Zeke Rowe
@zekerowe.bsky.social
PhD Student @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Researching colouration and anti-predator strategies in 🦋
https://www.instagram.com/zekeseeksnature/
https://www.instagram.com/zekeseeksnature/
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Now out in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social
Tetrapod vocal evolution reveals faster rates and higher-pitched sounds for mammals 🐘🦉🐸.
Mammalian hearing likely allowed the rapid diversification of their vocalizations.
Open access here:
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication
Tetrapod vocal evolution reveals faster rates and higher-pitched sounds for mammals 🐘🦉🐸.
Mammalian hearing likely allowed the rapid diversification of their vocalizations.
Open access here:
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication
Tetrapod vocal evolution reveals faster rates and higher-pitched sounds for mammals
Abstract. Using the voice to produce sound is a widespread form of communication and plays an important role across diverse species and contexts. Variation
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Now out in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social
Tetrapod vocal evolution reveals faster rates and higher-pitched sounds for mammals 🐘🦉🐸.
Mammalian hearing likely allowed the rapid diversification of their vocalizations.
Open access here:
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication
Tetrapod vocal evolution reveals faster rates and higher-pitched sounds for mammals 🐘🦉🐸.
Mammalian hearing likely allowed the rapid diversification of their vocalizations.
Open access here:
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication
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🕷️ Evaluation of BugBox, a software platform for AI-assisted bioinventories of arthropods
📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/3GMV0Is
📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/3GMV0Is
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🕷️ Evaluation of BugBox, a software platform for AI-assisted bioinventories of arthropods
📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/3GMV0Is
📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/3GMV0Is
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🦋 🧬 Feature review @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: "Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social : reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe", with @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social from @universidadoviedo.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level
reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found
in Europe. Here, we describe t...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🦋 🧬 Feature review @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: "Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social : reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe", with @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social from @universidadoviedo.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Leaf? 🍃 Or katydid? 🦗
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Functional and evolutionary synergy of trait components can explain the existence of leaf masquerade in katydids
The evolution of complex adaptations often involves synergistic changes in multiple traits that lack standalone function. This study shows that leaf masquerade in katydids evolved through concurrent m...
plos.io
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Leaf? 🍃 Or katydid? 🦗
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
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BehaveAI is live!
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BehaveAI is live!
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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We now have full documentation up for if you just want to make your self a super duper inexpensive Moth Light!
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We now have full documentation up for if you just want to make your self a super duper inexpensive Moth Light!
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Engineering for insects! 🐜🐞
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Engineering for insects! 🐜🐞
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
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How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals? We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs. Light and noise interact in complex ways, and light pollution shifts selection on male calling:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
Noise pollution and artificial light at night alter selection pressures on sexual signals in an urban adapter
Abstract. Human-induced environmental changes can have major impacts on how individuals communicate. Species using sexual signals may experience especially
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals? We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs. Light and noise interact in complex ways, and light pollution shifts selection on male calling:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
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Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth.
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth.
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds
Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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New paper! 🥳📜 We reviewed 275 ecology & evolution journals: only 38% mandate data sharing & 27% mandate code sharing. 📉
We share recommendations to help close this gap. 💡
👉 Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
👉 Blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...
We share recommendations to help close this gap. 💡
👉 Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
👉 Blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...
From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and
facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial
role. However, in ecology and ev...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New paper! 🥳📜 We reviewed 275 ecology & evolution journals: only 38% mandate data sharing & 27% mandate code sharing. 📉
We share recommendations to help close this gap. 💡
👉 Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
👉 Blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...
We share recommendations to help close this gap. 💡
👉 Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
👉 Blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...
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Elon Musk has damaged science in the U.S., and here he is this weekend undermining democracy in the U.K.
Yet @royalsociety.org still has him as a Fellow.
If "a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists" doesn't stand up to fascism, something is very, very wrong.
Yet @royalsociety.org still has him as a Fellow.
If "a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists" doesn't stand up to fascism, something is very, very wrong.
Elon Musk, "There's got to be a change of government in Britain"
"We don't have another four years or whenever your next election is, it's too long, something has got to be done"
"There has got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held"
"We don't have another four years or whenever your next election is, it's too long, something has got to be done"
"There has got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held"
September 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk has damaged science in the U.S., and here he is this weekend undermining democracy in the U.K.
Yet @royalsociety.org still has him as a Fellow.
If "a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists" doesn't stand up to fascism, something is very, very wrong.
Yet @royalsociety.org still has him as a Fellow.
If "a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists" doesn't stand up to fascism, something is very, very wrong.
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(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
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“The results show that neural reactions to colors are somewhat standard and don’t seem to vary much from person to person. But these neuroanatomical findings can’t answer the question of how it feels to see red…”
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencenews.org/article/red-...
🧪 🧠
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencenews.org/article/red-...
🧪 🧠
Your red is my red, at least to our brains
Despite philosophical debates, colors like red may spark similar brain activity across individuals, new research suggests.
www.sciencenews.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“The results show that neural reactions to colors are somewhat standard and don’t seem to vary much from person to person. But these neuroanatomical findings can’t answer the question of how it feels to see red…”
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencenews.org/article/red-...
🧪 🧠
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencenews.org/article/red-...
🧪 🧠
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Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my life—successfully defended my PhD! 🎓✨
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology
September 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my life—successfully defended my PhD! 🎓✨
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology
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Do birds tune their songs to their hearing?
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
August 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Do birds tune their songs to their hearing?
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
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How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
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Interested in doing a 3-month #internship on treehopper vibrational communication at STRI in Panama? 🤩 Check this out:
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Interested in doing a 3-month #internship on treehopper vibrational communication at STRI in Panama? 🤩 Check this out:
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
A great time @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata 🌏🇮🇳 It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and share ideas🍂
It was also such a pleasure to visit India for the first time - the warmth and hospitality I experienced made the whole trip even more special!
It was also such a pleasure to visit India for the first time - the warmth and hospitality I experienced made the whole trip even more special!
September 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A great time @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata 🌏🇮🇳 It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and share ideas🍂
It was also such a pleasure to visit India for the first time - the warmth and hospitality I experienced made the whole trip even more special!
It was also such a pleasure to visit India for the first time - the warmth and hospitality I experienced made the whole trip even more special!
A massive thank you to the @dinalab.bsky.social for their great work in building our predation arenas for our leaf mimic project! 🍂 🦋
Most of these scraps are being upcycled from @zekerowe.bsky.social 's new project where we made him some polypropylene battle arenas they will deploy in the rainforest to study leaf mimicking moths and bird predation
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A massive thank you to the @dinalab.bsky.social for their great work in building our predation arenas for our leaf mimic project! 🍂 🦋