Replicate avian hybrid zones reveal the progression of genetic and trait introgression through time | our latest, led by the amazing maria isabel castaño www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #cienciacriolla

🚨Great to be part of this paper led by Natalia Pérez-Amaya quantifying a century of morphological change in lowland rainforest birds! @birdmapper.bsky.social @cdanielcadena.bsky.social @julisoto.bsky.social @amcuervo.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org

Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella 📷 David Irving, eBird

Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @cdanielcadena.bsky.social‬ #ProcB #evolution

Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

our latest, led by undergrad maria elisa mendiwelso! Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

In this issue @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social and colleagues use a community-science dataset from iNaturalist and a flexible computer vision model to show that red and orange flowers bloom later than other colors in eastern North America. Find out more here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

AN IMMENSE WORLD: YOUNG READERS EDITION is out today! 🥳 I’m really grateful to AnnMarie Anderson for adapting it, Rebecca Mills for illustrating, Tom Russell for shepherding, and Rose Eveleth for reading the audiobook. (And it’s dedicated to Typo.) bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...

Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share my new article on how morphological diversification proceeds during evolutionary radiations: "The diffused evolutionary dynamics of morphological novelty" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵 1/12

What makes a brood parasite genome? New collaborative NSF-funded project in submission somewhere and available as a preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

25+ years in the publishing game and finally the day came when a manuscript was accepted pretty much "as is" in the first round of review. at proceedings b. an undergraduate thesis project! so proud of maría elisa! #profeorgulloso #cienciacriolla

We describe a new species of poison frog from the Pacific coast of Colombia -- Epipedobates currulao. A long time in the making. Describimos una nueva especie de una rana venenosa para la ciencia de la costa pacífica de colombia doi.org/10.3897/zook... Media links below | entrevistas abajo 1/5

It feels surreal to see my PhD research featured on the cover of Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Incredibly proud of the work that went into this. And so grateful for the opportunities, resources, support and mentorship from co-authors and my whole scientific community that made it possible

1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species... Open access at Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our latest piece in @theguardian.com lays out the simple premise that if the purpose of universities is to cultivate the mind, it is nearly impossible to deny that football, by degrading the brain, is antithetical to the process. Football simply does not belong at universities.

It took forever, but here is the paper based on my ATBC Presidential Plenary onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Published today, plumage color genomics! We trace the evolutionary history of a trait under sexual selection in a genus of dancing manakins. Co-led with H.C. Lim. #evobio #birds 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...