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Rebecca Rimbach

We got to see the famous geese at the Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle in Grünau during the meeting of the @ethoges.bsky.social

Join us for the next DZG meeting in Münster (September 7-11 2026). The line up is amazing! Looking forward to seeing many people here. 🐭🐸🐖🐟🕷🦇🧪🧬🦴

🗞️ The IUCN SSC has launched a Woodlouse Specialist Group. Woodlice are a group of 4,100+ species that drive litter decomposition, nutrient cycling and soil water retention, and yet have been largely overlooked in conservation planning🪵

There were also 3 awsome and very inspiring plenaries at this year's meeting of the @ethoges.bsky.social: Thomas Bugnyar (sadly I took no picture), Rosemary Grant and Lars Chittka 🐦🐝

The abstract submission deadline is approaching fast (June 15th). Hurry up and submit your abstract! ⏰️⌛️ #DZG2026

We have a new paper out! @jzoology.bsky.social 🐀🧪🐀🧪

Our new paper! Led by @miaryras.bsky.social with @wolfgangwuster.bsky.social and others 🦎

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We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Tinbergen Prize Winner (@ethoges.bsky.social) @ahanaaurora.bsky.social is joining our list of plenary speakers for #ECBB2026.

Join us for the next DZG meeting in Münster (September 7-11 2026). The line up is amazing! Looking forward to seeing many people here. 🐭🐸🐖🐟🕷🦇🧪🧬🦴

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Adaptation to harshness is fundamentally different from the adaptive stress response: Results from a 20 years long case study in African striped mice zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Winters are warming faster than summers, which could affect hibernating ectotherms, but it turns out that wall lizards cope well with warm winters & mini winter heatwaves, although they suffer more DNA damage, so the effects of warm winters may be concealed journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

For the love of mammoths, if you're not going to review a manuscript please decline right away. Don't just ignore the reminders and then let the system auto-decline after two weeks. Happy holidays to all who say "no" in a timely manner, and may those who suggest alternatives have a happy New Year.