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Bob Wong

@bbmwong.bsky.social
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Professor and Behavioural Ecologist at Monash University www.bobwonglab.org

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ASAB @asab.org · 07/10/2026
In 2021 @andyradford.bsky.social became the ASAB executive editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal, a joint venture with our sister society @animbehsociety.bsky.social With their exec editor & a great support team, Andy has worked hard to bring out an issue every month - a real undertaking! #MeetASAB
Andy holding a pied babbler with the ASAB logo in the corner
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Massive congratulations to Dr Kate Fergusson (@katefergusson.bsky.social) on her PhD graduation today, here standing with three proud supervisors (me, Jake Martin and @michaelgbertram.bsky.social). @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monash University is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship to an outstanding student in animal behaviour/evolutionary ecology. Choose from eight project areas. For information about what project I'm offering, please DM me or see application form: forms.gle/ia9t4KPD3FKT.... Deadline: 15 Nov.
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One more month till the due date! Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com
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Predicting western spiny-tailed skink adaptation to changing environments
I am seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to quantify and predict how vulnerable western spiny-tailed skinks (Egernia stokesii badia) are to environmental change.
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Australasian Evolution Society - AES @ausevosoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
✨1-month left to register!✨ There is still time remaining to register for AES x SASB's joint conference, 🧬𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗴🧬, 2-4 Dec at the University of Wollongong 🌊 before registrations close in early November! Register at this link: aes.corsizio.com/portal/aes #EvointheGong #AESxSASB26
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Australasian Evolution Society — Conferences List
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ASAB @asab.org · 30/09/2026
Big day tomorrow! You have until Oct 1 at MIDNIGHT 🌝 if you’re planning to submit to any of these 👇🏻
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Media coverage of PhD student Shannon Kaiser’s paper investigating impacts of coal mine wastewater on amphibians. Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Scientists probe connection between deadly frog disease and coal wastewater
A study on the impact of chytrid fungus disease in Royal National Park frogs raises questions about regulation of coalmine wastewater.
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Massive congratulations to @shiho-ozeki.bsky.social on her award for best platform presentation at the @setac.bsky.social Asia-Pacific conference in Tsukuba, Japan, this week 👏. @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social #BobWongLab
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll do my best. Fortunately, I've had a wonderful, supportive and very patient role model!
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m proud that we moved to online only publishing, instigated paper prizes, moved to mandatory data & code provision, diversified our pool of Editors & Consulting Editors & introduced new article types. Also, as a Society, we widened the range of grants offered to the animal behaviour community.
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The journal and the Society are only successful because of a large cohort of brilliant people working behind the scenes, including Managing Editors, Editors, Consulting Editors, Editorial Assistants, reviewers, publisher contacts, and ASAB Council members & Trustees. #ThankYou 👏☺️
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the great leaders in our field 🙏🥰
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Work day over. Time for dumplings 🥟
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The departmental seminars @evozoodeb.bsky.social will start next week. The first presentation is by Prof. Hans Hofmann (Uni Texas): "Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Homeostasis in Highly Variable Environments". Join the live stream on Monday 07 Sept, at 12:00 CEST at www.youtube.com/channel/UCIe...
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DE-EvolZool
University of Debreceni - Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Humanbiology
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ASAB @asab.org · 04/09/2026
The European Conference for Behavioural Biology #ECBB2026 always goes so fast! This was an exceptional conference at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. The organizers and volunteers did a fantastic job (with a special shout out to @jacobcdunn.bsky.social and @wascherclaudia.bsky.social) 🙌
A group photo of the organizers in matching blue shirtsClaudia Wascher and Jacob Dunn in blue ECBB shirts
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ASAB @asab.org · 04/09/2026
Had a great time at #ECBB2026? Don’t worry, there are more conferences coming! There’s #ASABWinter2026 (@asabpsgb2026.bsky.social, full but can still join online), #ASABSpring2027 (@asab-meetings.bsky.social) in Portsmouth & #Behaviour2027 (@behaviour2027.bsky.social) in Vienna Make sure to follow!
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sad that #ECBB2026 is over?? Fear Not!! 2028 has been confirmed in Dublin 🇮🇪🍺🎉 Save the dates!! 10th-14th July 2028 See you all there! 👍
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology
Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit
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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🤯 listening to Tim Caro’s talk on colouration. Didn’t realise how camouflaged a giant panda was! Crypsis - to be specific www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ECBB2026
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The giant panda is cryptic - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The giant panda is cryptic
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And one of the key studies published on the same day! After *years* of work, finally published in @royalsocietypublishing.org #proceedingsb Plasticity in collective behaviour helps fish shoals mitigate limited visual information from water turbidity royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Design a poster that explains an interesting animal behaviour. Your infographic will be inspired by observation of animals in real life or online. Entry age categories: 7-10 years 11-14 years 15-21 years More information and the entry form: www.asab.org/education-news Spread the word #ECBB2026
Poster advertising the ASAB infographic competition 2026
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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hi #ECBB2026 @ecbb2026.bsky.social 👋 I have 3 UKRI-funded Senior Research Associate positions live at the intersection of behaviour, conservation + AI (coral reefs/UK waters) 2x2yr9mth; 1x2yrs. More info here sallykeith.weebly.com/team.html Wish I was there!
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***Three new postdoc positions!*** Our team is growing! Join us to unlock animal behaviour as an early warning system, underpinned by mechanistic ecological understanding, delivering responsible and.....
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ASAB @asab.org · 02/09/2026
Come by and say hi to our amazing education officer, Charlotte Evans! She does fantastic Animal Behaviour education outreach, not just here, but all over schools in the UK - and has made some really great resources for everyone. Ask her about it! #ECBB2026
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Are you an ornithology student or postdoc thinking about a career at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)? Register for this webinar hosted by @amornith.bsky.social to hear from myself and several other PUI ornithologists. We'll give you all the dirt! americanornithology.org/calendar/fac...
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I would be thrilled to support someone interested in applying to a NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...), reach out if interested. The RFP is focused on AI, & we have some datasets & projects suited to this studying evolution of multilayer biological networks
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
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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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Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🏆 Early career researchers: your research could win €1,000! Behaviour is launching its new Early Career Researcher Award 2027, celebrating outstanding research published by ECRs. 🧠🐾 1/3
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Jack A Brand @jack-brand.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Glad to see our new review on behavioural diversity in fishes out today in Fish and Fisheries! Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/faf....
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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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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thank you so much. Excited to be working together across both editorial offices and with ABS Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk.
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ASAB @asab.org · 01/09/2026
Loved that @andyradford.bsky.social kicked off #ECBB2026 with the first plenary. For the last 5 years, Andy has been working extremely hard as the ASAB Executive Editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal and today just happens to be the day that he has passed on the torch to @bbmwong.bsky.social 🥰
Andy in front of a slide reading “Life in a noisy world “
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thanks for all your work over the past five years and for the support in facilitating a smooth transition! Big shoes to fill!
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excited to be starting today as an Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. I look forward to working with the rest of the editorial and production team and, of course, authors to deliver a great experience and top quality science for a wonderful society journal. @asab.org @animbehsociety.bsky.social
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Upama Aich @upama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks to all the collaborators for their invaluable contribution to the work: @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social, Raiko Rafeeq, Morelia Camacho-Cervantes, @jackmanera.bsky.social, @bbmwong.bsky.social (6/6) Read our open-access paper here: doi.org/10.1093/conp...
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Androgenic agricultural pollution suppresses immune function and alters reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish
Abstract. Anthropogenic pollution poses a serious threat to wildlife. Particularly concerning are endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) due to their abilit
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How did cognition evolve? 🧠 On the sandy bottom of Lake Tanganyika, scientists asked wild fish how they make decisions, revealing how two closely related species diverge in surprising ways. Paper ▶️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Story ▶️ www.ab.mpg.de/1452608/news...
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thanks Marco 🙏
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sea horses hanging out with a garden eel
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Australian Research Council @arc-gov-au.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Join the ARC ⬇️ We’re recruiting: - Assistant Directors (EL1) who will lead teams delivering major govt grants programs & contribute to NCGP reform. - HR Advisor (APS5) who will help support our people and employee experience across the ARC. More: www.arc.gov.au/about-arc/wo...
Graphic with a light blue background featuring the words “WORK WITH US” in large white capital letters. The text is arranged across three stacked rounded blue shapes, creating a bold, modern design that resembles layered buttons or bars. The top shape contains “WORK”, the middle shape contains “WITH”, and the bottom shape contains “US”.
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change. 🦋80% expanded 🦋27% contracted 🦋22% shifted elevation 🦋342 showed multiple shift types. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
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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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School of Biological Sciences, Monash @MonashBiol @monashbiol.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Are there downstream impacts from coal mining on adult frogs? Shannon Kaiser and co-authors looked at 25 unexposed sites and 22 exposed sites in the Royal National Park NSW and found that wastewater exposure increased amphibian disease risk. @bbmwong.bsky.social
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School of Biological Sciences, Monash @MonashBiol @monashbiol.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Measuring executive function in guppies; is it impacted by anti-depressant pollution? Eleanor Moore and co-authors looked at working memory and cognitive flexibility 2 facets of executive function. @bbmwong.bsky.social @jack-brand.bsky.social @jackmanera.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Nick Moran @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Do you live in Australia, or have you ever travelled here? Then you can help our research on Australian biosecurity by completing a short survey. Scan the QR code below, or click this link: go.unimelb.edu.au/6xah
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
.The very talented and fun Jonathan Henshaw has two positions to offer! If you like theoretical eco-evo questions, don't hesitate. Also, Freiburg is a very pretty place PhD: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb... Postdoc: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How does waster water from coal mine operations impact amphibians? Check out the new open access paper from Shannon Kaiser's PhD research here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ha... 📸 Tnarg 12345 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Petra Sumasgutner @pesumas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seeking local volunteer- from Turin #ISBE2026 - to assist with sample collection in www.myurbanbee.com project. Interested in urban biodiversity? To work with an international team? And learn a lot about solitary bees within a week? Urgent: 10.08.-17.08! Please get in touch: wildbienenwien@gmail.com
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
After more than two weeks of Summer in Italy, I’m finally back in Melbourne 🥶
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