Erika Kupyrova
@ekupyrova.bsky.social
Animal behaviour, particularly sexual selection, mate choice, same-sex sexual behaviour. Moths, birds. MSc at University of Liverpool. 🇺🇦🏳️🌈
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Erika Kupyrova
@ekupyrova.bsky.social
· Aug 17
Reduced male pheromone production and an increased female sex ratio promote same-sex sexual behaviour in male Indian meal moths
Same-sex sexual behaviours (SSSBs) are often deemed detrimental to fitness because they carry the same costs as sexual interactions with the opposite …
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Absolutely delighted to share that I have published my first first-author manuscript in #AnimalBehaviourJournal with
@zen-of-science.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Tabitha Beesley, where we looked at why male moths attempt same-sex mating!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@zen-of-science.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Tabitha Beesley, where we looked at why male moths attempt same-sex mating!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Baorangia bicolor / two-coloured bolete.
Black pen on paper.
Black pen on paper.
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Baorangia bicolor / two-coloured bolete.
Black pen on paper.
Black pen on paper.
Hortiboletus rubellus / ruby bolete:
black pen and acrylic on paper.
black pen and acrylic on paper.
September 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Hortiboletus rubellus / ruby bolete:
black pen and acrylic on paper.
black pen and acrylic on paper.
Coprinopsis atramentaria / common ink cap: black pen on paper.
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Coprinopsis atramentaria / common ink cap: black pen on paper.
Absolutely delighted to share that I have published my first first-author manuscript in #AnimalBehaviourJournal with
@zen-of-science.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Tabitha Beesley, where we looked at why male moths attempt same-sex mating!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@zen-of-science.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Tabitha Beesley, where we looked at why male moths attempt same-sex mating!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reduced male pheromone production and an increased female sex ratio promote same-sex sexual behaviour in male Indian meal moths
Same-sex sexual behaviours (SSSBs) are often deemed detrimental to fitness because they carry the same costs as sexual interactions with the opposite …
www.sciencedirect.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Absolutely delighted to share that I have published my first first-author manuscript in #AnimalBehaviourJournal with
@zen-of-science.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Tabitha Beesley, where we looked at why male moths attempt same-sex mating!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@zen-of-science.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Tabitha Beesley, where we looked at why male moths attempt same-sex mating!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
besides doing science, i also have a heavily biology-influenced art side hustle! here are dot-work skulls of some of UK’s most widely occurring birds: a great tit, a European starling and a common wood pigeon :)
July 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
besides doing science, i also have a heavily biology-influenced art side hustle! here are dot-work skulls of some of UK’s most widely occurring birds: a great tit, a European starling and a common wood pigeon :)
Reposted by Erika Kupyrova
An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below).
If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.
If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below).
If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.
If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.
Reposted by Erika Kupyrova
I say this every time de-extinction comes up: it makes no sense to devote science to bringing back extinct animals when we can’t be bothered to keep extant ones alive in the first place.
April 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I say this every time de-extinction comes up: it makes no sense to devote science to bringing back extinct animals when we can’t be bothered to keep extant ones alive in the first place.
Reposted by Erika Kupyrova
Beautiful Soviet Poster, 1981, "Protect Ants!" (БЕРЕГИТЕ МУРAВЬЕВ!)
March 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Beautiful Soviet Poster, 1981, "Protect Ants!" (БЕРЕГИТЕ МУРAВЬЕВ!)
Reposted by Erika Kupyrova
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...