Excited to share our new preprint where Nussaïbah Raja and I look at how "publish or perish" culture impacts #palaeontology, and discuss recent ethical (and legal) transgressions, taxonomic work, and the need for a central ethical framework 📝⚖️🦕 eartharxiv.org/repository/vie…

#BMCEcolEvol warmly welcomes submissions to its new Collection titled "Applications of eDNA/ eRNA in Ecology", Guest Edited by Dr Luke Jacobus @IUPUC, Dr Cyprian Katongo The University Of Zambia and Dr Luisa Orsini Luisa Uni of Birmingham. To read more visit <ow.ly/xcNa50F1UO3>

#Taxonomy is essential to biological sciences and the priority field in face of the biodiversity crisis. Are publications on zoological taxonomy under attack? ow.ly/VhCN50F5nJW Ângelo Parise Pinto R⓪ss Mounce @[email protected] #RSOS #OpenAccess

Found this on FB and thought it was worth a share here! #lifeofasnake

PhD position on the Quaternary Mediterranean fossil lizards of Ibiza at @mfnberlin 🦎 jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/d21…

We are happy to introduce DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolution. 1/7 dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

Appel aux étudiants ! #ÉvehaLyon, en partenariat avec Université Lumière Lyon 2, propose la mise en place d’une #alternance en archéologie pour l’année universitaire 2021-2022 sur les régions Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes, PACA. Les détails sont ici : eveha.fr/.../eveha-et-l… #recrutement

An article I handled as editor has just been published PeerJLife peerj.com/articles/11602 Congratulations to D. Ledesma and collaborators and many thanks to A. Villa, Corentin Bochaton and an anonymous reviewer for their expert assistance! #EvolutionaryStudies #Herpetology

“Journal citation reports and the definition of a predatory journal: The case of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).” academic.oup.com/rev/advance-ar… MDPI responds. mdpi.com/about/announce…

#Communiqué 🗞️ | Le CNRS 🌍 déplore les prises de position publiques de certains scientifiques sur des sujets éloignés de leurs champs de compétences professionnelles, comme par exemple sur la vaccination contre la #Covid19. ➡️ cnrs.fr/fr/le-cnrs-exi…

Puisque CNRS 🌍 ne souhaite pas diffuser la candidature d'Olivier Coutard à la présidence du CNRS 🌍 à tous ses agents, tandis que le président actuel l'a fait via les canaux officiels : je crois qu'il faut le faire nous-même! Égalité de traitement... soundofscience.fr/2775

An open letter signed by 145 female scientists from across the world expresses concern over recent dismissals of women leaders nature.com/articles/d4158…

L’impact du #Covid-19 sur la carrière des jeunes chercheurs/ses. JPBourguignon lance un cri d’alerte aefinfo.fr/depeche/661690…

We are mourning the loss of our dear friend and colleague François Catzeflis, funder of the Molecular Phylogeny team isem and renowned field biology in French Guiana LabEx CEBA, who passed away from cancer. We are deeply saddened but will do our best to continue his legacy.

The day after tomorrow, wednesday, December 15th, 3pm CET, Monica Gala will defend her PhD entitled "Late Pleistocene and Holocene Avifauna in the Guadeloupe Archipelago: changes in biodiversity and human interactions". DM if you want the Zoom link.

📢 Nous recherchons toujours 4 stagiaires pour venir prospecter avec nous dans l'oasis d'Al-Ula en Arabie saoudite ! Niveau licence ou master d'archéologie - stage rémunéré - vol et logement sur place pris en charge - 9 semaines du 6 mars au 9 mai. Une belle opportunité ! 🏺🌴👇

International Day of Women and Girls in Science And I am very glad to have two fantastic women at my lab #GRAVIBONE: Pauline Hanot & Camille Bader And will be happy to welcome more female scientists in the lab!

Surely some paleontologists of Pleistocene, in the middle of an archaeology department, could also be willing to use this sister initiative of PCI_Archaeology 👇👇

What is the cultural and past #biodiversity significance of insular #Caribbean archaeological #reptiles and #amphibians? Find out in this just-published review PACEA @MPI_SHH #zooarchaeology #paleontology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Why I Resigned from the Anthropocene Working Group Today. anthroecology.org/why-i-resigned…