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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Taxonomic bias in ecology and evolution research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @ecol-evol.bsky.social "Studies on vertebrates, relative to those on invertebrates, were more prevalent in higher impact journals and, within journals, received more citations and mentions in the media"

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣 Are you interested in the effects of climate change on social behaviour? 🌡️🔥 This PhD project will examine these effects in the amazing burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Informal enquiries welcome. Please share widely!

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Journal of Thermal Biology @thermal-biology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🚨Special issue: Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology: assessing life stage-specific adaptations and sensitivity in animals.🚨 Read the editorial here: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Your favorite website for illustrations of almost all organisms is looking for donations to help cover its running costs! Please consider donating to help keep this open-source platform running: www.phylopic.org/images

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All Silhouette Images on PhyloPic

Browse all the free silhouette images in PhyloPic.

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🚨 new Special Feature! 📝 the collection, edited by David Fisher and Natalie Pilakouta, aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation. 🐒 read the full collection here: buff.ly/iWJVFw5 🎙️ and listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/qGycB98

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Amanda Bretman @amandabretman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📣 JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)... jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

New paper from our lab showing that larvae exposed to thermal stress suffer higher mortality, but for those that survive, there are no long-term effects on reproduction later in life www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌡️🐞 Congrats to @jakobwiil.bsky.social on his first paper from his PhD! 🥳

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hot off the press! New paper in Biology Letters (@royalsocietypublishing.org) showing that heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in burying beetles 🐞🌡️ Huge congratulations to Izzy (@izzygrieve.bsky.social) on her first first-authored paper! 🥳🙌 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣 We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests Please share widely!

PhD project entitled "Are we underestimating the effects of climate change on animal populations?"
Supervised by Dr Natalie Pilakouta and Dr David Shuker
Deadline: 6 January 2026

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Empseb is simply the best. If you're a PhD student of evolutionary biology, do go there!

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students. tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...

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Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda

Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Hello! 👋 I've finally moved here from the dark side and I'm excited to reconnect with all the awesome scientists I followed previously! In our lab at University of St Andrews we study behavioural and physiological responses to climate change (mainly in fish and insects) 🌡️🪲🐞🐟🐠

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Shaun Killen @shaunkillen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🧵1/9 There are 35,000+ fish species, but we have formal social-behaviour classifications for a tiny fraction. Most knowledge lives in the experience of researchers, fishers, divers, aquarists, naturalists, and Indigenous communities, but almost none of it is centralised. So we built ShoalBase.org.

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ShoalBase | Join, Explore, Contribute Now

ShoalBase offers a global database on fish social behaviour, supporting research, conservation, and ecology through community contributions and visual data mapping.

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Sensible advice from @stephenbheard.bsky.social on choosing a PhD topic: career-advice.jobs.ac.uk/before-your-... In particular -- research potential supervisors not just as scientists but as mentors! Everyone has a different mentorship style. Try to find an environment that would work for you.

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How to choose a PhD research topic - jobs.ac.uk

Deciding your PhD topic and supervisor is incredibly important. Use our guide to get it right and nail down your research topic...

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Thermal Ecology Alliance is growing rapidly and we are now at 51 countries! Join here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/participation

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XIII European Congress of Entomology @ece2026tours.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

📢Don’t miss it! Less than 3 weeks left to submit your abstract and register at the early bird rate! The 15th of December deadline for the XIII European Congress of Entomology (29 June – 3 July 2026, Tours, France) is fast approaching! All details & submission: ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

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ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance. Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.

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