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Frontiers in Social Evolution Seminar FINE @fine-seminar.bsky.social · 6h

FINE 6th October 2026. 17:00 Paris Thomas Bugnyar, University of Vienna, Austria Title: Testing social cognition in animals: lessons from ravens I review what we know about the social life and socio-cognitive skills in a large-brained bird, the common raven. wits-za.zoom.us/j/9672789095...

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Josh Arbon @josharbon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great use of the tens of thousands of dwarf mongoose body mass measurements collected over the years. Animals vary substantially in mass across days and seasons - when determining if a tag is too heavy we need to think about how light an animal might become, not just its mass right now.

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meet Veronika the cow, clever octopuses, smart kunekune pigs, and the wonderful Goffin's cockatoos. A documentary by Feuer & Flamme Film for those of you with access to ORF 2. CC @auersperga.bsky.social

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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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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spread the word! Behaviour 2027 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27.

Galapagos short-eared owl with text "Who is excited about behaviour 2027? Join us in Vienna August 23-27"

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bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Beyond the glass: testing visitor effects on the behavior of captive teleost fish in public aquaria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Differential weighting of lion vocalizations and oxpecker alarm calls in giraffes #Bioacoustics #PredationRisk #Mammal doi.org/10.1093/behe...

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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Super mega stocked to share this ⭐new review ⭐ on the impact of urbanisation on social learning. tinyurl.com/2pt6s6zs

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Client Challenge

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ASAB @asab.org · 22/09/2026

🦎Wall lizards! 💆Enrichment! 😨Corticosterone! ☺️Welfare! Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "Ethologically informed enrichment improves behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in a captive lizard" Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123692

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Animal Behaviour Date: September 2026 Article: 123692 Volume: Volume 239 Ethologically informed enrichment improves behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in a captive lizard
Alicia Bartolomé, Rupert Palme, Sabine Macho-Maschler, Pau Carazo, Enrique Font

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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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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Katy Willcox, PhD @katywillcox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Had such a fun week at @ecbb2026.bsky.social !! Lots of exciting talks and so many lovely and inspiring people. Very grateful to the organisers & to ASAB for my travel grant! 🐤 #ecbb2026

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Katy Willcox, PhD @katywillcox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@vernouilleta.bsky.social & Elias Garcia-Pelegrin put together such an interesting and varied symposium on Social Cognition in a Human World #ECBB2026 🌍🐤

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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#ECBB2026 @vitorhbf.bsky.social closing out Symposium 10: Social cognition in a human world with his talk Humans as social partners? Experience and selection history shape responses in domestic chickens

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Ahana Aurora Fernandez @ahanaaurora.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Aaaand in Dublin in 2028! With a promising location for the conference dinner 😇🥳🥳🥳

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Dr Mélissa Peignier @melissapeignier.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey ECBB! If you're interested in discussing a new side of animal personality, come check out my talk tomorrow at 16:00 in LAB003! 😊 #ECBB2026

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Francesca M. Cassola Ph.D. @xiscacassola.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thank you for this picture! You have no idea how much it means to me to have one with these fantastic people! #ECBB2026

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

@raccoonologist.bsky.social finally able to give her talk!! And it was definitely worth the wait! 🦜🤘 goffins cockatoos really are rockstars when it comes to tool use!! Could you figure out a 6-way puzzle box?!? #ECBB2027 Also check out her paper!! doi.org/10.1002/brv.70123

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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#ECBB2026 Crocodile cognition? Say more, @stephanreber.bsky.social, please!

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Birgit Szabo, PhD 🦎🐸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @birgitszabo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thanks to @annawilkinson.bsky.social and @xiscacassola.bsky.social for inviting me to give a keynote on an important topic in reptile cognition: The conceptual and methodological challenges of testing reptile cognition! It was great fun to share my thoughts! #ThinkLikeALizard 🦎😉 #ECBB2026

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

2026. Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via @asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social - published every year in January.

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We are hiring a #postdoc to work on our NSF funded project on metabolic rate as a driver of individual variation in treefrog acoustic communication. Please spread the word to potentially interested candidates (or apply if you are one of them): jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/postdoc...

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My talk from #ISBE2026 a few weeks ago (July 2026). #ResearchEthics - feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss any of the issues.

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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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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Ready to start planning your conference experience? We've got the #ECBB2026 programme outline available for download! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

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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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Science for Animal Welfare @scifaw.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

100 years ago, one of our founding aims was to disseminate knowledge of animals' needs. The science has grown enormously. The challenge hasn't: turning knowledge into action. Explore the research: www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ani… #AnimalWelfareScience

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Birgit Szabo, PhD 🦎🐸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @birgitszabo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

@ecobird.bsky.social had a great time at #ISBE2026! We had fun presenting our work on bird behavior and cognition. Thank you for organising such a great conference!

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

JEB is proud to sponsor the 2026 International Congress for Neuroethology at the University of Bristish Columbia, Canada icn2026vancouver.com

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Cesare Pacioni @cesarepacioni.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New paper out! 🎉 Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) have spread far beyond their native African range, reaching cooler regions - so how do they cope when temperatures drop? doi.org/10.1016/j.cb... @ecobird.bsky.social

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Day 2 of ISBE2026: fantastic plenary lecture by Eva Ringler and vibrant scientific sessions

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Day 1 of ISBE2026: a glimpse of the welcome address, our outstanding Plenary speaker and our scientific sessions in full gear!

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

12.30 pm today, 21/07/26 ⬇️ - animal ethics, welfare, behavioural ecology ⬇️ #ISBE2026

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I have a spare ticket for the Social event on Thursday evening. If any ECR needs one, please let me know. 🙏 #ISBE2026

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Jon Aguiñaga @jon-aguinaga.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Interested in how animals gather and use information to make decisions? What about in contest decisions? Do you like mantis shrimp?? Automated tracking? 👀👀 🦐 Come by to my talk at #ISBE on Tu at 3-315pm in the Londra room for social behavior and group living. Happy to chat anytime, too.

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Excited about @isbe2026.bsky.social next week! Come and see me talk about the best species ever, the European nightjar, at 10:15am on Tues 21st :)

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Come see my talk on Tuesday, July 21st ⬇️ #ISBE2026 - Ethics, Welfare, Behavioural Ecology. ⬇️

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

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ASAB @asab.org · 09/07/2026

It's official: #Behaviour2027 is happening in Vienna next summer!

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Liran Samuni @lirsamuni.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🐒 Work with primates? Have you observed 3 or more individuals grooming together? Polyadic grooming is barely documented and we know little about its distribution. Please take 1–2 minutes to fill out this short survey and share: forms.gle/cLPB1mnwrjJo...

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Polyadic grooming in primates

survey about observations of polyadic grooming in primate species

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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Opportunity to pursue a doctoral thesis in the Goffin Lab and the Kea Lab The research will focus on play, exploration, and problem-solving abilities in cockatoos and kea. If exploring the minds of other species fascinates you, I highly recommend this opportunity.

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

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ASAB @asab.org · 01/07/2026

It's official! You can now register for #ASABWinter2026 ❄️ It's nice to look forward to cooler times.😮‍💨 Deadline Aug 15

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Stu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social

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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) | Research Groups | University of Exeter

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Incredible. That’s Frankfurt, London, and the Smithsonian all with calls for herpetology curators open at the same time. Unheard of!

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KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Whose Larva Is This?" A quick guide to figure out what you're looking at when you find something that resembles a worm or a Zerg unit crawling around. #insect #bug #education #SciArt

A flow chart to help identify insect larvae

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Herpetozoa @herpetozoa.pensoft.net · 12/06/2026

🦎 Fascinating new insights have revealed how a Tokay gecko's sex and hatchling size are shaped by nest temperatures: doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.39.e165454 ➡️ Check out @pensoft.net's latest blog post for further insights from researcher Dr. Birgit Szabo: blog.pensoft.net/2026/06/12/u...

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