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Kavitha Kannan

@kavskannan.bsky.social
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Biologist & Science Communicator; PhD in Animal Behaviour & Neuroscience from @UniKonstanz 🐝 she/her

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Kavitha Kannan @kavskannan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I ate a lot of mangoes this summer in India, and somehow kept wondering how this fruit comes to be. My first science write-up dives deep into it, and is featured in today’s edition of The Hindu. www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/ene...
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Kingmakers: Meet the insects that make India’s famed mangoes
Discover how vital insects, like bees, play a crucial role in pollinating India's beloved mangoes and their conservation.
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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I still think this #SciComm deserves a #Pulitzer. #InsectApocalypse www.reuters.com/graphics/GLO...
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Insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate
The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble and the consequences could be dire.
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George Kolyfetis @gkolyfetis.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Our findings on bees' photoreceptors are now officially published in Biology Letters of the Royal Society Publishing!! Thanks again for a productive collaboration @jjfosterlab.bsky.social and @gregoeur.bsky.social !! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Kavitha Kannan @kavskannan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Happy to share that I successfully defended my doctoral thesis early this week! 🐝🥳 Really can’t believe I did it! 😅🥹 Super thankful to my supervisors, Morgane Nouvian, and Giovanni Galizia, colleagues at the Neurobio group Konstanz, @imprs-qbee.bsky.social, and all my friends and family! 🐝 #PhDone
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Bahl Lab @bahllab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The Behavioural Neurobiology Summer School in Kosovo is back for the 2nd year and after just a few days we already made it onto live TV! For anyone who speaks Albanian, you can check out the full broadcast here: shorturl.at/kpUzp 🎙️
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 24/06/2025
🚨 In our world riddled with misinformation and sensationalization, we must be cautious about handling accusations of scientific misconduct in our community. Weaponizing a public internet campaign is not the way. 📖 Read "A plea for academic decency" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A plea for academic decency - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
In an internet age when a viral sensationalist story gains far more traction than a nuanced and balanced discussion, we have become used to some politicians, media and web-based influencers bending th...
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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 05/06/2025
“It’s the same sheet, w the same lights, in the same place, looking over the same vegetation. Same time of year, same time of the moon cycle, everything about it is identical. There’s just no moths on that sheet.” - Janzen How long can we, like Wile e. Coyote, hang midair having run off the cliff?
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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Theresa Rueger @theresarueger.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New study in @science.org Science Advances: Clownfish can shrink to survive heatwaves and social conflict! Led by Melissa Versteeg, with Chancey MacDonald, Morgan Bennett-Smith, Pete Buston @newcastleuni.bsky.social @sciencesncl.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Individual clown anemonefish shrink to survive heat stress and social conflict
Clown anemonefish survive heatwaves by shrinking together with their breeding partner.
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Kavitha Kannan @kavskannan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Happy to share that our recent work on the individuality of honey bees in defensive behaviour got featured on German radio network yesterday 🤓🐝 Listen to my co-authors (also my PhD supervisors 😃) talk about it! www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...
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Honigbienen sind individuelle Persönlichkeiten. Forscher machen das an ihrem Stechverhalten fest
Die Persönlichkeit der Bienen prägt ihr Stechverhalten. Während die einen noch zögern, stechen die anderen bereits zu. Das haben Forschende der Uni Konstanz herausgefunden. Von A. Braun.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us. tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs. Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
What is #InverteFest?
It’s a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. #InverteFest takes place every April, August, and December over the last 7 days of the month.

Going out?
1. Find invertebrates
2. Share observations online using the hashtag #InverteFest
3. Interact with others who are celebrating the event

BONUS: Join our iNaturalist project to contribute to community science

NOT Going out?
• Post your squid painting
• Stream a game where you play as a crab with a knife
• Selfie with your 27 beetle enamel pins
• Write wikipedia pages

QUESTIONS?
ask franzanth / maureenbug / kellybrenner on iNaturalist / twitter / tumblr / instagram / bluesky

MORE INFO AND IDEAS ON: invertefest.com
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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 17/04/2025
Forschende des #UniKonstanz Exzellenclusters „Kollektives Verhalten“ haben herausgefunden, dass Honigbienen ein und desselben Volkes unterschiedliche Vorlieben im Stechverhalten haben. Während die einen noch zögern, stechen die anderen bereits zu: t1p.de/rjqws
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Kavitha Kannan @kavskannan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hello BlueSky! 🦋 Thrilled to jump on this platform and make connections! 🐝 🥳 With the start of the bee season, I’m delighted to share that the findings of our latest research paper is featured on the Uni Konstanz website! 🐝 Here it is: www.uni-konstanz.de/universitaet...
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Bienen im Persönlichkeitstest
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