Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Please vote for this funky bivalve species to be the Mollusc of the Year 🥳. It's among a super-rich yet much understudied clade, Galeommatida, showing repeated evolution of parasitism (or free-livings 🤔) - a perfect system for understanding the ecology and evolution of symbiosis/parasitism 🤓. 031
Reposted by Shan HuangSenckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) @oceanspecies.bsky.social · 20/04/2026🌙 Mysterious Moon clam for #IMOY 𝙀𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖 traded traditional shells for crescent-shaped "wings." It lives inside sponge galleries and shrimp burrows. Vote for the moon clam for International Mollusc of the Year: sgn.one/moty2026 @gotoryu.bsky.social @msshanhuang.bsky.social @sgn.one 093
Reposted by Shan HuangKatie Collins @spissatella.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Galeommatoids are one of the most diverse and yet least known groups of clams. They can be free-living, commensal or parasitic, they can filter feed and some are carnivores that suck the bodily fluids of their prey! Many are brightly coloured and very active, like little nudibranchs 13012
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 28/01/2026New paper out with a combo of empirical patterns and theoretical models to propose a new ecological mechanism undelying body size evolution rdcu.be/e06Vtrdcu.beDiverging selection on body size in specialist terrestrial mammalsNature Ecology & Evolution - A comparative analysis of trait data combined with a mathematical model suggests that dietary specialization drives selection towards the smallest and largest body... 064
Reposted by Shan HuangPhil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 08/12/2025We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... 25937
Reposted by Shan HuangMatthew Warke @matthewwarke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖 We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝 #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology 177
Reposted by Shan HuangFerhat Kaya @paleolife.bsky.social · 30/10/2025🔹 Post-doctoral Researcher (3 years): to lead interdisciplinary work integrating paleontology, geology, geochemistry and modelling. Application deadline: 12 Nov 2025. • Post-doctoral: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...oulunyliopisto.varbi.comPostdoctoral Researcher in Paleobiology, Faculty of HumanitiesWe are now seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mammal Paleobiology / Earth System Evolution to join the Department of Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu. The posi 121
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Such an interesting (though also hard) project led by Andrew (Thank you!) - specialisation/generalisation trade-offs are really fun to think about in general, and parasites just provide a very good lens to potential mechanisms. 020
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 24/10/2025A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...centa.ac.uk2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA 0912
Reposted by Shan HuangRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Super excited to see the #SVP2025 #2025SVP abstract book out! Remember that all abstracts are under embargo ahead of the meeting. 23612
Reposted by Shan HuangCENTA @centa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025🎓 Fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026! CENTA Scholarships for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) UK applicants now open. Stipend, fees & research support included. Apply now 👉 centa.ac.uk/apply/ #PhD #Scholarship #EnvironmentalSciencecenta.ac.ukApply – CENTA 002
Reposted by Shan HuangCENTA @centa.bsky.social · 20/10/2025🎓 Looking for a fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026? CENTA DTP has projects across the NERC remit, with stipend, fees & research support. Explore projects and apply now: centa.ac.uk/apply/ #PhD #EnvironmentalScience #CENTAcenta.ac.ukApply – CENTA 032
Reposted by Shan HuangDavide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025[1/n] New paper co-lead by @emmadnn.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social and I: we combined fossil occurrences, biogeography and climate modelling to investigate the origins and early evolution of pterosaurs 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 19552
Reposted by Shan HuangDavide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025📚 Also on The Conversation for a #scicomm breakdown: theconversation.com/how-pterosau...theconversation.comHow pterosaurs learned to fly: scientists have been looking in the wrong place to solve this mysteryNew findings may have solved the debate around why scientists have never found the missing link between dinosaurs and pterosaurs. 13015
Reposted by Shan HuangErin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨 35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please get in touch with questions! 06962
Reposted by Shan HuangNatalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 25/05/2025YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGcF... Note we were still faffing with the cameras in this one, it gets better I think…m.youtube.comJosh has questions about waxy whale earplugs... | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep1YouTube video by Natural History Museum 044
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Excited to see this inspiring work (by @spissatella.bsky.social and others) on the ecological consequences of (end-Cretaceous) mass extinction, also highlighting an excellent model system: doi.org/10.1126/scia...doi.orgThe end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biotaThe end-Cretaceous mass extinction permanently disrupted the distribution of biodiversity among ecological functions. 010
Reposted by Shan HuangPhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 22/05/2025🌍 Happy World #BiodiversityDay! What better way to celebrate than by exploring biodiversity through data? 📊 Join our course "Biodiversity in Time and Space Using R" this June with @msshanhuang.bsky.social & @joeflansan.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...physalia-courses.orgAnalysing Biodiversity through Time and Space Using RONLINE, 9-13 June 2025 012
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Public (hybrid) lecture on fossil insights of climate impact on biodiversity (please register here: billetto.co.uk/e/climate-an...) 011
Reposted by Shan HuangNatalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 28/11/2024For anyone looking for PhDs in the UK starting October 2025 in ecology, evolution, environment etc. The new Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs) recently got announced so lots of people will be adverting PhDs with January deadlines. Check out findaphd.com to search for ones that interest you!findaphd.comPhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & EuropeFindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees 12934
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I have a 6-mo postdoc position open, which has to end by July 31st. The specific project could be determined by shared interests (macroevolution, biogeography, biodiversity dynamics in space and time) and I'm seeking further funding to extend the position. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comResearch Fellow - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 104815 - Grade 7To contribute to the research on biodiversity in space and time by analysing large, interdisciplinary datasets of fossil and modern biodiversity in relation to environmental changes within the broad r... 0510
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 18/03/2024I will be discussing some interesting patterns (e.g. LDG, extinction, etc.) and popular theories as motivations for the practicals, which will be full of elegant tricks for data analyses thanks to Joe! 022
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 07/03/2024(Prepping) teaching is humbling. However, confidence was boosted 100% by Wordle 992 2/6 🤣 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 13/12/2023I plan to submit something, not that I could say anything as grand as the session title 😅 110
Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 11/12/2023Already overwhelmed by social media AND a conference app before the conference starts 😳 040