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sicb-dce.bsky.social @sicb-dce.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Don’t forget to vote in the SICB general and division elections, open now, closing June 20th! Part of this is the proposed merger of DCE and DCPB, make your voice heard! Vote here! (burkclients.com/sicb/electio...)

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Get to know IOB co author Babita Sharma's other work scholar.google.com/citations?us... & read #Freshwater #Fish #Biodiversity Changes Before and After the #Indrapuri Dam Construction in the Bihar Region Khatoon, Sharma et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #science #biology

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British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Career Opportunity: PhD Project – Seeing the Invisible: Ultrasound Imaging of Metabolism in Living Animals at Imperial College London with Prof Kevin Murphy. Deadline 20 April 2026

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

ICB - The #evolution of same-sex sexual #behavior: Using old theory to answer new questions Brian A Lerch see more about Brian lerchta.wixsite.com/lerch-eco-evo & read doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #biology #science

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The #evolution of same-sex sexual #behavior: Using old theory to answer new questions

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https://lerchta.wixsite.com/lerch-eco-evo

https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icag015

The evolution of mating preferences and the consequences of the resulting sexual selection are intensively studied topics in #evolutionary #biology. Nevertheless, until relatively recently, the evolution of perhaps the most fundamental of all mating preferences, the preference for mating with opposite-sex individuals, has received little attention. In the past two decades, however, there has been an explosion of literature on the evolution and expression of same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in non-human #animals. Here, I show that literature on SSB has strong connections to many insights from classic theory on mate choice. I argue that explicitly integrating this “old theory” on mate choice proves tremendously informative for understanding the evolution of SSB. To do so, I review what is known about the expression and evolution of SSB. I begin by explaining why selection may favor imperfect sex discrimination (i.e., the failure to accurately assess the sex of potential mating partners), how imperfect sex discrimination manifests in SSB empirically, and the origin of sex discrimination. I then review experimental studies on how varying social conditions such as density and sex ratio influence the plastic expression of SSB. Next, I turn to evidence for adaptive SSB, wherein the act of engaging in sexual behavior with same-sex conspecifics carries fitness benefits. I conclude by arguing that connecting results on SSB to “classic” work on mating preferences leads to a deeper understanding of how SSB evolves.

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

SICB's April lunch zoom is coming up with @biologycarly.bsky.social ! carlyanneyork.wixsite.com/website on April 6th 12 noon est join us by emailing sicbmedia@sicb.org to receive a link Carly will be interviewed by #scientist & #writer @rchoover.bsky.social of www.kassandraford.com/people

https://integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/carly-anne-york-bravely-following-her-curiosity-a-book-review/

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

ICB #Student Awardee paper spotlight: Early developmental exposure to sodium perchlorate disrupts #thyroid, liver, and testicular development in #mice by Kyle Bouten et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #biology #PhD #academia #science #hormone #mammals

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Going to #SICB? attend s4 www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program... Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks Organized by M. Aramati Casper, aramaticasper.weebly.com Jay J. Falk jayjinsing.github.io Karen M. Warkentin, sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/

Sex and the repeated origins of sexes are key sources of biological diversity, contributing to enormous variation in how organisms reproduce. Yet our conception of sex/es is disproportionately shaped by animal models. We need broader comparative approaches and collaborations across organismal silos to develop more general, inclusive frameworks. This symposium convenes researchers working on protists, plants, fungi, animals, and theoretical models to engage with the complexities of sex and reproduction, aiming to distinguish shared principles from taxonomic idiosyncrasies, highlight fundamental differences and open questions, and generate new frameworks for understanding sex in biology. By fostering integrative dialogue across disciplines and taxa, we hope to advance a more inclusive and accurate understanding of reproductive diversity across the tree of life.

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Have you seen these @sicb-spdac.bsky.social sticker awardee winners artwork? Congrats Eliyah Stern Hanna Chow & @botanicalbecks.bsky.social & Ryan Fisk Go to SPDAC's booth in Portland at SICB to get a sticker!

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

IOB "We characterize the wing shape and size of a molossid #bat assemblage of six species from the humid Chaco region of northeastern Argentina..." from M A Argoitia et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #morphology #foraging #science #biologists #science #PhD #academic #journal #ecology

Fig. 1 Example of wing mounting of Molossops temminckii used for the specimens studied. Landmarks and semilandmarks are shown with dots. References: landmarks, ● semilandmarks. propatagium (pro), plagiopatagium (pla), dactylopatagium minus (dmi), dactylopatagium major (dma), dactylopatagium medius (dme), and uropatagium (uro). For landmarks definitions see Table 1

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If you're going to #SICB Portland 2026, be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author) Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌 See Noah's site noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.

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SICB Student Postdoc Affairs Committee (SPDAC) @sicb-spdac.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Our 2nd place winner is... Hanna Chow with this awesome design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social

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Journal of Neuroendocrinology @jne-editor.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

New neuroendocrine tumor early view article: Somatostatin analogs in neuroendocrine tumors with Ki-67 index of ≥10%. Braegelmann J, Mathew A, Schmidt B, et al. Read: onlinelibrary.wiley....

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SICB Student Postdoc Affairs Committee (SPDAC) @sicb-spdac.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

And finally, our 1st place winner is... Eliyah Stern with this amazing design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social

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SICB Student Postdoc Affairs Committee (SPDAC) @sicb-spdac.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Our 3rd place winners are... Rebecca Beneroff (@botanicalbecks.bsky.social) and Ryan Fisk with this beautiful design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This Thursday's IOB cover spotlight is on The Diffusion Diaries: Diffusible Iodine-Based Contrast-Enhanced Computed #Tomography for #Vertebrate Natural History #Specimens @jaimiagray.bsky.social Gray , et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #morphology #science #biology #vertebrates

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

For Throwback Thursday one of our all time ICB highly cited: Energy Allocation in #Mammalian #Reproduction Available for Purchase GITTLEMAN , et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #science #biology #scientist #mammals

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Are you coming to #SICB Portland? sicb.org/events/upcom... if so, don't miss S03: The #evolutionary consequences of life cycle complexity organized by Anne-Claire Fabre anne-claire-fabre.weebly.com & Ronald Bonett, ronbonett.weebly.com #biology #academia #scientists #science #conferences

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We are elated to announce our flagship journal, ICB's , collaboration with Women in #Wildlife ! Be sure to check out their organization www.womeninwildlife.com & follow them on Instagram (@) women.in.wildlife

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

@tabhenry.bsky.social & I were privileged enough to film in IOB author Adrian Smith's lab! Enjoy this clip on what he does at NC #science #museum youtu.be/n_ktEWGN2Qo?... & read his coauthored Jumping Performance & Behavior of the Globular Springtail Dicyrtomina minuta doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Have you nominated someone for the BART #award? sicb.org/awards/georg... All this week #SICB is spotlighting past winners and we begin with Kate Wilsterman www.thewilstermanlab.com #science #biology #ecology #evolution #PhD

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

👀 👀 Attention potential post-docs! Stengl-Wyer Scholars are three year post-docs to develop independent projects at UT. If you would like to talk about potential projects please get in touch!

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Congrats Maria! Hope the talk goes well👍 & we hope no one misses : Recent Advances in the Mechanistic Understanding of #Avian Responses to #Environmental Challenges Alexander R Gerson , Cory Elowe , Maria Stager doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #AOS2025 #science #biology #birds

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Recent Advances in the Mechanistic Understanding of Avian Responses to Environmental Challenges

Synopsis. Endothermic species have evolved strategies to maximize survival in highly variable or extreme environments. Birds are exemplary as they are amon

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Great to see all these great books there! We hope this one is in the batch. 🙌 #shark read integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/s...

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

For #SharkWeek SICB highlights the #shark scientists of Florida Atlantic #Biomechanics Laboratory (The FAB Lab) a Department of #Biological #Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL, USA. mepbiomechanics.com see youtube.com/shorts/fMc7B...

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

2027 SICB Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA! If you feel like there are exciting developments in your field that aren't receiving sufficient attention, then you should consider organizing a symposium around that topic. forms.gle/6D6idU4vkc67... & check out past symposium www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

ICB "We found substantial latitudinal variation in wind speed and the change in wind speed under #climate change, demonstrating that temperate regions are predicted to experience simultaneous warming & reductions in #wind speed. " youtube.com/shorts/WOQPy... Riddell Porter doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

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sicb-dce.bsky.social @sicb-dce.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A winter flashback with Dr. Jamie M. Cornelius, researching how animals respond to unpredictable environments by employing heart rate transmitters in nomadic red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), allowing for live physiological monitoring under field conditions! Photos by @sonnenbird.bsky.social

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sicb-dce.bsky.social @sicb-dce.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This summer we will be featuring some of the field work conducted by our SICB DCE members! If you have fun field photos to share, please send them to me at samuel.lane@ndsu.edu!

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I had an awesome morning at the #postersatcapitolLA25 event today! I really enjoyed chatting with Louisiana’s best and brightest undergrad researchers @lsu.bsky.social & 11 other LaURA organizations on how their important work helps their local communities, our state, country & world 🥹🧪

LSU researcher Jena Bordelon chats with LSU Interim President Dr. Matt Lee about her research on improving the food environment in Louisiana schools.

Researchers talk to legislators, faculty, and visitors at the end of the morning session at the Louisiana Undergraduate Research Association (LaURA) Posters at the Capitol 2025 event.

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Have you reserved a spot for @invertebabe.bsky.social June Zoom talk? see a previous talk youtu.be/mZvccQJJbN0?... & see Meg's defense www.youtube.com/live/HZoOQBU... join us by emailing sicbmedia@sicb.org #cephalopod #squid #Octopus #science #STEM #Research #womeninscience #biologist

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

For #PrideMonth , an updated reading list by @jjinsing.bsky.social via integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/w... List jayjinsing.github.io/ReadingList/ & be sure to read Jay's coauthored ICB work Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited. doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #LGTBQI #Pride

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

IOB #WorldOceansDay blog incorporating MSP doi.org/10.1093/iob/... "This day calls us to reflect and take meaningful action toward protecting our shared #ocean. Caring for the ocean means caring for people and the future of a planet where both can thrive." iobopen.com/2025/06/08/w...

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Be sure to follow our latest SICB division to join bsky👍 Welcome aboard DCE ! @sicb-dce.bsky.social

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sicb-dce.bsky.social @sicb-dce.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Make sure to vote on the 2025 SICB elections here: sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20.... The last day to cast a vote in the elections is tomorrow (6/7) at midnight Hawaii time, so please make sure to cast your vote!

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