Really cool. PIVOT!!

For folks in Fredericton: public lecture TONIGHT at 7 p.m. (Head Hall C13, UNB campus) by Dr. Dolph Schluter, "On the Origin of Modern Species". An accessible talk to answer one of the big questions about our world: where do species come from? More detailed info: www.unb.ca/frederict... 1/2

New publication @thermal-biology.bsky.social! We show that non-invasive thermal cameras can measure thoracic temperatures in wild bees in the field. New tool to ID potential heat stress under #climatechange. Congrats to undergrad Mei McFeely on publishing her thesis #microclimate #pollinators 🐝🎉🌻

I just said no to an opportunity because it would mean travel to the USA and I'm very sad. I also recognize my privilege in being able to do so (tenured, etc) but I'm just so sad about.... gestures widely

Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

In 2018, Ilja Van Braeckel created a font based on Charles Darwin's handwriting for #DarwinDay. It was based on 12,000 pictures of Darwin's original manuscripts! Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn... Happy Darwin Day!

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

As someone who has spent a career measuring flowers, I'm curious to see how they compare to these protocols

In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance @evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

Looking for something new to integrate into an #evolution or #microbiology course? Useful for lectures, labs, homework? Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.

A resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿 buff.ly/L8o4hhr

Almost 20 years in the making! So happy to see this in print!

[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions. Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed! www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

By popular demand, I'm offering "More #MONARCHS - No #Monarchy!" shirts and mugs at cost (no profit, just joy). Spread the word, decent quality for <$20 monarchs.printful.me #NoKings #butterfly #peace #naturalhistory #plantinsect

Let's start Monday with some whimsy. These delightful grasshoppers (possibly also katydids?) are from a water jar created by Makuzu Kōzan in 1870. To see full size images: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort! We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!

Great RadioLab interview with Ella al-Shamahi, about her journey from religious anti-evolutionism into evolutionary biology. New perspective but also familiar if you (like me) grew up among Christian creationists; really moving on what faith, even "denialist" faith, means to people

Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday! 🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling 📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Did you know that Europe names a Tree of The Year? Looks like Quercus spp. do quite well. Here's the 2015 winner, a ~150 year old Oak tree in Estonia that footballers have learned to play around. #bloomscrolling

Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation. I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.

Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research

"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line

This thread is a delight.

So happy with this one!

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...

Resharing my post from earlier this week, just in case you're working on your syllabus and want to give a think about how you're going to be dealing with AI with assignments. scienceforeveryone.science/how-i-am-thi... 🧪

Congratulations to Ada Clarke who had an excellent master’s defence today. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! Forgot pictures but found this lovely bag in Sweden as a gift.

Just like that my sabbatical in Sweden is done! Sad to be leaving but looking forward to adventures ahead!

A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can: 👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏 👉reduce pollinator richness🧪 👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝 ...all with minimal benefits to crop yields! Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

I'm so excited to share my master's research! Do pollinators change their foraging behavior depending on floral and ambient temperatures? Do flowers that thermoregulate experience higher rates of pollinator visitation? Check it out below! 🏵️

It is with great sadness I have pinned the tab for D2L once again (sabbatical ending sad face). To be clear I do like teaching but educational software and admin, well let's just say I haven't missed that part!

♻️🆓: A functional view of flower–pollinator trait matching. A commentary on ‘Mismatching explained: constricted corolla tubes in Roscoea elevate the nectar’ doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

Did u know?Some pollinators we know less about than others. This amber & black beauty is a Rose Sawfly. Sawflies aren't flies,but are related to bees, wasps & ants.They're approx 600 species in the UK & 1000's,world wide. The adults feed on nectar & pollen,making them excellent pollinators. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍🐜🐝

Did you know that bisexual flowers are perfect? Botanists do. My latest pin celebrates the fact that 90% of flowering plants have individual flowers with both male and female parts. Botanists call these 'bisexual' or 'perfect' flowers. Please share! www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Wahoo I made a phone wallpaper! byjessicaelena.gumroad.com/l/bunnies-ph...

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/3) Evolution of petal patterning: blooming floral diversity at the microscale nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Keep in mind that this is a list appropriate for Europe (some invasive plants in NA) but great to see this!

Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

“York University scientist Sheila Colla remembered as a fierce advocate to save wild bees. Colla, 43, died Sunday of cancer. She successfully fought for the rusty-patched bumblebee to become the first bee listed as an endangered species in Canada and the U.S.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

A major sabbatical accomplishment: learning to do stranded knitting (two colours)! Still need to block but it is done!

I will not buy any more ceramic in Sweden. I will not buy any more ceramic in Sweden before ending my sabbatical. I will not buy… why always so temping?!

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 everyone, and in particular to every Acer sp. 🍁 tree across this amazing country. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47727

Will you be at #CSEE2025 next week? @bgmerkle.bsky.social and I have a couple of open spots in our workshop on Teaching and Mentoring Scientific Writing! Sunday 6th, 1-3 p.m. You *may* still be able to register on the conference website; if not, please just contact me for details.

Interested in trying out life as a scientific #editor? Based in the UK? Background in #PlantScience? The @plosbiology.org crew is expanding (again!), so a place in our lovely team might be for you...

These are fabulous!

So good to have this!