Pls share: We have a new position for an Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology at UNLV. tinyurl.com/4uhpav4j

Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences [R0153361]

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) appreciates your interest in employment. We ask that you keep in mind the following when completing your application: Once you start the application process ...

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BGE+ will open thematic funding calls via the EU’s #FSTP mechanism: biodiversitygenomics.eu/supporting-c... €2.75M for an ultimate goal: mobilise European researchers to increase production/application of #genomic data during the next 3.5 years @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

Slice of life on the Río Piñuña, Putumayo, Colombia, where one might cross paths with indigenous folks, „white“ settlers, drug traffickers, military, guerrilla, gold miners, and religious missionaries, all in the same week.

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Sunset over the #coca fields and outhouse in Putumayo 🇨🇴. My second week-long visit here, talking to lots of folks while filtering water for #eDNA work. History, culture, violence, human flourishing, #indigenous self-governance, life & death — it’s all unbelievably complicated and interesting.

Dinosaurs commonly seen along small Amazonian rivers. #Hoatzin

How the kids along the Putumayo river get to school each morning.

Riding “La Linea” down the Putumayo River 🇨🇴

Traveling down the Río Putumayo along the Colombia-Ecuador border.

🧬 The VGP Phase I preprint is out! 🎉 The Vertebrate Genomes Project has completed Phase I, delivering 816 of the highest-quality vertebrate reference genomes ever produced. Explore this major new resource for vertebrate genomics: 📄 tinyurl.com/VGPphase1 @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #Genomics

BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.

BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring

Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record

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Morning on the Ecuadorean side of the Putumayo river. 🌤️ 🛶 We’ll be back again later in the year.

We're still looking for a Fish Collection Manager at the Sam Noble Museum in Oklahoma! Apply by August 1st. #MuseumJobs #TeamFish jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...

Curator Archivist - Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Pay Range: Targeted salary $18.99 per hour, based on experience Benefits Eligible: Yes Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends) Travel: May be required For Be...

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I'm hoping osprey lovers and striped bass fishermen will band together on behalf of the menhaden, before Omega Protein turns this fish into the next passenger pigeon. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-wi...

A Great Wildlife Success Story Crashes Down

On the Atlantic Coast, ospreys are suddenly in grave trouble

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Evidence that fighting pathogens requires more than the immune system: Great work by my collaborator @johnneddermeyer.bsky.social showing that evolved resistance to avian malaria in O'ahu 'amakihi is due not only to immune genes, but also calcium flux genes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Evolution of Resistance to Avian Malaria Infection in an Endemic Hawaiian Honeycreeper

Hawaiian honeycreepers, a group of endemic song birds, represent one of the most stunning examples of an adaptive radiation. An evolutionary history devoid of malaria-causing parasites has made them ....

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Do Ho Suh’s “Karma” in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

UPDATE:

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

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New job--please share! Looking for a postdoc to deep learning methods for identifying plant species from drone imagery. The two year position offers a salary of $78,000 and the option to be based in Boise, Idaho, or Burns, Oregon. For more info: caughlinlab.com/join-the-lab/ #postdoc #drones #ai

“We don’t go to other planets because our planet is dying. Our planet dies, specifically because we perpetually want to go somewhere else.” @joshuaschrei

Yesterday Google made it very clear it will degrade Search to use the massive amount of traffic to goes through it to push its billions of users into generative AI tools they aren’t asking for. Search is no longer a portal to the web; it’s a portal to Gemini. disconnect.blog/google-is-it...

Organized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report finds

Organized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report finds

A new report by the International Crisis Group finds that organized crime has become a “major obstacle” to protecting the Amazon. Criminal groups often operate across borders and are expanding…

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Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j...

Lovely tribute from the King to Sir David staring the vertebrate fauna of Britain 🇬🇧

jim mallet@wtf-r-species.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The King has a sense of humour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mm...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

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Here’s another plant that stumped the @inaturalist.bsky.social model. www.inaturalist.org/observations... It’s natural position and s hanging straight down. Also from Amazonia, namely Putumayo, Colombia. Anyone know what this might be? 🌱 🧪

www.inaturalist.org/observations... This crazy plant 🌱 stumped the @inaturalist.bsky.social AI model. Can anyone help me with an ID? 🧪 #Botany #Putumayo 🇨🇴

Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

Vascular Plants from Puerto Asís, Putumayo, CO on April 9, 2026 at 02:11 PM by Andrew J. Crawford

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Rio Putumayo. Colombia 🇨🇴 on the left, Ecuador 🇪🇨 on the right.

Some flowers from the páramo in Chingaza National park, near Bogotá, Colombia, elevation about 3,000 m. 🧪

Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis), Reserva Natural El Caduceo, San Martín, Meta, Colombia.

🧩 From #salamanders with some of the largest, most complex genomes to #invasive species like the American #bullfrog, #amphibian genomics is pushing #sequencing forward — while filling major gaps in the #vertebrate Tree of Life.🧬💻 Big thanks to @crawfordaj.bsky.social for helping shape this post! 🧬✨