IOB This article describes a #curriculum activity, designed to leverage extraordinary traits as a flexible framework for teaching #adaptation, diversity, & integrative organismal #biology concepts while strengthening #students’ #science communication. doi.org/10.1093/iob/... A.Eden (SABER)

Baby on board! Western grebe chick posing on mom's? dad's? back! #birds

New paper - we show that in chickadees, males with better spatial cognition sire more extra-pair young and that when a female has an EPY, it is sired by a male with better spatial cognition compared to cognition of her social mate. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Song sparrow nestlings. Just 4 days old! #bird

Red-winged blackbird nestlings! #birds

May 23, 2006 is the hatch date of the world's most famous lance-tailed manakin. PXVm has starred in Netflix's 'Dancing with the Birds', and been highlighted for years by the Cornell Lab Manakin Cam. How do you celebrate such a momentous day? By dancing! Here he is today, with his current beta GSGm:

Spring migration is full swing here in Ontario. Bay-breasted warbler foraging after a flight over Lake Erie. #birds

Many of the sparrow nests we are tracking have come from a local patch nicknamed "The Banana kingdom" which makes me smile. A modified Google map for context. #fieldwork #birdwork #sparrows

Song sparrows are sneaky! Finding nests and even observing behavior has been quite the challenge this spring. #fieldwork #birds

New research by @adiethelm.bsky.social et al. in #RESEcolEnt reports on food plant–associated #predation risk & its impact on larval #development and adult #morphology in the #MonarchButterfly doi.org/10.1111/een.70094 #Danaus @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social

A male mountain bluebird taking a Spring bath #birds

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

Check out this podcast! Grad student, Alex Muth, explains how #chickadees have dialects! He also gives us insight into how he studies this, why it is interesting, and his life in grad school. Go Alex! fmjzxvm.short.gy/my-link #ornithology #academia #birds

Post-doc opportunity at the CAM! Come and join our vibrant and collegial community! @westernu.ca !

Alice Boyle@birdfiddler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am super excited to share that Yolanda Morbey and I at the centre for @animalsonthemove.bsky.social are recruiting for a postdoc with expertise in analysis of #Motus data! Please help us get the word out! Deets here: www.uwo.ca/cam/research...

How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology

Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d

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A western bluebird immediately after a desert bath. #birds

Just a Lil chipmunk

Black skimmer from the North Carolina coast. I think this bird was screaming into the abyss? Very relatable. #birds

👩‍🔬🧪 #AcademicSky

Kris Kubow@kriskubow.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We're hiring! Tenure-track Asst. Prof. in Cell/Molec Biology or Genetics! JMU is an R2, primarily undergrad university with faculty who are passionate about research and student mentoring/teaching. Feel free to DM with questions! jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/tenure-...

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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I am really excited to see this article on basic experimental design principles published. Definitely will be mandatory reading for incoming graduate students in my lab. Maggie Wagner who led this article did an amazing job with the illustrations of basic principles www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How thoughtful experimental design can empower biologists in the omics era - Nature Communications

Here, the authors discuss principles of experimental design that are relevant for all biology research, along with special considerations for projects using -omics approaches, highlighting common expe...

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Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

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Therapy #birds pic for this Friday. Very productive breeding year for red crossbills in the Cascades this year. Here are a few grumpy babies.

White-breasted nuthatch! #birds

🦜Animal loss is stalling tropical forest recovery A new study shows that when seed-dispersing animals decline, tropical forests regrow slower, cutting carbon gains by over 50%. Biodiversity loss is a climate issue. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #SciComm #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis 🧪

Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowth | PNAS

Identifying linkages between biodiversity loss and climate change is required for understanding the scope of these interconnected challenges and de...

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Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

Early morning light on this Red Crossbill. Such strange little orange/red pirates but so charismatic. #birds

Please repost. For those who might have missed it, our School has three ongoing positions advertised. The work environment here at Monash is top notch: supportive, collegiate and inclusive. And Melbourne is an awesome city to live in. Deadline fast approaching. Get cracking on those applications!

Bob Wong@bbmwong.bsky.social · last yr.

The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here: Ecology: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... Genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Therapy bird pic required for the last week. Here is a Lewis's Woodpecker from southwest Oregon. thanks #birds

A winter flashback with Dr. Jamie M. Cornelius, researching how animals respond to unpredictable environments by employing heart rate transmitters in nomadic red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), allowing for live physiological monitoring under field conditions! Photos by @sonnenbird.bsky.social