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Andrea Flack

@anflack.bsky.social
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Group leader @mpi-animalbehav. Fascinated by 🐦. Studies ontogeny of bird migration, collective migration. Biologging. White storks. Head of the Flack flock. Mother of 2.

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Danke an alle, die Podcast-Episode 1 heute weiter empfohlen haben. Das macht einen Unterschied. Podcasts verbreiten sich am besten durch Empfehlungen - ihr helft dem Format also sehr share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
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Macht Klimaschutz unseren Sprit zu teuer?
Tanken ist gerade sehr teuer. Liegt das auch am Klimaschutz? Der neue Podcast vom Deutschlandfunk „Die Klimafrage“ klärt die Hintergründe.
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 23/09/2026
Why do we not see evolutionary change in heritable, fitness-related traits in free-living populations? @erikpostma.bsky.social &co use the #evolution of clutch size in great tits to show the importance of gene flow in explaining contemporary evolutionary change and stasis 🧪 buff.ly/ngAKH6r
Scatter plot comparing individual breeding values at year t−1 and year t, with blue dots = survivors, orange dots = non‑survivors, green dots = native recruits and magenta triangles = immigrant recruits. The genetic change attributable to local adaptation (i.e., the net effect of breeder mortality and the recruitment of local-origin individuals) is represented by a grey dashed line, which differs from the total genetic change in the breeding population (solid black line) that additionally includes the contribution of immigrant recruitment.
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 25/09/2026
Adult #orangutans feed on 250 distinct food items, which they choose from thousands of options in the wide maze of the rainforest. Infants must learn this complex curriculum before they reach independence at the age of eight. How do they do this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFH... #animalbehavior
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How orangutans learn skills to survive
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Will Oestreich @will-oestreich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My research group will be moving to and growing at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in early 2027 with support from @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social! Keep an eye out for upcoming graduate student and postdoc opportunities @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Devastating news for all of us in Oxford - in Biology, and the many other communities he played such key roles in - that Prof Graham Taylor has died. Graham was a brilliant scientist, an instinctive leader & incisive thinker but most of all an incredible colleague www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/latest/news/...
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Professor Graham Taylor
A message from Jim Naismith, Head of MPLS Division, to honour Professor Graham Taylor.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 25/07/2026
You see this frontpage and do genuinely wonder what on earth the conversation must have been between the senior editors when they were laying it out...
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 22/06/2026
New research from #ProcB: Energetic flexibility as a hidden axis of life-history trade-offs: experimental evidence from a long-lived seabird doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Ecology
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dutch pied flycatchers raised in Sweden wintered about halfway between the usual Dutch and Swedish sites in West Africa, pointing to both inheritance and natal environment. doi.org/hb8qb4
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Why these birds meet again in Africa: Flycatcher study reveals how genes and environment guide 13,000‑km migrations
Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population.
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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Great to see this one published! Worth a read if you’re into the role of collective behaviour in migration 🦅🌍 Very pleased how it came out, glad to be a (very) small part of it.
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Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Really pleased to see this paper out! We show that collective intelligence emerges in wild birds, using radar traces from flocks of migratory hirundines. Many wild social animals might benefit from similar processes, but we could also see Allee effects as migratory populations decline.
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Joe Morford @morfjoe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The WISDOM OF CROWDS emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds! Excited to share our work published by @aaas.org in Science Advances! doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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The wisdom of crowds emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds
Larger flocks of migrating songbirds orient more accurately toward their population’s migratory direction than smaller flocks.
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Anna @lovinurbanism.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wir alle, schwarzer Regenfrosch, wir alle.
Foto eins schwarzen Regenfrosches. Darauf der Text 

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Weltgeist
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Der schwarze Regenfrosch sieht so aus, als wäre er ständig genervt.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A reminder of where we stand. Source: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Post-doc opportunity in raptor conservation at The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in Cape Town, South Africa - with @megmurg.bsky.social and me. South African Citizen or have a valid work visa. science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/... #Ornithology #RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
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Applications open for Quantitative Raptor Biologist postdoc at FitzPatrick Institute
Call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in quantitative raptor biology; deadline 15 May 2026
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Ein "wissenschaftliches Alarmsignal": die neue Studie der französischen Kollegen zur Atlantikströmung #AMOC. 🌊 Hört es jemand? 😨 www.fr.de/wissen/atlan...
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„Näher am Kipppunkt“: Atlantikströmung AMOC schwächt sich stärker ab als gedacht – mit verheerenden Folgen
Die atlantische Umwälzzirkulation AMOC verliert deutlich mehr an Kraft als bisher angenommen. Wissenschaftler warnen vor dramatischen Folgen.
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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Extremely proud to see @wadertales.bsky.social be awarded the @bou.org.uk Janet Kear medal,for his excellent and tireless work on behalf of our Union and community #BOU2026
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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hugely well-deserved @bou.org.uk Early Professional Award goes to @anflack.bsky.social for her excellent research and community contribution. Congratulations Andrea!
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For research that "has transformed our understanding of bird migration" Andrea Flack is awarded the British Ornithologists’ Union Early Professional Award @anflack.bsky.social As Andrea's students will attest, "she is an excellent supervisor" too. Congrats @anflack.bsky.social and the Flack Flock
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 31/03/2026
Welcome to #BOU2026 “Birds and people: challenges and opportunities of coexistence” the BOU’s 2026 annual conference. For the next 3 days we’ll be in-person at the University of Nottingham, online on Zoom, and posting here on Bluesky. Follow the #BOU2026 feed to stay updated. #ornithology 🪶 🧵1/3
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Joe Morford @morfjoe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Migrated to Bluesky as I'm excited to share our new paper on collective route memories in homing pigeons: rdcu.be/e73Qk We found flocks remembered old routes better than pigeons flying alone, likely because different birds remembered different parts of the route!
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Well this is fcking crazy. Work from @msbbirds.bsky.social and others found that Black Metaltail hummingbirds can drop their body temperature down to 3 °C (37 °F) during torpor. 🤯 Turns out birds aren't warm-blooded after all! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... 📷 Steve Juhasz
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
While an amazing Annual meeting of the Ehtological Society has just passed, we are hoping to see many of you in beautiful Konstanz next year! Save the date: 24.–26. Februar 2027
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two seagulls are walking in the grass in front of a house
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Enjoyed reading this Perspective from Tautz and colleagues which calls for a re-engagement on the part of classical genetics with the realities of complex phenotypes as revealed by quantitative genetics academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Bees 🐝
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes.
These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals.
Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests.  Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!
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Heike Specht @heikespecht.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Take-away aus der #Epstein -Chose: Wählt (demokratische) Frauen, wählt Parteien mit Frauenquote, fördert u befördert Frauen, verbündet Euch mit Frauen. Nur wenn es an allen Schalthebeln der Macht mehr Frauen gibt, haben wir die Chance, diese patriarchale Shit-Show zu überwinden.
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A richly rewarding two days reviewing @ifv-whv.bsky.social: thriving under the brilliant leadership of Sandra Bouwhuis & Miriam Liedvogel. An exciting programme of research into avian migration & life histories with many future stars. Outstanding @commonternproject.bsky.social museum by frozen sea!
Common Tern Museum at the BanterseeCommon Tern Museum at the BanterseeView of the ice-bound Waddensee Profs Miriam Liedvogel & Prof Sandra Bouwhuis - brilliant leaders of the Institute of Avian Research (with some old German ornithological leaders in the background)
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Awani @awanib.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
✨New paper✨ How do juvenile ravens find social groups? We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Dr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!
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Christian Bangel @christianbangel.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
33% der Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt wollen eine Revolution, 22% wollen die Bundesrepublik abschaffen, über ein Viertel würde den Einsatz von Gewalt befürworten. Ein Interview mit dem Leiter des Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitors, Gert Pickel. (Geschenklink) www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Hannes Leitlein @leitleinkultur.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Jetzt gerade @zeit.de: Ein interview von @christianbangel.bsky.social, dessen Inhalt unser aller Aufmerksamkeit bräuchte (geschenkt): www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitor: "Autoritär verhält sich die AfD ja nur gegenüber anderen"
Ein Drittel der Sachsen-Anhalter will laut einer Umfrage eine Revolution. Ein Gespräch mit dem Forschungsleiter über fragile Demokraten und rechte Umsturzfantasien.
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
interested in a collaborative project at #unifreiburg linking tick ecology and vector-pathogen interactions check out a PhD position in my lab here uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Universität Freiburg
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We are happy to announce that the next EOU Conference will be in Brno, Czech Republic in 2027! Check our website eounion.org and follow us on social media for regular updates! #ornithology #EOU2027
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Andrea Flack @anflack.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Happy and proud of the next fledgling of the Flack flock. Dr Hester Brønnvik @hbronnv.bsky.social defended her PhD thesis today. She has done a wonderful job. I could not be happier! @imprs-qbee.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
Hester and myself with her PhD hat.
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🚀 Guess who’s back? 🛰️🥳💫 ICARUS, our global wildlife-tracking system, returns to orbit aboard the GENA-OT satellite, which launched from Vandenberg SFB today 🎉 This is step one for ICARUS 2.0: full global coverage, smaller sensors, near-real-time. Congrats @animaltracking.bsky.social + team ICARUS
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 22/11/2025
After the Ngogo chimpanzee group killed 21 members of neighboring groups and expanded their territory by 22%, female birth rates more than doubled and infant survival increased sharply—showing clear fitness benefits from intergroup killing. In PNAS: ow.ly/TKmf50XuPjY
Jolie, an adult female chimpanzee of the Ngogo community in Kibale National Park, Uganda, with sleeping infant son, Zawinul. 
CREDIT: Kevin Langergraber
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Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Take three minutes to look at pretty birds, explore radar data, and see how we connect the structure of skies to MacArthur's ideas of niche partitioning. 📡🐦☁️🎧
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Structuring the skies: Diel dynamics of migratory animalmovement in the lower atmosphere
YouTube video by Kyle Horton
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IMPRS-QBEE @imprs-qbee.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
How do storks learn to migrate efficiently? IMPRS-QBEE student @hbronnv.bsky.social, working with @anflack.bsky.social use GPS ani accelerometer tags to study how white storks balance the costs and benefits of migratory decisions @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/A-kNB...
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Hester Brønnvik | Ontogeny of stock migration
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Out today in @plosbiology.org (1/5) Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩 Link to study: 10.0.5.91/journal.pbio... Co-authors: @lucymaplin.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
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Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS
Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...
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Matthias Tschumi 🦉 @matthiastschumi.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I found this in the forest next to my house today… any idea what on earth this could possibly be??? I am a biologist - but come on… this is sick!! I am sure these are 👾 that have arrived here without anyone noticing!!? 🤯
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
From bio-logging to conservation 🔽 New paper by an @animaltracking.bsky.social dream team @diegoellissoto.bsky.social @anflack.bsky.social @arispeshkin.bsky.social Timm Wild, Hannah Williams, @teagueo.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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From biologging to conservation: Tracking individual performance in changing environments | PNAS
Under an accelerating biodiversity crisis, increased urbanization, habitat fragmentation, and climate change require new approaches to assess conse...
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Diego Ellis Soto @diegoellissoto.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
You can read more on wildlife.berkeley.edu/news/2025/07...
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Transforming conservation with real-time data of individual animals
A study co-led by ESPM postdoctoral researcher Diego Ellis Soto highlights how developing technologies for tracking wildlife can advance and democratize conservation efforts.
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Diego Ellis Soto @diegoellissoto.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers. 👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ 1/
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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 23/07/2025
Genau wie viele Menschen zeigen Tiere Anzeichen von Stress, wenn sie versuchen, für eine Gruppe von Artgenossen die Führung zu übernehmen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt ein internationales Forschungsteam unter Beteiligung von #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social BiologInnen: t1p.de/zud05
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Elizabeth Preston @inkfish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
What migrating storks can teach us about working smarter AND harder with age: elizabethgpreston.substack.com/p/how-to-sto... 🧪
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How to Stop Worrying about What the Youngs Are Doing
Just keep flapping.
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Elizabeth Preston @inkfish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Featuring research by @anflack.bsky.social and @hbronnv.bsky.social!
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
New special issue of OSIRIS: "Animal Mobilities" 🐫🐠🐛 The volume was edited by MPIWG Research Scholars Tamar Novick, @lisaonaga.bsky.social, and Gabriel N. Rosenberg of the working groups "Out of Place, Out of Time" and "Proteins and Fibers." 🔗 bit.ly/amv4025 #HistSci #EnvHist #STS #Zoology
Cover of OSIRIS, volume 40. The title reads "Animal Mobilities" in yellow letters on a blue background. Above there is a colorful illustration showing animals and planets on the seabed.
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Cassie Speakman @cassiespeakman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
4 year fixed term postdoc position in Tasmania, Australia. Drones, camera traps, population monitoring. careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
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Current Vacancies
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Frau Nora @fraunora.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Es ist doch einigermaßen erstaunlich, wie ein komplett haltloser Vorwurf eines angeblichen Plagiats den Ruf und die Karriere einer Richterin bedroht, während ein ehemaliger Gesundheitsminister, der Milliarden versenkt, völlig unbeschädigt weitermacht, obwohl es Belege und heftigen Widerstand gibt.
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