Will Sowersby
@willsowersby.bsky.social
Behavioural Ecology, Fish Ecology, Biodiversity, Science Policy #fishsci
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ISBE offers very generous travel awards for ECRs and those from developing nations to attend its conferences. Make sure to apply by the deadline!
TRAVEL AWARDS - Apply for a travel award to support your trip, accommodation and registration! Application guidelines on www.isbe2026.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
ISBE offers very generous travel awards for ECRs and those from developing nations to attend its conferences. Make sure to apply by the deadline!
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Fisheries can drive selection, but what about small-scale ornamental fisheries? Our new study shows Amazonian fishes interact w/ traps in species- & environment-specific ways, hinting at overlooked selective potential. Led by @marpineda.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Fisheries can drive selection, but what about small-scale ornamental fisheries? Our new study shows Amazonian fishes interact w/ traps in species- & environment-specific ways, hinting at overlooked selective potential. Led by @marpineda.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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🐟 New Research - Loss of distinct functionality during fish community disassembly ➡️ buff.ly/P8HYlNT
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🐟 New Research - Loss of distinct functionality during fish community disassembly ➡️ buff.ly/P8HYlNT
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Happy to have this new preprint up: Disturbance provides limited respite for native fish against invaders
We assess the potential for coexistence between threatened native galaxiid fishes & invasive trout, & find native fish prevail only at high disturbance regimes. Even then, it's dicy.
We assess the potential for coexistence between threatened native galaxiid fishes & invasive trout, & find native fish prevail only at high disturbance regimes. Even then, it's dicy.
Disturbance provides limited respite for native fish against invaders
Understanding how flow-related disturbance regimes influence species interactions is critical for conserving threatened species in freshwater ecosystems, where both the alteration of these regimes and...
www.biorxiv.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Happy to have this new preprint up: Disturbance provides limited respite for native fish against invaders
We assess the potential for coexistence between threatened native galaxiid fishes & invasive trout, & find native fish prevail only at high disturbance regimes. Even then, it's dicy.
We assess the potential for coexistence between threatened native galaxiid fishes & invasive trout, & find native fish prevail only at high disturbance regimes. Even then, it's dicy.
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Calling all evolutionary biologists! 🧬
AES 2025 | UQ Brisbane | 1–3 Oct
Early-bird registration close 1 Sept
aes.corsizio.com/event/685405...
#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #AusSci
AES 2025 | UQ Brisbane | 1–3 Oct
Early-bird registration close 1 Sept
aes.corsizio.com/event/685405...
#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #AusSci
August 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Calling all evolutionary biologists! 🧬
AES 2025 | UQ Brisbane | 1–3 Oct
Early-bird registration close 1 Sept
aes.corsizio.com/event/685405...
#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #AusSci
AES 2025 | UQ Brisbane | 1–3 Oct
Early-bird registration close 1 Sept
aes.corsizio.com/event/685405...
#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #AusSci
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🌊Recent study "examines how predator body size variation shapes aquatic community structure. Findings highlight the pervasive, multi-channel influence of predators across all trophic levels in communities."🌍🧪
buff.ly/TGU8uWb
buff.ly/TGU8uWb
July 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🌊Recent study "examines how predator body size variation shapes aquatic community structure. Findings highlight the pervasive, multi-channel influence of predators across all trophic levels in communities."🌍🧪
buff.ly/TGU8uWb
buff.ly/TGU8uWb
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Make sure to follow @isbe2026.bsky.social for all the latest info on the next International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress in 2026. And while you're at it, check out the cool logo...
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
June 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Make sure to follow @isbe2026.bsky.social for all the latest info on the next International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress in 2026. And while you're at it, check out the cool logo...
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NEW PAPER🎺
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals
Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach
Has this approach made any progress?🧵
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals
Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach
Has this approach made any progress?🧵
June 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
NEW PAPER🎺
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals
Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach
Has this approach made any progress?🧵
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals
Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach
Has this approach made any progress?🧵
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In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
June 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
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🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies
2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.
Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.
Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.
Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.
Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies
2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.
Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.
Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.
Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.
Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
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cool new paper in @nature.com about moth migration, showing they use the stars to navigate up to the mountains in the summer 🧪🌍🐙
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night - Nature
Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000 km towards their alpine migratory goal.
www.nature.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
cool new paper in @nature.com about moth migration, showing they use the stars to navigate up to the mountains in the summer 🧪🌍🐙
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
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We're looking for TWO lecturers (in Conservation Biology & Evolutionary Ecology) to join us in this beautiful corner of the world! Come join our pretty awesome (if I do say so myself!) department! 💚 @zoologyotago.bsky.social
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May 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We're looking for TWO lecturers (in Conservation Biology & Evolutionary Ecology) to join us in this beautiful corner of the world! Come join our pretty awesome (if I do say so myself!) department! 💚 @zoologyotago.bsky.social
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
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The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery:
biodiversitycouncil....
biodiversitycouncil....
May 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery:
biodiversitycouncil....
biodiversitycouncil....
Enjoyed chatting on Radio Marinara this morning about our sleep research in cleaner fish www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog... my interview starts at 37:20
Programs: Radio Marinara – 1 June 2025, Radio Marinara — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
An episode of Radio Marinara on 1 June 2025
www.rrr.org.au
June 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Enjoyed chatting on Radio Marinara this morning about our sleep research in cleaner fish www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog... my interview starts at 37:20
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🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
Supplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna's Hummingbirds
Bird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal...
dx.doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
Is there a better looking small-bodied freshwater species in SE Aus than the southern purple-spotted gudgeon?
May 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Is there a better looking small-bodied freshwater species in SE Aus than the southern purple-spotted gudgeon?
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We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by @elliediamant.bsky.social in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
May 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by @elliediamant.bsky.social in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Out sampling for endangered Murray Hardyhead in Lake Elizabeth near Kerang
April 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Out sampling for endangered Murray Hardyhead in Lake Elizabeth near Kerang
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Postdoc in Avian Behaviour (2.5 yrs)
Study evolution of escape behaviour in threatened birds.
ARC-funded project w/ Matt Symonds & Mike Weston (Deakin), Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).
Exp. in bird behavioural ecology required
Apply : careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Study evolution of escape behaviour in threatened birds.
ARC-funded project w/ Matt Symonds & Mike Weston (Deakin), Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).
Exp. in bird behavioural ecology required
Apply : careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Careers
careers.pageuppeople.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Postdoc in Avian Behaviour (2.5 yrs)
Study evolution of escape behaviour in threatened birds.
ARC-funded project w/ Matt Symonds & Mike Weston (Deakin), Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).
Exp. in bird behavioural ecology required
Apply : careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Study evolution of escape behaviour in threatened birds.
ARC-funded project w/ Matt Symonds & Mike Weston (Deakin), Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).
Exp. in bird behavioural ecology required
Apply : careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
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Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
April 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
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Super happy to see our new article on how pharmaceutical pollution can influence salmon migration out in @science.org!
This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years!
You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!
This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years!
You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!
April 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Super happy to see our new article on how pharmaceutical pollution can influence salmon migration out in @science.org!
This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years!
You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!
This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years!
You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!
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The International Society for Neuroethology has a grant for disadvantaged scientists investigating the mechanisms of animal behaviour. Apply for funds to help overcome any barriers you face!
Membership fees can be included in your application.
Details here: www.neuroethology.org/diversity-aw...
Membership fees can be included in your application.
Details here: www.neuroethology.org/diversity-aw...
April 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The International Society for Neuroethology has a grant for disadvantaged scientists investigating the mechanisms of animal behaviour. Apply for funds to help overcome any barriers you face!
Membership fees can be included in your application.
Details here: www.neuroethology.org/diversity-aw...
Membership fees can be included in your application.
Details here: www.neuroethology.org/diversity-aw...
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Animals, like caribou, that were common even a few decades ago are becoming rare. Next to the insect apocalypse, maybe the next most alarming biodiversity trend is the precipitous decline of once common, numerous species. 😟
www.climate.gov/news-feature...
www.climate.gov/news-feature...
2024 Arctic Report Card: Migratory Arctic caribou populations have fallen by 65%
Further warming will pose increasing challenges for caribou and the people who depend on them.
www.climate.gov
March 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Animals, like caribou, that were common even a few decades ago are becoming rare. Next to the insect apocalypse, maybe the next most alarming biodiversity trend is the precipitous decline of once common, numerous species. 😟
www.climate.gov/news-feature...
www.climate.gov/news-feature...
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A new theme issue of #PhilTransB looks at how the division of labour between members of a society (not just humans!) may have come about, and how studying its biological roots can help us to understand our modern world #evolution. Read: buff.ly/2J5WgZh
March 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A new theme issue of #PhilTransB looks at how the division of labour between members of a society (not just humans!) may have come about, and how studying its biological roots can help us to understand our modern world #evolution. Read: buff.ly/2J5WgZh