The evolution of masturbation in #primates is associated with postcopulatory selection (aiding the chances of fertilization) and pathogen avoidance #ProcB ow.ly/FUr150OHNoZ Matilda Brindle Joseph Williamson UCL Anthropology #OpenAccess #Behaviour #ASABwinter2023

🎉 It’s time! The Grant Museum is reopening on Tuesday 6 February. Come and visit your favourite specimens and explore our new displays! Open Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm and Saturday 11am–5pm, free admission. 📸 James Tye

Had a lot of fun filming for this documentary last Autumn! Solo Sex: Of People & Animals that Masturbate 🐒🌮👈🐬🍆🐟🐿️💋💦🐴🔥 Catch it below! If you speak German, stay for the science! If you don't, just enjoy the wacky clips of animals masturbating! 3sat.de/wissen/wissens…

Just published! Our new paper questions the hypothesised link between progressive provisioning and social evolution by demonstrating potential insurance advantages to group living in a mass-provisioning wasp Exeter Uni Behaviour Brinna Barlow Maddy Vierbuchen link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Thrilled to be a For Women in Science L'Oreal/UNESCO UK & I Rising Talent this year! This award supports my research on 🦋 at Queen Mary University of London & my motherhood 🥲. ⁠ What a month! - pic to reflect on the change we need for representation of #WomenInSTEM. Thank you UNESCO UK & @lorealuki!🌟

Great to see our review on microclimate in ecology and biogeography out in its full glory. ❄️🔥🏔️🌳🌍 Big thanks to @juliakemppinen for expertly leading the (massive) team through this project! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…

This is a fucking disgrace on so many levels. The Spectator why on earth have you given this wrinkle-todged imbecile a platform from which to dismiss the expert research of a highly skilled academic in favour of publicly lusting after her?

Round 2 of field work in the Sierra is a go! And boy, does Spain look beautiful at this time of year! 😍🌼🏔️Time to get some thermal physiology data on those early flying species with Rob Wilson 🦋🔥

Why do pangenomes vary so much across bacteria? 🦠🧬 We show that bacterial lifestyle is the key factor shaping pangenome fluidity. Read more in our paper out now in PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… With Chunhui Hao Dr Laurie Belcher Melanie Ghoul Stuart West

Bacteria with more variable lifestyles have more fluid pangenomes. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Anna Dewar Chunhui Hao Dr Laurie Belcher Melanie Ghoul

🦠 Lifestyle plays a key role in shaping bacterial pangenomes 🦠 New research in PNASNews shows that species which live in more variable environments have more fluid pangenomes 👇 bit.ly/3wC8M0w

I've got a 4-year fully-funded PhD studentship (including home fees) opportunity in my lab! Come study morphological evolution of bird heads, jaw muscles, and Darwin's finches. Plus learn some human anatomy along the way! apply now at: findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

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An excellent summary: How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…

The brilliant Calista Kou (@calista_nature) presented her UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research masters project on shifts in colouration across time and space in Iberian butterflies at BES Macroecology meeting. Evidence for trade-offs in UV protection and thermal tolerance (watch this space)🦋🏔️#proudsupervisor

Had such a blast giving this talk 🌮🍆💦👋🦧! What an awesome conference #ISBE2024 has been!

Say hello to our new ambassador, Leif Bersweden!🎉 He is a passionate champion of our wild #plants & #fungi, & we're thrilled to him join Plantlife as our official ambassador🍄 We can't wait to share all the fun plant-y things we're doing together!🌱 bit.ly/3UQmsy3

Professor Alex Pigot explains the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. Learn more about UCL's biodiversity research ➡️bit.ly/3NCRmWo

Paper accepted 🥳🙌 in #philtransb (Royal Society Publishing) is a nice way to start a grey Monday. Watch this space to learn more about how clustered warming tolerances drive non-linear risks of biodiversity loss on a warming planet! 🥵🌎🌿