📢 JOB ALERT 📢 Exciting opportunity to join us as a Lecturer in Ecology. 3 year post @ 0.5FTE. Application deadline 18/09/26 - see below for details. @biouea.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/23...

Lecturer in Ecology (ATS1374) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Lecturer in Ecology (ATS1374) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Biological Sciences Lecturer in Ecology (0.5 FTE) Ref: ATS1374...

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Open position of Associate Professor in Behavioral ecology and cultural evolution at the @dee-unil.bsky.social! You can toggle the ad to English on top right: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

Trade-offs Between Intergenerational and Transgenerational Effects: experimental data and demographic simulation model of multigenerational trade-offs in evolution: academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects

Abstract. Intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects can shape evolutionary processes. Theoretically, however, intergenerational and transgene

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Do all traits age together? A long-term study of wild Seychelles warblers shows ageing is surprisingly asynchronous, with some traits senescing while others remain unchanged. doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!

A new resource with funding opportunities for evolutionary biologists https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-m88lOiv1VVX89Twmjan6qIdy4NBamCg/edit?gid=1459587946#gid=1459587946 put together by Prothama(“Pro”) Manna from the SSE Grad Student Advisory Council […]

🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This UKRI funded full-time post is available from 01/1...

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For me this paper is a career highlight..truly astonishing biology! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal - Nature

Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) queens produce isopropyl myristate, a low-volatility ester that high-ranking animals detect and avoid, which alters prolactin and progesterone in other females t...

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2026. The secret language behind animal cooperation. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... via @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour

The secret language behind animal cooperation

Animals from different species often rely on surprisingly sophisticated communication to work together, whether finding food, cleaning parasites, or gaining protection. New research suggests these int...

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I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026

Who wants to spend 6 months at the Kalahari Research Centre?

How do animals cooperate when they aren't even the same species? Our recent review paper dug deep into the literature... 1/ Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

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The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social

Higher education policy under the last few UK governments seems to be shaping up into an experiment in how you sustain a knowledge economy without knowledge

New paper just out - where we describe the 'Breeding Home Range of the Pygmy Falcon: The Smallest GPS-Tracked Diurnal Raptor' #RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology bioone.org/journals/jou...

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 out now in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social "Constraint and convergence in the evolution of vertebrate sound production". Thanks to Christian Herbst, Coen Elemans, and @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social for a great collaboration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am recruiting a #postdoc to work on assembling and analyzing #genomes of the amazing Furnariidae. Let’s unlock the secret behind their #evolution. The official application portal will be available soon at www.uno.edu/careers. Feel free to contact me for details at sclaramu@uno.edu

A joy to co-lead this work, which brought together 58 authors from 21 countries, including 11 in the Global South. I like to think we learned a little about cooperation and communication from our study animals!

FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology@africanornithology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🐜🐟🐦‍🐬👩‍🔬 What does it take for completely different species to work together? A global team of researchers explores the communication behind remarkable cross-species partnerships in a new review in Animal Behaviour. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.an... #AfricanOrnithology

🐜🐟🐦‍🐬👩‍🔬 What does it take for completely different species to work together? A global team of researchers explores the communication behind remarkable cross-species partnerships in a new review in Animal Behaviour. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.an... #AfricanOrnithology

2026. Resources for LGBTQIA+ ecologists. A collection of websites and literature for LGBTQIA+ ecologists and allies. www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/reso... by @britishecologicalsociety.org

Resources for LGBTQIA+ ecologists - British Ecological Society

A collection of websites and literature for LGBTQIA+ ecologists and allies.

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This @noemamag.com article by Ryan Huling, author of Hidden Nations, beautifully covers our Nature Sustainability paper with @merikatariina.bsky.social and @birchlse.bsky.social! If you can’t access it, let me know 😉 doi.org/10.1038/s418...

Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage - Nature Sustainability

It is becoming increasingly clear that animal cultures have intrinsic, irreplaceable value, and yet they are not adequately protected by preserving habitat. The time has come for UNESCO to explicitly ...

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Noema Magazine@noemamag.com · 2mo ago

From architectural traditions to ancient courtship rituals, evidence of animal cultures is overwhelming but underacknowledged, Ryan Huling writes. #animals #biology #unesco

Sad to hear of the passing of Robert Ricklefs - a giant of Ecology who simultaneously pushed forward big ideas at multiple biological levels yet took time for detailed natural history .. McGill does a nice job summarizing his impressive contributions 🌐🧪 dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...

Robert Ricklefs – in memoriam

Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…

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⚠️ Students looking for experience, opportunities, Masters, PhDs etc in Animal Behaviour: the @asab.org mailing list is an invaluable source with exciting posts every few days. Sign up here: www.asab.org/mailing-list 📩

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We are looking for two field managers‼️Starting end of August South Africa 🌍 If you have fieldwork experience and want a job with added responsibility of overseeing the field activities, see below for more information. 🐣 Deadline 15/06/2026 sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/... #fieldjobs

🌿 We are hiring a new 2-yr postdoc in @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuniint.bsky.social, on large-#herbivore ecology, trophic #rewilding & novel ecosystems- asking when alien & feral #ungulates enhance biodiversity & when they contribute to degradation🐪🐎🦓 Deadline: 28 June 2026. Details below 👇

🚨We're hiring again, this time for a research assistant position 🚨 The position is to help with a project looking at learning and social behaviour in birds along an urban gradient Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆28th June deadline More info: shorturl.at/vBxiW #ringing #fieldwork

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

(1/2) Hiring! 🤸🧠🐩 Postdoc position in my new group @univie.ac.at & Messerli Research Institute on the neuro-cognitive foundations and evolution of sociality across humans, dogs, and other carnivorans. 📍 Vienna 📅 Application deadline: 26 July 2026 ℹ️ shortifyme.co/p3NjN

Chance to join the incredible banded mongoose project! 🇺🇬❤️ 3 year postdoc on the mongoose project, working on the evolution and maintenance of group identity in animal societies. The closing date for applications is 16 June 2026. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN272/p...

'Squadrons of pigs' - the ongoing systemic crisis of British Higher Education [long read]

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 2mo ago

‘The truth is that both ministers and vice-chancellors are locked into a financial model whose premise is misconceived and whose side effects are profoundly damaging for higher education.’ Stefan Collini on the UK’s university problems, online now from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...