Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...

3 x Master’s by Research projects: Artificial Habitat Optimisation for Fauna - here at Curtin University Perth WA (not Sydney despite link!) Closing date for applications 30 November 2025 www.ecolsoc.org.au/opportunitie...

Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global! 🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org

Congrats @alangguth.bsky.social on your first paper from your PhD! She was able to grow fibroblast cells from bat wings 🦇 using more field-friendly techniques that will help us better understand disease dynamics without infecting bats directly! peerj.com/articles/202...

First paper of my PhD just got published! Want to find out how to make your own bat cells from field samples? Check it out! 👉 peerj.com/articles/20222 Thanks to my wonderful co-authors @labrannelly.bsky.social, Chris, Tomás, @nicholaswu.bsky.social @jhufschmid.bsky.social and Ellen 🦇

Join us on 5th November to hear our Founding Editor Steve Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social speak about #Collaboration, #CoProduction and #Impact! Sign up here: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e... @sebiology.bsky.social #ECR #PhD

Come join the free Harry Butler Institute event that explores the fascinating world of WA's turtles. 📍Boola Katitjin, Murdoch University 📅 22nd Oct - 5:30pm 🔗 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/talking-tu...

🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social. 📍 Dublin, Ireland Closes: 15th Oct 2025 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...

🔊 Cornell lab of #ornithology is looking for a full professor in animal comm & behaviour, and I think y'all are amazing and overqualified, sooo: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/302...

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Science position at the University of Southern Queensland. Candidates with a strong teaching background in Animal Science are encouraged. 📷 Toowoomba, Australia Closes: 8th October 2025 🔗 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

New paper in @funecology.bsky.social led by @felixpleiva.bsky.social. We present ShareTrait, a community-driven platform for standardising & sharing individual-level trait data in ectotherms to improve data reuse across studies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #OpenScience #FAIRdata

2027 is going to be THE YEAR OF THE BATS! A global celebration of the world’s only flying mammals and the vital roles they play in our ecosystems. ENTER NOW! www.yearofthebats.org

Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...

Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

We are recruiting‼️A permanent university lecturer position in BIOSTATISTICS is available at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Great colleagues, excellent infrastructures and startup support 🙌🏻 DL 14 September jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Freshwater Ecology position!!! careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...

🚨 Research Officer - Toad Containment Zone at ‪Curtin University. Candidates interested in applied questions around cane toad control are encouraged. 📷 Perth, AU Closes: 2nd September 2025 🔗 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Volunteer applications are now open for the 2025/26 flatback turtle nesting season at Barrow Island and Mundabullangana. Duration: 15 – 19 days Dates: Nov 2025 – Jan 2026 Closes: 8th September 2025 🔗 www.elementalconsultants.com.au/flatback-tur...

🚨 Associate Professor in animal physiology position at NTNU. Candidates with a strong ecological and evolutionary physiology background are encouraged. 📷 Trondheim, Norway Closes: 1st September 2025 🔗 jobbnorge.no//en/availabl...

PhD opportunity available at @westsyduhie.bsky.social with the brillant Dr Laura Williams - hyperspectral data and process-based modelling of tree diversity 🌳🌲 please share with your networks tinyurl.com/ms6mjz8y

3 prof positions open in Helsinki! 🧬Human genetics and genomics (open rank, DL 10.10) 🧬Cellular physiology (TT, DL 17.8) 🏙️ Ecological restoration of urban environments (open rank, DL 17.8) www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/... Come and join us in the happiest country in the world 5 years running!

Medellin, Colombia 2028! #ibrc2028 #bats #batresearch

PhD Project Opportunities - Wildlife Biology (3 PhDs) UNSW, Murdoch University, Adelaide University, Massey University & Lincoln University Perth, Adelaide, Sydney or New Zealand nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate at Murdoch to work on bat movement ecology 🦇 with a focus on predicting wind energy impacts 🌬️ www.nicholaswulab.com

The University of Calgary seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Freshwater Ecology, starting 2026. Candidates must have a PhD and focus on research and teaching-related aquatic ecology. Apply by Sept 5, 2025. More info: https://ucalgary.ca. #job

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

See this cool TT position focused on the Sensory Physiology of Sound at Aarhus University in Denmark! www.au.dk/om/stillinge... @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Invertebrate #marinelife #herps 🧪

What do you call a gathering of Australian bat physiologists? #IBRC2025

Calling all evolutionary biologists! **AES 2025 Conference** 📍 UQ Brisbane | 🗓 1–3 Oct **Talks close 1 Sept** Don’t miss out — submit & join us for three days of cutting-edge science + community! aes.corsizio.com/event/685405... #AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #SciComm #AusSci

Kerry shows how traffic noise can have different mechanisms of disrupting bats, and experimentally showed 50% reduction in passes using a ‘phantom’ road experiment #IBRC2025

Tinglei shows La io bats are able to hunt small birds with strong skull bite force, and strong attractant to bird calls #IBRC2025

Funded #PhD scholarship on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat and its sensitivity to the impacts of fire at Western Sydney Univeristy. Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025

Chris Turbill shows the first evidence of torpor use in free-ranging flying foxes, making it the largest bat known to use torpor #IBRC2025

Liam McGuire showed multiple observations of wind impact on migratory silver-haired bats diurnal roosts, where they are forced to roost in weird places #IBRC2025

Taylor Cangemi shows that PIT tag loss can be high compared to banded tags and it varies by species #IBRC2025

Amanda Bush shows the critically endangered southern bent-winged bats forage the furtherest from their roost during the summer months. #IBRC2025

Anna Langguth shows immune cell counts is lowest in winter & experimentally in torpor which could make Aus bats more vulnerable to #WNS disease. #IBRC2025

Magic found social calls are fewer, but no change in call type in urbanised areas #IBRC2025

Daniel Hargreaves shows how to create a ‘bat hotel’ from old houses to increase bar occupancy! #IBRC2025 🦇

Selina @selinakosak.bsky.social conducted a before-after control design to show activity increased after roost installation for common species but no difference for rare species. #IBRC2025

Aimee O’Sullivan shows how shade, orientation affects artificial roost temperatures for NZ long-tailed bats #IBRC2025 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social

Joy O’Keefe shows how bat boxes with insulation + water jacket is best for maintaining more stable roost temperatures #IBRC2025

The #IBRC2025 starts off with a plenary talk from Brad Law on the importance of long-term monitoring, the pros/cons, and promising research areas in Australia 🦇

Australia has a lot of weird critters, and it's time to bring the underrated ones to light! Cast your vote here: www.abc.net.au/news/science... | Hard to pick between the ghost bat 🦇, great desert skink 🦎, and turtle frog 🐸. Video: youtu.be/u1-XUmqVC-M?...

I will presenting this paper at #IBRC2025 in the Physiology session, Thursday 1:30pm AEST. Come along and I also advertise an EOI for a funded #postdoc and #PhD position!

An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor). careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Come and do a PhD with me! 🎓 🌏 🧑‍💻 🏙️ 🗺️ 🌿 🪶🧪 I have TWO projects eligible the 2025 Curtin University RTP scholarship round: Benchmarking biodiversity outcomes for nature positive urban development: research.curtin.edu.au/hdr-r-projec... #wildOz #urbanNature

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

A neat new study reveals that the controversial species-energy relationship exists. Temperature 🌡️ directly affects species richness, confirming predictions from the MTE, while rainfall 💧 indirectly affects richness through its influence on productivity | doi.org/10.1126/scie...