Authors of new paper on Orb-Weaver #spiders building 'fake spiders' in their webs discuss their work in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyS...

Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green #Bats? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...

An apparently invasive island iguana, slated for eradication, actually arrived from mainland Mexico over 400,000 years ago: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Interesting paper that documents, with data, a phenomenon we all know it's real link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Fox et al. The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🌱🦋 Urban parks are critical for butterfly´ trait diversity! 🌐 Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎 👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology

Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉 BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part: 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How can we make scientific events such as #conferences more #inclusive? Read about the study we conducted during #Behaviour2023 as a nice and concise summary in the press-release here 👉 aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2025/10/06/r...

How should ejaculate ejection behaviour by females be measured? And does it correlate with female pre-mating preference? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Nice to have this article on Grebe diets in Lake Titicaca out as a Nature Note in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #ornithology #natural_history

Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @dmdominoni.bsky.social #owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise

New manuscript out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social, led by my grad student Anais. We collated data from thousands of recent animal pop-gen studies to test 3 simple hypotheses: does genomic (1) diversity decrease (yes), (2) differentiation increase (yes), both with increased IUCN-endangerment?

An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

Two new studies from our site show that 1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025) doi.org/10.3897/neob... 2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025) doi.org/10.1002/ece3... 🌱🍃

1st recordings of vocal behavior in female Albert's lyrebird, from @drbackhouse.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social 🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction 🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics

☀️New Paper!☀️ In @ecol-evol.bsky.social Dwarf mongooses lose body mass in hot weather due to limited behavioural plasticity With top co-authors: @josharbon.bsky.social, Amy Morris-Drake, @juliekern.bsky.social, @andyradford.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71963 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🧵⬇️

doi.org/10.1002/ece3... With great pleasure, I announce that another chapter of my doctoral thesis has been published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social. In our study, we explored how bird diversity varies with altitude—taxonomically, functionally, and phylogenetically—on Mt. Cameroon

✨ New paper out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! Sequel to Coralcraft, our 3D model annacresswell.bsky.social 🪸 We found there is no "one-size-fits-all" way to measure #habitatcomplexity on coral reefs. #Coral community composition and #morphology matter! 🐠 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Our #OpenAccess paper showing no trends in photoperiod sensitivity in germination 🌱 & flowering time 🌸 across a range of predictors out now in @ecol-evol.bsky.social Led by brilliant Honours student Ashika and my first 'senior author' paper 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ever wondered what a jaguar’s love life looks like? Neither had we — until we captured the first-ever video of jaguar mating in the wild, featuring a rare black jaguar. 🐆😍🐈‍⬛ 🧪🌏🌐🍁. Check out the full video here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife

Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology

From the forest floor to the canopy, bats keep rainforest vines genetically connected through pollination 🦇 Check out our new paper published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @katrinheer.bsky.social

From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery - Oeggerli - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #IndigenousScience #EcoEvo

The BOU being so on it they beat me to posting about our own paper! Any folk interested in using bioacoustics to monitor petrels/ #seabirds do get in touch- we're continuing this work at @btoscotland.bsky.social and always keen for more collaborations in this emerging field

By far my favorite paper this year. A collaboration between Mapuche elders—including Machi Patricia—and ecologists, reflecting on building trust and shared understanding in the face of environmental crisis. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧵

Very excited to announce my first paper! With @sjportugal.bsky.social, published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 🧪🌍 We studied how flocks of homing pigeons change their flight in response to different ground cover, with some surprising results... doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #movementecology #ornithology

"Observation of a radio-telemetered female Burmese python that ingested an adult white-tailed deer, retained the deer within the digestive tract for 10 days, and then vomited the deer...The python survived the vomiting and was alive at the time of publication" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨 New paper led by @michakoehlerbotany.bsky.social in @ecol-evol.bsky.social‬ 🍃 We found that the communities of foliar endophytic fungi are driven by leaf traits and intraindividual trait variability 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @treedi.bsky.social @geobotanymluhalle.bsky.social (1/7)

Faeces, Feathers and Flight: Understanding of Escape Behaviour in Incubating Eurasian Woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

Videos reveal behavior within a mountain lion nursery: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #MountainLion

Publication alert! ✨ Our recent paper in Ecology & Evolution addresses how to make conferences more inclusive. We collected observational and experimental data during Q&A sessions at the Behaviour 2023 congress hosted by Bielefeld University, and circulated a survey among conference attendees [1/4]

New PhD student paper! Social conformity in lateralisation in guppies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by Iestyn L. Penry-Williams, with Culum Brown #openaccess at @ecol-evol.bsky.social

📣 New #genomics paper on the #microbiota dynamics across different tick species under contrasting spatial and environmental contexts, published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social by @britishecologicalsociety.org onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our new OA paper with Juri Felix and @philstevenson.bsky.social is out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We explored the role of leaf traits in driving genotypic diversity-mediated associational effects in silver birch #TreeDivNet 🌳🍁🌍🧪https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71768

Thrilled to say the first chapter of my PhD is out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How do nocturnal animals like bats inhabiting northern latitudes adapt to reduced foraging times in summer due to short light nights? New paper from @marifjelldal.bsky.social @clarestawski.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Coastal Shorebirds Delay Maturity More Than Inland Ones: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology

The most commonly sighted shark species in Norfolk Marine Park use the region in different ways: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... New study led by Jordan Matley @parksaustralia.bsky.social @imos-aus.bsky.social

Proud to share our newest gecko paper published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We raised geckos either with or without their parents and found some effects on the development of behaviour and cognition! Read the rest here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

🚨NEW🦈PAPER🚨 Excited to announce my first publication with @drcatmac.bsky.social on the ontogenetic and seasonal trophic ecology of great hammerheads around the Biscayne Bay nursery! Linked below onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How do birds adapt to nesting on solar panels? In our new paper, we explored how American robins use photovoltaic (PV) arrays as habitat—and how they change their nesting strategy depending on the type of solar infrastructure. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Julie Fortin delivers on innovative use of repeat photography for tracking songbird diversity in a mountain landscape. Research done while a MSc student in the School of Environmental Studies @uvic.ca

Excited to share this ms in @ecol-evol.bsky.social looking at ringed seal populations using aerial surveys conducted from low-Arctic Hudson Bay (59N) to the Last Ice Area in the high-Arctic Lincoln Sea (83N) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Peering Into the Past Century of Mountain Diversity Change by Uniting Two Modes of Remote Sensing. New from @juliefortin.bsky.social, @random-blackbear.bsky.social & @ehiggs.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology

Out now at @ecol-evol.bsky.social, we review different approaches to model mark-recapture data in #Jags and #Nimble, discuss their pros and cons, and compare their speed. We hope it will be useful to researchers willing to learn about CMR and/or speed up their models! doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

A Boa constrictor mating aggregation of 5 males and 1 female provides evidence for polyandry: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #snakes #herpetology

Prevalence and Diversity of Haemosporidian–Associated Matryoshka RNA Viruses in a Natural Population of Wild Birds | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

Anthropogenic Nest Cavities Used by Snow Buntings in an Urban Arctic Landscape. New from @birdbiologist.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology

🐋 WHALE PAPER ALERT! 🐋 My 2nd #PhD Chapter is now out #OpenAccess in @ecol-evol.bsky.social where we built a 11,700 year-long ecological baseline of #bowhead whales in the #Arctic Thread 1/🐋