Another paper showing a lack of sex differences in behavioural studies 👇👇 I would still argue that studying both sexes is important when looking at shared traits

Sara Lipshutz (she/her)@jacanamama.bsky.social · 3h ago

Claims of sex-dependent effects in the behavioral and brain sciences are infrequently supported by valid statistical comparisons www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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whaaaaaaa I had no idea they were considered predators of birds in the first place!

🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️

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Resveratrol exerts anti-aging effects in young but pro-aging effects in middle-aged C. elegans via a gerosuppressive daf-16/dod-6/sod-3 axis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Resveratrol exerts anti-aging effects in young but pro-aging effects in middle-aged C. elegans via a gerosuppressive daf-16/dod-6/sod-3 axis

Aging, a complex process influenced by genetic and environmental factors, is a major determinant of health and disease. The polyphenolic compound resv…

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Recent social loss, not chronic isolation, reshapes sleep in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.12.738068v1

Dietary restriction is evolutionary conserved on the phenotypic and mechanistic level link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dietary restriction is evolutionary conserved on the phenotypic and mechanistic level - EMBO Reports

The anti-ageing response to Dietary Restriction (DR) is thought to be mechanistically ancient, reasoning from its phenotypic conservation. However, DR is implemented differently across species and evi...

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We're thrilled to welcome Dr Iliana Medina Guzman as a plenary speaker at #ABL2026! 🪲 How do camouflage and warning colours shape the evolution of species?🦜 Dr Medina Guzman (uni. of Melbourne) combines approaches to reveal how antipredator defences influence colonisation & dispersal. 🦋

Permanent Lecturer position available at Edinburgh Napier U, where I work - molecular/cell/biomedical focus. Great city and workplace. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_web...

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Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

We are accepting proposals for a Special Feature celebrating 100 years since the publication of Charles Elton's Animal Ecology. We're interested in contributions that return to Elton’s text and use it as a starting point to ask what we have learned over the past century. buff.ly/PMAqfUC

Awesome *postdoc* opportunity with Megan Head at @biologyanu.bsky.social on thermal ecology of beetles. Great place to work, great project, amazing supervisor and really good pay. Don't miss out! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

Please sign! 👇 Animal behaviour research is important and the loss of such an excellent research group would be devastating for the behaviour community

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@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

Please repost: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on projects related to understanding the movement ecology of harmful and beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Applications close on: July 31, 2026 To apply and for more information, visit: lnkd.in/g8gFeB3u

📚Meta-analyses!⚠️Key pitfalls! 🔬Improved methodology! 🖥️Reliable syntheses! Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies” Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448

How does group size shape social evolution? New theory shows that living in smaller versus larger groups changes kinship dynamics, shifting when natural selection favors helping—or harming—others. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

Group size modulates kinship dynamics and selection on social traits

Abstract. An individual’s relatedness to its group may change with age due to demographic processes, and such kinship dynamics can shape age-linked social

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The biological age of individual cell types can be evaluated using plasma proteomics, revealing diverse aging profiles across more than 40 cell types and links between the accelerated aging of specific cell types and disease, according to a paper in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4xHGvR2 #medsky 🧪

The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H

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New research📖 Playing it safe at early life stages: Balancing energy allocations to maximize fitness under seasonal pathogen dynamics🧪 🦠 🖥️ 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/XofOXf2

Maternal senescence broadly reprograms gene expression in offspring www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Maternal senescence broadly reprograms gene expression in offspring

Offspring of older parents have reduced fitness in many species, but the mechanisms mediating this cross-generational dimension of ageing remain poorly understood. Senescence is associated with genome...

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Still some time to apply to our postdoc position - deadline 3rd July. I'll be at #SMBE2026 if anyone would like to chat about it 😊

Susan Johnston@susanjohnston.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Ever wondered what female chickadees look for in a male? An ‘important’ study suggests these socially monogamous birds seek out additional males with better cognitive abilities than their nestmate, to help increase the fitness of their offspring. buff.ly/fQmQKCW

I’ve only been in Indiana for a week and there’s already been two tornadoes?! I’m also kind of addicted to watching Ryan Hall, Y’all’s storm chasing coverage

Skilful attacking trades off with defensive ability in hermit crabs AnimBeh

So pleased to see post-doc @jessicafoley14.bsky.social paper on evolution of long lifespan in pollen-eating butterflies now out in Nature Communications (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), and what's more, with a nice write-up in The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...). How cool is that!?

Evolution of increased longevity and slowed ageing in a genus of tropical butterfly - Nature Communications

Studying long-lived species across the animal kingdom could provide insights into healthy ageing in humans. This study reveals long lifespans and slowed ageing in Heliconius butterflies, identifying t...

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"Hotter, faster, sicker? Warming shifts the cost of infection from individuals to populations" 📝 read the full paper here: buff.ly/OSOTKbN

🏆 ECR Best Paper Awards applications now open! ✨ Submit your best/favourite paper and provide a short statement of contribution and impact 🗓️ Closes 10th August 📢 Winners announced 7th Sept latest Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... See you in the 'Gong! 🌊

🚨Job alert!!🚨 I'm recruiting a 3-year postdoc on amphibian host–microbiome interactions at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - funded by BBSRC. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW850/p...

Behavior evolves as a correlated response to selection on cuticle color in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans #Drosophila

Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...