May contain ants
http://evolution.vnehring.de | Behaviour, Evolution, Ecology | Assistant Prof@Uni Freiburg, Germany | AE @PlosONE | Secretary Central European IUSSI
Volker Nehring
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Great job by the students who did the actual work! Be prepared for more bragging once the papers are actually out..
This is a first: 2 manuscripts I co-authored were accepted in one day, and 3 in total in April. Might sound like a brag but all manuscripts have been in the works forever, with quite a few rejections. So this is the overall pattern:
1 paper in 2025
0 papers in 2024
0 papers in 2023
1 paper in 2022
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Ant Course is back! This year, in Mexico:
Volker Nehring
2026 Dates: October 12–22
Deadline to apply: 1 July 2026
Location: Colorado State University Todos Santos Center, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Beetle brood care looks exhausting, too
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Nicrophorus
Volker Nehring
Hier, liebe Männer, ein Beispiel für jemanden, der nicht in das ,but not all men‘-Gejammer einsteigt und dem trotzdem nicht der Penis abfällt:
Dirk Peglow (Vorsitzender Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter) empfiehlt Frauen, besser keine Beziehung mit einem Mann einzugehen, um sich vor Gewalt zu schützen.
Our new paper is out in Frontiers in Zoology on the molecular basis of parental care. We show that in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, extensive molecular reprogramming already occurs before offspring hatch. Congrats to Julius! #Nicrophorus
Alex Wild
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Huge congratulations to @stuwest.bsky.social on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society!
From fig wasps to Pseudomonas, he’s shown just how powerful behavioural ecology can be. I couldn't think of anyone more deserving.
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
Background Subsocial insects transition from solitary to social behavior during reproduction. They engage in cooperative and parental care activities that increase their offspring’s survival. Elucidat...
Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs.
But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅
First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti.
#rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates
Beetle brood care looks exhausting, too
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Nicrophorus
Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Das ist der Moment, mehr Philosophielehrstühle zu fordern Leute
