More posteriors than a Bayesian statistics textbook.
Have you ever thought of all what animals can do when predation is not a big issue? In this review 👉 doi.org/10.1016/bs.a... @maribelrm.bsky.social @juancarvajalcastro.bsky.social and I show how aposematism can be viewed as an “umbrella trait” influencing multiple aspects of its bearers' lives🔴🟡⚫
Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!
Very nice work @adrijeckel.bsky.social!
So grateful for this invigorating collaboration and funding opportunity! I can’t wait to see what we learn in the coming years in this multifaceted, intercontinental, multi-bicho team 🐸🐜🐌 🇨🇷🇬🇧🇳🇱
Granados-Martinez et al. (2025) ran behavioral field experiments to test whether male Strawberry Poison Frogs (Oophaga pumilio) rely on vision for navigation in tropical forests and open areas. Read a summary of their results at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews
This is really cool, it's a display of all the bugs found on a single tree.
#Invertebrate
So the ‘#ChicagoRatHole’… wasn’t made by a rat after all? Our 3rd most popular paper this year, this #BiologyLetters study compared the imprint to eight local rodent species and revealed a 98.67% likelihood that hole was in fact left by a squirrel: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Liverwort Athalamia hyalina, looking like the advance party for a goofy alien invasion. The liverwort structures are about 1cm high. #liverwort #bryophyte #fungifriends
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Hi Jen! For metabarcoding (and microbiomes) we’ve used Novogene. Pretty affordable and good quality/service!
