New work out today! 🌏 We identify geographic and taxonomic gaps in EBSA descriptions, trends in the levels of protection observed, and ways forward to improve the uptake and appropriate use of the outputs of this singular intergovernmental process.

What is an ecologically or biologically significant area?

How do we prioritise one seagrass bed over another, or a seagrass bed over a seamount?

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. A study in Nature Communications identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, providing policymakers with essential knowledge for effective conservation. 🌊 🧪

Really nice piece on our recent work on @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/05/new-... 🌏🦈🐋🌊

Read the article here: 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🦋 Join henrylnorth.bsky.social (@girtoncollege.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social) as he shows how we’re monitoring moths in Cambridge to better understand local biodiversity.

Big insights from small wings.
#BiodiversityDay #MothMonitoring #CambridgeScience

Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. A study in Nature Communications identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, providing policymakers with essential knowledge for effective conservation. 🌊 🧪

Happy Belated 99th Birthday to Sir David. Even as someone who, in theory, understood the ecological impact of bottom trawling the footage from his latest film was truly horrifying. Hoping the wider community is inspired to speak up for the ocean, too, so our kids can see it healthier than before.

Thanks to The Conversation for the chance to share some thoughts about our new paper!

We need to continue our progress towards understanding marine connections with the valuable data we collect! Glad to be a part of this initiative - Great job team MiCO & thank you to all of the collaborators and @gobisecretariat.bsky.social for your support! 👏🌐🌊

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Stoked to be able to share my first postdoc paper: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, published today in Nature Communications! 🎉

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Super excited to be in Canberra for the 25th Science Meets Parliament! Nice to start with a lesson in political machinery from a refreshingly honest Bill Shorten.
#SMP2025

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows a new method to estimate the probability of #seabirds to interact with #fishing vessels based on time and space: https://buff.ly/4hnw4cr

Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃

Hello #seabirds PhD students in the UK and Ireland. We are a supportive cross-university group of ECRs. Online get togethers on the last Friday of every month on Teams. Contact email below 👇 Develop collabs; share data, methods, problems, code; guest speakers... come say hi! Please share - thanks!

Cryptic variation in the sooty albatross Phoebetria fusca: genetic and morphological differences between Atlantic and Indian Ocean birds | link.springer.com/ar... | Conservation Genetics | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

Right, that’s done! Anyone who wants to chat protection for highly-mobile or migratory marine species, come find me this week! #IMCC7

Finishing off my talk for #IMCC7 here in Cape Town! Really looking forward to spending time with friends new and old, talking all things marine conservation. (And am tentatively hoping bluesky is less of a trashfire than twitter.)