Judith A.H. Smit
@judithsmit.bsky.social
NOMIS-STRI postdoc | Animal communication in changing environments | Treehoppers & Frogs | #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Evolution | 🇳🇱 in 🇵🇦 | she/her
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How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
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My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
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Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
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February 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Applicants in all marine fields are encouraged to apply. This includes marine behavioral ecology, sensory biology, bioacoustics, movement ecology…
⏰ Deadline is Feb 15, 2026
📣 Please help us spread the word!
⏰ Deadline is Feb 15, 2026
📣 Please help us spread the word!
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welf...
www.stri.si.edu
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Applicants in all marine fields are encouraged to apply. This includes marine behavioral ecology, sensory biology, bioacoustics, movement ecology…
⏰ Deadline is Feb 15, 2026
📣 Please help us spread the word!
⏰ Deadline is Feb 15, 2026
📣 Please help us spread the word!
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Come join us in beautiful Stockholm! A fun project using a cool system in a great place with an amazing supervisor - so many reasons to apply 🐟 🇸🇪
Stockholm University seeks a PhD student for a 4-year project on female sexual selection in pygmy halfbeaks. Strong interest in evolutionary and behavioral research needed. Apply by Feb 15, 2026: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:893229/ #phd
PhD student in Animal Behaviour
PhD student in Animal Behaviour
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January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm! A fun project using a cool system in a great place with an amazing supervisor - so many reasons to apply 🐟 🇸🇪
Enchophyllum treehoppers, caught in the process of molting. The adult is initially very pale and will turn black with two spots in a matter of hours!
#insects #membracids #treehopper
#insects #membracids #treehopper
January 23, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Enchophyllum treehoppers, caught in the process of molting. The adult is initially very pale and will turn black with two spots in a matter of hours!
#insects #membracids #treehopper
#insects #membracids #treehopper
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We're bringing back Open Science Shop + Mothbox meetings in 2026! Interested in manufacturing Mothboxes locally? Then these meetings are perfect for you! New meeting times: 1am and 3pm UTC. @dinalab.bsky.social
Interested in building & selling Mothboxes locally? We're starting up a working group of vendors across the globe interested in manufacturing Mothboxes ✨ Join us for our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC! @dinalab.bsky.social
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
Join the Mothbox Working Group for our first meeting!
We're kicking off the Mothbox Working Group with our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC.
www.openscienceshop.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
We're bringing back Open Science Shop + Mothbox meetings in 2026! Interested in manufacturing Mothboxes locally? Then these meetings are perfect for you! New meeting times: 1am and 3pm UTC. @dinalab.bsky.social
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🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welf...
www.stri.si.edu
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
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We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
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The inaugural Gordon Research Conference in Urban Evolution and Ecology, which will be held Jan 31-Feb 5, 2027, in Ventura, California.
You can watch for updates at www.grc.org/urban-ecolog....
You can also sign up to receive email updates here: forms.gle/XJWskPTEgWmX....
You can watch for updates at www.grc.org/urban-ecolog....
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January 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
The inaugural Gordon Research Conference in Urban Evolution and Ecology, which will be held Jan 31-Feb 5, 2027, in Ventura, California.
You can watch for updates at www.grc.org/urban-ecolog....
You can also sign up to receive email updates here: forms.gle/XJWskPTEgWmX....
You can watch for updates at www.grc.org/urban-ecolog....
You can also sign up to receive email updates here: forms.gle/XJWskPTEgWmX....
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A gallery of treehoppers, a delightful lineage of sap-feeding, singing insects with a bizarre assortment of body ornaments.
Treehoppers: Membracidae & Aetalionidae - Alex Wild
A gallery of treehoppers, a specialized lineage of leafhoppers with highly modified pronota.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A gallery of treehoppers, a delightful lineage of sap-feeding, singing insects with a bizarre assortment of body ornaments.
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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
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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
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
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bit.ly/4r1hblm
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Don’t miss this opportunity to attend #ISBE2026 next year!
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
Don’t miss this opportunity to attend #ISBE2026 next year!
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"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
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October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"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 🧪
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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 💛🐍💙
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
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October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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 💛🐍💙
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📢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
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
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❗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
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October 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢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
🔬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
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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/...
@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
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/...
@eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social
If you'd like to read more about the research:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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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...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Membracis dorsata treehoppers (adults and nymphs) in Panama! One of my favorites at the moment. 😍
#insects #treehoppers #membracids
#insects #treehoppers #membracids
October 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Membracis dorsata treehoppers (adults and nymphs) in Panama! One of my favorites at the moment. 😍
#insects #treehoppers #membracids
#insects #treehoppers #membracids
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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...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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...
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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
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!
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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/...
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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/...
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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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
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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
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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
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
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
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
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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...
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...
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August 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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...
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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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.
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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.
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
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior