Organisms and Environment
@one-cardiffuni.bsky.social
The offical account for the Organisms and Environment research division at Cardiff University's School of Biosciences.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosciences/research/organisms-and-environment
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosciences/research/organisms-and-environment
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A little more #sharkscience from my #PhD at @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social - a Short Communication published in Marine Biodiversity by @springernature.com.
A fortuitous finding from #BRUVS sampling in #CardiganBay Special Area of Conservation in the UK - a #piebald leucistic smallspotted #catshark.
A fortuitous finding from #BRUVS sampling in #CardiganBay Special Area of Conservation in the UK - a #piebald leucistic smallspotted #catshark.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A little more #sharkscience from my #PhD at @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social - a Short Communication published in Marine Biodiversity by @springernature.com.
A fortuitous finding from #BRUVS sampling in #CardiganBay Special Area of Conservation in the UK - a #piebald leucistic smallspotted #catshark.
A fortuitous finding from #BRUVS sampling in #CardiganBay Special Area of Conservation in the UK - a #piebald leucistic smallspotted #catshark.
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Final-year projects already underway with our School of Biosciences: i) using a bioreactor to investigate how global change processes affect algal lipids ii) effects of misconnected sewers and micro pollutants on a small urban stream
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Final-year projects already underway with our School of Biosciences: i) using a bioreactor to investigate how global change processes affect algal lipids ii) effects of misconnected sewers and micro pollutants on a small urban stream
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It's Geography Awareness Week #geography and GIS Day is Wednesday. A great many activities happening. Check out some of them storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2426...
Geography Awareness Week
American Association of Geographers | Geography Awareness Week 2025 | November 17 - 21
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November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's Geography Awareness Week #geography and GIS Day is Wednesday. A great many activities happening. Check out some of them storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2426...
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🌍 Did you know? Biodiversity loss, climate change, health, water & food security are linked! IPBES #NexusAssessment explores 70+ solutions for a sustainable future.🏡🧪
Discover how interconnected challenges need interconnected actions with UNEP-WCMC https://ow.ly/BXLH50Xpb9C
Discover how interconnected challenges need interconnected actions with UNEP-WCMC https://ow.ly/BXLH50Xpb9C
70 responses to biodiversity loss: the IPBES Nexus Assessment - UNEP-WCMC
A landmark new report was launched today by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health – known as the Nexus Report - offers decision-makers around the world the most comprehensiv…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌍 Did you know? Biodiversity loss, climate change, health, water & food security are linked! IPBES #NexusAssessment explores 70+ solutions for a sustainable future.🏡🧪
Discover how interconnected challenges need interconnected actions with UNEP-WCMC https://ow.ly/BXLH50Xpb9C
Discover how interconnected challenges need interconnected actions with UNEP-WCMC https://ow.ly/BXLH50Xpb9C
Two great PhDs on invertebrates being advertised here is OnE!
TWO PhDs in my lab at Cardiff Uni being advertised!
Co-supervision from @drlucyalford.bsky.social.
1. Physiological Entomology: www.bit.ly/PhysioAntsPhD / www.bit.ly/PhysioAntsApply.
2. Ecological Entomology: www.bit.ly/MountAntsPhD.
Get in touch for more details! 😀🐜⛰️🔬❄️🔥
Co-supervision from @drlucyalford.bsky.social.
1. Physiological Entomology: www.bit.ly/PhysioAntsPhD / www.bit.ly/PhysioAntsApply.
2. Ecological Entomology: www.bit.ly/MountAntsPhD.
Get in touch for more details! 😀🐜⛰️🔬❄️🔥
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Two great PhDs on invertebrates being advertised here is OnE!
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A few weeks ago The Otter Project was a part of Exploring Bioscience at Cardiff University. We have enjoyed showing the students some of what we do. We went on a walk along the Taff to survey otter spraint and our lead Dr Elizabeth Chadwick performed a post mortem in person for the students.
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A few weeks ago The Otter Project was a part of Exploring Bioscience at Cardiff University. We have enjoyed showing the students some of what we do. We went on a walk along the Taff to survey otter spraint and our lead Dr Elizabeth Chadwick performed a post mortem in person for the students.
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The majority of Britons think important places for nature should have stronger protections.
Only 2% think protections should be weakened... yet that’s where ministers keep pushing.
Only 2% think protections should be weakened... yet that’s where ministers keep pushing.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The majority of Britons think important places for nature should have stronger protections.
Only 2% think protections should be weakened... yet that’s where ministers keep pushing.
Only 2% think protections should be weakened... yet that’s where ministers keep pushing.
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We have had the pleasure of welcoming many fantastic placement students to The Cardiff University Otter Project. They are always eager to offer their help! To all our former students: thank you so much for your hard work! We would love to catch up and hear what you're up to now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We have had the pleasure of welcoming many fantastic placement students to The Cardiff University Otter Project. They are always eager to offer their help! To all our former students: thank you so much for your hard work! We would love to catch up and hear what you're up to now.
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Time to rethink nature conservation?
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Time to rethink nature conservation?
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Looking for an undergraduate placement in conservation with a focus on lab work, data analysis, and anatomy?
Our data and samples are used in a wide range of research and help guide conservation.
Apply now to join the Otter Project as a research assistant!
Our data and samples are used in a wide range of research and help guide conservation.
Apply now to join the Otter Project as a research assistant!
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Looking for an undergraduate placement in conservation with a focus on lab work, data analysis, and anatomy?
Our data and samples are used in a wide range of research and help guide conservation.
Apply now to join the Otter Project as a research assistant!
Our data and samples are used in a wide range of research and help guide conservation.
Apply now to join the Otter Project as a research assistant!
The awards keep coming! Congratulations to @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
The Marsh Award for Ornithology goes to Dr. Rob Thomas! @robthomasbirds.bsky.social has made a huge contribution to ornithology through academic research, teaching & mentorship that’s inspired generations of students. He’s also published a monograph on the Storm-petrels. @marshawards.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The awards keep coming! Congratulations to @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Wonderful to see our very own Prof. Boddy being decorated by the BES!
Professor Lynne Boddy, recipient of the President's medal.
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Wonderful to see our very own Prof. Boddy being decorated by the BES!
Are you thinking of doing a PhD? Are you currently doing a PhD? Here's some great advice from your peers via @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
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October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Are you thinking of doing a PhD? Are you currently doing a PhD? Here's some great advice from your peers via @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Not all learning happens in the lecture theatre. Taking my second year Cardiff University School of Biosciences students out on a reptile and amphibian survey at beautiful Parcslip Nature Reserve #Adder #Viperaberus #toad #Bufobufo @cardiffunilib.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Not all learning happens in the lecture theatre. Taking my second year Cardiff University School of Biosciences students out on a reptile and amphibian survey at beautiful Parcslip Nature Reserve #Adder #Viperaberus #toad #Bufobufo @cardiffunilib.bsky.social
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🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of…
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October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Read more from @mongabay.com :
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Our Find-a-fungus challenge for #UKFungusDay is still open until 10th October! This is Beefsteak Fungus - Fistulina hepatica - a large, reddish, meaty-looking fungus found mainly on old Oak and Sweet Chestnut trees. One of 20 fungi to find. Join in: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/findafungus
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our Find-a-fungus challenge for #UKFungusDay is still open until 10th October! This is Beefsteak Fungus - Fistulina hepatica - a large, reddish, meaty-looking fungus found mainly on old Oak and Sweet Chestnut trees. One of 20 fungi to find. Join in: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/findafungus
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I may have found my defining quote.
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
September 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I may have found my defining quote.
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
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Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 4️⃣ Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare). Compounds from this fungus are being studied for potential medicinal uses, including antimicrobial and anticancer properties.
www.ukfungusday.co.uk/4sulphurtuft
www.ukfungusday.co.uk/4sulphurtuft
4 - Sulphur Tuft | UK Fungus Day
www.ukfungusday.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 4️⃣ Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare). Compounds from this fungus are being studied for potential medicinal uses, including antimicrobial and anticancer properties.
www.ukfungusday.co.uk/4sulphurtuft
www.ukfungusday.co.uk/4sulphurtuft
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Out yesterday with Ben Sykes of the @ect-uk.bsky.social to create a virtual/360 tour of our Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory system - aided by Gerjohn and Julia van den Bosch @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @freshwaterbio.bsky.social www.cardiff.ac.uk/llyn-brianne...
September 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Out yesterday with Ben Sykes of the @ect-uk.bsky.social to create a virtual/360 tour of our Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory system - aided by Gerjohn and Julia van den Bosch @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @freshwaterbio.bsky.social www.cardiff.ac.uk/llyn-brianne...
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It's the Autumn Equinox - the first astronomical day of autumn! 🍂
Crisp air on your cheeks...
The smell of damp earth.
Dew sparkling in cobwebs.
Cold hands wrapped around a hot drink.
A Robin singing as golden leaves crunch underfoot...
#AutumnEquinox
Crisp air on your cheeks...
The smell of damp earth.
Dew sparkling in cobwebs.
Cold hands wrapped around a hot drink.
A Robin singing as golden leaves crunch underfoot...
#AutumnEquinox
September 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It's the Autumn Equinox - the first astronomical day of autumn! 🍂
Crisp air on your cheeks...
The smell of damp earth.
Dew sparkling in cobwebs.
Cold hands wrapped around a hot drink.
A Robin singing as golden leaves crunch underfoot...
#AutumnEquinox
Crisp air on your cheeks...
The smell of damp earth.
Dew sparkling in cobwebs.
Cold hands wrapped around a hot drink.
A Robin singing as golden leaves crunch underfoot...
#AutumnEquinox
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I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
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Need a set of go-to questions for interviewing a scientist? We've teamed up with @theopennotebook.bsky.social
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
Go-to questions for interviewing scientists - SciLine
Discover effective strategies for interviewing scientists. Learn how to select the right sources, craft clear requests, and prepare insightful questions for successful interviews.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Need a set of go-to questions for interviewing a scientist? We've teamed up with @theopennotebook.bsky.social
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
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In a world where misinformation spreads fast, science needs consistency more than virality.
One clear post at a time can build trust, cut through the noise, and make your work matter.
That’s the Slight Edge of science communication.
Start small. Keep showing up.
🧪 #SciComm
One clear post at a time can build trust, cut through the noise, and make your work matter.
That’s the Slight Edge of science communication.
Start small. Keep showing up.
🧪 #SciComm
August 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In a world where misinformation spreads fast, science needs consistency more than virality.
One clear post at a time can build trust, cut through the noise, and make your work matter.
That’s the Slight Edge of science communication.
Start small. Keep showing up.
🧪 #SciComm
One clear post at a time can build trust, cut through the noise, and make your work matter.
That’s the Slight Edge of science communication.
Start small. Keep showing up.
🧪 #SciComm
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The wait is almost over. 🦅
RETURN - the breathtaking story of how the White-tailed Eagle was brought back from extinction - premieres this Friday 29th August on our YouTube channel.
Fifty years in the making...
Who's ready?
youtu.be/i_A7_E6vIwQ?...
RETURN - the breathtaking story of how the White-tailed Eagle was brought back from extinction - premieres this Friday 29th August on our YouTube channel.
Fifty years in the making...
Who's ready?
youtu.be/i_A7_E6vIwQ?...
'Return' official trailer - the White-tailed eagles' comeback story | RSPB
YouTube video by RSPB
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August 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The wait is almost over. 🦅
RETURN - the breathtaking story of how the White-tailed Eagle was brought back from extinction - premieres this Friday 29th August on our YouTube channel.
Fifty years in the making...
Who's ready?
youtu.be/i_A7_E6vIwQ?...
RETURN - the breathtaking story of how the White-tailed Eagle was brought back from extinction - premieres this Friday 29th August on our YouTube channel.
Fifty years in the making...
Who's ready?
youtu.be/i_A7_E6vIwQ?...