The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

A 20-year field study of the African superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) found striking evidence that birds often switch breeding roles from year to year by taking turns as ‘breeders’ or each other’s ‘helpers’. This reciprocal assistance was not explained by genetic relatedness (kinship) and required decades of observation to be detected. A 20-year study uncovered a cryptic form of reciprocity between birds over their lifetime.

Superb starlings seen to build reciprocal relations in which they return favours when a ‘helper’ has offspring of its own

A study of the cooperative breeding behaviour of superb starlings during 40 consecutive breeding seasons over 20 years reveals long-term reciprocal helping between both related and unrelated individua...

“If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes Carole LaBonne of Northwestern.

Leaders across Science, Industry, Academia, Philanthropy and Public Sector Release Vision for American Science and Technology on Simons Foundation

The Bronx and Queens Congresswoman has been active on Bluesky since early 2023. Users have been flocking to the decentralized platform since the US election.