@Sheril it kind of depends on the server you are in. but the community so far is good. bad server instances that do not moderate or actually racists, homophobes, transphobes, pedophiles and freezepeach-ers are usually isolated from other communities.

hopefully mastodon.social is a good place for you. although i think there is a server instance for environmental scientists and other biological sciences. not sure if the name is ecoevo.social