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Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🚨PaleoSoc is hiring 2 Paleontology Assistants for the Paleontology in the Parks Fellowship Program!🚨 📅 Priority Deadline: October 15th 🔗Apply for the program here: paleosoc.org/nps-ps-paleontology-in-the-parks-application-info

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#SICB job board job share Assistant #Professor of #Biology – #Neurobiology, Trinity University in San Antonio, TX sicb.org/jobs-and-fel... & see other #jobs via sicb.org/jobs-and-fel...

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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

UF Biology is searching for an Assistant Professor in Plant Ecology, pass it along explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/search...

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University of Florida - Search Results

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Vert paleo curator gig at LSU; see recently published "Vertebrate Fossils of Louisiana" for a preview of the collections and potential projects that can be developed: repository.lsu.edu/spmns/5/

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Vertebrate Fossils of Louisiana

By Suyin Ting, Lorene E. Smith, Connor D. White, et al., Published on 01/01/25

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tenure-track assistant professor/curator jobs in vertebrate paleo posted at both Idaho State and Louisiana State is a nice salve right now. ☕️ Apply, apply! 🥔 🐊 🦴 ⛏️

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Seth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting applications until November 1. If you're a finishing Ph.D student or recent grad interested in coming to Berkeley to work on a project in paleobiology/paleoecology/geobiology please feel free to reach out! ppfp.ucop.edu/info/

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University of California | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

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Dakota McCoy, PhD @reallymccoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking for a postdoc? At UChicago, the Climate Systems Engineering Initiative is soliciting apps: $95K salary , $10k research funds. I am happy to mentor folks in bio/eco/evo aspects, e.g. on (i) rewilding or (ii) ocean alkallinity enhancement. climateengineering.uchicago.edu/opportunitie...

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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Work with us! 🐾 Assistant Curator of Environmental Archaeology This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 🔸 Full info: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/caree... 🔸 About the Department of Natural History at the Florida Museum: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/ 🏛️📌 Apply by Oct. 16, 2026

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Two weeks left to apply for these postoc positions! We seek two postdocs interested in 1) building trait prediction models capable of resolving complex microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes, and/or (2) building mathematical models of microbial community dynamics in the human microbiome.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 27/09/2026

Becky Sullivan of NPR has written this terrible article about the cynical "protect college sports" bill, that frames as bipartisan the intentional attempt to undo what I and many other people accomplished: reducing the financial exploitation of some of the poorest, Blackest kids in the nation.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

pls note the bats have been carefully depicted HANGING FROM THEIR LITTLE BRANCHES on this radial phylogeny (bats drawn by Fiona Reid, whose portfolio is here --> fionareid.ca)

section of the central bat phylogeny figure from this new bat phylogeny paper; the representative bat from each family is hanging from the taxon label by its little toesies

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Michael Hiller @hillermich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy to share results of the @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social phase 1, providing reference genomes covering 21 bat families. New insights into bat phylogeny, ancestral genome reconstruction, European origin & ancestral echolocation. Great work by a team of 100+ colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature

An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're hiring! 🐾 Assistant Curator of Environmental Archaeology This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 🔸 Full info: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/caree... 🔸 About the Department of Natural History at the Florida Museum: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/ 🏛️📌 Apply by Oct. 16, 2026

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Unite NY @unite-ny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New Yorkers can vote for the people who write state law. They can't propose law themselves. No citizen ballot initiative exists here at the state level, and that shapes what reform is even possible. 🧵

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My lab is hiring two(!) postdocs interested in (1) building trait prediction models capable of resolving complex microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes, and/or (2) building mathematical models of microbial community dynamics www.microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tenure-track job in vertebrate paleo! 🦬🦕🦈🦴 This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!

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Curator/Assistant Professor, Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences (3756)

Job DescriptionThe Idaho Museum of Natural History and the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University invite applications for a joint...

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

No good news about the Royal Society, but I do have good news about that tenure packet.

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NSF just posted the call for the annual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB). You must propose a project to apply AI to biological research. Deadline is Sep 29, 2026 www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 01/08/2026

My comment on NSF-2026-OTR-0001, NSF's obsequious gutting of their own procedures, replacing them with OMB's proposed rules undermining federal grantmaking with their ideological agenda. Need guidance on commenting? @standupforscience.net has you covered: fight2win.standupforscience.net #NSF

Full text at https://gist.githubusercontent.com/noamross/292dee0ff3b9d47e345801cc7796f70c/raw/2f9bde9cdd1ce067bcce6633e7ddaf70bf0db041/2026-07-31-comment-NSF-2026-OTR-0001.txt

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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Friends, let’s do this. Here is the link to make a comment - www.regulations.gov/document/NSF...

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Our dept @colgate.edu is hiring a tenure-stream asst prof in paleoclimate! We are so excited to learn about everyone's work & welcome our new colleague. Review of applications begins September 1. Pls share broadly. For details & to apply: apply.interfolio.com/188708

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/08/2026

The NSF Proposal is a not-so-sneaky attempt to implement Vought’s OMB Proposal before it’s finalized. Take action against the NSF Proposal; Leave your public comment: zurl.co/j2JCa Join us today at the NSF Rapid Response Workshop, 2-3PM ET: zurl.co/IXE9L

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Lisandro Milocco @milocco.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What can development contribute to predicting evolution? I argue it sets what evolution can access, and this depends on timescale since different parts of development evolve at different rates. Hence coarse-graining: keep only what matters 📣 New in @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Excited to see this paper come out. A novel, empirically based perspective on micro-macroevolutionary connections that makes variation in the fossil record a kind of signal, not just noise.

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Hoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Bever et al. (2026, The American Naturalist) Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution doi.org/10.1086/740891

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Conserved Polymorphism, Fossils, and the Macroevolutionary Reach of Microevolution | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

An invigorating framework! Gives a lot of good ideas for moving forward. Looking forward to seeing tests emerge in the coming years.

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Carole Hom @clhom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The colleagues are phenomenal, the research is great, and it’s a department that values teaching and mentoring. Evidence: see the “10 Simple Rules…” paper by faculty and postdocs in the department. osf.io/preprints/ed...

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New @stonybrooku.bsky.social student coauthored research: Many proposed rules predict a link between climate and tooth size in mammals. Well-supported rules would help us know what to expect in new environments. But which rules actually have support? A case study: Northern Grasshopper Mice

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Size of grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster) predicted by moisture, but not resource rules

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Dr. Mary T. Silcox @marytsilcox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The University of Toronto Mississauga invites applications for a tenure stream Assistant Professor position in Paleoanthroplogy. Deadline to apply is October 15, 2026. Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

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Assistant Professor - Palaeoanthropology

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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Last call! We're hiring 🐟 Assistant Curator of Ichthyology 🏛️📌 Apply by Aug. 21, 2026 This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 🔸 Full info: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/caree... 🔸 Apply via @ufl.edu: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/54...

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Joe Levy @colddirt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Love exploring climate change in the geological record? Want to teach about climate change with fabulous undergraduates? Yearning to advance your paleoclimate research in a supportive, scholarship-forward environment? Then come work with us at Colgate University! ⚒️🧪❄️🧪🌊🧪 apply.interfolio.com/188708

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Clint Boyd @boydpaleo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Come work for me at the North Dakota Geological Survey and run the Paleontology Section. Applications due August 30th. " www.cnd.nd.gov/psc/recruit/...

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Two tenured, mid-career positions available in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan: Climate-Driven Hazards and Earth Surface Dynamics. Applications due Aug. 15th: lsa.umich.edu/earth/about-...

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Job Postings | U-M LSA Earth and Environmental Sciences

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on genomic trait inference and microbiome modeling in permafrost thaw systems (on an NSF-funded project). If you have a strong interest in computational biology/microbial ecology please reach out! More details to come soon.

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Clint Boyd @boydpaleo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hey All! I know its field season for many of us, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up on this: The Paleontology Section Manager position (my former job) will be posting on or around August 1. Keep an eye out if you are interested in taking on the leadership of the dynamic NDGS Paleontology team!

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Red Alert Warning

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Lots of room for responsible innovation at the intersection of AI, computer vision, morphometrics, paleontology, and evolutionary biology! Don't sleep on this PRFB call -- happy to chat project ideas. Let's build something together! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that the Dept of Earth & Environmental Geosciences @colgate.edu is hiring a tenure-stream asst professor in paleoclimate! For additional info regarding the position & to apply: apply.interfolio.com/188708 . Please share broadly & contact us with your questions. Thank you!

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Tracy Heath @trayc7.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🐢🐊🦎🐍🐸 !!

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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎

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Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia

Apply for Research Associate in Biology job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If you're applying to Ecology & Evolution PhD programs this fall or just got into one this spring, this funding is for you! Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution The emphasis on funding cross-timescale studies fits my lab perfectly: consider applying! Application (LOI) due June 30

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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Jonathan Basile @jonothingeb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I wrote for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social about Kathryn Paige Harden's new book, an attempt to popularize the eugenics of criminality. I read it as a gambit to build liberal support for the project animating far right politics today, inspired by Replacement theory.

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Lewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We're hiring a Research Technician at the University of Vigo! 🇪🇸 Join the BENEDICTS project and help us build a database of benthic foraminifera to better understand how marine ecosystems have changed over time. 🔗 secretaria.uvigo.gal/uv/web/convo...

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Apply for a Paleosynthesis workshop with a Co-PI! Deadline 26 June 2026. Gather up to 14 participants for a workshop for a burning palaeontology question! I have participated in a couple in the past and they are really fun! www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/info-callws/

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Workshop Application Information – Welcome to PaleoSynthesis

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Job Opening: Director of the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI). Opportunity to build on TBI's history of research, education, and international collaboration in early human history, paleoanthropology, paleobiology, drylands ecology, genomics, and the geosciences. www.imsearch.com/open-searche...

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Director | Isaacson, Miller

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