“A newly discovered form of deception is more convoluted yet: The larvae of blister beetles emit a mix of volatile scents that resemble a flower, attracting bees. The beetles then latch onto the bee, hitch a ride to its nest, and eat the eggs.”
#scicomm
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Malin Klumpp
At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space
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#ornithology 🪶
Are you a bachelor's / master's student looking for a thesis project or Erasmus Internship? We’re looking for someone to come and help us collecting data! If you’re interested, feel free to contact me! :)
A cover for the journal Biology Letters of the Royal Society, displaying a photo of two monk parakeets (birds) preening each other
"Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships"
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0399#d1e770
interesting new study by https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethhobson.bsky.social et al.
J. Manson once reminded me that not […]
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Listen to Bob McDonald talking to @nickantonson.bsky.social
on CBC's Quirks and Quarks about his research published in JEB into how downy woodpeckers brace themselves and grunt when pounding wood with their beaks
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Scops owls deliver little insectivorous snakes alive to their nest, where the snakes (probably) eat ectoparasites, improving the success of the chicks!
Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Reed Warbler range expansion paper just out, led by the amazing Nora Bergman 🧬🪶 with @informedbirds.bsky.social @katjaronka.bsky.social @fishcongen.bsky.social @rytikerttunen.bsky.social @frodefossoy.bsky.social and others
doi.org/10.1111/mec.70077
Thanks for inviting me to see your cool experiments @gloriamurari.bsky.social. Lots of fun despite the rain and 5 trillion mosquitoes
Pigments concentrations don't strictly predict color in a host-mimetic brood parasite eggshell system: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
I hope reed warbler chicks can't get seasick
The first wave of reed warbler eggs is finally upon us in Finland, the northern edge of their range🥚🪹🇫🇮
Selenius et al. Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
🚨 Postdoc opportunity! 🚨
Join @ecology-radboud.bsky.social in the #HABITRACK @horizoneu.bsky.social project, studying waterfowl movement for conservation impact 🦆🌍
📅 Apply by April 20, 2025
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I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one!
If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.
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New paper by Nick Antonson et al. on niche construction in brood parasitic cowbirds:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
