“Life histories are more than fast and slow”, new paper co-led with iain stott 🏳️‍🌈 at Trends in Ecology & Evolution cell.com/trends/ecology… with a long line of super-smart people SalGo Team Oxford Biology

Colonisation lags predict sympatric diversity in birds biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_evobio

JOB 📢: Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution or Behavioural Ecology Durham BioSciences Durham University. Deadline 31 Oct 2024 More info: durham.taleo.net/careersection/… CEG Durham Durham BEER centre BES careers SCB #HiringNow EcologyJobs EcologyJobs ASAB

Congrats to Hanna Kokko for being recognized as one of the “50 Scientists that Inspire” by Cell for her incredible work in mathematical biology at the intersection of ecology and evolution! cell.com/news-do/50-ins… Trends in Ecology & Evolution

NEW PAPER: Rising temperatures and anthropogenic noise may have additive, synergistic, or antagonistic effects on avian behaviour and cognition. ➡️ vist.ly/3mfjxgx #ornithology #cognition #noise #rising_temperatures Grace Blackburn Camilla Soravia Amanda Ridley #UWA

📣 The latest ERC Starting Grant competition results are out! 📣 494 bright minds awarded €780 million to fund research ideas at the frontiers of science. Find out who, where & why 👉 europa.eu/!hrxyBp 🇪🇺 #EUfunded #FrontierResearch #ERCStG Horizon Europe🇪🇺 EUScience&Innovation🇪🇺

Are you a vertebrate evolutionary biologist finishing your PhD or within three years? If so, please contact me (DM) or email about the YIBS Donnelley Postodoctoral Fellowship at Yale University and Peabody Museum!

New article just published revealing patterns of the world’s most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered tetrapod species. 🐸🦚🐊🦥 1/3rd are housed within just 0.7% of the world’s land surface, with half found nowhere else. Nature Communications rdcu.be/dS6nE 1/3

Islands generate language diversity by accelerating both language change and diversification nature.com/articles/s4155… 👉the more isolation, the fewer phonemes

Sudden and Alarming Surge of Bird Flu Spreading to Cats and Dogs in 31 U.S. States *I hope we care more about our pets than the kids; otherwise, they’re doomed as well. I’m so very sick of this. I can’t convince ppl to care. *heavy sigh* animalsaroundtheglobe.com/sudden-surge-o…

Not to start discourse but I get suspicious when someone accepts <dude> as gender-neutral in their dialect but not <girl>

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 We are delighted to announce that #Macro2025 is coming to University of York 10th-11th July, ✨ with a special workshop on 9th💃 Get ready for 3 days of inspiring talks, networking, and macroecological fun! 🌍 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more updates! 💚

What is the scale of the global wild bird trade? New paper led by BirdLife is the first attempt to quantify and map the relative prevalence in trade of all bird species globally: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

Nice profile on Eliot Miller! blogs.umsl.edu/news/2024/09/0…

Associate Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford 😍!! 👉Deadline for applications is Monday 7th October at 12 noon. check the job description 👇 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

It actually happened. The final paper of my PhD is now published! Why are sunbirds so colourful? Apparently there is no easy solution, but genetic and geographic differentiation seem to be the key players! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

After Donald Trump claimed during their debate that Vice President Kamala Harris “has a plan to confiscate everybody’s gun,” Harris asserted that she owned a handgun. “We’re not taking anybody’s guns away,” she added. nyti.ms/3AWRFZ7

Come join us Art History Aberdeen & School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen! We are hiring a fully-funded, 48 month, interdisciplinary PhD on the field notebooks of geologist Charles Lyell. Open to UK & International students. Deadline: October 14th, '24! findaphd.com/phds/project/a…

I'm delighted to share that Yale EEB is doing a search in Vertebrate Functional Biology! We are casting a wide net and welcome applicants from several disciplinary foci. If you have questions about the position, feel free to reach out! apply.interfolio.com/153439

1. Scotland is fascinating to me (compliment) 2. The Scottish relationship with colonialism is fascinating to me (not compliment) 3. As someone with moderate-to-severe photophobia, I freakin' love how little sunlight there is here. It's wonderful.