Have you been watching the Olympics? We think there are some birds that would have a pretty good shot at gold if they were to compete. Read about eleven of Earth’s most talented avian athletes. audubon.org/news/these-ele…

Very happy to share a new preprint on Tinkerbirds! We used phylogenomics and hybrid zone analyses to investigate patterns of introgression and plumage evolution. Let me knwo what you think! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/3)

Which genetic processes drive convergent evolution in open-habitat chats? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/whi…

Interested in how genomic data can help improve conservation assessments and population monitoring? Check out our paper in Evolutionary Applications where we outline background, provide a bioinformatic pipeline, and suggest an analytical framework🧵doi.org/10.1111/eva.70…

We are excited to announce our first PhD position 🧑‍🔬 at the Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart! Join our research using both museum and fresh specimens of a bird hybrid zone to uncover loci underlying reproductive isolation and hybrid zone dynamics 🔎🧬. Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/BUNTINGzone 🔁🐦

Out in ME! New work in the common yellowthroat describes a putative Z-chromosome inversion associated with geographic differences in male ornaments and female choice despite gene flow. Wiley Ecology & Evolution Read More: buff.ly/3ML7VPs 📷: Glenn Bartley

MSc thesis project available at Vogelwarte_Science supervised by me and Bize Pierre! Interested in learning cool stats, fieldwork in dusty old buildings and working with incredible #birds? Write me an email! Please retweet! 🐦 #AlpineSwift #ornithology #ecology #ClimateChange

HaploSweep: detecting and distinguishing recent soft and hard selective sweeps through haplotype structure | Molecular Biology and Evolution academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Migratory lifestyle carries no added overall energy cost in a partial migratory songbird | Nature Ecology and Evolution nature.com/articles/s4155… #ornithology

NEW STUDENT opportunities in #ornithology - if you are looking for a MSc or PhD thesis topic with #birds, check out Vogelwarte_Science new projects: buff.ly/47EBfAO

New paper alert! Broad-scale seasonal climate tracking is a consequence, not a driver, of avian migratory connectivity Ecology Letters Marius Somveille onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Massive news from Birds of the World: our entire catalog of species accounts has been translated into Spanish! Read more about this exciting feature here birdsoftheworld.org/bow/content/la…

Finally biologists can also use numpy (array programming). Handling e.g. DNA and protein sequences with convenience and speed, like physicists and machine learners for decades have worked with numerical data: nature.com/articles/s4159… (1/3)

Automatic detection for bioacoustic research: a practical guide from and for biologists and computer scientists | Biological Reviews onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

1/6 Switzerland currently promotes renewable energy from solar power. Alpine solar farms on sites with high irradiance and low cloud cover are ideal to prevent foreseeable energy deficits, but their effects on local biodiversity are still unknown #BOUasm24 #SESH5 Vogelwarte_Science

That's Not a Hybrid: How to Distinguish Patterns of Admixture and Isolation By Distance | Molecular Ecology Resources onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… Very important paper! Indeed, I have also noticed that Structure/Admixture plots are often overinterpreted as introgression.

What are the dynamics of #hybridisation between the Critically Endangered Balearic shearwater and the closely related Yelkouan shearwater? Check out our new preprint out on bioRxiv where we investigate the causes/consequences of pervasive gene flow between these species.

🦜Very excited to share a study on the molecular mechanism for the vivid #parrot #plumage #color! We have discovered that a single enzyme is responsible for controlling the red and yellow 🪶#feather color in parrots. Now published in Science Magazine (1/7) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

So excited to have our paper “Spread of yellow-bill-color alleles favored by selection in the long-tailed finch hybrid system” out now in Current Biology ! Check it out: tinyurl.com/billcolor

Parallel and convergent evolution in genes underlying seasonal migration academic.oup.com/evlett/advance…