Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?

still time to apply for this

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!

Same.

I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet. Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times. Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀 #PublicHealth

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I reckon that I’m in good company.

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE “Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Saw the hand to hand combat with the inflatable frog. 😳 would be funny if it wasn’t so scary.

It took decades for the work of Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi—the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology—to have clinical relevance. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here: www.amnat.org/announcement...

This looks really cool.

Join us in our swanky new pad... @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...

New study on the effect of relatedness on larval cooperation in burying beetles: sibs boost growth, strangers boost survival. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT! Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

#NSF IOS Virtual Office Hour next Thursday 1-2 pm. This month's topic will focus on the panel review process. This is a good topic for newer faculty in your department, so please feel free to let them know about this virtual office hour. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-i...

Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:

SO proud of first pub by recent Wares lab PhD Margot Popecki!!https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71927

**SORTEE Meet-up at #ESEB2025 – Barcelona** Come connect with @sortee.bsky.social members and fellow ESEB attendees who share an interest in open, reliable, and transparent evolutionary biology. 📅 Wednesday, 20 August 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Entrance foyer, Expo Area – look for the SORTEE t-shirts!

For people going to ESEB - this will be Wednesday afternoon!

Please repost and amplify ! We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina! Check us out and come be our colleague! sc.edu/study/colleg... Deadline for applications is Oct 1 #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

WSU biology is hiring a vertebrate ecologist! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

Easy to follow, continuously updated... www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...

🧪 CRITICAL UPDATE: The House draft version is now out. ✅ Like the Senate's version, there's no cut to NASA's budget. ❌ There's a 23% proposed cut to NSF's budget. 8-page summary: appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su... Draft bill: appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: 8th Aug 2025 🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

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

Very pleased to see this officially out - Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals. With @siluwang.bsky.social, @dortizba.bsky.social and Loren Rieseberg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here: Ecology: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... Genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Please.

In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

Come talk to me today or tomorrow if you're interested in talking about: 1. Your science 2. My science 3. Writing a review for Proceedings B 4. Virginia Tech 5. Postdocs 6. Anything else #Evol2025

Current Biology just published a Q&A with me where I talk about my journey as a scientist and why I enjoy interacting with artists. OA link: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Advice from NSF: grant proposals can still include outreach, community engagement, and so on. But avoid specifying particular groups

There are so many wonderful sentences here I can’t pick just one to quote. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Jones, @kocherlab.bsky.social @brendanimal.bsky.social et al. investigate gene regulation in the social supergene of the fire ant, finding widespread impacts on chromatin accessibility, enhancer activity, and transcription. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf112 #evobio #molbio #bugsky

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪 www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

Check out this brand new fellowship from the Simon’s Foundation in Ecology and Evolution. Incoming grad students this year are eligible to apply. No citizenship restrictions. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Our paper on disentangling assortative mating and indirect genetic effects in empirical datasets has just been accepted in @jevbio.bsky.social ! It has been a long process (5 years in the making!) and I am very proud of the result 🥳 academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

This was a tremendous job by PhD student Issi Burger and Postdoc Dr. Mike Itgen, who mentored six (!) undergrads to make these experiments happen!

So I took a deep dive. New research shows public science delivers 140–210% returns and fueled 20% of U.S. productivity growth since WWII. Cuts now = $billions lost later. www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

It's a demoralizing time to be a US scientist but that is part of their strategy. My friend Jeff Dangl just emailed our faculty reminding us that NSF and NIH grant review panels are still being held and staff there want us to keep submitting. Stay engaged and keep fighting! 1/n

Just a few spots left in our graduate evolution workshop @mlbs-uva.bsky.social! Join me, @clively.bsky.social, @ldelph.bsky.social, and @corlettwood.bsky.social from Jul 27-Aug 2 for a week of evolutionary thinking, science writing, and time outdoors! mlbs.virginia.edu/evolutionary...

Like most Americans, the NSF celebrated its 75th birthday while dying a preventable death