Michael Sheehan
@sheehanmj.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Cornell Neurobiology and Behavior. Social behavior, evolution, neuroscience. Paper wasps and mice.
Chinese lantern festival in Philadelphia - very cool event!!
August 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Chinese lantern festival in Philadelphia - very cool event!!
Love finding wasps nests this time of year. These Polistes fuscatus paper wasps are both “queens”. One will be dominant and they will share reproduction to some extent. They are likely sisters born last August #wasplove
May 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Love finding wasps nests this time of year. These Polistes fuscatus paper wasps are both “queens”. One will be dominant and they will share reproduction to some extent. They are likely sisters born last August #wasplove
I treated myself to some new markers.
Necessary supplies to plan out projects and papers.
The office whiteboard is going to get very colorful!
Necessary supplies to plan out projects and papers.
The office whiteboard is going to get very colorful!
May 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I treated myself to some new markers.
Necessary supplies to plan out projects and papers.
The office whiteboard is going to get very colorful!
Necessary supplies to plan out projects and papers.
The office whiteboard is going to get very colorful!
March 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This male paper wasp can’t sting-he doesn’t have the parts for it. Only lady Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) can sting. The stinger is a modified ovipositor (ovo = egg).
Even without the stinger, males still make a stinging motion…just with their genitalia.
Even without the stinger, males still make a stinging motion…just with their genitalia.
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 AM
This male paper wasp can’t sting-he doesn’t have the parts for it. Only lady Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) can sting. The stinger is a modified ovipositor (ovo = egg).
Even without the stinger, males still make a stinging motion…just with their genitalia.
Even without the stinger, males still make a stinging motion…just with their genitalia.
New paper out from PhD student Caleb Vogt in BMC Biology
We looked at individual and societal level differences in behavior between lab and genetically wild mice in large outdoor enclosures
1. Males were similar between groups and made territories
2. Lab females had distinct behavior rdcu.be/dyFmK
We looked at individual and societal level differences in behavior between lab and genetically wild mice in large outdoor enclosures
1. Males were similar between groups and made territories
2. Lab females had distinct behavior rdcu.be/dyFmK
February 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
New paper out from PhD student Caleb Vogt in BMC Biology
We looked at individual and societal level differences in behavior between lab and genetically wild mice in large outdoor enclosures
1. Males were similar between groups and made territories
2. Lab females had distinct behavior rdcu.be/dyFmK
We looked at individual and societal level differences in behavior between lab and genetically wild mice in large outdoor enclosures
1. Males were similar between groups and made territories
2. Lab females had distinct behavior rdcu.be/dyFmK
Maybe the coolest “I voted” sticker I’ve ever received
November 7, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Maybe the coolest “I voted” sticker I’ve ever received