daniel cadena
@cdanielcadena.bsky.social
evolvert.uniandes.edu.co
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💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
Replicate avian hybrid zones reveal the progression of genetic and trait introgression through time | our latest, led by the amazing maria isabel castaño www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #cienciacriolla
Replicate avian hybrid zones reveal the progression of genetic and trait introgression through time
Replicate hybrid zones between the same taxa provide a unique opportunity to assess the repeatability of interspecific matings by uncovering recurrent genomic and phenotypic introgression patterns. Re...
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August 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Replicate avian hybrid zones reveal the progression of genetic and trait introgression through time | our latest, led by the amazing maria isabel castaño www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #cienciacriolla
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🚨Great to be part of this paper led by Natalia Pérez-Amaya quantifying a century of morphological change in lowland rainforest birds! @birdmapper.bsky.social @cdanielcadena.bsky.social @julisoto.bsky.social @amcuervo.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds - Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology - Climate change is having profound impacts on biodiversity, with notable effects on the distribution, and morphology of species. Many studies have documented changes in body...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨Great to be part of this paper led by Natalia Pérez-Amaya quantifying a century of morphological change in lowland rainforest birds! @birdmapper.bsky.social @cdanielcadena.bsky.social @julisoto.bsky.social @amcuervo.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org
The Dunn Lab
Casey Dunn's laboratory in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org
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Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
June 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
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Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @cdanielcadena.bsky.social #ProcB #evolution
May 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @cdanielcadena.bsky.social #ProcB #evolution
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Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
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May 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
our latest, led by undergrad maria elisa mendiwelso! Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
May 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
our latest, led by undergrad maria elisa mendiwelso! Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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In this issue @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social and colleagues use a community-science dataset from iNaturalist and a flexible computer vision model to show that red and orange flowers bloom later than other colors in eastern North America. Find out more here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Delayed flowering phenology of red-flowering plants in response to hummingbird migration
McKenzie et al. use a community-science dataset from iNaturalist and a flexible computer
vision model to show that red and orange flowers bloom later than other colors in
eastern North America. The la...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In this issue @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social and colleagues use a community-science dataset from iNaturalist and a flexible computer vision model to show that red and orange flowers bloom later than other colors in eastern North America. Find out more here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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AN IMMENSE WORLD: YOUNG READERS EDITION is out today! 🥳
I’m really grateful to AnnMarie Anderson for adapting it, Rebecca Mills for illustrating, Tom Russell for shepherding, and Rose Eveleth for reading the audiobook.
(And it’s dedicated to Typo.)
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
I’m really grateful to AnnMarie Anderson for adapting it, Rebecca Mills for illustrating, Tom Russell for shepherding, and Rose Eveleth for reading the audiobook.
(And it’s dedicated to Typo.)
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
An Immense World (Young Readers Edition): How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets
How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets
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May 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
AN IMMENSE WORLD: YOUNG READERS EDITION is out today! 🥳
I’m really grateful to AnnMarie Anderson for adapting it, Rebecca Mills for illustrating, Tom Russell for shepherding, and Rose Eveleth for reading the audiobook.
(And it’s dedicated to Typo.)
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
I’m really grateful to AnnMarie Anderson for adapting it, Rebecca Mills for illustrating, Tom Russell for shepherding, and Rose Eveleth for reading the audiobook.
(And it’s dedicated to Typo.)
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
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Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy to share my new article on how morphological diversification proceeds during evolutionary radiations: "The diffused evolutionary dynamics of morphological novelty" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵 1/12
The diffused evolutionary dynamics of morphological novelty | PNAS
Rates of evolution are fundamental to understand the processes that shaped the history
of life. The predominant view holds that high rates of pheno...
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May 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Happy to share my new article on how morphological diversification proceeds during evolutionary radiations: "The diffused evolutionary dynamics of morphological novelty" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵 1/12
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What makes a brood parasite genome? New collaborative NSF-funded project in submission somewhere and available as a preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism
Parental care evolved as a strategy to enhance offspring survival at the cost of reduced fecundity. While most birds provide parental care, obligate brood parasites circumvent this tradeoff by exploit...
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April 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What makes a brood parasite genome? New collaborative NSF-funded project in submission somewhere and available as a preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
25+ years in the publishing game and finally the day came when a manuscript was accepted pretty much "as is" in the first round of review. at proceedings b. an undergraduate thesis project! so proud of maría elisa! #profeorgulloso #cienciacriolla
April 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
25+ years in the publishing game and finally the day came when a manuscript was accepted pretty much "as is" in the first round of review. at proceedings b. an undergraduate thesis project! so proud of maría elisa! #profeorgulloso #cienciacriolla
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We describe a new species of poison frog from the Pacific coast of Colombia -- Epipedobates currulao. A long time in the making.
Describimos una nueva especie de una rana venenosa para la ciencia de la costa pacífica de colombia
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Media links below | entrevistas abajo
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Describimos una nueva especie de una rana venenosa para la ciencia de la costa pacífica de colombia
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Media links below | entrevistas abajo
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Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests
The number of amphibian species described yearly shows no signs of slowing down, especially in tropical regions, implying that the biodiversity of amphibians remains woefully underestimated. A new spe...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We describe a new species of poison frog from the Pacific coast of Colombia -- Epipedobates currulao. A long time in the making.
Describimos una nueva especie de una rana venenosa para la ciencia de la costa pacífica de colombia
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Media links below | entrevistas abajo
1/5
Describimos una nueva especie de una rana venenosa para la ciencia de la costa pacífica de colombia
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Media links below | entrevistas abajo
1/5
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It feels surreal to see my PhD research featured on the cover of Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Incredibly proud of the work that went into this. And so grateful for the opportunities, resources, support and mentorship from co-authors and my whole scientific community that made it possible
January 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It feels surreal to see my PhD research featured on the cover of Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Incredibly proud of the work that went into this. And so grateful for the opportunities, resources, support and mentorship from co-authors and my whole scientific community that made it possible
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1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Our latest piece in @theguardian.com lays out the simple premise that if the purpose of universities is to cultivate the mind, it is nearly impossible to deny that football, by degrading the brain, is antithetical to the process.
Football simply does not belong at universities.
Football simply does not belong at universities.
In 1906, Harvard's president suggested universities should "purge themselves" of the "monstrous evils" of college football.
Instead, last week, an Alabama A&M player died from a foreseeable injury suffered on the field.
We explain why it's time to listen in @us.theguardian.com.
Instead, last week, an Alabama A&M player died from a foreseeable injury suffered on the field.
We explain why it's time to listen in @us.theguardian.com.
A player’s foreseeable death raises existential questions for college football
If the purpose of universities is to cultivate the mind, it is nearly impossible to deny that football, by degrading the brain, is antithetical to the process
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Our latest piece in @theguardian.com lays out the simple premise that if the purpose of universities is to cultivate the mind, it is nearly impossible to deny that football, by degrading the brain, is antithetical to the process.
Football simply does not belong at universities.
Football simply does not belong at universities.
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It took forever, but here is the paper based on my ATBC Presidential Plenary onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Is there really such a thing as Tropical Biology?
Tropical Biology may or may not be a distinct academic discipline.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 11, 2024 at 1:48 PM
It took forever, but here is the paper based on my ATBC Presidential Plenary onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Published today, plumage color genomics! We trace the evolutionary history of a trait under sexual selection in a genus of dancing manakins. Co-led with H.C. Lim. #evobio #birds 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Published today, plumage color genomics! We trace the evolutionary history of a trait under sexual selection in a genus of dancing manakins. Co-led with H.C. Lim. #evobio #birds 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...