Photo of a blue-green lichen growing on a birch tree. The lichen is in sort of an octopus shaped mound, with frilly edges instead of tentacles. It’s covered in numerous disc shaped apothecia which have blue-grey edges and dark brown centres.
Physcia sp lichen on a birch tree.
NWT, Canada. Photo covers about 5cm, left to right. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Come join NVG's 2026 Spring Lecture (in Dutch): “Diergedrag en natuurbescherming” on how animal behaviour insights support conservation.
28 May 2026, 20:00, Utrecht
Q&A with presenters afterwards
Please sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/vVfrZn5SBu9V...
Zaal ATLAS
New preprint: an undergrad in my lab Stella DiPippo tested out vivio-morpholinos as a means for transient targeted knockdown of gene expression in adult threespine #stickleback. It worked, but a bit inconsistently. A useful start testing a new method for this species
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Redder stickleback males produced male-biased offspring sex-ratio. Check out our latest publication in Evolutionary Ecology.
tbakker1.wixsite.com/personalsite
New cover image for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Agonistic interaction between two male adult brown bears at Cabarceno Nature Park, Spain.
Manrique-Revuelta P, Álvarez M, López-Urueña E et al (2026) Behav Ecol Sociobiol 80:11
Photo credit: P. Manrique-Revuelta
Melissa in front of a plaque reading "Emily Williamon née Bateson, 1855-1936, RSPB founder, conservationist and pioneer of women’s education was born at Highfield opposite here. RSPB.org.uk." Photo from RSPB
One last little fun fact: Emily Williamson (née Bateson), founder of the RSPB was Melissa’s great, great aunt! It looks like a love of birds may run in families… 😉 🐦 6/6
Melissa and Elisa giving the camera thumbs up at a conference
The last 2 years, Melissa has been working with the other trustees to increase the professionalisation of ASAB operations, as well as advocating for open science practices, such as pre-registration in animal behaviour.
It’s not easy being president & she has done a wonderful job so far 🤗 5/6
A collage of Melissa handing out awards
As president, Melissa also needs to make decisions (but not about foraging). She chairs ASAB council and is also a trustee financially responsible for the charity, the law of which is quite complex.
She also gets the far more fun job of handing out awards!... 4/6
Melissa freeing a starling from a bag
There are also some ecological parallels between humans & starlings: both are invasive, omnivorous and opportunistic.
Looking at foraging decisions & food unpredictability in starlings, including physiological, developmental & cognitive effects, can give us insight into human food insecurity... 3/6
Melissa in a labcoat holding up a starling. ASAB logo is in the corner
This #MeetASAB features Madam President herself: Melissa Bateson (@melissabateson.bsky.social)
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
A tiny drawing of a young lion by Rembrandt has sold for a record €12.7 million to an undisclosed buyer at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, with the proceeds going to wildlife charity Panthera.
Does selection favor the most limnetic source lake genotypes in limnetic recipient lakes? And favor the most benthic source lake genotypes in benthic recipient lakes?
um... No.
Instead, certain source lakes seem to *always* win at selection regardless of the habitat they are introduced into
New preprint from our big collaborative evolution experiment in 9 whole lakes in Alaska, written by McGill grad student @lucaseckert.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What happens if you put a mixture of multiple source populations together to complete & evolve in multiple new lakes?
Monet avoided outlines, believing they betrayed light. For him, form existed only where light revealed it.
EEN BIJZONDER JAAR BEGINT
100 jaar geleden werd kunstenaar Piet Pijn geboren. Dit feit willen wij vieren met een JUBILEUMTENTOONSTELLING: 11 JULI tot en met 2 AUGUSTUS 2026 in PULCHRI STUDIO, DEN HAAG.
Kerstgroet: Maria en Josef met Jesuskind, St. Theresia, Ulo, Oisterwijk, Dec. 1960, Piet Pijn
EEN BIJZONDER JAAR BEGINT
100 jaar geleden werd kunstenaar Piet Pijn geboren. Dit feit willen wij vieren met een JUBILEUMTENTOONSTELLING: 11 JULI tot en met 2 AUGUSTUS 2026 in PULCHRI STUDIO, DEN HAAG.
Kerstgroet: Maria en Josef met Jesuskind, St. Theresia, Ulo, Oisterwijk, Dec. 1960, Piet Pijn
Zwei Bilder Paris 2007 und Paris 2024, Unterschied und Entwicklung der Luftverschmutzung
Rückgang der Luftverschmutzung in Paris !
Umweltzonen, Reduzierung von Parkplätzen, Ausbau der Rad-Infrastruktur, Transit- und Luftreinhalteregeln, Verdreifachung der SUV-Parkgebühren,
➡️ #Verkehrswende #Mobilitätswende zum Wohl der Bürger in der Stadt
#Berlin
A card showing James Watson on one side, and the headline "DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy" on the other
Watson – who won the Nobel Prize for his role in divining the structure of DNA; was instrumental in initiating and propelling the Human Genome Project; and who became notorious for his history of racist and sexist comments – has died at 97
Read the full story: go.nature.com/47NJ6wy
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
Boom erneuerbarer Energien:
#China schafft in sechs Monaten doppelt so viel Solarkraft wie Deutschland in 25 Jahren
Die Volksrepublik bricht beim Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien diverse Rekorde. Eine gute Nachricht für das #Weltklima.
Von Claus Hecking
Fotos ohne jeglichen Erkenntnisgewinn aber schön anzusehen.
Cyclopoider Ruderfußkrebs:
Scientists point to a long list of findings that emerged out of fundamental research, the type of studies the US government is cutting, and went on to change the world. Nature lists a few of their examples. 🧪
Carnivorous 'Death-Ball' Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Weirdos Discovered In The Southern Ocean
Nuclear weapons tests by country:
🇺🇸 USA: 1,032
☭ USSR: 727
🇫🇷 France: 215
🇬🇧 UK: 88
🇨🇳 China: 47
🇰🇵 North Korea: 6
🇮🇳 India: 3
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2
Myself and Alastair Wilson wrote an updated version of our 2016 primer to quantitative genetics in the wild: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Happy to share a copy if interested. It is also on research gate
Check out this fascinating special edition of the Journal of Fish Biology @thefsbi.bsky.social focussed on how we study cognition in fishes- led by lab alumnus @nickarjones.bsky.social
An electronic eye implant has restored vision in people with blindness caused by age-related macular degeneration
go.nature.com/48JVwrv
Most populous countries in 1950:
🇨🇳 China: 554 million
🇮🇳 India: 376 million
Soviet Union: 178 million
🇺🇸 USA: 158 million
🇯🇵 Japan: 82 million
🇩🇪 Germany: 70 million
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 69 million
🇧🇷 Brazil: 54 million
🇬🇧 UK: 50 million
🇮🇹 Italy: 46 million
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
Awesome faculty position alert! Tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a focus on organismal responses to environmental change.
Please help spread the word!
apply.interfolio.com/173889
