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Postdoctoral Research Associate - NOAA Firebird - Illinois Natural History Survey/PRI - Application Deadline: February 15, 2026

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Auriel Fournier @rallidaerule.bsky.social · 5d

I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands

Accepting applications until Feb 15th

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 6d

@huntercollege.bsky.social President visiting @asrc-gc.bsky.social faculty

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 6d

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Rosy-faced lovebirds are capable of associative symbol learning and inference-based quantity discrimination

Cognitive capacity for associative learning and quantity discrimination is highly adaptive in various ecological contexts and subject to convergent ev…

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Antoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · 6d

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧

We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.

Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 6d

Colorful Rana tadpoles! academic.oup.com/cz/advance-a...

Adding color to spring: exuberant body color variation in brown frog tadpoles

The appearance and diversity of animal coloration have attracted the attention of biologists for centuries (Wallace 1877; Cuthill et al. 2017). Color varia

A conceptual framework for scaling up emergent predictions from mechanistic individual-based models

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 6d

New paper @ibe.pensoft.net out now: ibe.pensoft.net/article/1632...

Environmental decision-makers need robust, landscape-level predictions of population responses to inform management decisions before implementation. Mechanistic individual-based models (IBMs) can capt...

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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 6d

Daluwatta Galappaththige et al. Predictors of Wing Attacks by Birds Across Australian Butterflies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology

Predictors of Wing Attacks by Birds Across Australian Butterflies

Predation pressure can vary latitudinally and across different prey communities as well as between males and females of the same prey species. Here, the variation in predation pressure on Australian ...

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 8d

I wouldn’t have a job in NYC if it weren’t for Sheila… www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/n...

Sheila Chase Obituary - New York, NY

Celebrate the life of Sheila Chase, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Riverside Memorial Chapel.

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 9d

Academia friendly peer-reviewed journals in EEB: academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

Reposted by Joanna Bryson

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 9d

The genetics, evolution, and maintenance of a biological rock-paper-scissors game

Side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) play a biological rock-paper-scissors game in which three differently colored male morphs utilize alternative mating strategies. We identified the genetic basi...

Long-range axon branching: contributions to brain network plasticity and repair

Reposted by Márk E. Hauber, Alessandro Gozzi

Cheng Huang @huangchengwashu.bsky.social · 9d

Recent review about long-range axons rdcu.be/eXeDG

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Connectome reconstructions across multiple species reveal that the morphology of axonal projections is highly variable, even between neurons of the same location or...

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 16d

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Pangenomes: new tools for ecological and evolutionary genomics

Genomic structural variation is an important component of genetic variation in natural populations. By assembling and analyzing multiple high-quality genomes within a species or clade, pangenomes capt...

From AI To Hip-Hop, These Stories Captivated Readers

Reposted by Márk E. Hauber

CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 16d

#GCTopStories25: Love and scholarship go hand in hand: GC couples shared their grad-school romance stories for Valentine’s Day, proving that love really can sweeten the path to a degree

See which Graduate Center stories drew the most attention in 2025.

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 17d

A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology

Extreme morphological disparity within Mollusca has long confounded efforts to reconstruct a stable backbone phylogeny for the phylum. Familiar molluscan groups—gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods—e...

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 18d

Prevalence and implications of sex reversal in free-living birds

Abstract. The ability to unequivocally identify the sex and reproductive status of individuals is crucial across many fields of study. Recent evidence indi

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 18d

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These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 18d

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High spatial pair cohesion during and after breeding in a socially monogamous territorial passerine

Many birds form lasting partnerships, suggesting that spending time with one's partner is very beneficial. Still, we know surprisingly little about their c

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 19d

Parasitic plants show striking convergence in host preference across angiosperm lineages

AbstractBackground and Aims. The host specificity of a parasite underpins its ecology, distribution, invasive potential and adaptability, yet for most para

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 20d

The prenatal foundations of kin recognition

Kin recognition, the ability to identify genetic relatives, relies on familiarisation for the creation of recognition templates. During development, parent and embryo(s) are exposed to chemical, audit...

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 21d

Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs

Biological sciences; Evolutionary biology; Paleobiology

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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 23d

✈️ Great news! Travel grants for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting are available thanks to the German Ornithologists’ Society (DO-G, @dornitholges.bsky.social), supporting early-career researchers attending #EOU26 in Gdańsk.

ℹ️ Details & eligibility: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/travel/

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 24d

Infrared radiation is an ancient pollination signal

Color and scent are well-known pollinator cues. Some plants also produce heat, but its role remains unclear. Here, we report that plant-generated thermal infrared radiation serves as a pollination sig...

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 24d

The Chemistry of Sexual Deception in an Orchid-Wasp Pollination System

The “sexually deceptive” orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis attracts males of its pollinator species, the thynnine wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides, by emitting a unique volatile compound, 2-ethyl-5-propyl...

Socially parasitic ant queens chemically induce queen-matricide in host workers

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 24d

Happening now, @asrc-gc.bsky.social holiday networking!

Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 24d

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Taku Shimada and colleagues show that socially parasitic queens of two ant species spray their respective host queens with chemical signals that trigger host workers to kill the resident queen.