Ever struggle to choose your next move?😫 A new PRX Life study suggests that animals that use non-Euclidean space distortion gain an edge by simplifying decision-making in multi-target settings, avoiding endless indecision. Read the findings: go.aps.org/3wg9ShU

One of my favorite meetings! Great science and a great community of scholars. Young and old!

JOB ALERT - UK biodiversity and nature recovery. We're hiring a postdoc with natural history skills (or someone with equivalent experience) for a new fieldwork-focused project on nature recovery near Oxford. Closes 25th June. Please retweet! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

The Arizona Insect Festival returns on October 6th 2024! Come join this free event from 10:00-3:00 to learn about insects and enjoy interactive exhibits. Our theme insect this year is the friendly horse lubber. Check our website for more details! arizonainsectfestival.com

Tremendous historical perspective and contemporary review of G-coupled protein receptors from H. Rockman, R. Lefkowitz, Sudarshan Rajagopal & colleagues. They continue to be among the top targets for CVD ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11… Circulation Research Duke Heart Duke Cardiology

Hobby hunting dragonflies. Canon R7 with RF 100-500 strugling with the autofocus against this bussy background.

Last week Trainee Joseph Antwi from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did a small lab swap and came to TAMU to work on microbe experiments involving Schistocerca piceifrons. #locusts #BPRI #NSFBPRI

Guest-narrated a slow motion beetle video for Ant Lab: youtu.be/IUQSZHr9h9Q

Another adventurous "Field Entomology in the Tropics" course in Costa Rica is underway for this group of students! Students have taken the waterfall trail hike, a rainy night hike filled with many insects, as well as collection and pinning of the insects. 🐛🪲 #TAMUBugs

We just started a search for a postdoc to join my lab group to study honey bee microbes through some collaborative/interdisciplinary projects. We will review applications through Aug 19. Full ad here: igb.illinois.edu/sites/default/…

Elephants have an exceptionally high number of facial neurons—perhaps the most known to any land-dwelling mammal, according to a 2022 Science Advances study. Learn more: scim.ag/82j

🚨 Registration now open for the Plant-Herbivore Interaction Gordon Research Conference (Feb. 9-14) and GRC Symposium (Feb. 8) for Early Career Researchers: grc.org/plant-herbivor…. Please apply soon because we are capped at 200 people and it’s filling up!

Happy to announce our newest paper in Immunity & Ageing: Warmer environmental temperature accelerates aging in mosquitoes, decreasing longevity and worsening infection outcomes. Kudos to Jordyn Barr, Lindsay Martin @Ann_T_Tate . Vanderbilt University Immunology & Allergy at BMC doi.org/10.1186/s12979…

I absolutely love fresh water theme and aquatic invertebrates! I’ve just remade the previous “secret pond” piece to this vertical, more chibi style sticker sheet design. Beside the sticker sheet (which will be available later), art print will be available too & link in bio 💚💚

We are accepting applications to the Plant-Herbivore Interaction Gordon Research Conference Feb. 9-14 in Pomona, CA (and Gordon Research Symposium for early career folks). **Please apply soon** -- we are limited to 200 participants: grc.org/plant-herbivor…. Please retweet!

The lab has recently moved to the Beckman Institute at UIUC and we are looking for someone to join our team as a lab manager. See posting below! RT

The Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University has a position available for a Tenured: Associate Professor/Professor, Endowed Chair in Urban and Structural Entomology. See position details and apply here: tx.ag/EmploymentOppo… #TAMUBugs

“One of those pictures”. One you hoped you might have a chance to capture, one you worked for (kneeling in muddy trail to get the angle) & one you had to get before the subjects flew away. Got it. #Pseudohaetera hypaesia, #Hypaesia satyr, #Nymphalidae, #Satyrinae #Ecuador

Nice work Freddie!!