KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026👩🔬Read more about it here: vetmeduni.ac.at/en/konrad-lo... @fiwivienna.bsky.social 011
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaPenn-Zala Lab @pennzalalab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🎶 Do male courtship vocalizations always attract females? How repeatable and generalizable are playback studies? Maja Peng tackled this question, and her paper is out #USV @klivvvienna.bsky.social: ⤵️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... 031
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 07.10. | 2:00 PM with Szabolcs Számadó 📍@KLIVV 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 010
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The KLIVV was part of Open House Vienna and welcomed almost 600 people this past sunny Sunday at the Wilhelminenberg. We were blown away by your interest and questions and enjoyed showing you around the premises! 🚶♀️😊 021
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The newest study from the @pennzalalab.bsky.social shows that female mice 🐭 are not attracted to male songs as assumed, which raises questions about the repeatability and generalizability of playback studies in house mice. Read all about it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📷: Bettina Wernisch 031
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It was our great pleasure to have Hannah Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social as a guest to give a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about "Chemically Mediated Interactions between Predators and Prey". 🐦🌿 @fiwivienna.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social 000
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The @pennzalalab.bsky.social just published a review of the methods and tools for processing and analyzing #mousevocalizations, including #USVs, proposing new labels and a novel hierarchical classification for all types of 🐭 vocalizations. Check it out!▶️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2026.116337 031
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Another great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk was given by David Macdonald (University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk) with the title "The Badgers of Wytham Woods: two paradoxes, a state change, and a perplexing puzzle." 🦡🌲 012
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We really enjoyed Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez #WilhelminenbergSemiarTalk about exploring the past, present and future of biodiversity from the intersection of ecology and evolution! @univie.ac.at @fiwivienna.bsky.social 001
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 24/06/2026We have a third-party funded PhD-Position in Movement Ecology, Genetics and Health of Red Deer in the Alpine Region available - don't miss your chance, the deadline is the 30th of June 2026! Find all the details below - we look forward to your applications! www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...vetmeduni.ac.at 003
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 10.06. | 2:00 PM with David Macdonald @biology.ox.ac.uk 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We are very happy that Rudy Brogi came for a visit and held a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about "Behaviour under constraint: how mammals balance multiple pressures in a changing world" @fiwivienna.bsky.social 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 20.05. | 2:00 PM with Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez @univie.ac.at 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 021
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 04/05/2026We were very happy to have Kaja Wierucka give a lively #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about animal communication, looking at new technologies, cue diversity and social contexts! 🐒🌳 @kajawierucka.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @fiwivienna.bsky.social 011
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaBibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 01/05/2026So proud of Dr. Schlippe Justicia, a new metamorph coming out of the Rojas Lab pool👩🏻🎓🎉🐸 Congrats, Lia! 💚 @klivvvienna.bsky.social 0123
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Judith Janish gave a fascinating #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with the title "Influence of Substrate Variation on Kinematics and Performance in Wild Primate Locomotion" and we gathered new insights into this intriguing field of research.🐵🌲 @fiwivienna.bsky.social 021
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 22.04. | 2:00 PM with Mario Pesendorfer @mbpesendorfer.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 021
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaTiago Monteiro @monteirotiago.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Point of View: An easy way to improve lab meetings doi.org/10.7554/eLif... I'm really happy to see this one out @elife.bsky.social. Awesome Cara Glynn and I describe and reflect on a year-long, low-cost practice that transformed our group meetings. #researchculture #ECR #labmeetingsdoi.orgPoint of View: An easy way to improve lab meetingsSharing positive and negative experiences at lab meetings can make a career in science a little less hard, a little more pleasant, and a little more human. 11914
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 08.04. | 2:00 PM with Kaja Wierucka @kajawierucka.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 032
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Sonja Hartnack's #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk explored the complexities that lie beneath a One Health approach, looking at rabies control in Uganda - such an important issue! 🐕💉 @klivvvienna.bsky.social 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Thomas Albrecht visited us to give an informative and detailed #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about extrapair paternity and postcopulatory sexual selection in birds!🐦⬛🦜 @fiwivienna.bsky.social 001
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaBibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Here's why we should not (only) study global change drivers in isolation! Check our new preprint showing how a fungal pathogen interacts with habitat disturbance to shape the skin bacterial communities of an Amazonian frog: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @klivvvienna.bsky.social 0125
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Last weekend the Mallnitzer Days took place in the Hohe Tauern National Park for the fourth time, focusing on current challenges in alpine birds of prey conservation. A wonderful collaboration! Read more about it here: vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-... @klivvvienna.bsky.social 📷: Justina Heinz 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 25.03. | 2:00 PM with Judith Janisch 📍@FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social 011
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 18/03/2026We are very proud to share the @science.org publication by our Ass.Prof. Matthias Loretto @matthiasloretto.bsky.social showing that ravens anticipate wolf kill sites across broad scales www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgRavens anticipate wolf kill sites across broad scalesScavengers generally rely on patchily distributed, unpredictable carrion. A long-standing hypothesis suggests scavenging ravens reliably locate such food by directly following large carnivores to thei... 1154
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 05/03/2026We loved having Virpi Lummaa as a speaker at our #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk series - she shared her knowledge and research about Kin networks and natural selection in changing societies - what a treat! 🐘👶 @lummaalab.bsky.social @fiwivienna.bsky.social 011
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaBibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 02/02/2026"Who is who? Water makes frog image recognition 100% clear" Have a look at this article about the findings reported in our Edina Nemesházi's latest publication! @klivvvienna.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341460 www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/universit...vetmeduni.ac.atWho is who? Water makes frog image recognition 100% clearAn Austrian-Hungarian study led by the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology (KLIVV) at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna developed a new, optimized photography method. As the research on fro... 0256
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 28.01. | 2:00 PM with Ancuta Fedorca 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Our first #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk of 2026 was given by Sandro Sehner and explored "Social Tolerance and Problem-Solving in Primate Groups"🐒 - a fascinating subject! @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @fiwivienna.bsky.social 042
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 21.01. | 2:00 PM with Virpi Lummaa / @lummaalab.bsky.social 📍@KLIVV, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 14.01. | 2:00 PM with Sandro Sehner / German primate Centre, @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) 021
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Our final #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk this year was with Franz Essl @franzessl1.bsky.social, who gave us captivating new insights into the global re-shuffling of species. 🌿🧪 @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at bioinvasions.univie.ac.at Our next talk will be on the 14th of January! 032
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 22/12/2025We had another fascinating #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with Radoslaw Karpienko, who spoke to us about "Building Scientific Authority and How It May Harm Research Fields" 📊 @klivvvienna.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social 001
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Martin Jastroch joined us for a lively and informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with the following topic: "Reconstructing the evolution of brown fat thermogenesis". @klivvvienna.bsky.social 001
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Another great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk, held by Bea Maas, where we enjoyed learning about "Tropical ecology in practice – biodiversity, ecosystem services, and lessons from sustainable cacao" 🌱🍫 @fiwivienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at 011
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Many thanks to Sasan Fereidouni who gave an informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with the title "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Eco-Epidemiological Shifts and a Global Perspective" 🐦🦠 @klivvvienna.bsky.social 022
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 19/11/2025We had a great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week! Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social took us up high into the Andes, where he looked into the factors that make specific species 🦆🐦 adapt to high altitude, low temperature and low oxygen 🫁. @klivvvienna.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 142
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 26.11. | 2:00 PM with Bea Maas/ @univie.ac.at 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social 021
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 5.11. | 2:00 PM with Marcus Clauss/ University of Zürich 📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social 013
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Last week's talk by Martin Mayer (University of Inland Norway) gave us a lot of insight into moose monitoring🫎 - both on the ground and by drone - as well lots of info about beevers in Scandinavia. A truly informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk! @fiwivienna.bsky.social 011
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 15.10. | 2:00 PM with Martin Mayer / University of Inland Norway 📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @FIWIvienna 021
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 09/10/2025What a great start to the new term - a big thank you to Patricia Brennan for a wonderfully inspiring and lively talk on genital evolution in birds! 🦆🐦🦜 @fiwivienna.bsky.social 011
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 08/10/2025📢 NÖ Forschungsfest | Come and visit us at this event for the entire family! With entertaining show acts and over 80 research stations, the world of science becomes an experience! 📅 Friday, 10 October 2025 | 1:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. 📍 Palais NÖ, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna 🌞 Admission free! 110
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 25/07/2025📢 NEW PAPER: Do dogs form reputations of humans? Find the answer to this question in the recent publication by the Domestication Lab! 🐶 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 100
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaFIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · 24/07/2025At our final #WilhelminenberSeminarTalk last semester, we got a history lessen by our own Elmira Mohandesan, who spoke about the impact of the Roman conquest of the northern Alpine foreland in 15 BCE on local horse populations! 🐴 @klivvvienna.bsky.social 021
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025📢NEW PAPER! Edina Nemeshazi and Co. studied the effect of chlorpyrifos on fitness-related traits in agile #frogs, and found that, at certain concentrations, this insecticide alters anti-predator behaviour and leads to decreased body mass at metamorphosis 🐸 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107400 041
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaBibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 22/07/2025One of those bitter-sweet moments in academic life… @carodittrich.bsky.social has been fundamental for the achievements we’ve had as a group and we will miss her greatly, but I’m already looking forward to hearing about the exciting science she’ll be doing in this new phase! 🤩🐸 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 🧬👩🏻🔬🫶🏼 1101
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social · 22/07/2025📢Congratulations to @ericacalabretta.bsky.social for the publication of her first PhD thesis chapter, "Passerine stopover physiology: weather variability does not alter corticosterone dynamics after sea crossing"! 👏🥳🐥 doi.org/10.1002/jav.... @fusanilab.bsky.social 📸: Wikipedia 073
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaPenn-Zala Lab @pennzalalab.bsky.social · 18/07/2025📣 Paper alert! Have you ever wondered what a ketogenic diet might do to unborn offspring? Here we show that pregnant healthy 🐭 on a ketogenic diet give birth to less females pups and that the male pups die earlier than controls. Check it out: ▶️ doi.org/10.1371/jour... @klivvvienna.bsky.social 021
Reposted by KLIVV ViennaBibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Our group’s first study on fire salamanders is out! 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 🧪🌍We report differences in predation rates between managed and non-managed forest areas, due mostly to increased 🐦 attacks in managed areas. Both types of areas differ mainly in 🌳 diversity and evenness (1/2) doi.org/10.1111/jzo.... 1316