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We are hiring😃! Research assistant for collecting behavioral data on zoo-housed orangutans and chimpanzees. Retweets appreciated 🙂!

Like a moth to the flame? Not really..... In a new study we show that not all moths fly to lights directly but are disturbed way beyond the lit area 👀 Project leader Jacqueline Degen from Uni Würzburg can stick little antennas on moths and track them with radar pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…… Proud to be part of this cool team with Tobias Degen and Franz Hölker from @leibnizigb #lightpollution #lighting #moths #insects #insectdecline

#AcademicTwitter The Creative Process!😂 #phdlife #phdvoice

Job Alert! 5-year position: #PostdoctoralFellowship with expertise in #socialcognition and communication and a sincere interest in studying #ravens in their natural environment. Announced by Thomas Bugnyar. Apply by 14.10. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University… @univienna (c) A. Bapat

Degan et al use a new approach to understand the impact of light pollution. Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Read our recent commentary in PNAS - Harmonic radar suggests greater impact of light pollution for nocturnal insects | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Great talk @Mikejennions #ISBE2024

Ever seen a tardigrade shedding its skin? This incredible video, played back at 2x speed, was taken by Courtney Hunt, the manuscript adviser on our new children's book Tardigrades: Nature's Toughest Survivors, written by Anne Morgan and illustrated by Jennifer Falkner.

Don’t forget we have an unofficial #ISBE2024 after party tonight. Come to Grazeland from 5pm for final farewells, street food (check out the cotton candy), dancing & live music. $4 entry. ‍By train, take the Werribee/Williamstown line to Spotswood station and walk 500 meters.

It's Frog Month Victoria (#Frogtober)! Here's one of last year's photo comp winners! 🐸 Look out for the #VicBioCon25 photo comp later this year & don't forget to submit your abstracts at vicbiocon.com/copy-of-abstra… by October 31st!🦎🐟🌳 📷 Jeremy Tscharke |flic.kr/ps/3jBCpY

On the day I step down as department head I thought I would categorise types of people I have had the privilege to line manage: The dream: the professional who always does their job well, efficiently, and with no fuss. Most people. The stranger: no idea who this is but they talk to me a lot. I know the names of their spouse, children, grandchildren and dog and that last week’s dental exam was a great success. The trumpeter: the academic who lets me know about each request to submit a paper, each talk invite, each prospective graduate student inquiry, and each bowel motion. The ghost: the academic who never mentions anything including prison sentences, Nobel prizes, and the job they’ve taken on the other side of the world. The Taker: the academic whose research is more important than that of all of their colleagues. The sole function of these colleagues is to do the bits of the job that The Taker is too important to do. Like teach, examine, publish papers, apply for grants, or turn up to work. It’s been a riot. I am looking forward to becoming: the ex-head who knows best.

NEW exciting PhD or Postdoc position: Automated estimation of species populations Essential Biodiversity Variables from camera trapping Application deadline: 16.10.2024 @idiv @WildIntproject wildintel.eu/news Details here 👇 verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Aussch…

Oh so proud... when your former PhD student and newly crowned DECRA introduces the plenary speaker at a major international conference. One of the future stars of science, @AnneAulsebrook, @ISBE2024

Is this the look your non-academic friends give you when you explain publishing to them?

Melbourne may be cloudy but the wildlife is always bright. Even after 23 years of living here I still say "oooh, parrot/lorikeet"! Enjoy #isbe2024

"Zebrafish exposed to light pollution at night showed signs of anxiety, such as swimming less and staying close to aquarium walls. The next generation of zebrafish also showed anxiety-related behaviors, even without direct exposure to the light." earthsky.org/earth/light-po…

Prof Eric Warrant FAA, a functional zoologist at @LundUniversity and new Corresponding Member of the Academy, built a lab in the Snowy Mountains to study Bogong moths' nocturnal navigation. His research could improve driver safety at night.

It’s been six long years since Melbourne was announced as host city. Through ups and downs (and ups again), it’s now only just a day away🥹

Now this has got to be the gold standard for how to prep for a conference (bonus points for the 🐨!) ✨