A fun talk on Rhododendron minus pigments
how they protect plants from stressful conditions
how they vary across the species range
and some ideas on why we have a preponderance of cold hardy purple flowers, while yellows and reds are more common in tropical species
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A sign with the NSF logo upside down on the floor with other construction debris
Seen on the Hill last week, no notes
OMG Y'ALL LOOK AT ALL THE IRON SNAILS 😭 😭 😭
Published TODAY!!! 🧪🌊
Did you know we offer free English language editing for authors submitting to Evolution and Evolution Letters? Simply send an email to our EELS program coordinator to get started!
www.evolutionsociety.org/publications...
@journal-evo.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social
The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!
My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.
We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.
#Postdoc #EcoEvo
Pls RT!
Applications now open for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! These provide evolutionary biology research funds for early and advanced Master’s and PhD students. Proposals due May 18.
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Two cactus wrens sitting atop a chollo.
I love the way these cactus wrens (photographed today) have a safe shelter inside a chollo catcus where they built their elaborate nest.
You need 2 hours about quilts? We gotcha, pal.
Scrap quilts.
Sewing bees.
Fine art.
Secret codes.
Political activism.
Controversies.
Plus: advice on caring + repairing, with 3 of your new favorite #Culcitologists – Olivia Joseph, Luke Haynes & Joe Cunningham:
www.alieward.com/ologies/culc...
Remember when we all thought we would get universal healthcare and student loan forgiveness?
Striking signal for much above-normal temperatures across California, the Great Basin, northern Rockies and Desert Southwest from March 15-20. Temperatures will be more typical of summer than early spring (potentially 25 degrees above normal) in many areas and monthly records could be shattered.
After nearly a decade measuring American public support for political violence, @nathankalmoe.bsky.social and I have published a somewhat comprehensive guide to measuring these attitudes. This includes historical comparisons and responses to common critiques. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
Proud of being a @calstate.bsky.social employee today - kudos to Chancellor Garcia & team for not just rejecting the ludicrous findings from the Dept. of Ed. that SJSU violated Title IX for letting a transgender student athlete compete, but also filing a lawsuit against their Office of Civil Rights.
Group photo of PLANTS Undergraduate Travel Award recipients at the Botany 2025 conference. Text reads: PLANTS Undergraduate Travel Award and Mentored Experience — Now Accepting Applications! Benefits include mentorship, complimentary conference registration, free travel and lodging, meals, a field trip, and a 3-year BSA student membership. Deadline March 15, 2026. Visit botany.org.
Hey Botanical Science Undergrads, the PLANTS Grant deadline is coming up!!
This award covers Botany 2026 travel, lodging, meals, mentorship, a conference field trip & a complimentary 3-year BSA membership.
Deadline: March 15, 2026
For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards/...
New paper out in ecology letters! with @andylee.bsky.social @allydefduf.bsky.social
We synthesized the active debate on how scientists define sex, including limitations and assumptions. We believe this discussion will lead to more accurate science.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
WASHINGTON D.C.!!!
TOMORROW we are rallying on the National Mall to complete three goals: Save Science.
Protect Health.
Defend Democracy.
Learn more by visiting this link! : zurl.co/9Rp7c
#standupforscience
#science
#March7
#savescience
#rally
David Marques was an amazing speciation genomics researcher, a passionate birder, and a wonderful friend, husband, and father. May he rest in peace. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Want a reliable way to tell the two cryptic giant hummingbird species apart while birding in the Andes? Use your ear! 🎶 In a new @fieldornith.bsky.social J. Field Ornithology paper, we show how their vocalizations differ clearly—making sound a slam dunk for identifying them in the field.
The American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social
will be holding our next meeting in Glen Cove, New York on 8-12 January 2027!
Have an idea for a special symposium? We want to hear it!
#ecology #evolution #behavior 🧪 #popgen 🧬
Applications due Apr 30: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Just a few days left to submit the ASN student research award (due March 13th)!!!! This is an AWESOME opportunity for students to get some grant writing experience!!! We LOVE reading your grants and giving feedback!!!!!!!!!!! Apply, Apply, Apply!!!!!!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
Whoever implemented that chose violence.
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
Macro photograph, in top view, of two insects standing on a cluster of small, 4-petalled white flowers. Both insects have a red head and thorax and black at their back ends. The beetle on the right is slightly broader, and has a narrow white line separating the red and black parts of its body, as to suggest a narrow ant waist.
Model and mimic: a clever longhorn beetle (Euderces reichei, at right) tries its best to look like a local carpenter ant, Campontous decipiens, as they both feed on a spring dogwood flower. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas.
I love the conversational tone old scientific articles had. There is no chance anything like this could be reported today in this manner in a reputable journal or in a pathology report.
A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime
Deadline soon! Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here
snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
We've upgraded to a new conference location!
a literal death cult running a whole country
