Stoked that this is out now @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B. See thread 4 main results + humidity also influence wing shape! Thankful to my co-authors and so many more people. 🦋❤️
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🦇🌿 Why are most species in nature rare?🌐
Our new study on Neotropical bats 🌎reveals a key insight:
Rare species are not less successful, they are more functionally different.
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Happy 100th Birthday to this legend!
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BTW, this review is largely inspired by Speed et al. (2010): The dual benefits of aposematism: predator avoidance and enhanced resource collection (Evolution), which got me thinking about this for years, and which I totally recommend reading if you are interested in the topic.
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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🔴🟡⚫
Free access until July 2nd using the following link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1n5RREsvgv.... All credits for the summary figure go to @maribelrm.bsky.social
"La ciencia no es una opinión más, es una herramienta ética para tomar decisiones en contextos complejos." — A propósito de 🦛🇨🇴...
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So proud of Dr. Schlippe Justicia, a new metamorph coming out of the Rojas Lab pool👩🏻🎓🎉🐸 Congrats, Lia! 💚 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
Nicolas Urbina-Cardona
Nicht viele Menschen werden 100 Jahre alt. Und wohl die allerwenigsten von ihnen können auf ein Leben zurückblicken, wie David Attenborough eines hatte. Der britische Tierfilmer, Naturforscher und Sch...
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
1/3 Excited that my final PhD MS is online! Big thanks to Ullasa (PI) (vanasiri.in) & collaborators Freerk and Urszula. Turns out humidity, not just temperature, plays a major role in butterfly eyespot plasticity. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Contrasting mechanisms for using humidity as cue for seasonal polyphenism in two tropical butterflies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.14.682489v1
