A look into the #REM #dreams of the #animal kingdom
If #octopus and #cuttlefish #dream, “it just kind of blows down the walls of what we think about humanity being so special,” behavioral #biologist Teresa Iglesias says. There’s still debate over what REM is even for. “No one really knows what the function of sleep is — non-REM or REM,” says Paul Shaw, a neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Louis.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/a-look-into-the-rem-dreams-of-the-animal-kingdom/

Cool news of the day 🤩

A #biologist is teaching #endangered #birds new #migration paths from #Austria to #Italy - by flying there with them in a 3-wheeled car with a propeller & parachute-like canopy

The #NorthernBaldIbis (#Waldrapp) were extinct in the wild 50yrs ago, but thru careful reintroduction, #JohannesFritz has rewilded 277 #Ibises & since 2004 has been teaching migration paths (changed over the years b/c of #ClimateChange) to help them get through the winter

https://mymodernmet.com/johannes-fritz-teaches-northern-bald-ibis-new-migration-pattern/

Crimson-backed Tanager
#Birds #Birding #Panama #wildlife #biologist #birdwatching

#Cats Use This Trick To Manipulate Their #Humans — An #Evolutionary #Biologist Explains A Cat’s #Meow
https://www.inverse.com/science/cats-trick-manipulate-humans-evolutionary-biologist-explains-meow

#Christian #Biologist Calls Young Earth a Fairy Tale (feat Dr #JoelDuff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am2MrX_TB4Q
Our examination of the "#Evolution Exposed" all-star #creationist six-hour epic seminar with #RayComfort and 10 other well-known prominent #antievolution speakers. This time, #TimChaffey tells us that #origins is really just a conflict of #worldviews.

Why #evolution is the Picasso of #science

https://bigthink.com/the-well/evolution-explained-by-a-biologist/
Evolution doesn’t fix things — it reinvents them. A #biologist explains.

People, the transformation is complete, I’ve turned into my parents; these days if I watch #tv at all you can be certain it’s #PBS This channel is genius at offering educational content that is both informative and enjoyable. Currently watching the series #HumanFootprint hosted by #biologist Shane Campbell-Staton #BlackFriday #BlackJoy #science

ICB blog

#Ableism in #Academia: How can we make field science more accessible?
by Juliette Rault-Wang

https://integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2023/07/31/ableism-in-academia-how-can-we-make-field-science-more-accessible/

on @bendybiologist &

Equipment Repositories for Accessibility: A Model for Improving Access in Field #Science

https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad024

#DisabilityPrideMonth
#womeninstem #biologist #academic #academia #disability

Doing an #introduction after moving servers

Hi everyone! I'm Amy but you can call me literally anything...

I make occasional #minecraft video in my free time, and I am hoping to be a #biologist someday, I am also a long time fan of #Utahraptor

I am interested in #Linux and #Android

And sometimes I might toot in #Thai ? not very often though!

On now.. #pbs #tv #cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #nature

Watching. Click here for episodes

HUMAN FOOTPRINT, a 6 part science #documentary on Wednesdays, on PBS,& PBS.org & PBS App

Hosted by #biologist & Princeton University prof Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D., this part-science, part-travel series takes viewers from high-tech labs to sweltering street markets, from farms to restaurants, and from primeval forests

https://www.pbs.org/video/mans-best-friend-uduehn/ #usa

#blackmastodon

Passionate about global #ecology | #climatebreakdown | #globalheating #Anarchist #Biologist #ClimateHawk against #Capitalism | »Whatever it takes!« Greta #stolenbios

#streetdogs Very interesting. Watching now. #dogs #dogsofmastodon

HUMAN FOOTPRINT, a new six-part science #documentary, premieres Wednesdays,
on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App. 

Hosted by #biologist and Princeton University professor Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D., this part-science, part-travel series takes viewers from high-tech labs to sweltering street markets, from farms to restaurants, and from primeval forests
https://www.pbs.org/video/mans-best-friend-uduehn/ #usa #nature

ICB

#mentoring Matters with Assistant #professor Terry Dial of @USUAggies

Blog by Kathleen Garland of @MEME_evobio

“You sort of have to do your best at what you can in the moment, even with mentoring … And you just have to be yourself.”

https://integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/mentoring-matters-with-assistant-professor-terry-dial/

#PhD #science #academia #biologist #Morphologists #academic

1/4 Tools of #Biotremology

#Laser Vibrometer

Mainly used in engineering and car manufacturing, now #biologist gave it the role of a “microphone” for #vibrational communication. The laser beam is focused on a #plant and records the vibrations travelling in its surface (substrate-borne vibrations) with the software of choice (we use Raven Pro, a favorite for #ornithology). The vibrometer offers the possibility to listen passively (#PAM), without disrupting the animals. But there are problems…

#Introduction 1 / 2
Fresh migration to ecoevo! My name is Juan and I am a #PhD student at the NIB (#Slovenia). I’m a #biologist and #musician. My field is #Biotremology, or the study of communication in animals by substrate-borne vibrations. In my case, I study hay-meadow habitats and their #vibroscape. I use laser vibrometers to record it.

Here is our paper on vibroscapes:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.828503/full

Hear some cool insect vibrations!

https://soundcloud.com/tremoneta

Here to #learn and share :D

ICB
A conversation with ICB author
Charlotte Devitz (@bendybiologist) on Twitter
on breaking barriers to #accessibility in the field

by Katya Podkovyroff Lewis @SICB Mangum participant

"...the best part of accessibility is that it benefits everyone."

#DisabilityPrideMonth #science #disability #biologist #womeninstem

https://integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/a-conversation-with-charlotte-devitz-on-breaking-barriers-to-accessibility-in-the-field/

July 9, 2015, died on this day, American #biologist David Raup. He revolutionized the field of #paleontology with his statistical studies on past #extinction events.

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/david-raup-paleontologist-who-transformed-his-discipline-1933-2015#sthash.RdEzAK89.gbpl

So have already had interesting convos today about singing #rocks (see link for example), Guano Islands Act, and am pondering scientists propensity to use all their senses (#geologists lick rocks; #biologist keep lists of phyla they have eaten; #chemists test drugs on themselves; what do #physicists do?

https://youtu.be/66ez2T1RzdI

#Marxism festival at#SOAS, starting with Ian Rappel, #conservation #biologist on #rewilding as if humans mattered. Opening fact: drawing on #aquasphere across the world has tilted the earth axis https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-groundwater-pumping-has-changed-the-tilt-of-earths-axis/

It's a while since I've written an #Introduction #Introductions #Connections #TwitterMigration post, where I use my large follower count to more richly connect the :fediverse:

So, please meet:

@alyssa - Alyssa is a #Linux hacker who works with #graphics drivers (THANK YOU!) and who is doing amazing things with #GPU stuff on Macs.

@adam42smith is Sebastian Karcher works in #qualitative #data at #Syracuse, and works closely with the @zotero project (also THANK YOU!)

@rachelcoldicutt researches #innovation and alternative #infrastructures, and helps build intentional #communities

@ed is Stefano Maffulli, the current Executive Director of the #OpenSource Initiative - @osi

@DianaOfPortland is Diana Larasen, and she works in #Leadership #Agility

@photocyte is Dr Tim Fallon, who is a #biologist, #biochemist and #genomics and #bioinformatics #postdoc at #UCSD

@bridgetbarrett is an incoming Assistant #Professor at CU Boulder in #Advertising - working in #MediaStudies and #SocialIdentity and #SocialMedia

Please share your own #ConnectionList - and help us create a strong and connected #Fediverse :fediverse: ❤️