Maria Sagot
@mariasagot.bsky.social
Associate Professor at SUNY Oswego | Bat Behavioral Ecologist | She/her 🦇
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🐘 New research - Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🐘 New research - Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales
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Cool work, birds disperse truffles www.cell.com/current-biol...
Discovering the role of Patagonian birds in the dispersal of truffles and other mycorrhizal fungi
Caiafa et al. explore the role of Patagonian birds in the dispersal of mycorrhizal
fungi. Metagenomic analyses of fecal samples show that birds consume a wide diversity
of truffles and other mycorrhiz...
www.cell.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Cool work, birds disperse truffles www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Writing a good cover letter used to be an “honest signal” — costly and likely indicative that you can do the job. Now that it isn’t, what will replace it? In the short term term probably individual networks, but that’s not scaleable to large organisations
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Writing a good cover letter used to be an “honest signal” — costly and likely indicative that you can do the job. Now that it isn’t, what will replace it? In the short term term probably individual networks, but that’s not scaleable to large organisations
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Beavers create habitats for bats and support endangered species phys.org/news/2025-11...
Beavers create habitats for bats and support endangered species
Many species benefit from the habitats that beavers create by building dams—and not just aquatic life. A new study by the WSL and Eawag research institutes published in the Journal of Animal Ecology s...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Beavers create habitats for bats and support endangered species phys.org/news/2025-11...
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The lovely and much-missed Claire’s final paper is published today, on the science results of the Bats in Churches project - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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🐜New study provides the first examination of social immunity in a supercolonial ant subject to attack by a specialist pathogen. The study directly manipulates the nest template to see how space shapes the outcome of social immune behaviours
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐜New study provides the first examination of social immunity in a supercolonial ant subject to attack by a specialist pathogen. The study directly manipulates the nest template to see how space shapes the outcome of social immune behaviours
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New paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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"The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal"
doi.org/10.32942/X2Z...
doi.org/10.32942/X2Z...
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal"
doi.org/10.32942/X2Z...
doi.org/10.32942/X2Z...
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Our synthesis on patterns of bird diversity and diversification dynamics in South America is available online:
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
New Perspectives in Ornithology
People have been long-fascinated with birds, and their scientific study has been central to advances in evolution, animal behavior, biogeography, population dynamics, and community ecology. Research q...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our synthesis on patterns of bird diversity and diversification dynamics in South America is available online:
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
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“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”
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Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers'
Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly vanish into the background.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”
#scicomm
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"Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10... .
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges - News - Bat Conservation Trust
New study reveals England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats
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October 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10... .
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j... via @statnews.com
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j... via @statnews.com
Great paper on bat evolution: An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
Bats are one of the most widespread, species-rich, ecologically and morphologically diverse mammal lineages, and the only mammals capable of powered flight. Due to their evolution within the constrain...
www.annualreviews.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great paper on bat evolution: An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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🚨🦇New paper alert! We integrate information across fields to highlight key traits associated with the diversification of #bats, their roles as evolutionary drivers, and their importance to global ecosystems:
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
Bats are one of the most widespread, species-rich, ecologically and morphologically diverse mammal lineages, and the only mammals capable of powered flight. Due to their evolution within the constrain...
www.annualreviews.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨🦇New paper alert! We integrate information across fields to highlight key traits associated with the diversification of #bats, their roles as evolutionary drivers, and their importance to global ecosystems:
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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So excited to finally share our work on how birds responded to the 2024 Great American Eclipse! Thanks to @rosvall-lab.bsky.social for inviting me on this journey! I never expected any of my research to show up in @science.org, let alone on the cover. Surreal. I hope you enjoy it!
As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.
Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL
Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So excited to finally share our work on how birds responded to the 2024 Great American Eclipse! Thanks to @rosvall-lab.bsky.social for inviting me on this journey! I never expected any of my research to show up in @science.org, let alone on the cover. Surreal. I hope you enjoy it!
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Looking for a wildlife volunteering adventure? 🦇
Join African Bat Conservation in Malawi! Help with bat surveys, gain field experience, and support local communities.
Learn more: www.africanbatconservation.org/volunteer
#Bats #Malawi #Africa #Wildlife #Conservation #Nature #Ecology #Volunteering
Join African Bat Conservation in Malawi! Help with bat surveys, gain field experience, and support local communities.
Learn more: www.africanbatconservation.org/volunteer
#Bats #Malawi #Africa #Wildlife #Conservation #Nature #Ecology #Volunteering
October 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge url: academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...
How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge
The Mammal Diversity Database 2.0, listing 6,759 mammal species and 50,230 species-level synonyms, unifies 267 yr of taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geograph
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September 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge url: academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...
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Inferential theories are on the rise in cognitive science. But what does it mean to infer? Check out our take on inference across a variety of (neuro)cognitive systems.
Inference in (neuro)cognitive systems | 9 | Neurocognitive Foundations
Cognitive scientists ascribe inferential processes to (neuro)cognitive systems to explain many of their capacities. Since these ascriptions have different
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September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Inferential theories are on the rise in cognitive science. But what does it mean to infer? Check out our take on inference across a variety of (neuro)cognitive systems.
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This is a helpful guide for students new to the publishing game. A step-by-step guide to getting your manuscript across the finish line, from start to finish.
I appreciate how it doesn't assume hidden curriculum and is informed by the author's experience with English not being his first language.
I appreciate how it doesn't assume hidden curriculum and is informed by the author's experience with English not being his first language.
🚨Big news🚨
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is a helpful guide for students new to the publishing game. A step-by-step guide to getting your manuscript across the finish line, from start to finish.
I appreciate how it doesn't assume hidden curriculum and is informed by the author's experience with English not being his first language.
I appreciate how it doesn't assume hidden curriculum and is informed by the author's experience with English not being his first language.
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#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends
September 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends
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Bioacoustics Winter School - January 2026
Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab
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September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bioacoustics Winter School - January 2026
Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
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Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies?
Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!
Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!
Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
ecoevorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies?
Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!
Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!
Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...