Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …

As per always on this most holy of mammal holidays, Groundhog's Day, March Mammal Madness launches our annual tournament page! #2026MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

Throughout the year, our community has been sharing stories with us about how The Company of Biologists has supported you over time. Your stories were heartfelt, and we feel grateful and humbled that we have been able to be part of your journeys. bit.ly/4q7C0Ki

⚠️Paper out ⚠️ Here, we tested if extra feeding lesser kestrel nestlings during development (and under a heatwave) can help them deal with extreme heat. Spoiler: they really struggle. Extra food helps them grow when it’s just hot, but not under a heatwave. See 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends. I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad. Send them a valentine. It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too. squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...

Snow day!!!

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

One more week before the due date! 26th January 2026 @batconservation.bsky.social @batcon.org @batlifeeurope.bsky.social @ibrc2025.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @gbatnet.bsky.social

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

My lab is seeking a #postdoc for a 3-year project on Pilbara leaf-nosed #bat 🦇 conservation, addressing climate change vulnerability using physiological, ecological, & modelling approaches. Apply now: murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree...

The Canada Government will offer 400 postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in early 2026. If you have a background in wildlife microbiome or quantitative genetics and are interested to apply to work on microbiome variation in Sable Island horses or caribou, feel free to get in touch

Getting ready to come to #SICB? www.instagram.com/reel/DS-8tUU... Be sure to make time for these great things to do in #Portland🙌 thegetaway.com/destinations... & don’t miss the cuisine 👍 www.chefdenise.com/all/famous-f... www.voodoodoughnut.com

Apply for @glasgow.ac.uk's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics: Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk & @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships... 📅 Deadline: 31st Jan 2026

Happy to share our “supercool” interview with @npr.org about the thermal biology of blue-spotted salamanders that migrate on snow: www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...

New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾

I'm excited for the results of this study (woo basic science) showing how estrogen increases sensitivity to gut pain, which offers new ways to potentially treat issues like IBS! SO many people suffer from this, it can be debilitating, and they are often ignored. www.sciencenews.org/article/fema...

This is the Variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides), an extant and highly variable species that occurs from southern Mexico to Panama in forest and woodlands of many sorts. 15 subspecies have been named. It features in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge as >both< a CG asset and a real filmed animal :)

Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.

We love to fetishize "top" researchers and give them special big pots of money. But we get far more science by spreading money among all researchers (closer to the NSERC DG model). This old post is magically relevant again... scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/w...

Happy Holidays from the Levesque Lab!

We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor! If you… 👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management 👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision 👉have editing experience …we’d love to hear from you! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...

Want to publish in @britishecologicalsociety.org journals but worried about the cost? First check your options and don't be afraid to ask for a waiver if you need one.

If you have only one thing to read today... "Universities are being retrofitted as fulfillment centers of cognitive convenience." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪 If you're interested in contributing to any of the BES journals, check out the link below 👇 buff.ly/6ymRGcB

Great question! 1) First and foremost, we evaluate a candidate based on the departmental guidelines and expectations provided. We don't hold the candidate to arbitrary standards, or even to those of our own institution unless asked to do so. We assess the materials against the guidelines provided.

Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology: 🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑‍💻🪸🦎 Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi... DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣

Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).

We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪 If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

We’re up to 38% of last year. Wanna help me get a little closer to last year? SquidFacts.net Advent starts in ~2 weeks! I’ll be packing up orders all morning and tonight! Advent calendars fund @skypeascientist.bsky.social’s programming. They’ve been our biggest fundraiser for the last 3 years!

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to understand how native fish species 🐟 of south-west WA will cope with climate change and human impact at @murdoch.edu.au | nicholaswulab.com @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇 shorturl.at/WA1Qa Would appreciate a re-post! @evoldir.bsky.social

🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨 🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds). 🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK. 🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025. jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...

It’s #WorldWombatDay! We’re extremely fond of these marsupials around here and happy for any opportunity to celebrate them. Whether it’s a common wombat, a hairy-nosed wombat or a bare-nosed wombat, we think they’re all neat. Thus, behold an array of wombat illustrations!

Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

Opportunity to join our team. Open to African students at Masters or PhD level.

Deadline this week! Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings. email [email protected] sicb.org/charlotte-ma... @sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social

A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history. A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone. Even the smallest acts can echo through time. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/dcGWTR4

Canids seem to be the routine lovers, reusing their travel routes more than felids. This shapes hunting, encounters, and even disease spread. Insights from 1,239 GPS-tracked carnivores, including the Arctic foxes we track on Bylot Island 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦊. Read in the latest PNAS at bitly.cx/TxI2

This was fascinating, especially the parts about research funding. Let’s some the government is listening and starts building instead of more austerity 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy! hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...

I just couldn't stop thinking about how weird sperm whale mouths are and yet how perfectly shaped for inserting giant squid into

So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another. www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏 If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇 bit.ly/47uwYlD

Three more weeks left to submit your paper to @thermal-biology.bsky.social for our special issue on Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology 🦉🦫☀️❄️

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline? We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨ 🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks #NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

In his Commentary, Neil Metcalfe examines why it can be hard to detect trade-offs between two activities or processes competing for energy, despite energy supposedly being a limiting resource journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Are you a mammologist whose research involves natural history collections? Apply to be my colleague! Assistant professor position with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Texas Tech University. sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...