We are very happy that the pre-print of this manuscript is out, and its submitted for review! We investiged the impact of a capture-handling-restraint protocol on the provisioning behavior of parental great tits and the fitness of their chicks. tinyurl.com/4cfs8wpk

Open access makes the rich get richer #science #publishing #academia 🧪🗺️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11. www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...

Major thanks to @melodyschreiber.com for interviewing me about what biology actually says about sex & gender Unscientific attacks on trans rights are fueled by fascism, not science, and harm all of us - cis or trans Excellent reporting 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Die Stimatisierung von Migräne und die oft damit verbundenen strukturellen Hindernisse für flexible Arbeit sind oft genau so anstrengened wie die Krankheit selbst. @cvq.bsky.social und ich haben darüber geschrieben wie Migräne unser Arbeitsleben beeinflusst. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Diese #Unendlichkeitdeslichtes von #BillyThanner zwischen den Türmen der #Wien er Votivkirche schaut bei nächtlichem Schneefall noch viel beeindruckender aus

La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Very grateful to work alongside women who I admire and who inspire me every day. Thank you, Ela!! #womeninscience

No excuses

Dieser Text von einer Standard-Redakteurin ❤️‍🩹 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

It’s publication day for Ideas on Fire author Beans Velocci! Their new book Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary is out now from @dukepress.bsky.social. 🥳 dukeupress.edu/sex-isnt-real #IoFAuthors

Robert Trivers, biologist. 12/ bsky.app/profile/adri... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

new pins are now available in my shop! 🦐 🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art Reshares appreciated! ❤️

Job alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here: www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...

Fold some cheese into your next recipe in her honor.

Was für ein Donnerlitchen im Land der Femizide - Respekt an die Raiffeisen in Dorbin! Danke an @jaquelinescheiber.bsky.social auf insta!

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My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋

Not just the US.

Join us next week at our first Meet'n Munch in 2026: you will learn about active WoBio working groups, find out about their activities and goals and chat with our active members in person! Join us for 🍕Meet'n'Munch🍕 on February 4th at 12 h at SR 5.1!

Humans use local dialects to communicate with honeyguide birds phys.org/news/2026-01...

Local specialists’ experience and skills in animal #behaviour studies: insights from wild chimpanzee field assistants #ProcB #OpenAccess #BiologicalSciencePractices #Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

7. Troublemaker, by El Lissitzky, 1913

Go HOOSIERS!

One must prepare for any event! - Moira Rose

Man with a Beer Jug, by Frans Hals, 1630, 📸 by @zachosterman.bsky.social

Your friendly reminder that humans are completely weird in that we don't have bones in our clitorises. Pretty much all mammals do. masto.ai/@vagina_muse...

New research provides evidence that mercury and PFAS can influence mitochondrial function in free-living seabirds, highlighting bioenergetics as a sensitive mechanistic link between pollution exposure and organismal health. 🔗 Press release: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2026-01-hau

If you know #SICB2026, you know the fashion is always unmatched. Starting a photo thread (with permission) because people are missing out, and these fits absolutely SLAY 🧵 L to R: Jill Nash, Sonja Huc, Elias Joseph

Any time Trump does something violent and/or stupid and blames the victim for his actions, I think of this essay by Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social She explains well the motivations of the perennial perpetrator. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...

»Wer heute zwanzig Jahre alt ist, kennt vielleicht gar keine singenden Feldlerchen mehr. Für diese Generation ist die stumme Agrarlandschaft normal. Sie vermisst nichts, weil sie nie erlebt hat, was da mal war. Mir geht das auch so.« 👉 @schreibersnaturarium.de: steady.page/de/jasminsch...

Special issue on the Sociobiology Debate at fifty. Important new archival discoveries. No paywall. online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...

30 years ago today, December 31st 1995, the last ever Calvin & Hobbes comic strip was published. Even now, I still find it so poignant & moving.

and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived neal.fun/size-of-life/ @carlbergstrom.com

Starting in January, I will be amping up activity at @beyondxandy.bsky.social, including writing articles, recording video explainers, and working on a book about how studying genetics helped me accept that I was trans Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Good thing we didn't listen. 😅

🚨 Our new paper is out!! A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework 🐾💚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.prosocial.world/posts/defend... Another in a great series in this magazine.

Innovations in Decolonising the Curriculum: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. – a new book about how to decolonize the curriculum, by Adeela ahmed Shafi et al. www.emerald.com/books/edited... Here is our chapter:

"Many women expressed trauma because of their experiences in health care and this often seemed to lead to a fear of accessing health services, even in potentially life-threatening situations." Nicht nur in Australien... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Breastfeeding advocates often fall into three broad groups: #1 Folks working to improve human health & know breastmilk is key, but also know that not all parents can BF & need safe, healthy alternatives...

I hate to say it, but in terms of HE a very sizeable number of staff appear to believe that disability accommodations are unnecessary, a nuisance, and have gone 'too far'. Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking

Botanische Gärten sind Anlagen aus dem Geist des Kolonialismus: In Deutschland fällt es ihnen schwerer als der Kunst, ihre Geschichte aufzuarbeiten.

Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.

Crowdsourcing request! The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program will be creating sample syllabi as a community resource, starting with four courses: - Wild animal biology - Wild animal ecology - Wild animal ethics - Wild animal law Please share topics and readings for any or all!

Hot off the press! See our new paper: “Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research” in the journal Biology of Sex Differences. We show how sex essentialism distorts research & propose 3 ways to avoid making these mistakes. (1/12) rdcu.be/eNcRM

Together, our findings demonstrate that men supporting women’s empowerment face heavy costs - but norms are mutable. Policies that reduce structural barriers, address stigma around gender atypical behavior, and leverage emerging benefits can help accelerate gender-equitable change. 🎯 5/5

WTF?! This makes me so ashamed to be an alumna

The cameras at our sites are placed to record chimps. That's why we get a somewhat funny perspective of the larger animals, like this elephant bachelor group.