Rudi Verspoor

My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/art…

Our new paper is in today's issue of Ornithology: "Effects of age, breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on territory size and shape in Savannah Sparrow". Led by undergrad Sarika Sharma and our collaborative team. Read it here: tinyurl.com/3zxssu99

🏆 Kayla King @UBC wins an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in recognition of her significant contributions to understanding host-pathogen interactions and their implications. ▶️ tinyurl.com/3pu3zfp2

Great turnout and lots of engaged students at our #Biosciences Employability Week events taking place today! Looking forward to the rest of the week. See what's on 🔗 liverpool.ac.uk/careers/progra… #bsew @LivUniBiosci @LivUniHLS

#Phylogenomics supports a single origin of terrestriality in #isopods #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… #Evolution #Genomics @jessthorpemas

Breathtaking.

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

INSECTS! This is a super book and I’m proud to have made an author contribution to championing these vitally important creatures for a better world 🪲 🌎 🌳 Buy your copy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/res-in… #insects @RoyEntSoc

At this #Ento24 workshop, we explore how #comics & #games can be used for public engagement. Hear about case studies of Ento-Club comic @RVerspoor & Battlin’ Bugs card game @Liam_M_Crowley, both supported by the RES Goodman Fund 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/membership-and… @FranciscaSconce

🚨Job Alert 🚨 We're recruiting an Entomology Curator @AmgueddfaCymru to join our Natural Sciences team developing the collection to ensure it continues to be a valuable biodiversity resource that can be used to monitor environmental changes 🐞🪲🐜🐝🦗🪰 nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vac…

Its been a while since I have managed to process any landscape pics... flic.kr/p/2q5S4B7

Its been a while since I have had a chance to look through any landscape pics... Colourful Cabin #flickr flic.kr/p/2q5S4B7

Fully-funded PhD on moth trapping, automated ID, climate extremes & predator responses, with @DavidRoyBRC and me at @UniExeCEC in Cornwall. Deadline ** 29 July **. Please share! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

*Postdoc alert* What do internal conflicts in biology and economics have in common? 🧵 We are looking for someone with a background in philosophy/economics to explore this with us (@PattenLab, @ArminWSchulz, @MASchenkel). Full details: philjobs.org/job/show/26666 Please RT!

Check out our new paper! Led expertly by @LewisRevely with @DrBeccasBugs and @red_termite. We explore the complex links between various traits associated with being #social in #termites. ow.ly/L8tK50S9iWe

If you agree that we should ban urban pesticides, follow this link and send a message to your MP: pan-uk.org/calling-on-mps… @PAN_UK

Great to see the new learning spaces at Greenwich Park with @FSClondon & @theroyalparks, fab habitats and wood carving art! #insects #entomology #learning #biodiversity

Plants ready for sale in the Callister Garden. We are open this Sunday 10 - 3. Refreshments available. Entry to the Garden is FREE! @EcoWirral @NewsBirkenhead @hampar

Handling animals affects their behavior and reduces feeding, but not for long - bit.ly/4djET5A @AW_TheJournal

Last year @jones44832 and I had 8 days surveying insects in Upper Deeside between Muir of Dinnet NNR and Mar Lodge Estate. The report describing where we went and the circa 600 species we found can be found here: researchgate.net/publication/37…