Come join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica! Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com

Tom Collett’s new book “Insects and How They Navigate Their World” is out and seemingly the pdf is free 👀 (for me anyway) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Insects and How They Navigate Their World

Discover how insects navigate using vision, memory and cues from nature. A clear, engaging look at ants, bees, and the remarkable abilities of tiny brains.

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Steve IS trying his best 😭

In Otter News@in-otter-news.bsky.social · yesterday

Steve is trying his best...

Excited to be back in the mothership @camzoology.bsky.social

This study reveals long #lifespans and slowed #ageing in #Heliconius butterflies, identifying them as a valuable new model for #ageing biology. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jessicafoley14.bsky.social @ebablab.bsky.social

Evolution of increased longevity and slowed ageing in a genus of tropical butterfly - Nature Communications

Studying long-lived species across the animal kingdom could provide insights into healthy ageing in humans. This study reveals long lifespans and slowed ageing in Heliconius butterflies, identifying t...

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Please share: Full-time PhD position on Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️ The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics. DEADLINE: September 11, 2026 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/

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Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. Open PhD position (full time) Comparative and Population Genomics of Butterflies at High Elevations. The project aims to understand …

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We're hiring 4 postdocs at @unibo.it to study nervous system evolution. Seeking expertise in single-cell genomics, molecular or developmental biology in ctenophores, cnidarians, echinoderms, flies or human stem cells. 2+2 yrs contract. Deadline: 26 Aug. Please share! bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proc...

Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali - SSD BIOS-04/A - GSD...

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I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces

Abstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in

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New preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Nearly a decade after starting the project, the first major results from our comparative connectomics work is online! Comparing the head direction circuits of the central complex in bees, ants and flies, recapitulating >300million years of evolution.

End of my Bristol era. Only 7 years, and much shorter than expected, but so much packed in it feels much longer. Thanks to the wonderful @bristolbiosci.bsky.social team, it’s been great - I will miss you! Too many big feelings for a middle aged man to handle so I’m running away now…

📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Rocks were my gateway to evolutionary biology. Understanding rocks means understanding the timescale of earth, and therefore the possibilities of life. #GeologyRocks

Prof Chris Jackson@seismatters.bsky.social · last wk.

Rocks are like time capsules. They reveal ancient life and climates. They’ll help us fight climate change. They record the birth, life, and death of continents. They give us a framework for understanding lithosphere-biosphere dynamics at a global-scale. They’re ace, frankly [2/2]

I loved writing this! Make sure to watch the videos! 🦋🧪

Stephen Montgomery@ebablab.bsky.social · last wk.

A very nice observation and write up of gaurding behaviour in #Heliconius sapho by @ficusorganensis.bsky.social! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A very nice observation and write up of gaurding behaviour in #Heliconius sapho by @ficusorganensis.bsky.social! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Everyone says AI will accelerate science. I don't think it will -- at least not in biology, and at least not soon. New post where I explain why, and how the productivity paradox can be resolved: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil...

Why AI will not speed up science (yet)

You can see AI everywhere except in the productivity statistics

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Evolution of compound eye cell types shapes visual behaviors across Heliconius butterflies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.22.740151v1

Delighted for Max, who will be a great PI and colleague for @unimainz.bsky.social. He’s been wonderful to have in our team, and this fellowship is very much deserved - big ideas and a big future ahead! Max has opportunities to join his new group, which would no doubt be a fantastic experience! 👇

Max Farnworth@maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 I am very happy (and relieved!) to announce that I secured Emmy Noether funding by the @dfg.de to start my own group at @unimainz.bsky.social , hosted by Marion Silies & Jakob von Engelhardt in August! 🚨 Website coming soon - open for name/logo suggestions. They better be funny tho!

🚨 I am very happy (and relieved!) to announce that I secured Emmy Noether funding by the @dfg.de to start my own group at @unimainz.bsky.social , hosted by Marion Silies & Jakob von Engelhardt in August! 🚨 Website coming soon - open for name/logo suggestions. They better be funny tho!

Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girls

ALT: Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girls

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Excited about new @cam.ac.uk Professorship that will soon be advertised for a behavioural change expert to address challenges affecting biodiversity, conservation and sustainability

🌿📚 Have your say on the proposed Natural History GCSE. The Government is consulting on the content for a new Natural History GCSE, which would give students opportunities to study biodiversity, conservation, ecology & wildlife through classroom learning & fieldwork. 🔗 Take part:

Natural History GCSE - Share your views!

⏰ The consultation is open until 4 September 2026.

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Our new paper is out in @nature.com! We uncovered how a naked mole-rat queen 👑 controls an entire colony: a natural contraceptive scent that suppresses reproduction in other females! A remarkable mammalian parallel to bees and ants! 🐝🐜 @garyrlewin.bsky.social youtu.be/enfv3zJrWKM?...

Naked mole-rats are ruled by a queen: this chemical puts her in power

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“…Plumb’s motion was inconsistent with the church’s legal obligations and responsibility to ensure “long-term capital growth” pretty sure there was something in the bible about this kind of thing… 🤔

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 3w ago

Appalling: Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030 @wildcard.land have run a noble campaign trying to get the CofE to see sense But this demonstrates exactly why Ministers can't rely on landowners to voluntarily support 30by30: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell

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1/4 I met Claudio (Cucini) at the @sibe-iseb.bsky.social meeting in 2022 and asked if he’d like to collaborate on springtails. A few years and many discussions later, our first preprint is finally out! Here are some highlights… #Phylogenomics #Evolution #Collembola #Systematics

Ancient Rapid Radiation Underlies Persistent Phylogenomic Conflict in Early Collembola Diversification

Collembola (springtails) are among the most abundant and ecologically important soil arthropods, representing one of the oldest extant terrestrial hexapod lineages, with a fossil record extending to t...

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🎉 Congratulations to the ASAB Video Competition winner Amaia Alcalde Anton! Check out her video: “What Did I Leave in the Fridge” 🎉 #ASABSpring2026 

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Distinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterflies

Distinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterflies

A cognitive adaptation in Heliconius butterflies, accompanied by strikingly divergent changes in two principal insect integration centres, reveals that neural circuits can differ strongly in their propensity...

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New research! 📚 We built the largest database to date of cephalopod species - octopuses, squids and cuttlefish - and their brains, habitats and behaviors 🐙🧠📈 What did we find?👇 Press release: www.lse.ac.uk/news/ecologi... Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In an article published today, we show that ancient feeding-related neuropeptides have been repurposed to control brood care in clonal raider ants. Photo: Bart Zijlstra, UNIL /1

We started @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social to make a small but real change to barriers students face. Since then, we disbursed >£26,000 in microgrants & matched >120 mentees w. mentors! In our new paper, in #AnimalBehaviourJournal's SI on Biases in Animal Behaviour, we share what we did, why, and how 🐝

Animal Behaviour Collective@abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 4w ago

Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!