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Natalie Cooper
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Scientist @ Natural History Museum London. Senior Editor Methods Ecology & Evolution. Biodiversity, macroecology/evolution, R, PCMs, comedy, theatre, books, fun animal facts. she/her https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6w4ihPqk5_LOTuw-VhlaqEn1CctPqWGB
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joshlukedavis.com
JUST LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUND SQUIRREL I WAS GIVEN FOR THE EPISODE ISN'T IT A THING OF WONDER
A top down photo of a thirteen lined ground squirrel skin showing its gorgeous coat pattern of caramel lines and dots on a chocolate background.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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russincheshire.bsky.social
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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jonathanpdrury.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Get in touch if you want to chat!
The Durham cathedral A male smoky rubyspot damselfly
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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sciencetopolitics.bsky.social
Want to #BringScienceToPolitics?

Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
nebriefing.bsky.social National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 1d
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.

Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇

Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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perfect-specimen.bsky.social
And just look at these gorgeous tinamou eggs and spooky Monotropa! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotro...
Eggs in a basket. There are 4 rows each of 4 eggs. Top row is turquoise, second is grey, third is spring green, fourth is chocolate brown. All are shiny like porcelain.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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perfect-specimen.bsky.social
More on our amazing animal mummies m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0R...
Animal mummy reveals its secrets | Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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perfect-specimen.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/WTF/commen... And if you’ve still got a desire to see an ostrich penis after @joshlukedavis.com warnings, check this out. Very much comes with a trigger warning!
[Mature Content] From the WTF community on Reddit: Ostrich Dick
Posted by LSD_freakout - 1,039 votes and 170 comments
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November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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perfect-specimen.bsky.social
Forgot to share the extra pics for this one!
Close up of the face of a Halloween crab. The claws and lower half of the face are white, the top of the carapace is a lovely dark red. The crab is preserved in a jar of alcohol Jar of Halloween three or four crabs. The claws, legs and lower half of the carapace are white, the top of the carapace is a lovely dark red. The crabs are preserved in a jar of alcohol Josh in a skeleton onesie with his face painted like a skeleton. It is disturbing. Natalie in a black top wearing (like an apron) a planet earth painted blue with green continents as they were in the Cretaceous. Upside down glow in the dark dinosaurs with x for eyes are stuck to the landmasses. Her headband is a brown comet with orange tissue paper flames. Both the earth and the comet (and Natalie lol) have googly eyes
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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perfect-specimen.bsky.social
It’s our 13th episode! UNLUCKY for some… but not for @joshlukedavis.com and @nhcooper123.bsky.social as they share their favourite UNLUCKY specimens. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGf... Yes we know some might be considered LUCKY depending on how you look at it! Picking stuff is hard! 🤣
What's beautiful and smells like vomit? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep13
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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evoldir.bsky.social
Applications are open for the free NERC short course "Integrative biodiversity discovery" at the Natural History Museum, London from 2-6 March 2026. Deadline: 1 December 2025. More info: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/integrative-biodiversity-discovery.html #course
Integrative biodiversity discovery | Natural History Museum
An introduction to field collection, laboratory analysis and phylogenomics.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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gorizaola.bsky.social
This work, lead by @felixpleiva.bsky.social, is finally published in a @funecology.bsky.social issue. Have a look.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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shaunduke.net
Fun fact: if you're looking for space opera novels written by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors, I've got a handy spreadsheet just for you!

I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books

Give it a look. Bookmark it!

tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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cast-centre.bsky.social
Join the Natural History Museum for "Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action" as part of the #GenerationHope programme during COP30. This free evening will explore the challenges and solutions to the climate crisis.

When: Monday, 17 November 2025, 18.30-21.30 ⏰

Register for your free ticket 👇
Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action | Natural History Museum
Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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lewisajones.bsky.social
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸

We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.

🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025

www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLA
The closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Halloween costumes to scare scientists (by @twisteddoodles.bsky.social) 🧪
Cartoon images of three different costumes. A grant proposal due tomorrow. Reviewer number p is greater than 0.1, your imposter syndrome made flesh, the unfinished manuscript, unaccounted for variable
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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joshlukedavis.com
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🦇

If you're going to watch one episode of @perfect-specimen.bsky.social, then how about the one in which me and Natalie put on some very silly costumes to talk about some spooooky specimens 👻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GdN...
Josh says don't research ostrich penises | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep12
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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nicomaramckay.com
Not only are all vampires gay, many bats are too! 🦇
rossb-brighton.bsky.social 🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossb-brighton.bsky.social · 10d
🦇🩸⚰️ Happy Halloween! 🧛🩸🦇

Same-sex sexual behaviours in bats were first documented in 1895! Here's a more recent study: www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Same-sex-sex...

#Halloween #HappyHalloween #histsci #histbio #STS #GLAM #queer #lgbtq #queernature #PrideInSTEM 🌈🗃️
Photograph of mounted great false vampire bat (Vampyrum spectrum) against light green background in the collections of the Cole Zoology Museum (University of Reading). Its wings are fully extended and it has sharp teeth. It looks very scary.
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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johnstinchcombe.bsky.social
TWO curatorial positions at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada. Curator of Birds, and Curator of Plants and Sustainability... please pass the word and amplify!

royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...

&

royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...
Curator of Birds - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Birds at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
A fluffy Long-tailed Tit perched on a bare twig in soft winter sunlight, its white and pink plumage glowing softly. KNOWS WHAT YOU DID 10/10 Nothing scarier than your own past.
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
nhcooper123.bsky.social
Accidentally planned a first all supervisors meeting for a new PhD student today working on bats 🦇. Very appropriate timing!
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
nhcooper123.bsky.social
Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action
Monday 17 November 2025, 18.30-21.30. Join us during COP30 for climate action events aimed at 16+.
www.nhm.ac.uk/events/voice...
Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action | Natural History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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perfect-specimen.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! There’s not a bat nor a pumpkin in sight for this episode. Enjoy some different spooky species! 🦀 🌱
perfect-specimen.bsky.social The Perfect Specimen @perfect-specimen.bsky.social · 15d
Please enjoy SPOOOOOOOKY! And I think you should look up ostrich penises because it’s spooky season and they are terrifying. As was @joshlukedavis.com costume…
💀 m.youtube.com/watch?v=1GdN...
Josh says don't research ostrich penises | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep12
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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waynemaddison.bsky.social
The scoop: To get to Mesquite's adventure game, type "ZoL" into the log window. You will find yourself in an open field with a mailbox. 📬 (If that does nothing, then you'll need to turn on "Use Log Window for Command" under File>Defaults>.)
waynemaddison.bsky.social Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · 16d
Has anyone taken up the challenge of finding the adventure game in Mesquite? 🔍
waynemaddison.bsky.social Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · 17d
Mesquite now has a built-in adventure game, which you may be able to find if you say the correct magic word. You can also build your own versions of the game.
🤔
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
nhcooper123.bsky.social
It was genuinely disturbing having to look at Josh while recording this 🎃
perfect-specimen.bsky.social The Perfect Specimen @perfect-specimen.bsky.social · 15d
Please enjoy SPOOOOOOOKY! And I think you should look up ostrich penises because it’s spooky season and they are terrifying. As was @joshlukedavis.com costume…
💀 m.youtube.com/watch?v=1GdN...
Josh says don't research ostrich penises | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep12
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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msshanhuang.bsky.social
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM