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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Our latest microgrant funding round is ongoing! The deadline to apply is the 30th of October. Spread the word, and donate if you can! Student microgrants are only possible because of each donation to ABC! For more information and to apply and donate: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective

Our latest microgrant funding round is ongoing!
Deadline to apply is the 30th of October.

Spread the word, and donate if you can! Students microgrants are only possibe due to eveyone that donates to ABC :)

For more information and to apply and donate: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How great an ape are you? #WildMindsLab went along to the festival of langauages at @byretheatre.bsky.social to talk all things gesture! #SciCom #ScienceOutreach #StAndrews

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Vesta Eleuteri @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

8 years ago I started monitoring the Marakele wild elephants and dreaming of one day studying their communication. Today my first wild elephant paper exploring intentional gestural communication in the Marakele and Addo populations is out, marking a key personal moment 🐘❤️. rdcu.be/87qLLG6DSs7a 1/4

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am aggressively team Windows over Mac, but when im making figures i keep finding myself yearning for Keynote… 🫣 (Not using word, but same vibe)

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My BSc was on social behavior, my MSc on machine learning, my PhD on nutrition & tool use... and now I am deep diving on biomechanics...? ...How did I get here? 😅

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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Delighted to now be a part of the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group with @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social & team! 🐵🥬

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 31/07/2026

this is my new favorite diagram

Brachiosaurus projectile vomiting: forces generated and resulting traces
Assuming 50 kg (110 Ibs) of regurgitant, impact velocity from 14 m (45 ft) height, and hard-packed sand as impact site.
h = 14 m (45 ft)
Impact velocity = V = V 2gh = 16.6 m/s; kinetic energy before impact = 6,860 J
Average impact force = 68,600 N

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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

New paper: Classifying bioacoustic data without individual call annotations using temporal convolutional networks and feature extractors - first (but not last!) PhD paper from @garrobe.bsky.social 🥳 pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 🐋🦑🧪

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦 All positions are funded: MSc: 2.3 years PhD: 5 years Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026 sites.psych.ualberta... PsychUAlberta 🧪 1/2

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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Imagine you are a white-faced capuchin monkey on Jicarón island learning how to use stone tools 🔨 Your mother does not use tools, so who do you turn to as a model? Our new manuscript answering this question is out now in Animal Behaviour @asab.org. doi.org/10.1016/j.an.... A 🧵 of our findings (1/10)

A juvenile white-faced capuchin monkey eating a coconut. Photo credits Christian Ziegler

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

2026. #CARE framework for animal behaviour research. It pushes us beyond just animal welfare to consider the ethics of our work on humans & the environment too. Consult → Approve → Research → Evaluate. A much-needed holistic approach. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via @asab.org

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A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework

Despite increasing awareness of animal welfare, there are vast discrepancies between legal protections and recommended practices for different species…

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Trying to decide who does social media for the lab but we are all social media illiterate 😅 #WildMindsLab

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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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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/08/2026

Like most insects, the wings of tobacco hawk moths are covered in tiny hairs. But the tobacco hawk moth’s wing hairs do something researchers haven’t documented in any other insect: they help the animal smell. Learn more: scim.ag/4fLx1Mk

These moths smell with their wings
Never-before-seen ability may allow the insects to home in on their favorite plants

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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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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 03/06/2026

📸Your favourite photography competition is BACK ... Capturing Ecology 2026 is open for submissions! Photo credit: Jamal Kabir, Capturing Ecology 2025 🧪🌍📸

Coiled green pit viper on black background beside the title Capturing Ecology and line 'See the living world differently'.

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Elliot Howard-Spink @ehowaspi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New preprint in review! 🤩 "Identifying social learning through peering: predictions and recommendations". 👀 Led by Elisa Bandini alongside @revathe.bsky.social, myself, and Caroline Schuppli. See 🧵 and read it here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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Identifying social learning through peering: predictions and recommendations

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Sensory Ecology Lab @sensoryecology.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

“Homing pigeons don’t rely on gut instinct to return to the roost. But a nearby organ — the liver — might point the way. White blood cells in the birds’ livers accumulate iron and act as an internal compass when clouds block the sun...” #scicomm www.sciencenews.org/article/pige... 🧪 🕊️ 🦉 🧲

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Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism

How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune cells as the compass.

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Kai Caspar @nomascus.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

New study on the evolution of primate cognition, brain size, sensory and motor functions, prompted by "recent work showing fishes perform as well as primates on various cognitive tests." 🐟🦍🧪 Great to see such broad comparative perspectives driving research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Sensorimotor Complexity and Cognition as Predictors of Primate Brain Size

Objectives As animal brain size increases, cognitive performance generally increases. However, other key brain functions, such as the regulation of somatic processes, processing of sensory input, an...

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Niki Hubbard, PhD 🐙🦀 @nikihubbard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs. But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅 First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti. #rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates

Close up with a beautiful nudibranch on a rocky reef. The lower half of the image is a palette of swatches made from the nudi's vibrant colours.

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The last (for now) in our #MondayMicDrop series is Dr Graham’s paper “The gestural repertoire of the wild bonobo (Pan paniscus): a mutually understood communication system”. Want to learn more about bonobo gesture 👍 👋 🤙 ? Listen here 🎧: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbfj... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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The gestural repertoire of the wild bonobo: a mutually understood communication system

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Bonobo gestures 🤝 chimpanzee gestures. Listen 🎧 to Dr Graham’s paper, “Bonobo and chimpanzee gestures overlap extensively in meaning” for this week’s #MondayMicDrop. Link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWIg... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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Bonobo and chimpanzee gestures overlap extensively in meaning

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

What’s “intentional communication”, anyway? This week’s #MondayMicDrop 🎧 is Dr Graham’s paper “Scratching beneath the surface: intentionality in great ape signal production” 👍 👋 🤙. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Z6... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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Scratching beneath the surface: intentionality in great ape signalproduction

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#WildMindsLab PI @nakedprimate.bsky.social (and some awesome collaborators) doing really cool research, as always. 🐵🍇🍎🍺🍷

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Dr Hella Péter @hellapeter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Do I take my ADHD meds to the field? What to put in a risk assessment w dyspraxia? How do I support ND students during fieldschool? If you ever wondered what fieldwork's like as a neurodivergent ecologist, this webinar by the @britishecologicalsociety.org is for you! tinyurl.com/yckyrf4r

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Starting off Monday with #Bonobo #gesture fun 👋🤙✌️! Bonobos infer gesture meaning based off the context it was given in. Listen🎧 to Dr Graham’s paper, “Context, not sequence order, affects the meaning of bonobo gestures”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGMr... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science #MondayMicDrop

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Context, not sequence order, affects the meaning of bonobo (Pan paniscus) gestures

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Working on a Saturday?! Wicked soundtrack it is 🫧💗💚🧙‍♀️

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Day 1 of writing retreat… let’s go 💪🏼

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

How should we measure joint attention 👩‍👦? #mondayMicDrop “Detecting joint attention events in mother-infant dyads: Sharing looks cannot be reliably identified by naïve third-party observers” for this week’s #MondayMicDrop 🎧. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqlf... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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Detecting joint attention events in mother-infant dyads

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The end of an era - my notebook is full! Can’t wait to decorate a new one 💗

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

please no i've just finished watching the last of us 😰🍄

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Ever wondered how the environment affects gesture use in great apes? @kirstyegraham.bsky.social narrates “A socio-ecological perspective on the gestural communication of great ape species, individuals, and social units” #MondayMicDrop 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDz... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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A socio-ecological perspective on gestural communication of ape species, individuals & social units

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#MondayMicDrop 🎧! Did you know we already “speak chimp”? Humans understand common non-human ape gestures. Kirsty narrates their paper, “Towards a great ape dictionary: Inexperienced humans understand common nonhuman ape gestures”. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GU... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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Towards A Great Ape Dictionary

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Washing up to do? Bored on your commute home? Why don’t you give audio papers a try 🎧? For this weeks’ #MondayMicDrop, Dr Graham narrates their paper “The origin of great ape gestural forms” , check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ckf... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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The origin of great ape gestural forms

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Spending the week in Glencoe on the #WildMindsLab retreat. Not a bad place to get some writing done 🤓

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Monday again already 🎧?! This week’s #MondayMicDrop is 🥁🥁🥁 *drum roll please* 🥁🥁🥁 Eleuteri et al’s paper, “The form and function of chimpanzee buttress drumming”. Dr Henderson narrates the paper here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF3R... #WildMindsLab #STEM #science

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Eleuteri et al. 2022 The form and function of chimpanzee buttress drumming

Read by Mathew HendersonMany animal species use vocal and nonvocal acoustic signals to communicate over large distances. Wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, d...

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🗣️ Parlez-vous français? Good news — our #WildMindsLab papers are available in French too! Link to our website 🦍🐵🧒 (and translations): www.wildminds.ac.uk/our-publicat... #STEM #science

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Back with another audio paper 🎧! Interested in gestures humans share with chimpanzees? Dr Matt Henderson narrates Patel-Grosz et al’s paper, “Primate origins of discourse-managing gestures- the case of hand fling” 🦾 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQRl... #WildMindsLab #MondayMicDrop #STEM #science

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Patel-Grosz et al. 2023 Primate origins of discourse-managing gestures: the case of hand fling

Read by Mathew HendersonThe last decades have seen major advances in the study of gestures both in humans and non-human primates. In this paper, we seriously...

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Wild minds lab lab is away for a sleepover with the lab PI. Hoping he is a good boy and earns me as many brownie points as possible 🤞🤞🤞

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

📣 Calling all audio-book friends 🎧! Fancy a break from reading about dragons 🐉, crime 🕵️‍♂️, or true love ❤️? Did you know we offer audio versions of some of our papers 👩‍🔬 🐒 ? Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing them here! #WildMindsLab #MondayMicDrop #STEM #science

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Ever get the FEAR when someone asks "what do you study?" #STEM #science

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Charlotte Wiltshire @charlotte9080.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Charlotte: Hey Cat, we should start sharing more of our #WildMindsLab awesome science on Bluesky. Cat: Great idea! Go ahead! Charlotte for the last hour, trying to write something engaging, cool and fun:

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