Deadline approaching for this exciting opportunity to join our @bou.org.uk team and help to deliver IBIS journal, conferences and much more

Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere and the world of insects will explode!!! Part of our initiative at @bhrc.bsky.social with #CaterpillarsCount. A fantastic global initiative that is now in South Asia due to our work through COMPASS #birdfood #birdmigration #winter #summer #spring

I can't stop admiring this photo by the Artemis II crew made of the moon. (Nikon D5 shot at f 7.1 at 800th of a second on 400 iso at 80 mm)

"I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get." ~ Tracy Chapman Chapman by Nicholas Albrecht #Booksky

The #editorschoice for this month's issue is: Evolutionary rescue by adaptive specialization in rapidly changing environments by Jermey Draghi @virginiatech.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

I wish science could explain what’s happening.

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

Had an embarrassment of riches to choose from for the theme of #birds 😂 Finally decided on this one because I like the drama of the black background. #RepostYourArt

The mourning dove is another bird that is so common you stop noticing its beauty 🪶

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

New preprint (part of a programme to understand resilience of the tritrophic tree-insect-bird system to varying climate). We (led by @siennarattigan.bsky.social - her MBiol project) show how temperature in development can carry-over to affect timing at later stages www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

Get a load of the eyebrows on this sweet little collared bush robin! This very special friend likes hanging out amongst the greenery in Taiwan, and is a very handsome fellow indeed. #birdart #birb #cuteart

Not all #eggs are the same: birds‘ eggs have an incredible range of different sizes, colors, patterns and shapes. 🪺 🤩 Happy #Easter, everyone!

The Easter Bunny, Porto-style 🇵🇹

My first Green-veined White of the year. This one posed beautifully for photos & enjoyed warming up on my hand #butterfly

Day 3 #30DayChartChallenge mosaic. source data: github.com/thomascammin...

I literally ran out to meet the moon. It is my moon, above my head, in my sky, before my eyes. In this moment the moon is mine. #poetry #moon #fullmoon

do you have any bugs for my son? he is very hungry

Our work on chromatin evolution in brown algae is now published in @natecoevo.nature.com! We show that developmentally complex brown algae evolved without epigenetic silencing pathways long thought universal, underscoring why non-model lineages are important to study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to @jessicakabbott.bsky.social @karlgrieshop.bsky.social @lukeholman.bsky.social for organizing the special issue and the invitation to contribute! Fin.

We’ve been talking in our lab meetings about sexual conflict and sexual dimorphism, and have some thoughts. What if animal genomes are far more sex-specific and less cosntrained than we assume? @linley-sherin.bsky.social pulled it all together here www.zoology.ubc.ca/mank-lab/pdf... 1/n

🎉 Congratulations to Fábio Rosa, winner of the 2026 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation for his work in developing a novel cancer therapy that turns tumors into their own vaccines. Learn more about the prize-winning work: https://scim.ag/4bXQeZb

🔥 We'll soon be advertising a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at UCL, focusing on insect single-cell mitochondrial genomics. 🔥 More details coming soon. Feel free to get in touch in this sounds fun or share with anyone who might be interested.

🚨NEW paper in @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour - field #experiments testing how elevated within-group aggression & intergroup threat combine to affect mongoose #behaviour Led by @josharbon.bsky.social with @juliekern.bsky.social & #AmyMorris-Drake #mammals #bioacoustics #conflict doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

My PhD paper on my beloved cycads and beetles on the cover of Science!!! Check out how we studied thermal infrared as a pollination signal, from molecular mechanisms to the wonders of behavior... science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Our Places of Science scheme has awarded 27 new grants to small museums across the UK, helping them to reach new audiences and bring the history of science and scientists to life in new and exciting ways. Discover the awardees now: https://royalsociety.org/news/2026/03/places-of-science-2026/

Source: The Times of India share.google/ccEMVjFCtqG4...

Little #peacock #painting #traditionalart #TradArt #art #artwork #watercolor #artist #artwork #artsky #ink #abstract #ethereal #bird #animal

Birch forest in Finland. Full moon night.🙂

I don’t pull poppy seedlings. This is why.

I invite applications for a PhD position. Join our team exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity! Application deadline is 7th May 2026. See lab.hrcek.net

Nice to see our work featured in The Guardian — showing that sperm quality can decline the longer it is stored. @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social @itchyshin.bsky.social

Chromatin plays a central role in gene regulation, but chromatin systems are only known for a few model species. This study analyses chromatin regulatory landscapes in brown algal lineages to elucidate their structural organization and evolution 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.

Really excited to have presented work from my Master’s on the fitness benefits of polyandry at the #ASABSpring2026 Conference in Bristol - and proud to have won best student speaker! ✨ It was a great few days meeting other researchers and listening to all the exciting work happening in the field! 🦋

This is great. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c... (free link) "Notably, half of the whales attending were not related to the mother." "The calf was rarely left untouched, and it was usually being touched by at least two whales simultaneously."

I was clearing leaves from my dog’s grave and came across this little one. Life continues.

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

The #SummerScience Exhibition returns for 2026! Kickstart your summer with our annual celebration of cutting-edge science, from a zoo full of microbes to shocking weather courtesy of Europe’s only lightning lab. Find out more: royalsociety.org/news/2026/03...

Out today is our paper 'Genomic history of early dogs in Europe', in which we uncover the identity of the dogs that lived in Europe before agriculture—during the Paleolithic & Mesolithic periods: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... A thread ⬇️ (10) @biouea.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

Dehydrated hummingbird being rescued.

We discovered ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) genes in Wolbachia, revealing an evolutionary link with mosquitoes. Here we provide new evidence of horizontal gene transfer as a driver of innovation in insects: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... Lapadula et al. 2026 @mabeltaracena.bsky.social

CONGRATULATIONS to @laurenvane.bsky.social and #JamesRobertshaw on delivering such great talks at the #ASABSpring2026 conference. #ProudSupervisor #ECRs #PhD #Masters #meerkats #mammals #bioacoustics @asab.org @asab-meetings.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING! 🚨 Only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #ExE2026! Submissions close April 1. All the details are at evoxeco.uk and below 👇

In my flower pot.

Do you need another reason to come to #ExE2026 this summer? There are still spaces available on some of our fantastic #ExE2026 excursions, so do make sure to sign up for one at evoxeco.uk.

Sperm can “age” independently of the male, when stored in male or female reproductive tracts. Our meta-analysis finds widespread evidence across animals (including abstinence in men). Important consequences for fertility, sexual selection, haploid selection! doi.org/10.1098/rspb...