Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs

Meet not-so-scary needle ants, kidnapper ants, acorn ants, and more in Dr Jane Waters' Ant Lab! youtu.be/XILvi8Vx_zk?... #ants #scicomm #sciart @lovetheants.bsky.social

Meet not-so-scary needle ants, kidnapper ants, and more in Waters' Ant Lab

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Only the real ones know where I'm at based on this ant! #bugsky

I was interviewed for Cornell's Research Matters video series. Fun to talk about the importance of insects and biodiversity, what is biogeography, and how herbivore ants use gut bacteria to gain nutrients! @cornellcals.bsky.social @cornellentomology.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br9...

What can insects teach us about life on Earth?

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Want to learn about ant biology, systematics, taxonomy, field ecology, and so much more? Join us for #AntCourse Oct 12-22 at the Colorado State University Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur, Mexico! Applications due July 1 www.antcourse.org

Ant Course

2026 Dates: October 12–22 Deadline to apply: 1 July 2026 Location: Colorado State University Todos Santos Center, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is hiring for a Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea) trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12

Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

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So honored to be invited back as an instructor for the Workshop on Molecular Ecolution (MOLE)! I was a student in this course during graduate school and it was a very impactful experience. I am happy to am able to give back and meet all the amazing students here this year!

Jeremy M. Brown@jembrown.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)! www.mbl.edu/education/ad... Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested: lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684 Deadline to apply: 1/26

my paper on pogonomyrmex harvester ant biogeography with bob johnson and @corriemoreau.bsky.social came out today! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MEB3T9...

I was interviewed for Cornell's Research Matters video series. Fun to talk about the importance of insects and biodiversity, what is biogeography, and how herbivore ants use gut bacteria to gain nutrients! @cornellcals.bsky.social @cornellentomology.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br9...

What can insects teach us about life on Earth?

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Apply for a Paleosynthesis workshop with a Co-PI! Deadline 26 June 2026. Gather up to 14 participants for a workshop for a burning palaeontology question! I have participated in a couple in the past and they are really fun! www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/info-callws/

I’m jealous of everyone who got to be there! I met Dr. Moreau at the Evolution conference, and her SSB presidential talk was inspiring. Definitely don’t miss her talk if you get the chance!

Corrie Moreau@corriemoreau.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

I am SO excited for this!!! New Haven-ers, run to this event!!!!

Corrie Moreau@corriemoreau.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

plz repost 🙏 we are looking for a technician to start this summer/fall for 1-2 years to work with me at Cornell in the labs of @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and Andy Clark, in collaboration with @corriemoreau.bsky.social on flies & termites 🪰🐜🧬🔬 Ithaca is gorges! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...

CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University

Apply for CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University

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If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

Our most accomplished work on chemical evolution 🥳 These N,S-cardeneolides have unique structures and bioactivities, and they also have divergent macroevolutionary histories 🤩 Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS

Chemical defenses are fundamental in organismal biology and widely used in medicine and agriculture. Plant defense chemistry evolves in response to...

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If only ants had symbionts .. oh wait pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32078984/ cc: @corriemoreau.bsky.social

Symbioses among ants and microbes - PubMed

Ants have been shown to engage in symbiosis across the tree of life, although our knowledge is far from complete. These interactions range from mutualistic to parasitic with several instances of manipulation of host behavior. Nutrient contributions in these symbioses include both farming for food an …

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Hummingbird: "Dude! Since when did you decide to hitch ride?" Ant: "If hippos can have symbiotic avians, then avians should have symbiotic insects." Hummingbird: "OK then"

Jonathan Eisen@phylogenomics.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sometimes you just get that shot. Anna's hummingbird with a little friend, in my yard. Davis, CA. #birds #ants

🏅 This month's Editor's Choice article by Megan Barkdull and Corrie Moreau: "Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci" academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @corriemoreau.bsky.social @meganbarkdull.bsky.social

Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci

Abstract. Phenotypic plasticity is widespread and evolutionarily important, but genomic consequences of new plastic traits remain unclear. Here, we explore

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Great day for the #MoreauLab! Postdoc Tatsuya Inagaki @tatsuyainagaki.bsky.social gave the EEB seminar and we hosted a pre-seminar social insect themed coffee!

Life is amazing. Eating a plant-based diet, these ants have a gut microbiome which extracts the nutrients used to build their armour....

Corrie Moreau@corriemoreau.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How fun! I was invited to write a "Species Spotlight" for Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com and I chose my favorite species the Florida turtle ant Cephalotes varians! rdcu.be/e5EZK Including a stunning photo of ants I collected by @alexwild.bsky.social

How fun! I was invited to write a "Species Spotlight" for Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com and I chose my favorite species the Florida turtle ant Cephalotes varians! rdcu.be/e5EZK Including a stunning photo of ants I collected by @alexwild.bsky.social

Florida turtle ant (Cephalotes varians)

Nature Ecology & Evolution - Corrie S. Moreau studies the evolution of extreme armour and gut microbiomes in turtle ants.

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One of my highlights at #ssb2026 meeting last weekend was reconnecting with my amazing friend Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social of #BrainScoop and seeing her outstanding keynote presentation on her career path and the importance of museum collections @systbiol.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential

Postdoc job: Insecticide resistance genomics, Australia.

I learned so much about other types of collections from this panel. Thanks for organizing, @corriemoreau.bsky.social !! I hope we can continue these discussions going forward.

Corrie Moreau@corriemoreau.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!

If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!

Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!

Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social ssb2026.github.io

For ants, you know I was going with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. And for the particular kind of ants, I went with the genus many of us know as pests -- Camponotus. Aka, the carpenter ants. Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪

Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants! Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol... Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh