🎄Merry Christmas everyone🎄 If you're lying in a food coma and need some entertainment, then look no further! Me and @nhcooper123.bsky.social filmed a fun-filled festive episode with singer rather special specimens 🍄🪱🦆 youtu.be/ekkC636bC34?...

Merry Christmas! If you need a distraction today please enjoy our rambles (also on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts). 🎄🎄🎄

it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set

Merry Christmas everyone! We’re eating at 1pm and my stepdad put the swede on at 8.30am and is prepping sprouts at 9.30 so I’m excited not to have to chew today 🤣 🎄

Happy Christmas Eve all. Took the niblings to the recently reopened Shire Horse Centre (www.shirehorsecentrefarm.co.uk). I got kissed by a horse *and* we found these haunted crazy golf obstacles, and a great sugar dispenser. Also signage from the 1980s when we used to visit as kids. Amazing!

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

hello skyline it is time to post the song of the season ~it's beginning to look a lot like FISHMEN~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTH...

I did pick up the model to carry it to the recording, I just couldn’t angle it towards the camera! Here’s some better images. Incredible models! Listen to the podcast for all the details 🍄

MERRY FESTIVE SEASON! Please enjoy our last episode of 2025 m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekkC... Brilliant festive stories from around the world from @joshlukedavis.com and @nhcooper123.bsky.social illustrated by some incredible specimens, including some very historically important models. 🍄

Application deadline is January 15 for graduate positions (MSc and PhD) in Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Feel free to reach out and/or share 🧪

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at

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Thanks to the organisers of #BES2025. A great meeting as always. Unfortunately I have to leave early but it’s been lovely to see everyone.

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

Maybe of interest to participants at #BES2025

It’s a busy day at #BES2025 today. I’m doing three talks and a panel discussion. None are on my research 🤣. But check out Kat Assersohn’s poster tomorrow night for some work we’ve been doing on bird beak convergent evolution.

🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!

Fun morning climbing Arthur’s Seat and playing “spot the ecologist”, followed by a long chat about data/code archiving in journals. Must be #BES2025 time!

We’re currently working on fleshing out @sortee.bsky.social’s workshop and webinar series roster for 2026! If you’d like to speak to a global audience this year on anything related to open, reliable, and transparent eco/evo, shoot me a message and I’d love to chat about possibilities!

Having appeared on it three times, I can 100% confirm that @robinince.bsky.social *IS* the #InfiniteMonkeyCage. Without him, it doesn’t even exist as a concept 🤷🏾‍♂️

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Join the BES Macro committee! We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place. More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...

Excited to host #BES2025 Thematic Session next week! The future of quantitative learning and literacy in ecology. 16 Dec 16:00-18:00 Edinburgh EICC @fiebergjohn.bsky.social @nhcooper123.bsky.social @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄

Our Christmas Rangers tonight was a Murder Mystery party (I was the Butler and it wasn’t me!) followed by another traitors style game. Nothing says Christmas to teenagers like murder apparently🎄🎅💀🗡️

I’d like to thank (and slightly curse) whoever it was on here who recommended the Dungeon Crawler Carl books as good escapism. I’m completely addicted and bereft that there’s (currently) only 7 books! Strong recommend if youre looking for a fun read/listen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon...

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

I do weirdly love nuns

New episode just dropped! Check out YOUNG! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUh_... @nhcooper123.bsky.social describes the most amazing and confusing life cycles in animals, and @joshlukedavis.com has a great story about nuns...

I’m really upset about this as a Guiding member for over 30 years. We’ve always welcomed trans girls and made a safe space for them. Not sure this will make any difference but if you can sign please do: c.org/SR6NcW46B7

Well my Discovering the #Okapi talk is already available - my thanks to @animalhistories.bsky.social and @sochistnathist.bsky.social - you can watch my talk here: youtu.be/Hx1Z2XiETA4?...

🐁 New publication: We tested for convergent evolution in rodents and found convergent traits but little support for traditional ecomorph designations. * collab with @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @guillermodelia.bsky.social & @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social * illustrations by me doi.org/10.1093/biol...

I've had a rough day, and I think I've earned this. GOAT PAJAMA PARTY. Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.

Omggggggg Canada Post has holiday squirrel stamps 😍 store.canadapost-postescanada.ca/store-boutiq.... #sqrlpix

“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for. "  — John Brown

📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)

DAFNEE, a useful database of academic-friendly journals in #Ecology and Evolutionary #Biology academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

I'm delighted to be joining Kathryn Rooke and the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social team to talk about their #okapi materials on 5 December. This show will be open 10-16:00, and I'll be on the okapi table at 10-11:00 and 12:00-13:00. Hope to see you there

📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)

Sign up! I've been an Assoc Editor @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social for about a year; it's a way better experience than some other places I've been AE. Really great submissions & fantastic editorial & admin support. Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!

This is sorcery

Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens… Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social

The good thing about about one five star review and one two star review is you can say: "Divisive new play hits the London stage. Go see it and make your own mind up". So yeah please go see it anyway! 😊 On until November 29th @taratheatre.com : taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...

This was a lot of fun! We’re excited to start featuring some of our amazing colleagues starting with @flygirlnhm.bsky.social 🪰

A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026. Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more. 👉 evoxeco.uk 👈

Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either 🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats 🏳️‍🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data Get in your abstracts before December 1st. conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html #queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay

New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!! One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.

PhD opportunity: MOVE Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c... Deadline: 12/01/26 Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...