I am an #ecologist & #entomologist working in #CitizenScience & #AdultLearning.
I am especially interested in engaging marginalised groups with #UrbanEcology through #scicomm and hands-on surveying & monitoring of #birds #mammals #insects & #plants.
Personal interests are #nature & #MacroPhotography. #fedi22
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The Hunt for the German Hairy Snail
After attending my first Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland meeting at the Natural History Museum earlier this year, I stayed behind for a chat with Elliot Newton from Citizen Zoo where the German Hairy Snail project was first proposed. From its inception, the project included further partner organisations, Zoological Society of London, Greenspace Information for Greater London…
http://ecologyfieldnotes.com/2025/11/23/the-hunt-for-the-german-hairy-snail/
Come work with me!
We're looking for some lovely people to join our team:
🦊 Assistant Biodiversity Officer -> https://codydock.org.uk/vacancy-assistant-biodiversity-officer/
🙋♀️ Education Assistant -> https://codydock.org.uk/vacancy-education-assistant/
💻 Office & Finance Manager -> https://codydock.org.uk/vacancy-assistant-biodiversity-officer/
#EcologyJobs #GreenJobs #ConservationJobs #CommunityOrganisations #EnvironmentalEducation
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Biodiversity Officer to join our dedicated Environment and Ecology team. They will play a key role in coordinating and delivering the Urban Ecology programme, focusing on community engagement, environmental education, and biodiversity conservation.
Devastated that some eco vandal has uprooted and removed hundreds of native tree & hedgerow species from a wildlife corridor where I have been working with community volunteers for the past couple of months.
Working in ecology in an urban setting can be very rewarding, but there are significant challenges.
Today I feel tired, angry and upset.
Hoping for some better days ahead 🌱
A 12 mm #fish produces 140-decibel sound to communicate in turbid waters https://phys.org/news/2024-02-mm-fish-decibel-communicate-turbid.html
Ultrafast sound production mechanism in one of the smallest #vertebrates: Verity Cook et al. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314017121
"Danionella species possess a unique sound-generating apparatus that includes drumming cartilage, a specialized rib, and a fatigue-resistant muscle."
An international research team, along with Senckenberg scientist Dr. Ralf Britz, has studied Danionella cerebrum, a small species of fish with a length of no more than 12 millimeters. Despite its diminutive size, the fish can produce sounds close to its body of over 140 decibels—comparable to a jet engine during take-off in 100 meter distance.
From Filipe França on the bird site:
🚨Black heritage #PhD studentship, please boost🚨
How do forest disturbances affect tropical insect food webs?
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Check http://bit.ly/3QkdvLu
As an effort to tackle the under-representation of black people in PG research & #academia, Bristol Uni launched PGR #research scholarships open exclusively to UK-domiciled black or black-mixed PhD applicants.
Orig. tweet here: https://twitter.com/FilipeEco/status/1713959617607119128
PhD Project - Funded PhD - From genes to food webs: insect interactions with plants and mammals in tropical forest landscapes at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
A quick update on my new job.
https://ecologyfieldnotes.com/2023/10/16/cody-dock-ecology-update/
In case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.
#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open
We anthropomorphize animals. Especially the famous ones. We can't seem to help it. 🧪
But when does it help? And when does it HURT? Thoughtful piece by Alice Sun who I got to meet at @sciencewriters.bsky.social https://scienceline.org/2023/09/what-happens-when-wild-animals-become-social-media-sensations/
Lucie Zinger
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺
Dr Pen
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