New paper in @journal-evo.bsky.social and I'll be defending my thesis in a few hours! Relaxed selection diminishes social memory and expression of host defenses against cuckoos academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Sexier in the city? Urban male great bowerbirds decorate bowers with human-made objects, creating brighter and more varied displays than rural males. Males strongly prefer human-made objects over natural ones, possibly boosting their appeal to females! shorturl.at/lcNY2 @royalsocietypublishing.org

Antonson et al. show that cowbirds’ neck muscles are unusually fatigue-resistant, suggesting muscular innovation for exaggerated begging as a key driver for how brood parasites outcompete hosts. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Now with pagination on cowbird vs. host begging muscles www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... by incoming Asst. Prof. of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo! Congrats @nickantonson.bsky.social

🥳🥳🥳 another thesis chapter accepted, and very happy it's in @journal-evo.bsky.social

This is so, so well-articulated.

Paul Ehrlich has died. Most will remember him for "The Population Bomb." But for many of us, Ehrlich and Raven 1964 was a foundational read that influenced our careers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“A newly discovered form of deception is more convoluted yet: The larvae of blister beetles emit a mix of volatile scents that resemble a flower, attracting bees. The beetles then latch onto the bee, hitch a ride to its nest, and eat the eggs.” #scicomm www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

NEW on #theBOUblog from Malin Klumpp At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space bou.org.uk/blog-klum...#theBOUblog #ornithology 🪶

Are you a bachelor's / master's student looking for a thesis project or Erasmus Internship? We’re looking for someone to come and help us collecting data! If you’re interested, feel free to contact me! :)

"Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships" https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0399#d1e770 interesting new study by https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethhobson.bsky.social et al. J. Manson once reminded me that not […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Listen to Bob McDonald talking to @nickantonson.bsky.social on CBC's Quirks and Quarks about his research published in JEB into how downy woodpeckers brace themselves and grunt when pounding wood with their beaks www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Scops owls deliver little insectivorous snakes alive to their nest, where the snakes (probably) eat ectoparasites, improving the success of the chicks!

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Reed Warbler range expansion paper just out, led by the amazing Nora Bergman 🧬🪶 with @informedbirds.bsky.social @katjaronka.bsky.social @fishcongen.bsky.social @rytikerttunen.bsky.social @frodefossoy.bsky.social and others doi.org/10.1111/mec.70077

Thanks for inviting me to see your cool experiments @gloriamurari.bsky.social. Lots of fun despite the rain and 5 trillion mosquitoes

Pigments concentrations don't strictly predict color in a host-mimetic brood parasite eggshell system: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

I hope reed warbler chicks can't get seasick

The first wave of reed warbler eggs is finally upon us in Finland, the northern edge of their range🥚🪹🇫🇮

Selenius et al. Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

🚨 Postdoc opportunity! 🚨 Join @ecology-radboud.bsky.social in the #HABITRACK @horizoneu.bsky.social project, studying waterfowl movement for conservation impact 🦆🌍 📅 Apply by April 20, 2025 🔗 More info: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Please, repost! 🙏 #postdoc #postdocjobs #ornithology #birdmigration

I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one! If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other. go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x

New paper by Nick Antonson et al. on niche construction in brood parasitic cowbirds: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...