Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Splitting the Black-throated Trogon into five species avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/29/s... #ornithology

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! Defining the “True Geese”: Why many geese are actually ducks avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/d... No April fool, but a light-hearted post about the difference between ducks and geese. Enjoy! #ornithology

My blog post on why a river should not be a co-author has been covered by Jerry Coyne on Why Evolution is True. 😀 whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/03/31/m... Original post can be found here: jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/p...

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The extinct cave-rails were not rails avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/25/t... #ornithology

This figure... 😅 ENHYDROSS: A New Mechanistic Model Supports the Trans-Oceanic Dispersal Capability of Terrestrial Vertebrates | Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I have never been a big fan of awards. These two blog posts nicely summarize my main concerns. Why I don’t like awards jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2023/03/03/w... The Illusion of Free Will: A Special Perspective on Success and Failure jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/t...

✍ New blog post! Please Stick to the Science: Why a River Should Not Be a Co-author jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/p... This post was triggered by a recent piece in @nature.com where conservationist Anne Poelina listed the Martuwarra River of Life as a co-author on her publications.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The evolution of mechanical sounds in Doraditos avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/22/t... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Do gut microbiota contribute to reproductive isolation between Nightingale species? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/15/d... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! A supergene determines morphological variation in redpolls avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/11/a... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Why do some female hummingbirds look like males? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/08/w... #ornithology

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #seabirds like warm water in the cool season and cool water in the hot season: buff.ly/AdfS9rH

✍ New blog post! Interesting for Its Own Sake: The Importance of Asking Fundamental Questions jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/i... Not every research question needs to be framed in terms of societal benefit. If a question sparks genuine interest, that is a valid foundation for research.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! How low can you go? Exploring sex-linked genetic diversity in Barn Swallows avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/04/h... #ornithology

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! Phylogenomic analyses reveal an X-linked speciation supergene in placental mammals avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/p... Based on the Nature paper by Nicole Foley and her colleagues | Focusing on mammals, with a bit of #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! How the Fasciated Antshrike met the Bamboo Antshrike avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/06/01/h... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The genetic basis of long-distance migration in Peregrine Falcons avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/28/t... #ornithology

The result of exploring second-hand bookstores in Leiden. 😊📚 I recently started collecting books by Wilbur Smith and Robert Harris (as you might have guessed from the picture...).

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Whistlers highlight the unreliability of DNA barcodes avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/w... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Divergence in a crowded space: How sympatry influences the evolution of wood-warblers avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/18/d... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! A transposable element associated with migratory behavior of Willow Warblers avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/14/a... #ornithology

✍ New blog post! The Illusion of Free Will: A Special Perspective on Success and Failure jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/t... Drawing on ideas from the book "Determined" by Robert Sapolsky, I explore how success and failure are shaped by factors beyond our control.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Genomic evidence for sexual traits as honest indicators of immune function in birds? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/11/g... #ornithology

Nice paper on the use of humor in science. 😅 Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences? | Proceedings B royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... Also covered in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41... (P.S. I was one of the reviewers 😉)

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! America meets Africa: Captive hybrids between Southern White-faced Owl and Whiskered Screech Owl avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/a... An unusual species combination in a South African rehabilitation center | #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Rapid speciation through reshuffling of existing genetic variation avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/07/r... #ornithology

🚨New paper out in Oryx! Bali starlings and the journey towards happiness: introduction and breeding in the Besikalung Wildlife Sanctuary, Bali, Indonesia www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The role of positive selection during the genomic evolution of Flycatchers avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/05/04/t... #ornithology

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The evolution of bird song: gradual or punctuated? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/30/t... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! How was the genome of non-avian dinosaurs arranged? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/h... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! A mitochondrial mystery involving two Monarch Flycatchers avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/23/a... #ornithology

Deze week was een meteoroïde als een vuurbal te zien in Vlaanderen. De "wetenschapsexpert" (zie verdere frustratie over deze term hieronder) van roddelkrant @hln.be wijdde er meteen een alarmistisch clickbait-artikel aan. Alles voor de clicks. Sensatie boven inhoud. 🙄

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! How did rails spread across the globe? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/h... #ornithology

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! A colorful mess: Widespread exchange of pigmentation genes across the Parulidae phylogeny avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/a... Based on the PLoS Biology paper by Kevin Bennett and his colleagues | #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Are Quail hybrids more susceptible to avian malaria? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/a... #ornithology

My latest game: Whack-a-Reviewer! jenteottie.github.io/Whack-a-Revi... Vent your frustration at reviewer #2 and get your paper accepted. 😉 Made using vibe-coding in Claude.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Stopping the decline of the Bearded Vulture avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/13/s... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! First-generation hybrids between two highly divergent Wren species avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/09/f... #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Delineating conservation units in the Pink Cockatoo avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/06/d... #ornithology

And another #ornithology game: Green Wave-surfing Geese jenteottie.github.io/GreenWave/ Pick your favorite goose species and help them migrate north. Stay within the green corridor 🌿 while firing poop 💩 at eagles and hunters. 😅 Created through vibe-coding with Claude.

Presenting my newest #ornithology game: Ratite Runner! 😀 jenteottie.github.io/RatiteRunner/ Pick your favorite flightless bird, use the power-ups wisely and avoid the obstacles. Enjoy!

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Morphological and genetic evidence for hybrids between Magnolia Warbler and American Redstart avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/m... #ornithology

I bought the Dutch version of this book for my niece, but started exploring it myself. Wonderful illustrations with short, informative texts about all kinds of prehistoric organisms. Reminds me why I became an evolutionary biologist... 🥲

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Social bonds and migratory behavior determine the likelihood of hybridization in birds avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/03/30/s... #ornithology

Recently, I was interviewed by the French magazine Epsiloon about recent developments in hybridization research. The resulting piece brings together a wide range of researchers working on hybridization across different systems. Wonderful! 🥳 #ornithology #scicomm

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! What factors shape genomic diversity in birds? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/w... Based on the Proceedings B paper by Anna Brüniche-Olsen, Kenneth Kellner and their colleagues | #ornithology

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Mismatches between mtDNA, nuclear markers and morphology in the Canada Jay avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/03/26/m... #ornithology

Now directly accessible through this link! jenteottie.github.io/SlowProfesso...

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Chromosomal evolution in sandpipers avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/03/23/c... #ornithology