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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 19d

"Ladybugs of the sea" in formation 💃 These beauties took the top honors of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/2025...

two very tiny sea creatures balance on a frond of coral

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 27d

This isn't how birding is supposed to work!

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Chloé Schmidt @chloology.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking for a PhD? 2 open positions in a fun lab, with an awesome advisor!! 👇

Michael Gerth @mgerth.bsky.social · Jul 23

Two fully funded #PhD positions on insect #Symbiosis available in our lab: Spiroplasma in Neotropical Arthropods (tinyurl.com/spiroplasma) & Psyllid symbionts (tinyurl.com/psyllids).
Please contact me for any questions & share widely #symbiosky #academicjobs

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Chloé Schmidt @chloology.bsky.social · Jul 23

hello! Could I be added to the list? Thanks www.dal.ca/faculty/scie...

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Jul 7

✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨

Please spread the word!

www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

#CSEE2025

A blue poster describing opportunities to join the Bernhardt Lab -- for more information please see https://www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · May 15

The 2025 Cooper Award @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social has been awarded to the authors of “Harmonizing taxon names in biodiversity data: A review of tools, databases and best practices”.
Congratulations to Matthias Grenié, @smartenwinter.bsky.social & all co-authors! 🥂🎉
www.idiv.de/cooper-award...

Authors of iDiv paper awarded W.S. Cooper Award

ESA’s 2025 Cooper Award Honors Groundbreaking Work on Taxonomic Harmonization in Biodiversity Research

www.idiv.de

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 1

Post your art or photo by May 15 to enter!

Evolution Students @ssegrad.bsky.social · Apr 21

🦋 Call for Submissions!!!
🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award.
🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Apr 24

Wildlife Research Analyst position with Ontario MNR. Focus on combining telemetry and genomics datasets. Apply by May 1st: www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx...

Ontario Public Service Careers - Job Preview

www.gojobs.gov.on.ca

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Chloé Schmidt @chloology.bsky.social · Apr 21

Could I be added to the contributor list? Thanks!

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Chloé Schmidt @chloology.bsky.social · Apr 21

I’m recruiting a PhD student in macrogenetics at Dalhousie University 🇨🇦! Focus will be on the biogeography of vertebrate genetic diversity or urban evolutionary ecology.
Full ad: www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org/macrogenetic...
If the ad is up, applications are still open.
Please share widely! 🧬🧬

Macrogenetics PhD position | schmidt-biodiversity-lab

www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org

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Ricardo J Pereira @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social · Apr 8

🦤🧬🧑‍🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.

🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!

🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️

Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Open positions

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Apr 3

Squirrels are good!

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · Apr 3

Squirrel of the Day for April 3, 2025 looked at her 401K #sqrlpix

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · Mar 26

From swimming guillemots and sun-dappled Scots pines to a coy seal and ravenous pigeons, the winners of this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards celebrate the diversity of animal life across Great Britain. 🐦

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/brit...

a photograph of four feral pigeons walking toward the camera, framed by a bag of French fries

a photograph of a fox on a pedestrian bridge in Bristol

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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · Mar 24

hiiii come chat with me about how to make stellar presentations to tell your science stories 🥲🫶🏼

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CSZ-SCZ Official @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social · Mar 24

Upcoming webinar on March 31, 2025 at 2:00-3:00pm EST (11:00-12:00pm PST) entitled "Tips and Tricks for Posters and Presentations - Scientific illustration as a powerful tool for communicating science."
Further details and registration can be found at this link:
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Tips and Tricks for Posters and Presentations CSZ Webinar Sign-up

This form is to record attendees for the upcoming webinar. There will be a question period during the webinar but this form also provides the chance to list any questions you may have for our panelis...

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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · Mar 10

A new and exciting @nature.com Communications study reveals baleen whales operate the planet's largest nutrient transport system, moving tons of nitrogen and carbon from polar feeding grounds to tropical breeding areas. Great job @jjkiszka.bsky.social and coauthors ✨

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · Mar 5

Protected Areas are important for global conservation. However, their impact on genetic diversity has long remained unclear.

Check out our new paper lead by @chloology.bsky.social which answers this question for mammals and fish. 🧪

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#ProtectedAreas #Science #Biodiversity

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Jason Munshi-South @urbanevol.bsky.social · Feb 17

Immediately assigning this new paper to my pop gen students! Waples publishes some real hits - "What is a population?" is another instant classic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size

This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Juan Carvajal-Quintero @juancarvq.bsky.social · Feb 14

PhD project alert! 🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab and the MacroSize network to investigate the trends, patterns, and processes driving intraspecific variation in fish body size in the Anthropocene. Exciting opportunity to explore ecological dynamics in a changing world! :) 🌎🐟🐠🐡

PhD Advertisement that reads:

I am recruiting a PhD student to join MacroSize, a new international research network advancing hypotheses and theories on intraspecific body size variability in fish.

The selected candidate will co-develop the project, analyze large datasets, and collaborate closely with MacroSize members, including co-leads Pablo Tedesco, Ignasi Arranz, Xingli Giam, and Juan Carvajal-Quintero.

To apply, Send your CV and a motivation letter to juan.carvajal@dal.ca. Applications are open now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Start date September 2025 (flexible).

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James B Dorey @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social · Jan 16

✨International fieldwork bee/fly Honours degree opportunity✨
I am happy to be able to share an opportunity with myself and a few others at the Uni of Wollongong to undertake an Honours research degree with field work in Fiji!
You will get a scholarship on your CV but must be an Australian Citizen
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Jon Cairns 🦒 @joncairns.bsky.social · Dec 30

This is a paid fellowship to draw mushrooms in upstate New York this summer. Seems relevant to some of y’all’s interests. 🍄

SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR FELLOWSHIP

Collaborations between artists and scientists are increasing the quality of public engagement and the accessibility of the research being conducted.

www.esf.edu

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · Dec 18

Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels

In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...

An adult California ground squirrel holding a California vole between its paws and consuming its head

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W. Chris Funk @fieldgenomics.bsky.social · Dec 18

What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability? (And equally important, what CAN'T it reveal??) These are key questions that @martykardos.bsky.social, Lukas Keller, and I address in our new paper in a Molecular Ecology special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#congens

Lukas Keller, Chris Funk, and fury toothy friend.

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Colin Garroway @colingarroway.bsky.social · Dec 17

🧪🧬We're hiring for three new tenure-track positions🧪🧬

We're a friendly and collaborative department @umanitoba.bsky.social with lots of great research happening. Into genetics, dev bio, cell bio, specialized metabolism… we'd love to hear from you!! 🧪🧬🌎

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Olivia Wilkins Lab @oli-wilkins.bsky.social · Dec 16

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📣 3 tenure track positions @umanitoba.bsky.social Bio Sci. All positions are in cell and systems biology:

1 in syn bio or biochem
2 in aquatic organisms (🌿, 🐟, 🪱, …)

Genetics, dev bio, cell bio, specialized metabolism…

viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.ASPX...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Nov 24

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · Dec 6

Calling all artists & creatives!
Help shape the face of Conservation Letters! We're seeking iconic, stylized art that captures the beauty & diversity of conservation science for the new cover of @consletters.bsky.social. 🎨📸🌍
#conservation #ecology #artcompetition

Conservation Letters @consletters.bsky.social · Dec 6

Calling all our multi-talented readers 📢 As we shift in 2025 to continuous publication, Conservation Letters will start using a single cover image. We'd like your help with finding a good design! For more details please see here: conbio.org/publications... 🦑🌍🧪🦈

Showcase Your Talent: Conservation Letters Cover Contest!

The Society for Conservation Biology is global community of conservation professionals dedicated to advancing the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity.

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