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Caro et al. investigate cognition and metacognition in wild great tit parents deciding which chick to feed. They found that parents change their minds frequently, and the decision time varies with decision complexity and urgency.
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The manifold hypothesis posits that many high-dimensional datasets actually lie near a low-dimensional manifold. Boyko and Rabosky consider phylogenetic comparative methods, which typically assume a flat, euclidean, morphospace.
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Antifragility: A Cross-Cutting Concept for Understanding Ecological Responses to Variability by Wickman et al.
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Oh hey I should think about going to ASN this year! I’ve been sad about having to miss both Evolution and AOS thanks to my graduation timeline :/
Have a great idea for a symposium at the Jan 2027 meeting at Glen Cove on Long Island? Submit your proposal by April 30, 2026! ASN is looking for cutting-edge topics in evolution, ecology, or behavior and diverse speakers. Up to $5,000 budget for speakers. Details here: www.amnat.org/announcement...
Deadline for symposium proposals at the @asn-amnat.bsky.social American Society of Naturalists stand alone meeting on long island due April 30 www.amnat.org/announcement... Plus check out this cool meeting logo of a snail shaped like long island
Finally! Here is our perspective on why cooperation maximizes diversity and how it promotes additional coexistence mechanisms that do not occur under competition
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This is a hard topic with strong opinions... Thanks @asn-amnat.bsky.social for publishing it! 🧵👇
I am so very honored to receive this award from @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @asn-amnat.bsky.social , and @systbiol.bsky.social !!!
Anya Auerbach
<p>Have an idea for a special symposium at the ASN stand-alone meeting in January 2027? We want to hear it! Proposals are due April 30, 2026 ⏳</p><br/>
Have a great idea for a symposium at the Jan 2027 meeting at Glen Cove on Long Island? Submit your proposal by April 30, 2026! ASN is looking for cutting-edge topics in evolution, ecology, or behavior and diverse speakers. Up to $5,000 budget for speakers. Details here: www.amnat.org/announcement...
<p>Have an idea for a special symposium at the ASN stand-alone meeting in January 2027? We want to hear it! Proposals are due April 30, 2026 ⏳</p><br/>
Congratulations to Biology Professor Maurine Neiman, PhD (@maurineneiman.bsky.social), on receiving the 2025 IDEA Award! Professor Neiman has spent her career expanding access and inclusion in the evolutionary biology community worldwide.
Read more here: biology.uiowa.edu/news/2026/03...
University of Iowa Department of Biology
Biology Professor, Maurine Neiman, is the 2025 recipient of the IDEA Award given to a person at any career stage who has strengthened the ecology and evolutionary biology community by promoting access...
