Miguel McMinn

@mmcminn

Biologist living in Mallorca 🪶✈️ miguel.mcminn@gmail.com

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Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 4d

La violencia machista subsiste gracias a la complicidad de una parte de la sociedad. Tolerancia cero ante el machismo y la violencia de los hombres.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 10d

Boia de Dragonera 33,02 C 05/08/2026. #Mallorca portus.puertos.es#/

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 13d

Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversityloss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers #ornithology www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 13d

Boia de sa Dragonera 32,7 C a les 14:00 05/08/2026. Puc triar meteorit. Crec que serà una mort més ràpida i pràcticament sense dolor.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 22d

Call it anti-tourism if you must; what local communities are confronting is housing insecurity, wages that no longer keep pace with the cost of living, and a decline in their quality of life. Rolling back democracy is not the answer.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 24d

Bluewashing and the Illusion of Sustainability in the Cruise Industry. @estebanmorelle.com link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The cruise industry often presents itself as a champion of sustainable tourism. However, despite its public commitments to environmental responsibility, its operations remain a major source of marine pollution, habitat degradation and ecological damage. Drawing on green criminology and the concept of eco-justice, this article critically examines how the cruise tourism industry engages in “bluewashing”. This refers to the strategic use of misleading narratives about sustainability to conceal real impact, evade regulatory scrutiny and legitimise continued environmental exploitation. These discursive practices paper over the gap between corporate claims and material reality, allowing harm to occur under the guise of sustainability. Our analysis highlights how bluewashing contributes to regulatory evasion, facilitates structural impunity, and exacerbates ecological injustice, especially for vulnerable coastal communities and marine ecosystems. Addressing these dynamics requires robust legal frameworks, greater corporate accountability, and an ecocentric paradigm that prioritises ocean integrity over profit-driven consumption.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· 24d

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Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 19

Cuteness battle. Penguins versus Puffins.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 16

Ens ha deixat Pep Coll. El meu sentit condol a tots els familiars i amics.

Pep Coll, centre, IX Jornades del Medi Ambient de les Illes Balears

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 9

Robert W. Patten (1832–1913).

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 7

El pleno del Tribunal Constitucional admite a trámite el recurso de Inconstitucionalidad interpuesto por el Presidente del Gobierno y suspende la ley 1/2026 de derogación de la Ley 2/2018 de memoria y reconocimiento democráticos de les Illes Balears. www.tribunalconstitucional.es/es/prensa/Pa...

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 5

Geolocation reveals wintering sites of near-extinct relict Caucasian breeding population of velvet Scoter #ornithology #seabirds @bou.org.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 3

Es Trenc no es toca. 5 de juliol de 2026 www.gobmallorca.com/2026/06/25/a...

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jul 3

Si veus un rastre de tortuga marina, una femella fent un niu o nounats a la sorra. Avisa al 112.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jun 24

.@seobirdlife.bsky.social activa la campanya ESTELA per donar suport a la detecció i rescat de polls de virot petit, desorientats per la contaminació lumínica. Més informació: seo.org/mailpoet-ema...

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jun 21

Balearic shearwater. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels 2004-2026 (ACAP) #WorldAlbatrossDay #SuperSeabirdSunday www.acap.aq/es/

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jun 13

The ‘Doginburgh Inventory’: from hands to paws in assessing canine motor laterality @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jun 12

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jun 8

Happy World Ocean Day! #8J #Oceanday2026

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· Jun 5

Acabo de leer esto. Añoro los tiempos cuando había buenos periodistas de ciencia en la prensa local de Mallorca. Echo de menos a @establopegaso.bsky.social

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 27

El proper divendres 5 i dissabte 6 de juny, AstroMallorca (AM), @shnb.org i la @uib.cat organitzen un cicle de conferències de divulgació científica en temes relacionats amb els eclipsis i adreçat al públic general. Més informació: www.shnb.org/2026/05/27/c...

El proper divendres 5 i dissabte 6 de juny, AstroMallorca (AM), la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears (SHNB) i la Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) organitzen un cicle de conferències de divulgació científica en temes relacionats amb els eclipsis i adreçat al públic general.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 23

Conferència: Ondas gravitacionals: deu anys escoltant l'Univers. Dra. Alicia M. Sintes Olives @uib.cat L'acte tindrà lloc dimarts que ve 2 de juny a les 19:00 hores en la seu de la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina dels Illes Balears, carrer Ca Campaner 4, de Palma. ramib.org/oficial/inde...

Conferència: Ondas gravitacionals: deu anys escoltant l'Univers. Dra. Alicia M. Sintes Olives. L'acte tindrà lloc dimarts que ve 2 de juny a les 19:00 hores en la seu de la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina dels Illes Balears, carrer Ca Campaner 4, de Palma.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 22

South coast of Mallorca. A Perilous Passage.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 22

Anthornis melanura :: xeno-canto share.google/tD4nS0RjwVYQ...

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 17

Feathers and flu: identifying data gaps in avian influenza host dynamics to prioritize wildlife conservation #ornithology wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The host response continuum for highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV), including hypothesized host roles (A) and associated host strategies (B). Frame A presents a conceptual depiction of the continuum of host responses to HPAIV infection and exposure based on the primary axis of host competence, ability to infect other hosts, and host vulnerability, which integrates susceptibility and exposure risk. Host roles may overlap as they exist on a spectrum, but we highlight distinct host archetypes of interest, such as superdiluters, superconsumers, superreceivers, supershedders, supermovers, and superspreaders (Box 1). In frame B we provide examples of wild bird species as proxies for populations and individuals and their responses based on the spectrum of host responses (in A). We hypothesize that roles are informed by documented infection responses (IR; infection rate, viral shedding or duration, mortality, antibody protection) and associated host life-history (LH) strategy (gregarious behavior, movement capacity, aquatic habitat, scavenger or hunter). A simplified number of host viral responses and strategies are presented and are indicated by leg color bands, with IR shown on the left bands and putatively associated LH strategies on the right bands. Species are not to scale.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 17

Contrasting mechanisms driving the northward expansion of African raptors in Europe #ornithology zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

he study area (Afro-Palaearctic region), divided into a hexagonal grid, showing the current breeding occurrences of the AtlasLong-legged Buzzard (a), the Rüppell’s Vulture (b), and the White-backed Vulture (c) used to build the distribution models.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 16

Fotografiada en sa Dragonera en 2024. También ha llegado a islas de Mallorca con Podarcis lilfordi. En la foto se ve una caja nido de pardela balear.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 11

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 7

Bon dia.

Miguel McMinn@mmcminn· May 4

Anna Travset @annatraveset.bsky.social rep el Premi Nacional d’Investigació Alejandro Malaspina 👏👏👏🙂@uib.cat @imedea.bsky.social @uib.cat www.uib.cat/w/premi-naci...