What Do Birds Do in Winter? (Most People Get This Wrong) YouTube video by Galactic Polymath

Do birds hibernate like bears? 🐻
Almost none do…

So how do they survive −40° winters?
Test your intuition:
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#winterbirds #birding #science #STEM
Part of our new unit "Birds in Winter" which you can check out here: teach.galacticpolymath.com 🧪🪶

Thanks, Jessie 🙏❤️

Storm-induced mass mortality results in both immediate and long-term consequences for a migratory songbird Nature Ecology & Evolution - Combining 27 years of citizen science data with whole-genome sequencing, the authors show that mass mortality of purple martins caused by a severe winter...

Spring is arriving, but there's still snow in the forecast! How do late #winter storms affect our migratory #birds? Out now in @natecoevo.nature.com, we ask that Q with 25+yrs of #CitizenScience data and ~400 museum specimens collected after the 2021 Great TX Freeze: rdcu.be/e7aUy
#EcoEvo #evolution

1/ Remember when Ted Cruz went to Cancún as the Texas power grid failed? It wasn't just the people of TX left behind, it was also the wildlife. Out now @natecoevo.nature.com, our paper led by @mstager.bsky.social & @treeswallows.bsky.social documents how bad the storms were for birds.

rdcu.be/e7aUy

Sunset sky with hundreds of birds flying around.

purple martin bird

purple martin feeding baby purple martin

One flying purple martin

A new UMass study in @natecoevo.nature.com has found how many purple martins died in The Great Texas Freeze of 2021—and how long recovery may take.

https://bit.ly/40JO1eK

We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

A flyer for the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Research Experience for Undergraduates with images of students doing hands-on lab work, kayaking, and presenting their research. Flyer text below: Research Experience for Undergraduates Marine Science Fellowships 25 May - 31 July 2016 Eight undergraduate fellowships • Ecology of marine and estuarine invertebrates & fishes • Marsh & seagrass ecology • Microbial ecology • Molecular biology and genetics • Biogeochemistry • Benthic ecology • Physical oceanography • Toxicology • Plankton ecology • Marine mammal ecology • Aquatic animal medicine On-site housing Travel & food allowance $7,000 stipend Research experience with a faculty mentor Professional development Field trips DISLREU@disl.edu Dauphin Island Sea Lab 101 Bienville Blvd Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Phone: 251-861-2141 Funded by: NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Apply Today: www.disl.edu/univ-prog/nsf-reu Students at 2 or 4 year colleges & universities, nontraditional, veterans, and all others are encouraged to apply

✨🌊Marine Science research opportunity for undergraduates🌊✨

Join us summer 2026 at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, located on the beautiful Gulf coast of Alabama. Housing & stipend provided.

More at www.disl.edu/univ-prog/ns...

@disealab.bsky.social #NSF #REU #UndergraduateResearch

The Sudmant Lab & Wilsterman Lab are hiring a postdoc! Come work on the genetics and evolution of the placenta and dissecting genetic adaptations to altitude in deer mice!

Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

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www.thewilstermanlab.com

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Fig. 1 from the article: Three potential processes resulting in two species with different nonbreeding strategies: (A) nonbreeding adaptive divergence arises after complete reproductive isolation. (B) Diverging lineages evolve nonbreeding divergence during a period of allopatry. Scenario (C) is a proposed model of sympatric speciation via the evolution of novel nonbreeding strategies. Alternatively, in scenario (D), divergence in nonbreeding strategies arises but does not precipitate reproductive isolation.

NEW MINI-REVIEW: examining how non-breeding ecology and migration shape reproductive isolation and population structure, synthesizing recent findings on song variation, habitat effects, migration shifts, and hybrid fitness.

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#ornithology #birds #speciation #moult 🪶

There is still time (until 25 Nov) to apply for this #postdoc position 🐦. Get in touch if you have questions. Details 👇 @erc.europa.eu @evoldir.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social

Join Us The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...

Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html

a couple of individually marked godwits. Photo by J. Seenstra

Want your modelling to save birds? PhD with me at UvA (Amsterdam): build spatial integrated population model for black-tailed godwits with world-class dataset and strong team here & @birdeyes-gfn.bsky.social/RUG). werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Apply by 1 Dec 2025: #Ecology #Bayesian #Conservation

Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...