New paper! In some places, people cooperate with wild animals, without training, domestication, or captivity. Our #OA review paper published in People & Nature People and Nature delves into these remarkable partnerships. doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1… (1/15)

Out in Royal Society Publishing #ProcB: A biologically-relevant measure of egg pattern complexity predicts the rejection of eggs by hosts of brood parasites, according to Weber's Law. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Curious about honeyguides? Read our Current Biology Quick Guide in the Birds special issue #ornithology cell.com/current-biolog…

Spot the difference: why drongos are likely to clock African cuckoo eggs 94% of the time theguardian.com/science/2023/j…

Delighted to see our study on mimicry and host-parasite coevolution out in NatureEcoEvo. We showed that although parasites evolved towards hosts, host evolution away from parasites maintained imperfect mimicry. Open access link here: rdcu.be/dphgl.

New paper! from the Spottiswoode Group Dom Cram has uncovered the different tactics birds use to get a meal when cooperating with humans - published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

Out today in Science Magazine: Greater Honeyguides learn the distinct calls that honey-hunters in different parts of Africa use to communicate with them, facilitating interspecies cooperation. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excited to see my review on coevolution online in Evolution Journal. I argue for greater integration across biological disciplines studying coevolutionary interactions at species, organism, cellular, genetic, and cultural levels. doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

Excited to share our latest paper revealing ancient matrilineal haplotypes linked to sex-specific plumage differences in two cuckoos, predating speciation! Out today in Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Short thread on what we found... 🧵 1/8

Hot on the heels of the Giant Hummer paper in PNAS, another big-hitting bird speciation story appears, this time gracing the cover of Science. Langmore et al. show that coevolution between parasitic cuckoos and their hosts may drive sympatric speciation. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congrats Stephanie McClelland on new paper in Royal Society Publishing Biology Letters (link⬇️). We show highly-virulent brood parasites have higher overall metabolic rates during development than their hosts. Big team involved; Mark E. Hauber @jesslund01@T_Dixit123 Honeyguide Research Project et al⬇️.RHUL Biology

Connection to country. In a first for ISBE, we will be showcasing the art of Australia’s First Peoples — and the continent’s very first behavioural ecologists — as part of a specially curated exhibition coinciding with #ISBE2024.

Recent studies have revealed unexpected Y chromosome diversity and suggest that the Y may play an outsized role in evolution. @_Axeman_and I wrote this perspective for @EvolLetterswith a few suggestions and requests. academic.oup.com/evlett/advance… Images by jacelyn

Checkout the latest Stoddard Lab paper! 🦚 Hyperspectral imaging in animal coloration research: A user-friendly pipeline for image generation, analysis, and integration with 3D modeling By Ben G. Hogan & Mary C. Stoddard journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…