Membracis dorsata treehoppers (adults and nymphs) in Panama! One of my favorites at the moment. 😍

#insects #treehoppers #membracids

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...

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!

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/...

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

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

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...

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.

Also lots of other cool projects at STRI that are open for interns/fellows: stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

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

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...

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

📷 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/

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

"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

Awesome study, check it out!!

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...

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

Hi there! Great to see this starter pack. Would it be possible to be added? I work with treehopper and frog behavior 😁

Decided to become a member of @sortee.bsky.social! Excited to learn more about and be involved with open science in ecology & evolutionary biology!

A recent preprint from us. Tungara frogs use multifaceted cues to social context to guide adaptive flexibility in calling strategies. Cues involve conspecific stimulation patterns experienced between calls, and how these patterns interact with endogenous call rhythms.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop more quickly but reach smaller sizes than those in forests, likely reflecting adaptation to warmer, predator-scarce city environments. doi.org/g9rvgp

I am looking for a Postdoc and a PhD student who want to study the neuronal mechanisms of the bee's waggle dance. 🐝 More details can be found on our webpage:

www.spatial-navigation.com/open-positio...

Andrew Cronin tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “urban developmental environments alter tadpole phenotypes depending on origin”, in our recent blog post:
buff.ly/OVa6Upu 🐸