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Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉 I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇

A pair of golden orb weavers from S. Africa (Trichonephila inaurata) mating back in 2016. #Arachtober

Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney! Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜 🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia 🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome markwongecology.com/join #PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity Pls share, thx 🙏

Why do female spiders eat their mates, and how do males fight back? 🕷️ Our new review unpacks the evolutionary dynamics of sexual cannibalism and the astonishing male strategies it has shaped — from nuptial gifts to remote copulation. Open access in Integrative Zoology 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1749...

Spiders have personalities—and in Pisaura mirabilis, opposites might attract: adventurous males and cautious females mate longer, revealing hidden personality-driven patterns in romance. Lead by @cristinatuni.bsky.social Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🕷️ 🚨 Are you at the #DZG in Berlin next week? @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social my PhD @nadjageiger.bsky.social and I are very excited to tell you the latest about our spider sleep 💤 work! Come check out our talks on Friday and ask all your questions! :) 🚨 🕷️

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details! jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...

Our new paper is out @royalsociety.org! We discovered that crustaceans are, like many insects, chemically defended. The woodlouse Porcellio scaber secretes quinoline-derivates which deter predators. Three of the four identified metabolites were previously unknown. doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0260

🎓 #PhD in Animal Metabolomics & Ecology @unigreifswald🇩🇪 Sexual and non-sexual communication in a widow spider 🕷️⚗️ DFG-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & chemical ecology Details: bit.ly/widow-phd Apply by Sept 24, start in February 2026 #AcademicSky #pleaserepost

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Guild diversity impacts demographic outcomes of novel species interactions following range shifts doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Tiny #spiders, huge impact! Meet #MermessusTrilobatus – a North-American dwarf spider that has stormed across #Europe in <50 yrs. We follow every silk thread of its success story 🕸️✨ Swipe through this thread for the highlights! #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology

We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31. More details: www.asab.org/opportunities

ISBE26-the 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference will take place in Turin, Italy, from 20-24th of July 2026. We invite you to join us to enjoy a 5-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities, in our beautiful city. Website out soon! #ISBE26

Vorschau auf die Druckversion des #S4FAppell an die Politik Zeichnung noch möglich bis Montag 24.03. 23:59 Uhr Öffentliche Übergabe des Appells: Dienstag, 25.03. 09:30 Uhr, Nordende Friedrich-Ebert-Platz www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...

www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o... Bis 13.3. kann unterzeichnet werden. Appel aus der Wissenschaft an die Politik für mehr Klimaschutz! Scientists for Future.

Nice to see our opinion paper on #species #range #shifts & #species #traits among the 🔟 most downloaded papers in 2024 in #GCB 🌏🌐🧪 @globalchangebio.bsky.social shorturl.at/j7tQW

When climate change leads to biased sex ratios, at risk species can adapt via physiology or behaviour @ccrowther.bsky.social & Lisa Schwanz of UNSW E&ERC discover that physiology evolves faster than behaviour, but both contribute to adaptation under extreme warming: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

The colorful ARThropod family is growing! Get them at: LindZeamays.com/printshop w/ code LOVEBUGS30 at checkout for free shipping over $30 USD. Big thanks to everyone who has supported my work. 💚 ~~~~~~ Where no crawly is creepy LindZeamays Illustration ~~~~~~ 🕷️🐡🎨🪲🦋🐝

Arthropod decline, particularly in cities, has devastating consequences for predators. Consequently, globally invasive urban spiders are well adapted to long-term starvation (>42 weeks), as demonstrated in my first paper since my PhD. @cp-iscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110722

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

New spider research out in Behavioral Ecology: we show that limited resources can reverse how individuals respond to the presence of competitors and reduce individual differences in competitive phenotypes. 🕷️🕸️📝 academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

🚨It’s official!🚨 Spiders incoming! As of March, my @dfg.de Emmy Noether Group will start at the University of Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social !Extremely excited to build a new lab, meet new people and immerse ourselves fully into more spider research. Ready to discover more of their sleepy secrets 🙃 🤗🕷️💤🌏

We just updated the #AnimalBehaviourJournal guide for authors 📝 Did you know that we have three types of research papers? In addition to primary research, we also accept methods papers and data set papers! More info: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/anim...

We have not yet introduced #AnimalTA to the Bluesky community, but it’s a free and user-friendly tool for animal behavior research! 🕷️🔬 See here how it’s used to study spiderlings dispersal in our experiments. Have questions? Feel free to contact us! #Science #Spiders 🧪

2-Year Postdoc @Uni Mainz (Germany) with @crltt.bsky.social, S. Foitzik, and me #Neurobiology #genomics #transcriptomics to investigate the olfactory system of ants from genes to neurons Information: seafile.rlp.net/f/53a92045be...

Great paper from @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social, Federico-Javier Olivera-Rodriguez, and @curiousant.bsky.social! Individual ants modulate pheromone trail reinforcement w.r.t distance of the food source from the nest, but do not modulate compete against outdated trail.

We have found wall-pore sensilla in male wasp spiders and demonstrate electrophysiologically that these sensilla react to the sex pheromone produced by the female. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Olfaction in spiders. We found that the wall pore sensilla in spiders look similar from the outside to those of insects, but differ ultrastructurally in various ways. Independent evolution! 🧪

I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025! The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project. #Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪

Locusts are incredible jumpers. A highly elastic protein called resilin that is springier than synthetic rubber protects the locusts’ brittle legs from damage during repeated use. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

This is a catastrophe. While Finland has downgraded the MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 (meaning these publications are not recognized for research evaluation purposes), Germany has signed an agreement to promote publications in MDPI journals.

Interested in #metacommunity dynamics in #natural systems? I'll be looking for a #PostDoc to study temporary #ponds in the #Camargue using #eDNA & #spatial analyses. Topic is broad & includes #metafoodwebs, #BEF, #parasites, #EcoHealth. Contact me via e-mail if interested!

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Today (Dec. 1) is World AIDS Day. Spare a thought for all those who perished. 🌈🏳️‍🌈 www.instagram.com/p/DDC6vPzPj5...

Alright arachnologists and arachnid enthusiasts, let’s get this started! Drop a comment below if you would like to be added or have people to add. Let’s make the official AAS starter pack 💪🕷️🦂🕸️ go.bsky.app/8Nb8974