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Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 8d

📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 14d

Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!

Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!

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ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 15d

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 23d

Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc

I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.

Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x

Deadline 01 Dec 2025

Please share widely!

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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 29d

"...it checks all the boxes — authentic science, student-led inquiry, & ready-to-go NGSS-aligned materials..." 😊

Check out this guest post from @brewerbiology.bsky.social after teaching our free unit about @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's research 🐸🔊🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/what-ca...

What Can Singing Frogs Teach Us About Evolutionary Tradeoffs? — Galactic Polymath

Will female frogs be attracted to males who produce many short calls or to males with fewer, longer calls? This evolutionary tradeoff was the question my high school biology students investigated in t...

www.galacticpolymath.com

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Sep 8

New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.

This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model

Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...

www.biorxiv.org

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Chris Clark @selasphorus1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Postdoc advertisement!

Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉

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Andre Moncrieff @andremoncrieff.bsky.social · Aug 25

🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.

Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation

👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org

Please share!

Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution

The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...

www.moncriefflab.org

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Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social · Jul 18

New publication! 🚨

If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦

We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types.
@ucc.ie

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Schematic of the structure of the paper. We looked at dietary differences between ages and sexes, seasons and habitat types. We looked at the identity of prey in the diet and the number of dietary items.

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Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social · Jul 18

Many thanks to my co-authors John Quinn, Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social and Jordan Cuff @jordancuff.bsky.social . Also remembering Bill Symondson who I really enjoyed working with and who would have been pleased to see this work out there.

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Jul 8

I was proud to take part in this event! (Even if very annoyed that a terminated NSF grant got me there) Every effort to communicate the importance of scientific research matters

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is an excellent tool, I'm really happy to have contributed to its development! I think it will be especially useful for teaching #bioacoustics

Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · Jun 24

Good news! After almost a year of development, we're so pleased to share SoundLab: An #openaccess tool for *seeing* & analyzing sounds. Intended as a teaching tool for middle school to college—introduce students to #bioacoustics & the science of sound 🧪🔊🐋🪶🎶🐦‍⬛
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/dive-in...

Dive into Sound with SoundLab: A Free Tool for Acoustic Exploration — Galactic Polymath

Ever wondered what a bird song looks like, or how to visually understand the different frequencies in your favorite music? That's where SoundLab comes in! SoundLab is a free, web-based app designed to...

www.galacticpolymath.com

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Neil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · May 16

I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word

www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities

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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · May 9

We love it! 🤩🐸
Great to see students diving into data in our Balancing Act unit based on @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's NSF funded research! #SaveNSF 🧪

Rebecca Brewer @brewerbiology.bsky.social · May 9

Fun day having students listen and view 🐸 call spectrograms then calculate the call durations and frequencies to determine who will attract the most frog ladies! Students learned about tradeoffs, either long calls or frequent calls, you can’t have both! Great lessons by @galacticpolymath.com

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Rebecca Brewer @brewerbiology.bsky.social · May 9

Students listened to 🐸 calls and analyzed their spectrograms to learn about tradeoffs in nature: frogs can have long calls or frequent calls, not both! Then tried to figure out which call attracts more ladies.

Great lesson set called Balancing Act by Galactic Polymath! www.galacticpolymath.com

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Please DM or email me also, in the same boat

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is a really exciting app for #bioacoustics, especially for teaching. Please support if you can.

Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · Apr 24

Two days left to support SoundLab: an #openaccess web app for visualizing & analyzing sounds. This will be a useful & fun tool for all, especially if you're a #bioacoustics researcher, a birdsong or music fan, or teach about sound waves! 🐸🐦‍⬛🐋
Small donations help!
👉 www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...

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Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r

Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership

This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

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Matt Wilkins @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com · Apr 6

Humans are visual creatures. We're missing out on so much because it's currently expensive & technical to visualize sounds.

Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Great writeup on our educational outreach work with @galacticpolymath.com @okstate.edu news.okstate.edu/articles/com...

OSU biology professor partners with education studio to develop free lessons for high schools nationwide - Oklahoma State University

The calls of gray treefrogs are making their way from Oklahoma wetlands to high school biology classrooms nationwide, thanks to Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Michael Reichert.

news.okstate.edu

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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · Mar 4

🔦Exciting fundamental biological research sponsored by NSF 🧪 🔉

🐸⚖️ Our free high school unit "Balancing Act" connects students to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's big Qs & real data! Research & free lessons only possible through NSF Broader Impacts funds!

▶️🔥 New Trailer youtube.com/shorts/qqrVt...

“Balancing Act” Unit Trailer: Free lessons about tradeoffs in life #bioacoustics

YouTube video by Galactic Polymath

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Feb 20

This is a great write up on a really cool study and I was happy to be able to chime in with some thoughts. It's really a shame that the great science in the article is overshadowed by the attacks on federal science funding in the US. We risk losing so many people and so much knowledge.

Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · Feb 20

NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪

read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:

‘A Quiet Place’ Is the Lived Reality for These Hawaiian Insects | Atmos

Parasites forced Hawaii’s crickets to evolve hushed mating songs. A new study shows the parasites might be evolving their hearing in turn.

atmos.earth

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · Feb 14

Please spread the word on our paid research program for recent biology graduates at #okstate. The ON-RaMP program provides a year-long biology research experience with tons of resources. More info here: cas.okstate.edu/onramp/ Apply here (by Feb 28!): etap.nsf.gov/award/475/op...

Oklahoma Network-Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates - Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma Network-Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates

cas.okstate.edu

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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · Feb 12

Chicka-dee-dee! 🪶
For #DarwinDay, here's a free natural selection card game based on NSF-funded research into climate change impacts on chickadee hybridization!
Features @drscottataylor.bsky.social, @amberricelab.bsky.social & Tim Roth. #EduSky #SciComm #Birds 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqK...

Foraging Frenzy: A hands-on natural selection memory game

YouTube video by Galactic Polymath

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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · Feb 11

⭐New paper out on great tits' social behaviour⭐
We manipulated food access & stability of social interactions at feeders (small-scale) to investigate their effects on individual-level social network position & dyadic assoc.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(birds handled with required permits)

Great tit being held in hand after capture

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