If asexuals are doomed💀 but sex is costly⚡️ Why aren’t flexible strategies more common? 🤷‍♀️ Maybe it’s a trap!

We review #SexualConflict in facultative parthenogens 🐛🕷️🦐🦎 and how it might help explain the paradox of sex

#Evolution #Parthenogenesis #StickInsects #Opiliones

Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review Theory predicts that facultatively asexual animals, which can leverage the advantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction, should outcompete obligately sexual and obligately asexual animals. Yet,....

Another chapter of my PhD at @unswbees.bsky.social is out!! 🎉 #OpenAccess with
@nathwilliamb.bsky.social & Russell Bonduriansky in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Calling all evolutionary biologists! 🧬
AES 2025 | UQ Brisbane | 1–3 Oct
Early-bird registration close 1 Sept
aes.corsizio.com/event/685405...
#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #AusSci

Dead fish amongst algal bloom

Man-made, inevitable, and likely to recur regularly without major action, that is how the @biodivcouncil.bsky.social has labelled the catastrophic toxic algal bloom impacting 500 km of South Australia’s coastline.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/2ebyswcz

#algalbloom #climatecrisis

Tailspot Blenny Ecsenius stigmatura by LagunaticPhoto

July Editor's Choice article: "Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes"

Lucas Eckert, Jessica S Miller, John L Fitzpatrick, Sigal Balshine, Benjamin M Bolker

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@lucaseckert.bsky.social @bbolker.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...

Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Obsidian Bases + Obsidian Web Clipper is the web archival tool I always wanted

replaces my read-it-later app and saves everything to local markdown files

Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming - Nature A 4 °C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits.

@nature.com has just published online our new paper!🎉🐸🌡️Lead by @patricepottier.bsky.social and supervised by myself and @itchyshin.bsky.social: in this massive research effort we overcome several common convictions related to the topics we studied. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here are take-homes.

Fantastic, thank you!!:)

An image of a young kookaburra with the text "Funding opportunities for ecologists"

Image of a small marsupial and the text "Deadline extended! This $3500 award supports an Honours or Masters level student researching issues important to forest management and sustainability. Applications close 11:59pm AEST | FRIDAY | 14 March 2025"

Image of gumtrees at sunset with the text "Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Round 1 funding is now open. The ESA is thrilled to partner with the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment and invite applications for post-graduate student research support in ecology, wildlife management and natural history studies. Applications close 11:59pm AEST | Monday | 31 March 2025"

Image of a seahorse with the text "Applications for the Jill Landsberg Trust Fund Scholarship are now open. The award comprises of a grant of $6,000 to support the field-based research of a postgraduate student working in applied ecology. The scope of research is open to terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecology. Applications close 11:59pm AEST | Wednesday | 30 april 2025"

Exciting news – new funding opportunities are now available! Whether you’re working on forest management, wildlife management, or marine ecology, this is your chance to secure the resources you need.⁠

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#Ecology #Scholarships #Grants #FundingOpportunities

Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!)

royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Hi Hannah, thanks for creating this! Could you please add me if not too late?

I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one!

If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.

go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x

Hi bluesky! Just got here from "the bad place." Looking forward to reconnecting with everyone and chatting about science and bugs!

The SSE logo. A silhouette of a person giving a virtual talk with a microphone and laptop. Text: Virtual Evolution 2025 W. D. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, Register and apply by April 15.

Are you a grad student attending #Evol2025, virtually or in person? Submit your talk for the SSE Hamilton Award! Finalists will present during the virtual portion of the meeting on May 29-30. Apply during registration by April 15! https://buff.ly/3QI1ZJj @evolmtg.bsky.social

REGISTER NOW: Register now: eseb2025.com/registration/

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Are you a grad student or postdoc who would like to attend in-person #Evol2025? SSE offers registration waivers for those who need additional funding to attend the meeting. Complete the short application form by March 15: buff.ly/4gSSKk5
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