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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A Canadian map company that keeps all data in Canada. Currently in beta, please support 🇨🇦🍁. 🔗 maplemaps.ca

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Job Opening. Faculty Position in Plant Evolutionary Biology at University of California, Davis in the Department of Evolution and Ecology (EVE, my home department). More detail here. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

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The College of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Davis invites applications and nominations for a 9-month, tenure-track position in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR level. The Department of Evolution and Ecology is seeking a plant evolutionary biologist with interests in the evolution of plants at any taxonomic, geographic, organizational, or evolutionary scale. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in the biological sciences, evolutionary biology, ecology, genetics, or a related field, and will be expected to complement and build upon existing faculty strengths in the Department of Evolution and Ecology and across UC Davis.

We welcome applicants working on any group of plants and using empirical, computational, experimental, and/or theoretical approaches. Possible areas of study are broad, and include macroevolutionary research on plant diversification, trait evolution in a phylogenetic context, major evolutionary innovations, comparative genomics, and evolutionary developmental biology, as well as research focusing at or below the species level including population biology, quantitative genetics, adaptive evolution, speciation, biogeography, and the evolution of life histories or species interactions.

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Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology @funcagroeco.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📣PhD opportunity! We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher with expertise in pollinator ecology, agroecology, and landscape ecology. 🐝🚜🌼 Research will focus on resilience of pollinator communities in agricultural landscapes. 🔗 Read more: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I am not certain, but I think this might be the greatest thread (and greatest use of alt text) of all time.

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Dr Manu Saunders FRES @manusaunders.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A 2019 paper that is often used as evidence of the flawed 'windscreen phenomenon' has been retracted. I cited this paper a few years ago in explainers about why this particular anecdote cannot be used as evidence of insect decline. See thread below 👇 retractionwatch.com/2026/06/23/a...

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A prolific evolutionary biologist caught faking data decades ago notches a new retraction

A study claiming a tenfold decrease in bugs splattered on evolutionary biologist Anders Møller’s windshield over two decades has been retracted. shanecotee / iStock Anders Møller, an influential ev…

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Clarivate released the 2026 JCR yesterday. We are thrilled that, from a standing start, JPE's first-ever Impact Factor is 1.8! An outstanding result for the journal and a testament to the high-quality contributions of our authors, reviewers and editors. Carolin and Maria Clara JPE Senior Editors

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"While there is no current consensus, we do not advocate for a single definition and contend that a lack of unanimity is not inherently problematic."

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Hive mind request. I’m looking for long term insect (ideally pollinator) monitoring schemes that have conducted weekly/monthly transects/counts for several years. I know of the Bee walks, UKMS, and PoMs in the UK. I would love some non-UK examples! 🐝🦋🐝🦋🐝🦋

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Dan Mennill @dmennill.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

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Federico Riva @rivaecology.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Really cool. PIVOT!!

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

For folks in Fredericton: public lecture TONIGHT at 7 p.m. (Head Hall C13, UNB campus) by Dr. Dolph Schluter, "On the Origin of Modern Species". An accessible talk to answer one of the big questions about our world: where do species come from? More detailed info: www.unb.ca/frederict... 1/2

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Dr. Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis @inlewis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New publication @thermal-biology.bsky.social! We show that non-invasive thermal cameras can measure thoracic temperatures in wild bees in the field. New tool to ID potential heat stress under #climatechange. Congrats to undergrad Mei McFeely on publishing her thesis #microclimate #pollinators 🐝🎉🌻

Photo of a thermal camera taking an image of a sunflower field. A thermal image of the sunflowers are in the view finder

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Amy Parachnowitsch @evoecoamy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I just said no to an opportunity because it would mean travel to the USA and I'm very sad. I also recognize my privilege in being able to do so (tenured, etc) but I'm just so sad about.... gestures widely

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a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket

ALT: a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

Image of a bearded, bald, and morose Charles Darwin, with his famous quote “I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything”

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 12/02/2026

In 2018, Ilja Van Braeckel created a font based on Charles Darwin's handwriting for #DarwinDay. It was based on 12,000 pictures of Darwin's original manuscripts! Link rot happened, and the original files are missing. I have put it up again here: drive.google.com/file/d/14Kcn... Happy Darwin Day!

Sample of Ilja Van Braeckel's Darwin handwriting font.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/02/2026

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

A four panel comic. In panel 1, there are three beautiful blooming roses, and the text says "Roses are red..." In panel 2, there are some lovely violets budding and blooming, and the text says "Violets are blue..." In panel 3, there are some terrifying red and flesh colored plants with toothy maws and the text says "Hydnora are leafless, bizarrely fleshy, and incapable of producing chlorophyl..." and in panel 4 there are some cute hearts and the text says "And so are you. Happy Valentine's Day"

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Amy Parachnowitsch @evoecoamy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

As someone who has spent a career measuring flowers, I'm curious to see how they compare to these protocols

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International Journal of Plant Sciences @ijpsjournal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance @evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Looking for something new to integrate into an #evolution or #microbiology course? Useful for lectures, labs, homework? Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 10/12/2025

A resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿 buff.ly/L8o4hhr

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Amy Parachnowitsch @evoecoamy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Almost 20 years in the making! So happy to see this in print!

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions. Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed! www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

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Anurag Agrawal @anurag-asclepias.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

By popular demand, I'm offering "More #MONARCHS - No #Monarchy!" shirts and mugs at cost (no profit, just joy). Spread the word, decent quality for <$20 monarchs.printful.me #NoKings #butterfly #peace #naturalhistory #plantinsect

T-shirt design with monarch butterflies and Statue of Liberty

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Let's start Monday with some whimsy. These delightful grasshoppers (possibly also katydids?) are from a water jar created by Makuzu Kōzan in 1870. To see full size images: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Detail of the water pot decoration. Grasshoppers carrying flowers are also accompanying a palanquin, used to carry... presumably high ranking lady grasshoppers. A couple might also be katydids based on antennae length, but let's not get uptight about imaginary anthropomorphized bugs, eh?

The little freshwater pot, with a wooden top. This side shows more grasshoppers (possibly a katydid) carrying fruit and flowers as they march along on their hind legs.

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Avery Russell @draverbee.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort! We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!

Circular phylogeny showing the branching pattern of 30k plant species with lineages with poricidal and non poricidal taxa indicated. A small subset of poricidal taxa are illustrated around the phylogeny.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 21/10/2025

Great RadioLab interview with Ella al-Shamahi, about her journey from religious anti-evolutionism into evolutionary biology. New perspective but also familiar if you (like me) grew up among Christian creationists; really moving on what faith, even "denialist" faith, means to people

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The most unlikely origin of an evolutionary biologist.

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday! 🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling 📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity

Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Did you know that Europe names a Tree of The Year? Looks like Quercus spp. do quite well. Here's the 2015 winner, a ~150 year old Oak tree in Estonia that footballers have learned to play around. #bloomscrolling

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Oak tree on a football field – Tree of the year

Is there a place in the world where you can find a stadium which has an oak tree in the middle of it? For the locals in Orissaare its a common thing, but this tree is at heart of the community. Before...

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Peter Moonlight @petermoonlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation. I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/09/2025

I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.

A three-panel comic. The first panel is a scrap from a dictionary that says crypsis, noun: patterning or coloration that allows a bird to remain concealed by blending in to its environment. In panel 2, labeled effective crypsis, an american bittern blends in with a marsh full of tall plants. In panel 2, labeled ineffective crypsis, an american bittern fails to blend in among some short plants, next to a wet floor sign, and behind a stop sign.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This thread is a delight.

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Resharing my post from earlier this week, just in case you're working on your syllabus and want to give a think about how you're going to be dealing with AI with assignments. scienceforeveryone.science/how-i-am-thi... 🧪

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How I am thinking about GenAI in the classroom

Student use of GenAI is not the problem, it's a symptom of bigger problems.

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Amy Parachnowitsch @evoecoamy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Congratulations to Ada Clarke who had an excellent master’s defence today. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! Forgot pictures but found this lovely bag in Sweden as a gift.

Upcycled bag from traditional Swedish cross stitching and fabric. Tapestry cross stitch of two birds on a branch looking into a candle lit window in a red house. Snow flakes and a winter scene with snow and ice on the window sills. Fabric striped with mainly light and dark blue, and red and white to a lesser extent

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Amy Parachnowitsch @evoecoamy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just like that my sabbatical in Sweden is done! Sad to be leaving but looking forward to adventures ahead!

Old Swedish school poster with information about the flower parts. Multiple line drawings of flower forms

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can: 👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏 👉reduce pollinator richness🧪 👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝 ...all with minimal benefits to crop yields! Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Jennifer Apland @omgitsmejenny.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I'm so excited to share my master's research! Do pollinators change their foraging behavior depending on floral and ambient temperatures? Do flowers that thermoregulate experience higher rates of pollinator visitation? Check it out below! 🏵️

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Amy Parachnowitsch @evoecoamy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

It is with great sadness I have pinned the tab for D2L once again (sabbatical ending sad face). To be clear I do like teaching but educational software and admin, well let's just say I haven't missed that part!

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

♻️🆓: A functional view of flower–pollinator trait matching. A commentary on ‘Mismatching explained: constricted corolla tubes in Roscoea elevate the nectar’ doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Did u know?Some pollinators we know less about than others. This amber & black beauty is a Rose Sawfly. Sawflies aren't flies,but are related to bees, wasps & ants.They're approx 600 species in the UK & 1000's,world wide. The adults feed on nectar & pollen,making them excellent pollinators. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍🐜🐝

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 22/07/2025

Did you know that bisexual flowers are perfect? Botanists do. My latest pin celebrates the fact that 90% of flowering plants have individual flowers with both male and female parts. Botanists call these 'bisexual' or 'perfect' flowers. Please share! www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

A row of five enamel pins in the shape of six-petal flowers in nonbinary, pan, bi, trans, and LGBTQ+ flag colours. Each is on a backing card that reads "A perfect flower by canopy robin. Did you know that 90% of flowering plants have individual flowers with both male and female parts. Botanists call this a perfect flower."
The bi flower's backing card is purple and the others are green.

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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Wahoo I made a phone wallpaper! byjessicaelena.gumroad.com/l/bunnies-ph...

A product photo showing a mockup of a phone wallpaper, and below is the text "phone wallpaper". The wallpaper features two white bunnies sitting among some flowers.

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