Matt Ford

Many thanks to IUCN for this excellent video highlighting the European Red List of Freshwater Fishes. Great to see the findings being shared more widely. 👉Download the full report here: tinyurl.com/443yr9t5

🚨 OUT NOW: European Red List of Freshwater Fishes (2026) After 5+ years of work, I’m proud to share this major new report, which I had the honour of leading. 👉 Download: op.europa.eu/en/publication-… #Biodiversity #Freshwater #Conservation #EU

Check out this short video explaining my PhD research, shot as part of the @inspire4nature #GlobalGoals event! #Biodiversity2020 #I4N_GlobalGoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals youtu.be/8FxFaQLGbHA via @YouTube

Calling all tweeps with an interest in #freshwater #biodiversity #conservation, free-flowing rivers and the impacts of #hydropower. Our new report is out, and also doubles as a handy photographic guide to threatened Mediterranean fishes! Download here => doi.naturkundemuseum.berlin/…

My #SparkFish was the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) collected from a local pond and unceremoniously dumped into a small aquarium in my bedroom. Didn't know about their crazy phenotypic variation at the time, but that just makes them cooler! #TeamFish

For when your electrofishing unit fails...

We present new range maps for all #freshwater fishes of the Maghreb and launch an unconventional effort to improve data quality for @IUCNRedList in our new preprint, which is also the first output from my PhD! Excited! See here: researchgate.net/profile/Mat…

After a long hard week of fish nerdery there's no better way to unwind on a Friday eve than with a tour of a public aquarium plus an inspiring talk on freshwater fish conservation by my PhD supervisor @jorg_freyhof Musing on fish while surrounded by fish! #bestjobever

Amazing to watch tens of thousands of geese and Eurasian cranes battling the elements as they left their overnight sleeping quarters in Brandenburg, Germany. This spectacle continued for more than an hour!

The official Abu Dhabi Call for Global Species Conservation Action, released in the wake of this week's @IUCNssc leader's meeting #biodiversity #conservation