🦜 Researcher at @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social 🐒 #AnimalWelfare Postdoc at @newcastleuni.bsky.social Opinions are my own (she/her)https://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3mb237daczc2kLovely encounter this morning with this elegant gentleman. Look at those big horns 🐐!28 Dec 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb237daczc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3ma2ojutefk2h🌍 Academia loves to call itself global. But conferences often speak one language only. Ever struggled to ask a question? Skipped networking because it felt exhausting? 📝 Take our 2 minute survey and help redesign conferences to be inclusive. 👉 https://forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6NHob8 #DEI #EDI #LanguageBarrier15 Dec 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2ojutefk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m7nnncbp7k23Nothing to add. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nnncbp7k23https://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m74q34kkgk2p🐼 Pandas, 🦁 lions, 🐢turtles … get the spotlight while less cute species quietly vanish. charisma driven conservation is not just flawed, it can be harmful. If we want real biodiversity, we must look beyond the photogenic. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003494&utm_source=pr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=plos00604 Dec 2025 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74q34kkgk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m74phnt2qk2pLately I cannot stop thinking about this. Within my lifetime (and I’m not that old) the difference is shocking. Insects are just GONE! 🦟🪰🐝🦋🪳 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2025 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74phnt2qk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m74jybntbk2p📢 In our paper Beyond barriers, towards diversity, we explored how hybrid student conferences can improve accessibility and inclusion across academia. If you missed it, you can read it here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38288786/ #JEDI #EDI #AcademicChatter #Inclusivity https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38288786/03 Dec 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74jybntbk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m723v3jtek2x🧠🐒 When chimps vocalise, human brains spark in a unique pattern that we do not show for other primates. Not bonobos, not macaques, just chimps. ✨It is like evolution left a little secret button in our heads and chimps know exactly how to press it✨ https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108795.102 Dec 2025 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m723v3jtek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m6wl4kon4s2q1,000 butterfly and moth genomes have been sequenced… and guess what they are using them for? Understanding how these insects will cope with climate change. 🌍🦋 https://phys.org/news/2025-11-butterfly-moth-genomes-evolution-climate.html #Biology #ClimateChange #AcademicChatter01 Dec 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wl4kon4s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m6k52cmo2s2oGreat day today at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social talking about #WildAnimalWelfare 🦜🐒🦎26 Nov 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6k52cmo2s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m6ijkm7jdk2zStill one of my favourite shots. These two could not be sweeter 🦜❤️ #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography25 Nov 2025 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ijkm7jdk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m6f6ji2f6k2l🐒💡 Gelada mums are don’t mess around New research shows they fake fertility when a new male arrives to protect their babies from infanticide. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-gelada-baboons-fake-fertility-young.html #Geladas #PrimateScience [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6f6ji2f6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m5yipf47hk2u🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all? 📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual: https://forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6NHob8 #DEI #JEDI #EDI #Academia #AcademicChatter19 Nov 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yipf47hk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m5yikc3vlk2u🦜 A cute reminder that social bonds matter in every species. Mutual grooming helps parakeets stay calm, connected, and cosy together.19 Nov 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yikc3vlk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m4c4xkucf22a🚨Call for Grant proposals is currently open at www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants! Deadline: 14th November #WildAnimalWelfare #Grants [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4c4xkucf22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m477cnp6cc2o🔉 Sound on! Meet the ranita llorona, which translates to crying frog (Physalaemus biligonigerus). Tiny frog. Big feelings. Honestly, same 🐸 #Wildlife #ranitallorona #Physalaemus #amphibians #wildlifesound #bioacoustics #soundon27 Oct 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m477cnp6cc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/janirecas.bsky.social/post/3m2vzev5dkk2nOur new preprint is out! We explore how fluid control affects the affective state of laboratory macaques. 🔗 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681594v1 #AnimalWelfare #PrimateWelfare11 Oct 2025 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:7c5q724es5zypvpvmhocj7m3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2vzev5dkk2n