Just south of the #Arctic Circle, we studied Red-necked #Phalaropes and uncovered that females arrive at the breeding grounds before males. And it’s not because they’re in better condition. The real mechanism remains a mystery...
ornisfennica.journal.fi/article/view...

Sperm sequencing reveals extensive positive selection in the male germline - Nature A combination of whole-genome NanoSeq with deep whole-exome and targeted NanoSeq is used to accurately characterize mutation rates and genes under positive selection in sperm cells.

Now published! Our paper on:
(1) Accurate sequencing of sperm at scale
(2) Positive selection of spermatogenesis driver mutations across the exome
(3) Offspring disease risks from male reproductive aging
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Some papers arrive too early for their time.
Craig (1987) saw in a spider’s body size the seeds of diversification itself—an idea both simple and radical.
Evolutionary biology is still catching up.
doi.org/10.1086/284622

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

What if sheet-web weaving acted as a diversification engine in #spiders. Unlike costly orb/space webs, sheets are cheap, flexible, and protective. Strikingly, 25 of 112 families (≈22%) are sheet-web weavers, the largest guild. Coincidence? Tree from Cardoso + doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021710

beautiful!

in the backyard of a jail in Hungary

Some photos of beautiful odonata that I took today in Harta 29 August 2025 #Hungary #dragonfly #odonata #nature

Too many male animals in #zoos could hamper #conservation of #endangered species, warn scientists

@sandiegozoo.bsky.social #species360 #iucn
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

Working on #protogyny in the Red-necked #phalarope got me thinking that some day I'm going to do the same map but for this species

New distribution models for Icelandic waders show how temperate to arctic species overlap across climatic and environmental gradients. Led by Dr. Verónica Méndez
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@wildlifebiology.bsky.social
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds #ConservationScience🌍