Gary Burness
@garyburness.bsky.social
Ecological and Evolutionary Physiologist. Our lab studies animal energetics, mostly birds, sometimes mammals or fish; most recently butterflies too. Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada). Webpage: BurnessLab.ca
I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184
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Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...
Assistant Professor
Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...
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Oxford comma til I fucking die.
Sean Marshall@seanyyz.bsky.social · 3w agoWhy I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
Please share! I have two positions for graduate students in my lab, starting Fall 2027. Details on the position s and application process can be found here: kjmathot.wordpress.com/opportunities/
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********************************************************************************************************* ***Two graduate student positions in the Mathot Lab**** I am recruiting two new graduate st…
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The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Spent the last two years developing a new Intro to Physics course for undergrad biology majors. It features tons of examples from biology (especially Ecology & Evolution!) and requires only middle school-level math. Lecture note here shorturl.at/0PiVp Any comments or feedback are highly welcome!
physics_for_biologists.pdf
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Really nice memoriam to Robert Ricklefs by Brian McGill: dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r... Ricklefs got ecologists to think big: about the role of history, biogeography & macroevolution on ecological patterns. More than anyone, his work shaped the course of my career.
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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We have a fully funded PhD position on European eel! Please spread! 🐟 🪱 Main supervisor Josefin Sundin @josefin-sundin.bsky.social at SLU Aqua Stockholm (scholar.google.com/citations?us...). Apply through the portal: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.
This, by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, is a brilliant, fascinating and definitional article. If you want to understand what's happening around the world, you should read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
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What if graduate school wasn’t just preparation for academia, but a chance to intentionally explore multiple possible futures as a scientist? 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/rpm6EKY
How to Use Graduate School to Prepare for Multiple Career Paths
Why more natural scientists should explore multiple career paths before they need them
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UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...
Faculty Position in Terrestrial Plant Ecology - University of Victoria
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🛑 thinking that “bike lanes“ are just for “cyclist” Riding or rolling, people use this infrastructure to prioritize their safety as vulnerable road users from drivers. If your current or future elected municipal rep isn’t discussing NOW about expanding THIS, find someone else to VOTE for. #TOPoli
In our recent @jexpbiol.bsky.social paper, we test how air temperature during development influences the ontogeny of heat and cold tolerance, using our trusted quail population 🐥🐦 We draw four main conclusions 🧵 shorturl.at/JZpSr
Postnatal temperature triggers predictable thermoregulatory shifts in birds without a trade-off between heat and cold tolerance
Summary: Warm or cold developmental temperatures affect heat and cold tolerance at population levels in Japanese quail; but at individual levels, there was no evidence for a trade-off between toleranc...
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Rotary Club of #Ptbo awards $10,000 to four local environmental innovators. Three projects received $3,000 each, with $1,000 awarded to a fourth project, under the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund (REIF). kawarthanow.com/2026/05/11/r...
Rotary Club of Peterborough awards $10,000 to four local environmental innovators | kawarthaNOW
By kawarthaNOW. Three projects received $3,000 each, with $1,000 awarded to a fourth project, under the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund (REIF).
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Commiserations to Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday, as he is now too old to be allowed to play with LEGO.
You are interested in evolutionary ecology and quantitative genetics. You enjoy fieldwork and birds. Join our laboratory and our international team. csee-scee.ca/job/fully-fu...
We're recruiting! We're looking for two graduate students to join us at UBC in Vancouver. Fully funded and open to global applicants, with flexible start-date. Topics include theory, bioinformatics, and microbiology. More details: asherleeks.com/apply #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
Witness the mesmerizing murmuration of starlings in Italy, a stunning display of nature's coordination and beauty as they dance through the sky in unison.
Get in touch asap if you might be interested in developing a project together! Must have defended your PhD by Sept, and can't have spent 1 of the last 3 years in the UK. Very happy to support ECR applications to start next Spring/Summer!
EU Science, Research & Innovation@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu · 4mo ago€399M in EU funding is available to support around 1,600 researchers in their postdoctoral journey. You can choose your path: 🧪 European fellowships: 12-24 months in Europe 🧪 Global fellowships: 12-24 months abroad + return Deadline: 9 September (17:00 CEST) More info: link.europa.eu/t6jYb3
what a wonderful idea - I plan to try this at a lab meeting today!
Tiago Monteiro@monteirotiago.bsky.social · 5mo agoPoint of View: An easy way to improve lab meetings doi.org/10.7554/eLif... I'm really happy to see this one out @elife.bsky.social. Awesome Cara Glynn and I describe and reflect on a year-long, low-cost practice that transformed our group meetings. #researchculture #ECR #labmeetings
One of my former students took her final project for my field natural history class and turned it into her Honors thesis: a 100% original, hand-drawn field guide to the rocky intertidal! And she got copies printed for her defense!
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
So far we’ve got: running, crawling, sprinting, flying, swimming, burst speed, righting time, climbing… what are we missing?
Morgan Kelly@invertevoeco.bsky.social · 4mo agoSkymind! I'm part of a team investigating how thermal optima for locomotion vary across populations of ectotherms. We need a search string that captures all of the ways to describe movement. How do you describe the movement of your study species? Jump? Swim? Run? Please comment below and repost.
Nice to see our review out in @avianbiology.bsky.social! Flight is costly - but so are infections. We argue that infections may be a substantial, yet mostly overlooked, source for oxidative stress in migrating birds. doi.org/10.1002/jav.... #Migration #Birds #OxidativeStress #Ornithology 🪶 🧵1/5
Our new paper is out: "Acoustic differences persist in urban Parus major (Great Tit) over two decades of declining anthropogenic noise in Paris, France." A study of noise and bird song, by me and Hans Slabbekoorn, in Ornithological Applications @amornith.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
Scientist-friends! 🧪 Do you know of an R-package that can analyze digitized butterfly wings?
