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Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.

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Ummat-bugs @the-bug-hut.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So exciting! Looking forward to checking this out…

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Scott Taylor, on behalf of @jjinsing.bsky.social, tells the story of a potential instance of caterpillar mimicry in the White-necked Jacobin. The fuzzy baby hummingbird uses the unusually wiggles in the nest, mimicking local caterpillars & potentially helping to avoid some predation! #AOS25

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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

7/7 Science faces challenges, but I’m hopeful universities can continue to support evidence-based research and the people who dedicate their careers to it. And if you’re interested in collaboration, let’s connect 🤝.

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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

6/7 Leaving the Forest Service is bittersweet—I’ve never met a group more mission-driven and genuinely dedicated. But I’m excited to carry what I learned there into this next chapter, working with students, communities, and collaborators.

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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Devastated to see the NSF postdoctoral research fellowship in biology archives. This is a transformative creative opportunity and a path to the professorship for many (including myself). Postdocs are highly trained and often in the newest techniques which spur innovation. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

ICE, which must be abolished, is active in Austin today.

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Socky Noob @sockynoob.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Triceratops beetle squeaking!!!

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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

BRB, going to binge four hours of Bugs that Rule the World, featuring bug enthusiast, researcher, and science communicator @the-bug-hut.bsky.social. www.pbs.org/show/bugs-th... @pbs.org

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Bugs That Rule the World

A four-part investigation into insect declines, exploring their diversity and ecological importance.

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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Amazing intro for episode 3 of Bugs that Rule the World on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I don’t know how to communicate with someone who believes that Elon Musk is not an out of touch elite, but my colleagues who make $65,000 a year and have $150,000 in student loan debt are out of touch elites.

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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Episode 2 of Bugs that Rule the World tonight at 10pm est on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social! Can’t wait!

Researcher Ummat Somjee holding a flag footed bug

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KC Cushman @cushmankc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Delighted to finally watch the first episode with my parents while we had Mother’s Day dessert! Bugs That Rule The World is beautiful and @the-bug-hut.bsky.social is the best ambassador for the bugs. 10/10

Bowl with cobbler and ice cream in the foreground, TV with Ummat’s head looking across the savanna in the background

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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Check out @the-bug-hut.bsky.social on @pbs.org TONIGHT in *Bugs that rule the world* (10 pm eastern)

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Cool set of talks by early career researchers on the neural basis of behaviour! Organized by @neuroethology.org

Alt text: Poster for a seminar series organised by the International Society for Neuroethology: The Future of Neuroethology May 20th 2025 1400 UTC.

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZzMNjMB09V1uoBJlg2cGnuGUzSd6om_iFVCHkzskXwA/

Speakers:
Sercan Sayin, University of Konstanz Germany: The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts.

Andrew Matheson, Columbia University, USA: Environmental Plasticity of the Newt Olfactory System.

Emily Lessig, University of Texas at Austin, USA: The neural basis of reciprocity in a highly social cichlid.

Panel discussion after the talks on the financial landscape for science and its impact on the society.
Speakers:
Cindy Moss, ISN president, Professor at John Hopkins University
Mathias Wernet, ISN member, Professor at Freie Universitaet Berlin
Daniel Tomsic, ISN member, Professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A recent paper argued that bees trade off reward to avoid pain. Jenny Read and I re-analyzed their data and argue that the paper's analysis is flawed. We've written up a constructive critique of the work with some modelling and recommendations. 🧪 Read on: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Motivational trade-offs as evidence for sentience in bees: a critique

Establishing if insects feel pain can have far-reaching consequences for insect husbandry, commercial pollination and scientific research. Research in this field therefore requires careful experiments...

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

For-profit science isn't science, just marketing buzzwords to satisfy shareholders

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/04/2025

A little rain wasn’t going to stop NYC. #handsoff

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

🇺🇸 Absolutely insane crowd here in Madison, Wisconsin — the Capital of Democracy! #Handsoff

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Gigantic crowd in NYC for the #HandsOff march against Trump, Musk, and MAGA. So many people that the participants can barely move along. Signs decrying Trump and Co. on many fronts: immigration, science, Social Security, reproductive rights, tariffs, autocracy, kleptocracy & the price of eggs.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

My favorite image from the #HandsOff rally in DC today

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Tiffany Muller @tiffanymuller.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Proud to be a partner org of the #HandsOff rally day of action. The crowd and energy in DC was fantastic! We will not be silent while they line the pockets of their billionaire donors and screw over the average American. #HandsOff

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 05/04/2025

Hearing that there’s over 100,000 people at the #HandsOff protest in Washington, D.C. The fight to take back our country has begun.

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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

"People are going to die, data is going to vanish, careers are going to end, and the benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the United States are going to dwindle, perhaps for decades." a hard, helpful contextualization about U.S. science from @carlzimmer.com buttondown.com/carlzimmer/a...

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Friday's Elk: Decimation

As we head into the third month of the new Trump administration, some of the damage that it is inflicting on American science and medicine is starting to...

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DNLee5 @dnlee5.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Wow

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Amy Atwater @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thanks to @mosasaurologist.bsky.social for patiently trying to explain fish fossils to me yesterday while I was fully distracted by everything else, including this rad Pachycephalosaurus skull. #fossilfriday

A scientist is holding a dinosaur skull in a lab.

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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Found this treehopper (Calloconophora pinguis) guarding her eggs! She will later defend her hatched offspring against predators. So cool to see maternal care in insects! #treehoppers #membracids #insects

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Ryan Poling-Skutvik @rpslab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Welp. It happened. Our NIH training grant was terminated on Friday. Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice. To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/

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Ummat-bugs @the-bug-hut.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I just wrote a ref letter for a NIH training grant for a student to conduct research on Alzheimer’s … she has spent over 5 years working in a research lab as a PhD student to get here… but they are now terminating these critical opportunities for young, creative minds-it’s bad for science

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Cin-Ty Lee @cintylee.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Those in high positions are thought to have power, but most really don't have power because they care too much about their career. Real power comes when you don't give a damn. Only then, can you speak the truth.

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Ummat-bugs @the-bug-hut.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Incredible ‘helmet’ on this membracid

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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It is spring and time for a new round of mentorship matching! This time we are also looking for new mentors, so if you are interested in supporting animal behaviours students do join us! Mentee sign up here: forms.gle/zPgk4Nwq2znE... Mentor sign up here: forms.gle/cD3cEqoXHaLT...

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

In case you missed it: We're offering gratis membership and gratis #WOS2025 meeting registration to any ornithologist impacted by recent actions by the federal government, and are soliciting input on additional ways to offer support.

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Supporting Ornithologists Impacted by U.S. Executive Orders & Federal Firings

We are shocked and dismayed by the U.S. federal government’s 2025 general assault on science.

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Ummat-bugs @the-bug-hut.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

This beetles lamellate antenna❤️

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Dr. Charles Henry Turner was from Ohio; he earned a BSc and MSc from the University of Cincinnati. He was the first African American to earn a PhD in #entomology, which was at the University of Chicago in 1907. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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This Pioneering Black Zoologist's Insights Were a Century Ahead of Their Time

Charles Henry Turner conducted trailblazing research on the cognitive traits of bees, spiders and more

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