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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

[JOB!] I'm hiring for a really exciting postdoc position. A combination of breeding experiments, conservation genomics, and student mentorship. Room/board at the @amnh.org Southwestern Research Station each summer, 40 months of support, new science building at BSU. Share broadly! ad: bit.ly/4hKaUIL

A human hand holds a medium sized green frog with distinct gray spots and yellow eyes. This is a Chiricahua Leopard Frog, a threatened species native to the southwest US and Mexico.

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Janina Rinke @jannelrinke.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Excited to share that our paper on Horizontal Gene Transfer is now out in its final form in @gigascience.bsky.social! 🥳 By analysing 163 high-quality ant genomes, we show that HGT from bacteria is widespread across the ants and likely has adaptive functions! doi.org/10.1093/giga... 🐜📸: Alex Wild

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

From the abstract: “promoting a woman to Associate Professor increases female faculty by 1.5 members after 15 years, leads to six additional female PhD graduates over the following decade, and raises the number who subsequently remain in academia and reach tenured positions”

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

grateful to have received the lab's first NSF grant to study cyclical processes of speciation with new theory and tools (applied to Melanesian birds). ad to come, but I'll be looking for a postdoc with computational biology chops—please reach out! (and repost) www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

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Erika M. Santana @erikamsantana.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It was a pleasure to contribute to this amazing initiative by #ProcB. In our paper, Angela M. Mendoza-Henao, Johana Goyes Vallejos, and I provide an overview of female calling behaviour in frogs, highlighting this largely overlooked aspect of anuran behaviour. Read our paper here: bit.ly/4gT0aao

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🌿A field experiment in Mongolian grassland shows that short-term community stability can persist despite species loss, but the processes supporting it depend on which species are lost first. Non-random loss matters 👉️ buff.ly/2gFbWJF

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My summer "offices" be like... (Oh to be a pond frog 🐸) #fieldwork #phd #summer #oddjobs

Image of the Fox Pond at the Clifton Institute in Virginia, USA

Roanoke River near North Bend Campgrounds in Virginia, USA

Private pond at campgrounds in South Carolina, USA.

Pond within the Alapaha Wildlife Management Area in Georgia, USA

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Marcel Cardillo @marcelcardillo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Really nice memoriam to Robert Ricklefs by Brian McGill: dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r... Ricklefs got ecologists to think big: about the role of history, biogeography & macroevolution on ecological patterns. More than anyone, his work shaped the course of my career.

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Robert Ricklefs – in memoriam

Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…

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Tess Grainger @tessgrainger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

New paper out today in Ecology Letters! We use Modern Coexistence Theory and Metabolic Theory to get general predictions for the effect of temperature on competition. Led by brilliant postdoc @kaleighedavis.bsky.social and @joeybernhardt.bsky.social, with Po-Ju Ke, Patrick Thompson and Mary O'Connor

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General Predictions for the Effects of Warming on Competition

We combined two major theories in ecology to investigate whether warming may have general effects on competition for shared resources. We found that species' niche and fitness differences both decrea...

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"We argue that current levels of inclusion are insufficient and symbolic, and we provide constructive insights to design wider participatory approaches."

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

As we begin the 2026 field season, I am reminded just how lush & beautiful the southeastern U.S. is. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, & Florida sites nearly done. Now on to the East Coast. (All frogs were handled & released in accordance to permits) #fieldbiology #phd #research #frogs #roadtrip #UNM

Sunset over Santa Rosa county, Florida farmland.

Double rainbow over my lovely field assistant and friend.

Working with local Forest service folks to survey the health and genetic diversity of their pond frogs. Ryan is holding a southern leopard frog he just caught (his very first frog catch as an adult!) while Hannah proudly smiles at him.

Rana clamitans (Bronze/Green frog) in sandy beaches of Blackwater River State Forest.

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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

#StatsPubs No matter how many times you read it, this paper on hierarchical GAMs keeps giving. Clear model explanations together with R code (mgcv). So useful! doi.org/10.7717/peer... Thanks for writing @ericjpedersen.bsky.social, D. Miller, @gsimpson.bsky.social @noamross.net

In this paper, we discuss an extension to two popular approaches to modeling complex structures in ecological data: the generalized additive model (GAM) and the hierarchical model (HGLM). The hierarchical GAM (HGAM), allows modeling of nonlinear functional relationships between covariates and outcomes where the shape of the function itself varies between different grouping levels. We describe the theoretical connection between HGAMs, HGLMs, and GAMs, explain how to model different assumptions about the degree of intergroup variability in functional response, and show how HGAMs can be readily fitted using existing GAM software, the mgcv package in R. We also discuss computational and statistical issues with fitting these models, and demonstrate how to fit HGAMs on example data. All code and data used to generate this paper are available at: github.com/eric-pedersen/mixed-effect-gams.

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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation @moorefound.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#RequestForProposals We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue projects advancing #AquaticSymbiosis (marine + freshwater). Areas of interest include how aquatic environments influence symbiosis, evolutionary ecology & new methods/tech. Details + how to apply:  moore.org/SymbiosisRFP

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New funding opportunity: Advancing aquatic symbiosis research

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a new request for proposals aimed at advancing understanding of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.…

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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A shared pathogen reservoir can tip widespread infection into mass mortality www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Bingcai Liu @bingcailiu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Our new preprint On a global scale, plants did not experience a catastrophic mass extinction during the Permian–Triassic boundary (PTB). However, they still suffered losses, with extinction rates reaching around 30%. doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today marks a special day. 💚 We started this project nearly a decade ago when I was just a wee undergrad with a burning curiosity. Now to see it published in Oecologia as a PhD candidate is surreal... & on the one-year anniversary of my father's passing, no less. So grateful. doi.org/10.1007/s004...

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Parallel elevational replacement of hosts and parasites in a highly susceptible songbird genus - Oecologia

Elevational replacement distribution patterns underpin montane diversity and reflect the interaction of both biotic and abiotic pressures, but the degree to which parasites exhibit elevational zonatio...

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

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Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request to Congress

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Quentin Horta @quentinevo.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our work as Editor's choice in @evolletters.bsky.social !✨️ Developmental biases & micro- to macroevution in the lizard skull 🦎 academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yu et al. propose a measure for stochastic game dynamic: the likelihood ratio of the probability density of phenotypic frequency under selection versus neutral conditions. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Current grad students: Submit your research proposal by May 18th to be considered for a Graduate Research Excellence Grant! Learn more about how to craft a strong proposal on our website: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Previous GREG recipient Isabela Hernández Rodriguez in the lab.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/03/2026

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If only I was just a hop away... 🐸

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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Fun bird facts 🐦

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Thankful to have a solid foundation in this and no bad habits to break, but I'll be sending this to all the new students in the department. It's so important and future you (or whoever inherits your data) will thank you! 🤣

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Many journals require data and code sharing. Yet code is still rarely shared and datasets are often hard to reuse. Our new paper introduces the @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code quality control in ecology & evolution, developed by 26 experienced data editors. 📄 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

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Jhan C. Salazar, PhD @jhancsalazar.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I’m happy to share that the third chapter of my doctoral dissertation has been published in Global Ecology and Biogeography: Diversification and Evolutionary Dynamics in Tropical Montane Regions Huge thanks to my co-authors for their support! doi.org/10.1111/geb....

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Oooh, I've been waiting for this album to drop too!

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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) here at the Florida Museum, a collection of over 530,000 preserved plant specimens, marked a major milestone with their 300,000th vascular plant specimen being accessioned into the collection! 👏👏👏 What was it? www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-blog/...

a group of people are posing for a picture in a library or workroom of some kind and all are pointing dramatically at a piece of preserved palm frond pressed to a piece of paper on the table in front of them

a person with a name badge on a lanyard is leaning over a piece of paper holding a preserved section of palm frond and fruits to put a sticker on it at a desk in some kind of library or office

There is a stump of palm branch with several stems of black oval fruit and short palm leaves dried and pressed to a sheet of paper with stamps and a printed card of details about where it was found on a wooden desk

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Nice guide to Structural Variants (SVs)

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Phenotypic complexity determines the predictability of molecular convergence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Ruckman & Long review how affordable sequencing is transforming complex trait research, focusing on how affordable sequencing has fundamentally reshaped what questions evolutionary researchers can ask and how they can answer them. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag025 #evobio #molbio

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Leveraging low-cost short-read sequencing: revolutionizing complex trait genetics

Abstract. The genetics of complex traits has been fundamentally transformed by the dramatic reduction in short-read sequencing costs, leading to a dramatic

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It's so disillusioning taking my comprehensive exams while the state of my country is what it is.

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Matheus Moroti @mmoroti.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Why do some islands have more biodiversity than others? In our new paper, published in @ecography.bsky.social , we sought to answer this question for amphibians! 🌐🏝️🐸 @provete.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).

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Dr. Marta Jarzyna @majarzyna.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thrilled to share our new paper out in @science.org, led by François Leroy and Petr Keil! Using the Breeding Bird Survey, we document not only a continent-wide decline in bird abundance since the 1980s — but, crucially, the acceleration of these declines over time. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Acceleration hotspots of North American birds’ decline are associated with agriculture

Human activities might have accelerated declines of population abundance, but this acceleration remains underexplored. Using 1033 North American Breeding Bird Survey routes, we analyze abundance chang...

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I hardly think I'm fast enough, but a vast improvement to my other motivation to jog (outrunning zombies).

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

🚨 Top-downloaded 2024/25: new method using a rain-soluble GPS+VHF harness for tracking small, elusive birds without recapture (tested on Dupont's lark). Enables telemetry for species weighing less than 40 g ➡️ vist.ly/4sg4q Dupont's lark photo: Pedro Saez #ornithology #birds #methods 🪶📡

Dupont's lark fitted with a GPS/VHF tag. Photo: Pedro Saez Gomez

Fig. 1 from the article: Schematic representation of the three different VHF/GPS configurations used to analyse the effect of attaching a VHF to a GPS tag.

Fig. 2 from the article: Distribution of recorded locations (as a percentage of the total locations recorded) during the tests, according to the number of detected satellites and the three different configurations.

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Wang et al. reveal that arboreality evolved independently in multiple snake clades, with tail elongation as a recurrent morphological adaptation, and identify accelerated evolution in genes associated with somite specification. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag029 #evobio #molbio

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Genomic adaptations for tail-length evolution in arboreal snakes

Abstract. Adaptation to arboreal environments requires overcoming gravitational constraints, driving repeated morphological innovations across snake lineag

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

HapNet: a new Python package for automated population-aware haplotype network analysis and visualization www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

SEND HELP I CANT BREATHE

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

On one hand, DEI has already been dissolved, defunded, & distanced... I wonder how hard of a fight it will be for the exhausted disenfranchised to bring it back... On the other hand, what a great opportunity for those that hold power & privilege to prove that they are *actually* allies this time.

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Diana Aguilar-Gómez @dianaguilr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The last chapter of my PhD is finally out !!!! In the same species, on neighboring islands, we see radically different warning colors emerge. Evolution in action: Selection-driven color variation in the aposematic strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Selection-driven color variation in the aposematic strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio

Aguilar-Gómez et al. use exome sequencing of 347 strawberry poison frogs to uncover the genetic basis of color variation. They identify that kit, ttc39b, and bco1 underlie blue-red, yellow-red, and gr...

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 16/02/2026

We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to the support of our institutional subscribers, all Royal Society subscription journals will be open access in 2026 through #S2O. Researchers can read all articles and publish #OpenAccess in our eight subscription journals for free buff.ly/4Lu9VpW

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