Increases in interspecific but mixed trends in intraspecific body sizes in German stream macroinvertebrates across two decades The Anthropocene has accelerated changes both among and within species, altering the functional trait composition of ecological communities globally. Animal body sizes have broad implications for eco...

Think all animals shrink with warming? Not so fast! Our 19-year long-term study of freshwater insects reveals complex patterns - species with flexible life cycles changed most, while single-generation species stayed stable. #Freshwater #Ecology #ClimateChange #BodySize

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Tom Smith from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is our #BESAG annual prize winner for outstanding contribution for his career stage! well done, Tom, and great talk too! #BESAG2025 #aquatic #marine #freshwater #bodysize #ecology #evolution 💦💧🌊🧪🌍

Human impact on the evolution of domestic and wild animal body size has intensified in the last millennium Open Breadcrumb configuration options Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 years preceding this period, however, wild and domestic species evolved in a synchronous and similar manner, suggesting that environmental and climatic changes played a greater role in shaping animal morphology. These findings, unprecedented on such a time scale, are revealed by CNRS scientists  in a study published in PNAS this week.

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Human impact on the #evolution of domestic and wild #animal #bodySize
has intensified in the last millennium

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1096842

#science #domestication #humans #ecology

New research in #RESEcolEnt

A simplified approach to estimating the body size distribution of a multi-taxonomic assemblage of #carabid beetles
doi.org/10.1111/een.70003

#Carabidae #BodySize #Morphology #EntoMethods
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com

With one is your body size?🫢 #bodysize

Simple, Universal Rules Predict Trophic Interaction Strengths Two simple, universal rules derived from energetic arguments predict the parameters of predator functional responses that underlie the strengths of trophic interactions. Furthermore, theory developed...

Simple, Universal Rules Predict Trophic Interaction Strengths #scaling #allometry #bodysize 🧪🌐onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.701...

Many of my trans clients struggle with gender dysphoria/body image. When they get on hormones & have had gender-affirming surgeries (if wanted), they often say that now they feel like themselves, they’re no longer worried about body size. Can you relate?
#genderidentity #trans #bodyimage #bodysize

Host identity, nest quality, and parasitism strategy: influences on body size variation in parasitoid bees and wasps

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#BodySize #HostParasitoidInteractions #HostSuitability #InsectFitness #Parasitism #TemperateForestRetentionManagement

Warming alters plankton body-size distributions in a large field experiment - Communications Biology Warming reduces zooplankton size by up to 57% at +8° C, with some nonlinear trends and breakpoints. This large-scale mesocosm study highlights the importance of intergenerational responses to warming ...

📢 I am very excited to share our new paper in
@commsbio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/s42... . 🔥 🌍🧪How does #warming affect #plankton #bodysize distributions? We used one of the largest outdoor #mesocosm experiments to test our hypothesis 1/

New research article! 📰

Morooka et al. found larger body sizes in colder regions but no clear support for the hypothesis that king displacement causes sex ratio bias. ❄
doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Termite #SexRatio #BodySize #ClimateAdaptation #InsectEcology #Alate

The Impact of Names on Muscle Building and Weight Loss: Myth or Reality? The Impact of Names on Muscle Building and Weight Loss: Myth or Reality?

The Impact of Names on Muscle Building and Weight Loss: Myth or Reality?
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#Myths #reality #MuscleBuilding #weightloss #impact #knowledge #bizzare #bodysize #loseweight #getstrong #lamuscle #lookgood #science #fitness #exercise #gym

LGBTQIA+, Disabled and 'Fat' Characters Combined Only Make Up 10% of All Characters Represented on Screen Roles given to people over the age of 50 are less than 20%, per findings in Geena Davis Institute's 2024 GDI Film Study.

From #TheWrap’s Power Women Summit 2024:
#GeenaDavisInstitute's "Charting Progress in Film Diversity” report provides creators with the data + insights they need to improve how #gender, #race, #LGBTQIA+ identity, #disability, #bodysize & #age are presented on screen
www.thewrap.com/geena-davis-...

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Findings:
🔎SM (OH) C22:2 was also positively associated with two odd-chain saturated fatty acids (15:0 and 17:0) which are linked to dietary intakes of #dairy and #fibre
🔎PC ae C34:3 was generally inversely associated with various #BodySize measures

Is The Flea Toad The Smallest Vertebrate In The World? Is there a lower limit on vertebrate body size? How small can a vertebrate possibly get?

Is The Flea Toad The Smallest Vertebrate In The World?

"Is there a lower limit on vertebrate body size? How small can a vertebrate possibly get?"

by @GrrlScientist via #Substack

#Amphibians🐸 #BodySize #Vertebrates #evolution #SciComm🧪 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/is-the-fle...

How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists, out of Biology Institute of the University of Campinas, published by PeerJ

by @GrrlScientist

#amphibians🐸 #herpetology #vertebrates #BodySize #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...