Joseph Tobias

josephtobias.bsky.social

10 August 2026 10:26

Back from couple weeks in West Papua enjoying mind blowing sights like this practise display from a male Western Parotia. It’s bizarre ballerina dance with perfectly circular shadow on a pristine dancefloor was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in real life.

Joseph Tobias

josephtobias.bsky.social

06 August 2026 00:10

Early Sunday morning worship on Waigeo. Best bird in the world? Certainly one of the most incredible to watch.

Joseph Tobias

josephtobias.bsky.social

30 May 2026 06:53

Ramphocoris clotbey. The world's best lark. Don't care what anyone says. Dipped it in 3 different countries, the first after a high speed dash across the Negev with Hadoram Shirihai 38 years ago. Finally caught up with it on the Tagdilt Track in Morocco this week. Blazing views. Joy of joys.

Nature Ecology & Evolution

natecoevo.nature.com

01 July 2025 17:39

News coverage of this study here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

lastpositivist.bsky.social

15 June 2025 03:31

Paper is finally up and open access (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...), it's a sequel to an earlier paper where we'd argued that there's not good evidence that pre-publication peer review is a net benefit (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/...). So in this one we suggest an alternative.