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Jonathan Goldenberg
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MSCA DSTrain Postdoc @biovitenskap.bsky.social | Guest researcher @UGent | Conservation photojournalist | Researching function & evolution of vertebrates colored integument | https://www.jonathangoldenberg.com
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October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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🧪 New paper out! Growing up, wall lizards undergo a UV-visible “awkward phase” (who doesn’t?) that we can’t see—but they can. These ontogenetic color changes may mediate juvenile–adult interactions by delaying the onset of adult social signals. doi.org/10.1002/jez.... #colsci #lizard #ontogeny
Cryptic Ontogenetic Changes in the Ventral Coloration of a Color Polymorphic Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Wall lizards' ventral coloration undergoes cryptic ontogenetic color changes invisible without UV vision. We tracked wall lizards from hatching to one year of age. Spectrophotometry and visual modeli...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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New paper @biolinvasions.bsky.social led by Sarah-Sophie Weil.

Can macroevolution inform contemporary invasion potential?

We outline the assumptions of this approach, assess support, then test if dispersal ability can proxy for naturalisation success in several tetrapod groups.

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September 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What a week for our SHARKSense project - wrapped up our first field work in Costa Rica and Friday I'll share some colorful insights on sharks at UCR. Pura vida 🦈 @biovitenskap.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Developed from the #WCH10 symposium, we provide a guide for researchers & managers on current advances for assessing the vulnerability of reptiles 🐍 & amphibians 🐸 to water stress | doi.org/10.1093/conp... | Published in @conphysjournal.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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🧪 These two lizards are the same individual, despite shimmering in different colours.
This might have made you expel a puff of air through your nostrils while thinking a lowercase "lol" (or so I hope). It took us 4 years @jzoology.bsky.social
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Intraspecific variation and detectability of iridescence in the dorsal coloration of a wall lizard
Wall lizards (genus Podarcis) show substantial intraspecific colour variation and iridescence, which may interact and affect overall colour appearance. Here, we set out to study iridescence in Podarc....
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April 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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🚨 We're hiring!
Fully funded Postdoc(s) in Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab — focus on predictive modeling in evolution and development.
📍 Stockholm
🕒 2+1 years
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Please share!
Postdoctoral Fellow in Evolutionary Prediction
The Department of Zoology is one of the departments within the Faculty of Science and has approximately 80 employees including researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and educati
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April 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
And here's the blog that outlines the 5-year journey and insights behind our latest article communities.springernature.com/posts/steppi...
March 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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We are very excited to share our new paper in Science! We show that a diverse group of Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals all had darkly-colored fur.

Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning!
🧵 (1/6) @science.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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How vulnerable are #amphibians to extreme heat? 🐸🌡️

Our paper in @nature.com shows that many amphibians are already overheating, and many more species will be impacted by climate warming globally.

See the thread below for a digest 🧵

Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#Nature
March 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Color evolution wasn’t inevitable - was it? In a recent article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore some of the latest research on how animals and plants co-evolved to bring vibrant colors into our world
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Why did life evolve to be so colourful? Research is starting to give us some answers
If evolution had taken a different turn, nature would be missing some colours.
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February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hi Bluesky! Excited to share a new project I’ve just kicked off: SHARKSense 🦈. We’re exploring how heavy metals impact melanin deposition and evolution in sharks. Can the darkness of shark integument indicate pollution? 🤔 This is just the beginning - stay tuned for shark color tales from the field 🌊
January 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM