@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

A new group dedicated to evolutionary ecology! This is an opportunity to have a permanent community space for the field, as well as ensure regular conferences like #ExE2026. But it needs your help 👇

I had a great time at the 1st #ExE2026 conference! Lots of amazing talks spanning genetics, behaviour, ecology and evolution 🐤 I presented a poster about the effects of sublethal pesticide exposure on cricket behaviour. The paper is in the final stages of review, so hopefully more to share soon 🦗🤞

The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H

📢 Approaches in Entomology, our new #OpenAccess journal, is now open for submissions! 🎉 It will publish innovative and exciting advances to methods and techniques, including ethics and philosophies, across the breadth of entomology 🔬 Submit your research 🔽 buff.ly/PfF2l49

Great ideas deserve support. The RES EDI Grant is here to fund initiatives that: 🌱 Reach new audiences 🤝 Engage diverse communities 🔬 Open up access to insect science and more. If your project can make an impact, we want to hear from you 🔽 buff.ly/mzUEw45 Deadline: 17 July #InsectWeek #Grants

Crickets don’t just “get used to it” 🦗 In this new paper, we find context-dependent learning in wild field crickets: repeated disturbance led to trait-specific responses, with modest sensitisation in some behaviours, stable escape speed, and individual variation 🏃‍➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Interested in understanding how bumblebees are responding to climate change? Well look no further than a competition funded PhD position with me and Rachael Dudaniec at Macquarie University, Sydney 🇦🇺 Details below ⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I’ve had a wonderful time at #ASABSpring2026 @asab-meetings.bsky.social learning about lots of interesting things (and sharing some stuff about my crickets and pesticide exposure 🧪) Really excited to be heading to @isbe2026.bsky.social in July too to share some other work from my first chapter 🦗🦎

Another great talk session this morning at #ASABSpring2026 : We covered meerkat sunning calls, fish colour patterning, cricket insecticide exposure, moth same-sex sexual behaviours, cold snap and heatwave effects on bees & farm bird song learning ☀️🐠🦗🦋🥶 🥵🐦‍⬛

While you’re on break, don’t forget to stop by the @asabeducation.bsky.social table and learn about all of our amazing education initiatives (and get a free sticker)! #ASABSpring2026 We have lots of fantastic resources for teaching animal behaviour, more on our website: www.asab.org/education

Interesting advice from animal behaviour scientist Dr Patrick Kennedy (if you're a selfish gene)! #ASABSpring2026

Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Then you cannot miss #ExE2026! Hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall, this #conference has a stellar line-up of speakers and lots of pre-and post-conference workshops. Space is limited, so register now at evoxeco.uk!

My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd

A wonderful looking position for a great cause! 🦗🐛

Another cricket preprint has hatched 🦗 We tested whether sublethal pesticide exposure alters antipredator behaviour in wild field crickets 🏃 @uniexecec.bsky.social 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.09.698581v1

Sublethal exposure to the insecticide chlorantraniliprole does not alter antipredator behaviour in wild field crickets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.09.698581v1

I had a great time last week with other DTP funded students in Plymouth, and even got the chance to present some analyses from my second thesis chapter 🦗 Looking forward to our next thematic meeting in January!

🌿Exploring Biodiversity & Evolution!🌍 We’ve just wrapped up our latest GW4+ Thematic Meeting which focused on the theme of Biodiversity and Evolution. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026. Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more. 👉 evoxeco.uk 👈

BehaveAI can tell you who is doing what in each video frame. This example classifies behaviour from movement and sex from static appearance such as wing markings. Preprint: tinyurl.com/BehaveAI Git: tinyurl.com/BehaveAIgithub Video: tinyurl.com/BehaveAIintro @uniexecec.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone that organised and attended the ECR & PGR Symposium at @uniexecec.bsky.social yesterday! I had a wonderful time hearing about research about manta rays, fish personality, nature recovery mapping, how heat waves impact eggs and more 🎓

The first preprint from my PhD is out! 🌱🦗 We studied how wild field crickets respond to repeated stressor exposure, finding trait-specific patterns in behavioural plasticity 📈📉 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @uniexecec.bsky.social

I had a great time on @ebi.embl.org ‘s RNAseq course last week. Would highly recommend it to anyone looking at working with RNAseq data in the future 🧬

Hi, BlueSky! 🦋 I’m Emily - a PhD student at @uniexecec.bsky.social (Cornwall, UK) studying stress. At the moment, my work is focussed on response adaptation to internal and external stressors in an invertebrate system 🦗