Just got my first ever (and first-author) publication acceptance 🥺😭🥺 big feels rn

📢 EEB folks: Advertise your programs or open postbac, technician, and grad student positions to SACNAS attendees! forms.gle/NWixJBxvjNk8... SSE, ASN, and SSB will have a booth at the conference and will share these opportunities with attendees. #ecoevo #botany

Wow, really neat new #OA paper from Kristen Ruegg's group using low coverage whole #genome sequencing to infer #migratory connectivity among wintering American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla), assigning them to breeding populations! DeSaix et al: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... #WGS #birds #ornithology 🪶🧪

🦝 Animal #66 🐲 I figured it out in 6 guesses! 🟥🟧🟨🟩🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6 metazooa.com #metazooa I should have gotten this sooner given it's one of my former study species 😭

I need everyone to see this photo of a Short-eared Owl from ebird: macaulaylibrary.org/asset/511646...

Come work WITH ME! American Bird Conservancy is now hiring a writer/editor and I'll be their supervisor. Bird knowledge isn't required, but interest in learning would be great since we'll talk birds all the time. Salary =$75-85k/year More info: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

🐀 Animal #65 🦖 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟥🟥🟧🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 4 metazooa.com #metazooa I got my first ever #metazooa in four guesses and thankfully can keep my job as a systematic biologist 😭😭😭😭

Amoeba sisters is SUCH a good resource I love them

For reference, between my partner and I, the nature-themed games we have include: Wingspan, Everdell, Spirit Island and Parks (and Evolution and Cascadia, which are a surprise gift so shhhhhh)

I know a lot of the sciencey-nerds on here are also board-game-nerds, and I'm having a hard time choosing what natural-history-esque board game to prioritize on my wishlist. Meadow? Honeybuzz? Planted? Mariposas? There are so many to choose from.