📣PhD opportunity! We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher with expertise in pollinator ecology, agroecology, and landscape ecology. 🐝🚜🌼 Research will focus on resilience of pollinator communities in agricultural landscapes. 🔗 Read more: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...

I am not certain, but I think this might be the greatest thread (and greatest use of alt text) of all time.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

A 2019 paper that is often used as evidence of the flawed 'windscreen phenomenon' has been retracted. I cited this paper a few years ago in explainers about why this particular anecdote cannot be used as evidence of insect decline. See thread below 👇 retractionwatch.com/2026/06/23/a...

A prolific evolutionary biologist caught faking data decades ago notches a new retraction

A study claiming a tenfold decrease in bugs splattered on evolutionary biologist Anders Møller’s windshield over two decades has been retracted. shanecotee / iStock Anders Møller, an influential ev…

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Clarivate released the 2026 JCR yesterday. We are thrilled that, from a standing start, JPE's first-ever Impact Factor is 1.8! An outstanding result for the journal and a testament to the high-quality contributions of our authors, reviewers and editors. Carolin and Maria Clara JPE Senior Editors

"While there is no current consensus, we do not advocate for a single definition and contend that a lack of unanimity is not inherently problematic."

Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 4mo ago

"The fact that there is no current consensus of biological sex is not antithetical to science... However, the field urgently needs an ethical and reproducible approach for discussing sex" There is No Consensus on Biological Sex

Hive mind request. I’m looking for long term insect (ideally pollinator) monitoring schemes that have conducted weekly/monthly transects/counts for several years. I know of the Bee walks, UKMS, and PoMs in the UK. I would love some non-UK examples! 🐝🦋🐝🦋🐝🦋

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

Really cool. PIVOT!!

Marc J. Lajeunesse@lajeunesselab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ecologists love response ratios for meta-analysis❤️ But… they can’t be converted into other effect sizes—making it impossible to have a unified dataset of all published effect sizes in ecology I fix this with a conversion to Hedges’ d to help unify our data! (Link to Ecology Letters paper below):

For folks in Fredericton: public lecture TONIGHT at 7 p.m. (Head Hall C13, UNB campus) by Dr. Dolph Schluter, "On the Origin of Modern Species". An accessible talk to answer one of the big questions about our world: where do species come from? More detailed info: www.unb.ca/frederict... 1/2

New publication @thermal-biology.bsky.social! We show that non-invasive thermal cameras can measure thoracic temperatures in wild bees in the field. New tool to ID potential heat stress under #climatechange. Congrats to undergrad Mei McFeely on publishing her thesis #microclimate #pollinators 🐝🎉🌻

Journal of Thermal Biology@thermal-biology.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🐝Check out this new study demonstrating how infrared thermography can be used as a non-invasive method for measuring the thoracic temperature of wild bumblebees and showing how body temperature relates to ambient air and floral surface temperatures.🌻 @inlewis.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

I just said no to an opportunity because it would mean travel to the USA and I'm very sad. I also recognize my privilege in being able to do so (tenured, etc) but I'm just so sad about.... gestures widely

a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket

ALT: a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket

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Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

In 2018, Ilja Van Braeckel created a font based on Charles Darwin's handwriting for #DarwinDay. It was based on 12,000 pictures of Darwin's original manuscripts! Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn... Happy Darwin Day!

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

As someone who has spent a career measuring flowers, I'm curious to see how they compare to these protocols

Australian Journal of Botany@ausjbotany.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Finally, standardised protocols for measuring reproductive plant traits! This handbook covers 58 traits across flowers, fruits, seeds & seedlings. Designed for global applicability across diverse ecosystems and enables large-scale research 🌼 📖 buff.ly/TcagpiT

In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance @evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

Looking for something new to integrate into an #evolution or #microbiology course? Useful for lectures, labs, homework? Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.

Richard Lenski@relenski.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Excited to share new #program, STEPS, which can simulate #dynamics of the E. coli Long-Term Evolution Experiment (#LTEE) or other microbes in serial transfer regime. telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s... STEPS developed by @devinmlake.bsky.social, Zachary Matson, Minako Izutsu, and me.

A resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿 buff.ly/L8o4hhr

Almost 20 years in the making! So happy to see this in print!

International Journal of Plant Sciences@ijpsjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance @evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions. Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed! www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

By popular demand, I'm offering "More #MONARCHS - No #Monarchy!" shirts and mugs at cost (no profit, just joy). Spread the word, decent quality for <$20 monarchs.printful.me #NoKings #butterfly #peace #naturalhistory #plantinsect

Let's start Monday with some whimsy. These delightful grasshoppers (possibly also katydids?) are from a water jar created by Makuzu Kōzan in 1870. To see full size images: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort! We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!

Mario Vallejo-Marin@nicrodemo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Great RadioLab interview with Ella al-Shamahi, about her journey from religious anti-evolutionism into evolutionary biology. New perspective but also familiar if you (like me) grew up among Christian creationists; really moving on what faith, even "denialist" faith, means to people

Creation Story

The most unlikely origin of an evolutionary biologist.

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Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...

DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences

DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences

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🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday! 🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling 📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Did you know that Europe names a Tree of The Year? Looks like Quercus spp. do quite well. Here's the 2015 winner, a ~150 year old Oak tree in Estonia that footballers have learned to play around. #bloomscrolling

Oak tree on a football field – Tree of the year

Is there a place in the world where you can find a stadium which has an oak tree in the middle of it? For the locals in Orissaare its a common thing, but this tree is at heart of the community. Before...

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Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation. I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.