Tristan A.F. Long

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

My original opinion remains unchanged; but it is only an opinion.

I’m putting this poem in my fall syllabus.

Yikes R4 is jerk! (And it goes without saying your work is awesome)

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

World Athletics says that "The SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex." The guy who literally discovered the gene and has spent the last 35 years researching it says they're wrong. theconversation.com/world-athlet...

It seems like my main problem is that ornithologists are just really lazy at counting

College means being confronted with hard truths.

Brooke posing with a sword

Film photograph of the beach with cacti and large rocks

Long exposure photo of the intertidal zone

Watercolor illustration of a spiny lobster with paint materials surrounding the art piece

Hi, I'm Brooke (she/her)! I'm a recent PhD graduate with research interests in sexual selection, mate choice, host-parasite interactions (especially those involving host sex), and animal behavior. I'm looking for a postdoc position!

I also create short-form videos and I'm a photographer and artist.

Why won't Marion Island's stubborn soil feed its starving plants? Only invasive weeds thrived when scientists warmed island soil, while native plants stayed hungry despite being surrounded by potential...

Why won’t Marion Island’s stubborn soil feed its starving plants?
botany.one/2025/08/why-...

Only invasive weeds thrived when scientists warmed island soil, while native plants stayed hungry despite being surrounded by potential food.

#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

What should a full professor do? My daughter and her friend and colleague Kimberly just became full professors and Kim asked me what advice I had for them at this new stage in their careers as professors. It was a general question…

Joan Strassmann asks, “What should a full professor do?” and the advice she provides may be valuable to many.

sociobiology.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/w...

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Illustration from a Book of Hours attributed to an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school and dating from the late 15th century. More rainbow-coloured "grotesques" here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/rainbow-coloured-beasts-from-15th-century-book-of-hours @BeineckeLibrary

a sudden stop was put to further discoveries

When it’s a long weekend, but there are flies to culture…. #DrosLife #LifeOfPI

Volume 38 Issue 7 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic Journal of Evolutionary Biology

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE JUST RELEASED!

Sex unfolded: sex, asex, sexes. Read the introductory editorial by Guest Editors D. Roze, S Glemin, @thomaslenormand.bsky.social & K. Van Doninck here: academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/7

Fantastic cover art by Caroline Blanc.

Repeat dog pattern, from sample book of French textile design, 1863. See more here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-french-textile-samples-1863

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

As described this a repeat pattern made with my linocut which juxtaposes two varieties of zebra, Grévy’s and Burchell’s, back to back, and also flipped upside down and replaced, against a red background.

Black & white & red all over: a repeat pattern made with my linocut which juxtaposes 2 varieties of zebra, Grévy’s & Burchell’s, back to back. Zebras are such an obvious temptation to the printmaker, considering how to depict life in black & white. They are inherently so graphic in their very skin.🧵

Illustration of a landscape featuring pine trees in the foreground, a lake in the midground, and forested mountains in the background. The sky is blue and yellow, which we see reflected in the lake, the lighting looks like late afternoon. We see squirrels, a soaring eagle, and a small bear on a distant shore

Illustration of a big ol alligator hanging out on the bank of a river surrounded by plants

Illustration of smokey mariposa lily, white flowers with purple-rimmed yellow centers

Multi-panel illustration showing rodent reproduction and population in different ecological conditions

I truly get so excited any time I have the chance to do some science communication, collab with a scientist, or any sort of nature + conservation work

If you have a science-y project or just want to commission a ‘lil animal drawing, you know where to find me 🌿 🐡

Plasticity in climate change responses Recent research has shown that climate change can both induce and modulate the expression of plastic traits but our understanding of the role of phenotypic plasticity as an adaptive response to clima...

Plasticity in climate change responses - just published in Biological Reviews

What in the role of phenotypic plasticity as an adaptive response to climate change?

Looking at mechanisms from the subcellular to the community and ecosystem levels.

With Stollewerk, @davidboukal.bsky.social, et al.

Want to come work in beautiful wine country by Niagara Falls and the Niagara escarpment? You can!! Canada Excellence Research Chair in Sustainable Agriculture for Grape and Wine Professor or Associate Professor, Tenured ‪@brocku.ca‬ brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_caree...

Evolutionary Genomics, Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2026 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville: Knoxville Academic Units: College of Arts and Sciences: Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Open date: July 28, 2025 Description The Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genomics. We invite applicants whose research leverages modern genomic tools and statistical approaches to address fundamental questions in evolutionary biology. We are particularly interested in candidates working on functional and evolutionary genomics in any system—plant, microbe, or animal (including humans)—who bring innovative, integrative approaches to large-scale genomic data analysis. [more on description excluded due to character limit on bsky: please see ad at https://apply.interfolio.com/170735 ] Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Biology, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, or a related field at the time of appointment and should demonstrate a strong record of scientific accomplishment, including peer-reviewed publications. Excellent communication skills and a commitment to effective and modern teaching practices are required. Applications will be reviewed beginning September 19, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. This position has an anticipated start date of August 1, 2026. Interested applicants should submit via Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/170735) a cover letter, curriculum vitae, two-page statement of research accomplishment and plans, two-page description of teaching experiences and interests, and contact information of at least three individuals who could write letters of reference. Please direct any questions to the search chair, Dr. Elizabeth Derryberry (ederryb1@utk.edu).

Tenure-track faculty job in Evolutionary Genomics in my department, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at U of Tennessee, Knoxville.

• Any system (even humans)
• Interdisciplinary, collaborative folks welcomed
• Review starts Sep 19, 2025
• Details at apply.interfolio.com/170735

#AcademicSky

Mondrian inspired painting consisting of blue, red, white and black rectangles and squares. Silhouettes of fruit flies, vials and eggs are painted over some of the coloured shapes

With #LaurierBiology grad student Laura defending her MSc next week, painting (by request) a design inspired by Mondrian and her thesis research! #DrosLife #DrosLight #Drosophila #SciArt

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!

graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...

Mondrian inspired painting consisting of blue, red, white and black rectangles and squares. Silhouettes of fruit flies, vials and eggs are painted over some of the coloured shapes

With #LaurierBiology grad student Laura defending her MSc next week, painting (by request) a design inspired by Mondrian and her thesis research! #DrosLife #DrosLight #Drosophila #SciArt

Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt

Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt theonion.com/researc...

Graphic for webinar reads: The Trial of the Century: Scopes at 100. Presented by Eugenie C. Scott. August 13. 7 PM ET/4PM PT. Imagery: Headshot of Eugenie Scott. Background is an old photo from the Scopes Trial intended to be decorative.

We have a free Scopes webinar coming up with our former Executive Director, Eugenie Scott! Please join us on August 13 at 7:00 PM ET/4 PM PT for her talk titled 'The Trial of the Century': Scopes at 100. Register to receive a link for access -
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ScopesTrial

Screenshot of interactive Shiny app for confidence intervals and P-values

My colleague Jeremy Silver at the Statistical Consulting Centre have been working on some Shiny apps for teaching statistics. Here's the first one, an interactive exploration of confidence intervals and p-values: scc.ms.unimelb.edu.au/resources/ef...

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

Check out our paper in Evolution Letters!

We used D. melanogaster pigmentation as a focal trait to explore parallelism in phenotypic and genomic responses to environmental change - read more at the link below 👇