@sicb.bsky.social
The official bsky account of The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (sicb.org) If you’re a society member, feel free to tag us or email content to share SICBmedia@sicb.org & follow @sicbjournals.bsky.social
#fossilfriday circle back
The Internal Otic Region of Oromerycids (Artiodactyla, Oromerycidae), Early Camelids (Artiodactyla, Camelidae), and the Vicuña (Artiodactyla, Camelidae), Including Notes on Intraspecific & Subadult #Ontogenetic Variation
S V Robson et al
iobopen.com/2026/01/12/r...
#SICB 's March zoom with Emma Rhodes was on migratory #bird research & the work of the BCA
www.bandingcoalition.org
Emma recently worked get the first ever Motus tower in Alabama installed.
motus.org
All this and more with fantastic slides is on Emma's talk:
youtu.be/-FiVyCJGtAE?...
Highly informative from the @theguardian.com
and see our own ICB's article on #microplastic from our archives.
Environmentally Accurate Microplastic Levels and Their Absence from Exposure Studies
Eoghan M Cunningham , Julia D Sigwart
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
SICBers @jerry-husak.bsky.social & Simon Lailvaux first #podcast episode of @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social 🙌be sure to listen.
( @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
@thomsanger.bsky.social
@noahwithfish.bsky.social
@karlycohen.bsky.social
@kassthefish.bsky.social
@marianneporter.bsky.social
Enjoy👍)
We will be featuring our #SICB student awardees weekly
over the next several weeks.
Meet the Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Awardee for best poster:
Trina Chou working with Dr. Jessie Tanner at the University of Tennessee, Congrats Trina!!!
& read the image description
#amphibians #biology #science
Emma Rhodes educated us at our #SICB March zoom about
the BCA
www.bandingcoalition.org
as well as
motus.org
enabling researchers to be able to check #bird visitations in given periods
stay tuned for Emma's talk link Friday on our Youtube
#avianbiology #biologists #ornithology #science
Fantastic talk today by SICBer
Emma Rhodes 🙌 we learned so much about the Background of BCA
www.bandingcoalition.org
Stay tuned this Friday for the link here on our account to the talk and find out how #hummingbirds are sporting backpacks of their very own.
#birds #ornithology #Birding #science
Huge congratulations to my mentee, Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma, for winning the @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social D. Dwight Davis Award for Division of Vertebrate Morphology best student talk at this year's @sicb.bsky.social meeting! So pleased to see her creativity recognized 🐍
sicb.org/sicb-news/co...
It's not too late to join us 🙌
for Emma Rhodes 's #SICB lunch zoom
Emma will share about
www.bandingcoalition.org
email sicbmedia@sicb.org by 11 am est this morning to join us at 11 noon est today.
Learn more
mobilebaykeeper.org/how-emma-rho...
#birds #avian #ornithology #conservation
#SICB 's March Zoom
#Ornithologist Emma Rhodes of the Banding Coalition of the Americas ( BCA ), will share with us about her research & the effort of the
www.bandingcoalition.org
& email sicbmedia@sicb.org to receive a link to join us Monday March 9th at 12 noon est
& note other upcoming talks
🦈 New paper in @sicbjournals.bsky.social:
We found that the whip-tail in pelagic rays restores stability during gliding locomotion, acting as a key passive stabilizer.
Open access: shorturl.at/gqzzd
Thanks to Sawyer Cooper, Connor White & @georgelauder.bsky.social
#MarineBiology #Elasmobranchs
Fully funded 4-year PhD in Avian Evolutionary Physiology in Czechia! 🇨🇿🇪🇺
Join IVB CAS to study the evolutionary ecology of avian energetics (glucose/fatty acids).
🐦 Fieldwork (Barn swallows, passerines)
🧪 Metabolomics
💻 Adv. stats in R
Apply by March 16! 👇
forms.gle/AFkpt4foeV5i...
#EcoEvo #PhD
My department (Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine) is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor to teach gross anatomy! Apply below to join our team of lovely anatomists (including a few paleontologists):
uofl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UofLCa...
Catch #SICB's Feb lunch with
M.I.S.S. - Sara Asadi
youtu.be/B6dJC3jFhnQ?...
where she shares how those in the Persian Gulf may be able to lead the way in other parts of the world for them to know how to preserve #ecosystems and species.
Sara is the author on
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#sharks
Welcome new follower & past #SICB journals-
ICB author @cephagus.bsky.social 🙌
If you haven't read his co authored read,
don't miss it
Atlantic #Oceanic #Squids in the “Grey Speciation Zone”
Fernández-Álvarez , Sanchez ,Deville , Taite , Villanueva , A Louise Allcock
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Toby Daly-Engel is on the latest ICB /Minorities in Shark Sciences
February lunch zoom for #SICB, now house on our YouTube
youtu.be/2gMKEHPNUUk?...
Toby is a friend of M.I.S.S. and co author on
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Read more about Toby and her team
research.fit.edu/dalyengellab....
My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
Today is #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻❄️❄️
Did you know polar bears are considered marine mammals and can only be found in the Arctic? Check out NWF’s "Polar Bear Fun" guide for kids and families to learn more. ⏬
Download the guide 📲: https://ow.ly/bAQa50Ym2TY
Call for applications to the 2026 Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute!
This is a funded research internship, open to all career stages.
We especially encourage undergraduates to apply.
Application deadline is March 21.
More details here: cims.uci.edu/imsi-si-2026/
Please share!
We are so thrilled about this for you also! Thanks to you both for sharing your talks with us🙌CONGRATS!
An expo participant thanks to Plush, for joining us at #SICB2026 Portland.
Such an incredible group of #tattoo #artists who came to draw henna tatts of species on SICB attendees & they were a big hit🙌 Check out:
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/inked-in-sci...
to show us your ink!
integrativebio.utexas.edu/directory/ju...
is also a great choice
When we host our annual #SICB meeting at a location, we love to locate, support & incorporate a local effort who is doing great work in their #community.
Thanks for visiting us and keep up your great work PACT!
Check out all they do
www.dovelewis.org/community/po...
#dogs #selfcare
#SICB is making sure we thank our sponsors by spotlighting those who came to #SICB2026 Portland:
Have you see the work of
@3danatomystudios.com ?
They are a #scientist -run business and we appreciated them joining us this year and be sure to see what they're up to :
3danatomystudios.com
Animal defenses with Dr. @tedstankowich.bsky.social.
Get into it:
alieward.com/ologies/zooh...
#SICB2026 expo
ICB EIC , Ulrike Muller who headed up Leapfrogging for change - doing #science in 2026.
The booth focused on building a network of #Biologists willing to help elevate the public perception of science in 2026.
contact Ulrike to find out more
csm.fresnostate.edu/about/direct...
Spotlight on booth exhibitors at #SICB2026
if you missed @biologycarly.bsky.social in Portland, be sure to see her site and buy her latest #book:
carlyanneyork.wixsite.com/website
Carly is an #animal #behaviorist and #physiologist who studies how #animals interact with their environments.
