Reposted by James FlemingC. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026[New Paper] Presents the first record of tubeworm-parasitic copepod Dirivultus spinigulatus from Japan! A range extension from Papua New Guinea. And a new Japanese name, based on a devil fruit from the manga series ONE PIECE! OPEN ACCESS in the journal Species Diversity: doi.org/10.12782/spe... 1177
Reposted by James FlemingLutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Now online: The open access Zoologica Scripta paper by Araújo et al. 'Integrating Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Spectracanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Reveals Complex Evolutionary History in a Brazilian Shield Endemic Genus'. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... @felipearaujoictio.bsky.social 121
Reposted by James FlemingTammy Steeves @testeeves.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This. 💯 this. "Our work highlights an important knowledge gap: we still lack integrative, cross-taxon genomic time-series datasets linking deleterious variation, fitness, and demography." 👏 Maëva Gabrielli et al @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social 👀 #ConSERTeam🧬 175
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do you think if I included Damm Lemon in the acknowledgements of my next paper that they would send me some free bottles all the way in the UK? 000
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today I will be heading back to the UK for a few months! The longest stay there since I left in 2018. Feels strange 030
Reposted by James FlemingHanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...lu.varbi.comSenior Lecturer in Computational BiologyLund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit 04157
Reposted by James FlemingDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Curator of Marine Invertebrates position at the NHMLA. Great opportunity for marine invertebrate zoologists, especially echinoderm researchers! (see post below)spnhc.orgMarine Invertebrates Curator | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History CollectionsNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) seeks a full-time Assistant OR Associate Curator, commensurate with experience… 12022
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have moved about a lot, so for context: 3 year Spouse Visa: Japan for a UK National? £305 (up from the £29 it was last year) For *most nations* in Spain? about £1500 (Brits have to pay a lot more specifically because ours are so high for Spaniard - !reciprocity yaaaay!) These costs are egregious. 110
Reposted by James FlemingChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026there is no sensible reason why a 5 year spouse visa cost us a little over fourteen grand. none whatsoever. and that's before you break it down to the addition of renewals every 30 months, the health surcharge, the endless price hikes, the final kick in the teeth for ILR (three grand! to settle!) 318091
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It had never really occurred to me that you can get full colour banknotes rather than shaded ones! I'm still in love with the Irish Punt coin designs before the transition to the Euro, especially the 1p with the Kells-Bird and the 50p Woodcock 010
Reposted by James FlemingBEAGLE Project @beagle-project.eu · 21/09/2026BEAGLE is a new #HorizonEurope project starting on 1 October 2026 🌟 With a consortium of 17 partners coordinated by @au.dk, it aims to advance EU #BiodiversityMonitoring across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. 1113
Reposted by James FlemingJay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This statistic is wild. 1147
Reposted by James FlemingJoseph W. Brown @josephwb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Attention phellow phylo meth-heads 🧪 0136
Reposted by James FlemingRob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Produced a #genome of a European species? Publishing a Genome Report for the assembly? Benefitted from ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social resources or networking? If so, consider listing the Genome Report in the ERGA Collecion riojournal.com/topical_coll... Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO6d...riojournal.comThe European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Community Genome ReportsThe European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European initiative that aims to facilitate the generation of high-quality reference genomes for the continent’s biodiversity as part of the g... 065
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Brought the backside of the El Nino back with me from Japan, I fear. 000
Reposted by James FlemingMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days 6246841587
Reposted by James FlemingRussell Garwood @russellgarwood.co.uk · 15/09/2026Interested in how species diversity is split between major animal groups? Here is the infographic for you! 🧪⚒️🦀🦑 #evosky 12252118
Reposted by James FlemingJA Fields | NonCompliantCyborg @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Hey, Bluesky! I just realized there is no Docktober presence over here and I need the 🌿🐙🦑 communities to know that we are bio-blitzing docks all of October to document urban marine biodiversity. Luan Roberts has a website and iNaturalist project about it: www.naturelookings.com/docktobernaturelookings.comDocktober | Nature Lookings 16228
Reposted by James FlemingDavid Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Large spider species arrives in West Midlands. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWasp spiders increasingly seen in West MidlandsThe large, stripey species is making its way northwards from southern England. 4307
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Bristol is a beautiful city ruined by landlords. Hopefully this kind of thing results in something. 011
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 09/09/2026And just as soon as I arrived, I am leaving Japan again! Flying visit, but hopefully a really useful one for the future! 021
Reposted by James FlemingDavid Maddison @bembidion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Tree of Life Web Project is back online! tolweb.org Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.tolweb.orgTree of Life Web Project 39745
Reposted by James FlemingJessica Abbott @jessicakabbott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Are you a mathematical modeller in ecology and evolution looking for a job? My department has an opening! Please spread the word! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...lu.varbi.comSenior Lecturer in Computational BiologyLund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit 03143
Reposted by James FlemingThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 29/08/2026The Darwin Medal 2026 is awarded to Professor Michael J Benton OBE FRS for his contribution to many aspects of palaeontological science, as well as authoring the standard textbooks in the field, popular science and children’s books. #RSMedals royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/… 28122
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If your mentor is vehemently opposed to you being in a union, that's a red flag, frankly. Everything we achieve, as scientists, academics and humans, we achieve together. Solidarity or bust, folks. 071
Reposted by James FlemingCasey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore. 12317161
Reposted by James FlemingLutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Last Friday, 21. August, the seminar 'Parasitology in Modern Times' was held at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, on the occasion of my retirement. I am particularly grateful to Torsten Struck for organising the seminar and to all speakers and participants. #parasitology 762
Reposted by James FlemingHoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ortega-Hernández (2025-12 preprint, bioRxiv) 「Hallucigeniaの食性により,カンブリア紀の葉足動物の摂食生態が明らかになる」 Hallucigenia's diet illuminates the feeding ecology of Cambrian lobopodians doi.org/10.64898/202... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgHallucigenia’s diet illuminates the feeding ecology of Cambrian lobopodiansThe armoured lobopodian Hallucigenia sparsa embodies the seemingly uncanny nature of the animals that evolved during the Cambrian Explosion over 500 million years ago. Initially regarded as an evoluti... 033
Reposted by James FlemingHoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Zhai et al. (2026-08, Communications Biology) 「raptorial anteriormost appendagesをもつカンブリア紀のクラウン汎甲殻類Sunella chimera sp. nov.(新種)」 The Cambrian crown-group pancrustacean Sunella chimera sp. nov. with raptorial anteriormost appendages doi.org/10.1038/s420... ファ???Sunellaはクラウン汎甲殻類!?!? 078
Reposted by James FlemingJ Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Couple thoughts on the recent resurgence of "scientific" racism. 1) This is usually treated as a science=head/humanities=heart problem. It is increasingly clear that this is a false framing. Lot of major players are emerging within the humanities (esp phil. depts). Biosci is largely steering clear 16329
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Every time I look at deep sea nematodes I feel the inexorable pull to retrain as a nematodologist. How are they so beautiful? 010
Reposted by James FlemingHoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Ordoñez & Wollesen (2026, Communications Biology) 「毛顎動物Spadella cephalopteraの前後軸パターン形成により,左右相称動物の神経系および尾部の進化に示唆が与えられる」 Anterior-posterior patterning in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera informs bilaterian nervous system and tail evolution doi.org/10.1038/s420... 096
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The longer you look, the better it gets. A farcical reminder that the LinkedIn Class are the people firing you to replace you with AI because they look at this and think it makes you replaceable. 011
Reposted by James FlemingKenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The timescale of #nematode #evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of #parasitism: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415... You should be able to access it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #Fossils #Evolution #Parasites #Genomics #Nematodesdx.doi.orgThe timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism - Nature Ecology & EvolutionEstablishing a universal evolutionary timescale of nematodes has been complicated by their patchy fossil record and analytical limitations. Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil... 12812
Reposted by James FlemingLevayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This 👇, and Europe should also have more scheme to finance those essential "infrastructures" (rathen than implementing 10 millions single person grant...) www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTreat biological databases as infrastructure, not projectsLetter to the Editor 1138
Reposted by James FlemingLutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Today the paper by Sługocki et al. 'Integrative taxonomy of the Eurytemora velox (Copepoda, Calanoida) species complex reveals a new cryptic species' was published in Organisms Diversity & Evolution. Congrats to all co-authors!! doi.org/10.1007/s131... #taxonomy #biogeography #systematicsdoi.orgClient Challenge 131
Reposted by James FlemingJanina Rinke @jannelrinke.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Excited 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 214151
Reposted by James FlemingHoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Schultz et al. (2026-08, Science Advances) 「動物の染色体進化におけるtopological mixingと不可逆性」 Topological mixing and irreversibility in animal chromosome evolution doi.org/10.1126/scia... 033
Reposted by James FlemingDarrin T. Schultz @dts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I'm thrilled to share that I've started as an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences and the Oceans Research Center at Lehigh University! I'm building a group in evolutionary genomics to study the origin of animals, and to use those concepts to better understand human disease. More: evogeno.me 25912
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I think it shows very clearly how under-sampled the ocean is as an environment, and how much work we still have to do to understand invertebrate diversity in particular! Thrilled to have been involved (a little bit) - Javi and the whole Barcelona group are really driving this exciting frontier! 041
Reposted by James FlemingRob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Thereuopoda longicornis, also known as the long-legged centipede - a beautiful moulting moment! #biodiversity #genomics #evolution 152
James Fleming @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Autumn 2027 can't come fast enough. I can't wait to see Cross Country "Trains" evaporate and be renationalised. Waste of space 010
Reposted by James FlemingJ. Makoto Tsuji @j-mako-tsuji.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026At #LaurierBiology, my group will explore how microorganisms are responding to climate change in northern ecosystems. We aim to uncover the unknown microorganisms mediating nutrient cycling in these systems so we can better predict/steward ecosystem changes. I am thrilled to join the Laurier team! 062
Reposted by James FlemingWGDip @wgdip.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Congratulations to Lukasz Niezabitowski, @roisinlong.bsky.social , @phylogenie.bsky.social & Aoife McLysaght on their paper “A comprehensive and accessible database of jawed-vertebrate ohnologs” 🐟🧪 Read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Access the database here: ohnologs.comscience.orgA comprehensive and accessible database of jawed-vertebrate ohnologsA reliable ohnolog database yields insights into vertebrate evolution. 0126
Reposted by James FlemingHoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Landis & Donoghue (2026, Systematic Biology) 「体系生物学の75年:過去を振り返り,未来へ進む」 Seventy-Five Years of Systematic Biology: Looking Back, Moving Forward doi.org/10.1093/sysb...doi.orgSeventy-Five Years of Systematic Biology: Looking Back, Moving ForwardAbstract. What does “systematic biology” mean today, where has it been in the past, and where is it going? We explore these questions by considering five e 033
Reposted by James FlemingPawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Postdoc opportunity in Copenhagen! Interested in marine bioluminescence, comb jellies & experimental biology? A great 2-year postdoc (possibility of 1-year extension), working with CRISPR, imaging & EM in the labs of Anders Garm & Cornelia Jaspers. Deadline: 16.08 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...jobportal.ku.dkPostdoc in Marine Bioluminescence - re-advertisement 03539
Reposted by James FlemingLutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Zoologica Scripta September 2026 issue (55:5) with exciting papers covering taxa from isopods (suborder Asselota) to the small Palla’s cat, an endemic to the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14636409... #zoologicascripta #phylogeny #systematicsonlinelibrary.wiley.comZoologica Scripta: Vol 55, No 5Click on the title to browse this issue 121