Danielle Levesque
@daniellelevesque.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Maine. Specializes in tenrecs, treeshrews, and energetics of small furry things. 🇨🇦 living in 🇺🇸. She/her.
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We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to understand how native fish species 🐟 of south-west WA will cope with climate change and human impact at @murdoch.edu.au | nicholaswulab.com
@austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
@austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to understand how native fish species 🐟 of south-west WA will cope with climate change and human impact at @murdoch.edu.au | nicholaswulab.com
@austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
@austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
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I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
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🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
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It’s #WorldWombatDay!
We’re extremely fond of these marsupials around here and happy for any opportunity to celebrate them. Whether it’s a common wombat, a hairy-nosed wombat or a bare-nosed wombat, we think they’re all neat.
Thus, behold an array of wombat illustrations!
We’re extremely fond of these marsupials around here and happy for any opportunity to celebrate them. Whether it’s a common wombat, a hairy-nosed wombat or a bare-nosed wombat, we think they’re all neat.
Thus, behold an array of wombat illustrations!
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It’s #WorldWombatDay!
We’re extremely fond of these marsupials around here and happy for any opportunity to celebrate them. Whether it’s a common wombat, a hairy-nosed wombat or a bare-nosed wombat, we think they’re all neat.
Thus, behold an array of wombat illustrations!
We’re extremely fond of these marsupials around here and happy for any opportunity to celebrate them. Whether it’s a common wombat, a hairy-nosed wombat or a bare-nosed wombat, we think they’re all neat.
Thus, behold an array of wombat illustrations!
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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
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Opportunity to join our team. Open to African students at Masters or PhD level.
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Opportunity to join our team. Open to African students at Masters or PhD level.
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Deadline this week!
Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program
This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings.
email
sicbstudents@sicb.org
sicb.org/charlotte-ma...
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program
This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings.
sicbstudents@sicb.org
sicb.org/charlotte-ma...
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Deadline this week!
Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program
This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings.
email
sicbstudents@sicb.org
sicb.org/charlotte-ma...
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program
This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings.
sicbstudents@sicb.org
sicb.org/charlotte-ma...
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
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A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history.
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
The 126,000-Year-Old Butt-Drag That Rewrote What Counts as a Fossil
How a small animal’s odd habit turned into one of the most unexpected stories ever preserved in stone Some discoveries make headlines because they’re dramatic: new...
climateages.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history.
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
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Canids seem to be the routine lovers, reusing their travel routes more than felids. This shapes hunting, encounters, and even disease spread. Insights from 1,239 GPS-tracked carnivores, including the Arctic foxes we track on Bylot Island 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦊. Read in the latest PNAS at bitly.cx/TxI2
October 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Canids seem to be the routine lovers, reusing their travel routes more than felids. This shapes hunting, encounters, and even disease spread. Insights from 1,239 GPS-tracked carnivores, including the Arctic foxes we track on Bylot Island 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦊. Read in the latest PNAS at bitly.cx/TxI2
This was fascinating, especially the parts about research funding. Let’s some the government is listening and starts building instead of more austerity 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!
hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...
hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...
The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)
How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity
hatchetmedia.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This was fascinating, especially the parts about research funding. Let’s some the government is listening and starts building instead of more austerity 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!
hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...
hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...
The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)
How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity
hatchetmedia.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!
hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...
hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...
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I just couldn't stop thinking about how weird sperm whale mouths are and yet how perfectly shaped for inserting giant squid into
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I just couldn't stop thinking about how weird sperm whale mouths are and yet how perfectly shaped for inserting giant squid into
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So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live
The campaigner, a
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
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There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏
If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇
bit.ly/47uwYlD
If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇
bit.ly/47uwYlD
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏
If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇
bit.ly/47uwYlD
If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇
bit.ly/47uwYlD
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Three more weeks left to submit your paper to @thermal-biology.bsky.social for our special issue on Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology 🦉🦫☀️❄️
The JTB is currently accepting paper submissions for our upcoming special issue: Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology: assessing life stage-specific adaptations and sensitivity in animals. 🦉🦫☀️❄️
📝Submit your papers now!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
📝Submit your papers now!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
September 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Three more weeks left to submit your paper to @thermal-biology.bsky.social for our special issue on Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology 🦉🦫☀️❄️
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Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
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Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
September 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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In his Commentary, Neil Metcalfe examines why it can be hard to detect trade-offs between two activities or processes competing for energy, despite energy supposedly being a limiting resource
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
September 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In his Commentary, Neil Metcalfe examines why it can be hard to detect trade-offs between two activities or processes competing for energy, despite energy supposedly being a limiting resource
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Are you a mammologist whose research involves natural history collections? Apply to be my colleague!
Assistant professor position with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Texas Tech University.
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Assistant professor position with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Texas Tech University.
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Job Search Welcome | Texas Tech University System
Search for Internet job openings.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Are you a mammologist whose research involves natural history collections? Apply to be my colleague!
Assistant professor position with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Texas Tech University.
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Assistant professor position with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Texas Tech University.
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
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Will you be sharing your research at SICB 2026?!? 🧪
A quick reminder that abstracts for SICB 2026 are due on August 27th at 11:59pm HST. We hope to see you there and can't wait to hear about the science you have been doing!
Abstract guidelines can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
A quick reminder that abstracts for SICB 2026 are due on August 27th at 11:59pm HST. We hope to see you there and can't wait to hear about the science you have been doing!
Abstract guidelines can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
SICB 2026 Annual Meeting
www.xcdsystem.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Will you be sharing your research at SICB 2026?!? 🧪
A quick reminder that abstracts for SICB 2026 are due on August 27th at 11:59pm HST. We hope to see you there and can't wait to hear about the science you have been doing!
Abstract guidelines can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
A quick reminder that abstracts for SICB 2026 are due on August 27th at 11:59pm HST. We hope to see you there and can't wait to hear about the science you have been doing!
Abstract guidelines can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
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The thing I'm kind of famous for is when other people were building seven part critical thinking frameworks to address misinfo I built a method that did things like teach people to click the link and use ctrl-F and it blew everything else out of the water. Big lesson:
August 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The thing I'm kind of famous for is when other people were building seven part critical thinking frameworks to address misinfo I built a method that did things like teach people to click the link and use ctrl-F and it blew everything else out of the water. Big lesson:
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We simply cannot lose Biodiversity Heritage Library. Please consider helping if you can. 🙏
🌱 BHL’s Call for Support soft-closes on Aug 31. 🧪
With @clirnews.bsky.social as our new fiscal sponsor, we now have an administrative & financial home, but we still need partners, hosts, funders & long-term investment to secure BHL's future. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup... #ILoveBHL
With @clirnews.bsky.social as our new fiscal sponsor, we now have an administrative & financial home, but we still need partners, hosts, funders & long-term investment to secure BHL's future. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup... #ILoveBHL
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We simply cannot lose Biodiversity Heritage Library. Please consider helping if you can. 🙏
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Those of us in STEM must vocally affirm that the humanities are our allies, and no department is expendable. Arguing we can survive by cutting whole disciplines isn’t just inhumane, it’s nonsensical. The humanities tell us why we’re here in the first place, and what to do about it! This isn’t hard!
Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr
August 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Those of us in STEM must vocally affirm that the humanities are our allies, and no department is expendable. Arguing we can survive by cutting whole disciplines isn’t just inhumane, it’s nonsensical. The humanities tell us why we’re here in the first place, and what to do about it! This isn’t hard!