Why numbers are sometimes better than words. What people think you say when you say “little chance,” “probably not,” or “highly likely.”

"We are guardians of life's history [...]" September 10, 1941, birthday of paleontologist, geologist, evolutionist, historian of #science and author Stephen Jay Gould youtube.com/watch?v=EIs31a…

Our study Journal of Evolutionary Biology shows how adaptation overrides constraints in the evolution of #SexualDimorphism in #Cichlids. We highlight that integrating intra-specific variation with comparative methods can advance macroevolutionary research. @ #SpecialIssue with Gaboriau Théo Thibault Latrille

Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More fun devices from KIT to join the DiversityScanner family 🦋🔬 techrxiv.org/users/813834/a… @mfnberlin Florian Leese Donat Agosti @Brent_C_Emerson Toke Thomas Høye

good reminder by Erik Svensson that all the talks for our #computervision in #eeb meeting last year are available on yt - for an overview check cv-eeb.netlify.app/program/

Such a perfect time we had at @JohnNyakatura’s lab for it’s 10 years anniversary ✨🎊 Always a pleasure to come back to Berlin and see you guys ❤️

My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/art…

Geometriphylogenetics xkcd.com/3010

We are hiring two tenure-track assistant professors at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at Universität Bern in conservation biology and mathematical and computational ecology tinyurl.com/IEEjobs l

"...endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Ch. Darwin, On the Origin of Species

looking forward to see y'all at #evolution2025 Evolution Meetings in Georgia next week! feel free to stop by session Adaptation I on Saturday, 9:30-10:30

Online now: The genomics of discrete polymorphisms maintained by disruptive selection dlvr.it/TMv6kr

Congrats to Moritz Lürig Moritz Lürig! 👏👏👏 He has been awarded a group starter grant by the European Research Council European Research Council (ERC) to create an atlas for moth and butterfly wing patterns using machine learning. floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/moritz… 🧵

Excited that we got the journal cover of PNASNews with a photo of mine: A mating couple of Swamp Bluets (Africallagma glaucum), photographed in Harold Porter Botanical Garden in the Western Cape Province in South Africa in 2011!

Mel!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 It started from my frustration with the depressing effect that the current publishing system has

Museum position 👉 NAGPRA Bioarchaeologist and Coordinator This is a this full-time, TEAMS exempt staff position. Last call! 🏛️📌 Apply by Oct 31, 2025 🔸 Full position info: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/careers… 🔸 Apply via FLORIDA: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5372…