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Kristy Adaway

@kristyadaway.bsky.social
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PhD researcher at the University of Hull Studying animal psychology to benefit the conservation efforts of wild mammalian carnivores 🦊🐾 REWILD cluster 🌿

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Kristy Adaway @kristyadaway.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Officially #PhDone! 🎓 Still slightly surreal to have defended my thesis on behavioural adaptability in red #foxes and human responses to them 🦊🧠 Huge thanks to everyone who supported me along the way, especially my supervisors, and to my examiners for such a thoughtful and engaging viva discussion
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Dr Blake Morton @drblakemorton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Very pleased to share our latest #publication showing that differences an #innovation may shape finer-scale niche differences between two generalist species: wild #raccoons and #opossums 🦝🧠🧩 @kristyadaway.bsky.social Link here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wild racoons are more innovative but not bolder than another generalist, the Virginia opossum, on a pull-string task
Humans are altering natural environments at unprecedented rates. Ecological generalism is one of the strongest predictors of survival in light of thes…
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Dr Blake Morton @drblakemorton.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Shout out to @kristyadaway.bsky.social for presenting one of our latest papers from the #BritishCarnivoreProject! 🦊🧩🧠🌃 Thank you @mammalsociety.bsky.social for hosting another great March conference! Link to our paper, here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Kristy Adaway @kristyadaway.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Excited to be sharing the pre-print of my very first first-author publication! 🦝
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