www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
@pml.ac.uk @hls.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
@pml.ac.uk @hls.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Brilliant to see our research featured in this Scientific American article: Microplastics Could Be Turning Bacteria into Drug-Resistant Superbugs
www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
@pml.ac.uk @hls.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
@pml.ac.uk @hls.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social
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We're so proud to see our Professor @cezzalew.bsky.social on this list of incredible women! 💪
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What a fun day. So honoured to be included in this list of incredible women! @exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social www.womanandhome.com/life/inspira...
Meet Britain's most amazing women
Introducing the woman&home Amazing Women Awards 2025, in association with NHS Charities Together
www.womanandhome.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We're so proud to see our Professor @cezzalew.bsky.social on this list of incredible women! 💪
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More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries. University of Exeter researcher...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
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Our September jobs round-up has arrived (early), with lots of great UK marine roles.
Please share this thread widely with your network of ECRs/marine conservationists.
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#PhDsky #academiasky #conservationjobs #sciencejobs
Please share this thread widely with your network of ECRs/marine conservationists.
🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟
#PhDsky #academiasky #conservationjobs #sciencejobs
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our September jobs round-up has arrived (early), with lots of great UK marine roles.
Please share this thread widely with your network of ECRs/marine conservationists.
🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟
#PhDsky #academiasky #conservationjobs #sciencejobs
Please share this thread widely with your network of ECRs/marine conservationists.
🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟
#PhDsky #academiasky #conservationjobs #sciencejobs
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NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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🌐🧪🦤 We reveal that #AtlanticSturgeon #Acipenseroxyrinchus produce low frequency thunder-like sounds associated with #spawning, similar to #lakesturgeon #Acipenserfulvescens. This finding lays the groundwork for passive acoustic monitoring of this endangered species. bit.ly/esr_58_1
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
🌐🧪🦤 We reveal that #AtlanticSturgeon #Acipenseroxyrinchus produce low frequency thunder-like sounds associated with #spawning, similar to #lakesturgeon #Acipenserfulvescens. This finding lays the groundwork for passive acoustic monitoring of this endangered species. bit.ly/esr_58_1