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Tomer J. Czaczkes @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social · 22h

3+3 year postdoc position with the lovely Gabriele Uhl! Greifswald is a lovely, cosy city too. A really great opportunity for a behavioural ecologist.

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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Professorship in Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems (salary level W3) at Osnabrück University www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/universit...

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129 FB 8 W3 Professorship Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems, Institute of Cognitive Science: Uni Osnabrück

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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Posting for a colleague (so don't contact me for questions). North Carolina State is looking for a Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology. 💼🪰🐜🦋

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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026

My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!

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van cleve research group

Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Right?! I barely remember what I did in that photo. Yes, it wasn't quite advice for now, but more general advice. It's also hard to follow that when you are actually doing the work. That's why I have more photos of students now than of myself.

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I implore my incoming students to take pics of themselves working, for future talks. They don't listen, but every so often I take pictures of them and save them in my work pic folder. Then I give them the pictures for their talks. I have been doing this for myself since the days of film!

A photo on film of a young man in a brown shirt. He is bent over a glass channel on a gray table. The left hand rests on a button, the right hand is positioned over one end of the glass channel. A camera is mounted over the channel, pointing down at it, and in the background is a old fashioned cathode ray tube monitor.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Well, that's refreshing, an ad for a luxury item that features stingless bees.

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Laura Ross @laurarossevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My lab @ Edinburgh university is recruiting a postdoc to work on the weird and wonderful germline-specific chromosomes of flies. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... collaboration with @germline.bsky.social and yukiko yamashita funded by @novonordisk.bsky.social please repost!

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We're hiring... again! Lecturer in Bioinformatics, £51,753 - £58,225 per year Awesome city, awesome colleagues, awesome students. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences Please share widely!

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are 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/...

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Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology

Lund 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

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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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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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am recruiting a PhD student next year! If you want to work on conservation in working landscapes, consider applying. If interested, please fill out this Google Form in lieu of an email inquiry (forms.gle/1pMESJ5ME8uK...). Check out our website to learn more about us: karp.ucdavis.edu

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 19/08/2026

Took a lab camping trip to celebrate the end of the field season and I had the chance to encounter not one but TWO hellbenders!! Which had been on my Appalachia bucket list for a while now. This guy was about 2 feet long! #nature #salamanders #Appalachia

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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tenure Track job alert! We're hiring someone to teach Microbiology and Genetics! Know someone on the job market? Must have a PhD. Position is mostly teaching (65%) but research expected. Send them my way! Will have official ad details soon 🧪🦠🧬

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Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@nstroeymeyt.bsky.social is hiring! Collective behavior, disease, and social organization - if you’re looking for a PhD or postdoc! #IUSSI26

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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Come be our colleague!!!! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Job posting that reads:

Assistant Professor

Insect Declines

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Entomology and the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which insect biodiversity loss is a key element, including understanding how anthropogenic stressors (such as land-use change, climate change, agriculture, invasive species, and pollution) are causing declines in insect abundance, biomass, species richness, or range size. Candidates whose work addresses amelioration of anthropogenic changes to species, populations, and people, and who are working to develop new strategies for insect and biodiversity conservation and long-term monitoring, are especially welcome to apply. We additionally encourage researchers who can build connections and expand research in understudied global regions.

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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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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is something I hadn't thought about explicitly before but now once you do, how could you ever willingly expose yourself to this risk?? "Using generative AI (for writing) inherently exposes to the risk of (potentially) career-ending accusations of plagiarism"

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have started running Claude alongside the book I am writing on ants, as well as just letting Google Gemini do its thing at the top when I do Google search. It is not doing any writing I am using, and I am always checking the results against primary sources.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My alma mater (College of the Atlantic) is hiring faculty in Field Ecology, Agroecology, and Chemistry. If you're looking for a very cool small liberal arts college on the coast of Maine with a strong environmental focus, check it out (happy to answer questions!): www.coa.edu/human-resour...

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Career Opportunities | College of the Atlantic

Career opportunities at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor Maine.

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Steve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A former grad student, Rachel Keen (not on Bluesky), is starting a tenure track position at Kansas State and is recruiting grad students to study the ecohydrology of grassland, shrubland and woodland transition ecosystems. She would be great to work for! rleasey.wixsite.com/keenecohydro...

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Keen Ecohydrology Lab | Rachel Keen

Our research in the Ecohydrology Lab focuses on interactions between ecological and hydrological systems in open ecosystems, including grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Open ecosystems around the ...

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Nigel Raine @nigeleraine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New study, led by Ellen Richard, assessing the non-bee strawberry flower visiting community using #metabarcoding. Our results suggest that non-bee species make considerable contributions towards overall strawberry pollination services. Read in full @basicapplecol.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria, USA. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405

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Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Alexander Kotrschal @kotrschal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟 Looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal together: www.wur.nl/en/jobs/pers... Get in touch to discuss topics 🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠

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Tania Kim @taniakim.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Please repost: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on projects related to understanding the movement ecology of harmful and beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Applications close on: July 31, 2026 To apply and for more information, visit: lnkd.in/g8gFeB3u

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there? A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years. Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social

This photo was taken in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste

This microgastrine wasp was named by co-author Jose Fernandez-Triana in honour of Costa Rican parataxonomist Roberto Espinoza in recognition of his contribution to understanding the plant biology of ACG. The species is Snellenius robertoespinozai. The image is Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) so can reused provided the original author (Jose Fernandez-Triana) and the source are properly cited. The source is: Fernandez-Triana JL, Whitfield JB, Smith MA, Kula RR, Hallwachs W, Janzen DH (2015) Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62(2): 137-201. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.5276

image of a Malaise trap in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Do any of you have an AI policy document for your lab group clearly stating expectations regarding student / postdoc use of LLMs in background research, coding, writing, reviewing, etc? I'd be interested in a model as we develop one.

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am pleased to say that my promotion to associate professor with tenure has been made official today. Thanks to everyone who has supported me, especially the students whose hard work is part of that success. news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Board of Visitors approves 2026 promotions, tenure, and continued appointments

The board approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments.

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

As someone who studied obscure buccal feeding in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid, I was mostly joking ...

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What "practical value" does ant milk have?

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

That said, I need to overhaul mine ...

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

You can have a Hugo static website (gohugo.io) with VT's GitLab hosting (code.vt.edu). You write your content in Markdown (or org-mode) files, sync to the git repo, and it will be deployed automatically. There are lots of templates to download / modify.

gohugo.io

The world's fastest framework for building websites

Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators. With its amazing speed and flexibility, Hugo makes building websites fun again.

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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Interested in a PhD working on sexual selection in tropical shorebirds? I'm recruiting a student for Fall 2027! I'm happy to support an applicant writing a Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

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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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Dara Stanley @darastanley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We're hiring! As part of the #InterPOLL project funded by @researchireland.ie we are recruiting two #PhD positions in bee ecology, and a #postdoc in bee molecular ecology. For more details and how to apply see here: www.stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd #phdlife #academicjobs

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Vacancies | ecology

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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

On the bright side: soon we will all use AI generated rulers because we won't be able to buy properly calibrated ones. Everyone will have their very own special "true" measurements. The authors are merely trailblazers!

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Elva Robinson @elvarobinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

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Jobs - The University of York

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Tomer J. Czaczkes @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some plants change the colour of flowers which were already pollinated, and are now rewardless. We thought perhaps they were using a behavioural economic trick - the decoy effect - to make the rewarded flowers appear more valuable. We were wrong. resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Left facet - a bumblebee on a multi-part flower, most of which are pink, two of which are yellow.
Right facet - a bumblebee in a lab on a multi-part artificial flower, most of which are purple, two of which are yellow.

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Maggie Couvillon @freelyflyingbees.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Some cool work that my (former, now fully minted) Ph.D. student @twoleglaura.bsky.social did on the impacts of herbicide on honey bee behavior and brains when she was in my lab. This study was published last year, but it got some renewed interest today. Great stuff, Laura! phys.org/news/2026-04...

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How a common herbicide affects honeybee brains and behavior

Cultivating flowering plants for pollinator gardens, commercial farms, or home landscapes often relies on the use of herbicides to manage unwanted weeds. Honeybees are attracted to these locations and...

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Jess Stephenson @jfstep.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm looking for a lovely, talented PhD student, working on my ERC-funded project investigating the links between sexual selection and epidemic dynamics. The project uses guppies, worms, behaviour tracking, big experiments, and maths.. email me! Must have a masters! su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

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Doktorand i sjukdomsekologi och partnerval

Zoologiska institutionen är en av de äldsta institutionerna vid Stockholms universitet med en lång historia av grundläggande och tillämpad forskning om djur, från leddjur till stora däggdjur. I

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