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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 2d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 21d

New paper! Does associating with their mother in the early postnatal period buffer offspring from the consequences of prenatal stress (glucocorticoids) in a facultatively social lizard? No! Instead, maternal CORT altered offspring social phenotype:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Researcher's hand holding a small skink (Liopholis whitii)

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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 21d

In honour of "Postdoc Appreciation Week", a plug for a paper I was involved in 5 years ago (w/ @bjmjarrett.bsky.social, @muriellealund.bsky.social and others) in which we highlighted how academia could better support postdocs. There is much here that remains relevant! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Academic ecosystems must evolve to support a sustainable postdoc workforce - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The postdoctoral experience is in need of reform. Here the authors outline concrete steps that institutions, postdocs and mentors can take to improve the landscape.

www.nature.com

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IUSSI-NWES @iussi-nwes.bsky.social · Aug 26

📌North-West European IUSSI Winter Meeting 2025

We are happy to announce that our next meeting on the 18–19 December 2025 will be in Leuven, Belgium, hosted by @twenseleers.bsky.social and his team.

Plenary speakers: Ido Pen & Rahia Mashoodh @rmash.bsky.social

More details to follow 🐝🐜🪳🪲

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Damien Gergonne @damsgergonne.bsky.social · Aug 20

I presented my poster at the #ESEB2025 !

📢 Call for entomologists🐝 We are looking for Vespula germanica from Europe to further our understanding of the invasion dynamics of the species. Please get in touch!

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Behaviour, Ecology & Physiology at Bangor University @beps-bangor.bsky.social · Jul 8

New from @aaronc-research.bsky.social - drosophilid flies harbor a diverse microbiome! #drosophila
www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2025-07...

New research unravels the diversity and function of bacteria living inside wild fruit flies

Microbes, short for microorganisms, are tiny living things that are too small to see without a microscope, which include bacteria, virus and fungi. The study is available to read by clicking this link...

www.bangor.ac.uk

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Zanzibar Red Colobus Project @zrcp.bsky.social · Jun 25

Many congratulations to Molly Allum! She studied the crop foraging behaviour of the Zanzibar red colobus here in Jozani last year for her third year dissertation at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @beps-bangor.bsky.social ! Great dissertation - currently working on making it into a journal article!

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're delighted to announce the winner of our most recent Undergraduate Primatology Recognition Award: Molly Alum. 🎉

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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · Jun 24

In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Jun 19

New paper!

"Rapamycin, Not Metformin, Mirrors Dietary Restriction-Driven Lifespan Extension in Vertebrates: A Meta-Analysis"

tinyurl.com/yc6pkmbe

Using meta-analysis, we examined the average lifespan extension conferred by dietary restriction (DR), Metformin, and Rapamycin.

Rapamycin, Not Metformin, Mirrors Dietary Restriction‐Driven Lifespan Extension in Vertebrates: A Meta‐Analysis

The authors provide evidence that, together with Dietary Restriction, Rapamcyin and not Metformin, provides a significant lifespan extension in vertebrates.

tinyurl.com

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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎉We are delighted to announce that Professor Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social‬ will be the 3rd Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolution.

We look forward to welcoming him next year!

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Ritabrata Chowdhury @ritabrata1907.bsky.social · Jun 9

Happy to share the first paper from my PhD! We report the discovery of a new insect-plant interaction from Borneo, where one ant-plant has evolved sharp hooked trichomes to pierce and kill lycaenid caterpillars. However, one specialist can survive and has a counter-defence!

doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence | Biology Letters

The coevolution of insects and chemical plant defences has been described as an arms race, but it is unclear whether physical plant defences can produce similar outcomes. Here, we report a previously unknown interaction from the mutualism between ants and ...

doi.org

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · May 28

Our newest #RESPhysEnt paper reveals plant silicon defence disrupts cryptic colouration in an insect herbivore by restricting carotenoid sequestration into the haemolymph

Read the article🔽
doi.org/10.1111/phen.12492

@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wiley.com

Graphical abstract of: Plant silicon defence disrupts cryptic colouration in an insect herbivore by restricting carotenoid sequestration into the haemolymph

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Tim Coulson @timcoulson.bsky.social · May 27

Really enjoyed chatting with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social on the Life Scientific episode that was broadcast this morning. Thank you for having me on.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Life Scientific - Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution - BBC Sounds

Professor Tim Coulson on how the wolves of Yellowstone National Park shape the ecosystem.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Abhishek Meena, Ph.D. @abhishek11.bsky.social · May 28

🎉 Our new paper is out in Evolution!
We show how sexual selection shapes heat tolerance in Drosophila prolongata.
Males evolved under sperm competition suffer more under heat stress.
Led by @adenardo.bsky.social with @StefanLupold lab members.

academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

#sexualSelectio

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Kjetil Lysne Voje @klvoje.bsky.social · May 22

Are you seeking a postdoc opportunity? The Natural History Museum in Oslo is on the lookout for candidates who want to create their own projects. If you're interested in brainstorming project ideas, feel free to reach out! More information here:👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/280531/postdoctoral-fellow-self-developed-project"

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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · May 20

🏆Our hearty congratulations to Prof Claire Spottiswoode on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society!

Read more on the Zoology website: bit.ly/3H4rCCk

@royalsociety.org @africanornithology.bsky.social

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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · May 16

James Gilbert at Hull @jdjgilbert.bsky.social might have done?

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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · May 15

Has anyone here reared thrips in the lab before? I would appreciate a bit of advice. 🌱 #Entomology #Evolution 🌏

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Sean A. S. Anderson 🍉 @seananderson.bsky.social · May 14

I'm reviewing applicants later this week and will continue to accept new applications until the position is filled

Sean A. S. Anderson 🍉 @seananderson.bsky.social · Apr 12

I'm hiring a postdoc! Searching for a candidate interested in the process of speciation to come join me at Georgia Tech in Atlanta -- an exciting place with a growing core of eco-evolutionary researchers. Various skill sets will be applicable. Please share!

https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//GeorgiaTech.Speciation

The Anderson Lab at Georgia Tech is seeking a postdoctoral researcher interested in the process of speciation. The expected focus of the successful candidate's work will be questions related to evolut...

evol.mcmaster.ca

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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · May 7

Philip is an awesome coauthor and his lego creation perfectly summarises our paper on the emergence (evolution but also plasticity) of reproductive isolation at the very beginning of speciation!

Philip Downing @pipdowning.bsky.social · May 7

Scientists have experimentally recreated the speciation process in several species. They split one population of the same species into two, let them adapt to environment A or B, and then bring them back together. Our meta-analysis of these experiments may surprise you: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · May 7

Divergent selection and plasticity increases reproductive isolation early during incipient speciation. Find our new meta-analysis on experimental speciation studies here: rdcu.be/ek019 🧪 @EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy @pipdowning.bsky.social

Meta-analysis reveals that phenotypic plasticity and divergent selection promote reproductive isolation during incipient speciation

Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors examine factors affecting reproductive isolation in the early stages of speciation by collating data from 34 experimental speciation studies in 15...

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · Apr 22

Really excited that our DFG grant on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size variation in *Heliconius* has been funded :) In the next weeks, I will post an advert for a PhD, but if you know of good students, please suggest they get in touch. Please repost.

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CristinaTuni @cristinatuni.bsky.social · Apr 18

ISBE26-the 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference will take place in Turin, Italy, from 20-24th of July 2026. We invite you to join us to enjoy a 5-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities, in our beautiful city. Website out soon!
#ISBE26

Torino the place To be - short 1'

YouTube video by Turismo Torino e Provincia

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · Apr 9

And we're off! Our first blue tit egg was laid on 3 April 2025 - making this, by some margin, the earliest start to a season in the 12 years of our project! 🪺

#phenology #ukbirding #ornithology 🪶

A single blue tit egg in a nest inside a woodcrete nest box.

The change in date of the first blue tit egg in the Phenoweb project population. Black points represent the mean (+/- SE) first egg date in each year, across all sites on our transect (with day 1 equal to the 1 April). The light grey points represent the first egg date at each individual site. The regression line represents the estimated mean (+/- 95% CI) and is fitted through data from 2014-2024. The red point represents the date of our first egg found in the current 2025 season.

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