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fusanilab @fusanilab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Our team at @isbe2026.bsky.social. Enjoying the many interesting talks and meeting colleagues from the whole world.

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ever wondered what the bizarre dances of male birds of paradise look like to females? Check out our new preprint! @izziehb.bsky.social @fusanilab.bsky.social “The geometry of visual signaling in a bird-of-paradise” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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Valeria Marasco @valeriamarasco.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The perfect end to a successful session at the SEB annual conference in Florence 🇮🇹 🍽️🍷 #SEB2026 🌟 @stefi-casagrande.bsky.social @fusanilab.bsky.social

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fusanilab @fusanilab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We had a very successful session at #SEBconference organised together with @valeriamarasco.bsky.social , here asking questions to Antoine Stier

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92

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Izzie Héjja-B. @izziehb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The @fusanilab.bsky.social + vogelwarte.at will be there to talk about sexual selection 🐦🐠 & human impact on animal behaviour and physiology 🪶🐦🐊 Come and visit our stations! langenachtderforschung.at/station/6662 langenachtderforschung.at/station/3588 For all age groups & German/non-German speakers!

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Angela Stoeger @angelastoeger.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Our study lead by my fantastic PhD Student Vesta Eleuteri on Elephant gestures was featured in National Geographic Art 🙌

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 27/12/2025

Physio-behavioral manifestations of 'surprise' in two parrot species: kea (Nestor notabilis) and Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #cognition

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EvOCRO Project @evocroproject.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

🐊 We’re ancient, social, adaptable — not “primitive”. Studying us helps scientists understand how minds evolve… including yours. 🧠 Evolution leaves clues. We carry them. evocroproject.github.io #EvoCro #ComparativeCognition #AnimalBehaviour #EUFundedProject #HorizonEurope #MarieCurieActions

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Maria Santacà @mariasantaca.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Can fish and birds be “fooled” by the same optical illusion? 🐟🐦 Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results! 🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... @univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#bowerbirds are the only birds that build structures used specifically for courtship. But why and how did this remarkable ability evolve? We discuss some possibilities in our new review in Emu - Austral Ornithology! @fusanilab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0158...

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

ASAB @asab.org conference grants for the Winter meeting in Edinburgh, up to £500, close 1st October! @asab-meetings.bsky.social #ASABWinter2025 All the details needed are here: www.asab.org/conference-g... Don't forget I also need a referee statement emailed direct by the same deadline!

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fusanilab @fusanilab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Amazing riflebirds! We did not dare to write that males 'mesmerize' females with their spectacular displays, but .... judge yourself! Photo by Thomas MacGillavry www.cell.com/current-biol... @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

NEW PAPER: investigating hormonal mechanisms and energy conditions of birds at stopover in relation to weather conditions encountered over the Mediterranean Sea route during pre-breeding migration. ➡️ vist.ly/46jvx #ornithology #birds 🪶 @ericacalabretta.bsky.social @fusanilab.bsky.social

Picture of a garden warbler. Photo credit: Erica Calabretta

Fig. 3 from the article: Stress-induced corticosterone concentrations (partial residuals) in (a) whitethroats and (b) garden warblers as a function of air temperature measured along the Mediterranean route to Ponza during the night before the bird's arrival

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Valeria Marasco @valeriamarasco.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Are you a student at Vetmeduni Vienna? Are you looking for a Master or Diploma thesis in the field of ecophysiology? We may have the right project for you✨ with Marcin Tobolka, Joanna Bialas ✨👇 vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/... @Vetmeduni @fiwivienna.bsky.social

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fusanilab @fusanilab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The biggest surprise: Passerines have lost ghrelin, the 'hunger hormone'. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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Kim Rosvall @rosvall-lab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I wrote a piece on how cool this new ruff paper is. Total endocrine game-changer! Congrats to the authors on a rad discovery. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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Adaptations in surprising places

Testosterone is controlled while it circulates in the bloodstream

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