Devin O'Brien

Postdoc at Colby College studying the evolution of extreme morphology. Lover of bugs, beer, and Batman.

[Bugs In Our Backyard @Jhaematoloma]

Early-Mid-Week Pickup: Real Bees, Fake Top Hats https://t.co/roJeQXn5zH

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

Podcast also available wherever your podcasts are normally found!

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

Special thanks to @DinosaurGeorge for having me on the podcast (link below). I had a TON of fun chatting about my work on saber-toothed cats and can't wait to come back for our follow up on extreme and bizarre insects! #fossils #sabertoothcat #science

https://t.co/1IdX7o8G3d

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

@Aphanotus I'd say! @erincpow is actually a co-author on the manuscript I've been working on.

[Megan Stanley Molina @SciStan]

super into this #UnScienceAnAnimal thread, but didn’t see any #tardigrades ...so here

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

@RZINZ Maybe a lab setup for some sort of wood-boring insect? (Idea by @Aphanotus)

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

Scaling, sexual selection, and saber-toothed cats! Come learn more tomorrow at 8:30 AM in S11 (rooms 14 & 15). #SICB2019

[Rachel Keeffe, PhD @rmkeeffe]

Thanks to everyone who came to our 3D puzzle-making poster at #SICB2019! @AmberLynnSingh and I are so excited to finally share our working puzzle of Rhineura floridana with everyone. Will post some progress pics soon!

[Dr. Natalie Wright @coereba]

Former U Montana crowd at #SICB2019 ⁦@iobopen⁩ ⁦@ICB_tweets⁩

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

Hot off the press at #PLOSONE! How strong are #insect weapons? How does that influence their #evolution? Why does any of it matter? Find the answers here! Co-authored with @romainpboisseau

https://t.co/YviCwjRKdh

[Mark Briffa @mark_briffa]

Dr Sarah Lane from the Plymouth Fight Lab will be explaining our research on anemone fights on the One Show tonight - prepare for a shock if you've never seen anemones fighting! @PlymUniResearch @PlymUni @MBERC_PlymUni

[Dr Dave Hone @Dave_Hone]

Finally got round to blogging my recent paper on testing for #sexualselection (includes #dinosaurs #pterosaurs #mammals #insects and more) as led by @devinmobrien and with @DougEmlen @RobKnell1 @KnappRew and others.
https://t.co/1hHyw0DMaj

[Bugs In Our Backyard @Jhaematoloma]

When you think of zombies, shambling, flesh-hungry creeps may come to mind. As we’ve been taught by shows like The Walking Dead, zombies often travel in giant hordes that can be smelled from miles away. And while the... https://t.co/wRs0L6CAGX

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

Curve-Fitting https://t.co/X76aDTJXI9 https://t.co/o2eEe11tXR

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

Interested in sexual selection, animal signals, and/or dinosaurs? Check out our most recent publication in Animal Behaviour!

https://t.co/yKdP2DHMBP

@DougEmlen @Dave_Hone @RobKnell1 @KnappRew

[Bugs In Our Backyard @Jhaematoloma]

Admit it, some of us are scared of the dark, especially when we are outside. Not to fear, there are three solutions to this problem: (a) go inside where there is light; (b) carry a flashlight; or (c) carry a jar of... https://t.co/CjEAbM6tzl

[Devin O'Brien @devinmobrien]

Our new animal weapons exhibit just opened at the #Missoula #Insectarium! Not in Missoula, MT? No worries, check out some of the content here: https://t.co/WHhQ9VEhQJ