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Check out our new preprint. In this review we show the comparative decline of experimental approaches in community ecology and discuss some alternatives to push the field forward

23.10.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm compiling a list of resources for grad students in the sciences!

What are some free/cheap online tools for learning a new skill or concept?

The ones I've advised my students to use are ConservationTraining .org, the UNFAO Academy, and DataCamp. What else is out there?

Any tips welcome! ๐Ÿงช

22.08.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences Abstract. Communities working in entomology, ecology, and other natural sciences are known for having shortfalls in racial and gender diversity. We aim to

Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...

20.10.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
painted pattern, bright pink

painted pattern, bright pink

Cherry Blossom Pattern

20.10.2025 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 212    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics Nature Communications - Here, the authors perform metagenomic analysis of honeybee gut microbes, uncovering many previously unidentified species and host specific differences in composition and...

Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

14.10.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Mystic

11.10.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1197    ๐Ÿ” 355    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An old funicular station stands on a steep green slope, overlooking a grand basin. Its faded walls, marked with graffiti, show signs of wear and abandonment. A single car rests still on the incline, its paint peeling and rusting. Above, a large cloud rises quietly against the deep vast blue sky.

An old funicular station stands on a steep green slope, overlooking a grand basin. Its faded walls, marked with graffiti, show signs of wear and abandonment. A single car rests still on the incline, its paint peeling and rusting. Above, a large cloud rises quietly against the deep vast blue sky.

Basin up

26.12.2024 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4610    ๐Ÿ” 929    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding In the last decades, environmental metabarcoding has revolutionised biodiversity research, particularly for microbial organisms such as protists, enabling large-scale assessments of diversity and ecol...

Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.

๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...

@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social

08.10.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

31.07.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

19.09.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 241    ๐Ÿ” 227    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Today is the very last day of Ex.Mag Volume 6! LETS GO!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo...

29.09.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
balck-and-white drawing of a big sailboat sailing past a dark sea-cliff. the air is full of little birds.

balck-and-white drawing of a big sailboat sailing past a dark sea-cliff. the air is full of little birds.

(re: world heist prequel: I have like 3 Perfect Pages, a bunch of less good pages, a bunch of text, but I need to finish up the text before I do anything more so it comes out coherent)

03.09.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1095    ๐Ÿ” 134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

meow....

05.04.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now

Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now

Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now
theonion.com/fish-at...

29.05.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3049    ๐Ÿ” 254    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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a super simple portfolio template - kaylee rowena

i made a super simple portfolio site template for anyone who wants to make their own art website but isn't sure where to start!

code includes a responsive image gallery with a lightbox & easy customization options. it's free & hopefully helpful for people!

kayleerowena.com/blog/2025/co...

12.03.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1178    ๐Ÿ” 576    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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ironhorn

05.03.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 388    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The history of slipping on banana peels | Pretty Good, episode 14
YouTube video by Secret Base The history of slipping on banana peels | Pretty Good, episode 14

my first new episode of pretty good in seven years, now free to watch for everybody:

THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS

07.12.2024 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2381    ๐Ÿ” 655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 102
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MMC Arts Grant Submission Guidelines: The MMC Arts Grant assists comic book creators with small grants to assist in the costs in self-publishing their work. It is not the grants intention to fully support an artiโ€ฆ

Hey team - I am the founder of the Make More Comics Arts Grant and each year we give away a cash award to assist a creator or project in physical publishing. The due date for submissions is March 31st. Please consider applying today!

100comics996889703.wordpress.com/make-more-co...

10.02.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 195    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The 5 Brides of Lady Asherton

05.12.2024 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 171    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A dog says, "I think that the human mind is devilish and quite frankly disgusting". A girl replies, "ok. I think that about the dog mind".

A dog says, "I think that the human mind is devilish and quite frankly disgusting". A girl replies, "ok. I think that about the dog mind".

:-)

10.03.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 661    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
drawing of a floating island above the sea. ballpoint on pizza plate

drawing of a floating island above the sea. ballpoint on pizza plate

pizza plate floating island

10.03.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 531    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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See How Butterfly Numbers Are Dropping Near You (Gift Article) Populations are falling in the United States, a new study has found. Look up whatโ€™s happening in your area.

๐Ÿฆ‹ In 20 years, the contiguous U.S. lost 22 percent of its butterflies, according to a groundbreaking new study published today.

We got the data, and I made a tool that lets you find out what's happening with butterfly species in your town.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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06.03.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 223    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Congress has just released a list of federal DOI offices to be closed under the ongoing massacre of our natural resource agencies -- it's extensive and includes many important NPS, BLM, USGS and USFWS facilities across the country. Truly horrific. democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/do...

01.03.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Prey instinct

11.02.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I BOUGHT A NEW INK CARTRIDGE FOR MY PRINTER TODAY!

21.02.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1245    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

they need to invent a dating app specially for me where the only person on it is this guy i've had two conversations with and the only option is to match with me

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