Reposted by Michael ReichertPortuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We are very excited to be joined by four great invited speakers for #SPE2026! 153
Reposted by Michael ReichertPortuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are excited to announce that BIOPOLIS-CIBIO @biopolis-cibio.bsky.social , Universidade do Porto, will host the 2026 Conference of the Portuguese Ethological Society (hashtag#SPE2026)! 175
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm recruiting new grad students for fall 2027, looking for students motivated by animal behavior and animal communication. Our main study system is acoustic communication in treefrogs. More details here, please spread the word: reichertlab.com/2026/09/07/r...reichertlab.comRecruiting grad students for fall 2027The Reichert Lab in the Department of Biology at Oklahoma State University is recruiting 1-2 graduate students (MS or PhD) for Fall 2027. Our lab does integrative research in animal communication a… 02832
Reposted by Michael ReichertLaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦 All positions are funded: MSc: 2.3 years PhD: 5 years Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026 sites.psych.ualberta... PsychUAlberta 🧪 1/2 13037
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We are hiring a #postdoc to work on our NSF funded project on metabolic rate as a driver of individual variation in treefrog acoustic communication. Please spread the word to potentially interested candidates (or apply if you are one of them): jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/postdoc...jobs.okstate.edu 12434
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Attention Europe! I am on sabbatical this fall and will be on a Fulbright Fellowship from Sep-Dec at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO in Portugal. Hoping to reconnect with old friends, build new connections/collaborations & give some seminars in the EU, so let's be in touch. news.okstate.edu/articles/art...news.okstate.eduOSU biology professor named Fulbright U.S. Scholar to study animal communication behavior | Oklahoma State UniversityAn Oklahoma State University professor will be traveling to Portugal in August to study animal communication behaviors after being named a Fulbright Scholar for 2026-27. 010
Reposted by Michael ReichertLaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Nearly 100 years ago, naturalists Henry & Felicia Williams noticed that birds in their Connecticut garden seemed to have favourite colours for their nest-building materials. We've now shown that they were was onto something in a new paper our today in Learning & Behavior 1/3 193
Reposted by Michael Reichertmathotlab.bsky.social @mathotlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Please share! I have two positions for graduate students in my lab, starting Fall 2027. Details on the position s and application process can be found here: kjmathot.wordpress.com/opportunities/kjmathot.wordpress.comOpportunities********************************************************************************************************* ***Two graduate student positions in the Mathot Lab**** I am recruiting two new graduate st… 02646
Reposted by Michael ReichertJenny Stynoski @stynoski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... 06166
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Check out this video highlighting our research and explaining how scientists use spectrograms to study animal communication! In collaboration with @galacticpolymath.com as part of our Balancing Act lessons for high school biology students www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLPL...youtube.comSpectrogram Explained: Seeing the Sounds of a SwampYouTube video by Galactic Polymath Education Studio 143
Reposted by Michael ReichertNeil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026recruiting a couple new grad students to start in january, please share! www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities 13135
Reposted by Michael ReichertJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 15/04/2026New research using spatially-nested hierarchical species distribution models to estimate current and future distributions of a cryptic species at a regional scale🌍 🐸 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/E3tsUzA 072
Reposted by Michael ReichertCamille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share 28398
Reposted by Michael ReichertShaun Killen @shaunkillen.bsky.social · 19/02/20261 of 2 new postdocs in our group! Looking for an integrative fish physiologist for our Amazon ornamental fish project, linking stress & welfare across supply chain. Partnership with fishers and Brazilian collaborators. Field work and applied impact. Please share!: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... 088
Reposted by Michael ReichertCamille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🚨Not one, but two papers now out on response inhibition (also called motoric self-regulation or inhibitory control in the field of animal cognition). Many studies find no link between individual performance on different tasks supposedly measuring response inhibition. 1/6 26610
Reposted by Michael ReichertElizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s... 12932
Reposted by Michael Reichertbirdsonglab.bsky.social @birdsonglab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The Birdsong Lab is recruiting graduate students! Links in the comments. Please repost! 11321
Reposted by Michael ReichertJulia Saltz @juliasaltz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com 35079
Reposted by Michael ReichertVladimir Pravosudov @cognitiveecol.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).chickadeecognition.comPOSITIONSdefault description 14078
Reposted by Michael ReichertKatie Cronin, PhD @katieacronin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025What an honorable title! @okstate.edu is hiring a Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied Animal Behavior & Well-Being. 75% research 25% teaching. #job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...jobs.okstate.eduTemple Grandin Endowed Professor (Assistant/Associate) in Applied Animal Behavior and Well-Being - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United StatesTemple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied AnimalBehavior and Well-Being Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesOklahoma State University – Stillwater, Oklahoma The Department of Anim... 056
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...jobs.okstate.eduAssistant Professor of Biology - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United StatesCampus OSU-Stillwater Contact Name & Email Dr. Michael Reichert, michael.reichert@okstate.edu Work Schedule TBD Appointment Length Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice Hiring Range $85,000 - $8... 129
Reposted by Michael ReichertGabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch 13838
Reposted by Michael ReichertAnimal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors! Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk (sksakal@ilstu.edu) by Oct 31!media.tenor.comron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me " 02623
Reposted by Michael ReichertElizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!) 25883
Reposted by Michael ReichertLaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team. Application details here: bit.ly/4mlBd6x Deadline 01 Dec 2025 Please share widely! (1/3) 1/3 11616
Reposted by Michael ReichertGalactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 09/09/2025"...it checks all the boxes — authentic science, student-led inquiry, & ready-to-go NGSS-aligned materials..." 😊 Check out this guest post from @brewerbiology.bsky.social after teaching our free unit about @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's research 🐸🔊🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/what-ca...galacticpolymath.comWhat Can Singing Frogs Teach Us About Evolutionary Tradeoffs? — Galactic PolymathWill female frogs be attracted to males who produce many short calls or to males with fewer, longer calls? This evolutionary tradeoff was the question my high school biology students investigated in t... 083
Reposted by Michael ReichertNed Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · 08/09/2025New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation. This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality". 1/biorxiv.orgGenetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard modelBehavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th... 12920
Reposted by Michael ReichertChris Clark @selasphorus1.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Postdoc advertisement! Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉 37854
Reposted by Michael ReichertAndre Moncrieff @andremoncrieff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬 I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma. Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation 👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org Please share!moncriefflab.orgMoncrieff Lab | Bird EvolutionThe Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and... 12637
Reposted by Michael ReichertJenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social · 18/07/2025New publication! 🚨 If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦 We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types. @ucc.ie onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 1198
Reposted by Michael ReichertJenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Many thanks to my co-authors John Quinn, Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social and Jordan Cuff @jordancuff.bsky.social . Also remembering Bill Symondson who I really enjoyed working with and who would have been pleased to see this work out there. 011
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I was proud to take part in this event! (Even if very annoyed that a terminated NSF grant got me there) Every effort to communicate the importance of scientific research matters 010
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This is an excellent tool, I'm really happy to have contributed to its development! I think it will be especially useful for teaching #bioacoustics 021
Reposted by Michael ReichertNeil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities 05941
Reposted by Michael ReichertGalactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 09/05/2025We love it! 🤩🐸 Great to see students diving into data in our Balancing Act unit based on @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's NSF funded research! #SaveNSF 🧪 073
Reposted by Michael ReichertRebecca Brewer @brewerbiology.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Students listened to 🐸 calls and analyzed their spectrograms to learn about tradeoffs in nature: frogs can have long calls or frequent calls, not both! Then tried to figure out which call attracts more ladies. Great lesson set called Balancing Act by Galactic Polymath! www.galacticpolymath.com 032
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025This is a really exciting app for #bioacoustics, especially for teaching. Please support if you can. 051
Reposted by Michael ReichertGabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8rbiodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.ukDesigning Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training PartnershipThis project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA). 11724
Reposted by Michael ReichertMatt Wilkins @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com · 06/04/2025Humans are visual creatures. We're missing out on so much because it's currently expensive & technical to visualize sounds. Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this! 👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky 73514
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Great writeup on our educational outreach work with @galacticpolymath.com @okstate.edu news.okstate.edu/articles/com...news.okstate.eduOSU biology professor partners with education studio to develop free lessons for high schools nationwide - Oklahoma State UniversityThe calls of gray treefrogs are making their way from Oklahoma wetlands to high school biology classrooms nationwide, thanks to Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Michael Reichert. 030
Reposted by Michael ReichertGalactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 04/03/2025🔦Exciting fundamental biological research sponsored by NSF 🧪 🔉 🐸⚖️ Our free high school unit "Balancing Act" connects students to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's big Qs & real data! Research & free lessons only possible through NSF Broader Impacts funds! ▶️🔥 New Trailer youtube.com/shorts/qqrVt...youtube.com“Balancing Act” Unit Trailer: Free lessons about tradeoffs in life #bioacousticsYouTube video by Galactic Polymath 172
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025This is a great write up on a really cool study and I was happy to be able to chime in with some thoughts. It's really a shame that the great science in the article is overshadowed by the attacks on federal science funding in the US. We risk losing so many people and so much knowledge. 042
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Please spread the word on our paid research program for recent biology graduates at #okstate. The ON-RaMP program provides a year-long biology research experience with tons of resources. More info here: cas.okstate.edu/onramp/ Apply here (by Feb 28!): etap.nsf.gov/award/475/op...cas.okstate.eduOklahoma Network-Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates - Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma Network-Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates 025
Reposted by Michael ReichertGalactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 12/02/2025Chicka-dee-dee! 🪶 For #DarwinDay, here's a free natural selection card game based on NSF-funded research into climate change impacts on chickadee hybridization! Features @drscottataylor.bsky.social, @amberricelab.bsky.social & Tim Roth. #EduSky #SciComm #Birds 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqK...youtube.comForaging Frenzy: A hands-on natural selection memory gameYouTube video by Galactic Polymath 295
Reposted by Michael ReichertCamille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025⭐New paper out on great tits' social behaviour⭐ We manipulated food access & stability of social interactions at feeders (small-scale) to investigate their effects on individual-level social network position & dyadic assoc. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (birds handled with required permits) 1328
Reposted by Michael ReichertMatt Wilkins @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com · 06/02/2025This is fundamental research, made accessible through NSF Broader Impacts funds! It is so important to nurture curiosity & understanding of science from a young age. We must fight efforts to dismantle basic research or devalue outreach! #SciComm #EduSky 🐸🧪🔊 1194
Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Please check out these amazing free high school lesson plans based on our research! @galacticpolymath.com did a great job putting them together and I'm really excited to use our work to teach students about science and of course frogs. Please share with teachers! Supported by #NSF (RIP?) 2105
Reposted by Michael ReichertNed Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I've posted it several times but the deadline is this Friday: encourage undergraduate students you're working with to apply to this fantastic program! We've got amazing researchers and opportunities in organismal biology, biology education, applied ecology, evolutionary ecology and more! 075