Starling in the Crabapple Tree yesterday. Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender. #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #teamcanon #canonusa

Another species of #Thismia from #Sumatra. This one, unlike others, glow distinctly under UV light. Maybe, it can be how small flies which polinate the flower sees it.

Felt this in my soul 😅...

Led by the Iroro Tanshi, PhD for the The Linnean Society of London Announcing a special issue in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society titled: "Mobilizing Natural History Collection in the Global South" I am a guest editor, learn more below... academic.oup.com/biolinnean/pag…

Thrilled to share our bilingual special issue in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Please share and encourage global south scientists to contribute.

Hey folks. We are searching for a new Chair for Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at Univ. Florida - great department to lead with amazing students, colleagues, and nice University town. Come join us! Please spread the word! explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5340…

Applications now open for the 2025 International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2025! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Can also be used to attend #ESEB2025! Apply by January 31: buff.ly/3ZEWUqe @evol_mtg ESEB2025

New paper out! We show that heart cockles use bundled fiber optic cables to transmit light through "skylights" in their shell for their photosynthetic algae. The skylights filter out harmful UV radiation. These coral analogues are cool critters!! w/ Sonke Johnsen Dionne Group

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…

I am very happy to share that the Missouri Botanical Garden has received funding to digitize their entire herbarium! This work - made possible by an anonymous $14.4 million grant - will image and transcribe all 8 million specimens in the MO herbarium. MO Botanical Garden

'Tis the season 🎄

There is still one week to win one of these giclée prints by retweeting this post! If you've already done it, your name is secured in the hat!

We are hiring two Postdocs Florida Museum FLORIDA! 1) Paleobiology + AI (U.S. National Science Foundation -funded, with Bloch Lab @UF ): explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5341… 2) AI for Biology (open-ended): explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5342… Deadline Jan 15th. Flexible start date. Please, RT! See also biovisionlab.com

Parker Solar Probe has made history. After seven days of silence, Parker has resumed communication with Earth, confirming it's healthy after soaring just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface — the closest a human-made object has ever been to a star. go.nasa.gov/40cucNU

Such an awesome team to be a part of! Go give our paper a read (link below)

since the only thing I'm good for these days is making slop here is a small gull alignment chart

Check out our new collaborative paper on color-changing and photothermal melanin-like materials! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Did you ever wonder what colors Jurassic mammals were? After 10+ years of study, we have the answer: dull and dark! Read the results of this super fun and collaborative project here science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

What is the function of skin color in reptiles? Our new paper, led by Jonathan Goldenberg, uses comparative analyses to show that thermoregulation is critical! Read it here: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Hi all! I got the good news last week, but now that I've officially accepted it, I'm excited to announce that I have just been awarded a Smithsonian Pre-doctoral Fellowship! Looking forward to diving even deeper into the VERY cool world of iridescent feathers 🪶