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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I can’t believe I am writing this, but chick T99 chose another route than his dad L43, and whereas dad seems to safely be hanging out in Spanish Laguna de Gallocanta, the GPS track of T99 suggests predation in Portugal. Here’s the position: maps.app.goo.gl/qHsMCT8HUzWm...

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Corinna Langebrake @co-la.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

To the birding community: one of our GPS-tagged redshanks was predated during its migration in France. We would be very greatful if we could have the GPS tag back and get as much information as possible from the bird! This is the last position: maps.app.goo.gl/jCWDXDfhnJPT... @genmig.bsky.social

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🚨 I AM HIRING a 3-year postdoc & 4-year PhD student 🚨 [PLEASE SHARE WIDELY] My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need? WELL... we need you! APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.

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Chris Jernigan @chrisjernigan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Less than one week to apply! Please reach out if you are interested!

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Join us in Oldenburg and study the #SensoryBasis 👀👂👃🤚👅🧭, Mechanisms 🧠🧬🧪, and Impacts of #AnimalNavigation in our Cluster of Excellence "NaviSense" as a PhD student 🎓 👇 In case you would like to discuss project ideas related to #insect #navigation, feel free to contact me 🤗 🐜❤️ #NaviSense #CoE #ExStra

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Chiara Tenneriello @chiaratenne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It was a great pleasure to present our last paper about #magnetoreception in #Cataglyphis ants at the #IUSSI2026. Extremely rewarding to exchange with incredible scientists working with social insects. I learn a lot of new interesting facts. 🐜🧭🐝🌲 @uissi-social.bsky.social

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Eventhough, I will not be there in person, our work on #magnetorepection in #Cataglyphis #ants will be presented by @chiaratenne.bsky.social 😍🥰🧭🐜 If you are there, make sure to listen to her talk on Thursday at 10:45👇 If you are also not there, check out her paper: doi.org/10.1007/s003... #IUSSI2026

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Here’s an update on gull-billed tern L49, whose GPS showed us that it died in France while traveling south: although google street view suggested a power line might have been the problem, the corpse actually suggests that the bird has been shot.

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

✨️Today starts the #IUSSI2026 @uissi-social.bsky.social✨️ I am incredible sad to miss the chance to be a particip🐜 in @alexwild.bsky.social workshop and to catch up with f🐜astic colleagues, e.g. @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social @pogonokwap.bsky.social @etf1989.bsky.social 🤩🐜 and @chrisjernigan.bsky.social🤩🐝

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Congrats!!! 😍👑🐭 (almost a mole-rat queen smiley 😒)

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Question: do I know anyone near Nantes who would be willing to pick up a dead gull-billed tern and its logger? L49 has sadly been killed near a road. I’d be very grateful for a picture and the logger and would of course reimburse postage.

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#ICN2026 has been fantastic 🤩 ✅️ Great #science 🧪 ✅️ Meeting old friends 🤗 ✅️ Getting to know new people 🤝 ✅️ Beautiful venue 🇨🇦 ✅️ #Neuroethology at its best 🧠❤️ Thanks @neuroethology.org for a wonderful conference! 🐜🐝🐸🦎🐛🦋🪰🐦🕷🦇🐀🐘

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It was my pleasure to chair the "Insect Compass Systems" symposium 🧭🧠🐜🐝🦋🪰🧪 and to give the first talk of that #ICN2026 session 😊 #navigation #magnetoreception #centralcomplex #neuroethology #icn2026vancouver #insetcresearch

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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Countries with ants vs countries without ants

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yesterday was the official kick-off meeting of the booster units of the University of Oldenburg where we presebted our #AnHuNav project ↘️ www.uol.de/anhunav ↙️ 🐏🐐🫏🐪🕊🏛🧭🗺 It was a pleasure to meet all other members and to discuss about #interdisciplinarity and related advantages, challenges and needs 🤩

Three photos of the project start: Presentation, Sketch showing the key idea, project team

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In addition to all the cool #neuroscience input 🧠🧪, we were fed with amazing food 😋 and had guided through the campus in Dahlem to learn more about the last 100 years of science in the "German Oxford". Thanks to @mpinb.mpg.de and @maxplanck.de for making it possible 🙏

Impressions of the confwrence: plate with delicious fruits, Historic building and conference booklet

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Thanks to @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social, @petrznam.bsky.social and Jason Kerr for a fantastic conference in Berlin! I am still filled with joy about the discussions and processing all new facts about how animals (species diverse as 🐀🐵🐳🐬🐟🦋🐜🪰🐦🦅) sense the world around them while moving through it 🧠🧭🗺

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

✨️The RIN conference on Animal Navigation was great! My highlights: 🏅Neurobiology session including a talk by nobel laureate John O'Keefe and that @katejj.bsky.social advertised the navigation challenges book 🏅Introducing my team to the community, meeting old friends & new people 🏅London at night 🤩

Impressions of the RIN conference: Big Ben, Challenges in Navigation Research, John O' Keefe, Poster session where Chiara Tenneriello and Yibo Ma presenwd their research, Royal Holloway University

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

28 months later: In December 2024, I participated in the Ernst Strüngmann Forum on #Navigation #Research 🧭🧪 Now the book has been published including our chapter of group 2 ("team zoo" 🦠🐜🐦🦞🐒🦍🐢🤖) on the "Universal Principles of Navigation across Species and Spatial Scales" ↘️ doi.org/10.1007/978-... ↙️

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

✨️💜 Women's power 💜✨️ At today's @sfb1372.bsky.social meeting we had discussion on #diversity #equity and #inclusion and are solidary with #WomensStrikeDay #OhneUnsStehtAllesStill #WomenInSTEM 💜👩‍🔬🧪🙎‍♀️💜

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🐜 Super interesting & important @pnas.org study by @mpi-ce.bsky.social research team @yukoulrich.bsky.social revealing how complex the consequences of pollutants can be 😱 I was asked for my opinion about the study for @trouw.nl. A friend living in Amsterdam just sent me a copy of the newspaper 📰🥰

Toy ant sitting on newspaper article about recent study

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting the incredible women of SFB 1372 advancing our understanding of birds, behaviour, and the natural world 🐦🔬 A small glimpse of the brilliant minds behind our research ⬇️ ##WomenInScience

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I am proud to present our recent #neuroethology paper on #magnetoreception in #ants today on the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience where all authors are #WomenInSTEM @chiaratenne.bsky.social 🤩👩‍🔬🧪🧠🐜🧭 Thanks to @sfb1372.bsky.social for featuring our research in a video 🤩 doi.org/10.1007/s003...

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I am not aware of any convincing evidence for human magnetoreception and can also not report that I have a magentic sense - would be cool though 🙃

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🤩 It is a milestone paper for us for many reasons: 🏅 1st paper for her PhD @chiaratenne.bsky.social 🎓🐜 🏅 My 1st only-PI paper😱 🏅 1st paper based on data collected only at the University of Oldenburg - Johanna Wegmann was @sfb1372.bsky.social short-term fellow 🫶 #WomeninSTEM 👩‍🔬👩‍🔬👩‍🔬 Funded by @dfg.de

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I love that ants are chosen to visualize the conference topic #GrandChallenges 😍🐜 #AntsForFuture

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

To learn more details, watch our #SciCom video on this surprising finding!

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Such a cool study with surprise result 🤯 The #bird #retina works under anoxic conditions 👀 🐦 Check out the paper with in @nature.com ⬇️ And watch the supercool video of @sfb1372.bsky.social 🎞

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Have fANTastic holidays, everyone! 🎄💫🐜✨️

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Speaking of ants: Of course, I made sure to spend some time observing the Australian ants 😍🐜 I proudly present my favourites: 🥉Meat ants diseccting prey 🐜🍽️ 🥈A banded sugar #ant - such a beauty 🐜🤩 🥇#Myrmecia Bull ant, expert navigator using the landmark panorama 🐜🗺️

Three photos of ants: Left: meat ants. Middle: Banded sugar ant. Right: Myrmecia sp.. forager.

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Australian fauna is very exciting and I had the pleasure of meeting many animals😍🦘 Wallabys & kangaroos are frequent visitors. On 22nd of October was #WorldWombatDay and we celebrated it with a teamselfie🤳My highlight was the #Enchidna having breakfast at the side on the road - poor ants 😢🐜

Three photos: team selfie in front of a wombat street sign. Echidna at the side of the street. Wallaby next to bush.

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Back home & filled with great memories of my Australia field trip🌏🇦🇺 Thanks to Eric Warrant & team @lundvision.bsky.social for hosting me & the chance for becoming a temporary moth-researcher #KonishiAward @neuroethology.org to study #magnetoreception & #navigation in the spectacular #Bogong moth🧭✨🦋

Three moth pictures. Left: I with a hat full of emperor gum moths (photo taken by J. Granger. Middle: Bogong moth in catching cup. Right: Tethered Bogong moth ready to participate in experiment.

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

That is so fascinating! 🤩🐜🐝🦋✨️

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

And I think, I have a found first christmas present for my kids 😍🎁🐦🧭🧪📖 Such a cool project by a @sfb1372.bsky.social team around @genmig.bsky.social from the @ifv-whv.bsky.social and with amazing illustrations by @co-la.bsky.social transferring research results in a children book 😱🥰 Check it out 👇

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The history of escalation of the #honeybee #odometer controversy in the @neuroethology.org research community can now be tracked in this collection of @springernature.com #JCP-A 🧪🧠🐝 I highly recommend reading Eric Warrant's editorial @lundvision.bsky.social and the follow-up replies ⬇️

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🤩 And here we go - thrilled to announce that two #AnHuNav postdoc positions are availble now ⬇️ Join us in exploring how humans navigated the ancient world - with the aid of animals!? 🧭🗺💫🐫🕊🐜🏛 1️⃣ Cognitive and textual #navigation uol.de/job785 2️⃣ #Archaeology of trade&pilgramage routes uol.de/job786en

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Postdoktorand*in im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes AnHuNav, Forschungsbereich 1 // Universität Oldenburg

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🤩 Another new PI-milestone: Being at meetings with the whole team and several contributions from our lab. @chiaratenne.bsky.social, Yibo Ma and Dhanashree presented their research 🧪 on #InsectNavigation at the annual meetings of the @sfb1372.bsky.social and the #ForschungszentrumNeurosensorik 🐜🧠🧭

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

With a homepage, everything becomes more concrete 🥰 Check out our #AnHuNav project on Animal and Human Navigation in Antiquity 🧭🕊🐫🐜🏛 ↘️ www.uol.de/anhunav ↙️ Stay tuned, we will soon advertise positions 🤗

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🤗 Welcome to our two new lab members: Yibo Ma, @sfb1372.bsky.social short-term fellow, and Dhanashree Kishor Alshi, #Neuroscience 🧠🧪 master student, both curious about #neuroethology of #insect #navigation and #magnetoreception 🐜🧭 Looking forward to working together and their projects! 🤩

Team photo, from left to right: Dhanashree, Chiara, Pauline Fekea, Yibo.

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Thanks also to the @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social section, especially to the speaker team Suanne Neupert and @maxfarnworth.bsky.social, for doing a great job in taking care of the #neurobiology content at the #DZG 💖🧠💕

Exanple of a neurobiology talk: Max Farnworth's stsrt slide

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

And my favorite non-insect facts are 😉👇 🥉 #Petrichor, the smell of rain, is mainly caused by one substance: geosmin @silkesachse.bsky.social 🌧👃 🥈 The trigenimal nerve of elephants is 2.1m long 😱🐘 🥇 Spiders have REMsleep & it is possible to track their eye movements 🕷💤 @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social

View out of the window at the conference venue: heavy rain

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

My favourite facts (slight bias towards insects - sorry for that 🙃) 🥉 Bombardier beetles defend themselves with tiny explosions 🤯🪲 🥈 Gall wasps are seconday vegetarians 🥇 Ants are fANTastic 😇🐜 They employ therapeutic wound care @etf1989.bsky.social and evade toxic baits @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social

Start slide of Erik Frank's talk ln social wound care in ants

Slide of Tomer Czaczkes' talk on invasive ants thst evade toxic baits

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The #DZG2025 is over and I am filled with great memories and zoological input 🥰 Thanks to the organisers @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social for this ✨️great✨️ conference! 👏👏👏 @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social Below I share are my favourite facts that I learned ⬇️

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