Abigail Magland
@aemagland.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @UChicago Committee on Evolutionary Biology | Field Museum | Beetles | Palm Flower Weevils | Pollination | Ontologies | she/her Twitter: @aemagland Contact: amagland@uchicago.edu
Congrats to #SICB's Division of #Phylogenetics and Comparative Biology @sicb-dpcb.bsky.social Wake Award for Best student talk (tie): Menna Jones Developmental mode and #anuran functional trait #evolution: inferences from novel comparative methods geosci.uchicago.edu/people/menna...
Congrats to #SICB er @sicb-dpcb.bsky.social awardee of the Wake Award for Best student talk (tie): Linnea Lungstrom for work on #Phylogenetic relationships and the #evolution of fin and body shape in the #surgeonfishes learn more about Linnea's work: linnealungstrom.weebly.com
My PhD paper on my beloved cycads and beetles on the cover of Science!!! Check out how we studied thermal infrared as a pollination signal, from molecular mechanisms to the wonders of behavior... science.org/doi/10.1126/...
SSB Prez Tracy Heath announcing awards! 2026 Ernst Mayr Award goes to Dr. Rowan French for the talk Function and macroevolution of exaggerated male antennae in longhorned beetles Watch the Mayr talks from virtual #evol2026 on YouTube: youtu.be/QMiKMC9ctjw?...
I had so much fun talking about my chapter one research at the poster session! Thanks to all who stopped by! #Evol2026
Happy Holidays from the insects division at the Field Museum!
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
"EHS might be persistent, but just like Rudolph, Hermey, and Yukon Cornelius, so are the people working on it."
Entomological Society of America@entsocamerica.bsky.social · 10mo agoA tiny invasive insect could be hitching a ride on your Christmas tree as it makes its way from a farm to your living room. A recent study examines the elongate hemlock scale (Fiorinia externa) on Fraser fir trees, finding the insects can survive and emerge in the trees up to 13 weeks after harvest.
An eel donated to a natural history museum in 1873 had two ticks embedded in its skin, making it the first known instance of ticks parasitizing a fish. But it was only first documented this year, when a tick specialist identified the ticks and reported the case in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Ticks on an Eel: Museum Specimen is a First of its Kind
Two ticks found on an 1873 electric eel specimen mark the first recorded case of ticks parasitizing a fish—but only documented just this year.
entomologytoday.org
My crutches received some decor at #entsoc25! Check out some of the stickers I acquired during the conference (plus a few I put on beforehand).
Abigail Magland@aemagland.bsky.social · 11mo ago#entsoc25 on crutches! I deserve an award for surviving the conference week on those things. Still, learned a lot and had a fabulous time with old and new friends!
#entsoc25 on crutches! I deserve an award for surviving the conference week on those things. Still, learned a lot and had a fabulous time with old and new friends!
Late notice, but come see my talk tomorrow morning on palm flower #weevils! 8:48am bright and early in room C120! #entsoc25 @entsocamerica.bsky.social
Check out my featured researcher profile in the ROSTRUM digital newsletter! www.curculionoidea.org/featured-res...
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Check our some of our Field Museum paleontologists... as Pokémon illustrations! In preparation for the Pokémon Fossil exhibit next year! www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/your-fi...
I absolutely love the fact they've Pokemon-ised the museum staff, for the upcoming Pokémon partnership with the Field Museum. Museums, take note.
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share. She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others. #ThankYouJane #RememberingJane Photo: Marko Zlousic
Fun outreach with Alissa Doucet and the Museum of Science and Industry's Webs, Wings, and Wonder Bugs event!
Weevil course and roundup at the Southeestern Research Station in AZ! Learned a ton with some curCOOLionoid people. Thanks to all the organizers and instructors for an amazing workshop!
I am a PhD candidate in the Evolutionary Biology program at the University of Chicago. I study palm flower weevil systematics in the de Medeiros lab at the Field Museum. I am a fan of data organization, collections-based research, and open access science. I love all things beetles and Beatles :)
