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🌱 Biology MSc πŸ‡²πŸ‡¬| Data-Driven Research & Coding Skills

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If you’re a Master’s student interested in movement ecology, biologging, noise & conservation, join me and some great collaborators for an internship on how wind turbines and associated noise shape lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) movement and behaviour.

16.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy #NewYear from #Madagascar 😊

31.12.2025 21:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas πŸŽ„πŸŽ

25.12.2025 12:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Help Restore Tsarasaotra: Madagascar’s Only Urban Ramsar Wet, organized by Riana Ramanantsalama My name is Riana Ramanantsalama, and I am supporting a grassr… Riana Ramanantsalama needs your support for Help Restore Tsarasaotra: Madagascar’s Only Urban Ramsar Wet

Help save Tsarasaotraβ€”Madagascar's only urban Ramsar #wetland. Home to endangered #birds, now dying from pollution. 50+ volunteers have been restoring it every Saturday since February 2025. Every share helps! #conservation #science #ecology #restoration
www.gofundme.com/f/help-resto...

23.12.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Underwater scene with fish swimming above seagrass, overlaid by a green box announcing $120,000 planning grants from the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme.

Underwater scene with fish swimming above seagrass, overlaid by a green box announcing $120,000 planning grants from the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme.

⏳ Deadline Approaching!

Apply for up to US$120,000 in funding for early-stage restoration planning across Europe.

πŸ“… Deadline: 20 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
πŸ”— https://endangeredlandscapes.org/about/funding-opportunities/

16.12.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Which web to invade? Argyrodine kleptoparasites differentiate amongst architecturally different host webs Kleptoparasitism, the theft of resources from another organism, is a widespread foraging strategy amongst animals. Many Argyrodinae cobweb spiders (Theridiidae) are obligatory kleptoparasites that hav...

New publication! πŸ•·οΈ

In the Analamazaotra National Park, Madagascar, we investigated how kleptoparasitic spiders choose host webs. The answer isn’t random!

Which web to invade? Argyrodine kleptoparasites differentiate amongst architecturally different host webs.

bdj.pensoft.net/article/1721...

15.12.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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So You Want to Be an Academic? What I Wish I Knew Early in Graduate School Blog for junior PhD students on work, visibility, community, and sanityβ€”long before the faculty job market is on the horizon.

Found this gem on navigating early #PhD lifeβ€”honest takes on picking your niche, advisor, and staying sane. Doesn't all apply to me yet, but #bookmarking for later πŸŽ“
#academia

anandbhattad.github.io/blogs/jr_gra...

11.12.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a lovely full-circle moment! It’s wonderful how those early sparks of curiosity can lead us exactly where we’re meant to be.

09.12.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing! Thanks for all the effort you're putting into this and for making it freely available.

09.12.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
KHstats - A Day in the Life of a Biostatistician Thoughts and doodles on (bio)statistics, causal inference, data visualization, R programming, etc.

Random find (searched something else and stumbled on it) today: a blog on life as a biostatistician. Didn't know much about the field before, but now I'm down a rabbit hole reading about it. Anyone here work in #biostats?
www.khstats.com/blog/ditl/

09.12.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of a chameleon hiding in a garden

Picture of a chameleon hiding in a garden

Look what I founded πŸ”
#chameleon #garden #lucky

07.12.2025 06:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
RAKOTOVAO Remi | Research Techs | Preserving knowledge of endemic species in Madagascar
RAKOTOVAO Remi | Research Techs | Preserving knowledge of endemic species in Madagascar YouTube video by Centre ValBio

Our next video in the series "Preserving knowledge of endemic species in #Madagascar through storytelling"
features #Ranomafana wildlife expert RAKOTOVAO Remi, who has studied #lemurs since 1994! He shares his experiences AND some bird calls!
You can view Remi’s video here: lnkd.in/gH9xpqBi

30.11.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this the new way to start a buzz at work? πŸ˜†πŸ

01.12.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice pic

29.11.2025 07:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So cute

29.11.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can confirm it is hot in here πŸ₯΅

29.11.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love these flowers 😍

29.11.2025 07:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A virtual box?
Working on windows app?

28.11.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Humpback Whales
Mouse Lemurs
Chameleons
Malagasy Boas
Madagascar paradise-flycatcher

28.11.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Best Practice for R :: Cheat Sheet #rstats
github.com/wurli/r-bes...

27.11.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!

25.11.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?

We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. πŸ”ŠπŸ£

πŸ”—Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology

24.11.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Endangered lemurs face new threat from the luxury meat trade Lemurs, the small primates with bushy tails and large, expressive eyes, are among the world's most endangered species. According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List, ...

what next!!! ---- 2025. Endangered lemurs face new threat from the luxury meat trade phys.org/news/2025-11...

25.11.2025 00:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It has been a scientific day for the kid 😁

25.11.2025 03:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜… Hoping for the best for you and your data 🀞

25.11.2025 03:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s beautiful 🀩

24.11.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly no, either the antenna or hoping that people find it with your contact attached πŸ˜…

24.11.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy search πŸ” 😁

21.11.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social

02.11.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool topic to work on

02.11.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0