New study out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?

We asked if salamanders with more warning coloration are bolder and produce more toxin! Read about it in our @mmoiron.bsky.social preprint "The bright, the bold and the toxic: do coloration, personality, and toxicity represent an integrated phenotype in fire salamanders?" doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Friends, I'm officially starting my bluesky account now in order to share owm and other's science (evolution, ecology and behavior more specifically) here! I'm leaving X (formerly Twitter) and fully migrating to bysky. Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.