Daniele (Dani) Wiley
@dlfwiley.bsky.social
NSF Graduate Research Fellow |
PhD student in Amphibian & Reptile Biodiversity Lab (🐸ARBL🐢) @ the University of New Mexico |
Disease ecology, host-parasite/species interactions, & popgen+ 🔬🦠(broad interests)
PhD student in Amphibian & Reptile Biodiversity Lab (🐸ARBL🐢) @ the University of New Mexico |
Disease ecology, host-parasite/species interactions, & popgen+ 🔬🦠(broad interests)
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Cuervo-Robayo et al. It takes two: the value of integrating citizen science and scientific collections in biodiversity research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CitizenScience
It takes two: the value of integrating citizen science and scientific collections in biodiversity research
Digitally accessible records are a vital source of primary biodiversity data, with citizen science now surpassing scientific collections in global rep…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Cuervo-Robayo et al. It takes two: the value of integrating citizen science and scientific collections in biodiversity research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CitizenScience
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Excited to share our new review in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, coauthored w/allstar postdocs @vale-alaasam.bsky.social @annainthefield.bsky.social @anthonysnead.bsky.social Bridging island biogeography & evolutionary processes, we explore how eco-evo dynamics play out in the urban mosaic rdcu.be/e4tcj
Eco-evolutionary dynamics shaping biodiversity in the urban mosaic
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The urban mosaic is a complex assimilation of habitats, biotic and abiotic factors with eco-evolutionary influence on local and regional biodiversity. In this Review,...
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February 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Excited to share our new review in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, coauthored w/allstar postdocs @vale-alaasam.bsky.social @annainthefield.bsky.social @anthonysnead.bsky.social Bridging island biogeography & evolutionary processes, we explore how eco-evo dynamics play out in the urban mosaic rdcu.be/e4tcj
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We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to the support of our institutional subscribers, all Royal Society subscription journals will be open access in 2026 through #S2O. Researchers can read all articles and publish #OpenAccess in our eight subscription journals for free buff.ly/4Lu9VpW
February 16, 2026 at 10:27 AM
We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to the support of our institutional subscribers, all Royal Society subscription journals will be open access in 2026 through #S2O. Researchers can read all articles and publish #OpenAccess in our eight subscription journals for free buff.ly/4Lu9VpW
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New paper led by my former student Cinnamon Mittan... find out what those cane toads have been doing once they got established down there in Florida... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Complex range expansion and selective regime in the introduced Florida cane toad - Heredity
Heredity - Complex range expansion and selective regime in the introduced Florida cane toad
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
New paper led by my former student Cinnamon Mittan... find out what those cane toads have been doing once they got established down there in Florida... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An old quip: "All stories you read in the newspaper are completely true except those for which you have first-hand information." This has many corollaries, e.g. "All clades are purely diverging, without introgression, except for those for which you have the pertinent data." 🧪 #evolbio
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
An old quip: "All stories you read in the newspaper are completely true except those for which you have first-hand information." This has many corollaries, e.g. "All clades are purely diverging, without introgression, except for those for which you have the pertinent data." 🧪 #evolbio
New album just dropped
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
New album just dropped
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This article contains some pretty disturbing information. Some of the scientists referred to in the article have produced influential work in evolutionary biology (e.g. Trivers on parental investment, parent-offspring conflict, or reciprocal altruism). How can we separate the wheat from the chaff?
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This article contains some pretty disturbing information. Some of the scientists referred to in the article have produced influential work in evolutionary biology (e.g. Trivers on parental investment, parent-offspring conflict, or reciprocal altruism). How can we separate the wheat from the chaff?
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Peaceful manatee timeline cleanse 〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #coralcitycamera #timelinecleanse #peaceful
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Peaceful manatee timeline cleanse 〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #coralcitycamera #timelinecleanse #peaceful
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Trump to direct Pentagon to buy buggy whips to revive horse&buggy industry.
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy muskets to revive musket industry.
Buggy whip and musket industries big donors to Trump.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy muskets to revive musket industry.
Buggy whip and musket industries big donors to Trump.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White H...
www.reuters.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy buggy whips to revive horse&buggy industry.
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy muskets to revive musket industry.
Buggy whip and musket industries big donors to Trump.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy muskets to revive musket industry.
Buggy whip and musket industries big donors to Trump.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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🧉⏱️🧬
A time-calibrated phylogeny of hummingbirds supports stepwise diversification in the Andes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.06.704360v1
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think?
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think?
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
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Why is there such variation in the birds encountered as you go up or down a mountain? New paper in #ScienceAdvances examines how climate and ecological interactions drive bird distributions in mountains throughout the year:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Climate, ecological dynamics, and the seasonal distribution of birds in mountains
Ecological dynamics related to energy use and competition drives the seasonal distribution of birds in mountains across the world.
www.science.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Why is there such variation in the birds encountered as you go up or down a mountain? New paper in #ScienceAdvances examines how climate and ecological interactions drive bird distributions in mountains throughout the year:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"No, you're not stupid. No one knows what the hell they're doing."
Without naming you job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"OK, tell me what's going on with your mentor"
"OK, tell me what's going on with your mentor"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 AM
"No, you're not stupid. No one knows what the hell they're doing."
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Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
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This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM
This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
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Spatial distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in central Hokkaido, Japan and associated ecological factors revealed by intensive short-term survey in 2024 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.703647v1
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Spatial distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in central Hokkaido, Japan and associated ecological factors revealed by intensive short-term survey in 2024 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.703647v1
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📣 Grad student wanted
PhD position in avian evolution, with emphasis on phylogenetics, macroevolution, Neotropical radiations, flight and dispersal.
Based at the University of New Orleans (soon to be LSU New Orleans).
Start: September 2026.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
PhD position in avian evolution, with emphasis on phylogenetics, macroevolution, Neotropical radiations, flight and dispersal.
Based at the University of New Orleans (soon to be LSU New Orleans).
Start: September 2026.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
📣 Grad student wanted
PhD position in avian evolution, with emphasis on phylogenetics, macroevolution, Neotropical radiations, flight and dispersal.
Based at the University of New Orleans (soon to be LSU New Orleans).
Start: September 2026.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
PhD position in avian evolution, with emphasis on phylogenetics, macroevolution, Neotropical radiations, flight and dispersal.
Based at the University of New Orleans (soon to be LSU New Orleans).
Start: September 2026.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
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Genetic determinants of intraspecific variation in crossover frequencies in the honeybee, Apis mellifera https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.702590v1
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Genetic determinants of intraspecific variation in crossover frequencies in the honeybee, Apis mellifera https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.702590v1
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Reptile Handler At Birthday Party Ruthlessly Heckled By 6-Year-Old For Showing Amphibian https://theonion.com/reptile-handler-at-birthday-party-ruthlessly-heckled-by-6-year-old-for-showing-amphibian/
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Reptile Handler At Birthday Party Ruthlessly Heckled By 6-Year-Old For Showing Amphibian https://theonion.com/reptile-handler-at-birthday-party-ruthlessly-heckled-by-6-year-old-for-showing-amphibian/
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Winner of the internet, 2025/02/03.
February 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Winner of the internet, 2025/02/03.
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My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
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