Thank you to San Jacinto College Generation Park for hosting #STEAMagination! I loved sharing all about echolocation and how I use acoustic monitoring to #TrackTheBats with the Sheldon ISD community. Till next time!

Another SICB on the books 🥳 thanks to everyone that came out to support #SICB2026 #EvolutionaryBiology #BatBiologist #WomenInStem #TrackTheBats

Studying at #RiceUniversity means sharing the city with hundreds of thousands of urban bats — perfect for my research on the physiology of #bat migration. In honor of #InternationalBatWeek 🦇, check out the local bat #research occurring throughout #Houston below 👇 graduate.rice.edu/news/current...

Rice Graduate Student Tracks Houston’s Bat Population to Unlock Secrets of Health and Ecology

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Wing pelage is suggested to have a functional role in bats — and it’s not just to make them cuter. Check out the publication below to learn more! #academia #academicSky #PhDSky #bats #science

Andrea Rummel, Ph.D.@arummel.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Super proud to share the first first-author paper from @ashockney24.bsky.social and our first official Rummel lab publication! Check it out here: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A mesmerizing emergence from 📍 #WaughBridge in Houston tonight. Emergences like these remind me of #starlings. What do you think? Want to learn more about our local #bats 🦇? Come to a #BatChat 💬 on Fridays ~30 minutes before sunset for a batty Q&A!

Project Gotham is making news! I was first introduced to the excitement (and challenges!) of independent research in community college and now I’m a part of a program with @arummel.bsky.social and Tyler Olivier that provides that same opportunity to other students. A fulfilling, full-circle moment.

We had a truly spectacular emergence at Waugh Bridge last night! 🦇

Could roost microclimate drive facultative migration patterns in Mexican Free-Tailed bats? Come tomorrow to session 2 of the Texas Biodiversity Symposium to learn more! #RiceUniversity

Congratulations to Kory Evans @sternarchella.bsky.social, winner of this year’s @J_Exp_Biol sponsored Carl Gans Award at #SICB2025. His #biomechanics research examines the role of modularity in the evolution of the #fish skull. Don't miss his talk: 7 Jan at 13:30 in Marquis D Please repost

If you came to my talk today at #SICB2025 (or didn’t!) and want to get a copy of the science communication logistics worksheet, check it out at bit.ly/heySICB

Zoe Griffin@zgrif26.bsky.social · 2y ago

Feeling very inspired after a fantastic talk from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social #SICB2025 … Houston better get ready for lizard facts (a shameless direct ripoff of squid facts)

An accurate representation of #SICB2025. Loved @princetonvaughn.bsky.social’s talk on anole morphological differences in urban vs. rural settings!

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2y ago

I learned that Crested anoles in cities have longer toes than crested anoles in the forest #SICB2025 #DrawWhatYouLearned

Are you interested in cute, fluffy mammals? 👀 Me too! Come learn why some bats are fluffier than others at my #SICB2025 oral presentation Monday at 1:45pm in International 5 📸 Traer Scott

Andrea Rummel, Ph.D.@arummel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are you at #SICB2025 and interested in bats? Check out @ashockney24.bsky.social’s talk on how furry bat wings are (Monday at 1:45PM in International 5), and Kate Manges Douglas’s poster on how hot bat wings are (Monday, P3-121)! Sneak peaks below:

Check out our latest paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology!

Savannah Cobb@savannahecobb.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper out! We identified new ecological correlates on primate incisors and infer a mixed-feeding ecology for the Hispaniola monkey. #primates #teeth #fossils #morphology #anthropology #primatology @ashockney24.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I encountered three unfamiliar species on campus today. I found the lady bug-looking one to be the most interesting. What was your favorite species find this year?

It’s sad when journals need to ask 19 reviewers just to get 2 reviews. Remember that each submitted paper has at least 2-3 reviewers (plus editors) so the golden rule of review: for every paper you submit you should review 2-3 to pay back review and editing time of your colleagues.

Officially a published author — and in my undergrad dream journal nonetheless! I am beyond thankful for all the mentorship from Dr. Cooke and soon-to-be Dr. Cobb on this project. Check it out!

Incisor Geometry, Relief, and Diet in Anthropoid Primates With Implications for Antillothrix

Principal component analysis (PCA) showing variation in incisor shape across dietary groups. Diet is indicated by color, and genus is indicated by shape. (A) PCA of I1 height, width, and breadth. (B)...

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What a great study on facultative migration in birds!

Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬@kristinamuise.bsky.social · 2y ago

My new Outside JEB article @jexpbiol.bsky.social where I highlight a new paper where Nils Lanek, Scott Yanco & colleagues from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, measured the energy expenditure in migratory & resident common blackbirds in Germany 🪶🧪🌎🐦 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Hi! I’m a graduate student at Rice University interested in studying phenotypic plasticity and migratory physiology in facultative migrants such as the Mexican free-tailed bat. Stay tuned as I plan to #TrackTheBats 🦇🛰️