🐜 Hormigas al descubierto: ¡Una tetera… convertida en hormiguero! 🔍 Nuestra socia Gema Trigos-Peral ha colaborado en un estudio tan curioso como revelador sobre #Camponotus nicobarensis...

The flightless beetles of the tribe #Dorcadionini (Col: Cerambycidae) in #CentralAsia are similar but not closely related. Their first phylogeny is now out in a paper led by @ceramb.bsky.social of MIZ PAS. Environmental adaptation could play a key role here. @ncn.gov.pl 👉https://tinyurl.com/yy9kp2ab

Do we really know how plastic ant species are to accurately determine their capacity of stablishing in a new habitat? The curious journey of an ant colony in our new paper 👉🏼 zenodo.org/records/1751... 🐜🐜🐜 #ants #pets #formicarium #ecology #animal_trade

💡 New paper co-auth. by MIZ! By altering the physical and chemical properties of the soil, soil-nesting ants can shape the biodiversity of soil microarthropods — a key role for conserving urban biodiversity. 🐜More info 👉 www.mdpi.com/3547020 #UrbanEcosystems #Ants #SoilMicroarthropods #Conservation

Getting the nest ready during rainy days... Gomiomma hispanicum in Espartinas, Seville, Spain #nesting #ants #after_rain #iberian_ants

The next IGUE #UrbanEcology seminar will take place in three weeks' time, on 20 November at 16:30 CET. It will be delivered by @trigos-peral.bsky.social 🐜🌇 from @mizpas.bsky.social Scan the QR to save the event in your calendar or save the link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

Hidden in museum drawers for 100+ years, Africa’s mysterious Eurynotina beetles finally tell their story - uncovered by our researchers, Marcin Kamiński and Ryan Lumen, using DNA from century-old specimens. 🧬🪲 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/syen... #taxonomy #beetles #ancientDNA

Did you know that soil-nesting ants can reshape the soil they live in? 🐜 By changing its physico-chemical properties of the soil properties, they help sustain urban microfauna. 📢 Info in our new publication 👉 www.mdpi.com/3547020 #urban_ecosystems #ants #soil_microarthropods #conservation

Save the event in your calendar! drive.google.com/file/d/18Bk2...

We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍 Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word! Link to position description and requirements: creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/... Lab website: oriollapiedralab.com

Darwin posited that innate and learned signals could be evolutionarily related. A new paper in @natecoevo.nature.com, co-authored by Alfredo Attisano, Roman Gula & Jörn Theuerkauf of @mizpas.bsky.social, demonstrates that a learned brood parasite vocalisation induces an innate response in the host.

Join the upcoming on-line MIZ PAS seminar! 👉When: 10th Oct (Friday), 12:00 pm CET 👉Speaker: Dr Grzegorz Neubauer, MIZ PAS @mizpas.bsky.social 👉Title: "50 years of Białowieża Forest bird studies: past, present, future” 👉Link: tinyurl.com/3jztwhyk Everyone is welcome! #ornithology #forest

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position. The snapping shut of the trap is one of the fastest measured animal movements.

1/2🧵In 2024 we took the first photo shoot ever of the #ant Formica parlaugubris, in order to support our #SciComm activity 🐜📸 A huge thank to the naturalistic photographer ©Iacopo Nerozzi for these outstanding pics. #bugsky @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sib.swiss

(1) So happy to share our recent work on Finish wood ants 🐜🧬🥳 "Evidence for climate-mediated range expansion of hybrid wood ants" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @helsinki.fi & @uvapress.bsky.social This integrative project was funded by the Research Council Finland & #MSCA of the European Comission

Here are the Kutter price winners for the 2025 meeting of the Central European IUSSI #CEIUSSI25: Best talk: Marie Christine Seidel, Julius Kühn Institut Best poster: Devashree Joglekar, University of Regensburg Congratulations to both of you!

#CEIUSSI25 day three: Plenary by Olli Loukola

#ceiussi25 is off to a good start: Magdalena Witek gives a plenary talk on Myrmica parasites

The Central European IUSSI meeting is on its way - first plenary by Eva Schultner #ceiussi25

One of the largest longhorn beetles in Europe was showing up today during the field work! Prionus coriarius (tanner beetle). 🪳🪳🪳 Id. Karol Szawaryn

Just found this publication... it's so exciting! phys.org/news/2025-07...

Great team and great working day! @monitant.bsky.social

Boom-and-bust dynamics can be misleading when evaluating the course of an invasion. The invasive ant Lasius neglectus is a prime example: once believed to be collapsing, it has quietly expanded its presence across Warsaw 🐜🐜🐜 👉🏼 bioone.org/journals/pol...

@monitant.bsky.social brings me back to the forest to enjoy these fascinating creatures—the Red Wood Ants! These ants act as natural pest control, serve as host species for many myrmecophiles, and are keystone organisms of forests. Yet, their existence is endangered. Aren’t they worth protecting?! 🐜

Excited to share an incredible research that brings together all the essentials for success: outstanding researchers leading the way and strong international collaboration. It’s been an honor to be part of it. Now… dive in and enjoy—I’m sure you’ll find it fascinating! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🌲Exciting Summer internship in Warsaw for Students! 🐜 Dive into the fascinating world of forest ant ecology while completing your university internship! Don't miss this unique opportunity to gain valuable field experience and expand your knowledge. Check the details below 👇🏼

Did you know about these tiny shiny ants (red arrow) living with wood ants (blue arrow)? They are Shining Guest Ants (Formicoxenus) and we have recently discovered that a wood ant nest can be home to several genetically distinct colonies of these 'guests'! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... 1/5

Full professor of insect behavioural physiology anyone?

It's time to talk about social insects! 🐜🐝 This summer, the Central European section of IUSSI is holding its conferences in Szeged. Registration is already open! More info 👉🏼 ce-iussi-meeting-szeged2025.iussi.de

🌱 “Soil is a living entity: the crucible of life, a seething, breathing entity.” —James Nardi

Thrilled to lead the afternoon ant group at V Bioblitz_UPO again! A fantastic experience with passionate ant enthusiasts and exciting discoveries. Thanks to everyone who made it so special! ! 🐜✨ @observationes.bsky.social and @juliorabadan.bsky.social 🐜🐜🐜 #citizen_science #biodiversity #ants

So ready for tomorrow!!! 🐜🌳🐝🦎🕷️🍄🪻🍀🐁🐇🐍🐢🐦‍⬛🦗🪲🦟🪳🪰🐞🦋

Eresus sandaliatus in Poland. Such a 🕷️ cute spider! More info in Fragmenta Faunística Link 👉🏼 www.rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publi...

Looking at future career paths but not sure where to start? Visit the link below to learn more about different #careers you can delve into and uncover hidden opportunities within #entomology 🦋 buff.ly/sliPH6N 📸 Mole cricket foreleg (c) Ángel Plata Sánchez

An incredible experience with the brilliant researchers of the MonitAnt project!!! I truly believe this study holds the power to build a better future 🌲🐜🌲 Haven’t heard about it yet? Check info 👉 www.monitant.de/project/

Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎 blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...

Reconsidering warming effects on seedling recruitment in Tibetan Plateau's alpine meadows via open-top chamber experiments 🌱🌏 Suggests future studies should optimize experimental designs to minimize precipitation interception 🌧️🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

A great opportunity for a 3-years postdoc on Ecogeographical rules in mammal evolution! Info 👉🏼 www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Last chance to submit a symposium proposal is tomorrow!

Interesting study and worrying information... Conservation is really threatened... conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

It might be of your interest: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Evolutionary Genomics & Insect Biodiversity The Strickland Lab seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with an interest in integrative evolutionary biology to join the team. Contact them for info lynettestrickland.weebly.com

Something to read and think about... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

It might be of your interest... 😉 jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/c64a6156...

ESEB 2025! And evolutionary congress organised this year in Barcelona (Spain). More info 👉🏼 eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

Three PhD position in agroecology at the University of Hohenheim. Are you interested? Info here 👉🏼 www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...

One of the ecological threats in urban areas is invasive species. The threat increases with the presence of multiple invasive ant species. 🐜 Given their dominance, is this co-occurrence feasible? How does it happen? #Urban #invasive_species #ants We tell you here 👉🏼 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🐜🐝🦎👩‍🔬