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mecadev.bsky.social @mecadev.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Details about the previous study led by Myriam Amari and Emmanuelle Pouydebat and with other #MECADEV and @mnhn.fr members, which could help to improve the welfare of naked mole rats in captivity.

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Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle @mnhn.fr · 29/04/2025

🔎🐟 Un #cœlacanthe observé pour la première fois en Indonésie, dans la Province Nord des Moluques ! Cette observation fait suite à plusieurs années de collaboration internationale, impliquant une équipe du Muséum, et aux données scientifiques rassemblées depuis + 40 ans 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

Sur 4 plongées sur le même site, les plongeurs ont côtoyé 2 fois le même cœlacanthe (Latimeria menadoensis), reconnaissable à la disposition unique de ses taches blanches sur le corps. Province Nord des Moluques, Indonésie orientale, 2024. © Alexis Chappuis

Observation in situ du premier cœlacanthe de l’archipel des Moluques, en Indonésie, fin 2024. Les cœlacanthes peuvent atteindre 2 mètres de long et sont reconnaissables à leurs nageoires charnues et leur queue se terminant par 3 lobes. © Alexis Chappuis

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 28/03/2025

Evidence for socially influenced and potentially actively coordinated cooperation by bumblebees: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #cognition #ethology

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INRAE Herbivores @umrherbivores.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

"Positive Animal Welfare" can be defined as the animal flourishing through the experience of predominantly positive mental states and the development of competence and resilience. Read more at 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #animal #emotion #goodlife #welfare #flourishing #happiness #pleasure

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Sebastien Moro @cervelleoiseau.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

For a fresh new start here, here is a TEDx Talk I gave a few months ago on animal intelligence. It's in French but there are English subtitles :) youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0 #Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour

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Des intelligences extraterrestres ... bien terrestres - Sébastien Moro-TEDx Arts Et Metiers Bordeaux

YouTube video by Cervelle d'oiseau

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UCPH Behavioural Ecology Group @behaveco.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

📸 A young red-billed oxpecker enjoys the view from atop a giraffe's head, captured by researcher Bing Xie in Pilanesberg National Park. 🌿 Explore more stunning moments in our gallery: behavioural-ecology-group.com/gallery/ #naturephotography #wildlife #photooftheday #photography #photographer

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

New paper is up!! Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Screen shot of new paper: Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play
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Ellen Marcinkiewicz
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Paul Rhodes
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Sarah LH Ellis
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We surveyed individuals before and after a campaign encouraging daily play with a cat
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35.3% of participants reported playing with their cats more after the campaign
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Participants reported fewer Capability and Motivational barriers after the campaign

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Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart @jastrow75.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

👋 Bonjour aux nouveaux arrivés ! Je m'intéresse depuis 2017 aux corneilles parisiennes, en particulier celles baguées au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. J'ai trois amies corneilles en particulier : Alice, son conjoint Bob et leur petit de l'année, Charlie

Vue de la Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, au Jardin des plantes, avec une rambarde métallique au premier plan portant trois corneilles : Alice, Bob et le jeune Charlie

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Alma Mary @amaryfr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

If you don’t already know it, I highly recommend checking out this great daily game about species classification and evolution 🐳🦉🦎🐞: metazooa.com #DailyGame #Zoology #Evolution

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Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle @mnhn.fr · 11/12/2024

Triste nouvelle pour la #biodiversité 🔴 Introuvable depuis près de 30 ans, le courlis à bec grêle est désormais considéré comme éteint. Il s’agirait de la toute première extinction d'#oiseau d’Europe continentale connue à ce jour 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

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Le courlis à bec grêle est désormais considéré éteint

Dans une récente étude, des chercheurs britanniques ont estimé que le courlis à bec grêle, un oiseau limicole migrateur, a probablement disparu… depuis près de 30 ans ! Cette triste nouvelle pour la b...

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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A field study found that naked mole-rats invade rival colonies to expand their territories and kidnap rivals' offspring, similar to slave-making ants. Eusociality could be an adaptation to mitigate and deter territory and offspring losses. 🧪 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Abstract for Braude et al. (2021) "Inter-colony invasion between wild naked mole-rat colonies."

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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii. The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December. #Seabirds www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...

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World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74

Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.

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Welsh Mountain Zoo @welshmountainzoo.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

When you're little but you've got ✨style✨ Classified by the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered the Cotton Top Tamarin is one of the smaller species of monkeys weighing on average one pound (0.5kg) 📸: ©️Aaron Crowe #SupportingConservation #WelshMountainZoo #NorthWales

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Pleased to have @mvonschantz.bsky.social as guest speaker at our group’s research day. Some wise advice here:

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Audrey Dussutour @docteur-drey.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

L'odyssée des fourmis en version Coréenne 🥰

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Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Sketches of naked mole-rat. This will be a long and complex project. More news soon :)

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺 Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @pollinet.bsky.social

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 20/11/2024

Super cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸

a) Ethiopian wolf lapping nectar from a Kniphofia foliosa inflorescence; (b) nectar foraging in a large K. foliosa field of the Web Valley, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia; (c) deposition of a relatively large pollen load on the wolf's muzzle; (d) female adult (left) and female subadult (right) Ethiopian wolves foraging together for K. foliosa nectar. Picture credits: Adrien Lesaffre.

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 23/11/2024

A l’occasion des 50 ans de la découverte, le 24 novembre 1974, de #Lucy squelette partiel d’australopithèque daté de 3,2 millions d’années, Sonia Harmand, archéologue préhistorienne au CNRS, dévoile trois faits méconnus sur cette ancêtre de l’humanité. www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

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Trois faits méconnus sur Lucy, ancêtre de l’humanité

A l’occasion des 50 ans de la découverte de Lucy, squelette partiel d’australopithèque daté de 3,2 millions d’années, Sonia Harmand, archéologue préhistorienn

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Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Moving from "Twatter" over to here now, it will take time to build up followers again. I haven't posted for ages there as it just got so awful! In an attempt to kickstart things again, here is not a newly emerged alien, but a recently new born naked mole-rat (with another in the background)!😃

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Alma Mary @amaryfr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Thrilled to share this paper to which I contributed as a 2nd author! 🎉 We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀 Read in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄 #AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare

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Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony

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