I am pleased to announce that we are inviting applications for a Lead Laboratory Coordinator at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2026. For details and to apply, visit arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Liber Ero postdoc deadline Nov 1. Exceptional opportunity for research in conservation in Canada - highly competitive, best to have gov't and Indigenous partners liberero.ca

brb adding “The third sentence should include a quote from The Big Lebowski” to all my assignments futurism.com/future-socie...

Professor Hides White Font in Midterm, Catches Students Using AI in the Stupidest Way Possible

A professor used white font to hide instructions to throw off students using an AI chatbot to cheat on their midterm.

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ICYMI: Our allies at the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection are hiring for an executive director, so if you know someone who’d be a good fit, please share! To learn more and apply by Aug. 16, visit: https://ow.ly/UIly50Zst5r

Wildlife Insights is hiring an Executive Director. Lead the global camera trap data platform, its AI, its science agenda, and its partnership with WCS smithsonian WWF NaturalSciences WildMon & Google www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

Can you recycle your own previously published text? While COPE guidelines exist, many authors are unaware of them, so we address this issue in a new editorial: academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

Text recycling: defining the boundaries of acceptable reuse of one’s own work

Text recycling, or the re-use of one’s own previously published text, is a widespread yet underrecognized issue in academic publishing. Many authors remain

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Postdoc opportunity with Alex Jensen at Texas State University is hiring a postdoc in wildlife/macroecology. Range dynamics, citizen science & computer vision using iNaturalist data. $60K/yr + benefits, 2 yrs funding. Start early 2027. Apply by 9/30/26: alexjojensen.weebly.com

I’m looking to recruit a postdoc to join my research group at University of Iowa to work on disturbance ecology and biodiversity! Start date flexible, lots of opportunity for skill development, collaboration, and mentorship. Will review applicants in mid-August! Link: gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

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BIG NEWS! The Jones Lab will be relocating to the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) at the University of Iowa in Fall 2026. Our work on disturbance ecology and conservation sc…

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📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below

🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!

Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2027! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: smithfellows.org/proposal-gui...

Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000

The American Society of Mammalogists is seeking assistance with design and production of a digital newsletter. The quarterly newsletter will share information about mammal research and conservation, student awards and funding opportunities, ASM activities, and more.

We're hiring a genetics lab manager position at NOAA in Juneau, Alaska! The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations and contribute to the development of new molecular methods. Salary is $75-145k/yr. Email wes.larson@noaa.gov with questions www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...

Biologist (Omics)

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Vacancies may be available in each listed location. Additional duty lo...

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Just over one week left to apply for the Biometric Working Group’s student travel grant. If you’re a student presenting at The Wildlife Society annual conference this fall, consider applying! No need to be a BWG member. Application deadline is July 3. Details in the link.

TWS Biometrics Working Group - Student Travel Grants

The purpose of the student travel grants is to promote and support student interest in biometrics and the Biometrics Working Group by attending The Wildlife Society annual conference. The number of gr...

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Amazing opportunity to conduct caribou research with real conservation impact! @wilderness.org is hiring a postdoc to model road effects on caribou. I'm part of the team — great people, supervised by the excellent Tim Fullman. Apply by July 19! thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.com/jobs/25324d2...

Not loving this trend of getting review requests on topics I know nothing about from allegedly legitimate journals. If your journal has a ScholarOne portal, you should be able to discern that I am not your guy for earthworm taxonomy

OA Data available: 4 years and 2 million images. Thousands of mtn bikers, elk, deer, grizzly bear, wolverine!, moose, etc. Available on WildTrax, 2024 data here: portal.wildtrax.ca/cam/2626 2021-2023 also available paper here: academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...

Come be my (remote) work colleague! Dr. Ellen Aikens and Dr. @wyokauffman.bsky.social are hiring a postdoc to lead analyses on a new migration ecology and climate resilience project with 152 mule deer herds and >44 million GPS points! Apply by July 15th! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Hey little fella

I'm recruiting a master's student for Fall 2026 to join my lab at The University of Arizona, to work on a project investigating the population genomics and hybridization dynamics of native and invasive leopard frogs in central Arizona! 🐸 🧬 Ad with details is posted below.

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USDA Processing Samples from Possible Case of New World Screwworm in Texas

The sample is now at the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, for confirmatory testing.

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I quit my tenured professor job in 2022. Change makes us deeply uncomfortable, which is why it mostly happens when it’s the only acceptable option. I’m sharing my own change journey over the last 5 years, now with the benefit of hindsight. sophielgilbert.substack.com/p/on-a-quest...

Change happens when it's the only acceptable option

How my journey from wildlife ecologist to climate bro and back again forced me to change, and even made me like it.

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The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an evolutionary ecologist at the assistant professor level for fall 2027. Come and be my colleague! jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...

Sandwich: Bojangles Cajun Filet Biscuit Alternative Main Item: Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Fries: Bojangles Dessert: Culver’s Butterfinger/Vanilla Concrete Mixer Meal: Cook Out tray w/ steak-style burger, onion rings, corn dog, and Cheerwine float

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What’s the single best fast food item? I’m talking sandwiches, fries, drinks, whatever

We’re looking for a Director 👇 ABI is seeking a senior scientific leader to help grow a continental hub for bioinformatics and computational biology. Applications close 30 June 2026. Apply: webapp.placementpartner.com/wi/vacancy/?... #AfricanScience #Bioinformatics

This is where I am at with LLMs

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3mo ago

normatively and socially a technology I have deep qualms about, technologically and empirically it's clearly only getting better, and at this point the belief that it's all a scam or fake is a belief in the religious sense, not one backed by actual events.

Simons Foundation has a new contest for Ecology and Evolution Graduate Fellowships! Due June 30th. Good luck everyone! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Spending my morning grading discussion assignments written by LLMs and LLM-generated responses to those LLM-generated discussion posts

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Passed 1000 total citations on Google Scholar today. May be gauche to point this out, but it remains very cool to me that so many people have used research I have been involved in to inform theirs