Ecology and Evolution
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- Novel worker-like behavior observed in a socially parasitic ant. New from @pogonokwap.bsky.social & Francois Brassard: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- The Secret Life of Tidal Marshes and Mangroves, revealed by camera traps: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- On the Brink, a Population of Hedgehogs in Central London: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #hedgehog
- An observation of teamwork in a seabird: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- After a wolf dragged a crab trap out of water to get a snack, some scientists said the behavior revealed their ability to use tools.
- Potential Tool Use by Wolves: Crab Trap Pulling in Haíɫzaqv Nation Territory: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Social Interactions Are Related to Cognitive Development in Magpie Fledglings: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- Authors of new paper on Orb-Weaver #spiders building 'fake spiders' in their webs discuss their work in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyS...
- Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
- Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green #Bats? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
- An apparently invasive island iguana, slated for eradication, actually arrived from mainland Mexico over 400,000 years ago: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- Videos reveal behavior within a mountain lion nursery: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #MountainLion
- How do nocturnal animals like bats inhabiting northern latitudes adapt to reduced foraging times in summer due to short light nights? New paper from @marifjelldal.bsky.social @clarestawski.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Coastal Shorebirds Delay Maturity More Than Inland Ones: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- Peering Into the Past Century of Mountain Diversity Change by Uniting Two Modes of Remote Sensing. New from @juliefortin.bsky.social, @random-blackbear.bsky.social & @ehiggs.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- A Boa constrictor mating aggregation of 5 males and 1 female provides evidence for polyandry: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #snakes #herpetology
- Anthropogenic Nest Cavities Used by Snow Buntings in an Urban Arctic Landscape. New from @birdbiologist.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Adjacent Honey Bee Colonies Locally Partition Their Foraging Across Landscapes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #bees #honeybees
- Juvenile #octopus use empty bivalve shells as shelter, adapting to sandy conditions: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Can Wolf Predation Immediately Alter the Foraging Behavior of Beavers?: Video of a Wolf Killing a Foraging Beaver: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Opportunistic Tool Use by Two Unexpected Corvid Species: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
- Exploring Ant-Mollusk Interactions: Insights From Southern Spain. From @biojairo.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- MHC Diversity Across Time and Space. New review from @cortazar-chinarro.bsky.social, @kayla-king.bsky.social & Mette Lillie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Maternal Provisioning of Offspring With Defence Chemicals in a Facultatively Parthenogenetic Stick Insect: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- First Observations of a Deep-Water Seagrass Meadow on an Australian Oceanic Reef: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Is the presence of primates in burrows a cause for concern for human health? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Rare observations of parental care behavior in Scarlet–Backed Flowerpeckers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- Like a fish out of water: tadpoles detected resting above the water surface: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Chimpanzees Indicate Mammalian Abundance Across Broad Spatial Scales: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- A 'Vampire Amoeba' That Dissolves Entire Algal Cells at Remarkable Speeds: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- What the Cat Dragged in: Quantifying Prey Return Rates of Pet #Cats in the UK: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Lek Habitat Selection by Sympatric Manakin Species in Northwestern Ecuador: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
- Acoustic Localisation as a Tool to Aid Monitoring of Golden Jackals: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Great to see this paper getting coverage from @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social: wildlife.org/decades-of-i... Original paper at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- How do female ruffs choose their nest location? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @koivulakari.bsky.social #ornithology
- Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Fascinating natural history study on behavior of foundress queen bumble #bees: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Do Whale Sharks Select for Specific Environments to Give Birth? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Fox on the Run—Cheaper Camera Traps Fail to Detect Fast-Moving Mesopredators: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #cameratrap
- First report of Wild Octopus preying on invasive Blue Crabs suggests a novel perspective for ecologically sustainable management: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Emergent wetlands can support a diverse array of #bees and other #pollinators: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- New observations of cleaning interactions between crows and sika deer: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
- Rediscovery of a lost petrel specimen, collected after a hurricane in 1893, highlights the critical role small #museum collections play in piecing together historical datasets and informing modern conservation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
- Evidence that northern bottlenose #whales migrate to warmer latitudes to molt skin: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Urbanization effects sexual traits in male lizards: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- New genetic evidence of Killer Whales attacking White Sharks in Australia, selectively targeting their livers, suggests this behavior is more widespread than previously thought: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bellareeves.bsky.social et al. #killerwhales #orcas #sharks
- Nectar-Feeding Behavior in the Mallee Ringneck: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
- Breeding Partners Have Dissimilar Foraging Strategies in a Long-Lived Arctic Seabird: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
