Emily H. DuVal

Thanks, Gita! And here's the QR code I MEANT to share, which links to that stockpile of past-presidential career advice.

17.07.2025 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This is awful news, Jay. I'm relieved to see your follow-up post that you have a plan to keep the research going, but you should not have to be working through this setback. I'm so sorry.

27.04.2025 03:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Grey-headed Chachalacas checking out one of our lance-tailed manakin trailcams.
Video wrangling by @dagutierrezc.bsky.social

05.04.2025 05:06 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Screenshot of the ABS letter of support (top half). A turquoise header with white text over a white background with the black main text of the letter.

Screenshot of the ABS letter of support (bottom half). A white background with the black main text of the letter over a turquoise footer.

The Animal Behavior Society supports science and our members. Please share this message with our community and beyond. Read the full letter here: myemail.constantcontact.com/ABS-Supports...

20.02.2025 18:36 — 👍 30    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 0

Student Research Award <p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...

Grad student funding - Apply for the ASN Student Research Awards. $2k each for research that advances the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, or behavior. Applications due March 14 www.amnat.org/announcement...

23.01.2025 03:47 — 👍 13    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

A view of the headwaters of the Wakulla River, with 4 manatees. Two are inside the roped-off swimming area and two are further back, with a backdrop of clear shallow river and overhanging trees.

Manatee courtship. Two adults (presumed male) are following a larger adult as she swims directly below the camera.

Three adult manatees float just inside the swimming area, jointly staring at a rope for no obvious reason.

It was a good weekend to get outside. Manatees congregating in Wakulla Springs State Park, in advance of the coming winter weather.

21.01.2025 03:42 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution Program. Applications due January 20, 2025. Background is a blue and orange abstract painting.

Apply now for our Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program! Are you an undergrad interested in ecology, evolution or related fields? This program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. Apply by January 20! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...

04.10.2024 20:22 — 👍 10    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1

Chemical cues in the mating behavior of a highly polygynous bird - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Visual and auditory signals are well-established components of avian courtship, but the role of chemical signaling remains poorly understood, particularly in mating systems with elaborate courtship di...

Do lance-tailed manakins use chemical cues in their courtship? The answer is... maybe? Pearl Rivers Key developed clever tests of chemical communication but found that it was the males, not females, who reacted to scent manipulation at the display sites. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

24.07.2024 21:37 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Students attending #Evol2024 will have the opportunity to sign up for a one-year free subscription to AmNat! This is equivalent to free student ASN membership as well. Please come by the quad-society graduate student booth to take advantage of this opportunity! 🔬🐌 @asngrads.bsky.social

24.07.2024 19:26 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

REMINDER: Applications for #AOS24 Summit for the Birds Travel & Caregiver Grants are due by 4/15/24. Apply now before the deadline!
Travel Grants: meeting.americanornithology.org/participate/...
Caregiver Grants: meeting.americanornithology.org/participate/...

10.04.2024 17:42 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

SAVE THE DATE for the AOS 2024 Annual Meeting to be held at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, 1–5 October 2024! Visit our meeting website for more details:
meeting.americanornithology.org
#AOS24 #ornithologymeeting

11.12.2023 20:29 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A favorite FSU tradition continued today: Field Day! Our entire bio department got together to just... hang out and play. This year: soccer, kickball, frisbee, team rock-paper-scissors, kubb, 18th century dancing, paper airplane contest, badminton, a "slow bike race," a potluck, and s'mores.

10.12.2023 04:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Undergrads! Thinking of attending the Evolution meeting in Montréal w/ ASN, ESEB, SSB, & SSE? You may be eligible for financial assistance, lodging, and more. The societies aim to create a diverse pool of student attendees! Applications due Jan 29, 2024:
www.evolutionsociety.org/education/un...

07.12.2023 20:21 — 👍 11    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to Dr. Pearl Rivers, who did a great job of defending her dissertation research today!

09.11.2023 03:34 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

When your two grad students are also your two TAs and you get to "work" together at surveying protected areas for shorebirds with the ornithology class on a gorgeous Saturday. 💕 (Not pictured: 30 undergrads, several of whom were just as happy as us)

29.10.2023 14:44 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

How the female brain drives evolution <p>Researchers, including former SFI Postdoctoral Fellow Elizabeth Hobson, have introduced a novel mate choice concept called &#39;Inferred Attractiveness,&#39; outlined in a recent publication in PLO...

Thanks SFI for covering our recent paper! Led by @emilyhduval.bsky.social, with Courtney Fitzpatrick, me, & @servedio.bsky.social we developed a new mechanism for sexual selection we call "Inferred Attractiveness" www.santafe.edu/news-center/...

20.10.2023 21:09 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

An image showing the title of our paper in PLOS Biology (“Inferred Attractiveness: A generalized mechanism for sexual selection that can maintain variation in traits and preferences over time”), a photo of all four authors while visiting the Santa Fe Institute (with the best monolith, Beta, in the background), and the main conceptual and summary plots of the paper.

New paper!! "By casting the female brain as the central selective agent, Inferred Attractiveness captures novel & dynamic aspects of sexual selection & reconciles inconsistencies between mate choice theory and observed behavior" doi.org/10.1371/jour... @emilyhduval.bsky.social @servedio.bsky.social

04.10.2023 19:47 — 👍 76    🔁 35    💬 3    📌 3