Jaguar temple at Lamanai Archaeological Reserve.

Hello old friend!
Bring on the #bats

There is definitely a 3rd person when we do it to take notes, etc. Why your admin isn't doing this is strange!

Happy #BatAppreciationDay!

Screenshot of PDF of the Special Issue Commentary, 'Comparative and evolutionary perspectives on the integrative biology of exercise', by Monica A. Daley, Erika J. Eliason, Christopher G. Guglielmo and Natalie Holt. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252325. doi:10.1242/jeb.252325. The first sentence reads: 'Understanding how animals achieve movement and athletic performance in varied conditions requires integration across physiological systems and structural scales from molecules to ecosystems'.

Understanding how animals perform bouts of physical activity involves integration across scales & physiological systems. In their Commentary the Guest Editors of the Integrative Biology of Exercise SI highlight 5 themes, bridging fields & scales of study
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Kitty is helping 😹

ECR Spotlight – Giulia Rossi ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...

Also, make sure to check out the Early Career Researcher Spotlight featuring recent PDF in the lab, @giuliarossi.bsky.social! Keep an eye on this up and coming leader in our field!
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New review article from the lab! In addition to discussing relatively easily studied hovering animals (hummingbirds, nectar bats), we call for further work studying energetics/fuel use in other nectar and fruit-feeders! With @giuliarossi.bsky.social @utscbiology.bsky.social @utsc.utoronto.ca 🦇🧪

As spring slowly arrives, you've undoubtedly walked through slushy, flooded portions of your yard or the local park. Queen bees are burried down in the leaf litter, or just underground, under your soaking feet.

How do they make it through that? Now we know some of their secrets!

What I love about this work, by friend Charles Darveau at U Ottawa and team, is that it came about because of an accident. Condensation caused flooding in a few tubes holding diapaused queens. Researchers feared they were dead....but then they "woke up"!

Bumblebee Queens Can Breathe Underwater

Overwintering bumble🐝 queens can survive submersion for days and can even breath (a little) under water.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/s...

Great work by Alejo Rico-Guevara and team! Though, even the slender-tongued, specialized nectar 🦇s take insects regularly as part of their diet. Gotta get that protein somehow!

Opening remarks of the annual meeting of the #ontariobatnetwork from Toronto Zoo CEO Dolf DeJong.

Is "What the f**k" a statement or a question?

A running vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) runs on a specially-sized treadmill. (C) Price Sewell

I gotta.

Here’s how honeyeaters and other birds thrive on sugary diets Birds that feed on nectar or fruit evolved better mechanisms for managing metabolism, blood pressure and high glucose.

Sunbirds are red.
Hummingbirds look like jewels.
Birds can eat tons of sugar
With the right DNA tools.

www.sciencenews.org/article/bird...

Damn straight they did.

Assistant Professor-Department of Biology (Zoologist) Assistant Professor-Department of Biology (Zoologist)

New Faculty Positions opening up at Wilfrid Laurier University!
Integrative Organismal Zoologist:
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

Microbial Systems:
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

Computational Ecology/Modelling Biologist:
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

Biochemistry:
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Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.

There’s a wolf in LA for the first time in 100 years. A collared gray wolf entered the mountains of north Los Angeles County yesterday. Known as “BEY03F” she traveled hundreds of miles from her pack in Plumas County crossing highways, mountains, creeks and valleys.

www.latimes.com/environment/...

The Toronto Zoo is hiring a seasonal research assistant in their Nutrition Science group. Experience with wild animal feeding/handling is preferred! DM me for more details or questions.
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I'll try the "punk IPA!"

🤣🤣🤣 Not related to the current news, thankfully!

Universities embracing generative AI be like:

Buster from the tv show ‘Arrested Development’ holding an arm full of plushies while he looks at his mother Lucille, saying, “these are my awards, mother, from FIFA.“

Who has made this 🤣

Yes, clearly multiple someones were not paying attention. Just galling since I spend so much effort on my own manuscripts, on reviews, and on my editorial activities.

I'm not the most productive researcher out there by a long shot. But, that time and effort is worth not publishing slop.

Cripes?! How did this get through the review process in the first place?

Close-up of a fly resting on a green leaf with text announcing a Scientific Editor job opening at Canadian Science Publishing.

Join our wonderful #PeerReview team! We’re looking for a Scientific Editor to help uphold rigorous peer review and support our editors, reviewers, and authors. Applications are now open.

Apply now 📚▶️ https://ow.ly/1ziL50XulU8

#ScienceJobs #NowHiring

In 1996, almost thirty years ago, Stephan Clemens & Wolfgang Barz described a methylenedioxy bridge formation reaction, converting calycosin to pseudobaptigenin. Today, we have identified the enzyme catalyst from red clover! 🍀 @UTSC @UtscBiology
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

@utoronto.ca announces funding for 100 new PDFs across the university. @utsc.utoronto.ca get 3/year. CAD$80K/year + CAD$10K/year in research funds. Read more here: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/grad-edu/res...