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This account spotlights manuscripts & authors from from The Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology's(sicb.bsky.social) journals- ICB & IOB (OA) -header art done by Noah Bressman
IOB
"These results suggest that males must make complex investments in suites of sexual traits to maximize fitness in the face of energetic trade-offs..."

Relationships between Pre- & Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs
Girard et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ICB author and assistant ed, Yaamini Venkataraman, would like to share this opportunity:

We are searching for #instructors of #undergraduate introductory #biology or #evolution courses...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

& do read Yaamini's co authored

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Another highlight of Max and Charlotte's project! 🐸
IOB's
Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)

M O Girard, C J Clark, A F @arielkahrl.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

"We found multiple positive and negative correlations between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits."
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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This is a great read!!
ICB blog on author
Amanda Cicchino’s Coping with rapidly warming temperatures: the roles of #plasticity and #adaptation in a coldwater #frog

by Atalanta Ritter, Indiana University Bloomington

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/a...

#science #amphibians #climate #biology
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
IOB's
Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)

M O Girard, C J Clark, A F @arielkahrl.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

"We found multiple positive and negative correlations between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits."
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ICB blog on author
Amanda Cicchino’s Coping with rapidly warming temperatures: the roles of #plasticity and #adaptation in a coldwater #frog

by Atalanta Ritter, Indiana University Bloomington

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/a...

#science #amphibians #climate #biology
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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This is the first paper to originate from my lab and include Hamilton undergraduates! So proud of the hard work they put into this paper 🐸
Just in IOB's issue!

Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)

M O Girard, C J Clark, Ariel Kahrl

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

"Sexual selection is thought to be a primary driver of trait #evolution..."

#science #amphibians #bio
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
M.I.S.S. /ICB feature:
Zooming in on #Bonnetheads: Quantifying Impacts of Maturity on Denticle #Morphology

Epstein et al

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#Denticles provide #sharks with functional benefits, including protection during mating and enhanced drag reduction during high-speed swimming...
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just in IOB's issue!

Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)

M O Girard, C J Clark, Ariel Kahrl

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

"Sexual selection is thought to be a primary driver of trait #evolution..."

#science #amphibians #bio
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Friday SICB journals follower spotlight on
@torporthomas.bsky.social is an ICB/IOB bsky follower.
Thomas is interested in #vertebrate , #ecophysiology, #conservation #physiology, and #disease #ecology be sure to follow him to see what he's up to, and thanks for the follow Thomas! 🙌
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Get to know this IOB co-author:
Leah Rubin is a #Ph.D. candidate at The State University of New York College of #Environmental #Science and Forestry in Dr. Joshua Drew’s CHAOS lab
In this iobopen.com blog , Leah tells us a bit more about her scientific journey:

iobopen.com/2025/11/21/e...
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
ICB's

Food hoarding, anxiety, and stress in a #mammalian hibernator

Sebin Park, Genevieve Curtis, Ni Y Feng

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

www.feng-lab.org/home/team

#vertebrates #science #hibernating #organisms
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICB Issue 4 -
"Some of the most highly specialized interactions are brood-pollination #mutualisms, wherein plants trade food and shelter for #pollination services, often at the cost of some offspring..."

Gwen M Bode, et al

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#pollinators #botany #plants #botanist
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse...
an #elasmobranch IOB related work
Rubin et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Fig. 2
Differences in traits for geometric & linear #denticles illustrated on #fossil denticles of unknown taxa from Deep Sea Drilling Project...

#science #morphology #evolution
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@elizabethsibert.bsky.social & @garethjfraser.bsky.social & Rubin et al's latest IOB paper has incredible figures!
Be sure to read
"Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse..."

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

our latest #morphology work involving #Elasmobranch #Denticles

#science #sharks #biologists
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ICB author & 2025 John A. Moore lecturer, Catherine Quinlan shares an #Art in #bio segment:

Love Leads Me Back to the Arts
"I couldn’t get away from the arts even if I tried. It’s where I’ve found love and it’s where I’ve found peace."
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/l...
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This paper has been nearly a decade in the making. HUGE congratulations to Leah and the rest of Team Denticles for getting this herculean effort out into the world!
IOB - Fresh Ink!
Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICB-
get to know the M.I.S.S. co- author of issue 5's
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Pathirannahalage Buddhi Maheshika Pathirana
Buddhi is a
#science #educator, & does #research for #conservation and sustainable #fisheries
see her co-founded
www.oceanrosy.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
IOB - Fresh Ink!
Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Friday ICB Featured papers from the M.I.S.S. issue-
Overcoming Waves of Challenges: Experiences of #BIPOC #Shark #Scientists in the Global South
Ingrid Hyrycena et al

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
&
Zooming in on #Bonnetheads...
Hannah Epstein et al

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#morphology #science
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
IOB
"Assessing neural #PTSD-like effects in both sexes and in a wild animal are necessary next steps in addressing concerns over whether the observed effects in the #neurobiology of lab animal models can be generalized to their wild counterparts..."
Witterick et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#birds
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
ICB special Friday blog
Joan Roughgarden’s #Evolution’s Rainbow, a book review by Josephine Low
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/j...
"Despite the enduring desire for objectivity, what #scientists choose to study and their interpretation is shaped by cultural norms..."
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
More Minorities in Shark Sciences ICB papers 🙌

Free Reads!

Five Years of Minorities in #Shark #Sciences...

Camila Cáceres‎, Ph. D et al

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

A Non-Invasive #Video -Based Method for Tracking Marine #Megafauna Movement...

Sara Asadi

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#science
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM