Lera Miles

@leramiles.bsky.social

Nature and climate. Work @unepwcmc.bsky.social on nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation. She/her. Sheffield/Cambridge. Views my own.

📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers. Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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Activities for this season of #InverteFest: Community science project www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv... Art book submission form forms.gle/xCcLKLjia5JJ...

franz@franzanth.bsky.social · last yr.

Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us. tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs. Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!

What is #InverteFest?
It's a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. #InverteFest takes place every April, August, & December over the last 7 days of the month.

Going out?
1. Find invertebrates
2. Share observations online using the hashtag #InverteFest
3. Interact with others who are celebrating the event

NOT Going out?
- Post your squid painting
- Stream a game where you play as a crab with a knife
- Selfie with your 27 beetle enamel pins
- Write wikipedia pages

Questions?
ask franzanth / maureenbug / saimihanma

More info and ideas on:
invertefest.com

Another PhD opportunity in my lab! Interdisciplinary NSF-funded project developing a new framework and tools for understanding and valuing ecosystem services, with a focus on crop #pollination. Details: cos.unt.edu/biology/lich... 🌐🌎👩🏿‍🔬

Opportunities

Interested in joining the Lichtenberg Lab? See below. The Lichtenberg lab is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment to trainees from diverse backgrounds.

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Angus McIntosh and Helen Warburton have 4 PhD scholarships in freshwater ecology available at University of Canterbury, NZ. Invasive aquatic plants in high-country springs, and native fish, springs, and birds in braided rivers

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Published today by @royalsociety.org: A special issue of Phil Trans B on the function, value and vulnerability of African Tropical peatlands. This issue contains the first paper from my PhD @uclgeography.bsky.social, describing the structure of moth communities in Central Congo peatland forests:

Spatial and seasonal taxonomic patterns in moth communities of the central Congo peatlands

Abstract. Tropical insect communities are highly diverse but understudied, limiting understanding of tropical forest ecosystem functioning. This is especia

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🪰🦗🪲 At SMNS, we draw on historical & monitoring collections to understand & conserve biodiversity at all its levels! 🌍 Join our inter-disciplinary team 🤝 in Stuttgart 🇩🇪 as Research Group Leader on Diptera 🪰, Hemiptera 🪵, or Orthoptera 🦗. 📌 tenure potential 🧬🔬 High-tech labs ⏰Apply by Oct 11 🔁share

Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart@smnstuttgart.bsky.social · 2w ago

Zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt gesucht: Gruppenleiter*in (m/w/d) für die Systematik der Insekten (Diptera, Hemiptera oder Orthoptera), für zunächst vier Jahre in Vollzeit (80 bis 100 %, TV-L E13) befristet. Bewerbungsfrist: 11.10.2026 ➡ Alle Infos unter https://t1p.de/orsf4 #JobAd

Stelle: Gruppenleiter*in Insektensystematik (Diptera/Hemiptera/Orthoptera) am Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart

New PhD opportunities in behavioural ecology at the University of Tasmania and Macquarie University working with Geoff While and Martin Whiting plus multiple international collaborators on lizard sociality and communication. Please spread the word! #phd

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Attention: dream job alert!! 🚨 This is *my* home department, which I unabashedly love! We're a super collegial group (that really protects & supports junior faculty 💪) and Davis is a great place to live. Happy to chat more about what it's like to be a faculty here

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra@jrossibarra.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777