When you think of tropical forests - you may not think about the degree to which some stems are affected by (fungal) decay. We set out to quantify decay using sonic tomography and found that it was rather extensive - affecting rare species more than locally abundant species: doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬 I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma. Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation 👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org Please share!

Early career researcher in systematics? Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026 👇 www.systbio.org/early-career...

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...

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

Pretty much how we all fell, right now, amirite?

Apply for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, focusing on innovative conservation science. Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. More info: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/lakretz/ #postdoc

Please share! Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026. If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/

Thanks @LSU folks! Higher quality photo coming soon! #Evol2025

If you missed the Past-Presidential address, we have two new Mayr winners! Spenser Babb-Biernacki, Louisiana State University and Zach Heiple, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. For info on where to catch their talks at #evol2025, see the cheat sheet www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...

😂 Ooh I've never been through Macon!

There’s dumbasses and then there’s megadumbasses. Curtis Yarvin is the latter. Its about time we tell these guys to fuck off and banish them from any normal interactions: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile

Ready for tiny birds from above the Arctic Circle? Our new paper on the Cretaceous origins of Arctic nesting drops today in Science. This project was led by @lnwilson.bsky.social‬ and features amazing fossils recovered by Pat Druckenmiller’s field program in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska.

A new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics — PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci — an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny 🧪http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... 🧵

🚨 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, TX) is looking for a Director of Gardens and Collections 🏵️ 👩‍🌾 Required 5+ years of garden leadership & team mgmt, 👩‍🎓 Bachelor’s in horticulture, ecology, landscape architecture or related 💸 $85k+ #horticulturejobs #publicgardenjobs #nativeplantjobs

Sweet!

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

My yard is awash with hummingbirds.

Cool

A new reference genome for the Boat-tailed Grackle is now available, paving the way for advancing research in avian genetics and conservation. Big congratulations to Eamon Corbett, @brantfaircloth.bsky.social and team! #Genomics #Ornithology @lsu.bsky.social 🐦‍ Read more: hubs.la/Q03kB2nS0

I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on adaptive genomics in bears 🐻‍❄️🐻 Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 28, 2025. More info at: puckettresearch.org/people/posit... I know it's late but if you know someone still looking for a position please pass this along.

So many things are wrong in the world, but floating in the pool ain’t one of them.

🦋 Call for Submissions!!! 🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award. 🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.

@ssbbulletin.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social We are happy to announce that all articles in the Species Network special issue edited by Claudia Solís-Lemus George Tiley have now been published. You can view the special issue here: ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bs...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

I walk around campus a lot and the only thing I can think is “What the hell are all these people listening to?” 🤣

Please consider donating this fund, which supports paid undergrad summer scholarships at Bodega marine lab.

We are THISCLOSE to funding the Kendra Chan Bodega Marine Lab challenge, which funds life-changing research experiences for undergraduate students, no matter their financial situation, and honors Kendra's memory. Just 8 more gifts of any size before 5pm today will unlock $15,000: buff.ly/sVGlS6a

I’ve recently put together a birdnet box and have had a lot of fun watching the detections roll in. Updated software here - https://github.com/Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi. Holler if you want a parts list. Super easy to build.

Colossal dumbasses.

Interesting…

🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸 Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇 1/

Interesado en aprender conceptos basicos de estadística durante #Evol2025? Este taller es para tí. @tropicalbotany.bsky.social y yo estaremos hablando de la importancia de estos conceptos. Regístro en la página oficial del congreso. Gracias @systbiol.bsky.social por el apoyo!

Interested in learning basic statistical concepts in Spanish during #Evol2025? This workshop is for you! @tropicalbotany.bsky.social and I are talking about it. Official registration in the meeting website. Thanks to @systbiol.bsky.social for the support (workshop in Spanish, bilingual materials.

🚨 Students and recent graduates: you still have a month to submit your talk for consideration in the 2025 Ernst Mayr Award Competition 🚨 See this page for requirements and instructions. www.systbio.org/ernst-mayr-a...

Les bon temps. Laissez-les jouer. Happy Mardi Gras, everyone ⚜️. #lovethisplace #italsopissesmeoff

Spider Biology Field Course!! from July 1 - 9, 2025 experience the outstanding biodiversity of spiders and non-spider arachnids found in montane southeastern AZ; taught by Greta Binford, Paula Cushing, & Marshal Hedin $946 for tuition, room & board. See www.amnh.org/research/sou... for details.

KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow! Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply! genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…

Can’t let the day go by without saying Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! No matter if words are flagged, women rock. Don’t believe otherwise. We see you. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/311241

✨We are hiring!✨🧪🏛️🧬 The @nhmdk.bsky.social at the University of Copenhagen is seeking a permanent, full-time Molecular Biology Lab Manager to help us establish and run our National Facility for #Museomics in the heart of one of Europe's most beautiful cities! Please reskeet!

Just because many people are not vocal on social media does not mean that they don’t care or aren’t trying their best. There’s more than one way to skin an onion.

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

exit vim 😂

Timelines are a pain to make but they are sometimes required for grant proposals. I came across this tool last night that seems like a nice, simple solution to creating timelines - building off the simple-formatting ethos of Markdown: markwhen.com

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in Fall 2025. Research topics will focus on building and using phylogenies to study the diversification of birds, with an emphasis on Neotropical bird radiations. Contact me if interested.

Been there. But it was rats.

“I am endorsing Kamala Harris for president, because I like elections and want to keep having them.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

A reminder about the UC Davis Center for Population Biology postdoc fellowship (deadline Nov 1st). Please do reach out if you have any questions. Please RT bsky.app/profile/gcbi...