Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution Dietary shifts and corresponding morphological changes can sometimes evolve in succession, not concurrently—an evolutionary process called behavioral drive. Detecting behavioral drive in the fossil re...

Really cool study looking at how behaviour precedes morphological change across taxa - and implications for human evolution 💀🧪 massive congrats to all the authors, including @vivek123.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Steal this (updated) syllabus for Scientific Writing I’ve just finished the 3rd go-around of my Scientific Writing course.  When I first signed up to teach it, I was very scared, but now that I’ve been through it a few times, I’m quite pleased with h…

If you're teaching Scientific Writing this fall (especially if it's new to you!) and are getting worried about just how close the fall is getting: reminder that I share my syllabus and all my course materials. Here: scientistseessquirre...

Screenshot from CPAWS’ website about career opportunities. This section says “We recognize that the conservation movement in Canada has a complex and often problematic history. Although we have moved a long way, there is still significant work required for it to become an equitable, just, and inclusive space for everyone. To address these inequities, we have committed to making our organization as welcoming and as transparent as possible. Read our Hiring Through a JEDI Lens”

I care a lot about diversity, equity, inclusion, & justice — including in hiring.

🥇 GOLD MEDAL 🏅 to @cpaws-snap.bsky.social for outstanding *public* explanation about their hiring practices. We can all learn from their example!

“Hiring Through a JEDI Lens” ➡️ cpaws.org/about/about-...

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Boss. I'm tired boss. We been doing these experiments and studies since the 60s and 70s and the outcome has been the same in them all.

The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.

paper on linguistic injustice on the dominance of English

"The present situation is a clear, unequivocal example of linguistic injustice
All the costs of having a common language in science are borne by non-native English-speaking scientists, implying unfair cooperation in obtaining a common good (i.e. a common language)"
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Current reproductive effort shapes the response to infection in a passerine bird Our study fills a much-needed gap and connects the body temperature response to infection with the framework of reproductive investment and trade-offs between current reproduction and self-maintenanc...

New out @animalecology.bsky.social: Reproductive effort shapes response to infection in blue tits. High-effort birds avoid costs of infection by hypothermia and downregulated immune response. Normal-effort birds fight costs by fever and upregulated response @biologylu.bsky.social

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A screenshot of the article titled 'Pre-adult mortality: should we care about it, and what can we do about it?' by Tony Williams.

In some species, up to 90% of individuals don't make it to adulthood, yet most studies don't take this into account. In his recent Commentary, Tony Williams discusses why we should care more about pre-adult mortality

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

The Evolution of Homeothermic Endothermy via Life History Optimization | The American Naturalist Abstract Endothermy is an energetically expensive trait, yet it has posed an evolutionary advantage across different lineages—a paradox that remains puzzling to biologists. Here, I investigate whether...

Excited and honored to have my first solo paper out in Am Nat!! @asn-amnat.bsky.social doi.org/10.1086/736225

Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data Collecting data from local sources markedly further strengthens global biodiversity databases by adding species not previously included in international datasets. Furthermore, the addition of these d...

Great new paper shows that using knowledge from non-English language journals can strengthen global biodiversity databases. Including info from Brazilian journals increased species & population coverage & reduced uncertainty in population trends besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Genomics:
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NEW PAPER🎺
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals

Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach

Has this approach made any progress?🧵

📢NEW funding criteria for ASAB Research Grants📢
From the 1st October deadline, we will be considering #EDIA in awarding @asab.org Research Grants.
Extremely happy today, as this is the reason I agreed to be grants secretary.
Thanks to @wascherclaudia.bsky.social and @englishse.bsky.social for help

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929

Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Postdoctoral Researcher: Contribution of genetic background and gut microbiome on thermal physiology A post-doctoral Researcher position is available at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in the group of Dr. Suvi Ruuskanen. The post-doctoral res...

3-year #Postdoc position on the role of #genetics and #microbiome on #thermal #physiology in @erc.europa.eu project in my group at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social FIN! We establish #selection lines on quails, collab @btschirren.bsky.social DL 15.7., start Nov25-Jan26
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...

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We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter

Do older parents do better? Relationships between parental age, chick body condition and migratory behaviour in a colonial‐breeding waterbird Animals' performance of basic functional behaviours, such as foraging and movement, may improve with age as a result of past experiences. In migratory birds, for example, due to earlier or more effic...

Thrilled to announce that the 4th chapter of my thesis is now PUBLISHED in @avianbiology.bsky.social!

"Do older parents do better? Relationships between parental age, chick body condition and migratory behaviour in a colonial-breeding waterbird"👇

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

Interested in predator / prey / collective behaviour in fishes?

With or without anthropogenic change?

I am keen to help develop MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applications - get in touch!

Please spread the word!

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
@erc.europa.eu @asab.org

PhD positions in bird cognition and behavior at the University of Hong Kong are open for motivated candidates. Applicants should have a biology background. Apply to Dr. Simon Sin at sinyw@hku.hk. More info: www.simonywsin.com. #phd

Field team in Wytham Woods May 2025

Image of the new Biology Building, completed, and opening from August 2025

Lunch with the field team to celebrate another successful season - May 2025

Interested in Postdoc Research here in Oxford? Many projects possible using long-term population studies of birds, field & lab experiments with insect consumers, phenology of trees all in Wytham woods & based in new Biology building
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Vacancy — PhD Position Gull Foraging Ecology in the North Sea - NO-REGRETS Project Are you passionate about animal movement ecology? Interested in studying gull foraging ecology at sea? Apply for this unique PhD opportunity at the Department of Theoretical and Computational Ecology ...

New PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

I think I have been fortunate to work in an institution (and a department) that has been led by people who saw the importance of enabling flexibility between work and personal life. It was crucial when we faced a major personal family challenge some years ago, and remains a core principle

been a long time coming, there's now a preprint along with Will Hoppitt describing our new R package for creating, fitting and interpreting bayesian NBDA models (STBayes). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Documentation is here michaelchimento.github.io/STbayes/inde...

Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives. Photo showing zebra finches of different ages. Photo: Paul Jerem & Glasgow University, courtesy of Pat Monaghan

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS - SPECIAL ISSUE 📣

Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives

More info: vist.ly/3n45223

Guest editors: Julia Schroeder @jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres, @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jaime-muriel.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social

Please repost 🙏

When it rains, it pours--super happy to see this published today!

Sampling and tracking a changing environment: persistence and reward in the foraging decisions of bumblebees | Interface Focus The question of when to collect new information and how to apply that information is central to much of behaviour. Theory suggests that the value of collecting information, or sampling, depends on env...

Sampling and tracking a changing environment: persistence and reward in the foraging decisions of bumblebees royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... another great paper by @msaimeesue.bsky.social

For #PrideMonth , an updated reading list
by @jjinsing.bsky.social
via
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/w...
List
jayjinsing.github.io/ReadingList/

& be sure to read Jay's coauthored ICB work
Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited.

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#LGTBQI #Pride

💥💥 Our annual conference #ABL2025 is back! 💥💥

Join us 13–14 Nov 2025 for 2 exciting days:
🔹 6 sessions
🔹 6 stellar plenaries
🔹 Talks & posters on diverse topics
🔹 Global-friendly time zones 🌍
Mark your calendar 📅 and don't miss #ABL2025!

📌 Stay tuned—registration details will be announced soon

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...