A collage of 1) a meerkat in the Kalahari desert, wearing a tracking collar while stood beside the entrance to its burrow, 2) a 3D scan of a subterranean burrow, 3) a map showing burrow locations and their usage patterns.

🚨 Please share: PhD opportunity

🐾 Mapping the Manor: How are the lives of meerkats shaped by their sleeping & breeding burrows? 🐾

💡 Big ecological Qs
📡 Geophysical scanning
🌍 Field ecology & behaviour
📊 Big data & code

with me & @geophysics-adam.bsky.social
APPLY www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Treetop toilets may act as communication hubs across mammal species The strangler fig is a keystone species in the tropics, providing food and shelter, and a place to poop for 17 different mammal species.

I got to write about mammals pooping up in the branches of strangler figs in Costa Rica! This was SUCH fun.

A few things that didn't make it into the story:

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Figure demonstrating how the ordering of temperatures through time determines whether an ectothermic population experiencing those temperatures will go extinct

Thrilled to share that my first dissertation chapter is now published at Ecology! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

We embed TPCs into population dynamics to show how changing temperatures' ordering — not just its distribution — increases extinction risk (i.e. heatwaves matter!)

@esajournals.bsky.social

Only one week left to apply for the full professorship in Experimental Biodiversity Research at our institute @unituebingen.bsky.social ! Please re-post.

Any ECRs interested in joining a journal editorial board? I’m leaving an associate editor position due to upcoming maternity leave and other commitments and am happy to offer suggestions to the journal for a relacement. Broad zoology remit, reasonable workload.

"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."

Call your Program Officer Yes, you. Schedule a phone call. This is the hidden curriculum.

Wondering what you shouldn't say in a proposal? Call your program officer.

Wondering what happened in panel? Call your program officer.

Wondering how the latest federal stuff may affect your proposal? Call your program officer.

Call your PO. 🧪

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Job opening! Asst/Assoc Prof (TT) in Forest Ecology at McGill University in Canada. mcusercontent.com/1319f832ffab...

Two PhD Research Fellows in Fish Physiology (298755) | University of Bergen Job title: Two PhD Research Fellows in Fish Physiology (298755), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026

Two PhD positions in fish physiology with an amazing supervisor, @rachaelmorgan.bsky.social ! 🧪🐟

Tell your friends!

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Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhD

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us

❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world

👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity

📆19th April deadline
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#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia

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The University of Maine Honors College seeks a full-time Lecturer [teaching-focused position w/ 4/4 load]. Begins Fall 2026.
Expertise/field open. Should be "a dynamic and effective teacher... committed to student development and mentorship"
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A card announcing the call for papers stating 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction Guest Editors: Etya Amsalem, Tony D. Williams and Kathryn Wilsterman. Submission deadline: 30 June 2026' with the Journal of Experimental Biology logo and the logo for the Special Issue containing an egg cell surrounded by eight sperm cells. The eighth sperm, on the top right, is penetrating the egg.

We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the reproductive process, from mate selection, mating pregnancy/egg-laying through parental care
deadline 30 June

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The strange animals that control their body heat Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, floods and predators

In humans, body temperature is strictly controlled, deviating only a degree or two from the standard 98.6 (although today's average human temp may actually be slightly lower), but many mammals are more flexible. I loved learning about heterothermy in lots of weird little mammals for this piece 🧪🦊

Want to think differently about the science of ecology?

Join us at this conference this summer!

✳️ #SpecialIssue call for papers ✳️

We are accepting submissions for a NEW special issue: Applications of mechanistic #modelling in biodiversity conservation 🖥️🌎

Edited by Sean Tomlinson & Brian Helmuth

Full info and submission instructions ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/page...

@sebiology.bsky.social

Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review The process of peer review is vital to contemporary science, but is also under enormous strain. This study uses mathematical models to dissect the threats to the long-term viability of peer review, su...

1. Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out today PLOS Biology.

We used economic models based around screening games and the market for unpaid labor to highlight a meltdown cycle threatening peer review.

Isn’t there also a problem with giving your university log in info to a third party? How is this legal?

Sciencing for the joy of it Intrinsic motivation > extrinsic motivation. Always.

Have these Olympics been as inspirational for you as they have for me? Are they helping you find more joy? 🧪

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📣Apply to join us an Associate Editor!📣

We are seeking editors with expertise in:
🌱Below-ground processes
🔥Fire ecology
🐦️Animal ecophysiology
🌊Marine and freshwater ecology
🐝Pollination networks

And more!

See here for more info👇️
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Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

1980 Winter Olympics poster featuring Roni, raccoon mascot

THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …

I got one too and it seems like a big ask for the international scientific community.

A round brown rodent pops its head out of its burrow to look and listen for danger. Image Credit: Bernie CC 1.0 Source: Wikimedia Commons

As per always on this most holy of mammal holidays, Groundhog's Day, March Mammal Madness launches our annual tournament page! #2026MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

I once watched the movie with a new colleague at a field site. They didn’t laugh once. It was not a good sign of things to come!

Message in a bottle Stories on how The Company of Biologists supports the biological community

Throughout the year, our community has been sharing stories with us about how The Company of Biologists has supported you over time. Your stories were heartfelt, and we feel grateful and humbled that we have been able to be part of your journeys. bit.ly/4q7C0Ki

Extra food buffers thermoregulatory costs during early development but does not reduce heatwave-induced mortality in nestlings of a cavity-nesting raptor Global climate change is increasing both average temperatures and the occurrence of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. These changes pose majo…

⚠️Paper out ⚠️
Here, we tested if extra feeding lesser kestrel nestlings during development (and under a heatwave) can help them deal with extreme heat. Spoiler: they really struggle. Extra food helps them grow when it’s just hot, but not under a heatwave. See 👇
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A pile of valentines, including a gulper eel saying "you make my jaw drop", a grimalditeuthis saying "I find you a-LURE-ing" a whale skeleton at the bottom of the ocean with snailfish and two octopuses making heart arms under the words "I've whale-fallen for you", and an anglerfish saying "You're my light in the darkness", and then two packs of cards that are all nice and tied up

Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends.

I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.

Send them a valentine.

It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.

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A dog in a bright orange snowsuit walking between two large snowbanks.

Snow day!!!

Baz couldn’t get back inside fast enough! Glad Neko is having fun.

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧

We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.

Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.