religiosity in the us vs. the eu: (red = more religious)

Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi Es una especie de dobsonfly originaria de China. Tiene el título de insecto acuático más grande por envergadura con 21.6 cm.

The spring semester is just ending, which means folks might be starting to stress about the upcoming fall semester. If you're teaching Scientific Writing, this is your semi-regular reminder that all my course materials are available here: scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/ste…

All articles in the journal's new #JEB100 Special Issue, Century of Comparative Biomechanics: Emerging and Historical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Field, are available for #Free #biomechanics #zoology #biology #ecology #evolution #Engineering tinyurl.com/nsnx5ne4

It’s a fly-eat-fly world! Ochthera, a predatory shore fly genus, is basically a praying mantis in a fly package, definitely one of the coolest flies (and there’re so many more cool flies!)🪰🪰🪰

Seventy-five people gathered at the Marine Biological Laboratory this month to celebrate 25 years of the Semester in Environmental Science (SES) and to introduce the new Semester in Biological Discovery. mbl.edu/news/celebrati…

Our #preprint server @EcoEvoRxiv recently started to accept preprints in Spanish & Portuguese. Here is an interesting initiative that you may want to consider signing: Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication helsinki-initiative.org/en/sign #InAllLanguages

Another example why flies are ridiculous! Stalk eyes evolved so many times independently in flies and these are just a few examples. From top to bottom: stalk-eyed fly (Teleopsis), hammerhead fly (Plagiocephalus), and Anaeropsis guttipennis

📢Reminder📢 Content submissions are still open for the SORTEE conference! To submit a content proposal (i.e. unconference, hackathon, workshop), please go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…… Deadline: June 1st More at: sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2023

After ~7 yr of work, it's finally out! We present a molecular phylogeny of butterflies sampling >90% of genera & >2000 spp. Butterflies emerged ~100 million yr ago in North America and first fed on legumes. Thanks to all 87 co-authors from 28 countries! rdcu.be/dcaVU

I was given a clearwing moth pupae last year and I was very nervous about overwintering it, however this beauty emerged after a successful stint in the fridge and was released today where it was found. I hope it wasn't too early and that it be ok 💚

On this day, the International Day for Biological Diversity, lets celebrate larval fishes.

Watercolor Parafilm

Evidence from psychology shows that RegisteredReports have a lower positive result rate than the standard literature & likely reduce #publicationbias & QRPs 📰by Anne Scheel Mitchell Schijen & Daniël Lakens doi.org/10.1177/251524… Time for eco & evo to support RegisteredReports!

Seen on my colleague’s lab door ⁦dr. allison barner⁩

"Witness my Act and Deed". 1882. meisterdrucke.ie/fine-art-print…

This paper has been downloaded ~85,000 times since 2020. Today, I was honored to look back on it and have an opportunity to tell the full story behind its inception to a packed audience at the ASLO annual meeting. The paper is #OpenAccess here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

It's #MicroscopyMonday, so let's take a peek into the microscope. This butterfly ovarian follicle was imaged using a Zeiss LSM 880 microscope. Maximum intensity projection through a confocal z-series. Cyan - Nuclei, Magenta - Actin. Credit: Davis Laundon, MBL Physiology 2019

Hey evolutionary biologists! Are you attending Evolution 2023 in Albuquerque this month? Do you want to meet up with other people interested in open, reliable, and transparent evolutionary bio? Then volunteer to coordinate a SORTEE meet-up here (sortee.org/meet-ups/)

My museum NC Museum of Natural Sciences has a REALY great new special/traveling exhibit about spiders that opened this past weekend. It's curated by spider expert Dr. Linda Rayor. 100% worth your time and the admission (or membership).