@pmichalik.bsky.social
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🚨We are looking for neurobiologists who are interested in joining our team as section speakers of the German Zoological Society. If you enjoy interacting with your fellow neuro-addicts, want to help shape the direction of our society and section, and have a knack for organizing symposia let us know🚨
January 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM
🚨We are looking for neurobiologists who are interested in joining our team as section speakers of the German Zoological Society. If you enjoy interacting with your fellow neuro-addicts, want to help shape the direction of our society and section, and have a knack for organizing symposia let us know🚨
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Natural history museums "play an important role as witnesses to the ever so vanishing diversity of organisms." Here is some data on the arachnological collection of the Natural History Museum of Bern in Switzerland: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@unibe.ch
@unibe.ch
December 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Natural history museums "play an important role as witnesses to the ever so vanishing diversity of organisms." Here is some data on the arachnological collection of the Natural History Museum of Bern in Switzerland: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@unibe.ch
@unibe.ch
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As an early Christmas gift, @journal-evo.bsky.social accepted @kenstoyama.bsky.social and my paper on macroevolutionary patterns of ornament evolution in birds of paradise! 🦚
Check it out here:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Check it out here:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Allometry, sexual dimorphism, and sexual trait elaboration in the birds of paradise
Abstract. Sexually selected traits include not only some of the most elaborate phenotypes in nature, but also some of the most diverse and sexually dimorph
academic.oup.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As an early Christmas gift, @journal-evo.bsky.social accepted @kenstoyama.bsky.social and my paper on macroevolutionary patterns of ornament evolution in birds of paradise! 🦚
Check it out here:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Check it out here:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Bark spiders are some of nature’s best engineers. They spin webs that stretch across entire rivers in Madagascar; their silk is stronger than steel—and the toughest on Earth.
But only females craft the mightiest webs, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/4pmXX8B
But only females craft the mightiest webs, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/4pmXX8B
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Bark spiders are some of nature’s best engineers. They spin webs that stretch across entire rivers in Madagascar; their silk is stronger than steel—and the toughest on Earth.
But only females craft the mightiest webs, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/4pmXX8B
But only females craft the mightiest webs, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/4pmXX8B
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We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).
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New paper on bark spiders, who build the largest webs made out of the toughest silk. We show that their extremely tough silk, which is potentially metabolically costly, is limited to large females. Juveniles and males use inferior silk.
New publication!
Orb weavers evolved some of the toughest silk, reaching extremes in bark spiders, genus Caerostris. We investigate sex and stage specific patterns in silk properties and find that extremely tough silk is limited to adult females.
www.ezlab.si/post/extreme...
Orb weavers evolved some of the toughest silk, reaching extremes in bark spiders, genus Caerostris. We investigate sex and stage specific patterns in silk properties and find that extremely tough silk is limited to adult females.
www.ezlab.si/post/extreme...
Extreme silk toughness in Caerostris spiders is limited to adult females
Spider silks are protein fibers, renowned for their remarkable intrinsic mechanical properties. Dragline or major ampullate (MA) silk is particularly noteworthy for its combination of high tensile str...
www.ezlab.si
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New paper on bark spiders, who build the largest webs made out of the toughest silk. We show that their extremely tough silk, which is potentially metabolically costly, is limited to large females. Juveniles and males use inferior silk.
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#LIBresearch: A new review explains that speciation doesn’t follow one universal pathway — instead, multiple interacting processes shape how new species emerge across environments and evolutionary contexts. → doi.org/10.1111/mec....
#speciation #evolution #biodiversity
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#speciation #evolution #biodiversity
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November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#LIBresearch: A new review explains that speciation doesn’t follow one universal pathway — instead, multiple interacting processes shape how new species emerge across environments and evolutionary contexts. → doi.org/10.1111/mec....
#speciation #evolution #biodiversity
©Adobe Stock, studio
#speciation #evolution #biodiversity
©Adobe Stock, studio
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Meet our Plenary Speaker Daniela Rößler
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Meet our Plenary Speaker Daniela Rößler
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
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This Male Walckenaeria acuminata may be common but its a fantastic looking spider, since getting into Linys this Genus is so fasinating. And its great that the male and female of this species can be Identified with a hand Lens.
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This Male Walckenaeria acuminata may be common but its a fantastic looking spider, since getting into Linys this Genus is so fasinating. And its great that the male and female of this species can be Identified with a hand Lens.
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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🎉 BROKEN RECORD!
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
Record-breaking success: Study on spider megacolony is the most popular article published by Pensoft
In less than a month, a paper in Subterranean Biology surpassed nearly 27,000 Pensoft studies in popularity.
blog.pensoft.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🎉 BROKEN RECORD!
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
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💦 Weiter geht’s in der Vortragsreihe „Neue Moorlandschaften“!
Am 17. Nov, 18 Uhr spricht Dr. Tjorven Hinzke über: „Wer isst wen in wiedervernässten Mooren?“
📍 @wiko-greifswald.bsky.social in #Greifswald oder online
Mehr Info: tinyurl.com/wetscapes2
Am 17. Nov, 18 Uhr spricht Dr. Tjorven Hinzke über: „Wer isst wen in wiedervernässten Mooren?“
📍 @wiko-greifswald.bsky.social in #Greifswald oder online
Mehr Info: tinyurl.com/wetscapes2
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
💦 Weiter geht’s in der Vortragsreihe „Neue Moorlandschaften“!
Am 17. Nov, 18 Uhr spricht Dr. Tjorven Hinzke über: „Wer isst wen in wiedervernässten Mooren?“
📍 @wiko-greifswald.bsky.social in #Greifswald oder online
Mehr Info: tinyurl.com/wetscapes2
Am 17. Nov, 18 Uhr spricht Dr. Tjorven Hinzke über: „Wer isst wen in wiedervernässten Mooren?“
📍 @wiko-greifswald.bsky.social in #Greifswald oder online
Mehr Info: tinyurl.com/wetscapes2
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@maitryjani.bsky.social from my lab @evoimec.bsky.social talks about her scientific journey and newest paper in @jexpbiol.bsky.social ERC Spotlight:
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@maitryjani.bsky.social from my lab @evoimec.bsky.social talks about her scientific journey and newest paper in @jexpbiol.bsky.social ERC Spotlight:
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
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City spiders! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/s...
Everyone in the City Needs Soundproofing, Even Spiders
Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
City spiders! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/s...
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Species- versus specimen-level congruence between DNA barcodes and morphology. Species-level dominates papers but specimen-level matters more for sample evaluation. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes..." in Ann Rev Ent: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
March 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Species- versus specimen-level congruence between DNA barcodes and morphology. Species-level dominates papers but specimen-level matters more for sample evaluation. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes..." in Ann Rev Ent: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I have a new article published, with 300+ coauthors! There were dozens of researchers analysing the same two datasets + dozens of researchers reviewing the analyses. Lots of variability in the results. This was the first many-analysts study in ecology. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology - BMC Biology
Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I have a new article published, with 300+ coauthors! There were dozens of researchers analysing the same two datasets + dozens of researchers reviewing the analyses. Lots of variability in the results. This was the first many-analysts study in ecology. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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🌱 Job-Alarm: Wissenschaftskommunikation & Moorökologie! 🌿📢
Die Uni Greifswald sucht eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (50%, E13 TV-L) für WETSCAPES2.0! 🌍
📅 Deadline: 17.02.2025 - www.uni-greifswald.de/wetscapes2
Die Uni Greifswald sucht eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (50%, E13 TV-L) für WETSCAPES2.0! 🌍
📅 Deadline: 17.02.2025 - www.uni-greifswald.de/wetscapes2
February 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🌱 Job-Alarm: Wissenschaftskommunikation & Moorökologie! 🌿📢
Die Uni Greifswald sucht eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (50%, E13 TV-L) für WETSCAPES2.0! 🌍
📅 Deadline: 17.02.2025 - www.uni-greifswald.de/wetscapes2
Die Uni Greifswald sucht eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (50%, E13 TV-L) für WETSCAPES2.0! 🌍
📅 Deadline: 17.02.2025 - www.uni-greifswald.de/wetscapes2
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World Wetlands Day war gestern, aber nasse Moore sind heute nicht weniger aktuell: Im @zdfde.bsky.social lesen, wie toMOORow Unternehmen für nasse Moore und ihre nachhaltige Nutzung gewinnt:
www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
Moore zur Klimarettung? Eine Chance für Klima und Industrie
Die Initiative "toMOORow" will zusammen mit 15 großen Unternehmen eine Moorwende. Das soll Klimaschutz und Wirtschaft verbinden.
www.zdf.de
February 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
World Wetlands Day war gestern, aber nasse Moore sind heute nicht weniger aktuell: Im @zdfde.bsky.social lesen, wie toMOORow Unternehmen für nasse Moore und ihre nachhaltige Nutzung gewinnt:
www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
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We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to develop the data management infrastructure of the collaborative research centre WETSCAPES2.0 and to investigate new automatic methods for quality assurance of heterogenous data. shorturl.at/yI47b @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in - Institut für Data Science 25/Sa01
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Data Science
shorturl.at
January 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to develop the data management infrastructure of the collaborative research centre WETSCAPES2.0 and to investigate new automatic methods for quality assurance of heterogenous data. shorturl.at/yI47b @unigreifswald.bsky.social
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A feast about to happen: the very rare and critically endangered Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider showing off her impressive mouthparts, whilst carrying around her 8-legged prey 🕷️🧪
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
November 25, 2024 at 9:05 PM
A feast about to happen: the very rare and critically endangered Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider showing off her impressive mouthparts, whilst carrying around her 8-legged prey 🕷️🧪
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
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karriere-in-mv.de/stelle/9195-...
Wir bieten 10 bezahlte Stellen für Bachelor- und Master-Absolvent*innen in einem 5-jährigen Qualifizierungsprogramm zur Moor-Renaturierung und Klimaschutz.
Start: April 2025
Bewerbungsschluss: 13. Januar 2025
Wir bieten 10 bezahlte Stellen für Bachelor- und Master-Absolvent*innen in einem 5-jährigen Qualifizierungsprogramm zur Moor-Renaturierung und Klimaschutz.
Start: April 2025
Bewerbungsschluss: 13. Januar 2025
January 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
karriere-in-mv.de/stelle/9195-...
Wir bieten 10 bezahlte Stellen für Bachelor- und Master-Absolvent*innen in einem 5-jährigen Qualifizierungsprogramm zur Moor-Renaturierung und Klimaschutz.
Start: April 2025
Bewerbungsschluss: 13. Januar 2025
Wir bieten 10 bezahlte Stellen für Bachelor- und Master-Absolvent*innen in einem 5-jährigen Qualifizierungsprogramm zur Moor-Renaturierung und Klimaschutz.
Start: April 2025
Bewerbungsschluss: 13. Januar 2025