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Gregor Kalinkat

@gkalinkat@det.social

science educator & communicator | biodiversity scientist | animal ecologist | guest scientist at @LeibnizIGB@wisskomm.social

interested in #scicomm #wisskomm #openscience #biodiversity #ecology #lightpollution #insects and more

toots in EN and DE, occassionally in ES

check https://sites.google.com/site/gkalinkat/home for more info about my research

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Joined October 04, 2022

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 22, 2026

Today we celebrate World Biodiversity Day. A day to remind everyone that we depend on all the fascinating species around us 🌍

Below a photo of a male white-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes; DE Blaue Federlibelle) shot in Brandenburg in 2020

#biodiversity

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 17, 2026

“'I have to say that I’ve noticed good news is not as popular as bad news' [Sara Konrath] says. Recent science supports her assertion: a 2025 study found that negative and alarming articles about children are more likely to go viral than nuanced...stories"

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-kids-are-all-right/

#science

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 15, 2026

Nice to see that Oikos remains a truly visionary ecological journal publishing pieces at frontiers of the field I was not even aware of:

Everts et al (2026) Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oik.11683

#ecology 🌍
#science 🧪
#openaccess 🔓

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 15, 2026

Fascinating article about the nature photographer who inspired Sir David Attenborough

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260507-cherry-kearton-the-eccentric-influence-on-a-young-sir-david-attenborough

#naturephotography
#davidattenborough

H/T Dynamic Ecology/Jeremy Fox

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 15, 2026

US-Behörden blockieren medizinische Studien

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/wissenschaftsfreiheit-us-behoerden-halten-medizinische-studien-zurueck-100.html

#science 🧪
#wissenschaft 🧬
#covid19 🦠

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 13, 2026

Replying to @gkalinkat@det.social

See our related 2020 review paper „The role of species charisma in biological invasions“ https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2195 (Available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dFGKgy4ZDxapoOoBZGEZ7qTxEj8N_j_d/view?usp=sharing)

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 13, 2026

RE: @janhoglund@mastodon.nu

„The #MAGA movement was never a populist uprising. It was a mafia operation wrapped in a flag“

#tRump
#uspol

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 13, 2026

The worlds largest invasive animal making headlines once again:

„The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia“ 🇨🇴 🦛

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/world/americas/pablo-escobar-hippos-colombia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iFA.VI58.NFF_IoX8zKkR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Giftlink 🎁
#science 🧪
#ecology 🌎

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · May 10, 2026

After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

https://www.science.org/content/article/after-usda-request-indiana-plant-biologist-locked-out-lab-school

#science 🧪
#uspol 🇺🇸
#Trump 🍊

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 30, 2026

RE: @gkalinkat@det.social

Looking back I think Craig Venter was one of the reasons why being an undergraduate student in Biology suddenly felt kind of cool and relevant in the year 2000

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 30, 2026

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.jJrh.uCI5w5zLstE9&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#science 🧪
#dna 🧬
#nytimes 📰
#giftlink 🎁

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 26, 2026

The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for @nature@sciencemastodon.com

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01099-2

#science 🧪
#dna 🧬
#biodiversity 🐞

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 24, 2026

Great interview by Tilo Jung w/ Evan Osnos on billionaires, yachts and the world of the ultra-rich

https://www.youtube.com/live/7MRbQ_DwIwo?si=iBCgX_BC8h_g0RZa

#jungundnaiv
#billionaires

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 18, 2026

ICYMI

Explanation for why we don’t see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails @nature@sciencemastodon.com

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/leading-explanation-for-ancient-giant-flying-insects-gets-squashed/

#science 🧪
#insects 🐝
#evolution 🧬
#biodiversity 🦋

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 17, 2026

Shall we promote harvesting and consuming invasive species as a management strategy? Oficialdegui et al are skeptical:

Demystifying invasivorism as a management strategy @PNASNews@fediscience.org

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2507779123

#science 🧪
#ecology 🌍
#fishing 🎣
#openacces 🔓
#biodiversity 🦝

fediscience.org

PNAS (@PNASNews@fediscience.org) - FediScience.org

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 16, 2026

Replying to @brembs@mastodon.social

@brembs@mastodon.social „Since the directive came into effect, there has been little improvement in the status of EU water bodies. This is not due to the goals themselves, but rather their poor practical implementation by the relevant responsible parties.“ https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/igb-feedback-eu-call-evidence-water-framework-directive @LeibnizIGB@wisskomm.social 😕

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 15, 2026

Almost half of European freshwater fishes 🐟 at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List 🔴 reveals

https://iucn.org/press-release/202604/almost-half-european-freshwater-fishes-risk-extinction-new-iucn-red-list

#IUCN
#redlist
#science
#biodiversity
#conservation

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 10, 2026

Replying to @wahlrecht_de@fairmove.net

@wahlrecht_de schauen diese Leute wirklich in die USA und denken: super, das brauchen wir auch?!? 🤦 🤦 🤦

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 02, 2026

Replying to @ulrichkelber@bonn.social

@ulrichkelber Ein Besuch bei der staatlichen Brauerei Rothaus hilft eventuell auch https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/staatliche-bierbrauereien-ist-der-staat-der-bessere-brauer/26220516.html

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Mar 29, 2026

Replying to @gkalinkat@det.social

@Wwf@mstdn.social https://det.social/@gkalinkat/116311804132681812 #NoKings

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Mar 25, 2026

Replying to @CCC@social.bau-ha.us

@CCC@social.bau-ha.us „Die 138 Abgeordneten, die [1997] gegen das neue Gesetz gestimmt hatten, waren fast(*) ausschließlich Männer der schwarz-gelben Regierungskoalition, unter ihnen Horst Seehofer und Friedrich Merz.“ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/gesetz-strafbarkeit-vergewaltigung-ehe-100.html

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Mar 25, 2026

Some good news always welcome:

Monarch butterfly population increases by 64%

https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/stories/monarch-butterfly-population-increases-64-percent/ @Wwf@mstdn.social

#biodiversity 🦋
#conservation 🌳
#insects 🪲

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Jan 05, 2026

Replying to @shinydan@mendeddrum.org

@shinydan@mendeddrum.org @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt facts

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Jan 04, 2026

Replying to @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt There's an episode of Fireman Sam where Norman Price gets stuck on a mountain cliff with Woolly the lamb and they have to be rescued. Given that this TV series was produced in Wales, sheep on mountain cliffs seem like a recurring theme in Welsh culture and mythology (I used to watch a lot of Fireman Sam when my boys were toddlers)

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Jan 02, 2026

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/09/human-connection-to-nature-has-declined-60-in-200-years-study-finds (from Aug 2025)

#science
#nature
#environment

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Dec 02, 2025

Replying to @rahmstorf@fediscience.org

@rahmstorf@fediscience.org Gemeint ist wohl die Effizienz der Verbrenner in der Kategorie „Taschen der Autoindustrie füllen damit noch ein paar lukrative Lobbypöstchen für Politiker im Ruhestand dabei rausspringen“ 💸💸💸 Es sollte denen nur mal jemand sagen dass das in Zukunft nicht mehr so funktionieren wird

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Jan 23, 2025

Replying to @mike@sauropods.win

@mike@sauropods.win 🤣

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Jan 10, 2025

Replying to @joe@beige.party

@joe@beige.party @kakape@mas.to everybody, even academics, have to use the term #enshittification because it simply IS everywhere @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Jan 10, 2025

'As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings' by @kakape@mas.to 🧪🎓

“Just because Bluesky is at the earliest phase, before enshittification has started, doesn’t mean it won’t be enshittified.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/academic-bluesky-grows-researchers-find-strengths-and-shortcomings

#Xitter #BlueSky #AcademicMastodon

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social · Apr 26, 2023

Replying to @pandemia@podcasts.social

@pandemia@podcasts.social 🖤 💔 🕯️

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