Deryk Tolman

Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers Study of parasitic blister beetles reveals a new form of chemical deception

“A newly discovered form of deception is more convoluted yet: The larvae of blister beetles emit a mix of volatile scents that resemble a flower, attracting bees. The beetles then latch onto the bee, hitch a ride to its nest, and eat the eggs.”

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NEW on #theBOUblog from Malin Klumpp

At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space

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Are you a bachelor's / master's student looking for a thesis project or Erasmus Internship? We’re looking for someone to come and help us collecting data! If you’re interested, feel free to contact me! :)

A cover for the journal Biology Letters of the Royal Society, displaying a photo of two monk parakeets (birds) preening each other

"Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships"

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0399#d1e770

interesting new study by https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethhobson.bsky.social et al.

J. Manson once reminded me that not […]

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Listen to Bob McDonald talking to @nickantonson.bsky.social
on CBC's Quirks and Quarks about his research published in JEB into how downy woodpeckers brace themselves and grunt when pounding wood with their beaks

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Scops owls deliver little insectivorous snakes alive to their nest, where the snakes (probably) eat ectoparasites, improving the success of the chicks!

Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Reed Warbler range expansion paper just out, led by the amazing Nora Bergman 🧬🪶 with @informedbirds.bsky.social @katjaronka.bsky.social @fishcongen.bsky.social @rytikerttunen.bsky.social @frodefossoy.bsky.social and others

doi.org/10.1111/mec.70077

Thanks for inviting me to see your cool experiments @gloriamurari.bsky.social. Lots of fun despite the rain and 5 trillion mosquitoes

Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host–brood parasite system | Biology Letters The precise mimicry of host eggshell colours and patterns by some obligate avian brood parasites provides a powerful study system for understanding co-evolutionary arms races. However, most attention has focused on host behaviour in response to mimicry, ...

Pigments concentrations don't strictly predict color in a host-mimetic brood parasite eggshell system: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

I hope reed warbler chicks can't get seasick

The first wave of reed warbler eggs is finally upon us in Finland, the northern edge of their range🥚🪹🇫🇮

Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths Abstract. Color polymorphisms in natural populations often reflect the interplay between various selective pressures, such as natural and sexual selection.

Selenius et al. Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

🚨 Postdoc opportunity! 🚨
Join @ecology-radboud.bsky.social in the #HABITRACK @horizoneu.bsky.social project, studying waterfowl movement for conservation impact 🦆🌍

📅 Apply by April 20, 2025
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#postdoc #postdocjobs #ornithology #birdmigration

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I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one!

If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.

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Niche Construction Through an Optimal Host Brood Size Is Supported in Brown‐Headed Cowbirds: A Response to M. Soler Click on the article title to read more.

New paper by Nick Antonson et al. on niche construction in brood parasitic cowbirds:
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