New paper out today!. Most (but not all!) birds build nests. But what kind of nests? Where do they put them? How big are those nests? What's in them? Which parent builds, and how long does it take?. In GEB, we present a global database of nest traits:

RT @BriWeeks_MI: How do birds fly without getting overheated? They slough off lots of heat from their wings - bird wings are longer in warm….

Know anyone looking for a PhD? Like phylogenies and R programming? Think behaviour is really neat?. Isabella Capellini, Domhnall Jennings, Karina Vanadzina, and I have a funded PhD on parental care macroevolution, based at Queen's University Belfast!.

RT @FerranSayol: AVOTREX: A global dataset of extinct birds and their traits. 🦤🌍 The dataset includes 610 extinct birds from last 130k year….

Sabine Parrish, David Burslem, and I are offering a fully-funded PhD project on the cultural evolution of tea (yes, tea!) at the lovely University of Aberdeen. Project's very flexible, get in touch if you have questions, deadline December 18, UK 'home' funding only (sorry).

Are you fascinated by the relationship between people and tea? Ever wonder why some tea is called 'tea' and some 'chai'? What makes a hot drink a 'tea' anyway? Will any of this change in the future?. Looking for a UK-based PhD?.

RT @tatsuya_amano: Amazing study!.79.1% of the 621 publications on coral cover in Indonesia (home to 15% of the world's coral area) were in….

RT @StatisticUrban: Conservatives would really like to believe that cities are mooching off of prosperous rural areas, but it’s just not tr….

RT @GaryRitchison: The fecundity costs of building domed nests in birds.

RT @Vincent_Ledvina: It is not even dark, and auroras are already visible in Maine. Notice the pink tinge to the whole sky. The whole U.S.….

RT @FerranSayol: New research on the Global Impacts of Bird Extinctions 🌍🦜🦤. "The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversit….

RT @MariaMcN_palaeo: JOB! Would you like to join the Palaeontology team here at UCC? We are now hiring a short-term Lecturer in Palaeontolo….

RT @brockingtonian: JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our exped….

RT @vpopulimedia: 🇩🇪🇷🇼 UPDATE: Two suspected of Marburg infection are a medical student and his girlfriend who returned from Rwanda, where….

RT @GaryRitchison: BirdWingData: Wingspan and wing area data of birds compiled from multiple literature sources and original measurements.h….

RT @macfound: Meet Martha Muñoz (@MunozLabYale), an evolutionary biologist and 2024 #MacFellow exploring the factors that influence rates a….

RT @egeofanatolia: I bring a “I think using chatgpt and similar programs is morally wrong” vibe to my workplace that my coworkers don’t rea….

RT @ZoolJLinnSoc: Why do birds have whiskers? Long a mystery, phylogenetic analysis of these facial bristles in Old World passerines found….

RT @hankgreen: It’s basically impossible to understand how expensive climate change is and is going to be.

RT @AvianBiology: NEW PAPER: Host nest design affects cuckoo parasitism likelihood and cuckoo laying success. ➡️ .

RT @alexvgeorgiev: New job at @BangorSENS! Zoology (T&R). It’s one of the best zoology places in the country. Critical mass of both staff a….