Check out my latest blog, this one on Coronaviruses and the Human Meat Market, an idea that I came up with more than 30 years ago, but never published. It seemed like now was the time: globalwildlife.org/blog/coronavir…

I have a myrmecology joke, but it ant pretty.

Climate change (both global warming and cooling) may have driven other early human species to #extinction, a modeling study from Scienze della Terra suggests. Read more in One Earth hubs.ly/H0xS1d30 #climatechange #prehistoric

After 9 very enjoyable years postdocing, there is going to be a Matschiner Lab at Naturhist. museum, starting February! I'll be Associate Professor for Vertebrate Zoology, and the group is going to focus on the role of hybridization in the diversification of vertebrates. 1/3

TRAFFIC is seeking a INL Project Manager (PM) to be based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Follow the link for details. 👉 bit.ly/32lJsJN

Open PhD position in my group starting earliest 1st of January 2021: bumblebee transcriptomics and genomics (EvoDevo) at the Research Museum Koenig (ZFMK) in Bonn, Germany (@MuseumKoenig ), funded by DFG public | @[email protected]

Sounds like a great PhD project, and you might even choose your favorite organism!

So happy to see the final version of our honeypot #ant phylogenomics paper out in MPE with open access! Thank you for the kind words @mareklborowiec @juergengadau and for a great collaboration! Check it out at: doi.org/10.1016/j.ympe…

Will you be joining us on Facebook Live or Zoom to discuss how we can improve collaboration and all work together to save lemurs from extinction? fb.me/e/1YyUHc0ZU Panelists: Russ Mittermeier, Seheno Andriantsaralaza, PhD., Dr. Pat Wright, Jonah Henri Ratsimba, Onja Razafimanantsoa, Cortni Borgerson

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