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Tom Neil

@drtomneil

Formerly Dr Mollusc. Formerly moth man. Journal Manager | Frontiers in Energy Research

 London, England
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Joined July 2010
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New paper! Moths ARE metamaterials. Our new paper explores the amazing properties of the scale covered wings of moths. We found that they absorb sound energy from echolocating bats, granting them acoustic camouflage and helping them avoid detection. pnas.org/content/early/2020/…
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🗣️ @GaryLineker: "Good thing you played for @Rovers!" 🫣 @AlanShearer is demanding a recount! 🤣
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Moths matter, which is why we're celebrating them this #WorldWildlifeDay 🌍🌿🦋 Moths are one of the most diverse groups of insects on earth, ranging from spectacular Hawk-moths to small, intricately patterned Footman moths. 📷: Kate Reece #WorldWildlifeDay2025
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❗️🐟🇪🇸 - A live Humpback Anglerfish, more commonly known as the Black Seadevil, has been caught on camera for only the second time ever. The video was taken near the Spanish island of Tenerife, adding a new chapter to our understanding of these enigmatic deep-sea dwellers. The Humpback Anglerfish is famous for its grotesque appearance, featuring a large head, wide mouth, and a bioluminescent lure used to attract prey in the pitch-black depths of the ocean. These creatures typically live in the mesopelagic zone, around 1,000 to 4,000 feet below the surface, making sightings extremely rare. The first known recording of a living specimen was back in 2014 off the coast of Hawaii, captured by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
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WE WON'T BE HOME FOR TEA
Newcastle United are going to Wembley!

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It's fun when your Fitbit captures the exact moment you had to run after your dog after he caught sight of a squirrel
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So innocent
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This not quite what I had in mind when I put out new feeders to attract the local fauna
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Our new paper is out today in @IBIS_journal. All about the visual fields of gulls and their propensity for collisions with anthropogenic objects. Link to paper below. Congrats 1st author Jenny Cantlay, with the wonderful Prof. Graham Martin. @RHULBioSci #ornithology
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The #ERC/#UKRI funded post-doc in my lab, looking at #dinosaur locomotion through footprints, is open for one more week. Maybe you have a #biomechanics background, or maybe you have a #geotechnics background, take a look! 4-year position! jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/rese…
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Bear witness! So very excited (yes, okay, I mean 'profoundly relieved') to finally send the magnum opus of my #PhD research into the world. The preprint of our big community-level study of visual system convergence in tropical rainforests is here! 1/n😀biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Mutualisms within light microhabitats drive sensory convergence in a mimetic butterfly community

Niche partitioning within variable habitats can expose species to distinct sensory information. Vision is the primary sensory modality used by many animals to interact with their habitat. However,...

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🚨Job Alert 🚨 We're recruiting an Entomology Curator @AmgueddfaCymru to develop the collection to ensure it continues to be a valuable biodiversity resource that can be used to monitor environmental changes 🐜🐝🦗🐞🐛🦋👩‍🔬🔬 📅21 August 2024 nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/A…
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Out today in @RSocPublishing! We show that butterflies and moths accumulate so much static electricity that pollen is attracted onto them across air gaps, meaning they don't even need to make contact with the flower to pollinate it! 🦋🌻 royalsocietypublishing.org/d… 🧵👇
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Have you ever felt like you have a "sixth sense"? That you can somehow feel that danger is coming? Turns out caterpillars really can! We've just discovered that they can sense the static electricity of predators and react defensively. Out now in @PNASNews doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322674…
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At that depth why wait around for a formal intro? Surprise squishy hugs are the way forward
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🦑BREAKING SQUID NEWS🦑 Rare #deepsea #squid filmed at depth by Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre and @InkfishExplore @uwanews @jesskolbusz @HeatherMarGeo @Hadalbloke @UWAresearch @uwaoceans @BiolSci_UWA
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Job Alert 📢 3yr @LeverhulmeTrust funded postdoc on the Evolution of Animal Play 🐬🐒🐘 inc. fieldwork with the Shark Bay dolphins. Field experience with wild animals + quantitative skills essential. Come join our collaborative team! Pls share widely 🙏 jobs.ac.uk/job/DHP957/resear…
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With Brighton tomorrow looming as #NUFC's final home fixture of the season, it's fair to say we've had some great goals at St James' this season. Champions League stunners, individual efforts, and top team football; looking at some of our best home moments in 23/24🔎 a thread🧵
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📢New paper: we estimate the total number of sound producing aqatic insects worldwide via @royalsociety researchgate.net/publication…
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One lead by your truly and with the dream team @DocSlinky, @WildAudioJack, Jérôme Sueur and Fanny Rybak We estimate the number of sound producing 🎵 aquatic 🌊insects wordwide 🌍 royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
The potential of acoustic monitoring of aquatic insects for freshwater assessment

The potential of acoustic monitoring of aquatic insects for freshwater assessment

Abstract. Aquatic insects are a major indicator used to assess ecological condition in freshwater environments. However, current methods to collect and ide

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Interested in the role that sensory processing plays in perception of animal signals? Fully funded four-year PhD to start September 2024, deadline to apply 12th May. exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/a…
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COMEBACK COMPLETEEE!!! 👊
Full-time: Newcastle United 4 West Ham United 3.

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