Western Colorado University is hiring a Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology. Please share if you know anyone who'd be interested in applying. western.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WESTER...

Here's to a fishy fourth 🐟

Hit me up if you (or one of your promising undergrads) wants to write one of these to come work on the amazing Amazon mollies!

So psyched for @jrossibarra.bsky.social! Truly a remarkable scientist and person and couldn’t be more deserving of the recognition. www.ucdavis.edu/news/nationa...

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

Please repost: My department at USC is hiring for a teaching-track faculty position. We are looking for someone principally to teach statistics for biologists, but there will be opportunities for other courses in statistics & algorithms applied to biology usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

This is a short article type, perfect for getting students started with the research process and with publishing. See more about this from Kate here: bsky.app/profile/kate... dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/t... We hope this is the first step in many journals seeking out replications

🚨NEW PRE-PRINT🚨 with Leyla Cabugos and @marijapurgar.bsky.social doi.org/10.32942/X27... Replication is a fundamental part of validating and generalising scientific findings. However, replication studies are thought to be extremely rare in ecology and evolution (EE).

We're looking for a junior specialist to work on a fun project exploring seagrass local adaptation across the whole state of California! It should be a good mix of field and molecular work. Please share with folks you think would be interested! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07605

Current grad students: Submit your research proposal by May 18th to be considered for a Graduate Research Excellence Grant! Learn more about how to craft a strong proposal on our website: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Great postdoc opportunity!

Reposting this opportunity! Review of applications will start in two weeks so there is still time to apply (and we keep the portal open for submissions until the position is filled) Come work with us!

They're just little guys. You can look at them for free and you can look at them up close if you pay for Bird Premium (binoculars or camera). They're just doing behaviors. They will never email you.

This is absolutely a program you want to get involved with! Incredible support, mentoring and community!

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

@ericjones-us.bsky.social You're running for Congress in a district that hosts one of the country's best biology focused universities (UCD) - I'd love to hear your plans for how you're going to fight for better investment in higher education at the federal level

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...