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Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit Rubén González.

Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4olpuXm

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

France: Local chikungunya cases top 700 As of October 6, 2025, 87 outbreaks of indigenous vector-borne transmission of chikungunya and dengue fever and a total of 737 cases have been identified in mainland France:

France: Local chikungunya cases top 700
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...

How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis in @annualreviews.bsky.social suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation.

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

PLEASE SHARE. PhD advert: Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance. tinyurl.com/559hjsm4 Rare opportunity at the intersection of molecular ecology, disease surveillance, modelling and precision apiculture. DEADLINE 24th OCTOBER!

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...

2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in
@uniexecec.bsky.social
- Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Pls share!

Ecology and evolution of virulence Silva and King discuss the concept of virulence and the ecological and evolutionary factors that shape it.

Interested in #virulence? Not sure what it is - or how to explain it? Just curious? 🧐🦠🧬🦋

@kayla-king.bsky.social and I just wrote a Primer for @currentbiology.bsky.social on the ecology and evolution of virulence!

Check it below and share :)

#MicroSky #EvoSky #pathogens

📢NEW PAPER OUT! We investigated the short-term impact of exposure to field-realistic doses of phthalates DnBP and DEHP on the survival of Bombus terrestris workers 🐝
Find our work here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

To all hemocyte lovers: Angela and me are hosting a special issue on Drosophila hemocytes 🪰👾We have some brillant drosophilists around the world who agreed to submit a review to this special issue! If you are also interested to contribute, reach out to us and we can give you more information!

🚨🚨We’re hiring graduate students!🚨🚨

We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!

Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!

Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem

We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching!

Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings

Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social

Socialité évolution : Villes, ruches, terriers… Au sein du monde vivant, la socialité paraît omniprésente. Pourtant, considérée du point de vue de son origine évolutive, la coopération biologique est loin de tomber sous le...

[RDV 16h !] On vous retrouve tout à l'heure ? On vous a préparé une émission sur l'apparition de la socialité au cours de l'évolution. Pas mal non ? 🦘🐒🐇🐀🐜
tinyurl.com/2b32abzg avec Serge Aron et Juliette Berger #ScienceCQFD

This is figure 2, which shows M. ibericus queens lay males from two different species.

Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring. A study in Nature reports a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species. go.nature.com/3V68MP0 🧪

The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...

Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover.

And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪

virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

We have a new paper out on the evolutionary arms race between tuberculosis and #MHC mediated immunity in meerkats, using over ~20 years worth of data from wild meerkats. Led by Nadine Müller-Klein, Dom Melville and Simone Sommer. Link below! #DiseaseEcology

Managed honey bees in Tibetan alpine meadows reduce pollination & reproductive success of wild plants, especially those suffering pollen limitation 🐝

Suggests there should be more cautious management of bees & targeted protection 🧪🌎 @erlianggao.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

www.inrae.fr/actualites/c...

Ham or jam? Help scientists by recording wasp food preferences The next time a wasp visits your picnic, if you make a note of whether it goes for protein or sugar, you can help UCL scientists better understand the wasp life cycle.

More on the #HamOrJam #WaspPicnicSurvey, how to dine peacefully with wasps and where to submit your wasp observations at picnics:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au...

🪲 New from BayCEER: Siblings matter!

Research shows burying beetle offspring thrive with siblings, even without parents. A surprising twist in how family life evolves!

🔗 Published in www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#Evolution #Beetles

@unibayreuth.bsky.social @steigerlab.bsky.social

Four frame cartoon. frame 1: 3 people one with round head, one a square head one triangular. Text reads "We may look different" frame 2: 3 thought bubbles, one with a red square in it, one a blue drop shape, one a yellow 5 point star. Text reads: "we may think different". frame 3: string of identical linked paper cut people. Text reads, "But inside us, we have one thing in common". frame 4: close up of one of the paper people, text on the person says "microplastics".

#Chagas disease–carrying kissing bugs establish new base in Florida homes

The insects, which live in North, Central, and South America, are seeking refuge as their natural habitat is disturbed by development.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Photo: CDC

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

With @melaniegasser.bsky.social !

A great presentation of the #EUFAWREADY project by Emmanuelle D'Alençon at the 12th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of Lepidoptera, held at the Orthodox Academy of Crete.

‪@eufawready.eu‬

#SMBE2025 Symposium 20: Thematic symposium: evolution of immunity

🔗 smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/program/25070

Fly Open access research on Drosophila developmental/evolutionary biology, organogenesis, neurobiology, circadian rhythms, learning & memory, sex determination

Fly journal is now on BlueSky! The world’s only academic journal dedicated to research on Drosophila & cognate insects. A fully open-access journal that combines rapid publication with high standards of peer-review. For further info and how to submit your work, see the link.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job

ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

🚨 Save the date!!
We're hosting the next European Congress of Entomology (ECE) in Tours, France 🇫🇷 from 29 June to 3 July 2026 🐞🦋🐜
🔬 50+ symposia covering nearly every aspect of insect science
📅 Registration opens 10 July 2025
🔗 Stay tuned: www.ece2026.org
#ECE2026 #Entomology #Insects

Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra

@anaevolcatalan.bsky.social @hoehna.bsky.social @stusso.bsky.social @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social et al. analyse genomes of the European firefly, revealing a complex demographic history shaped by glaciation and sex-biased dispersal.

🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/6/msaf123/8170119

#evobio #molbio