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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026

My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!

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Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Know a local classroom in grades 3-5 that's interested in animal behavior? Please share this flyer to help recruit classrooms to participate in voting for this year's ABS Children's book award! Interested classrooms should contact doreakleker@gmail.com for information on book access and voting.

Flyer with the children's book covers advertising the announcement

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@sbn-bsky.bsky.social is hosting its third annual Online Research Symposium 10/22 to 10/23! It is a free, virtual, international symposium organized to create additional opportunities for all trainee levels to present their research in a supportive environment.

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Only one week left to submit an abstract for a talk at the 3rd Annual SBN Online Research Symposium! Talk submissions close September 28 at 11:59 PM PST. Poster submissions remain open until October 5 sbnorsc.wixsite.com/my-site-1

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The scientific impact of gender in behaviour, ecology and evolution: authorship and citation performance @marinapapa.bsky.social & Afruni: 20 years on, male-dominated author teams still prevail and solo female authorship remains rare www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The scientific impact of gender in behaviour, ecology and evolution: authorship and citation performance

Over the last few decades, gender bias across scientific disciplines has been revealed in the form of skewed gender ratios among invited speakers in c…

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm so excited to finally see the special issue "Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour" fully published: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Huge thanks to my brilliant co-editors @viveknityananda.bsky.social & @nicolakoyama.bsky.social. Special issue grew from @asab.org's 2024 Winter Meeting 🧵

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The editorial 'Beyond bias: building a more inclusive and rigorous research culture in animal behaviour' summarises the 13 papers on how bias (taxonomic, geographic, observer, statistical,...) shapes our field, and how to address them. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...

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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Our latest microgrant funding round is open now! 📢 Below is a reminder of what we do and don't fund. This round closes October 30th! Want to help us support students? Please spread the word, and donate if you can! For more informaition and to apply: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective

We do fund students' personal costs. For example: transport to uni, living costs and personal equipment. We don't fund research costs, for example: lab equipment and services, research permits and conference fees.

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Kirsten Sheehy @ksheehy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣 New paper! 📣 ❓Do clonal fish and their sexually reproducing heterospecifics differ in parasite load? 🤒 We found that clonal Amazon mollies were more likely to be infected than Sailfin mollies, but parasite loads were largely the same. 🤔 Could behavior have something to do with this pattern? 1/3

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Differences in Parasite Infection Status and Behavior Between a Clonal Fish and Her Sexually Reproducing Heterospecifics

We found that Amazons and Sailfins differed in their qualitative, but not quantitative, resistance to parasites. Amazons had worse qualitative resistance (i.e., were more likely to be infected with a...

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Dr. Kathleen M. Munley @thefishiedoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2027! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

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CNN @cnn.com · 17/08/2026

A rare sighting of an elusive Pallas's cat was caught on camera by a nature enthusiast in the mountains of northern Iran.

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Erin Siracusa @erinsiracusa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Animals are known to prefer kin as social partners. But non-kin bonds are surprisingly common too. So, who forms them, how stable are they & what drives them? In our new @animbehsociety.bsky.social paper we tackle these overlooked questions in free-living rhesus macaques: tinyurl.com/mwsbkjve (1/5)

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026

We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Just as the summer conference season ends, time to get your www.asab.org/conference-g... in for Winter 2026! ***DEADLINE 1ST OCTOBER*** asabpsgbwinter.github.io//2026/ @asab.org @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social Don't forget childcare grants and accessibility grants too: open to all career stages!

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

BehaveAI can now measure orientation. So now you can work out the behaviour of your animal in each frame as well as its direction - e.g. tells you which way animals are pointing or whether they're turning. Video guide: youtu.be/FgmtHoardWg Install: github.com/troscianko/B...

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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🚨📣 PhD opportunities with @ccioannou.bsky.social starting September 2027!! Check it out: 🐠 ioannougroup.com #ECBB2026 @asab.org

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ASAB @asab.org · 02/09/2026

The previous executive editor of #AnimalBehaviourJournal, @andyradford.bsky.social, makes it clear at #ECBB2026 that they're not desk rejecting work for the sake of it - if it meets the basic conditions, it'll go to review! And don't be discouraged if you're asked to revise, that's normal 😊

* Executive Editor
* Decides whether the paper should be assigned to an Editor or rejected without further review (upfront rejection)
* What is the basis for an upfront rejection?
* Content does not fall with the remit of the journal
* Too narrowly focused taxonomically and lacking in any clear broad theoretical advance (absence of general hypotheses on evolution and mechanisms of behavior
* Guide to Authors: Work should test explicit hypotheses rather than being purely descriptive... preference is given to studies that are likely to be of interest and/or applicable to the broad readership of the journal

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Athena @athenabrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Pleased to share our new paper is out! 🎉 We looked at how humpback whale songs changed across two decades in the Cook Islands migratory corridor 🐋🎵 Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... @rconstantine.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @asab.org @animbehsociety.bsky.social

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We are so excited to have Bob helping to steward our journal! He's a great scientist, mentor and leader and just perfect for the role 🎉

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I am recruiting another postbac for this research project, ideally for someone to start in Aug/Sept 2026 (soon!!). Please share with anyone who might be interested! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy

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Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@nstroeymeyt.bsky.social is hiring! Collective behavior, disease, and social organization - if you’re looking for a PhD or postdoc! #IUSSI26

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Nicole Gerlach @ngerlach.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Me: That’s a cool little damselfly. Let’s take a picture. My phone: Okay, I’m going to focus on this blade of grass. Me: Please don’t. Phone: How about this one? Me: No. Phone: That one? Me: No. Phone: Definitely this one. Citrine Forktail, Ischnura hastata #BugSky

A small, slender damselfly rests on a blade of grass. Its head and thorax are green, and its abdomen is bright yellow. The damselfly, alas, is out of focus, but the grass behind it is much sharper.

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American Institute of Biological Sciences @aibsbiology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Next Step on the OMB Grants Rule - Call & Write Your Members of Congress. The timing is critical: members are in their districts & states for most of August, when they are easiest to reach — in person, at a town hall, or through a district office. www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m looking to hire a postdoc to join our lab at UCLA! We study the genes, hormones, and cells that regulate social behavior in the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni (in a separate post we’re looking for a PhD student) @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3

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Maria Antonietta Tosches @matosches.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Excited to share a new preprint from the lab, by @andrewmatheson.bsky.social and team, where we dive into the superpower of newts: plasticity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Like many good projects, this started with a serendipitous observation... 🧵1/5

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Dan Mennill @dmennill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Nelsy completed the third field season of her PhD! Nelsy researches the vocal behaviour of Colombian birds with a focus on female voices, vocal mimicry, and seedeaters. Congratulations @nelsyninor.bsky.social! [📷: S. Rosado Hidalgo] @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @animbehsociety.bsky.social

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hey that's our Communications Officer! Well done Kate! And well done Alyssa!

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American Institute of Biological Sciences @aibsbiology.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Comments have been submitted but our work isn't done. Call and write to your members of Congress about how this will affect the scientific community. #AIBS #actionalert #ombgrant www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Very proud of the special issue of Animal Behaviour I worked on with @wascherclaudia.bsky.social and @nicolakoyama.bsky.social on addressing biases in animal behaviour. Thanks to all authors- plenty of cool papers to read. Here's our editorial: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @asab.org

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thinking of planning a symposium for #SICB 2028 in L.A.? How do I submit a proposal? submit your proposal using this Google Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Questions? email Britt Heidinger programofficer.elect@sicb.org #science #biology #scientists #academia #conference

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For anyone that missed my talk at @isbe2026.bsky.social - never you fear! You can watch my talk and read more about the new Replication Studies section at @behavecol.bsky.social right here! laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2026/07/22/r...

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The result of 10+ years of fieldwork & analysis of 1000s of data points is out now in @natecoevo.nature.com... and on the cover! Mongoose pre-emptive behaviour & intergroup conflict Congratulations @josharbon.bsky.social @juliekern.bsky.social #AmyMorris-Drake doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Cover of Nature Ecology & Evolution August 2026 issue featuring a dwarf mongoose

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Dr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm delighted and honoured to share that I've taken on the role of Editor-in-Chief of Animal Cognition! This journal has shaped how we think about cognition across species. Huge thanks to Debbie Kelly for 10 years of vision and leadership, and for all her guidance during my time as associate editor.

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Half a million comments was just the beginning folks. Flood your congresspeople's voicemails about this (and many other things too of course).

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The OMB grants rule isn’t final yet, but they want to enact it Oct 1! It would let political appointees override peer review & cancel research midstream. We made the comments, now we need to call Congress and let them know what effect this will have scientific research. io.aibs.org/omb-action

Flyer from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (ABS is a member) states that the "next step of the OMG Grants rule is to call and write to your members of congress." Apparently even after half a million comments were made on the docket, our congress people aren't hearing directly from constituents about how devastating this new policy will be for scientific research.

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#SICB & all other #academicsociety members If allowed to go into effect, the changes the #OMB is proposing will seriously harm the American #scientific research . www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... read www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea... & comment by 7-13 www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Are you an animal behavior researcher that uses federal funding for your work? Now is the time to comment on the OMB's new proposed rules about grant funding. @aibsbiology.bsky.social is coordinating a response but individual comments also highly encouraged! www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...

Screenshot of statement on AIBS's website. "We call on the research community, our member societies and organizations, and all those who depend on a strong scientific enterprise to add their full-throated voices. Comments are due on or before July 13, 2026 and may be submitted at regulations.gov docket OMG-2026-0034

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations to Camari Knox, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Camari is a senior undergraduate at Texas A&M University at Galveston studying how physical variables influence marine mammal ecology in the Foroughirad lab. Outside of research, she enjoys reading memoirs and publishing poetry. (1/2)

Camari in a life vest helping with a scientific instrument.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations to Valentina López Velasco, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Valentina is a recent graduate from the Universidad del Quindío, where she studied how bears use odor to communicate as part of the Andean Bear Initiative - Reserva: The Youth Land Trust. (1/3)

Valentina standing with a camera bag in an orange jacket in a forest.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Congratulations to Emma Demefack, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Emma recently graduated from Princeton University, where she studied how hummingbird territories drive individual variation in courtship displays at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. (1/2)

Emma stands wearing a green jacket and red bandana in front of a forest and a rushing river.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Outside of research, they enjoy music and have produced their own album this year. In the future, she would like to pursue a Ph.D. in animal behavior and bioacoustics. At #ABS2026, they will present their poster on “The Cicadapocalypse: A Story of Ants Dominating and Discovering Dead Bodies.” (2/2)

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Congratulations to Fátima Gónzalez, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Fátima is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of Republic studying the evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders in the Albo lab. Outside of research, she enjoys cinema and literature, especially thrillers. (1/2)

Fátima stands in a puffy brown jacket in front of trees and stone.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Congratulations to Oriana Vargas, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Oriana is an undergraduate at the Universidad del Rosario studying animal behavior, urbanization, and temperature. Outside of research, she enjoys climbing. (1/2)

Oriana stands in a blue sweatshirt in front of trees and the sky.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Congratulations to Kris Flores, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Kris is a fourth-year undergraduate at Texas A&M International University studying biodiversity in birds and bats with acoustic recording. (1/2)

Kris stands smiling wearing a blue honor cord over a black blazer in front of a maroon red background.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Congratulations to Jenna Rosa, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Jenna is a post-baccalaureate scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying the tradeoffs between parenting and feeding in the Bell lab. Next year, she will begin her Master’s degree in animal behavior!

Jenna stands smiling in a University of Illinois jersey in front of a football field.

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