Glasgow university’s Zoology degree retains its top position in the Guardian university 2026 rankings, for the 4th year in a row! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgmvls.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/theg...

🧵THREAD: (1/7) Standard metabolic rate (SMR) is one of biology's most measured traits. We argue it isn't the constant baseline it's assumed to be. Our preprint discusses how sleep-wake cycles create a 'metabolic mosaic' that requires us to rethink how we interpret SMR. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

This summer, 10 of our Zoology & Marine and Freshwater Biology BSc Honours students packed their bags, grabbed their field kits, and headed out on unforgettable research adventures. Learn more about what they've been up to 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv... #WorldChangingGlasgow

Fully funded PhD position at the university of Turku. ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...

We have a 12 month Marine and Freshwater teaching position in our School. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer... Closing date 11th August. Interest in teaching on our Tropical Marine Biology course, would be great, but not essential. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Questions to @jlindstrom.bsky.social

🎓 | Everyone at @uofglifesci.bsky.social sends our warmest congratulations to the Class of 2025 on their recent graduation! Students across our portfolio graduated at ceremonies between Friday, 4 July and Tuesday, 8 July 2025, and enjoyed special receptions beforehand. #UofGGrad2025

Work! www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/...

📣OPEN #RESEARCH #POSTDOC POSITIONS!📣 -Ecohydrology -Agroecology and soil microbiology -Land use and fish populations -Diverse farming practices -AI in primary production -Bio-based products, sidestreams -Policy design and ESG implementation Here at @luke.fi, Finland 💙💚. You´ll love it!😊 More info 👇

This is brilliant from Rich Grenyer on the Dire Wolf hype: "It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat"

Last week at #BOU2025, we were delighted to award the Godman Salvin Prize to Prof Robert Furness for his contributions to #ornithology 👏 Please read about Prof Furness' impressive career here, as summarised by Keith Hamer 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley....#BOU2025,#ornithology#ornithology 🪶#seabirds

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

Presentations 📍 Boyd Orr Building 10am: Starting Biology Dr Mary McVey 10.45am: Animal Biology Professor Neil Metcalfe 11.30am: Molecular Bioscience Professor Kevin O'Dell 12.15pm: Human Biology Dr Graeme Sills 1pm: Infection Biology Professor Olwyn Byron

🏰 | The @uofglasgow.bsky.social Offer Holders' Open Day takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, 1 April, with @uofglifesci.bsky.social presentations and stands running across two locations. Visit us to learn about our exciting degrees and studying at UofG! ✍️ www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduat... Programme 👇

Born on March 29, 125 years ago: One of the most influential ecologists of the 20th century and the father of animal ecology, who turned natural history into a science: Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991). A birthday thread… 🧵[1/8]

Portugal🇵🇹 has become the first European country 🇪🇺 to introduce legislation banning deep-sea mining in its waters! ⛔⛏️✊ This comes at a crucial moment as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets in Jamaica 🇯🇲 to discuss a deep-sea mining code. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/history...

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

Musk ought to hand over the choiciest bits of Twitter to the hackers to end the bit-shed. And say "thank you" a lot.

Education really is everything

[stands up and dusts self off] I guess we'll have to do it ourselves

Thank you everyone who have already signed the petition! Still waiting for the rectors of Finnish universities to take a public stand for the freedom of science.

Dear Non-Fascist Europeans, The current US leaders believe they're allied with fascists inside your country against you, not allied with you against foreign invasion and threats to democracy. I'm sorry, I wish it weren't true, but it is. You really need to adjust. Sincerely, Non-fascist Americans

I am searching for a dedicated someone to take a research support/coordinating role in my lab, working mainly within @erc.europa.eu project "HotLife". MSc level and up, keen interest in energetics, physiology, or thermal biology helpful but not essential. Details 👇 Would appreciate a re-post!

If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds). www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

A single gene underlies male mating morphs in ruff sandpipers, a new Science study finds. The results show how evolutionary changes in a single gene's structure, sequence, and regulation can drive significant diversity within a single species. Learn more in our new issue: https://scim.ag/4arzNmU

UofG ranks in the world top 100 in eight out of 11 subject areas in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025. Two subjects ranked in the world top 50, with Law placing 44th & Medical Health at ranked at 50th. Read more: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin... #TeamUofG

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

Since 2016 we have been fortunate to host Tanzanian conservation leaders thru the Karimjee MSc Conservation scholarship at the Univ Glasgow, a full ride 2-year scholarship, generously supported by a local Tanzanian NGO the Karimjee Foundation. Please help us spread the word to potential applicants!

Link seems to be broken try this one www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🚨PhD ALERT! 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomic approaches 🧬 to unravel the mysteries of migration using yellow-browed warblers. Think this is you or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 02/12 and check out the ad below!

I've got 5-6 months money for a Postdoc ecological modeller, linking mathematical (translated via statistical) models to insect lab popn. time-series data; starts Jan 2025. Must be UK-based (not cost/time effective for applicants to get such a short-term visa 😔). Please contact me if interested! 🌍🧪

We are advertising a PhD studentship on extinction risk to sharks and rays, with colleagues at University of Newcastle and IUCN. Would suit a candidate interested in species distribution models and conservation. iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships... @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The new Helsinki research website is now online. If you are interested in applying for fellowships (e.g. MCSA), please don't hesitate to get in touch!

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Journal fees for open access are becoming obscene. But what are we, scientists, paying for? I made a simple plot with journals in my research area(s). Clearly, we are paying for prestige: a shockingly clean correlation between the impact factor and journal fees

OK this is the mind-blowing image of the week for me: the total global biomass of mammals. Wild animals are a tiny proportion. From a paper by Ron Milo Lab at Weizmann Institute, via a great Oxford lecture by @marionkoopmans.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...