Here are the accounts I interacted with the most on Bluesky in 2025 in terms of overall engagements: 1. @socialinsectlab.bsky.social 2. @dimitriforero.bsky.social 3. @askaubry.com 4. @twenseleers.bsky.social 5. @hannahdugdale.bsky.social See yours here: anisota.net/harvest

Harmony in the hive? Think again! 🐝⚔️ Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown! Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵

I just found out: The University in Mainz where I work for the last two years as postdoc has the Universidad del Norte in my home country as a sister university! The Colombian flags made me notice! What a nice surprise #cienciacriolla

As part of @react-enlight.bsky.social we have a public lecture next Thursday on the evolution of ageing across the tree of life by @yagmurerten.bsky.social, come along! 👇

We are hiring!! #job Interested in #Ageing #Evolution #Ants #Single-cell 🐜🧬 Check our call, we offer a PhD position at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz! check the link www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...

💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

If you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15! (You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...

Coca-Cola bajo la lupa 🚨: en La Calera la empresa habría cubierto con cemento siete manantiales de los que capta agua desde 1983. La representante María del Mar Pizarro denunció que la CAR permitió a la multinacional explotar el recurso por más de 40 años, a pesar de las irregularidades. 🤯

Abstract submissions are now open for the 20th IUSSI Congress in Freiburg, Germany, from 16-20 August 2026. Submit by 31 Dec 2025. More info: https://iussi2026.org/ #conference

Look at this crazy thing! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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

Thanks to Sofia and May Sheday for the courageous and inspiring talks! The scientific world cannot remain silent @eseb2025.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #inclusivity 🏳️‍🌈 #transrights 🏳️‍⚧️ #freepalestine 🇵🇸

Last round of posters for our group today at @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Go and check for Clarita (@clariona.bsky.social) a the poster 047, you will found out more about cool ant brains! She will be there from 5 pm onwards! Bring a glass of sangria and your questions! 🐜🧠🍷 #ESEB #ESEB2025

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Join the GUTENBERG WORKSHOP on the Evolution of Ageing! Organizers: Margaux Bieuville, @kokkonut.bsky.social and Victor Ronget @unimainz.bsky.social, and eivimeycook.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Info at gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/evolution-ag... #ageing #evolution #lifesciences

Our fellow PhD students Clarita Mendes (@clariona.bsky.social), Giulia Blasi and Amirhossein Karimizadeh, and Dr. Tom Sistermans will be there at the poster session in the Expo area at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Go and check their posters! #ESEB #ESEB2025 More details below👇

@jaimesnino.bsky.social, @giuliascarparo.bsky.social and Susanne Foitzik from our group @unimainz.bsky.social will give a talk at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Check the calendar below for more details! #ESEB2025 #ESEB 🐜🐜🐜

Come and see my talk at the #ESEB2025 next Tuesday 3:15 PM (ROOM 129+130), on our efforts to understand reproduction and aging in ant colonies!

Breaking news: Álvaro Uribe, one of the most influential leaders in Colombian history, was found guilty of bribery in criminal proceedings, becoming the country’s first former president to be convicted in a criminal trial.

Do you know that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) viscosity in ants is bi-phasic? It might help to maintain both communication and waterproofing function when temperature changes! Check out a new paper from our group @unimainz.bsky.social ❄️🐜🐜☀️ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Over 50 researchers from over 25 countries have made this possible. Almost 10 years of work. I have 23,062 emails on this project. It is wonderful to see this published and I hope you enjoy it. There’s a lot on genome evolution in ants and much much more.

Spontaneous field trip to Leiden, Netherlands to collect Cardiocondyla obscurior 🐜. We hit the jackpot with >20 colonies in the botanic gardens 😍. Also this cool frog! @jaimesnino.bsky.social @mlitto.bsky.social

How C. elegans feels in @odedrechavi.bsky.social 's lab:

Always a pleasure hanging out with ant enthusiasts 🐜 @jaimesnino.bsky.social @jannelrinke.bsky.social @haplodiploid.bsky.social @mlitto.bsky.social @clariona.bsky.social @bchitadze.bsky.social #cologneinternationalforum

New research article! 📰 @jaimesnino.bsky.social & Oettler discovered that ant queens show no heritability in fertility/lifespan, but reveal surprising anti-aging mechanisms ⏳ 🔗https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01032-2 #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Genetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Heritability

Join us in #Köln! @Simo and @jaimesnino.bsky.social will be discussing what makes #ants such an interesting taxa! And insights on our own research on #socialevolution, #genome #evolution, #aging, and #developmental processes! 6 June 2025 - 6 p.m - International House cif.uni-koeln.de/events

What scientists know as "mites" is almost certainly an artificial taxonomic group, according to recent phylogenetic analyses and studies using advanced microscopic techniques.

Only one week left to apply to join our new lab at @sgn.one in Frankfurt am Main! Are you interested in #fossil #plants, traits, and the #Mesozoic? www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

Dmitry Bokov is a familiar figure in threads at PubPeer & ForBetterScience: pubpeer.com/search?q=aut... forbetterscience.com/tag/dmitry-b... The outside world finally noticed his papermill activities: theins.ru/en/news/280722 (@forbetterscience.bsky.social is cited) H/t @retractionwatch.com.

Do you love #fossil plants? Are you searching for a #PhD position? I am recruiting a doctoral student to join my group at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt/M! Deadline on the 11th of May #paleobotany #paleontology #plants #botany www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

Check our newest work on cooperative transport on the #invasive yellow crazy #ant! doi.org/10.1007/s000... #OpenAccess #animal #behavior and the #SciencePerspective of Gil-Hoed our first author insectessociaux.com/2025/03/20/a...