Sleepy kitties

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

Some exciting new Bird of Prey experiments starting in the Flight Lab

How do animals cooperate when they aren't even the same species? Our recent review paper dug deep into the literature... 1/ Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Badger at the Field Station

They actually use the kitty deck chairs we bought them. So they can watch the garden and catch some rays 🌞 😎

Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀 We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪

Vacancy for curator position at the Western Australian Herbarium, right in one of the global biodiversity hotspots! search.jobs.wa.gov.au/jobs/princip...

1/Excited to share two new papers! The first is by Rozy Bathrick in @amornith.bsky.social on intra-specific variation in stopover site use. Rozy shows that Lesser Yellowlegs from different breeding sites use the Prairie Pothole Region in dramatically different ways. academic.oup.com/condor/artic...

Visual uncertainty and task demands shape active sensing strategies in mice www.cell.com/current-biol... "Although mice have relatively low-acuity vision, they still rely on sight for critical behaviors including navigation and prey capture."

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!

🚨Journal of Ecology is seeking an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📈 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌷more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe

The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social

Please repost: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on projects related to understanding the movement ecology of harmful and beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Applications close on: July 31, 2026 To apply and for more information, visit: lnkd.in/g8gFeB3u

An aerial photo of the John Krebs Field Station taken today - part of the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk

Fresh off the press @animalecology.bsky.social 📃 Compared to many other taxa #spiders do not profit from forest heterogenization, as gap cutting reduces important habitat in the canopy! 🍁🌳🕸🕷 ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1365... @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @betafor.bsky.social

How does highly pathogenic avian influenza affect wild seabirds? This #ProcB study found the 2023 outbreak caused near-total chick mortality and earlier migration in Baltic black-headed gulls, while survivors developed lasting immunity.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0128 | #Ecology #Evolution

Enjoy the coming relatively cool week in Western Europe while it lasts! Forecast for 8 July 🥵.

Golden Eagle released in Borders conservation project shot with 17 pellets... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000

Each year tens of millions of monarch butterflies migrate upwards of 4500 km from North America to their overwintering sites in central Mexico. How do monarchs know where to go? doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #ecology

First #WhiteStork powerline mortality of the year 💔 "Mallorca" took its first flight from the nest and collided with a powerline almost immediately. #Powerlines remain a major cause of mortality for young (and not so young!) birds, as they navigate anthropogenic landscapes. #ornithology

Kittens are really struggling in the heat. Too fluffy and won’t stop running around - then end up panting. So Hall floor with fans!

Are you a recent Ph.D. graduate? Apply for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. The $30,000 grand prize will be awarded for outstanding research in cell and molecular biology, genomics, ecology, or molecular medicine. Apply by 15 July: https://scim.ag/4lUpKMN

A rare hen harrier survived just three days after settling on a north Wales moor before vanishing in what conservationists describe as highly suspicious circumstances

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 The deadline is approaching! ⏰ Apply to join BirdLife's marine team by the end of next week 🌊🐧

and a wee bit of video of the Woodcock with chicks in tow! #highlandbirds 🪶

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 out now in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social "Constraint and convergence in the evolution of vertebrate sound production". Thanks to Christian Herbst, Coen Elemans, and @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social for a great collaboration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hot kittens 🥵

📣 We're recruiting for an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📊 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌿 more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe

I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab

I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit.

Longevity and ageing in a tropical butterfly. "Species in the Heliconius genus are among the longest-lived butterflies, thanks to a diet of pollen." 🧪 #Science #Biology #Ecology A long-lived butterfly’s secret to graceful ageing 1- www.nature.com/articles/d41... 2- www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it. Learn more during #InsectWeek: https://scim.ag/4mM2aS9

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

New research from #BiologyLetters: Song but not colour divergence constrains hybridization in birds doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Evolution #Birdsong #Colouration

🔈 NOMINATIONS OPEN Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶 🥇 Godman Salvin Prize 🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture 🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal 🥇 Early Professional Award Deadline: 15 September 2026 Nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...#ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from Jón Einar Jónsson Same stripes, different season: A decade of consistent white wing stripes in Icelandic Common Eiders bou.org.uk/blog-jons... Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....#theBOUblog #ornithology 🪶

JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...

In Paris for work. It’s a bit hot.

Sums it up nicely

Local male Mallards getting ready moult I think 🦆

Bird flu in Australia could be catastrophic for nation's vulnerable species, experts warn

I am recruiting a #postdoc to work on assembling and analyzing #genomes of the amazing Furnariidae. Let’s unlock the secret behind their #evolution. The official application portal will be available soon at www.uno.edu/careers. Feel free to contact me for details at [email protected]

Sound up! #StormPetrels just past midnight at #Mousa Broch, #Shetland. A truly special experience. Invasive predators are a big risk to colonies so kudos to @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Shetland & @biosecuritylife.bsky.social teams for the recent rat incursion response. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday

Congrats @ghtrabin.bsky.social on winning best talk at the @biology.ox.ac.uk postgraduate symposium