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Evolutionary ecologist | Malacology | find me at NMNH 🌊🐚 🧬
https://seanmkeogh.github.io/
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Hi all! Please check out our new research in Molecular Ecology where we found the divergence history of a widespread aquatic mollusk was characterized by fission-fusion cycles consistent with Pleistocene river rearrangements.
#molluscmonday
#freshwatermussels
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dr. Sarah Z. Gibson, PhD
about 20 hours ago
More exciting press for
@scsualumni.bsky.social
Alex Maile
@anoplogaster.bsky.social
and
@stcloudstate.bsky.social
professor Matt Davis’ work on deep-sea fishes!
#teamfish
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Why do anglerfish have glowing lures? It might be sex
Species proliferated after evolving bioluminescence, possibly because mates could find each other more easily
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-anglerfish-have-glowing-lures-it-might-be-sex?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPMTI0MDI0NTc0Mjg3NDE0AAGnmI3sZ0sy0AAI-Kq180ImeCJiTcqD4L9i6SDdsSPneH-9F4uOY4LkpefMjbQ_aem_t9i2YG1JPOSMblFCcUleLg
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Tade Thompson
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Rachit Dubey
4 days ago
This is especially concerning because persistence is foundational to skill acquisition and one of the *strongest* predictors of long-term learning. AI conditions you to expect immediate answers, removing the productive struggle that builds real competence.
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Richard Sever
6 days ago
“first drafts of Results, Discussion, and Introduction should be the trainee’s own work. AI can help with grammar…tightening prose…critiquing the logic of an argument you’ve already made. But the hard part of forming the argument needs to be yours.’
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You need to make AI guidelines for your lab
Here's why you should, and how to start
https://blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-to-make-ai-guidelines-for?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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José Cerca
12 days ago
We just published a review 🗞️😁: ‘The ecology of adaptive radiation’ revisited: A 25-year reflection Dolph Schluter’s book inspired the interest in adaptive radiation, and we wanted to revisit it.
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
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Andy Craig
15 days ago
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin." Executive Order 9981. July 26, 1948.
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Peter DiCampo
16 days ago
The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis. My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at
@propublica.org
, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives? So I picked up my camera 👇
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Natalie Cooper
17 days ago
Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here:
nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/
. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us
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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
https://nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/
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Ben Tumolo
19 days ago
New paper out led by Sam Fritz Using meta-analysis we quantify evidence for positive interactions between invasive species in freshwaters and identify key knowledge gaps for the study of freshwater invasion meltdowns.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Identifying knowledge gaps about context dependency in freshwater species invasions
The abiotic template of freshwater ecosystems is being altered by human activity on a global scale, often promoting the establishment of new invasive taxa and increasing the likelihood of facilitatio...
https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oik.11537
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Bring Me The News
20 days ago
Devastating news as the victims of the fatal house fire in White Bear Lake have been identified as sports media personality Jessi Pierce and her three children.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/sports-media-personality-jessi-pierce-her-3-children-die-in-white-bear-lake-fire
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Denver is too damn high 🚲
20 days ago
Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.
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Alex Maile
22 days ago
Talk about a headache! (especially from your partner fusing to you!) This is a Ghostly Seadevil (Haplophryne mollis) from the University of Washington Burke Museum!
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Meg Daly
24 days ago
It's 3/19 in Belgium already, so
@marinespecies.bsky.social
has dropped the Top Ten marine species of 2025! These incredible animals represent effort and expertise from a whole crew of taxonomists. Thank you to these and all other taxonomists on
#WorldTaxonomyDay🎉
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Meade Krosby
27 days ago
Some people should never have access to students. “AI requires no ramp-ups, no meetings, and absolutely no emotional support…The issue is not whether my students are valuable. In long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns.”
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Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student
“It can competently perform a lot of the work I need immediately,” this professor writes
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-i-may-hire-ai-instead-graduate-student
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Jerry Husak
about 1 month ago
Simon Lailvaux and I have a new podcast! We talk to big-name biologists about how science has changed over their careers. Here’s the first episode - look for more every couple of weeks!
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British Ecological Society
about 1 month ago
We have a growing collection of resources for women in ecology that support, celebrate and advocate for women's roles in research and practice. Check our collection of resources here 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/gtwczvuefr
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Naomi Kritzer
about 1 month ago
Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10.
stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Psychosocial Wellbeing and Parenting Responses during Intensified ICE in Minnesota
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
https://stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1MjZPfRwdMPgRAq
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Jeremy Berg
about 1 month ago
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10
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Biodiversity Heritage Library
about 1 month ago
🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition
#ILoveBHL
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franz
about 1 year ago
bringing back some
#InvertebrateShitposting
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Brian Tyler Cohen
about 2 months ago
“By declining the State of the Union visit, the US Women’s Hockey Team’s polite 'no thanks' says more than any corporation, or tech billionaire, or media company is willing to say. Amid so much cowardice, it’s those who stood up who will be remembered…
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Puck You: Women's Hockey Team Snubs Trump's Invitation
After winning gold, the Women’s team didn’t feel the need to play along.
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/puck-you-womens-hockey-team-snubs
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Max Kennerly
about 2 months ago
This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.
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Megan Phifer-Rixey
about 2 months ago
Are you an undergrad looking to get research experience in evolutionary biology? Our lab has summer funding for an undergraduate researcher to participate in our research on how urbanization affects house mice. You can apply here:
careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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Careers at Drexel
https://careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job/506363?lApplicationSubSourceID=11240
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Brie Ilarde
3 months ago
My first PhD dissertation chapter has been published! Let me know if you need a copy. Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
And please enjoy this sonnet I wrote to summarize it:
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Joshua Weitz
about 2 months ago
Three postdoctoral fellowships in quantitative biology are available as part of a new Quantitative Biology Initiative in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland. Best consideration date: 3/14 Job Ad:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
Department:
biology.umd.edu/people
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Post-Doctoral Associate
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applications for three quantitative biology postdoctoral fellow po...
https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/University-of-Maryland-College-Park/Post-Doctoral-Associate_JR103315
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Jeremy Yoder says no war
about 2 months ago
My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
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Assistant Professor Vertebrate Functional Morphologist #26-24
The Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in Vertebrate Functional Morphology.
https://csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us/job/554909/assistant-professor-vertebrate-functional-morphologist-2624
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Rob Waterhouse
about 2 months ago
Postdoc
@eawag.bsky.social
apply.refline.ch/673277/1341/...
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Postdoctoral position in “Genomic signatures of adaptive evolution along the fast-slow life history continuum” (m/f/d) 80-100%
The Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling (SIAM) has an opening for a
https://apply.refline.ch/673277/1341/pub/1/index.html
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
about 2 months ago
Dowding, E.M., Dunne, E.M., Collins, K.S. et al. The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases. Nat Ecol Evol (2026).
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors survey community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databas...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-02985-8
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Systematics Association
about 2 months ago
The 2026 LinneSys call is open! Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out!
systass.org/linnesys/
All you need is to be a member of the
@systassn.bsky.social
or the
@linneansociety.bsky.social
Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in a country listed here:
tinyurl.com/wemwtfrz
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
https://systass.org/linnesys/
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Liam U. Taylor
about 2 months ago
Whether you are interested in birds or not, I encourage you to read this eBird checklist by Brian Holbrook, whoever that may be.
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
No spoilers but trailer screenshot included
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🪱Ekin Tilic
about 2 months ago
🚨 PhD position in annelid genomics (EuroWorm) 🚨 If you love biodiversity, evolution & bioinformatics — apply or share! 🪱🧬 Details here:
www.senckenberg.de/de/stellenan...
#PhD
#Genomics
#Annelida
#MarineBiology
#EuroWorm
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Stellenanzeigen Archiv | Senckenberg Naturforschung
https://www.senckenberg.de/de/stellenanzeigen/#job-01-26009
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rat king 🐀 👑
about 2 months ago
DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants story w/
@sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.etW4.BLWmjAEoNuxe&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Mina Kimes
about 2 months ago
Meanwhile
www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/w...
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Katharine Hayhoe
about 2 months ago
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line.
@nature.org
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There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/epa-repeal-endangerment-finding/
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NPR
about 2 months ago
She's done it again. Jessie Diggins, age 34 and skiing in her final Olympics, captured a bronze medal for the U.S. at the Milan Cortina Games. She battled through the pain from injured ribs to reach the podium.
n.pr/4qDJJQL
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U.S. cross-country star Jessie Diggins claims bronze, medaling in third straight Olympics
She's done it again. Jessie Diggins, age 34 and skiing in her final Olympics, captured a bronze medal for the U.S. at the Milan Cortina Games. She battled through the pain from injured ribs to reach the podium.
https://n.pr/4qDJJQL
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Lyn Heideman
about 2 months ago
Trump promotes the mine as a critical source of minerals for the US, BUT the company intends to ship the ore abroad to be processed and sold. Tell your US Senators NO!
@earthjustice.org
makes it fast/easy with a letter you can personalize and they'll send for you:
earthjustice.org/action/defen...
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Stop Congress from selling out the Boundary Waters to a Chilean-owned mine
Corporate polluters are taking aim at one of North America’s most treasured landscapes.
https://earthjustice.org/action/defend-the-boundary-waters-from-mining-pollution
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Lyn Heideman
about 2 months ago
LAST CHANCE TO SAVE BOUNDARY WATERS: America’s most visited wilderness is under assault. A Chilean mining company proposes a sulfide-ore copper mine on the lands surrounding Boundary Waters. The mine would leach sulfuric acid, permanently poisoning the area’s pristine landscapes and waters.
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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec
about 2 months ago
[New Paper]
@currentbiology.bsky.social
presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers. READ FOR FREE:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
2 months ago
Fun news!
@gcbias.bsky.social
and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
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Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PqXEKkW_0HXbdge1yXKGXFIf7NDjH72jTfIaEZThHhA/edit
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Timothy Burke
2 months ago
JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
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Jess Calarco
2 months ago
Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
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Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2026/02/05/ice-arrest-of-madison-soccer-players-mother-in-minnesota-rattles-teen/88420188007/
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Norm Charlatan
2 months ago
Love that Tom Homan’s public strategy is essentially if you sell your neighbors out, we wouldn’t need so many agents. How about you fuck off?
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Natural History Collections and Museomics
2 months ago
The digitisation and labelling of specimens is a time-consuming and error-prone process as labels are often hand-cut. This paper proposes a low-cost solution - the Cricut Maker® 3 - which automatically and precisely cuts entomological labels:
doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.179306
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nitasha tiku
2 months ago
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's
@washingtonpost.com
. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Katie Collins
2 months ago
It's 02/02 which means it's World Bivalve(d Organism) Day!
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2 months ago
Great Lakes ice update for January 29, 2026: Combined 40% | Lake Superior 25% | Lake Michigan 27% | Lake Huron 55% | Lake Erie 95% | Lake Ontario 23% | #GreatLakes
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Norm Charlatan
2 months ago
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
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David Ho
3 months ago
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Dr Alessio Veneziano
2 months ago
Hey 🧪
#science
people and PIs 📢: Gabriele is looking for Postdoc/research jobs in
#genomics
🧬 that can keep him in Italy 🇮🇹 I know well how hard it is to have to move around for short contracts (still doing it). Time to help someone who could use a break from the hardness of
#academia
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