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Mylène Dutour

@dutourmylene.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher, Behavioural ecologist, animal communication and cognition, mom of 2 amazing kids

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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/10/2026
A new special issue of Science highlights the research that is seeking to close the critical gaps in women’s health. Learn more: scim.ag/4z7H8mG
Women make up more than half the population, but most of what we know about women’s biology comes from extrapolation of studies in men. This has been changing in recent years, and this special issue highlights some of the progress in understanding the biological basis of sex differences in health and disease and medical issues relevant to women’s health across different stages of life.

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Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rising temperatures can challenge animals’ ability to regulate body temperature. While heat effects on adult birds are well documented, less is known about #Juveniles. A new #OpenAccess study examines how wild post-fledging #GreatTits respond to rising temperatures.
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Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@gblackburn.bsky.social, Valentine Ouvry & @dutourmylene.bsky.social found that juvenile great tits spent less time moving and more time resting as temperatures rose. These changes may help reduce heat load and maintain body temperature. Read the free #Behaviour article: doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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The effects of high temperatures on behaviour in juvenile great tits (Parus major)
Abstract Rising temperatures can pose significant thermoregulatory challenges for endotherms. Understanding how animals respond to high temperatures is essential for predicting the impacts of global w...
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you so much @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social! 😊🐦
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Grace Blackburn @gblackburn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our new paper highlights the importance of considering how juveniles adjust their behaviour in response to increasing temperatures. Check it out below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @dutourmylene.bsky.social doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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The effects of high temperatures on behaviour in juvenile great tits (Parus major)
Abstract Rising temperatures can pose significant thermoregulatory challenges for endotherms. Understanding how animals respond to high temperatures is essential for predicting the impacts of global w...
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This study provides the first continent-scale evidence that carotenoid-based colouration declines along a continuous urbanisation gradient 🏢 🐦‍⬛ 🌍 📖 Read more: buff.ly/1LoiOGp
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New paper out! The effects of high temperatures on behaviour in juvenile great tits, with my amazing colleague @gblackburn.bsky.social and student Valentine Ouvry. Particularly timely given increasingly frequent, intense heatwaves. brill.com/view/journal... #AnimalBehaviour #Heatwaves #ParusMajor
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The effects of high temperatures on behaviour in juvenile great tits (Parus major)
Abstract Rising temperatures can pose significant thermoregulatory challenges for endotherms. Understanding how animals respond to high temperatures is essential for predicting the impacts of global w...
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Le Canard enchaîné @lecanardenchaine.fr · 13/09/2026
Publier un texte scientifique dans une revue spécialisée à l’ère de l’IA ? Rien de plus facile ! « N’importe qui peut publier n’importe quoi grâce à l’IA », confirme Vincent ­Boucher, physicien qui s’est fait passer pour un spécialiste du tricot ➡️ l.lecanardenchaine.fr/ix
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The Conversation France @france.theconversation.com · 14/09/2026
Quand les algorithmes de recrutement renforcent les biais que l’on voulait réduire
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Quand les algorithmes de recrutement renforcent les biais que l’on voulait réduire
Le recours à l’IA dans un processus de recrutement ne garantit pas l’absence de biais. Il est urgent d’ouvrir les boîtes noires et d’interroger les données utilisées.
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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · 14/09/2026
« L’IA est bâtie sur une succession de crimes », rappelle notre chroniqueuse Celia Izoard dans cet article. Elle revient notamment sur « les multiples écocides et violations de droits humains » que nécessite le fonctionnement des data centers ➡️ l.reporterre.net/boy
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The Conversation France @france.theconversation.com · 10/09/2026
Quels oiseaux pourrait-on voir figurer sur les billets d’euros ?
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Quels oiseaux pourrait-on voir figurer sur les billets d’euros ?
Le tichodrome échelette, le martin-pêcheur, le guêpier d’Europe, la cigogne blanche, l’avocette élégante et le fou de Bassan pourraient être représentés sur les prochains billets d’euros.
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Many congrats Mélissa! Well deserved!
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Sofia Forss @sofiaforss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Growing up demands the right cognitive toolkit at the right time 🧠 We show cognitive development over key life transitions from ontogeny to adulthood in wild meerkats. 🚨 Read our new findings👇🏼 doi.org/10.1098/rspb... Great Thanks to @royalsocietypublishing.org @templetonworld.bsky.social @snsf.ch
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Cognitive abilities show distinct developmental trajectories in wild meerkats
Abstract. Understanding cognitive development is fundamental for explaining variation in adult cognitive phenotypes, and thus the processes driving cogniti
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The Conversation France @france.theconversation.com · 02/09/2026
Sur le terrain, les chercheuses face aux violences sexistes et sexuelles de leurs collègues
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Sur le terrain, les chercheuses face aux violences sexistes et sexuelles de leurs collègues
Loin des laboratoires, les conditions de travail de terrain peuvent accroître les risques de violences sexistes et sexuelles et avoir des conséquences durables sur les carrières scientifiques.
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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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CNRS Rhône Auvergne @cnrs-rhoneauvergne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Des scientifiques montrent que la diversité des chants de passereaux peut se décrire à l'aide de seulement 8 « motifs » acoustiques élémentaires. Ces recherches impliquent l'équipe stéphanoise ENES du Centre de recherche de neurosciences de Lyon. www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/ch...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 12/08/2026
Elephants gesture to signal what they want—just like us. Learn more on #WorldElephantDay: scim.ag/4xAKH44
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
2026. Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world
Faced with anthropogenic change, animals now encounter challenges different from their evolutionary past. To cope with such challenges, animals may use social information about others' affective stat...
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New paper: ravens use wild boars as “first tasters” to check if a foraging site is safe. They reduce risk by watching others eat first, foraging in groups, or stealing instead of taking chances. These tactics may help scavengers adapt to changing environments 🌍. doi.org/10.1093/behe... 📸 Daniel Koch
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
📖The number of strong social bonds is linked to survival in a cooperative bird Sociable weavers differ consistently in their relative number of strong social bonds and these differences are associated with survival 🕊️ 🌍 🐦‍⬛ 🔎 buff.ly/cQG5lun
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Mandy Ridley @mandyridley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The latest pied babbler paper, headed by the amazing Shannon Conradie, looks at how the accuracy of biophysical models, increasingly used to predict climate change response, can be improved with even a modest amount of behavioural observations besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Targeted behavioural and microclimate data collection substantially improves biophysical model predictions of energy expenditure in wild birds
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Framasoft @framasoft.org · 28/07/2026
Ça il y est, les aperçus IA de Google débarquent en France pour chacune de vos requêtes ! Cela va consommer encore plus d'énergie et invisibiliser encore plus le contenu original. Heureusement, il y a la possibilité d'utiliser des moteurs de recherche alternatifs ! En voici une présentation.
Arrivée des aperçus IA dans Google en France : quels moteurs de recherche alternatifs ?

À partir du 22 juillet 2026, Google a lancé en France ses Aperçus IA, déjà disponibles depuis un moment dans de nombreux pays.

L’usage systématique d’un LLM pour répondre aux questions les plus basiques fait une raison de plus d’utiliser une alternative à Google !

Faisons un petit tour d’horizon des moteurs de recherche alternatifs.Avant toute chose
- Fournir un service de moteur de recherche efficace, c’est très compliqué - et logiquement - ça coûte très cher (2 raisons qui font que Framasoft n’en propose pas)
- En conséquence, la grande majorité des moteurs de recherche se financent en affichant de la publicité 😬
- Selon le moteur de recherche, cette publicité peut être plus ou moins intrusive, et plus ou moins respectueuse de votre vie privéePour terminer…
- Il n’y a hélas pas d’alternative parfaite, chacune viendra avec ses avantages et ses inconvénients (mais ça sera toujours mieux que de continuer à utiliser Google)
- Notez que ces solutions sont toutes également utilisables sur vos appareils mobiles.

Astuce : la plupart des alternatives mentionnées ensuite permettent d’utiliser des raccourcis nommés bangs (comme !g ou &g) pour occasionnellement utiliser Google.DuckDuckGo est un moteur de recherche étasunien 🇺🇲 s’engageant à respecter la vie privée de ses utilisateur·ices.

Les résultats affichés sont une agrégation de plusieurs sources, dont le moteur de recherche Microsoft Bing (mais les requêtes qui y sont faites sont anonymisées).

🤖 Les réponses IA y sont non-systématiques et désactivables.
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Sofia Forss @sofiaforss.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Interested in animal urbanization and human wildlife co-existence, join our team this fall 👇🏼
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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · 24/07/2026
La carte des sites qui vont accueillir les JO d'hiver 2030 est enfin connue. Abattage d'arbres, constructions de villages olympiques, de télécabines : Reporterre fait le point avec une carte exclusive. Lire l'article ➡️ l.reporterre.net/EuI Redif. du 18/07/26
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Quentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:
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Zanna Clay @zannaclay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Great apes reassure one another to maintain the peace Our new study shows that friendly touch before stressful events, like embracing, patting and even kissing, promotes tolerance and peace in chimpanzees and bonobos. Some BBC coverage 🙂 open-access paper below! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study
Hugging before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, say scientists studying apes.
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
👏Congratulations @josharbon.bsky.social on a fantastic new #TREE review from #NERC funded postdoc. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... #OpenAccess; please share. 💬If you're at #ISBE2026 & interested in #pre-emptive behaviour and/or intergroup #conflict, seek Josh out for a chat. @isbe2026.bsky.social
Meerkat acting as a sentinel looking out for danger, including rival groups.
Green woodhoopoe exiting roost hole that is the key resource defended against rival groups. Photo by Warwick Tarboten.
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Le Canard enchaîné @lecanardenchaine.fr · 21/07/2026
Le CNRS a des pratiques de boys club ! Deux chercheurs ont été mis en cause par plusieurs femmes pour des comportements inappropriés, sans que cela émeuve ni la direction du temple de la recherche française, ni le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur.
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Harcèlement, misogynie : Un labo du CNRS aux pratiques de boys club | Le Canard enchaîné
En mars, deux chercheurs du CNRS ont été mis en cause par plusieurs jeunes femmes, collègues ou étudiantes, sans émouvoir ni leur employeur ni le ministre de……
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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Do animals use names? Conceptual and empirical criteria: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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Do animals use names? Conceptual and empirical criteria
In recent years, several claims have been put forth suggesting that animals of different species address each other using receiver-specific calls that function as individual names. If accurate, this w...
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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Our recent paper led by @oddjacobson.bsky.social recently covered by @mongabay.com
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🤗Delighted our review on pre-emptive behaviour in a landscape of intergroup conflict is out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social 🎓Resulting from endless fascinating chats with @josharbon.bsky.social #warfare #NERC #conflict #mammals #birds @bristolbiosci.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Dwarf mongoose acting as a sentinel looking out for rival groups in South Africa.Green woodhoopoes allopreening one another in anticipation of conflict with rival groupsMeerkats standing together in the face of a threat from a rival group
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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 15/07/2026
#Communiqué 🗞️ Le cerveau doit en permanence réviser ses attentes pour s'adapter aux changements, sans pour autant prendre chaque événement inattendu pour un bouleversement durable. Une étude met en évidence un circuit cérébral impliqué dans cette capacité d'adaptation. 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/co...
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Romain Honorio @r-honorio.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Encore 3 semaines pour s'inscrire au prochain colloque SFECA, à un tarif préférentiel ! (Augmentation des frais d'inscriptions à partir du 1er août) Pour rappel, le colloque aura lieu du 4 au 6 novembre 2026 sur le @campuscondorcet.bsky.social.
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55ème Colloque de la Société Française pour l'Etude du Comportement Animal (SFECA) - Sciencesconf.org
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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Congrats first author Kyu Min Huh on our paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Journal of the RS Interface. Titled "Natural take-off flight performance is repeatable and scalable in mixed flock tit species". Link: doi.org/10.1098/rsif...
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our @behavecol.bsky.social ol.bsky.social‬ article was Editor’s choice for this issue!! @gblackburn.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social
https://ol.bsky.social‬
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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We started @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social to make a small but real change to barriers students face. Since then, we disbursed >£26,000 in microgrants & matched >120 mentees w. mentors! In our new paper, in #AnimalBehaviourJournal's SI on Biases in Animal Behaviour, we share what we did, why, and how 🐝
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Peter Cook @pfcook.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
link.springer.com/article/10.1... Just out - complicated integrative perspective with a bunch of great marine mammal folks, including @stephanielking.bsky.social and @andrearavignani.bsky.social. We take an expansive trip through the peripheral effector, CNS, and social domains of vocal rhythm.
Phylogeny, weaning time as a proxy for social complexity, brain connectivity, and call type across whale species.
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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
How do animals cooperate when they aren't even the same species? Our recent review paper dug deep into the literature... 1/ Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
High temperatures inhibit quantity discrimination of conspecifics in a wild bird #Cognition #AntiPredatorBehavior #Bird doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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ASAB @asab.org · 30/06/2026
📚Meta-analyses!⚠️Key pitfalls! 🔬Improved methodology! 🖥️Reliable syntheses! Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies” Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448
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Volume 236, June 2026, 123448
Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: lessons from eyespot function studies
Ayumi Mizuno, Pietro Pollo, Malgorzata Lagisz, Masayo Soma, Shinichi Nakagawa
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Amazing talk and workshop by Gabriel Colorado Z and Eben Goodale! So excited to continue this big international project with such an inspiring group of people. So many exciting global questions to explore and discuss around mixed-species flocks & mobbing behavior! #ATBC2026
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Amazing talk, @agnishikhe.bsky.social! Congrats on your great presentation! #ATBC2026
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Forbes @forbes.com · 26/06/2026
A study of 140 laughter sequences found the same rhythmic timing pattern in humans, chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans.
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Scientists Tickled Gorillas And Found A 15-Million-Year-Old Clue To How Humans Learned Speech
A study of 140 laughter sequences found the same rhythmic timing pattern in humans, chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 25/06/2026
A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows that wild dwarf mongooses pre-emptively alter their behaviours, including space use and sentinel calling, in relation to the level of threat posed by the size of rival groups. go.nature.com/4w9P0Tf 🧪
Three small, brown, furry mongooses sit side-by-side on a thick, weathered tree branch, looking intently to the left with bright eyes. The background is a soft, blurred green. Adobe stock image.
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great morning with high school students! Always a wonderful experience to share our world of research, exchange ideas with them, and share some of the passion that drives us.
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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This @noemamag.com article by Ryan Huling, author of Hidden Nations, beautifully covers our Nature Sustainability paper with @merikatariina.bsky.social and @birchlse.bsky.social! If you can’t access it, let me know 😉 doi.org/10.1038/s418...
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Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage - Nature Sustainability
It is becoming increasingly clear that animal cultures have intrinsic, irreplaceable value, and yet they are not adequately protected by preserving habitat. The time has come for UNESCO to explicitly ...
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Such an amazing day last Friday with the Rhône-Alpes members of the Femmes & Sciences association So many inspiring women, meaningful discussions, and positive energy The kind of day that gives you a real boost and reminds you why building strong communities matters #FemmesEtSciences #WomenInScience
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Mylène Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Huge congrats, Ed Galluccio, on your fantastic PhD! I'm happy and proud to have been part of your supervisory team and to have witnessed the remarkable work you've accomplished. Wishing you all the best for the adventures ahead!
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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New paper in @pnas.org - using playback experiments we provide further evidence that bottlenose dolphins can use individual identity signals + social memory to guide decision-making. Female dolphins use individual vocal labels to track coercive males | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Libby Chapman @libbychaps.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Super happy to share some work from my masters project with @cogwild.bsky.social 🪺 Using six years of data from blue tits, we show that wild birds make decisions about their nest design based on their reproductive success in the previous year. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Graphic showing the results of the research article in cartoon birds and nest illustrations.
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