This #FossilFriday we have a fantastic post as part of our 5 year project on Understanding selection in the early animals of the #Ediacaran. This research technician post will process our #Ediacaran laser scan data - DM/email: [email protected], deadline 12th April 2026 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

This is by far the kookiest thing I've read in a long while...

Hivemind: I have signed up to read to my 10’year old daughter’s class & am now experiencing massive & total selfdoubt! My shortlist variously contain bombs, socialist activism and refs to alcohol so eek maybe a bit much. What opening chapters or short story should I read?

So I pleased to announce the conceptual spawn of FigTree: PearTree (acronym still to be finalised). If you want to dive right in it is hosted as a web app here: artic-network.github.io/peartree (click the “Example...” button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).

We’re interested in folks applying from all manner of disciplinary backgrounds. Biology, zoology of course. But also computer science, remote sensing, architecture. If you’re keen to work with LiDAR and point clouds, we’d like to hear from you!

Last week, amidst the hoopla over a new Speen, @fishfetisher.bsky.social suggested a review of naming papers in fancy journals in response to a post by @daveyfwright.bsky.social - I got bored after work and now I have (some) data! 🧵👇 #FossilFriday #CharismaticTaxaAreOverrated

We are advertising a Sensory Ecology, Zoo Biology funded PhD opportunity, led by @cbrassey.bsky.social in partnership with Chester Zoo. Using some super-cool 3D scanning techniques and thinking about visual fields and enclosure design. Send round all your friends! www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Just one week to get your abstracts in for A12 - "Digital Resilience: Immortalising biodiversity through 3D anatomical models"! You'll present alongside our keynote speaker @jaimiagray.bsky.social who will talk about how making CT data and derivatives FAIR can level the playing field for biologists.

NERC Independence Fellowships open- come join us! www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

🐡⁉️Ever wondered how a pufferfish inflates? Very excited to announce that Drs Rachel Tran and Ariel Camp will be giving a FREE TALK/WORKSHOP on this very topic on the 10th March at Storyhouse in Chester with Chester SciBar! (details below)

🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...

Absolutely thrilled that this novel method is now published! It's been a long time coming, but this method is instrumental in my PhD work and I hope it will prove as useful to others' research!

So happy it's finally out! Traditional locomotor categories have their issues. We all know it but keep using them. Our new method allows for a deeper and more nuanced look at how observed variability relates to locomotor behavior. Great work by soon-to-be-doctor @osteosophia.bsky.social!

New #DAWNDINOS paper! We do predictive simulations of vertical height jumping in the Triassic theropod Coelophysis & extant (tinamou) bird Eudromia. Mainly as sensitivity analysis of what parameters are most important. We show how crucial tail mobility is. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are looking for an emerging scientist with an interest in #seabirds and #conservation for a 🌟new scholarship position🌟 ⏱️Deadline: 13/03/2026 🐧Fixed term 12 months, 35 hrs/pw 📌Cambridge/ Hybird Come join our fantastic team! Full #job details ➡️ tinyurl.com/BLIemergings...

Do any mammal researchers or museum folks have images of mandibles in lateral view from these little dudes they wouldn't mind sharing or providing a source for? Photos, illustrations and 3D models are all valid

I've released version 1.2 of my SDF simulations! This update further improves the runtimes: - Simple checking for collision between two meshes run at >150 FPS - Full 6DOF ROM simulations optimising the translations for each rotational pose run at >5.6 FPS - Ligament path estimation run at >5.1 FPS

let's go back to publishing every weird little thing we see an organism do as a natural history note. i love a good kitchen sink paper that gets into the nitty gritty of a whole-ass system, but when you're trying to research something less well-known, you really need people writing "so one time..."

My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15 csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...

🚨🚨🚨 Attention science communicators! 🚨🚨🚨 The 2026 Science IRL mini-grant application is NOW OPEN! Submit your creative ideas for connecting people with actionable science information *offline*. The deadline for this round of grants is March 23, 2026. Apply here! forms.gle/4emvpRPddmEt...

Comparisons of climbing behaviors in arboreal mammals indicate that adaptations for vertical descent, including upright postures, played a key role in early primate evolution. doi.org/hbppbb

Our paper, based on a uniquely large dataset of vertical descent behaviours in arboreal mammals, is published in @elife.bsky.social. The findings offer fresh perspectives on reconstructing postures in early primates. You can find the accompanying press release here: elifesciences.org/for-the-pres...

🚩Call for selection of a candidate to apply for a #PhD examining mandibular #ontogeny under the supervision of Ricardo Miguel Godinho at the Interdisciplinary Center for #Archaeology and #Evolution of #HumanBehaviour (ICArEHB) FCHS, University of Algarve www.icarehb.com/rgodinho/

New 3D GM study tracks human scapular growth from childhood to adulthood. Whole-bone & regional analyses show modular development: scapular spine reflects muscular loading, glenoid follows constrained joint-driven changes Salazar-Fernández et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude révèle que les primates arboricoles montrent une diversité de stratégies de descentes verticales, avec des postures redressées, contrairement à d’autres mammifères qui descendent majoritairement la tête la première. 🐒 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/po...

This and the follow-up posts very much describe my experience to a T (except for the chatGTP thing). I would add that, with that little support, one bad decision can ripple across and maim your academic career before it even begins.

Happy to share our last article just published in eLife 😁 @johnnyakatura.bsky.social

What drives impaired exercise tolerance in type 2 diabetes? James Charles and Roger Kissane use experimental and musculoskeletal modelling data to show that diabetes changes tendon mechanics in a way that makes locomotion more expensive 🦴🐁💪📉 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

A ridiculous way for BBC ‘News’ to headline an article in which it’s clear that the Wildlife Trusts’ plans are overwhelmingly popular. But it has spurred me into making a donation towards this brilliant project—if you would like to chip in too, here’s the link 👇🏻 #Northumberland #Wildlife #Rewilding

The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure Track Assistant Professor and Curator of Lepidoptera. Candidates should have a strong research background in Lepidoptera. Applications due March 22, 2026. Info: https://snm.dk/en/about-museum. #job

🚨Paper alert🚨 Very happy to see our paper published in @science.org #ScienceAdv. Very greatful to have worked with such a great team @duncanobrien.bsky.social #tomJohnson @robinfreeman.bsky.social #ValentinaMarconi #LouiseMcRae @expecocons.bsky.social 👇Check the main findings below!

We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica. More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!

This might be a good opportunity to link to my first ever publication, in which we test Padian and Horner's 'species recognition' hypothesis (something they never bothered doing) in ceratopsians and found no evidence for it. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

After teaching my motor control lecture, I was pleasantly surprised to run into some Muybridge originals at the Birmingham Museum of art (for free)! Before his photos in 1878, we didn't know how horses galloped because it was too fast to capture, which is why they look so odd in old paintings! 🧪

Our latest paper is just out 🤩! If you enjoy functional morphology and comparative biomechanics, Adrian's work on the internal joint spacing and its implications for modelling range of motion in the joints of mammals, will be something for you. Cheers! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Is @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social being serious here? No, the presence of a name on an email doesn't establish wrongdoing. But the *content* of those emails is what so many members, including myself, are outraged about. This response does nothing but further degrade my confidence in SVP leadership

Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition. TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’ www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Also this month, Šulcová et al., studied how teeth attach to jaws across vertebrates. In veiled chameleons, firmly ankylosed teeth formed via a transient cell type at the tooth–bone interface showing both osteoblast- and odontoblast-like features. The authors call these theorised cells ankyloblasts

Cats’ purrs reveal who’s who better than their meows! 🐈 A new study shows: purrs carry more stable individual signatures than meows. Meows are more flexible, especially in human-cat communication. 👥 ▶️ How meows cluster by species in acoustic space 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #science #cats

Scientists should pay heed to the Epstein scandals. Especially more senior scientists. Everyone is expected to be professional, moral & ethical. But expectations should *increase* with seniority. We're supposed to get wiser, and heed such critical, ugly cautionary tales. Be role models of behaviour.

Love looking at candid pictures of native UK wildlife? Want to contribute to ZSL’s scientific research? 📸🐿️ Help classify images taken as part of two camera trap surveys in Oxfordshire and Cumbria run in partnership with the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme 1/4

Second PhD paper is out! We find: 1) aquatic and terrestrial salamanders have different limb bone adaptations, 2) complex life cycles promote different traits, 3) decoupling of external and internal bone traits increase diversity. Thread (1/8) and FREE link below! 🦎🧪 doi.org/10.1111/joa....

I'm quite late to the #HeatedRivalry train, but I just finished it and it's absolutely fantastic

📑‼️ New commentary out today from Roger on the importance of experimental design and best practice for muscle mechanics experiments!

Collaborate with me! Myself and @peterroopnarine.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with expertise in quantitative paleoecology to work on our new NSF grant addressing whether communities after the PTME functioned differently than those beforehand. job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaac...

The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/

Happy birthday, #Wikipedia! 🎉 To mark its 25th anniversary, we share 25 openly licensed images on #Wikimedia Commons. The specimens shown here highlight only a small part of this diversity. 🔗 View more: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped... 📸 Eran Wolff (1, 3), Bernhard Schurian (2)

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