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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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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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
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🔴🟡⚫
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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So proud of Dr. Schlippe Justicia, a new metamorph coming out of the Rojas Lab pool👩🏻🎓🎉🐸 Congrats, Lia! 💚 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
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
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...
As the British naturalist celebrates a milestone birthday, we take a look at how his work has shaped science.
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
