I NEED HELP!
Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats!
I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again!
Please circulate widely!
A northern flicker perched on the bow of a vessel
Never thought l'd take my best northern flicker photo ever offshore on the deck of a vessel! 🪶🌿 We've had some interesting bird visitors, mostly migrators likely enjoying a platform to rest on mid-journey. Highlights included a palm warbler, a savannah sparrow, and a ruby-crowned kinglet.
Why don't you see penis bones in #museums?
I spoke to @iflscience.com about how museums have been deliberately modifying the anatomy of their specimens: they knowingly mislead visitors about what most male mammal skeletons look like, as I wrote in #NaturesMemory:
www.iflscience.com/the-majority...
I can now introduce myself as Dr. Barton!!!!
Talented American animal artist Dorothy Pulis Lathrop was born on this date in 1891. Just look at this charming crayon drawing of a flying squirrel from the late 1930s:
🧵 Very proud our special collection on vocal communication in corvids in Animal Cognition (@springernature.com) is now fully published! 🐦
Huge thanks to all collaborators and contributors who made this possible! (1/15)
link.springer.com/collections/...
A quick photo of a Great Tit nest in Wytham Woods, taken during standard nest-monitoring protocol. A female Great Tit lying to one side on the nest, with three eggs and two just hatched nestlings visible in a nest constructed of moss and animal hair
First sight of a new generation... The first Great Tit eggs have hatched in Wytham Woods this morning.
Weecology is hiring a postdoc to work with my long-term, large-scale Everglades wading bird project. We have data on nest effort at multiple spatial scales over 30+ years for multiple species. We also do fun stuff w/ drones. Sound interesting? See our ad! jabberwocky.weecology.org/2026/04/15/p...
Amazing position with a great PI on a fantastic topic! 🐦 Go!
Bornean White-Bearded Gibbon. These apes have long brown fur and, like all gibbons, very long and slender limbs. Their face is black, but entirely ringed in white, particularly around their jowels and chin, hence the name. Their feet and hands are black, but this cannot be seen in the photograph
Primate Profiles #9: the very aptly named Bornean White-Bearded Gibbon
These gibbons are almost entirely arboreal, travelling up to 34mph and jumping 10m between treetops. Their butt has a layer of hardened skin which acts as a "portable cushion"!
Image: R Setiawan via iNat.org
I guess I'm Hong Kong famous ✨ interview with South China Morning Post
And oh, how self conscious I am regarding smiling in public (aaaah)
That was my approach while visiting the coast of Anglesey last week. I was very happy to be able to photograph these Nomad bees!
We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Tinbergen Prize Winner (@ethoges.bsky.social) @ahanaaurora.bsky.social
is joining our list of plenary speakers for #ECBB2026.
Great news! Our article has just been accepted for publication in the Open Access journal @peerj.bsky.social [title: Sex and spatial proximity affect ungulate behavioral synchrony] [feral cattle] led by @ghodgson.bsky.social
A green heron perches on a branch, extending its neck down in the water to catch a fish.
I would not want to be the fish this green heron was spearing from above. #BirdOfTheDay #LongNecks #birds #photography
A photo of a hairy caterpillar staring at the camera
Photo of four lantern bug silhouettes on two tree branches
A photo of a group of white aphids on a branch in a group together
Photo of a colourful small spider
Some fun beasties spotted on my last few hikes in Hong Kong! Ladybugs, ants and many a different hairy caterpillar also seen and beloved 🐛 🪲 🐞
A female kakapo on a nest facing the camera, with a young chick in front of her. Credit: Andrew Digby
This year's #kakapo breeding season has been the biggest on record:
- 256 eggs (252 in 2019)
- 148 fertile eggs (116 in 2019)
- 105 eggs hatched (86 in 2019).
It'll be 2+ months until we know how many chicks will fledge (73 in 2019). There are currently 95 alive. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds
This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.
The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
when someone says "a whole civilization will die tonight" usually you lock them up in some facility. anyway, great job, media.
A 'Dinosaur Smarties' Easter egg.
Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.
Three frogs peek their heads above the water, facing one another as though in a serious conversation or meeting. The reflections in the still water add to the serene and slightly humorous moment. The blurred green background enhances the peaceful scene.
A highly classified meeting of the Frog Council. 🐸
What have you encountered in nature this Easter weekend?
Share your snaps and stories below...
Call for applications for a Collective Behaviour Field Course in the Kalahari organised by swarm member Vlad! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity 💪
Nanotyrannus lethaeus with blue, pink and white feathers.
happy trans day of visibility!
The best fit of genetic data to a population graph of Eurasian aurochs and Sahiwal, obtained from qpGraph, involves a gene flow from Near Eastern aurochs into Holocene East Asian aurochs.
The extinct auroch had at least three subspecies, and all three contributed some ancestry to modern cattle. For example, Cai et al found East Asian cattle descend from West Eurasian cattle originally but then later admixture with the extinct East Asian auroch doi.org/10.1038/hdy.... #2026MMM
Allen's swamp monkeys (Allenopithecus nigroviridis). Endemic to DR Congo and Central African Republic. A little-studied species, they live in swamp forests and riverine habitats. Per the IUCN, swamp-dwellers are often overlooked by survey teams. Threatened by hunting. Least Concern.
Geographic contour map of the genetic relation of the extinct aurochs genome admixture with European cattle breeds. Irish and English breeds are more admixed with the ancient auroch individual than any other breed in Europe.
The extinct auroch was domesticated into modern cattle, but some modern cattle breeds are more genetically similar to the auroch. Park et all found modern British and Irish cattle are more similar to a 6,750-year-old British auroch than the other Eurasian breeds doi.org/10.1186/s130... #2026MMM
A pigeon painted on a graffiti with „why do you hate me“ in stamped letters
I don’t know, pidge. I think you’re lovely.
New #hyena study out @ecol-evol.bsky.social ! 📢🧪
What does it mean to be “high-ranking”?
And does it always predict reproductive success? 🤔
Turns out: how you *measure* rank can change the answer.
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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New OA paper @royalsocietypublishing.org: What can we learn from bonobos and bottlenose dolphins about the evolution of between-group cooperation?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Lovely collab with @lirsamuni.bsky.social Martin Surbeck and Richard Connor.