Benjamin Michael Marshall

PhD student @StirUni, studying movement ecology methods. The other half of the @Herphighlights podcast.

[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Big news! The King Cobra taxonomy has been revised: https://t.co/fgnbds51D7. We will of course be chatting about the changes in an upcoming Species of the Bi-week segment. To whet your appetite, here is a new King Cobra species map. Massive congrats to the authors.

[Tim Parker @TimParker88]

When many different researchers analyze the same data, results vary .... A LOT!

Our Many-Analysts study from ecology and evo-bio is FINALLY up on @ecoevorxiv
https://t.co/VKSCKYqpjF

Thanks to the HUNDREDS of researchers who made this study possible.

[Dr Hannah Fraser @HannahSFraser]

So excited to release this work into the wild. Thank you so much to the 300 odd researchers who contributed to the project. And especially to my joint-first-authors @TimParker88, @Elliot_Gould_ for putting in a terrifying number of hours on this

[Dr. Tom Major @Thomas_Major]

Out today! We detail a case of cannibalism in British Aesculapian snakes - the first paper resulting from our radio telemetry study of this species in Wales.

PDF here: https://t.co/2M3Khz0YXN

[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

An invasive species INSIDE an invasive species? This episode we look at a parasite that has Trojan horsed (re. been involuntarily relocated) its way into a new home.
Listen now: https://t.co/Y7FVkkAIIj
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[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Frog populations & nuclear fallout seem an unlikely mix. They change, but unlike the Hulk, they don't go green.

Listen now: https://t.co/Y7FVkkSRWr
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[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Crested geckos, gargoyle geckos and giant leachies call New Caledonia home. In this episode we talk about how these cute geckos came to dominate their island paradise.

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[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Good news for frogs! Conservation success for Switzerland’s amphibians is the focus of this episode.

Spotify: https://t.co/uIwDrpYUER
Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/Jaet4ora6Y

[Dr. Alice C Hughes @AliceCHughes]

Good @CITES for dealing with the exotic pet trade, especially with the listing of the glassfrogs and various other herps
Pet trade is an under-estimated, & underquantified threat to many exotic species,this #CITESCoP19 has been a success at highlighting and regulating that threat

[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

A pair of legends wearing merch!

[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Snakes, like all animals, need water. But what happens if you give a desert species a helping hand? Episode 134 is all about some super hydrated rattlesnakes.
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[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Labord's chameleon - live fast, die in 5 months. But where are they moving during the 5 months when they are not an egg? Episode 135 is about these tiny chameleons.
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[Herpetological Highlights @herphighlights]

Next episode will be slightly delayed, but we have recorded it!

[Thomas Bodey @thomas_bodey]

@EastbioDTP PhD opportunity with myself, @bradduthie, @amybpedersen and @MadaFaunaFlora addressing the interactions between #invasivespecies and #OneHealth outcomes in #Madagascar.
More details here https://t.co/xgRqzyDOay

[Koustubh Sharma @koustubh_sharma]

Do you use #CameraTraps for wildlife abundance? Do you feel intimidated by the complex models & codes that statisticians come up with to help design & analyze camera trap data?
If your answer is yes to any of the above, follow this thread with a new resource that is pure gold:

[Luca Borger @lucaborger]

Mark your calendars! We are delighted to host ISEC 2024 at @SwanseaUni, organized by our Centre for Biomathematics and the Departments of Biosciences and Mathematics. It will be in person, with likely also a good hybrid component. And yes, we will be that close to the sea!

[nature @Nature]

Register animal-tracking tags to boost conservation https://t.co/Dq5jYgLIQU

[Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.soc @antica_c]

Dear funders, publishers, research instit. & researchers

We waste 82-89% of conducted ecological research

Ignorance of the problem is expensive, yet we seem to be successfully ignorant for decades

More in our paper @NatureEcoEvo, preprint & this 🧵
links in later tweets
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