Thrilled that the Women in Ecology & Evolution podcast is listed here! So many of the topics we've discussed are still so timely, so hope this generates some new listeners. I would love to revive this someday soon...
We have a growing collection of resources for women in ecology that support, celebrate and advocate for women's roles in research and practice.Β
Check our collection of resources here π
https://f.mtr.cool/gtwczvuefr
Exciting news! Our website is now available in CYMRAEG! π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/ygan/beps...
Last year, J. Endler published an inspiring essay in @behavecol.bsky.social on what we should be doing as behavioral ecologists π doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf029. According to him, "we need to put Ecology back into Behavioural Ecology: we need to make a lot more use of Natural History" (1/5)
With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann weβve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.socialπ¨π
To kick things off, weβre offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP π
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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
Screenshot of the EGI seminars You-tube Channel
We've uploaded recordings of many of our seminars over the last few months to our You-tube channel, including from @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social, Kristen Ruegg, Daniel Field, @jon-slate.bsky.social, Paul Acker, @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @kokkonut.bsky.social - Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/@EGIOxford
Introducing the campest katydid of all time. π¦π π½πΈπ Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n
Reminder: a little over one week left to submit abstracts for the individualβbased conservation topical collection. Happy to chat if youβre considering contributing!
The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (March-June). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/
1937 article of a Red-Tailed Hawk carcass discovered to have choked, seemingly to death, on a squirrel skull.
I never, ever weary of the treasures to be found among the deep tracks, I mean DEEP STACKS, of Natural History.
They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.
Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! π¦ππͺ°πͺ²π¦
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Review article, Transgenerational plasticity and climate change: phenotypic responses across ectothermic animals, by Anthony Gilbert and Daniel Warner. The publishing information states: Β© 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb250304. doi:10.1242/jeb.250304. The first sentence of the Abstract says, 'Using organismal-level data to predict population-level responses to climate change is a common, yet complicated challenge'.
In their Review, Gilbert & Warner discuss how warming due to climate change can have effects across multiple generations of ectotherms and highlight knowledge gaps which would benefit from future research
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.
When someone says βScientists do not want you to knowβ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They canβt shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
#winterwarming
Friends, we need to set the bar higher than this.
This week's EGI seminar will be given by Prof Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social from Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitΓ€t Mainz @unimainz.bsky.social on the role of time in avian trade-offs. All welcome in person in LT1 in LaMB @biology.ox.ac.uk 3.30pm on 6 March. Also live-streamed: details available β¬οΈ
Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... π§ͺ
photos from an excellent study by Cohen et al (2021) of a cerambycid beetle just straight up doing it with the flower of Disa forficaria, in a classic example of a ~sexual mimicry pollination system~
the humiliation of going on a hot date then finding out she wasn't even in the same PHYLUM (then someone writes a whole paper about it, with photos of your wiener)
How and why does cognition vary so greatly between individuals and species? In @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, we propose the "Predatory Intelligence Hypothesis" which posits that the cognitive challenges associated with predatorβprey interactions drive a cognitive co-evolutionary arms race
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Something Iβve learned - the best research environments aren't sterile. They're alive with creativity and warmth, with huge fish murals and dogs who have no idea what a p-value is but show up to lab meeting anyway. Science is a human endeavour and humans need to be inspired by their surroundings.
In any other sector this would be front page news along with government funding announcements.
The UK just seems to not value higher education.
Median amount of time spent under review is 7.4β14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles and the differences remain significant after controlling for several factors - analysis of >36.5 million articles in >36,000 journals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
So true π«
IOB's EIC is Dr. Ignacio Moore.
read more about his work with tropical #birds, & #reptiles
www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/moor...
& look over IOB to see if we are a fit for your work:
academic.oup.com/iob
A card announcing the call for papers stating 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction Guest Editors: Etya Amsalem, Tony D. Williams and Kathryn Wilsterman. Submission deadline: 30 June 2026' with the Journal of Experimental Biology logo and the logo for the Special Issue containing an egg cell surrounded by eight sperm cells. The eighth sperm, on the top right, is penetrating the egg.
We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the entire reproductive process, from mate selection, mating and egg-laying or pregnancy through to parental care
bit.ly/3ZT42hY
