The first species to be named after David Attenborough (in 1993) is Attenborosaurus conybeari. The Attenborosaurus is an extinct marine reptile from the Early Jurassic. Over 50 species have been named after Sir David - who turns 100 today. Happy birthday! 🧪🦕🌍

Are you a keen gardener? New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv finds that if you want to provide #pollinator nesting habitat, you should cut dead perennial stems in their first winter. doi.org/10.1111/icad.70081 #SolitaryBees @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Our new paper, co-authored by Riho and Péter, titled "Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields", is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The study emphasizes the need to reduce pesticide impacts and restore habitats for promoting wild bees. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Are you an relatively new to field ecology and data collection? Or are are you supervising students? Our guide for effective field data collection is now published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! We also include a printable poster with a visual overview of the guide doi.org/10.1111/2041...

How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

With Christmas almost upon us, it's time to relax and enjoy yourself. Have you read this article about the random dispersal pattern of bumblebee queens after hibernation? www.nature.com/articles/s41... Collaboration: @nonhoneybees #PollinatorAcademy #nonhoneybees #insects #Pollinators #cartoon

One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline. "...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat." 🪲🪳🧪🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!

🚨New #behavioural #mimicry paper out in Proc B!🚨 In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives. Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea... Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

So excited to see this paper out — determining bumblebee nesting preferences using standardized surveys led by Sami Dolan. We found 25 nests over two years in MN and WI and found that bumblebees prefer to nest in prairie and edge habitat rather than forests. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another really cool pest paper just came out in @esajournals.bsky.social! Led by Mia Lippey, we show how variable pest responses are to landscape context... even in the same cropping system! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

PhD position 'Does regenerative agriculture support pollinator populations?' at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social with myself, Prof Jane Memmott and Dr Richard Comont at @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social. Link below. Please RT 🐝🐝🐝 bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

Pollinators like bees, bumblebees & butterflies have too few habitats, often of insufficient quality. A new international study, including Lund University, shows these insects can benefit from a much larger habitat than prescribed in the EU:s biodiversity strategy. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excellent Lockwood Seminar today from @buzznicholson.bsky.social at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station! Shared with us his work on the landscape ecology approach to understanding pesticide driven decline of pollinators 🐝 Look at these beautiful pictures and charts 🤩👏

In January 2024, 200 monarchs were found dead or dying on the ground at a CA overwintering site. The likely culprit? Nearby residential/commercial pesticide use. 1/ academic.oup.com/etc/advance-...

Pesticide outcomes in the wild are rarely straightforward. Some thoughts inspired by the stupendous work of @gbaucom.bsky.social and colleagues

The Global Ecology feed is growing — 20-30 posts/week on large-scale biodiversity science — 390 contributors! 🌍🧪🦤🦑🪴🍁 DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join and tag 🌐 in your posts to see them on the feed Let’s build a engaged community together ✨🌈💚 Pls share to spread! 👉 bsky.app/profile/nmou...

Very clear-eyed commentary on our recent New Phyt paper! Thanks @buzznicholson.bsky.social for highlighting our work! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

spAbundance package (Doser et al. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14332) was published this year at @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! It fits a variety of single/multispecies abundance models using Bayesian Inference allowing also for hierarchical frameworks. Let me show you a funny example 🧵👇(1/6) #rstats

A stingless bee guard showing off her defensive weapons: two blobs of resin to be smeared on any attacker. Frieseomelitta varia have extra wide hind legs for extra loads of resin 🇧🇷🐝😍

Yayy 🌱🪲🐝🐌- A list of stellar ecologists and myself showed that (1) species interactions can be summarised at the guild level, except for a few critical species, (2) they occur along a continuum from positive-to-negative, and (3) they have relatively weak strength except between plants!

A pandemic paper from my postdoc with the Williams Lab at @ucdavis.bsky.social is just out in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecology. "Predicting landscape-scale native bumble bee habitat use over space, time, and forage availability" 🐝 🌼 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Postdoc Opportunity in #Pollination Research The @uni-freiburg.de is hiring a Postdoc for the EU project VALOR, exploring the ecological and economic values of pollinators. 📅 Deadline: March 1, 2025 📅 Start date: June 1, 2025 💰 Salary: TV-L E13 (100%), 3 years 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

"Across the 1705 papers, the effect of new vs. old pesticides was similar [...] There was, therefore, limited evidence that the negative environmental impact of pesticides on wider biodiversity has been reduced by the development and authorisation of novel active ingredients and formulations".

A starter pack for those working or interested in agroecology. Lot of room for new folks. Comment below to be added. go.bsky.app/VXdYJjQ

Join us a Doctoral student in evolutionary ecology! The PhD candidate will be part of the research group of @oysteinopedal.bsky.social and the Speciation, Adaptation and Co-Evolution (SPACE) research environment at Lund University.  Please apply no later than 16 February lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

New study: #CropDiversification can help pollinators without taking land out of agricultural production, but only some #pollinator species may benefit. We highlight mechanisms on the spatial and temporal #diversity of crops. Led by Thijs Fijen @w-u-r.bsky.social

Animal Ecologists!! Here’s an opportunity to help lead Journal of Animal Ecology and join a fun team of editors. Please share widely and consider applying yourself. I’m happy to answer any questions.

Megachile centuncularis (Megachilidae) in Lotus pedunculatus (Fabaceae)

On progress in science, a cherished hypothesis falling, and seeing your own work cited. Plus, weird, weird fish! scientistseessquirre...

PhD position available! Are you interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of animal memory? Be part of our experimental evolution plans at UCL @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @treesdla.bsky.social , co-supervised by Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo...

Hey y'all. I've created an #agroecology starter pack for folks interested in how we create, manage, research, and advocate for more sustainable agricultural systems across the world. Please let me know if you'd like to be added! Currently v. short list as I'm new to Bluesky. go.bsky.app/6d3FswT

I always like to see papers that analyze commercially available pollinator seed mixes and make recommendations for their improvement! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I have an open position (fully funded for 4 years) for a PhD candidate in a project on pollinator communities and populations in relation to forest structure and microclimate. See more, and apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu....

🌿🐝Flower color is crucial for attracting pollinators, but green flowers seem inconspicuous against a leafy background. How do they succeed in attracting insects? (2/7)

Feast your eyes on Sparmannia flava. Maybe the greatest melolonthine of them all. That "winter" coat though... #AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Africa #Scarabaeidae #Winteriscoming

Hey I'm teaching a Midwest bee identification workshop in March. The focus is mostly on genus-level, but we go deeper on a number of groups. For more info and to apply, see: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Entomologists what is your favourite indicator species and why? 🙋‍♀️I have one! Common here in temperate Europe, Bombus terrestris L. may not be everyone's favourite, but it certainly is mine!

Grants available to grad students/postdocs working on Bombus conservation; 10K for one year. www.pollinator.org/nappc/imperi...

Great, pivotal job at the @gundinstitute.bsky.social. Join us!

Love Bumble bees? 🐝 Dive into pollination, microbiomes, foraging secrets, and ecosystem resilience. A starter pack for buzzing discoveries! 🌼💛 Explore here: go.bsky.app/Gq3vvkj

🐺 x 🌷 interactions! Amazing photos by Adrien Lesaffre. Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in! www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...

"...a place to observe and record how one tiny patch of our planet is changing in reaction to bigger changes happening around it." 🧪🌎 @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/ive-visited-...

Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Arnold Arboretum https://botany.fyi/bwwf9h The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites early career scientists to apply for a unique opportunity to start a research career as independent postdoctoral fellow while gaining training and connections within

Hello new followers from that bleak gray place! Reposting my first post on this site: a cyanometer, the instrument Alexander von Humboldt (among others) used to determine how blue any sky actually was

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

📊When teaching or giving a talk, do you like presenting plots step by step, revealing e.g. one group at a time? This is often useful for walking through complex results. I made a R package that makes it extremely easy to do this! ggreveal: Reveal a ggplot incrementally #rstats #dataviz #ggplot2

Plenty of insects are nocturnal, but few wasps are among them. In South Korea, Vespa binghami is one such rare nocturnal hornet, elusive and little researched, until now. A new study Vespa binghami hornets' peak activity is just before midnight, and they prey mostly on moths.