Chloe Jelley
@chloejelley.bsky.social
Ants are cool!
Insect Collections | Phylogenomics | Trait Evolution | Behavior | Outreach | Runner | she/her
Insect Collections | Phylogenomics | Trait Evolution | Behavior | Outreach | Runner | she/her
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Proud to share my story and advocate for federal science funding in my hometown paper, the @orlandosentinel.com.
I hope you'll join me in calling our elected officials to prevent devastating cuts to the NSF, NIH, and now other agencies like the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
I hope you'll join me in calling our elected officials to prevent devastating cuts to the NSF, NIH, and now other agencies like the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Entomologist Megan Barkdull curates a world-class insect collection but she got her start through federally-funded science programs — like those that teach Florida’s kids about wildlife from the Everglades 🐊 to the coasts. Now, that funding is at risk. 🧪🏠
@meganbarkdull.bsky.social
@meganbarkdull.bsky.social
Commentary: Federal science funding fuels education, STEM careers
A science museum curator who grew up in Orlando talks about how federal science funding fueled her own life journey and so many others.
www.orlandosentinel.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Proud to share my story and advocate for federal science funding in my hometown paper, the @orlandosentinel.com.
I hope you'll join me in calling our elected officials to prevent devastating cuts to the NSF, NIH, and now other agencies like the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
I hope you'll join me in calling our elected officials to prevent devastating cuts to the NSF, NIH, and now other agencies like the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of ‘hell ants’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of ‘hell ants’
Unusual Brazilian specimen trapped in limestone is 113 million years old
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of ‘hell ants’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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How do complex social behaviors evolve and shape species' success? Here doi.org/10.1038/s420... we reveal how a key social behavior in ants - mouth-to-mouth food sharing #trophallaxis - emerged as ants opportunistically exploited new ecological niches as terrestrial environments changed.
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
How do complex social behaviors evolve and shape species' success? Here doi.org/10.1038/s420... we reveal how a key social behavior in ants - mouth-to-mouth food sharing #trophallaxis - emerged as ants opportunistically exploited new ecological niches as terrestrial environments changed.
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Can't imagine a better first post over here than sharing that our new paper, led by amazing undergraduate Mahalia Donaldson and with @corriemoreau.bsky.social, is out now in Annals of the @entsocamerica.bsky.social! Check it out:
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Comparative genomics analyses reveal selection on neuronal and cuticular hydrocarbon genes is associated with aggression in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Abstract. Aggression is an essential component of survival and fitness, although the expression of aggression behaviors can also carry fitness costs. As a
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December 2, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Can't imagine a better first post over here than sharing that our new paper, led by amazing undergraduate Mahalia Donaldson and with @corriemoreau.bsky.social, is out now in Annals of the @entsocamerica.bsky.social! Check it out:
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
I had an incredible time chatting with @naturesarchive.bsky.social about what makes ants such an endlessly fascinating and amazing group to study! 🐜
Ants are perhaps THE MOST incredible classification of organisms on Earth (in my opinion). So I was delighted for ant specialist @chloejelley.bsky.social to appear on Nature's Archive #podcast in this week! I'll add a couple crazy facts I learned in this thread. naturesarchive.com/2024/11/25/a...
#106: Why Ants Might Be the Most Interesting Creatures on Earth with Chloe Jelley
Ants are the amazingly interesting, but overlooked heroes of our ecosystems, outnumbering us in staggering numbers and exhibiting complex social structures. Their surprising behaviors, from farming…
naturesarchive.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I had an incredible time chatting with @naturesarchive.bsky.social about what makes ants such an endlessly fascinating and amazing group to study! 🐜
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Backyard nature observations can be downright amazing. Check this Aphid Wasp looking for an aphid to lay it's egg in, but a cadre of ants are protecting those aphids! Why? Learn more next Monday when Nature's Archive #naturepodcast releases our ant episode with @chloejelley.bsky.social!
November 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Backyard nature observations can be downright amazing. Check this Aphid Wasp looking for an aphid to lay it's egg in, but a cadre of ants are protecting those aphids! Why? Learn more next Monday when Nature's Archive #naturepodcast releases our ant episode with @chloejelley.bsky.social!
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One of the best parts of my job is working with such amazing scientists! Lab dinner last Friday. #MoreauLab #ProudPI
November 18, 2024 at 2:31 PM
One of the best parts of my job is working with such amazing scientists! Lab dinner last Friday. #MoreauLab #ProudPI