@johanlind
Scientist | Behavior | Cognition | Culture Latest book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240770/the-human-evolutionary-transition And Nature Photographer/biodiversity junkie: www.jlind.se & www.instagram.com/jlindphoto
Lagrådet:
”Förslagen brister så mycket i kvalitet att de inte har förutsättningar att bli ny lag. Allmänt gäller att lagrådsremissen inte är tillräckligt genomtänkt. För Lagrådet framstår den som ett hastverk.”
Men bortsett från det, Herr Kristersson, hur var pjäsen?
Hjälp
Ants! Ants! Ants!
792 species of ants (!!!!!!) 3D scanned (high-throughput synchrotron X-ray microtomography) in luxurious detail:
spectrum.ieee.org/3d-scanning-...
paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
website: www.antscan.info
Phenomenal.
Inser blundern, kanske bör nämnas att den bibblan ligger i Stockholm. Vet faktiskt om att det finns andra platser 🙈
Det blir kul imorgon kväll, öppet samtal om djur, språk, den evolutionära övergången till mänsklig kultur. Allt sker på Tranströmerbiblioteket, tillsammans med @annajonand.bsky.social. Samtalet leds av smarta och roliga Karin Gyllenklev. www.su.se/enheter/roma...
Situationen i USA, med vetenskapsförakt o uttalad rasism från administrationen uppstod inte över en natt. Kanske dags att säga ifrån om vi ska vandra samma väg, för samma krafter jobbar hårt för att även Europa ska dithän
www.dn.se/debatt/dissa...
Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey, one of the world's rarest primates, has shown a marked rebound in population in northern Vietnam:
A great explainer on the targets and indicators for the Global Biodiversity Framework. #consgen
Nice theoretical paper on animal play. As Tinbergen wrote in The Study of Instinct: exploration (like play) crucial when animals need to learn new things, or refine known behaviors.
(With young roe deer with the zoomies, from yesterday here in Stockholm)
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Intensificación agrícola, uso de fertilizantes y uso de pesticidas, detrás del declive de aves en Norte América. @science.org
🚜🌽❌🐤
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
One of the most prominent biologists to appear in the Epstein files, repeatedly and in the creepiest of ways, is Robert Trivers, who was a champion of the haplodiploid theory of insect social evolution.
An update on how that's holding up:
How do we protect wildlife from HPAI? Here, King Penguins vaxxed w self-amplifying mRNA 2344b H5 vaccine. Chicks followed for 250 days - good immune responses, no adverse effects. Good to see trials like this, protect species of conservation concern.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New preprint and simulator of associative learning attentional models. Have fun! 👁️
arxiv.org/abs/2602.07519
cal-r.org/index.php?id...
#simulation #associative_learning #attention
Nice study on the importance of parental care on ontogeny of behavior. Just like in e.g. chimps, golden-winged warblers develop adult-like foraging behaviors while still being provided for. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #generalprocess #birds
Large flock of turkeys along a some pathway. Several Toms have their feathers all fluffed out to look cool.
Toms be Tomming.
I came home to some 30+ turkeys visiting.
Läs mina kollegors rapport!
www.skogsstyrelsen.se/nyhetslista/...
You're such a troll :)
I think you will find this interesting: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Vampyrella <3
Screenshot from our paper: A sequence bottleneck for animal intelligence and language? that is found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661324002699
E.g. so called What-Where-When memory ≠ episodic memory. Other animals are expert discriminators (what), excellent at spatial mnemonics (where) & can encode time with some kind of precision. Screenshot from our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's interesting to be part of the animal cognition field. "We" are acting like episodic memory in animals is a settled fact, even though it’s still debated. And then papers are written about its function as if everything is fine. Isn't this intellectually sloppy? #scientificslippage
Of course they did, of course prothonotary warblers "took their own path to gold." 🥹😍💃 #prothonartywarblerftw
Dunlin nesting in North Pennines - very cute aren't they? Wait for the second chick to appear.
More detail: blog markavery.info/2026/02/03/r...
#cumbria #peat #moorland #restoration
*grumble* I swear every nature show set in Africa is anti-hyena propaganda.
See the hyenas steal kills from a hardworking lioness!
See the hyenas steal kills from poor helpless cheetahs!
See the hyenas try to eat a majestic baby elephant!
BITCH, JUST LET THE HYENAS LIVE
It's free exploring for a few more days, indulge 💃🥳🎉
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/phylogeny #birds #evolution
NEW: North Atlantic right whales - a species whose fortunes I've followed for years - are having a baby boom!!
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
IMAGE SHOWS GRAPHIC OF CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY PHYLOGENY EXPLORER TOOL.
MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...
Thirty‑six years, a ripe old age for an eagle, and officially the oldest Swedish ringed white-tailed eagle ever recorded.
#longevityrecord #ringing
www.mynewsdesk.com/se/naturhist...
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
