We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

And here is the working link: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

✨This time of the year our campuses light up. In Martinsried, the Christmas tree was delivered and is now fully decorated in front of our main entrance. And the colorfully lit trees create a magical atmosphere on the campus in Seewiesen. We let the festive mood kick in. 🎄

What are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social #BobWongLab royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Great new blogpost by https://bsky.app/profile/scientificdiscovery.dev explaining "Why data visualization matters, and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful" https://www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-guide-to-data-visualization

In other news @alexzemella.bsky.social rocked his PhD defense @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social last Friday and is now Dr. Zemella 🎉. Celebrations in Berlin and Seewiesen with all smiles and two fancy hats.

📣 New paper out now in @conbiology.bsky.social! #Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive. So why do it and when❓ 📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit (1/4)

Please help! We are looking for tissue-specific RNA-seq datasets or pubs with both male and female individual gene expression data, not pooled, from animal species. If you know of any relevant resources, please drop a link in the comments or send me a DM. Also, please help spread the word - thanks!

When you deploy a tracking device, how long do you expect it to last? We all hope for the best, but that's often not reality. 😞 For more information, check out Emily Weiser's new paper with help from many (many) folks in the shorebird community. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our new article how sex roles shape androgen and hematocrit profiles (or the other way round?) of classically polyandrous red phalaropes and polygynous pectoral sandpipers academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...

Smart and undeniably true...

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology. The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus. Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social uol.de/job788en #ornithology

3 days left to apply for our emerging scientist talk series!! www.bi.mpg.de/ess

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

What is the genetic basis of bird migration? Find out in our next keynote lecture by Miriam Liedvogel @genmig.bsky.social, Professor of Ornithology at the Uni Oldenburg and Director of the Institute of Avian Research! 📍October 21 at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

Looks like a mesmerizing new paper!

The diversity in plumage and behaviors of #ruffs is stunning and probably an underused asset for their #conservation @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #ornithology

Something to look for in #wader nests. Blue eggs are becoming increasingly common in #ruff clutches @jellybb.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #conservation

Want to join our flock? Everyone is welcome irrespective of their age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality or socio-economic status #waders #shorebirds #ornithology Find out more ➡️ www.waderstudygroup.org/join-us/

Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

Schönheit allein ist nicht unbedingt attraktiv. Attraktivität ist vielschichtig, zumindest bei Kampfläufern. (Und vermutlich auch bei vielen anderen Tieren.) www.bi.mpg.de/2778645/news...

A good reminder that global challenges, as daunting as they are, can be resolved.

Our new study shows that, for the three vastly different examples and 38 other species, the way how survival & reproduction respond to threats is also vastly different! But, overall, populations fluctuate strongly when several climatic variables change in tandem: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

We might be nerdy, but we’re definitely fast! At the #B2Run Munich, 60 employees of the @mpibiochem.bsky.social ochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social sky.social laced up their running shoes and showed the world that scientists can be seriously fit, despite spending a lot of time in the lab!

1/Spring bird migration is getting earlier, right? Not necessarily! In our latest paper, led by former lab MSc student Lauren Puleo, we found that a population of Hudsonian Godwits breeding in Alaska is now arriving 6 days later than they were a decade ago. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Come join our next talk in the "Emerging Scientist Series"! @marwakavelaars.bsky.social is a Postdoc @humboldtuni.bsky.social and will speak on decision-making in a complex world. 📍July 25th at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

Belated but wonderful news: Kriszti Kupán has won a 3-year grant from the Bauer-Hollmann Stiftung for monitoring and developing an integrative #conservation management approach for threatened #ruffs and #dunlins at #Liminganlahti! 🥚🎉🐣

5/5 In addition, a huge effort is made to protect the #critically #endangered southern #dunlin. With expertise of Vroni Rohr-Bender and others, 26 chicks got an advantage be growing up in our aviary, before they got released back in the meadows, hopefully successfully #boosting the #population.

4/5 Most time of the field season was spent searching for nests and to ringing the #chick and #adult ruffs. We found 65 nests in total which is an excellent result. Adult birds also got a radio or #GPStag to investigate #habitat use and behaviour. Aren't the chicks cute?

3/5 Independent males have striking colours and are #aggressive. #Satellite males are mostly white coloured and have more #sneaky behavior. Female-looking faeders are extremely rare. Here an independent male is pecking a satellite to show its dominance. More: simonvandepitte.com/i-am-sexy-an...

2/5: Fieldseason started in early May when the #ruffs arrived in the coastal meadows of the #BothnianBay. Male ruffs are known for their fascinating #lekking #behavior! A true spectacle! The existence of the different male morphs is unique.

1/5 - What.an.increadible.fieldseason! Together with @koivulakari.bsky.social , @jelenasubotic.bsky.social , @chorlnev.bsky.social , @vmpakanen.bsky.social, Kristzi Kupan, Vroni Rohr-Bender and others we managed to find plenty of ruff nests (65!) and headstarted a bunch of Southern Dunlins (26!).

Shorebird chicks are hatching here in Greenland! This year, egg predation has been intense, especially on Turnstone clutches, so every successful hatch feels extra special. This Turnstone male brooded its four chicks right next to my phone. A bit too close maybe...

Challenge accepted. And now, minutes later I only managed to find one 🐥

the journal Animal Behaviour, which is run by @asab.org, is looking to hire a new Managing Editor. Please share advert with folks with a Life Sciences degree (ideally postgrad) who might be interested www.asab.org/opportunities

Frau trennt Joghurtbecher in Karton und Plastik, während 95 Privatjets zur Hochzeit von Jeff Bezos in Venedig landen www.der-postillon.com/2025/06/bezo...

Intraclutch egg color variation in #ruffs is striking. Pale to strongly pigmented, speckled and not speckeled and even blue eggs within a single clutch 💙

Please sign & share if you're a #scientist who cares about #biodiversity! 🪲

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

Neat new paper 🧵 showing that Long-billed Curlews respond to Prairie Dog predator alarm calls #ornithology

Time is up for my brief fieldwork stint at #Liminganlahti. I have to leave right at the hatching peak of the #ruffs but the work is left in the capable hands of a wonderful team.

A handful of cuteness that improves our survival estimates. Usually, we only ever see chicks in the field when they are still near their nest. After that they stay hidden in the vegetation. Last night we found this complete #ruff brood with ~7 day chicks in great shape with a thermal camera.

Adorable #ruff chicks for your Sunday evening. Or Monday morning.

It's always nice to have back a bird you ringed! @wmgvs.bsky.social remember Ljudmila?

Capture season at Liminganlahti. When we ring the #ruff chicks, we can often also catch their mums. Reeves (female ruffs) lead a very secret life. Thanks to our long term monitoring we learned that many return to breed in the next year to the same meadow.

Brimming with life during the day time, coastal meadows in Northern Botnia are soothingly calm and peaceful for the few hours the sun is gone. #fieldwork #delights

Woodcock mum teaching her chicks how to find 🪱. The excitement is palpable although every elite hunter needs a break now and then.

A woodcock mum feeding with her chicks in front of our kitchen window. Very rare treat to see such chicks in the open 🐥🐥🐥