Izzy Taylor

MSc student tweeting all things #Conservation / #Behaviour / #Evolution / #Ecology from the heart of @SussexLifeSci 🦆🌿🐝

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

Hi! I'm a MSc student studying global biodiversity conservation at @SussexLifeSci. For the next few months, I'll be tweeting along with the #2018EBE seminar series focussing on current topics in #conservation, #evolution and #animalbehaviour 🐝🌲🐘

#conservationchat #research

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

@BexOSullivan 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyT1993]

Christmas = my annual excuse to draw birds and drink wine. This year's Christmas cards feature birds I associate with my new home in Brighton. Happy Birdmas! 🍷🐦

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

Did you know most wrapping paper can't be recycled? This is because a lot of wrapping paper has a shiny layer which isn't recyclable. Swap this for FSC brown wrapping paper, recycled paper, or get creative with old magazines or newspaper - all recyclable! #sustainable #christmas

[Stockwood CBS @StockwoodCBS]

We love the Pasture for Pollinators project! 🐝🐝 Welsh dairy farmers concerned by the plight of pollinators have sprung into action to help reverse their decline. #SaveTheBees https://t.co/TxcRE66BHB @EIPAGRI_SP @FarmingUK @BumblebeeTrust @Calonwencymru

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Astonishing list of bird species that Natural England have given licenses to kill: includes wren, robin, curlew, golden plover etc. Hard to imagine what the justification is. Can't we stop killing things?

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

@RTW_Aus @WildMelbourne

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

The results are in!! Please check out this thread for an excellent summary of what 319 young adults had to say about engaging with #nature 🐝🐋🌿

#Scicomm #Conversationchat #NatureConnection #millennial @AcademicChatter @SussexWildlife @SussexLifeSci

[Gemchain @gemchaindotapp]

Hugely significant stats just emerging from #soil studies @kneppcastle - #rewilding has doubled soil #carbon, organic carbon, soil organic matter & microbial biomass. If we want to leave our land in a better condition for future generations then rewilding is part of the solution.

[Oliver Dhakal @ollybiology]

Long tongued bees specialise in foraging on long, conical flowers, and short tongued bees are more general in their tastes. However, the short tongued ones can rob the flowers they can't pollinate by biting through to their nectar tubes. Now that's just rude... #2018EBE

[Animalia Podcast @AnimaliaPodcast]

In our most recent episode, we had an excellent chat with @IzzyLifeSci about the humble bumblebee. This short film - created, illustrated and narrated by Izzy - tells their incredible #conservation story: https://t.co/BsDVF9W0wx #bees #evolution

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

#Bees provide an excellent model to study ecological competition 🐝
Dr Nicholas Balfour explains that #bumblebees and #honeybees often compete over nectar resources. The most efficient forager wins - but this depends on the plant... 🌻🌷🥀 #2018EBE @AcademicChatter #pollinators

[Hugo Allan @HugoBioSci]

Reminiscing to a time when the weather wasn't so grim here and I was able to able take a nice stroll and capture this beauty of a Robin... Happy BirdDay @NatGeo @BirdLife_News @BritBirdLovers #2018EBE

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

Restoring the UK's lost ecological processes one bit at a time... Pine martens in the Forest of Dean? Yas pleeeeeeaaasssee
#mammalmonday (almost)
https://t.co/Dt9lm3l74m

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

Like an olfactory Facebook, the scent marks of European #badgers contain a huge amount of personal information. Dr Christina Buesching is trying to decode this secret (and smelly) language... #2018EBE @WildCRU_Ox @AcademicChatter

[Mal Ingham @ingham_mal]

Asked to watch a video clip of horrendous badger cruelty today followed by checking my cams and viewing the gang just being badgers. Magic! I despise badger diggers with a vengeance!!!!!

[Ian Orchardson @ConservatIan]

#TIL That Badgers can give each other STDs, sometimes just by a social behaviour known as "bum-kissing". #NatureIsWild #2018EBE

[UNIC Cairo @UNICCairo]

#Egypt hosts High-Level Ministerial meeting today as part of the @UNBiodiversity #COP14 conference in #SharmElSheikh to discuss ways to protect #biodiversity and #ecosystems. Stay tune and watch live here 👉 https://t.co/vqPlFwS5I6

[Rewild Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳 @RewildScotland]

EU moves to protect large carnivores https://t.co/LOXyk2NJOM

[Bella Lack @BellaLack]

This is @IcelandFoods’ Christmas advert that has been banned for being ‘too political’.

If saving our planet & protecting orangutans is considered a political issue, then we are in a dire state.

It won’t be aired on tv, so Twitter, please do your thing.

[Izzy Taylor @IzzyLifeSci]

DNA barcodes are standardised regions of the genome unique to individual species. @walesbotanic have barcoded all of Wales' flowering plants and conifers - and then some! These are publicly available and allow for reliable species identification #2018EBE https://t.co/nwsW4cruis