So exciting! Looking forward to checking this out…

Beautiful antipreddatory behaviour story from @the-bug-hut.bsky.social and colleagues academic.oup.com/cz/advance-a...

Scott Taylor, on behalf of @jjinsing.bsky.social, tells the story of a potential instance of caterpillar mimicry in the White-necked Jacobin. The fuzzy baby hummingbird uses the unusually wiggles in the nest, mimicking local caterpillars & potentially helping to avoid some predation! #AOS25

7/7 Science faces challenges, but I’m hopeful universities can continue to support evidence-based research and the people who dedicate their careers to it. And if you’re interested in collaboration, let’s connect 🤝.

6/7 Leaving the Forest Service is bittersweet—I’ve never met a group more mission-driven and genuinely dedicated. But I’m excited to carry what I learned there into this next chapter, working with students, communities, and collaborators.

1/7 ‼️ Big work update! 🌿

Devastated to see the NSF postdoctoral research fellowship in biology archives. This is a transformative creative opportunity and a path to the professorship for many (including myself). Postdocs are highly trained and often in the newest techniques which spur innovation. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

ICE, which must be abolished, is active in Austin today.

Triceratops beetle squeaking!!!

BRB, going to binge four hours of Bugs that Rule the World, featuring bug enthusiast, researcher, and science communicator @the-bug-hut.bsky.social. www.pbs.org/show/bugs-th... @pbs.org

Amazing intro for episode 3 of Bugs that Rule the World on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social!

I don’t know how to communicate with someone who believes that Elon Musk is not an out of touch elite, but my colleagues who make $65,000 a year and have $150,000 in student loan debt are out of touch elites.

Episode 2 of Bugs that Rule the World tonight at 10pm est on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social! Can’t wait!

Delighted to finally watch the first episode with my parents while we had Mother’s Day dessert! Bugs That Rule The World is beautiful and @the-bug-hut.bsky.social is the best ambassador for the bugs. 10/10

Watch the first episode of bugs that rule the world… www.pbs.org/video/insect...

Check out @the-bug-hut.bsky.social on @pbs.org TONIGHT in *Bugs that rule the world* (10 pm eastern)

Cool set of talks by early career researchers on the neural basis of behaviour! Organized by @neuroethology.org

Can’t wait to see the first episode of this doc on @pbs.org next week! Bugs that rule the world! Featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social www.pbs.org/video/series...

A recent paper argued that bees trade off reward to avoid pain. Jenny Read and I re-analyzed their data and argue that the paper's analysis is flawed. We've written up a constructive critique of the work with some modelling and recommendations. 🧪 Read on: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

For-profit science isn't science, just marketing buzzwords to satisfy shareholders

Let's get loud 🐺 #ScienceMatters #HandsOff

#handsoff Birmingham, Alabama

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

A little rain wasn’t going to stop NYC. #handsoff

In NYC. #HandsOff

🇺🇸 Absolutely insane crowd here in Madison, Wisconsin — the Capital of Democracy! #Handsoff

PROVIDENCE… BOSTON… #HandsOff2025

Gigantic crowd in NYC for the #HandsOff march against Trump, Musk, and MAGA. So many people that the participants can barely move along. Signs decrying Trump and Co. on many fronts: immigration, science, Social Security, reproductive rights, tariffs, autocracy, kleptocracy & the price of eggs.

Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk

New Haven, CT! #HandsOff

My favorite image from the #HandsOff rally in DC today

Proud to be a partner org of the #HandsOff rally day of action. The crowd and energy in DC was fantastic! We will not be silent while they line the pockets of their billionaire donors and screw over the average American. #HandsOff

Hearing that there’s over 100,000 people at the #HandsOff protest in Washington, D.C. The fight to take back our country has begun.

"People are going to die, data is going to vanish, careers are going to end, and the benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the United States are going to dwindle, perhaps for decades." a hard, helpful contextualization about U.S. science from @carlzimmer.com buttondown.com/carlzimmer/a...

Wow

Thanks to @mosasaurologist.bsky.social for patiently trying to explain fish fossils to me yesterday while I was fully distracted by everything else, including this rad Pachycephalosaurus skull. #fossilfriday

Found this treehopper (Calloconophora pinguis) guarding her eggs! She will later defend her hatched offspring against predators. So cool to see maternal care in insects! #treehoppers #membracids #insects

Welp. It happened. Our NIH training grant was terminated on Friday. Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice. To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/

I just wrote a ref letter for a NIH training grant for a student to conduct research on Alzheimer’s … she has spent over 5 years working in a research lab as a PhD student to get here… but they are now terminating these critical opportunities for young, creative minds-it’s bad for science

Those in high positions are thought to have power, but most really don't have power because they care too much about their career. Real power comes when you don't give a damn. Only then, can you speak the truth.

Tortoise beetle

Incredible ‘helmet’ on this membracid

It is spring and time for a new round of mentorship matching! This time we are also looking for new mentors, so if you are interested in supporting animal behaviours students do join us! Mentee sign up here: forms.gle/zPgk4Nwq2znE... Mentor sign up here: forms.gle/cD3cEqoXHaLT...

In case you missed it: We're offering gratis membership and gratis #WOS2025 meeting registration to any ornithologist impacted by recent actions by the federal government, and are soliciting input on additional ways to offer support.

This beetles lamellate antenna❤️

Dr. Charles Henry Turner was from Ohio; he earned a BSc and MSc from the University of Cincinnati. He was the first African American to earn a PhD in #entomology, which was at the University of Chicago in 1907. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

What a spiky assasin bug

NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪 read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social: