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Hengxing Zou

@hengxingzou.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Utah State University and Emory University. Species interactions under global change. Theory, data, birds. Previously Institute for Global Change Biology, UMich. PhD Rice University. UChicago alum. Made in Beijing. hengxingzou.github.io

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 5h
[new paper] Animal Pollination Under Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Writing this review was really inspiring, and it was a pleasure to work with two young talented scientists @blancaac.bsky.social and @nermonper.bsky.social cc @ebdonana.bsky.social
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Animal Pollination Under Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecological function that ensures plant reproductive success and has important implications at multiple levels of biological organization. Animal pollination emerged 280 million ye...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Please pass along - my department @uofa-eeb.bsky.social is hiring! Assistant Professor in quantitative population and community ecology - come join us in wonderful #Tucson ! #AcademicJobs 🧪🌾🌐 arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Assistant Professor of Quantitative, Population, and Community Ecology (T/TE)
Establish and maintain a competitive research program.Teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and contribute to mentoring and supporting studen...
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Benjamin Freeman @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
*** please share widely *** Georgia Tech is hiring an ecologist tinyurl.com/GT-eco-coasts - general search - submit by Dec 1 - come join us, we have a growing group of excellent + collegial eco eco folks (e.g., @armanafzadeh.bsky.social, Sean Anderson, @jameststroud.bsky.social, Lauren Speare)
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The stand-alone meeting of the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social in an old mansion on Long Island is starting to book up! Registration is open until Nov 1 OR until we hit 200 registrants, so grab your spot before it's gone! www.amnat2027.org
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ASN Stand Alone Meeting 2027
Jan 8-12 - Long Island, NY. Learn more about the conference and register here!
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Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Please RT: Do you use math to address interesting biological problems? Join us at Vanderbilt BioSci! We are conducting an open-rank TT search in Theoretical Biology: apply.interfolio.com/194619. We are a friendly and collaborative department with interests spanning a range of biological disciplines!
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Hengxing Zou @hengxingzou.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In our new perspective paper @pnas.org, we show how the comments you put in eBird/iNaturalist can help ecologist with collecting much-needed data on species interactions: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Large language models unlock the ecology of species interactions | PNAS
Species interactions shape population dynamics, geographic distributions, evolutionary trajectories, and responses to environmental change. Yet dat...
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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
good morning. I strongly suspect that we don't really know (or agree) what geographic ranges are, and therefore, our estimates of how species' ranges are shifting in the Anthropocene are uninterpretable. I wrote something about this: doi.org/10.1111/2041... and I'll share the main findings...
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Measuring the edges of species' geographic ranges
The fundamental unit of spatial ecology is a species range: the geographical area that it occupies. Species ranges are delineated by range edges (also known as boundaries or limits). Why range edg...
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Tadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Systems Ecology, a new journal launched today, "run by researchers, for researchers, and is free to read and free to publish, with no article processing charges" systems-ecology.org/index.php/se...
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Systems Ecology
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026
ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With all the wildfires this year, it was great speaking with @audubon.org about our ongoing work studying the impacts of smoke on birds. Read it in print in the current issue, or here: www.audubon.org/magazine/smo...
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Smoke from Wildfires Is a Growing Health Threat to Both People and Birds
Catastrophic wildfires are stalling decades of clean air progress. Now scientists are asking: How can we help birds navigate a hazier future?
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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 04/09/2026
Very grateful to the editorial board for the opportunity to write about a topic I care deeply about. This review is deliberately opinionated, a personal view of where theory in community ecology stands and where it might go next. Pushback and disagreement are very welcome! doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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Toward a Conceptual Commons for Theory in Community Ecology
Community ecology has developed a rich and increasingly diverse body of theory, but its rapid expansion has outpaced efforts to compare and synthesize competing frameworks. As a result, semantic ambig...
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Rona Learmonth @rona-learmonth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Excited to share this joint first-author paper with @andreaestandia.bsky.social, now out in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We combined translocations, common garden experiments and genomic analyses to test for local adaptation to individual tree phenology in winter moths 🌳🐛 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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No evidence of fine-scale local adaptation of winter moths to variable tree phenology | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
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Yangkang Chen @chenyangkang.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We were shocked to find that serious data and analytical flaws appear to invalidate the findings of last week’s Science paper @science.org , “China’s Solar Expansion Policy Reduces Bird Diversity.” Citizen science data are useful to answer such important questions, but must be used rigorously.
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Hengxing Zou @hengxingzou.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You might have seen the paper @science.org last week on the solar panels decreasing bird biodiversity. Our reanalysis, led by the talented Yangkang Chen, found fundamental, retraction-worthy flaws in their results, especially from the citizen science data and their models… (1/6)
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 17/08/2026
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... An amazing paper led by Jamie on the feedback between competition and evolution!
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Eco-evolutionary feedback reshapes competitive dynamics in an orchard fly system
The feedback between competition and evolution is central to hypotheses about the origin and maintenance of species diversity. Yet, whether competition-induced evolution is sufficiently rapid, consist...
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Leveraging participatory science data to detect and quantify elevational range shifts in birds doi.org/10.32942/X2D...
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Jeremy Cohen @drjerbs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Doing a bioacoustics project somewhere in the eastern US? For a large-scale study exploring how bird communities react to disturbance across regions/habitats, we are looking for daytime recordings at consistent sites over 2+ years, during the same season(s) each year. Please get in touch!
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Joe Brennan @biologyjoe87.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Looking for sci comm opportunities? Join us as a writer for American Naturalist press releases! These write-ups are primarily written by graduate students and other early-career scientists. No experience required; we have editors to help along the way. Apps due Sept 1. Please share widely :D
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Looking for Press Release Writers & Editors for The American Naturalist
Sign up for the opportunity to write and/or edit for The American Naturalist! We are seeking authors to write press releases for new journal articles. See examples of recent press releases here. We a...
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Anya Auerbach @aauerbach.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This semester I'm designing a freshman seminar I've titled "Evolution and Society". Post-defense I'm now working on course planning details, & have both too many ideas & worry what I'm neglecting.. What would you consider an essential topic(s) or reading(s) for a class like this? Please do share!
Image of the course description, which reads: Our society has been shaped by evolutionary ideas. Learning about evolution has led people to question human nature, our place in the natural world, and what that means for us as individuals and a society. Through reading, discussion, and museum visits, this class will explore how evolutionary study has filled us with wonder and a sense of kindship with all living things, been used to justify some of humanity’s greatest atrocities, and continues to be misused and misunderstood today. With grounding in the logic of evolutionary theory, we will ask how understanding evolution does – or doesn’t – help us understand ourselves. Field trip(s) required.
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Dr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com
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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Excited to see this out in print now! Led by @hengxingzou.bsky.social this work empirically shows that the "Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season." & how this relates to coexistence mechanisms. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season
The order and timing of species' arrival in a community can often change species interactions. Termed priority effects, this phenomenon arises in communities with drastically different life histories...
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
EEB Mentor Match is now open! But apps due soon (8/17). Mentees: get help applying for grad school or fellowships in ecology & evolution. Mentors: senior grads, post-docs, or faculty in these fields willing to give advice Org by Diversity Cmte of @asn-amnat.bsky.social Pls share! eebmentormatch.com
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EEB Mentor Match
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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 27/07/2026
We are at #ESA2026! Our group is presenting some very exciting work across theoretical and quantitative ecology throughout the week. 🧵👇
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Science Magazine @science.org · 24/07/2026
A new analysis in Science of more than 116,000 bird songs has revealed that the astonishing variety of passerine birdsong is built from just eight basic acoustic motifs, like trills, whistles, and harmonic notes. scim.ag/4ft2KBF
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The global biogeography of passerine songs
Although bird songs are classic models for understanding the evolution of vocal communication, their global diversity has long made the development of a unifying framework challenging. By analyzing th...
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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I’ll be heading to #ESA2026 end of the week. If you will also be there, and want to chat about your science or publishing in @asn-amnat.bsky.social (or just hang out) shoot me DM or email. I’m happy to chat.
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Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Happy to share this 'capstone' project from my time as a postdoc @umich.edu, where we show that hierarchically nested bursts of body-shape evolution may underlie much of perching-bird diversification over ~50 million years. Free access link here: rdcu.be/fuxB1
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Rates of passerine body plan evolution in time and space
Nature Ecology & Evolution - A reconstruction of the evolutionary history of passerine body plans over the past ~50 Myr shows rare bursts of phenotypic innovation near the origin of major...
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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
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Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As smoke chokes eastern US cities (again), this is your daily reminder that as recent as 2023, an NSF panel rejected our grant about wildfire smoke impacts because they did not see the connection between wildfire smoke and climate change.
screen capture from New York Times headlines about wildfire smoke
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Jelena Pantel @jhpantel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
😑 "many social media platforms are already flooded with AI-generated images of animals, which undermines the long-touted potential of these sites as sources of harvestable ‘pas-sive’ citizen-science biodiversity records"
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Hengxing Zou @hengxingzou.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Glad to see my last dissertation chapter published! In this experiment, we tested how the arrival times and number of overlapping generations affect competitive outcomes between two flour beetles… doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... @esajournals.bsky.social (1/3)
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Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season
The order and timing of species' arrival in a community can often change species interactions. Termed priority effects, this phenomenon arises in communities with drastically different life histories...
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Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I am happy to announce that the latest USGS analysis of North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data, incorporating data through 2025, has now been released. Metadata and csv files can be downloaded at doi.org/10.5066/P1OS....
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Joseph Tobias @josephtobias.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Visited the coast near Fuzhou to look for Chinese Crested Tern. Hit the jackpot at high tide. Maybe only a couple hundred of these surviving: one of the world’s rarest birds
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Takuji Usui | 薄井拓路 @usuitakuji.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I am incredibly thrilled to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Prof at Yale EEB in January 2027!! 🎉🎊 Stay tuned for student and postdoc openings, and please feel free to reach out to me if you are interested in eco-evo, range dynamics, species interactions, and global change! 🌐🌱🦠🧬
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Rachel Germain @gerlame.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
To the #Evol2026 folks, I am recruiting MSc/PhD students (with or without their own funding) - please send people my way if you know of anyone interested in blending ecology & evolution!
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Keila Stark (she/her) @keila-stark.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Reminder to register for the Unifying Ecology Gordon Conference by next Monday! Lest you miss out on this incredible line up! www.grc.org/unifying-eco... @jennsunday.bsky.social @ewaldoleitao.bsky.social #GRC #ecoevo
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Jenn Sunday @jennsunday.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Want to think about ecology differently this summer? Still some spots at the 2026 Unifying Ecology Across Scales GRC. www.grc.org/unifying-eco...
Unifying Ecology Across Scales Gordon Research Conference, July 12-17, 2026. Image depicting the themes and ideas at this years' conference. List of topics explored in 2026: 
Scaling temperature-performance from organisms to ecosystems, Counting humans in a unified ecology
Do microbes make or break the rules in ecology?
Applying network concepts to predict ecological change
Principles for understanding scaling of time in ecology
Observational vs. theoretical frameworks for ecological prediction
Evaluating whether species traits advance predictive ecology
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Benjamin Freeman @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think a lot about how mountain species are responding to warming temperatures so it was great to team up with @suzetteflantua.bsky.social @kjfeeley.bsky.social Christi McCain & Jenny McGuire to write a review of sp responses to both modern AND Quaternary warming www.nature.com/articles/doi...
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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Congratulations to Dr Hannah Yin on an excellent thesis studying communities across temporal scales. Rice has a fun tradition of tie cutting after a successful defense and the cut tie gets added to the “pillar” of fame (so many ties!)
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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We’re looking for recommendations for an affordable camera to film slow motion of tadpole swimming. Doesn’t have to be crazy high tech or water proof, but decent frame rate and resolution to calculate velocity etc. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated 🙏🏼
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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Beyond hero and villain narratives in ecology and conservation science 🌎 @aibsbiology.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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Beyond hero and villain narratives in ecology and conservation science
Abstract. Storytelling is an essential part of science writing. To craft compelling stories, scientists are taught to think of their variables as character
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Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My friend Ben wrote this extremely cool paper that looks incredibly useful: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The allometry of vertebrate pursuit predation | PNAS
Pursuit and evasion dynamics are a general phenomenon observed in predator–prey interactions across terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial domains. Diffe...
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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 01/05/2026
Now accepting applications for our 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs to conduct #ecology and #evolution research. Deadline is June 30, 2026: bit.ly/4umYKZd #science
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Applications for 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution Now Open
The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Congratulations to our 2026 Huxley Award recipient, Matheus Januario Lopes de Sousa, for the educational resource: “evolved: an open-source R package designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate instruction in evolutionary biology”! Read more: shorturl.at/1ZdFE@mjanua...
Headshot of Matheus Januario Lopes de Sousa. Text: Matheus Januario Lopes de Sousa, 2026 Society for the Study of Evolution T. H. Huxley Award.
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Chia Hsieh @chiahsieh.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New paper out! doi.org/10.1073/pnas... We examined how historical legacies of evolution history, environmental dynamics, and past species losses have shaped today's mammal food webs 🐅🐆🦁 🦌🦓🐗across the globe. #MammalFoodweb #DietaryNiche #Extinction #MacroEcoEvo #EcologicalNetwork
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Giants that vanished 10,000 years ago triggered ripple effects that are still felt today, and here’s where
Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed cats with 7-inch fangs and elephant-sized sloths. A new study reveals h...
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