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In a correspondence out today, we argue that systemic failures in pesticide regulation and enforcement threaten pollinators and food security, and suggest critical changes that would better protect pollinators and the ecosystem services they provide. nature.com/articles/d4158…

So excited to see this amazing scientific story on the evolution of sweet taste in songbirds come out! From my good friend Maude Baldwin and a fantastic team. Original paper here: science.sciencemag.org/content/373/65…

We're hiring for a new senior ecologist! Open to all disciplines & post-post-doc career stages. And, for the first time ever, we're hosting a webinar info session and Q&A about the position (you can attend and ask Qs anonymously) on July 20 at 2:00pm EDT. harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ScientistSearch

Come join us!! Our department (Entomology UW–Madison ) is hiring a vector biologist/ecologist. A welcoming, collaborative department, and Madison is great!

Really happy to present our new paper published in nature . We use meta-analysis to show that interactions between agrochemicals, poor nutrition and parasites interact synergistically to increase bee mortality. Start of thread (1/13). nature.com/articles/s4158…

Want to study impacts of cattle grazing on #pollinator communities? Seeking a MS/PhD student (funded via TAship, at either level) to start Fall 2022. See lab website for details on our research & info to e-mail to me to express interest: biology.unt.edu/lichtenberg-lab

Hello Science Twitter! I will be starting my lab in the biology department at the University of Massachusetts Boston in January 2022, and I am looking for PhD students! Please share this ad widely with any who might be interested, and write to me with any student recommendations.

New #CRAP preprint by postdoc Asaf Gal: “The emergence of a collective sensory response threshold in ant colonies”. The video shows clonal raider ants collectively evacuating the nest in response to a temperature perturbation. Check it out here: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Our newest paper on the physiological costs of undocumented human migration is out in Science Magazine today. Special thanks to the incredibly diverse set of co-authors that had to team up to make this work happen. More on the details of the study soon. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The newest addition to our 'Interview with a Social Insect Scientist' series: Olivia Bernauer @OliviaBernauer Read it at the Insectes Sociaux Blog: insectessociaux.com/2021/12/21/int… #Bumblebee #scicomm #scienceblog #interviewwithanentomologist

Our review (with Nigel Raine) on the complex effects of neonicotinoids on social insects out now in Advances in Insect Physiology! We look at what we know after decades of research, as well as the many important knowledge gaps that remain. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Out today in Proc B Royal Society Publishing: "Colony size buffers interactions between neonicotinoid exposure and cold stress in bumblebees". We combined automated behavioral and thermal tracking to understand why small bee colonies are more sensitive to stress royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Glad to see this out, and thanks to Adrian Fisher and Jon Harrison for leading! We hope there are helpful insights here for improving pesticide regulation and supporting pollinators and pollination.

Fantastic opportunity for folks (especially students and postdocs) interested in AI and insect ecology!

New work out, led by @OliviaBernauer, exploring the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on pollen nutrition in flowering plants. We found only limited evidence for negative impacts of eCO2, so probably good news for pollinators (but many question remain!). nature.com/articles/s4159…