Lucy Millington
@lucymillington23.bsky.social
She/her PhD Researcher @ Manchester Metropolitan University
Visiting Lecturer at University of Wolverhampton
Geospatial Officer at reNEW Earth
Research themes: Primate communities in Peru, Remote sensing & UAV's
Visiting Lecturer at University of Wolverhampton
Geospatial Officer at reNEW Earth
Research themes: Primate communities in Peru, Remote sensing & UAV's
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Today we described three new toad species that give birth to fully formed toadlets, from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania! 🇹🇿🧪🐸
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today we described three new toad species that give birth to fully formed toadlets, from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania! 🇹🇿🧪🐸
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
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55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢
💡 A new report provides a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
Read the full report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
💡 A new report provides a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
Read the full report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
October 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢
💡 A new report provides a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
Read the full report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
💡 A new report provides a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
Read the full report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
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Excellent 4 part series by @pbs.org looking at how global cities are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather.
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
Sinking Cities | Official Preview | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Excellent 4 part series by @pbs.org looking at how global cities are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather.
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
Episodes linked in the following 🧵
#ClimateEmergency
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How can communities, citizens and journalists hold back authoritarianism, far-right populism and hate?
Join our live roundtable event with GEORGE MONBIOT, NAFEEZ AHMED, YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN, and NICK LOWLES. Finding hope, protecting democracy.
7 pm, 4 November. Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
Join our live roundtable event with GEORGE MONBIOT, NAFEEZ AHMED, YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN, and NICK LOWLES. Finding hope, protecting democracy.
7 pm, 4 November. Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How can communities, citizens and journalists hold back authoritarianism, far-right populism and hate?
Join our live roundtable event with GEORGE MONBIOT, NAFEEZ AHMED, YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN, and NICK LOWLES. Finding hope, protecting democracy.
7 pm, 4 November. Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
Join our live roundtable event with GEORGE MONBIOT, NAFEEZ AHMED, YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN, and NICK LOWLES. Finding hope, protecting democracy.
7 pm, 4 November. Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a tree-dwelling primate, according to a recent study.
Microplastics found in the stomachs of Amazon tree-dwelling monkeys
Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a…
news.mongabay.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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The planning and infrastructure bill is a "full-spectrum assault on nature protection"
So where are the conservation charities? Where is the resistance? Where is our 'nation of nature lovers'?
So where are the conservation charities? Where is the resistance? Where is our 'nation of nature lovers'?
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The planning and infrastructure bill is a "full-spectrum assault on nature protection"
So where are the conservation charities? Where is the resistance? Where is our 'nation of nature lovers'?
So where are the conservation charities? Where is the resistance? Where is our 'nation of nature lovers'?
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Long-tailed #macaques remain #Endangered, despite the biomedical industry's best efforts to invalidate the classification. In fact, they're worse off than previously suspected.
Biomedical research & testing, habitat loss, mass killing, and the pet trade are among the threats to their survival.
Biomedical research & testing, habitat loss, mass killing, and the pet trade are among the threats to their survival.
Long-tailed macaques remain Endangered
And it’s worse than we thought! Each year, thousands of long-tailed macaques are bought and sold internationally to be used as subjects of biomedical testing and experimentation - an industry that pos...
www.asiaforanimals.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Long-tailed #macaques remain #Endangered, despite the biomedical industry's best efforts to invalidate the classification. In fact, they're worse off than previously suspected.
Biomedical research & testing, habitat loss, mass killing, and the pet trade are among the threats to their survival.
Biomedical research & testing, habitat loss, mass killing, and the pet trade are among the threats to their survival.
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“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
phys.org
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
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At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth
#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth
#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth
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🚨 Just one week left until our conference kicks off!
Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons.
Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025
Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons.
Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025
Upcoming events
Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)
sortee.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚨 Just one week left until our conference kicks off!
Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons.
Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025
Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons.
Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025
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The @iea.org's guess at the variable renewable energy share in various countries by 2030 - Denmark will be around 78%.
None of this was meant to be even remotely possible!!
iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48ecc...
None of this was meant to be even remotely possible!!
iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48ecc...
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The @iea.org's guess at the variable renewable energy share in various countries by 2030 - Denmark will be around 78%.
None of this was meant to be even remotely possible!!
iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48ecc...
None of this was meant to be even remotely possible!!
iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48ecc...
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Voting is open for our t-shirt design contest!! 🎨 Cast your votes, and we will print the winning design on t-shirts in our online shop. All proceeds help us to conduct vital work in primate research, conservation, and captive care. Cast your vote by the 20th of October: forms.gle/HTyHN46spfYD...
Vote for Your Favourite T-Shirt Design!
Welcome to the PSGB T-Shirt Design Contest! 🎨👕
Each person can vote once for their favourite design, so make it count!
Voting closes soon winners will be announced on October 20th.
Thanks for supporti...
forms.gle
October 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Voting is open for our t-shirt design contest!! 🎨 Cast your votes, and we will print the winning design on t-shirts in our online shop. All proceeds help us to conduct vital work in primate research, conservation, and captive care. Cast your vote by the 20th of October: forms.gle/HTyHN46spfYD...
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Apply by 24 October. Our Travelling Fellowships offer PhD students and postdocs up to £3,000 for undertaking collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more and apply at biologists.com/grants/trave...
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Apply by 24 October. Our Travelling Fellowships offer PhD students and postdocs up to £3,000 for undertaking collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more and apply at biologists.com/grants/trave...
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Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
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Will Reform win the next UK election?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
www.youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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In Britain, every time you...
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
September 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In Britain, every time you...
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
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As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
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How to talk about climate and nature - fantastic resource!
🚀 Britain Talks Climate & Nature has landed! Tell a new climate story, based on what 7,000+ people across England, Scotland and Wales really think and feel about climate and nature right now.
👉 Discover the research & toolkit: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/
🙏 Thanks to @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
👉 Discover the research & toolkit: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/
🙏 Thanks to @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
How to talk about climate and nature - fantastic resource!