It’s official—Colors in the Crown: Chasing Warblers Through the Evolutionary Tree, coming from Johns Hopkins University Press in 2028! A touch of science. A dash of memoir. And 100% wood warblers. By yours truly and illustrated by @rushstudio.bsky.social 🦉🧪

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One reason to conserve nature (among hundreds) is that its genetic resources are valuable - in clearing rainforests, we may be destroying a cure for cancer before it's even discovered But how can biodiversity-rich countries be expected to conserve nature if they don't get a share of the profits?

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An ecosystem services game! I made a tool to teach how biodiversity supports us that's based on the output from my lab's recent global analysis of ecosystem function (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), and I personally think it's quite fun to play... substack.com/home/post/p-...

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A map of records of migrating Nutcracker - seemingly all Slender-billed (machrorhynchos) - from Southern Sweden in the last week. Also this great video of 48 migrating SW at Falsterbo today. Definitely something afoot with this species this autumn... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol-I...

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Fascinating paper about how women's campaigning against feathers in fashion led to the creation of the RSPB and helped transform Britain's relationship with birds

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