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behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, insects, birds
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alielw.bsky.social
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬

We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.

Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!

We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.

#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids

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November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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hannahmrowland.bsky.social
🐞🧬🦅 join us for a PhD position researching how birds evolve resistance to prey toxins. If you’re excited about wild chemical arms races, we’d love to hear from you. @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Eating Viceroy Butterfly https://stevecreek.com/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-eating-butterfly/
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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lasfdp.bsky.social
#voxprimato #postdoc #autresanimaux
Offre de postdoc en éthologie appliqué à la Swedish University of Biosystems and Technology sur les perceptions animales
Date limite 07/01/2026
👇🏽
applied-ethology.bsky.social International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) @applied-ethology.bsky.social · 9d
#jobalert

Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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olbrooks.bsky.social
New paper from @maggiehantak.bsky.social and coauthors! Red-backed salamander sexual size dimorphism and mate associations vary by population. Salamanders are...complicated.
doi.org/10.1007/s004...
Spatial variation in sexual size dimorphism and mating associations in the color polymorphic Eastern Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) - Oecologia
Sexual selection due to mate preference for certain traits can maintain phenotypic diversity within populations and species. In taxa with discrete phenotypes, such as color polymorphic species, assort...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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juliasaltz.bsky.social
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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cyanistesnord.bsky.social
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa

Would appreciate a re-post!

@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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travismcenery.bsky.social
Well this was neat.

World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black | Live Science share.google/IcsbD2Lb3zhT...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Jennifer Siebel Newsom shows the way forward for parents.
A post reads: “I will not raise my children to think Donald Trump is an acceptable American leader. He’s a con artist, a predator, a malignant narcissist. And the worst president in our nation’s history.” Below, a woman stands at a podium speaking, flanked by others, including a man and an older woman, in front of U.S. flags. The image is dated November 3, 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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andyradford.bsky.social
It's #MongooseMonday 🎉

Dwarf mongooses are #cooperativebreeders, living in groups of 3-20 with a dominant breeding pair & helpers of both sexes.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

We study a South African population habituated to our close presence & trained to weigh themselves!
#fieldwork #social #behaviour
Dwarf mongoose group in South Africa. Habituated wild dwarf mongoose staring into a camera. Habituated wild dwarf mongoose on a balance scale weighing itself.
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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judithmank.bsky.social
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: Imagine you wake up as a hermaphrodite marine worm - who should you trade eggs with?! 🐛💞🥚
Loubière & Lorenzi show that Ophryotrocha diadema trade eggs equally with familiar and unfamiliar partners — suggesting reciprocity without individual recognition. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Egg Traders Do Not Discriminate Between Familiar and Unfamiliar Partners
Reciprocity in annelids: switching partners does not affect delay or size of egg donation.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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samlmontano.bsky.social
You: Using AI to write your silly little research paper.

Me: Spending a week in an archive in Iowa to unearth a single citation for my silly little research paper.

We are not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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andyradford.bsky.social
📢NEW paper out TODAY 👏
🎉Congratulations @sharkslikejazz.bsky.social
🛥️Motorboat sound in shallow waters and implications for mitigation
🫂 @sophienedelec.bsky.social @profstevesimpson.bsky.social #MichaelAinslie #HarryHarding #JamesCampbell

#pollution #noise #speed #acoustics

doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Motorboat sound in shallow waters and implications for mitigation
Small motorboats are a pervasive source of underwater noise pollution in many coastal regions of the world. The environmental impacts of motorboat noise include
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October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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juncowren.bsky.social
Wow! Definitely worth a look for those of us teaching and doing research on stress.
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · 18d
What makes us feel "fight or flight" may be less adrenaline and more of something else—a hormone that seeps out of our bones.

Learn more on #Halloween: https://scim.ag/4hDR7sw
A line of skeletons in running positions, with text: Hormone secreted by bones may help us escape danger
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
If this doesn’t qualify as an emergency, what does? Even the USDA plan said it could be used as a buffer in the event of a shutdown.
A tweet from the Governor Newsom Press Office account reads: “BREAKING: @SpeakerJohnson agrees, Americans going hungry does not qualify as an emergency. Disgusting.” Below it is a screenshot of a Politico article titled “Johnson backs Trump’s plans not to tap contingency dollars for food aid ahead of funding cliff.” The image shows Speaker Mike Johnson wearing glasses and a suit.
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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oriollapiedra.bsky.social
We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍

Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!

Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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fishsqueezer.bsky.social
BRAND NEW SENTENCE LEVEL RESEARCH

Dinidorid stinkbug females are armed with leg holsters containing cordyceps species that they use to inoculate their egg clusters & grow a fuzzy fungal blankie that excludes parasitic wasps.

There is a LOT going on down there! #虫🌎

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A couple lil pink baby stinkbugs emerging from their eggs onto a plant stem that looks covered in cotton candy.
October 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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elinvidevall.bsky.social
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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wielandheim.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD position? Come and work with us on migratory songbirds at the University of Oldenburg!

uol.de/job788en
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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andyradford.bsky.social
❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork

👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Dwarf mongoose Rhesus macaques grooming Meerkat
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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wendelvandersluis.bsky.social
📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour.
🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14)
⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026!
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
Call for Submissions for the Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation prize 2026
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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reichertfroglab.bsky.social
Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Biology - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Campus OSU-Stillwater Contact Name & Email Dr. Michael Reichert, michael.reichert@okstate.edu Work Schedule TBD Appointment Length Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice Hiring Range $85,000 - $8...
jobs.okstate.edu
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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jmeunierearwig.bsky.social
🪳 New paper out – Part II!

Our 2nd study on the hormonal regulation of maternal care in the European earwig is now out!

We show that blocking juvenile hormone synthesis with Precocene reduces egg care in post-oviposition mothers, while JH supplementation has no effect.

doi.org/10.1016/j.yh...
Redirecting
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October 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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rickmalad.bsky.social
How fortunate am I, that not 100ft from my back door this wonder of evolution decided to post up. She—a bolas spider, Mastophora stowei—spent her nights luring in moths from the low branches of a sassafras tree in our yard. Luckily she picked ideal spot to capture her with a bolas at the ready
October 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM