I think if I could grow a glowing lantern on my head and rarely have to interact with another soul in the murky black abyss then I, too, would finally have it all.

Biologists Confirm Not Much Evolution Happened Today theonion.com/biologists-c...

The only time I answer the door

Putting my journal editor hat on: this has become a huge problem since covid. I don’t know what senior faculty are thinking about how they benefited from willing referees in their own career and now just won’t/can’t/sorry-I’m-too-busy. Others ghost editors who write to inquire about late review.

It's looking increasingly likely that I'll be hiring a 3-year computational pop-gen postdoc/PhD-level scientific programmer to start this Fall (2026). If you or someone you know is defending soon, and looking for a position, please DM/write to me! Thanks!

Hey are you into podcasts? Have you ever made one or know how to sound edit? Well then we have the job for you! The Animal Behavior Podcast is hunting for more folks to help edit their podcasts! They have some interviews but need more expertise on the technical side. Email: arredondo .at. ou.edu

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

Jackson Gross will be spicing up the Animal Science Picnic Day exhibit with fantastic sturgeons hats! Come get your picture taken wearing a foam sturgeon head (below), or even a whole meter long foam sturgeon (data not shown)!

Save the date! The SORTEE Conference 2026 will be held virtually on Oct 13-14. Engage in sessions on open, reliable ecology and evolutionary biology practices. More details at https://www.sortee.org/past. #conference

I had a great time answering listener questions with Daniel and Kelly! Folks are smart and really dial into the incisive questions.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

I’m so glad someone covered this story. Brian is an amazing scholar and person who I’ve been blessed to be able to get to know, even a little. What happened to him is awful

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I zoomed in and saw the aurora glowing on the top and gasped out loud. Wowowow! Such an incredible, unbelievable thing to be on this tiny ball hurtling through space.

A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. www.wired.com/story/border...

Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, has died at 193 years old He was gay and lived through two world wars and 40 US presidents

Are you looking for a PhD position, hoping to learn sexual selection theory from one of the true experts in the field? Lehtonen's work is awesome - Look at this and apply! ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...

I do not use AI for writing. I like writing. Why would I farm out my favorite part of my job to a gdamn robot who takes no joy from it? I only use AI for my wow-I'm-a-professional-scientist-and-I-still-don't-know-how-a-science-thing questions like "What are magnets and how do they work?"

Also, this logo is 🔥 #MansionMeeting2027

Do you love animal behavior & want to share that joy with younger folks? Write a short article on animal behavior for Frontiers for Young Minds (ages 8–15), co-authored with an undergrad! Part of an international ABS collection. Expression of interest due April 30. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Extremely excited to start my 8-year @royalsociety.org Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship @uniexecec.bsky.social focussing on understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology. With 2x 4-year Postdoc and PhD positions being advertised shortly - do get in touch if interested!

shoot for the moon and if you miss you are not a good moon assassin

I would greatly appreciate anyone amplifying this or contributing. The Alex Pretti nursing scholarship is being created. An endowed scholarship awarded to a student with financial need. Preference will be given to students with an interest in supporting America's veterans. Link below. Thank you.

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

I'm excited to announce that the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are now published in Peer Community Journal peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

I have a mansplainer joke, but it fell into a well, actually.

We're hiring! The UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory is searching for two part-time cooks to join our team. These positions prepare and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner for groups ranging in size from 10-150. Both positions are located in Bodega Bay, CA. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/NKMdN7t

Out now in Science: The Truman Show, but with killifishes! "Continuous recording of a vertebrate’s adult life from adolescence until death would provide a complete view into the behavioral architecture of aging." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We're hiring a post doc! Looking for a global change ecologist to work with Jenny McGuire & a multidisciplinary team including me and @jameststroud.bsky.social on the ecology side of things please share widely!

We had a 'data forensics' lab meeting yesterday. We investigated everyone's close-to-submission datasets under the (false) assumption the data was faked & we had to find proof 🔍🧐 We found some mistakes & weirdnesses and it was such a good exercise in good data management! Highly recommend!

Couldn't sum it up better than this: "I've realized now that writing *is* how I think best: often, my thoughts only crystallize once I try to put words on the page and then revise those words repeatedly." If you outsource your writing, you outsource your thinking. And then what is even the point?

🚨Abstract deadline for ABS 2026 is quickly approaching (March 23)! Join us at our annual meeting this summer in gorgeous Cincinnati. All the cool kids will be there 😎 Details and submission here: www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/2026/abstrac...

Proposals are due May 18 for this year’s Graduate Research Excellence Grants! Up to $2500 for 1st and 2nd year grad students and up to $3500 for 3rd years and above. Learn more and apply now! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

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 predator–prey interactions drive a cognitive co-evolutionary arms race rdcu.be/e5KIj

🐟How does the Amazon molly defy all evolutionary odds and overcome the detrimental costs of asexual reproduction?🧬 😊Glad that @rdacemel.bsky.social and I could contribute to this fascinating study, brilliantly led by Ed Ricemeyer @nature.com 👏Congrats to all authors! @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

In one week I'll be talking about tips for reproducible R code and why science would love you to try these tips on your own code too 🧪😍🌏 It's an online talk, so feel free to watch comfortably from your couch. Hope to see you there! @sortee.bsky.social #rstats events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...

let's all take a moment to consider the Thief Weevil and his outrageous pantaloons

3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama! Three positions, each including salary & a research budget. Applications due April, 15th. DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us! stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

The American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social will be holding our next meeting in Glen Cove, New York on 8-12 January 2027! Have an idea for a special symposium? We want to hear it! #ecology #evolution #behavior 🧪 #popgen 🧬 Applications due Apr 30: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Def apply for this if you are about to graduate (or did in the past ~6 months)! It's a great way to network and basically be a local celebrity at the meeting 💅

Don’t let them take silly away from you

2. One common response to the accuracy/reviewing issue, is: "oh we'll just have GenAI review the papers too!". Even assuming this works, what's the point? You have GenAI make the research, GenAI review it, and then what happens? It just accumulates? An endlessly growing corpus of "knowledge"?? 4/n

📣 Call for Applications: The University of Vienna invites applications for more than 40 fully funded doctoral positions across a broad range of disciplines in Life Sciences and Natural Sciences. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 #PhDSky #PhD #univie 📅 Application period: 2 March – 27 March 2026, 12:00 CET More information: ⤵️

📣📣📣 Applications for the 2026 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!! Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply! More info: disi.org

For journalists who want to dig into stories about scientific integrity: Here's an exciting new opportunity from two of my favorite science-journalism organizations, @retractionwatch.com and @theopennotebook.bsky.social. I'll be joining a webinar to help kick things off on March 26!

This is THE course if you want to learn how to use all the coolest new animal tracking tech!

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

2nd new postdoc in our group! Looking to hire postdoc in eco-economic modelling for our Amazon ornamental fish project, integrating biological data with supply-chain, livelihood & sustainability analyses. Participatory work in Brazil. Please share! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...