Corentin Jouault
@cocomacro.bsky.social
Entomologist, Evolutionary Biologist, Paleoentomologist / Ph.D. from
@mnhn.fr / Research Fellow at @morethanadodo.bsky.social #fossilinsects 🇫🇷🇨🇱
@mnhn.fr / Research Fellow at @morethanadodo.bsky.social #fossilinsects 🇫🇷🇨🇱
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Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
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We describe Badmaateridae, a new beetle FAMILY from Chile!
Badmaater chilensis is blind, wingless, and extremely small (~1mm).
📄 Open access in Systematic Entomology
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70020
#Entomology #NewSpecies #Beetles
Badmaater chilensis is blind, wingless, and extremely small (~1mm).
📄 Open access in Systematic Entomology
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70020
#Entomology #NewSpecies #Beetles
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
We describe Badmaateridae, a new beetle FAMILY from Chile!
Badmaater chilensis is blind, wingless, and extremely small (~1mm).
📄 Open access in Systematic Entomology
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70020
#Entomology #NewSpecies #Beetles
Badmaater chilensis is blind, wingless, and extremely small (~1mm).
📄 Open access in Systematic Entomology
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70020
#Entomology #NewSpecies #Beetles
📄New paper alert
Controls on the sinking of hymenopterans and orthopterans in water of varying salinity: a taphonomic study
🔗https://doi.org/10.18261/let.59.3.1
led by colleagues from
@utoronto.ca
Controls on the sinking of hymenopterans and orthopterans in water of varying salinity: a taphonomic study
🔗https://doi.org/10.18261/let.59.3.1
led by colleagues from
@utoronto.ca
January 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
📄New paper alert
Controls on the sinking of hymenopterans and orthopterans in water of varying salinity: a taphonomic study
🔗https://doi.org/10.18261/let.59.3.1
led by colleagues from
@utoronto.ca
Controls on the sinking of hymenopterans and orthopterans in water of varying salinity: a taphonomic study
🔗https://doi.org/10.18261/let.59.3.1
led by colleagues from
@utoronto.ca
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If you’re interested in extinction risk, please check out our new paper in @science.org led by my former PhD student Cooper: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
If you’re interested in extinction risk, please check out our new paper in @science.org led by my former PhD student Cooper: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Just sharing new tool written by Vincent Ranwez to view and manipulate sequences and alignments directly in your terminal
github.com/ranwez-searc...
Pretty convenient!
github.com/ranwez-searc...
Pretty convenient!
GitHub - ranwez-search/SeqTUI: A fast terminal-based viewer and command-line toolkit for molecular sequences (DNA, AA). View, translate, convert (to FASTA), and combine sequences aligned or not — all ...
A fast terminal-based viewer and command-line toolkit for molecular sequences (DNA, AA). View, translate, convert (to FASTA), and combine sequences aligned or not — all from the terminal. - ranwez-...
github.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Just sharing new tool written by Vincent Ranwez to view and manipulate sequences and alignments directly in your terminal
github.com/ranwez-searc...
Pretty convenient!
github.com/ranwez-searc...
Pretty convenient!
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Beyond excited to announce that as of today I officially started a Ramón y Cajal 5-year senior fellowship (tenure-track) at University of Alcalá in Madrid, if you are interested in birds & vertebrate macroevolution & you like sun & good food, hit me up to explore postdoc or PhD opportunities!
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Beyond excited to announce that as of today I officially started a Ramón y Cajal 5-year senior fellowship (tenure-track) at University of Alcalá in Madrid, if you are interested in birds & vertebrate macroevolution & you like sun & good food, hit me up to explore postdoc or PhD opportunities!
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New work from @miyapan.bsky.social and our team, bringing ant, bee, and wasp labs together. @chuanxinyu.bsky.social shows that the ANTSR locus we discovered in ants has determined sex for 150+ My across bees and stinging wasps 🐜🐝, despite virtually no sequence conservation 😮 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
New work from @miyapan.bsky.social and our team, bringing ant, bee, and wasp labs together. @chuanxinyu.bsky.social shows that the ANTSR locus we discovered in ants has determined sex for 150+ My across bees and stinging wasps 🐜🐝, despite virtually no sequence conservation 😮 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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The deadline to apply for PhD positions with me (or anyone in my department!) are coming up: Jan 7th.
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Introduction to Postgraduate Courses | Department of Zoology
Postgraduate study in the Department of Zoology We have about 100 postgraduate students working on an MPhil or PhD in Zoology at any one time and they form a strong and lively community.
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The deadline to apply for PhD positions with me (or anyone in my department!) are coming up: Jan 7th.
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
First paper from our 2025 beamtime at Synchrotron SOLEIL ✨
📄Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber
🔗https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.10
Led by @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social
📄Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber
🔗https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.10
Led by @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social
Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber
| Zootaxa
doi.org
December 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
First paper from our 2025 beamtime at Synchrotron SOLEIL ✨
📄Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber
🔗https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.10
Led by @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social
📄Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber
🔗https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.10
Led by @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social
Just published 📄
A special volume of Journal of Insect Biodiversity:
"Fossil insects from the Cretaceous of East Asia" with the description of new Ghilarellinae (Symphyta) from Jinju Formation
🔗 doi.org/10.12976/jib...
@nozomuoyama.bsky.social
A special volume of Journal of Insect Biodiversity:
"Fossil insects from the Cretaceous of East Asia" with the description of new Ghilarellinae (Symphyta) from Jinju Formation
🔗 doi.org/10.12976/jib...
@nozomuoyama.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Just published 📄
A special volume of Journal of Insect Biodiversity:
"Fossil insects from the Cretaceous of East Asia" with the description of new Ghilarellinae (Symphyta) from Jinju Formation
🔗 doi.org/10.12976/jib...
@nozomuoyama.bsky.social
A special volume of Journal of Insect Biodiversity:
"Fossil insects from the Cretaceous of East Asia" with the description of new Ghilarellinae (Symphyta) from Jinju Formation
🔗 doi.org/10.12976/jib...
@nozomuoyama.bsky.social
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New Job opportunity at the University of Georgia Department of Entomology! Come work a dream job in beautiful Athens!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...
Assistant Professor: Insect Ecologist
The Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track position (9-months) in insect ecology, to be based on the Athens campus at the Assistant Professor ran...
www.ugajobsearch.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New Job opportunity at the University of Georgia Department of Entomology! Come work a dream job in beautiful Athens!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...
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📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
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“The rate at which new species are formally described is an essential but relatively understudied aspect of biodiversity.”
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time
The number of known species on Earth is increasing rapidly, suggesting unexpectedly large numbers of many groups.
www.science.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“The rate at which new species are formally described is an essential but relatively understudied aspect of biodiversity.”
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Glad to share this paper out today on the biogeography and diversification history of carpet sharks (Orectolobiformes) using fossils & molecular phylogenies, which supports the hopping hotspot model
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
Hopping Hotspots Shaped the Global Biogeography and Diversification of Orectolobiform Sharks
Aim In marine biogeography, many clades exhibit their greatest species richness in the Central Indo-Pacific region, which includes the Indo-Australian Archipelago. However, there is no consensus tha...
doi.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Glad to share this paper out today on the biogeography and diversification history of carpet sharks (Orectolobiformes) using fossils & molecular phylogenies, which supports the hopping hotspot model
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
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#Mesozoic vol.2(4)
"The sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)"
#Insecta #mid-Cretaceous #new_species #diversification
Nel,A., @isyeb.mnhn.fr , @cocomacro.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social & Azar,D.
➡️ mapress.com/mz/article/v...
"The sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)"
#Insecta #mid-Cretaceous #new_species #diversification
Nel,A., @isyeb.mnhn.fr , @cocomacro.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social & Azar,D.
➡️ mapress.com/mz/article/v...
The sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)
| Mesozoic
mapress.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#Mesozoic vol.2(4)
"The sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)"
#Insecta #mid-Cretaceous #new_species #diversification
Nel,A., @isyeb.mnhn.fr , @cocomacro.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social & Azar,D.
➡️ mapress.com/mz/article/v...
"The sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)"
#Insecta #mid-Cretaceous #new_species #diversification
Nel,A., @isyeb.mnhn.fr , @cocomacro.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social & Azar,D.
➡️ mapress.com/mz/article/v...
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New paper in Science Advances!
Ants traded strength for numbers, and it worked 🐜
Our study comparing 500+ ant species shows how the evolution of cheaper workers fueled bigger colonies and faster diversification, shaping ants’ rise across the planet.
🔗To read here: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx8068
Ants traded strength for numbers, and it worked 🐜
Our study comparing 500+ ant species shows how the evolution of cheaper workers fueled bigger colonies and faster diversification, shaping ants’ rise across the planet.
🔗To read here: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx8068
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New paper in Science Advances!
Ants traded strength for numbers, and it worked 🐜
Our study comparing 500+ ant species shows how the evolution of cheaper workers fueled bigger colonies and faster diversification, shaping ants’ rise across the planet.
🔗To read here: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx8068
Ants traded strength for numbers, and it worked 🐜
Our study comparing 500+ ant species shows how the evolution of cheaper workers fueled bigger colonies and faster diversification, shaping ants’ rise across the planet.
🔗To read here: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx8068
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🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜
Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) für Evolutionäre Ökologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn
Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunächst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜
Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
🚨 New paper! Excited to share a discovery from my recent visit to NIGPAS, kindly supported by my friend Prof. Diying Huang 🙏 We describe the sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera).
doi.org/10.11646/mes...
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.11646/mes...
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
🚨 New paper! Excited to share a discovery from my recent visit to NIGPAS, kindly supported by my friend Prof. Diying Huang 🙏 We describe the sixth representative of the endemic Cretaceous Burmese amber family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera).
doi.org/10.11646/mes...
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.11646/mes...
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
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We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Department of Zoology at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio
su.varbi.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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We are currently hiring for a Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) Manager.
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
DAMS (Digital Asset Management System) Manager
Oxford University Museum of Natural History is seeking a dynamic and approachable individual to manage our new Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), which is due to go live in November with over 175...
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We are currently hiring for a Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) Manager.
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
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A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution!
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution!
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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WE GOT COCKROACHES.
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dr. Dominic Evangelista — alie ward
Dazzling colors. Remote habitats. Gentle parenting. Fantastic genitalia. And yeah, swimming through sewers to surprise you. It’s cockroaches and I promise you will find something to love about them in...
www.alieward.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
WE GOT COCKROACHES.
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
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Earth history and trait innovation drive the global radiation of modern #toads #ProcB #OpenAccess #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Earth history and trait innovation drive the global radiation of modern #toads #ProcB #OpenAccess #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Excited to share our new paper where we find that the rise, decline and fall of clades is not explained by the usual suspects (diversity-dependence, ecological opportunities) but rather by species' insidious loss of macroevolutionary fitness: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The interplay between speciation and extinction rates shapes clade diversity dynamics. Using a novel phylogenetic model that includes living and fossil lineages, the authors estimate speciation and ex...
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Excited to share our new paper where we find that the rise, decline and fall of clades is not explained by the usual suspects (diversity-dependence, ecological opportunities) but rather by species' insidious loss of macroevolutionary fitness: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3