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Following a previous Royal Society scientific discussion meeting, a special edition of Phil Trans of the Royal Society B has been published on ‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2025/…

This special edition was organised and edited by Jon Bridle, Andrew Balmford, Sarah M Durant, Richard D Gregory, Richard Pearson and Andy Purvis. It consists of 16 papers from researchers who were inspired by the work and life of Georgina Mace. @royalsociety @uclbiosciences

Following a previous Royal Society scientific discussion meeting, a special edition of Phil Trans of the Royal Society B has been published on ‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2025/…

**NEW PAPER ALERT** **VIVA NEWS** Jo Trafford recently passed his viva on Friday 10th AND has published a paper on 'Experimental Evidence of Rapidly Decaying Environmental DNA Highlights Infection Risk from Two Major Amphibian Pathogens'. @London_NERC_DTP doi.org/10.1002/edn3.7…

Did you know? 😮 UCL provides numerous scholarships between £1,500 - £25,000 to UK undergraduates looking to study at university! To learn more and to see if you're eligible, click the link below👇 bit.ly/3YQS4Gz

Moving over to Bluesky with others - will miss some of the great science, conservation, birding, butterfly, nature news & people here - find me @richgreg3.bsky.social @RSPBScience @UCLCBER @Natures_Voice

Great review of Virtual Worlds: Corals at the @GrantMuseum - a collaboration between @UCLCBER marine biologists and @datascape_real to create an immersive underwater journey. ucl.ac.uk/culture/news/r…

Some French language coverage of our work on airborne #eDNA with Arte4 from @UCLCBER @UCLEast @NPL arte.tv/fr/videos/1230…

Right that's it. I'm leaving! I'm off to #BSKY. You can find me here: @Waspwoman.bsky.social Some fab starter-packs of people to follow floating round - come over and join the fun! We're working on a #Wasp StarterPack of people to follow! Post your BSKY handle here to be added.

🌱 Announcing TREES! 🌍 The NERC-funded Doctoral Landscape Award led by UCL & partners will train future environmental scientists through interdisciplinary research and a commitment to EDI & sustainability. 🔗 Learn more: trees-dla.ac.uk

What does #COP16Colombia need to deliver? On the second day of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, hear from Dr Izzy Bishop who is attending COP16, Professor Kate Jones and Dr Tristram Wyatt. #UCLbiodiversity #PeaceWithNature #PazConLaNaturaleza

Wild bird numbers continue ‘alarming’ decline in UK, Defra figures show | Birds | The Guardian ⁦@guardian⁩ @RSPBScience⁩ ⁦@UCLCBER⁩ ⁦@_BTO⁩ ⁦@JNCC_UK⁩ #ornithology theguardian.com/environment/20…

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) starts today. Find out more about how climate change affects biodiversity and meet UCL's team at COP29: bit.ly/3NCRmWo #ClimateUCL #COP29Baku #UCLGenerationOne

Applications open for Sept 2025 intake of UCL's MSc Biodiversity & Global Change. Learn the latest scientific research and skills to address global biodiversity changes, with leading researchers from @UCLLifeSciences , @ZSLScience, and @NHM_Science. APPLY: ucl.ac.uk/prospective-st…

Wonder why there is a picture of a Dutch shoe? Well, they find Steve’s shoe rather a nice location to build a nest. Thank you Steve for donating the nest. We will make sure you get the shoe back, so maybe next year a new nest emerge!

Huge thanks to @Cin_Oi for teaching me everything there is to know to work safely with wasps 😇 I haven’t got stung a single time!! And to @WaspWoman for convincing @UCLEast @UCLCBER and @ProfKateJones that the #PeopleNatureLab Garden would be a perfect home to welcome them!

Rewarded by beauty 😍🐝 It wasn’t easy to find a wasp nest this year due to the wet weather! But still, thanks to @bigwaspsurvey we got one! Today it’s the end of our study, and looking at this abandoned nest, it’s beautiful. Wasps are amazingly talented architects!

A bonfire can look like the perfect place to hibernate for #hedgehogs at this time of year!🦔 This #BonfireNight use our checklist to help reduce the risk of harming hedgehogs + other wildlife! #rememberhedgehogs🎇👇

Paper accepted 🥳🙌 in #philtransb (@RSocPublishing) is a nice way to start a grey Monday. Watch this space to learn more about how clustered warming tolerances drive non-linear risks of biodiversity loss on a warming planet! 🥵🌎🌿

@gibbonresearch Ahh this is amazing chica, smash it!!

Five pioneering @ucl researchers have been awarded @ERC_Research grants of £1.25m each to pursue cutting edge research in neuroscience, economics and conservation @UCLLifeSciences @UCLBrainScience @IOE_London @UCLSocHistSci ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…