Stalked jellyfish are a super rare group of jellies that don't float, but instead anchor themselves to the seafloor using a special 'foot.' To move, they do cartwheels, holding onto the seafloor using sticky pads between their pompom tentacles. 🧪🌿🌊
Vadim Karatayev
@lifenonlinear.bsky.social
Theoretical ecologist focusing on resilience in networks, landscapes, and kelp forests. Asst Prof University of Maryland College Park. Views my own. https://resiliencelab.github.io/
Did you know that the flowers of avocado trees change sex every day? Scientists have noticed this nearly 100 years ago but only now do we how it works. Life is amazing.
Avocado flowers switch sex daily—now we know why
New work explains how avocado trees coordinate a complex reproductive strategy, switching every day between male and female
scientificamerican.com
Almost all speakers for our warm-up event at @css-conference.bsky.social have been revealed! Who do you think will be the next one? Feel free to guess! In the meantime, why don't you check out who's going to be there? They'll be giving quite interesting talks! yrcss.cssociety.org/warm-up/2026...
2026 – Binghamton
Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society
yrcss.cssociety.org
Now out in Ecology Letters 🥳
Using Modern Coexistence Theory to Understand Community Disassembly
Community disassembly examines how extinctions reshape ecological communities. Here, we introduce the community disassembly graph, which uses invasion growth rates (IGRs) to identify extinction-drive....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Joe Brennan@biologyjoe87.bsky.social · 10mo agoExcited to share a new pre-print in collaboration with @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social, "Using Modern Coexistence Theory to understand community disassembly"! We set out to understand how techniques used to study coexistence can be extended to understand community disassembly. (1/X)
Is organization close to saddle-node bifurcations a generic principle underlying neural computations? 🧠 To know more, give a read to our recent effort in this regard👀
@koseskalab.bsky.social · last mo.New preprint! RNNs solving an interval timing task self-organize near bifurcations, where structured slow transients drive computation. These slow scaffolds predict generalization to unseen intervals and are alone sufficient for timing! @mpinb.mpg.de www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
An amazing program, please RT and share with undergrads you know.
Joe Brennan@biologyjoe87.bsky.social · last mo.UC Davis Ecology & Evolution Grad Preview Program is accepting applications until July 20th! It's a fully virtual program where you are paired with a grad student mentor and learn about what grad school entails, how to apply, and what student life is like! Please share widely!
Most inventions come soon after they're feasible. From a cute use of AI: www.construction-physics.com/p/how-long-d...
How long do we wait for new inventions?
Mostly not very long
construction-physics.com
Thought provoking and timely piece on collaborationism and its costs and consequences.
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Too many scientists are willing to collaborate with Trumpism in the mistaken assumption that obedience will save their own necks." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Roughly half of STEM PhD students in the U.S. are international students. 75% of them stay in the U.S. long term after graduating to contribute their skills to U.S. scientific research and development. Cutting international student visas hurts U.S. science now and long into the future.
David J. Bier@davidjbier.bsky.social · 4mo agoVisas for international students were down 40% last summer, thanks to a slew of policies designed to throttle visa issuances and scare off students. Students from 40 countries are now outright banned.
Hey y'all. Love all the love for the program (we're pretty proud of it too). But the fact that the solicitation is archived does NOT mean that the program is shutting down. We're hanging in there, struggling through the uncertainty with everyone else.
LTER has been archived for about a year now. It’s normal between solicitations. LTER is still here.
Post Doc position alert! Come work with us on the evolution of cannibalism. Full job description in link below. Salary starts at $58k plus benefits. (Please help spread the word) emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Associate - BioSciences
Dr. Volker Rudolf’s group in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Evolution and Behavior. The ideal candidate will have strong ...
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com
This administration is not making a long-term investment in science, discovery, and innovation nor the people, projects, and sites that make it happen.
Mike Kaspari@mikekaspari.bsky.social · 4mo agoNSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.
Oh no. NSF Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program shuttered. This one leaves me winded. A good story from 2025 by @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social offers insight into what we are losing: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
nsf.gov
Mike Kaspari@mikekaspari.bsky.social · 4mo agoNSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.
The data also reinforce a message that should be clear: American leadership in science and medical research requires far more than getting across the line on top-line budget negotiations and will require continued vigilance to track how HHS treats applications and existing awards.
The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
New with @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social, exploring how viral-mediated infection and lysis can fuel the marine food web: theconversation.com/viruses-aren...
Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how
Marine viruses attack cells, but the material that spills out helps fuels marine life around the world.
theconversation.com
It was an honor to work with this group... and the paper is excellent, but the implications for tropical ecosystems make me really sad. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hot droughts in the Amazon provide a window to a future hypertropical climate - Nature
Thirty years of forest demographic data, combined with recent ecophysiological measurements, reveal that intense Amazon droughts sharply increase tree mortality once soil moisture falls below a thresh...
nature.com
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027! See you there!! @wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social #microsky #mevosky
Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow. Please repost :)
Sebastian Schreiber @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social · 9mo agoJoin us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
nature.com
🧪,🌍,#ecoevo
International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology@iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 9mo ago📅 Next week our seminar speaker will be Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting: ⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐ As ever free and open for all! Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... See you there!
Hi all! I am seeking an ecology or applied math PhD student interested in quantitative ecology, specifically ecological theory, food web modeling, or population dynamics. If you are interested, have a look at our lab website below and reach out to me. resiliencelab.github.io/join/
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Job Alert! Looking for a PhD student and a postdoc in quantitative ecology Deets here: resiliencelab.github.io/join/
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Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
Happy to share our research on traditional farming landscapes in northwest Himalaya is out in Science Advances! Thanks to my advisor Tulja & all the wonderful collaborators- Ale @ornithoale.bsky.social, Katie @kasolari.bsky.social, Akshata, Kullu, Rinchen, Lamaji. 1/7 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Biocultural vulnerability of traditional crops in the Indian Trans-Himalaya
Traditional understudied crops in Indian Trans-Himalaya offer unique ecological, genetic, and nutritional potential.
science.org
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability@stanforddoerr.bsky.social · 12mo agoWith support from the Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, researchers have shown that, compared to green peas, a variety of black peas with a 3,000-year legacy in the Trans-Himalayas is more nutritious and climate resilient.