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Cini Gall

@cinig.bsky.social
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Behavioural Ecologist, studying communication and group coordination

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am part of a team guest editing a special issue of the American Journal of Primatology on "Digitization and use of legacy datasets in primatology” and we are seeking out submissions due on 1 September 2027. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!
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Nora Slania @noraslania.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‼️Field work position ‼️ We are looking for a research assistant for chimpanzee field work in Cote d'Ivoire, starting November. 🐵🌳📹 Have field experience, speak French, and want to study chimps with us? Take a look and reach out!
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Interested in helping make science a better place? Nominations for 2027 #SORTEE volunteer positions are open now! With 10 committees to choose from and so many ways to get involved, we welcome everyone to volunteer with us! Nominations close 31st Oct. sortee.org/join/ #openscience
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Emily Grout @emilygrout.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Excited to share our new publication in Bioacoustics today, describing the vocal repertoire of white-nosed coatis! 🐾 We combined traditional acoustic analyses with an unsupervised approach to characterise the complexity and diversity of their vocal behaviour. doi.org/10.1080/0952...
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Motorboat noise playback during development affected fish in quiet conditions. Fish exposed as embryos and juveniles less likely to respond to predator attack. Juvenile exposure limited growth, whether exposed as embryos or not. Work done at #LizardIsland doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📢 Out NOW in #EnvironmentalPollution is work led by #PhD student #LauraVelasquezJimenez showing that motorboat noise during development limits reef fish growth & impairs subsequent anti-predator responses. 🐟 @sophienedelec.bsky.social @profstevesimpson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Graphical abstract for new paper in Environmental PollutionSpiny chromis - fish species used in the new study.
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Really remarkable plant sex allocation study here: hermaphroditic avocado plants alternate sex roles twice daily and hence generate balanced sex allocation- controlled by ancient trans-species polymorphism. Heard a bit about this jaw-dropping work at UC Davis last year - great to see it out!
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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So much support from the animal behaviour research community, and many others, who have signed this letter. Thank you. Your care, concern and kind words at this time provides such encouragement.
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ASAB @asab.org · 09/07/2026
It's official: #Behaviour2027 is happening in Vienna next summer!
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Who wants to spend 6 months at the Kalahari Research Centre?
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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Damien Farine @damienfarine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Awesome *postdoc* opportunity with Megan Head at @biologyanu.bsky.social on thermal ecology of beetles. Great place to work, great project, amazing supervisor and really good pay. Don't miss out! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification:  Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms:  Full time, Fixed term (up to 2 years) (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hour...
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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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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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Science Magazine @science.org · 24/06/2026
Iberian harvester ants are the only known organism that propagates two species by itself, according to research from 2025. Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/4uRVwgj
A male Iberian harvester ant (left) had the same mother as its nestmate, a male of a distantly related species (right). The text reads: Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species. Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Big thnks to @cbehav.bsky.social @asab.org @britishecologicalsociety.org @livingingroups.bsky.social for the support! More updates on our adventures tomorrow !🇿🇦🌿🏜️🦉
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
To close out the day Jack Winans gave an incredible guest talk about his work with baboons in Amboseli. 🐒🇰🇪
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow @cbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social @asab.org @britishecologicalsociety.org
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
​It’s sad to say goodbye. This group bonded so quickly and made this course unforgettable. 🥹❤️ ​We can't wait to cross paths again. Thank you to everyone who helped to make #CBehav 2026 such a massive success! @cbehav.bsky.social @asab.org @britishecologicalsociety.org @livingingroups.bsky.social
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
And just like that, the final day of #CBehav has come to an end. 😭🏜️ Tomorrow, the students and TAs begin the long journey back home. Today was all about the final presentations, and it is honestly mind-blowing what these 4 teams managed to accomplish in just 6 days of fieldwork! 🧵👇
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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Strongly recommend you watch the video Abstract for this @currentbiology.bsky.social paper about Veronika the tool-using cow 🐮🧹 The last 30 seconds is particularly heart-warming. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
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Cini Gall @cinig.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My latest article is finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... we examine how Australasian swamphen (Pukeko) combine different sounds into all the different calls. We also examine call sequences and find that calls become longer along some calling sequences
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Examining combinatoriality within the pūkeko vocal repertoire
Most animals use various vocalizations to communicate with others and coordinate activities. However, animals are limited in the number of sounds they…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 24/11/2025
Marine heatwaves in 2023 and 2024 killed 84% of fire coral colonies around St. John in the US Virgin Islands, causing the collapse of a species that had previously been considered a hardy “winner” that could handle thermal stress. In PNAS: ow.ly/XiSh50Xx2t8
Left: Live Millepora colony encrusting a large boulder in Lameshur Bay, St. John, in March 2024. Right: The same Millepora colony, now dead on the same large boulder in Lameshur Bay in March 2025. 
CREDIT: Peter J. Edmunds
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Amiyaal Ilany @amiyaal.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
New paper, led by Vlad Demartsev: Alerting components in animal vocalization www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Alerting components in animal vocalization
Effective communication relies on signals that are detectable and informative, yet the structural acoustic properties supporting these qualities are n…
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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Animals know things — important things! — and we must conserve their ability to pass these lessons down through generations, or their ways of living will fade away.
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨 🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾 Find out by studying meerkats! 🧪Epigenetic clocks ✨Bioinformatics 📊Long-term data 🌍Kalahari fieldwork 💡Big evolutionary questions Get in touch or APPLY NOW Please share! www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
A collage featuring some laboratory analyses, a schematic of the structure of DNA, a pocket watch in an elderly person's hand, and a family of wild meerkats.
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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 03/10/2025
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
⭐PhD position available!⭐ Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
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Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups
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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
TRAVEL AWARDS - Apply for a travel award to support your trip, accommodation and registration! Application guidelines on www.isbe2026.com
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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com @behavecol.bsky.social
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Christophe Bousquet @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025
The new episode of #InTheSwarm is now available for listening. In this #podcast, Gabriella Gall talks about #communication among #eggs 😊 The #Egg #Translator What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? Do you – can you – try to talk to them? Let them know you are […]
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Soapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 25/08/2025
Immune genetic and disease surveillance of a wild meerkat population over 20 years shows that tuberculosis imposes strong pathogen-mediated balancing selection on major histocompatibility complex and identifies underlying mechanisms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Immune genetic and disease surveillance of a wild meerkat population over 20 years shows that tuberculosis imposes strong pathogen-mediated balancing selection on the meerkats’ major histocompatibilit...
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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I keep staring at this video showing the movement of aerosols in the atmosphere. It's so mesmerizing! That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! Join JNCC as our Science & Policy Liaison Officer for Wales 🌿 Work with Welsh Gov & ‪@natreswales.bsky.social‬ to shape nature policy with science at its heart 💚 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/JNCCjob-202539 Applications close 31 August 2025 #ConservationCareers #PolicyAndScience
A pair of puffin against the green coastal backdrop of Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales copyright W L Davies/iStock
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Interested in doing a 3-month #internship on treehopper vibrational communication at STRI in Panama? 🤩 Check this out: stri.si.edu/academic-pro... Contact me for more info! #AnimalBehavior
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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 07/08/2025
Could you lead a scientific meeting dedicated to your area of research? Fast-forward scientific progress in your field by assembling global scientists for two days of discussion and collaboration. Proposals are considered twice a year. Submit by 24 September 2025: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
And here's @jgmussoi.bsky.social's @aunz.theconversation.com story theconversation.com/sleepy-birds...
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Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong
New research shows common mynas sang fewer and less complex songs after a bad night’s sleep. Poor-quality song could affect a bird’s ability to reproduce and survive.
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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey
Ant invasion reduces lion predation on zebras by disrupting a mutualism that protects trees against elephants.
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Pranav Minasandra @pminasandra.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Unser Studie zu Verhaltenssequenzen wurde auf YT Channel MitWissen vorgestellt: youtu.be/5fT-lwwfmZE MitWissen (auf Deutsch) wird von meiner Kollegin @cinig.bsky.social betrieben. Schaut euch das Video an und abonniert gerne ihren Channel!
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Welche Gemeinsamkeit haben Hyänen, Erdmännchen und Nasenbären?
YouTube video by MitWissen
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Cassie Speakman @cassiespeakman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
4 year fixed term postdoc position in Tasmania, Australia. Drones, camera traps, population monitoring. careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
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Current Vacancies
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Priscila Chaverri @pchaverri.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We are still looking for a postdoc to join this project!
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Sofia Forss @sofiaforss.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨New PrePrint out on the Kalahari Meerkats. In this study we quantified two axes of sociality to explain how developmental needs of pups shape meerkat social life. @zoejturn.bsky.social Neumann Christof & Tommaso Sacca ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…
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Cini Gall @cinig.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
MitWissen ist der youtube Kanal in dem ich jeden Mittwoch eine bereits publizierte Studie aus der Verhaltensbiologie auf Deutsch vorstelle. Die letzten zwei Monate war Sendepause, aber nächsten Mittwoch gehts wieder los. Bis dahin gibts hier: www.youtube.com/@MitWissenbe... 28 videos zum angucken!
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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We're hiring📢📢📢 To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊
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