@evolsara.bsky.social
When I'm not handling brains or old bones, you can find me lost in a book or getting inked with my favorite animals. @paleo, @brains, @evolution
Great interview on CBC with @evolsara.bsky.social on Dodo brains today #yql #Canada 🦤 🧠 🧪 @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Dodo birds were actually smart?
In the three-and-a-half centuries since the flightless Dodo bird was wiped out, the word “dodo” has become synonymous with dim-witted and dumb. But now, new research studying their skulls is showing t...
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Check out our interview on @livescience.com to learn what the dodo can tell us about how we think about endangered species today 🦤 @evoneuro.bsky.social www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird
Researchers continue to rage against the dumb-dodo myth with more evidence that the iconic flightless bird was smarter than early accounts suggest — and might have even been nocturnal.
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Dodos foraging along the beaches of Mauritius, and they’re doing so at night! This was made for the latest People Are Fish video interviewing phD candidate @evolsara.bsky.social. on her research on dodos. Turns out, they may have been nocturnal!
Nocturnal and not that silly? New paper headed by @evolsara.bsky.social with @evoneuro.bsky.social , @aub-birdy.bsky.social and many others about the dodo's sensory world! See links to Sara's YouTube video and our The Conversation article below 👇. doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Research by @evolsara.bsky.social and @evoneuro.bsky.social has revealed the Dodo was the Kākāpō of pigeons - large, flightless and nocturnal! Sara has peeked into the lives of these birds in her latest paper: doi.org/10.1093/zool... Dodo artwork: Adel Lee @sykonebabblin, Kākāpō Photo: Don Merton
Here’s a great overview of our Dodo paper in @theconversation.com, authored by @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social @evolsara.bsky.social and myself #ornithology #birds theconversation.com/dodos-probab...
Dodos probably weren’t as stupid as historians made them out to be: new research
Dodo skull scans show the famously extinct birds were no less brainy than their surviving relatives – and may have roamed at dusk and dawn.
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🦤 What do we really know about the Dodo? The dodo was likely nocturnal and, less surprisingly, its telencephalon was perfectly normal for a pigeon of its size. This paints a very different picture of one of history's most misunderstood birds. @evoneuro.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1093/zool...
New Brain Scans Suggest the Dodo Was Active at Night
YouTube video by People Are Fish
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Tomorrow at #ICN2026, come listen to @gallinaciega.bsky.social talk about his new paper on seed cracking songbirds. Spoiler alert: input from the tongue is really important! See the paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #neuroethology #ornithology
Neural correlates of seed-eating in songbirds
Abstract. Some granivorous songbirds remove the hard husk of seeds before swallowing. This dehusking behaviour is a complex sensorimotor task that requires
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Successful poster today at #ICN2026 following a fantastic presentation by @evolsara.bsky.social on the Dodo. #neuroethology
This afternoon at #ICN2026 in Vancouver @evolsara.bsky.social will be talking about Dodos! And if you miss it, keep an eye out for the paper next week! #ornithology #neuroethology
@evoneuro.bsky.social giving an outstanding talk at the #ICN2026 conference. It was a fantastic presentation highlighting the remarkable legacy of Harvey Karten's work and the exciting science it continues to inspire. 🦉
Attending #ICN2026 in Vancouver and interested in #ornithology? - come by Janani's poster on the sensory abilities of the Great Auk - see @evolsara.bsky.social's talk on the Dodo and Solitaire - see @gallinaciega.bsky.social's talk on seed cracking songbirds #neuroethology
It’s the third day of the CONSENSIS workshop, and the team is still in good spirits and making good progress. PaleoSynthesis postdoc Danijela Dimitrijevic and Pal research assistant Aldo Benites Palomino are greatly supporting. As a reward ^^, we’re having our traditional workshop dinner tonight!
At the Royal Alberta Museum and University of Alberta today collecting and packing skulls for more CT scanning. 37 in total! Below are the merlin and sapsucker skulls to look at intraspecific variation in endocasts with new MSc Aiden and @evolsara.bsky.social #ornithology #anatomy
Today we hosted Indigenous STEM event at the UofL campus! Science + curiosity + connections = 🩷🩷 @evoneuro.bsky.social
I can see every ancient DNA scientist in the world currently cringing about @itiscolossal.bsky.social scientists' lack of gloves when sampling moa bones 🤦♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Very excited that our dept invited @stephenbheard.bsky.social for a seminar talk next week. Our lab is looking forward to learning some new tips to improve our writing! #academicsky
“Midnight Preening” by Sara Citron 🇨🇦 Bio: I am a PhD student studying the evolution of sensory systems. I love creating paleoart because is a way to visualize and engage with the past. @evolsara.bsky.social
Courtesy of @evolsara.bsky.social: me introducing @alexophir.bsky.social with the story about how we both interviewed for the same job and one of the faculty members called me Alex for half a day
Check out the brief summary of our newest paper on Phys org phys.org/news/2026-02...! 🐦⬛🌴 @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social
Extinct Hawaiian ibis with strangely small eyes suggests a shift to nocturnal life
Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the evolution of bird species on Hawaiian islands includes an ibis with unusually...
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@evolsara.bsky.social got an early Christmas present: minor revisions for a manuscript! Keep an eye out for her paper in 2026 on Apteribis, the extinct Hawaiian ibis. And shout out to our coauthors @aub-birdy.bsky.social and @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social #birds #anatomy
#2025SVP has begun! Starting strong with the awesome Paleoart Workshop 🎨🌴🦕 If you’re around, come check out our poster about an extinct ibis that basically tried to be a kiwi 🐦🥝 @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social #2025SVP #paleoart #birds #extinct
This talk is tomorrow. It would be good to see you all there. bsky.app/profile/te-a...
Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability@te-ara-paerangi.community · 10mo agoWe'd love to have a huge turn out for Nic's talk. Please help spread the word. There are downloadable pdf adverts in the link below. They can be emailed or printed. If you work in a public space (e.g. Library) you could help by printing and posting one of the flyers. Ngā mihi nui!
