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The formal proceedings of #OIB day 1 ended with a group photo UCC Ireland (I hope nobody is disappointed with my effort) & then it was to Fota Wildlife Park for BBQ & a magical evening with temp still >>20C.

Just back from a brilliant few weeks in the field in Kenya on our elephant project working with Wildlife Research & Training Institute in Arabuko Sokoke forest. LYNN NJERI NJUGUNA 𝕊𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕦𝕒 (𝗧𝗮𝘁𝗮) Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Research Pwani University

Smalltooth sandtiger stranding in Ireland and the UK. A52 geneticists called into duty to genetically confirm the species. Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Earth Institute onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…

On a stunning morning in Meath we've gathered at Dowth Hall to announce the establishment of Ireland's first new National Park in 25 years. The archeological and built and natural heritage value of the Boyne Valley Brú na Bóinne World Heritage National Park will be unsurpassed.

Have humans been selectively bred to want to control nature? My new essay published with the Long Now Foundation goes into why I think we might... longnow.org/ideas/controll… Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc area52lab UCD Research

Megafauna #extinctions in the late-#Quaternary are linked to human range expansion, not #climatechange sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🦣 🦬🐘🦏- check our new study showing strong global negative link bt Homo sapiens & #megafauna 👣#macroecology #humanimpact #Pleistocene #paleoclimate

Just as beavers build dams and termites construct mounds, humans manipulate our environments. The urge to reshape our environment is no transient social pressure. Instead, it’s a set of behaviors with deep evolutionary roots stretching back millions of years.

Lab milestone alert! 🎉 Join us in celebrating Dr. John Byrne as he defended his #PhDthesis today. 🎓 Congratulations JB, your dedication to research and tireless efforts in the lab have truly paid off. 🤝 #PhDViva Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc

The circle of life, what a way to finish up fieldwork in Kenya. Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Research area52lab

Followed by an African standoff. Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Research area52lab

Making the most of the commotion.. Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Research area52lab

Congrats to A52's and the Finarelli group's latest MSc Courtney Collins! #UCDSBES #UCDearth

Delighted to share our latest publication on NUMT evolution in mammals in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Huge thanks to Marek Uvizl,SJ Puechmaille,Sarahjane,@m_pippel, Samual Carthy, Wilfried Haerty,Eugene W Myers Jr,Emma Teeling for their contributions! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41… Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc

Ash trees are dying all across the country. Now it looks like hawthorn will follow. This utterly avoidable travesty is the work of Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. How did unqualified bureaucrats get the power to decide what plants are safe to import into Ireland? irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Familiar storm clouds off the craggy outlines of Portmuck on the County Antrim Coast. Less familiar is the appearance of icebergs and woolly mammoth! Thought, by some, to have once roamed the area. #antrim #portmuck #islandmagee #paleoart #paleoartist #wildlifeart #irishart

Did you know that one of the most ambitious nature restoration projects in the history of the State is kicking off in Glenveagh National Park, Co. Donegal? I went to see it for myself and meet the team leading the renewal of ecological processes at landscape scale.

"Elephants call each other by name, study finds." The more we learn about the natural world we are so relentlessly annihilating, the more incomprehensibly precious it turns out to be. theguardian.com/science/articl…

This #OA paper a long time in gestation; we, the authors, hope it is worth the wait. Read about vicissitude of temperate rainforest & its unique flora (filmy ferns, #Arbutus) in SW 🇮🇪, history of bogs, human impact etc #Beara #Killarney #Mizen all feature link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334…

It was a pleasure to be invited to #ScienceWeek at Airfield Estate and share the exciting #eDNA research we are conducting at area52lab! 👨‍🔬

New pre-print from our lab, researchsquare.com/article/rs-608…, by Andrew Tighe, using ancient sedimentary DNA to track changes in Ireland's biodiversity over the last 10,000 years (including a few surprises....) Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Research