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Judith A.H. Smit
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NOMIS-STRI postdoc | Animal communication in changing environments | Treehoppers & Frogs | #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Evolution | 🇳🇱 in 🇵🇦 | she/her
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amphibianrescue.bsky.social
Thanks to @dinograndoni.bsky.social and photographer Melina Mara @washingtonpost.com for this great piece supported by the Pulitzer Center covering our efforts to mend broken tropical frog populations and their importance to human health #amphibianresilience #anfibioresiliente
bit.ly/4r1hblm
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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biobiiana.bsky.social
Don’t miss this opportunity to attend #ISBE2026 next year!
isbe2026.bsky.social ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · Sep 30
TRAVEL AWARDS - Apply for a travel award to support your trip, accommodation and registration! Application guidelines on www.isbe2026.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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bjking.bsky.social
"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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python.org
Hearts at the PSF are full today from the responses about the recent grant turn down news we shared. All of your kind words of support & solidarity, as well as your donations & new memberships, mean the world to us. We're so grateful to be in community with each of you 💛🐍💙
python.org Python Software Foundation @python.org · 29d
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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disnatalie.bsky.social
📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
vacatures.knaw.nl
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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andrewdcronin.bsky.social
Very excited and honored to have my photo featured in the latest issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology! 🐸

@eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social

If you'd like to read more about the research:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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sheldonbirds.bsky.social
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Examples of some recent papers from graduate students in my group - a full list of recent papers and preprints can be found here (https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=pTdxVdIAAAAJ) and profile of the group here: https://egioxford.web.ox.ac.uk/members The annual Wytham Field Team Photo! Celebrating a successful field season with great food & good company - May 2025 Front view of the Life & Mind Building, which opened in Oct 2025: The new home of Biology at Oxford
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
judithsmit.bsky.social
Membracis dorsata treehoppers (adults and nymphs) in Panama! One of my favorites at the moment. 😍

#insects #treehoppers #membracids
October 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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mothprof.bsky.social
I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds
Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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bioacousticsau.bsky.social
Breaking News 🚨: Our #bioacoustics 🔉🐬🦇lab seeks a permanent new colleague in a tenure-track assistant professor 🥷position. Excited? Then join our vibrant group of 15 researchers, postdocs and PhD students at AU who work with #marinemammal #acoustics, #conservation #physiology and #effectsofnoise!
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Bioacoustic Physiology - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Zoofysiologi, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
August 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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sandragoutte.bsky.social
Happy to share that our paper on the #evolution and #genomics of the most common #color polymorphism in #frogs is now out in @pnas.org! My favorite frogs even made the cover of this week’s issue! 🎉🐸🎉

Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A pair of Ehiopian grass frogs (Ptychadena nana) on the cover of PNAS this week!
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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kdarragh.bsky.social
I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
Green butterfly sat on a flower.
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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andrewdcronin.bsky.social
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?

We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.

Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social

Photo: Grant Maslowski
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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melissahrowe.bsky.social
3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info!

nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
nioo.knaw.nl
August 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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hudrewthis.bsky.social
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
judithsmit.bsky.social
Interested in doing a 3-month #internship on treehopper vibrational communication at STRI in Panama? 🤩 Check this out:

stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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lukelarter.bsky.social
Internship opportunity to work with me (in collaboration with Drs. Matt Fuxjager and Rachel Page) next year to investigate links between physiological performance capacities and call properties in tungara frogs. Please share with those who might be interested!
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Identifying Physiological Constraints on Call Properties and Calling Strategies in Túngara Frogs
stri.si.edu
August 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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inesismartins.bsky.social
3-year #Postdoc opportunity at the University of York!
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.

Deadline: 10th August 2025.

All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst

@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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sortee.bsky.social
📷 The 2025 SORTEE conference program is now online!

Visit sortee.org/upcoming/ to register and explore the exciting lineup of various sessions.

#SORTEE2025

If you know a great open science project, now is the time to nominate it for a SORTEE Award www.sortee.org/awards/
August 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
judithsmit.bsky.social
Beautiful #treehoppers (Umbonia crassicornis or thorn bugs) in our garden in Panama! 😍 With a body length of ~1cm one of the biggest species around!

#treehopper #membracids #insects
July 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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animalecology.bsky.social
"In our study, we find that urbanization speeds up tadpole development and increased behavioral plasticity. However, exposure to urban conditions also decreased tadpole size, which may cause adult frogs to become smaller and less attractive for mates"
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FxGf8KD
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
judithsmit.bsky.social
Awesome study, check it out!!
samjakeengland.bsky.social Sam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social · Jul 24
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS
The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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samjakeengland.bsky.social
In some species, the function of the treehopper's pronotum (the body part that forms the crazy structures) is intuitive - for example, there are species that look like thorns, which presumably helps them hide from predators or injure attackers. But in many species, a function is not obvious...
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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animal-prattle.bsky.social
Reminder we have a starter pack!

Recently added @earthspecies.bsky.social @erin-wall.bsky.social and @judithsmit.bsky.social.

If you work in / post about acoustic communication (broadly defined!) let us know and we'll add you

& don't forget you can post in our #prattle 💬 feed using that magic tag
animal-prattle.bsky.social animal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social · Mar 7
Pinned update: posts by @nicholdav.bsky.social @nickjourjine.bsky.social (also organizes @braincoustics.bsky.social) & @alenalem.bsky.social

And you! If you're in our starter pack
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post to our feed by adding:
#prattle 💬

We also tag #bioacoustics + #neuroskyence as appropriate
July 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM