Erin Louise Cole, Ph.D.

It's been awhile but newly finished hand knit! Used the #lucyblouse by Louisa Rehkopf to get started with the neckline but the rest is my own #sofiescarf inspired pattern. Used @kaosyarn merino and alpaca, on 3.5 mm needles. #diy #knitting #handknit #knitcardigan #grandmacore #finishedproject

Moving my social media usage to blue sky but will be inactive in July during travel to visit family.

Termites became the dominant decomposers of the tropics after two diversification pulses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645184v1

Some weekend naturing

#viper #europeanviper #Viperaberus #commoneuropeanviper #adder #commonadder #snake #wildlife #nature #denmark #danishwildlife #danishnature

Saw the cutest little bank vole (rødmus; Clethrionomys glareolus) on Saturday! There were actually 2, fighting over territory close to some European vipers.

#bankvole #rødmus #vole #wildlife #denmark #nature #cuteanimal #clethrionomysglareolus #danishwildlife

Tiny bird found using fake ‘hawk’ calls to scare away threats Alarm calls create illusion of hawk's presence and scare away predator, researchers say

#BiologyLetters in @the-independent.com | Turning the tables: a tiny bird uses alarm calls and mimicry to deceive its nest predator: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

This has been in the works for a while, and is not a response to recent events, but the timing couldn't be better: Canada now allows foreign students and postdocs to apply for more doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships! www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Live stream from under the ice in Qeqertasuaq, Greenland 🤯 #coolscience #whalesongs #animalbehaviour #nature

NASA to eliminate chief scientist position Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction

Breaking news: NASA announced today it will eliminate its Office of the Chief Scientist, along with offices advising the agency on technology, strategy, and coordinating its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. scim.ag/3Ft8Xza

What do the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID mean for global health?

In today's episode, the repercussions of dismantling USAID and withdrawing from the World Health Organization.

Listen here 🎧:
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Northern hawk owl 😍 plus photos with its prey in my Instagram posts (@zootastic_zoots)

#northernhawkowl #owl #birding #nature #wildlife #Denmark

The stakes are just too high.

A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology Extreme morphological disparity within Mollusca has long confounded efforts to reconstruct a stable backbone phylogeny for the phylum. Familiar molluscan groups—gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods—e...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report in Science.

This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the phylum. scim.ag/3DrGAkg

Military base threatens Galápagos Islands In December 2024, the Ecuadorian government, led by President Daniel Noboa, authorized the establishment of a US military base on the Galápagos Islands, a Natural World Heritage Site.

A U.S. military base on the Galápagos Islands could harm fragile species and ecosystems, argue the authors of a new #LetterToScience.

Adventures in #LilleVildmose #moose #denmark #wildlife #biologistonholiday

Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago - Nature The identification of tools dated to the time of Homo sapiens associated with microfloral evidence of wet tropical forests indicates that West African forests were occupied by humans much earlier...

In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1/ Being an infectious disease expert in the U.S. today feels like standing in the eye of a storm. Science should be our shield, but instead, we’re under attack, our expertise disregarded, our funding slashed, and public health increasingly politicized. 🧵

Are you an Inspiring Woman in Science, or do you know one? Entries are now open for the 2025 Inspiring Women in Science Awards, which celebrate excellence in Scientific Achievement and Science Outreach, with $50,000 prizes. https://go.nature.com/IWISCFA25BSKY #WomeninStem

Jeg er spændt på at dele, at jeg har bestået den danske modul 3 eksamen (A2/B1 på CEFR-niveauer).

I am excited to share that I have passed the Danish Module 3 exam. It is equivalent to A2/B1 (CEFR) #languageproficiency #careerdevelopment

Social and Symbiotic Evolution Group on LinkedIn: #socsymevo #termite #behaviouralecology #immunology #socialimmunity… 🕯️🕯️🕯️Did you know?🕯️🕯️🕯️ Termites have complex social organization and behavior! Termite colonies have castes where each caste has specific roles…

www.linkedin.com/posts/social...