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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 1d

"Right now, if one of my students came to me and said, 'Hey, as part of my Ph.D. I want to enter the world's birds into a dataset,' I'm like, 'No, you're not doing that. You'll never finish your Ph.D.' "

Too true omg 😂

Anyway, this is a very exciting dataset!

phys.org/news/2025-09...

BIRDBASE dataset tracks ecological traits for 11,589 species of birds

Çağan Şekercioğlu was an ambitious, but perhaps naive graduate student when, 26 years ago, he embarked on a simple data-compilation project that would soon evolve into a massive career-defining achiev...

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 6d

Job alert #TeamFish. Curator of Fishes gig!

Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 6d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 7d

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
― Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

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Samantha L. Rutledge @slrutledge.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Dr. Goodall - thank you for being one of the driving inspirations that set me on my path to become a biologist

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 12d

Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Zoology

The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in either the Department of Ornithology, Ichthyology, or Mammalogy to start on or after J...

careers.amnh.org

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Samantha L. Rutledge @slrutledge.bsky.social · 23d

Oooooo I am DEFINITELY giving this a try

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 26d

Our department @lsu.bsky.social LSU Biological Sciences is hiring an Assistant Professor in Neurobiology.

Our department is amazing - come join us...

lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0202...

Assistant Professor-Neurobiology

All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture @burkemuseum.bsky.social · 26d

In the early 1980’s, we began preparing separate spread wings to help illustrate features of birds that had never been accurately drawn.

Today our collection of spread wings is the largest in the world, preserving more than 40,000 specimens.

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Samantha L. Rutledge @slrutledge.bsky.social · 27d

For anyone who wants to hear me chat about iridescence to a semi-captive audience, be sure to check it out 👇

American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 27d

#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Mondays through mid-December for our Fall 2025 Student Research Grant Seminar Series. Our lunchtime series highlights cutting-edge student research funded by the AOS! See the full lineup: americanornithology.org/professional...
#AOS_SRGS

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Michaël Nicolaï @michaelnicolai.bsky.social · 27d

Mammal colours boring? Guess again (mostly a note to myself). Superstar Jess has been finding iridescence colours across mammals! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Multilayer thin-film produces recurrent evolution of iridescence in mammals | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Iridescent coloration is a vibrant structural colour that is widespread in nature, but in mammals is thought to be limited. Although multiple rodent and Eulipotyphlan species have been anecdotally des...

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Sep 6

Curator job opening at the fabulous American Museum of Natural History in New York City!

Know a marine fish person 🐠 or oceanographer who might be interested?

Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 6

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

careers.amnh.org

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Sep 3

The SECOND bird conference at the Natural History Museum this year is the @bou.org.uk annual science meeting. A really diverse set of talks on how collections support ornithology research & conservation, plus an option for behind-the-scenes collections tour!

BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 2

⏰ EARLY-BIRD RATES TO 30 SEPT

Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25

A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London

➡️ BOU member discounts
➡️ In-person & online
➡️ Visit Tring collections

bou.org.uk/event/a-d...

Keynote 🧵 ⬇️

#ornithology 🪶

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Cody Limber @codylimber.bsky.social · Aug 26

My feather cell type paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/ede.... We’ve packed a ton of stuff into this paper but I’ll go through some highlights in this thread!

Genetic Characterization of the Cell Types in Developing Feathers, and the Evolution of Feather Complexity

We used single cell sequencing to investigate the cell types of developing chicken feathers. From these data, we are able to describe the transcriptional profile of feather cell types, look at their ....

doi.org

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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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Quinn McCallum @ornithomancer.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm very excited (and a bit nervous) to talk all about the work I did on Zonotrichia sparrows with @darrenirwin.bsky.social at UBC tomorrow morning at 10:30 am in the JEB Stearns Prize Symposium at #ESEB2025!

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · Aug 14

Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553

Assistant Curator (Vertebrates)

careers.nms.ac.uk

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Quinn McCallum @ornithomancer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster to talk to me at #AOS2025 last night! If you're interested in learning a bit about the taxonomy of Conirostrum binghami (Aka, Giant Conebill, aka the world's coolest bird), my poster will be up until Friday at board 16

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Aug 12

A recent study of seabird collisions with human-made structures published in the WJO turned up over 400 such incidents, involving seabirds including pelicans, gulls, and even albatrosses. #ornithology

Guest Post – Anthropogenic Structures: Unseen Killers of Seabirds

Collisions with anthropogenic structures may pose an underappreciated threat to seabird populations.

wilsonsociety.org

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Amanda Harvey (she/her) @harveyyamanda.bsky.social · Aug 12

Like birds? Hate ecotoxins? If you answered yes, you may be interested in my #AOS2025 poster! Come find me during Wednesday’s poster session at poster #184.

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Todd Oakley @ostratodd.bsky.social · Aug 6

Applications are now open for the Guggenheim Fellowship:
www.gf.org/program/how-...

Application Guidelines — Guggenheim Fellowship — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists

Find detailed information on the application process for the Guggenheim Fellowship and learn how to submit your application for a grant.

www.gf.org

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you need a fun distraction today, try to wrap your brain around how a peacock feather can function as a laser. Because apparently it can. 🦚 #birds

Peacock feathers can be lasers

Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom

www.science.org

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hidden white and black feather layers enhance plumage coloration in tanagers and other songbirds

Colorful songbirds use hidden white or black feather layers to enhance plumage color, an optical trick well known to artists.

www.science.org

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Todd Oakley @ostratodd.bsky.social · Jul 20

Visual information in the dark: Bioluminescence and perceptual design through evolution - Oakley - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Visual information in the dark: Bioluminescence and perceptual design through evolution

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Jeremy M. Brown @jembrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

Registration for the SSB breakout meeting in Baton Rouge, LA in Jan. 2026 will be opening soon!

Registrants need to be SSB members, so make sure to check on your membership today and join/renew if needed: www.systbio.org

Check here regularly for updates: ssb2026.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social

2026 SSB Breakout Meeting

ssb2026.github.io

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Jul 6

We finally got to see the hardcopies of ‘Nature Selecting’ the #evolution book I wrote for kids (around 6th grade level and up) and illustrated by my 14 year-old daughter Anjali

Free pdf here www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...

We plan to send hard copies to local schools and teachers for free.

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