@danielawilner.bsky.social
🇦🇷🇨🇦 PhD candidate at UNSW 🇦🇺 #EvolutionaryEcology #AnimalBehaviour #Entomology 💚🐜💚 evolution of sex, sexual selection, facultative parthenogenesis
Dead fish amongst algal bloom
Man-made, inevitable, and likely to recur regularly without major action, that is how the @biodivcouncil.bsky.social has labelled the catastrophic toxic algal bloom impacting 500 km of South Australia’s coastline.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2ebyswcz
#algalbloom #climatecrisis
Tailspot Blenny Ecsenius stigmatura by LagunaticPhoto
July Editor's Choice article: "Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes"
Lucas Eckert, Jessica S Miller, John L Fitzpatrick, Sigal Balshine, Benjamin M Bolker
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
@lucaseckert.bsky.social @bbolker.bsky.social
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
24.07.2025 11:41 — 👍 408 🔁 167 💬 12 📌 41Obsidian Bases + Obsidian Web Clipper is the web archival tool I always wanted
replaces my read-it-later app and saves everything to local markdown files
@nature.com has just published online our new paper!🎉🐸🌡️Lead by @patricepottier.bsky.social and supervised by myself and @itchyshin.bsky.social: in this massive research effort we overcome several common convictions related to the topics we studied. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here are take-homes.
05.03.2025 16:43 — 👍 69 🔁 33 💬 2 📌 5Fantastic, thank you!!:)
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An image of a young kookaburra with the text "Funding opportunities for ecologists"
Image of a small marsupial and the text "Deadline extended! This $3500 award supports an Honours or Masters level student researching issues important to forest management and sustainability. Applications close 11:59pm AEST | FRIDAY | 14 March 2025"
Image of gumtrees at sunset with the text "Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Round 1 funding is now open. The ESA is thrilled to partner with the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment and invite applications for post-graduate student research support in ecology, wildlife management and natural history studies. Applications close 11:59pm AEST | Monday | 31 March 2025"
Image of a seahorse with the text "Applications for the Jill Landsberg Trust Fund Scholarship are now open. The award comprises of a grant of $6,000 to support the field-based research of a postgraduate student working in applied ecology. The scope of research is open to terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecology. Applications close 11:59pm AEST | Wednesday | 30 april 2025"
Exciting news – new funding opportunities are now available! Whether you’re working on forest management, wildlife management, or marine ecology, this is your chance to secure the resources you need.
Apply today 💚 tinyurl.com/2kuj66w2
#Ecology #Scholarships #Grants #FundingOpportunities
If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!)
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
Hi Hannah, thanks for creating this! Could you please add me if not too late?
03.03.2025 01:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I 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.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
Hi bluesky! Just got here from "the bad place." Looking forward to reconnecting with everyone and chatting about science and bugs!
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The SSE logo. A silhouette of a person giving a virtual talk with a microphone and laptop. Text: Virtual Evolution 2025 W. D. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, Register and apply by April 15.
Are you a grad student attending #Evol2025, virtually or in person? Submit your talk for the SSE Hamilton Award! Finalists will present during the virtual portion of the meeting on May 29-30. Apply during registration by April 15! https://buff.ly/3QI1ZJj @evolmtg.bsky.social
19.02.2025 19:22 — 👍 9 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0REGISTER NOW: Register now: eseb2025.com/registration/
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The Evolution 2025 meeting logo. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Registration Waiver for graduate students and postdocs who need additional funding to attend in-person Evolution. Deadline March 15, 2025.
Are you a grad student or postdoc who would like to attend in-person #Evol2025? SSE offers registration waivers for those who need additional funding to attend the meeting. Complete the short application form by March 15: buff.ly/4gSSKk5
@evolmtg.bsky.social
