Abstract submissions for GIGAIV close this Friday! Don't forget to send in your abstract: gigavi.org

Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

🚨 Two major iDiv calls are now accepting applications! 🔹 iDiv Synthesis Centre Working Group Call 🔹 iDiv Fellowship Programme Call 🔗 More info, application criteria + deadlines: www.idiv.de

We started by studying gene reuse in eyes over deep time -- but were astonished to find adaptive molecular convergence to be rampant and not directly related to important traits, including eyes. Led by PD Cory Berger www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We are pleased to introduce Molluscan Horizons, a diamond open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal born from a joint effort of Latin American malacological societies, led and funded by the Brazilian Society of Malacology. To learn more, please visit our website: www.molluscanhorizons.org

🚨 Two major iDiv calls are now accepting applications! 🔹 iDiv Synthesis Centre Working Group Call 🔹 iDiv Fellowship Programme Call 🔗 More info, application criteria + deadlines: www.idiv.de

Today, our #SCIMaP team released an impact analysis of the White House proposed FY 2027 NIH and NSF budgets. Bottom-line: if enacted, cuts to science and medical research would lead to $35B in economic losses and 150,000 lost jobs in communities all across the US. scienceimpacts.org 🧵

This paper is now out in @elife.bsky.social 🦀🦑🧪 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

The DNA barcode reference library for European ants is out! 🐜🧬 doi.org/10.1111/1755... Checklist of 650 species, ~78% covered 🧬, +6,500 COI 🧬, plus species genetic maps & trees, see Supp. Inf. "Atlas" tinyurl.com/antdnaeuatlas A framework for species discovery, biosurveillance, and phylogeography!

Ok now for a real kicker—the oldest nematode known from fossil record was a plant-parasitic one that lived in stomatal chambers of this same plant! Discovered and imaged here by George Poinar and Hans Kerp from Rhynie Chert from around 400 mya. brill.com/view/journal...

Still accepting applicants for a postdoc! Here's the evoldir link if you're interested: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi... Please reach out! Share with a friend!

If you are researcher or student in Latin America apply for our Biodiversity Genomics course in Colombia from 27th-31st July 2026 (10 days left for registration) biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution 🇨🇦 is celebrating its 20th year! Mark the occasion and support the society with a limited edition mug or notebook! 🇨🇦

The abstract deadline for GIGA VI is just a few weeks away! Submit your abstract and register to join us in Boracay, Philippines to learn all about cutting edge Invertebrate Genomic Research. gigavi.org

We (with @dornhaus.bsky.social) finally wrote up our class on how to teach modeling to biologists, which ends up being a non-trivial exercise in understanding the roles that theory plays in the scientific method. We hope others will use our class, or simply enjoy the manuscript!

Come work with us!

at least no one picked Dimetrodon?

🦑⚒️ paleo folks welcome! I'm planning to attend and will be around to show folks our exhibit "Marvelous Mollusks" at the Museum of the Earth/PRI as part of the meeting

Registration for the American Malacological Society meeting in Syracuse, NY this summer is live! hope to see you there! ams.wildapricot.org/AMS-2026-Reg...

Don't hesitate! There are still ~6 hours to REGISTER for #Evol2026 at the early bird rate. Learn lots! Meet people from ASN, SSE, SSB, and beyond! Catch up with old friends! Commiserate with colleagues! And save money while doing so! Register here: www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration... 1/2

The Bailey-Mathews Shell Museum has a job opening for Science Director and Curator! #mollusc #academicsky shellmuseum.org/careers-inte...

We just turned 4 and we wanted to celebrate with you! 🥳 🐜🎁 🪲 Between now 🎂 (April 14) and Earth Day 🌎️ (April 22) we will be having a 10% off promotion on all online orders. Use code BIRTHDAY2EARTHDAY26

Submit your abstract to present your research at the GIGA VI Conference in Boracay, Philippines July 6-10, 2026. gigavi.org

Names matter: the word ‘citizen’ carries legal, political, and cultural meanings that are not neutral, say @britishecologicalsociety.org. Instead, consider using the term ‘community science’.

Vote for Mollusc of the Year 2026. The winner will have its complete genome sequenced. There are some cool species in the running this year! www.unitasmalacologica.org/mollusc-of-t...

There are ways in which I agree with this (strongly!), yet also, ways that I disagree (experiments are not the end-all be-all solution…scaling problems there!) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

#Paper Our new study on #Asgard archaea is out in Nature Communications. We find a distinctive evolutionary pattern: widespread #HGT, but genome expansion mainly through gene duplication. An interesting window into the origins of #eukaryotic complexity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

What's your favorite tool for extracting mitogenomes from whole-genome sequences? Since the last time I tried this, the options have proliferated. Any recommendations would be great!

PSA: wear your helmets, bikers! got hit by a car on Monday and I'd probably be a lil dumber if I hadn't been wearing mine. RIP Jake the Snake (2009-2026). Thanks for all the fun times. My bruises will heal, but the bike shop guy told me there's enough frame damage that JtS is "totaled" 😢

Hi! I'm not here very often, but I just launched my brand new lab website! I'm also hiring a !!! three-year !!! Postdoc. Interest form link can be found under "The Team" section. (Current domain name is temporary haha. FormorphologyLab dot com coming soon!) badger-mustard-h5jf.squarespace.com

Twenty five years on from Dolph Schluter's book "The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation" that reshaped the way adaptive radiation was studied, this review revisits key questions raised to evaluate the progress made over the past quarter century, 8 of which remain unresolved...🌍🧪👇

🎓 My PhD thesis is now available online at dx.doi.org/10.5287/ora-... ! If you're interested in anything biogeography, dung beetles, biodiversity data quality, landscape genomics, the Afrotropics, etc. etc. please have a read! Would love to discuss with anyone who has questions. 🪲🌍

Even if you don't use AI, all their bots are making the internet worse. Here's an example that explains why you're seeing "prove you're not a robot" check boxes on every website now.

Ever wondered how we understand the processes shaping biodiversity? The answer lies in rates of molecular evolution. Many hypotheses about causal relationships have been made, linking life-histories to mutations, DNA repair & fixation. Here, a shift in focus is proposed...🌍🧪 doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Hitchhiking across continents: phoresy of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) on Diptera, with new European records Jana Christophoryová, Vincent Mathy, Christoph Hörweg, Lucia Vičanová @zookeys.pensoft.net doi.org/10.3897/zook...

Job alert! Post-doc position available in the Tsutsui lab at UC Berkeley. I'm specifically looking for someone optimize and scale RNA interference for invasive ant control and eradication. Happy to take questions at [email protected]. Spread the word! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05325

PRI is hiring! We are looking for a new Associate Director for Operations and an Exhibits and Maintenance Lead. More info on our website!

Now accepted for publication. Accepted manuscript can be accessed here: academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia by Torsten H. Struck. This is a major contribution and important piece of work with respect to lophotrochozoan genomics and phylogeny. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Follow us here on BlueSky! We'll be having more great conversations on our page in the coming weeks and months.

🧪🦑⚒️ The Paleontological Research Institution/Museum of the Earth are on bluesky (finally), go give them a follow! #earthscience #museums #science #fossilfriday #geoscience #scicomm

Recent GAO report: 85% of museums have deferred facilities maintenance/repairs, with 70% being health and safety issues. IMLS funds can't be used for construction/maintenance so museums mostly rely on their donors for these needs. If you love museums, consider donating www.gao.gov/products/gao...

Axial Patterning Beyond the Individual: Colony-level Organization in a Siphonophore Colony https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.01.715818v1

Meet our Member Engagement and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committees! If you missed last month’s virtual social, you can learn all about our committee members and the great work they do to promote #openscience right here! Upcoming events: sortee.org/mixers/ #SpotlightOnSORTEE

Dr. Damaris Zurell (University of Potsdam) will be giving April's Funk Biogeography Seminar! What does forward-looking biodiversity modeling look like? What can it tell us, and what needs more work? Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

Tomorrow at *9am CEST* (note that clocks have changed!!), we hope to see many of you at the next Integration of Speciation seminar, featuring @charlottewright.bsky.social and @thymelicus.bsky.social, plus careers Q&A with Dr. Sally Potter. To attend, find the link on the IoS website.

New study led by Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) now out in @systbiol.bsky.social! Sean's approach models how species gain and lose biome affinities over time, both in terms of where they *do* live (e.g. movement) and where they *could* live (e.g. adaptation) doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

New preprint on the recent history of phylogenetic biogeography, with co-authors Isabel Sanmartín and Joel Cracraft, now up on EcoEvoRxiv: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...