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Antigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · 7d

“Pen gwyn” from the great auk’s white head!
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Tim Barraclough @timbarra.bsky.social · 7d

PhD available @biology.ox.ac.uk applying historical genomics to fish populations under pressure www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Floodplain dispersal and genetic resilience of fish populations to multiple stressors at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Floodplain dispersal and genetic resilience of fish populations to multiple stressors at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 8d

A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...

Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution

www.blogs.uni-mainz.de

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Tomos Potter @tomospotter.bsky.social · 15d

Do you like quantitative genetics, stats, experiments, and long-term studies? Check out this post doc opportunity with the wonderful Anja Felmy!

Department of Biology, Lund University @biologylu.bsky.social · 15d

Exiting career-boosting opportunity for a a skilled and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher: We're hiring a Post-doctoral fellow in Evolutionary Biology!

Please apply no later than 31 October!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Ilias Foskolos @theclickitclick.bsky.social · 26d

Check out our new paper in @science.org on how greater noctule bats 🦇 hunt passerines 🐦 on the wing #greaternoctulebats #bats #passerines #spain #zoology #ethology #biologging #bioacoustics #sciencejournal

Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 27d

🦇 For the first time, researchers have documented how Europe’s largest bat — the greater noctule — hunts and eats migrating birds in midair.

Study led by @ebdonana.bsky.social and @au.dk

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ilias Foskolos @theclickitclick.bsky.social · 26d

Check out also the feature of our latest paper in @nytimes.com 🦇

#greaternoctulebats #bats #passerines #spain #zoology #ethology #biologging #bioacoustics #sciencejournal

Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair

www.nytimes.com

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 29d

Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1
shorturl.at/p70wY

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Nominations due December 1, 2025.

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Sep 8

*Job alert*

We have a 5-year postdoc position on #mountain non-native species & #macroecology in our group @unibas.ch. Great opportunity to join us!

Details here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-mountain-macroecology/6c5a8906-354f-43c6-bc9b-1156d21725a5

Please share!

Universität Basel: Postdoc position in mountain macroecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a postdoc position within the ERC project 'Global status, tren...

jobs.unibas.ch

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · Oct 3

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity

Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the

web103.reachmee.com

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WHO @who.int · Sep 28

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social · Sep 25

B is for... Blue morpho butterfly!

These butterflies live in the rainforests of South America and can have a wingspan of up to 20cm. If you look closely you can see the outline of the eye spots that are on the other side of their wings.

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · Sep 24

Here we propose adding an 11th criterion to UNESCO’s framework to protect animal cultures—habitat protection alone isn’t enough. Excited to collaborate with philosophers @merikatariina.bsky.social & @birchlse.bsky.social on this!

Message me for access ;-)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage - Nature Sustainability

It is becoming increasingly clear that animal cultures have intrinsic, irreplaceable value, and yet they are not adequately protected by preserving habitat. The time has come for UNESCO to explicitly protect non-human cultural heritage alongside human heritage.

www.nature.com

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Antigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · Sep 23

“I gotta take two Tylenols and close my eyes”
I’d blame it on Jeffrey Lewis

youtu.be/UMSGlFuEOlg?...

Jeffery Lewis "Roll Bus Roll"

YouTube video by Time Out New York

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Aris Katzourakis @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social · Sep 22

Fact for the day: paracetamol does not cause autism

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · Sep 16

🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 15

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

Graphic with a blue background and light green dots. The text 'call for applications' appears in green, and 'Ausschreibung' in white. A white arrow on the right points diagonally upward.

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Sep 15

Come and work with us! Three new academic posts (including Animal Behaviour) and superb facilities in the new Life & Mind Building

Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · Sep 15

Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building

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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · Sep 14

I had to read this thread so now the rest of you do too

Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · Sep 14

Oh this explains why people are all up in my rabies thread again.

This is a PSA:
DO NOT TOUCH WILDLIFE. THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BREASTFEED INJURED BATS. JUST STOP. YOU DON'T WANT RABIES. RABIES IS BAD. WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES WITH MANY OTHER DISEASES BUT NOT THAT ONE SO LEAVE THE BATS ALONE.

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Sep 14

I feel it says something about us here as a group that the thread with the single greatest longevity I’ve ever been involved with was “for the love of god, stop breastfeeding rabies vectors.”

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Antigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · Sep 11

Back from two months of Greenland fieldwork! Managed to not lose my mind next to the big ice cube, saw the northern lights, and most importantly collected good data and noticed interesting eco patterns of my new freshwater study system! Now time to make sense of everything!

Aerial picture of Greenlandic landscape with the sea, lakes and the glacier visible

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IMPRS for Brain and Behavior @imprsbb.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors!
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · Sep 5

Awesome PhD opportunity with the greatest supervisor, and based in Sweden, which has the best reputation for PhD conditions (salary, benefits, etc.)!

Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · Sep 5

“The scandal has also pulled back the curtain to reveal how power in Greece operates.”

It’s not often an accurate description of Greece appears in the international media. Thank you, @alexclapp.bsky.social.

It’s the big fat Greek farming scandal – devised by the political elite and paid for by ordinary people | Alexander Clapp

A massive EU subsidy scandal has pulled back the curtain to reveal how power operates in Greece, says journalist Alexander Clapp

www.theguardian.com

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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · Aug 20

New publication from my lab: Vampyrum spectrum, the Neotropics' largest carnivorous bat, is very cooperative. These gentle apex predators regularly provide prey for family member – documented in the wild for the first time.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks, Hanna! There are quite a few Kokkonuts at #ESEB2025! On Thursday, @gauravathreya.bsky.social talks about ageing + sex, @tomospotter.bsky.social talks about guppy polymorphisms, @ccrowther.bsky.social has a poster on nesting 🐢, and Victor Ronget has a poster on ageing trends in mammals + 🐦!

Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · Aug 19

#ESEB2025 Very concentrated looks when @shikharabhat.bsky.social educates us about pop noise! One of the last talks I could attend, sorry I had to leave early (planned, still 🫤) The lab's presence continues without me so grab them for a science chat!

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