Science peeps, please re-share! We're hiring for a level D, research-only position. Despite the weird job title it's very broadly molecular ecology, evolution, or -omics more broadly. Must already have the right to work in Australia. external-jobs.csu.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...

See our new paper on the distribution of understorey plants of Amazonia at @biogeography.bsky.social. We assessed the effects of climate and soil conditions in explaining the current and future distributions: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Amazon-wide distribution patterns of understory plants: Effects of soils and changing climate

Distributions of Amazonian plants are poorly known. Here, we analyze to what degree current Amazon-wide species distribution patterns reflect general aspects of the species’ environmental niches, and ...

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Age-related trends in niche position and specialization in Neotropical vertebrates vist.ly/5dwnq #Niche #ResourceUse

Lo and behold the "Macroecotoxicology" approach 👇We present a macroecological framework to scale up ecotoxicology and study the emergent patterns of biodiversity under the effect of contaminants

Gabriel M. Moulatlet@gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social · 4d ago

We are glad to share our new paper where we show how to use macroecological methods to evaluate the effect of pollution, which has been studied by ecotoxicology for decades—hence macroecotoxicology. pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic... @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @marivcap.bsky.social

UniAtlantico está contratando múltiples plazas en Biología: www.uniatlantico.edu.co/wp-content/u...

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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📢 PhD opportunity at the University of Helsinki! Join the ANEW project to study ecological networks, seed dispersal and biodiversity conservation under global change. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/31_8_202... #PhD #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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As a reminder, I am starting a new lab at UNC Charlotte in 2027—and I am eager to apply these new tools, along with others, to diverse systems. Get in touch if you have ideas. bsky.app/profile/jake...

Jake Berv@jakeberv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Evol2026 I’m launching a new research group at UNC Charlotte in January 2027. Prospective students, postdocs, and collaborators are welcome to get in touch: jacob.berv@charlotte.edu More at jakeberv.com, lab website coming soon.

I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.

"The propagation of AI slop [...] is making science less trustworthy. But in parallel, AI enthusiasts are telling the world that the remedies should all be easy to automate, creating the impression that journals can not only catch more errors but also do it more efficiently and cheaply."

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive

There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...

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"There are many promising innovations around peer review: publish-review-curate, two-stage processes, partial randomisation, distributed peer review, open review." Good piece that has been framed as an argument for no longer needing peer review, when it is in fact an argument for much more of it.

How to reduce review burden, improve research culture and strengthen public trust in science

André Brasil and Peter Kolarz set out why we really don't need peer review

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Our new paper with Jordi Bascompte and Patrick Roehrdanz in @nature.com go.nature.com/4paKpO9

The forest of knowledge under global change - Nature

The biocultural heritage of the Amazon, its plant species, plant services and cultures are at risk from climate change.

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ONE. MILLION. TIMES. THIS. LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TOO COMFORTABLE IN THEIR IVORY TOWERS

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · last mo.

How can one be a scientist in this world and not be an activist?

Our Brief Communication on species name similarity is now officially published in Biodiversity Data Journal! 🪸🦀🦈 Explore how similar species names really are and why does this matter for biodiversity data. Open access 👇

How similar are species names and why does this matter for biodiversity data

Standardising taxonomic names is an essential step in biodiversity studies to ensure robust data aggregation under the most recent accepted species nomenclature. Fuzzy (inexact) matching is widely use...

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¿Te interesa postularte a una beca de Estancias Posdoctorales por México (SECIHTI) para desarrollar investigación en sistemática y evolución de hepáticas talosas complejas de México en el Instituto de Biología, UNAM? ¡Estoy buscando una persona interesada en preparar conmigo la propuesta!

'Until recently, Courant had control over most decisions, including which papers to publish and handling typesetting in-house [...] But in recent years, Wiley “has been annoying,” [ed board member] said, “forcing unilateral decisions” and increasing editorial control.' Another journal leaves Wiley

Editors of Courant math journal to leave Wiley, establish new roots with independent publisher

Editors of a journal run by a prestigious math institute will close up shop and form a new journal with an independent publisher, with one editor citing Wiley’s increased oversight as the reason be…

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Journal of Statistical Ecology is on Bluesky! A new journal at the interface between ecology and statistics jse.centre-mersenne.org Published in diamond open access

Biogeography.News aims to support the #biogeography community by highlighting the growing body of global biogeography #research! Are you interested in sharing your research with the community? We would love to hear from you! Contact us at biogeographynews@gmail.com.

Springer Nature selling off Scientific American "as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing". Brutal.

Steve Brusatte@stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social

On Wednesday I will be giving a talk (in Spanish) about our findings on how #Phytophthora rewires the avocado microbiome and metabolome. 🥑🦠🍄🧪🧬 #microsky

That's #FrontiersMedia ladies and gents. The strain on scientific publishing is motivated by journal groups wanting to streamline the publishing of papers. Gold OA ties papers published to revenue. The more you can pump out, regardless of quality, the better. #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub

The strain on scientific publishing

Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...

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Michael Okun@michael-okun.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Over the last month I saw that human editors are now stripped of control. I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts.

Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and mountain biodiversity? I'm recruiting a #postdoc for an NSF-funded project at Yale, in collaboration with Martha Muñoz (Yale) and Maya Stokes (Florida State University). I'll be at #Evol2026 and happy to chat! Link below

Two pleas from a journal editor: 1. If you're mid-career or senior and are declining a review, please recommend a junior colleague. 2. If you're early-career and want to be asked to review papers, please ensure editors can readily discover your expertise, current affililation, and email address.

new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)

Well done Farshad on this project! I thought that if individuals can choose habitats based on their traits that it would prevent competition from forming range limits but I was wrong - it actually makes competitively-formed range limits SHARPER and Farshad can cogently explain why

Evolution Letters@evolletters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why do species' ranges stop where they do? New theory shows that matching habitat choice can sharpen range boundaries and reinforce limits imposed by competition academic.oup.com/evlett/advan... By Shirani and @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social

🌎 LatinR 2026 te espera en *cualquier disciplina*: ciencias sociales, salud, medio ambiente, educación, sector público, IA, paquetes… Si usás #RStats en lo tuyo, tu lugar está en Medellín 🇨🇴 📅 Cierre: 15 de junio. openreview.net/group?id=LAT...

New study led by S. Llorente-Culebras on drivers of knowledge gaps in global mammal traits databases. 📊 Traits like diet & body mass are known for >97% of species, but reproductive traits for <17%. 🚨 Biggest gaps: data-deficient, recently described, range-restricted species far from major cities.

Patterns and Drivers of Knowledge Gaps in Global Databases of Mammal Traits

Aim Knowledge gaps in biodiversity, particularly in species traits, can hinder an accurate understanding of species roles in ecosystems, limiting our comprehension of ecosystem functions, maintenanc...

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Excited to share our new paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on data and code archiving at @britishecologicalsociety.org journals. TL;DR: Data archiving rates are high, code archiving rates are low, documentation needs to be improved! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.....

Data‐ and code‐archiving in the British Ecological Society journals: Present status and recommendations for future improvements

Data- and code-archiving are important components of open science, as both make research more transparent, reproducible, accountable and credible, allowing future researchers to build on previous ...

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Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and #mountains? I'll soon be advertising a #postdoc position at Yale as part of a newly funded NSF project. Stay tuned for details!

Couldn't agree more. Even for-profit publishers should (wishful thinking) have a responsibility to ensure an ethical and equitable publication environment. At @peeer.bsky.social we have some recommendations for publishers towards this goal: peeer.net/publishers/

Publishers

Recommendations for Owners and Publishers of Scientific Journals Developed from principles drafted by representatives from journals, libraries, not-for-profit-publishers, and societies, these recom…

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sean guynes@guynes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The conglomeration of academic publishing is a threat to scholarship. There are plenty of incredible not-for-profit academic publishers out there. (Hey, hi, I represent one!) If you feel deeply that your scholarship is political, then you can't ignore the fact that so is your choice of publisher.