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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 11h

Happening next year in #Konstanz 👇 #Etho2027 (aka animal behavioral research conference with the best views) Register NOW!!

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 10h

Just FYI the stations have to have the specific antennas to detect the blumorpho tags. currently i don't think any do.

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Indeed, that's just common sense. But ALSO it's NOT that hard. My dog listens to me, and is under control, and DOES stop when i tell her to. If your dog doesn't, that's not just a very strong instinct, it's bad training.

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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New #ornithology paper! Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/09/2026

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Martha Maria Sander @mmsander.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

2 Student Job + thesis offers: Impacts of agricultural practices and seasonal invertebrate availability on grassland birds. Field surveys in Brandenburg. Details coming soon - stay tuned, get in touch! @dornitholges.bsky.social @euflynet.bsky.social @eoufledglings.bsky.social @eounion.bsky.social

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Opportunity! We have an #internship offer through the RISE program. This applies to undergraduate students studying at North American, British or Irish Universities. If you are interested in doing fieldwork with us next spring/summer, have a look at the RISE website: www.daad.de/rise/en/rise...

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hi #ECBB2026 @ecbb2026.bsky.social 👋 I have 3 UKRI-funded Senior Research Associate positions live at the intersection of behaviour, conservation + AI (coral reefs/UK waters) 2x2yr9mth; 1x2yrs. More info here sallykeith.weebly.com/team.html Wish I was there!

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***Three new postdoc positions!*** Our team is growing! Join us to unlock animal behaviour as an early warning system, underpinned by mechanistic ecological understanding, delivering responsible and.....

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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 01/09/2026

⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left! Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2026 , our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world. 📅 Deadline: September 6 📄 Submit your abstract now!👉 ablaoc.sciencesconf.org

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Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference 2026 - Sciencesconf.org

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 01/09/2026

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

irishtimes.com

‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived

A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’

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Emma-Liina Marjakangas @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers. Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

jobs.helsinki.fi

Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity! I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible. Please share!

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Holly English @hollyenglish.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Any recommended suppliers for antennas and masts in Ireland? #spéirghorm

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Come join us at the Third Biannual Lund Thermal Biology Symposium on 27-29 October in Sweden. @conphysjournal.bsky.social is sponsoring travel grants to help students and ECRs attend. www.biology.lu.se/lundthermal2...

biology.lu.se

Animal health, reproduction and survival in the age of humans 27–29 October 2026

Lund University.

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...

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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Nominations for this years @bou.org.uk awards are OPEN! 🏆 Godman Salvin Prize 🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture to present at #BOU2028 on Bird Demography 🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal 🌱 Early Professional Award For full details and to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo... 📆 Deadline 15th Sept 26 #ornithology ⭐

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New from @alixkristiansen.bsky.social as part of our @ecobird.bsky.social lab! Those pesky #steamerduck nests are super hard to find so breeding estimates are thin on the ground. Find out more in the WJO!

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🪶 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🪶 16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress Brno, Czech Republic 23-27 August 2027 Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU? The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open! Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #EOU2027

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦 All positions are funded: MSc: 2.3 years PhD: 5 years Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026 sites.psych.ualberta... PsychUAlberta 🧪 1/2

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Free PhD positions!!! Cluster of Excellence NaviSense -> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation -> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers. #NaviSense #ornithology uol.de/en/job/docto...

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below

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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

👩‍🔬 Join us for a new course on the use of stable isotope analysis in ecology and environmental sciences 📅 15th–18th December 2026 📍 @ebdonana.bsky.social (Seville, Spain) 🎓 For PhD students, postdocs & early-career researchers. Registration details & form coming soon!

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team! Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en #DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg

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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Exactly, the idea that he can't quite see what the fuss is all about when he's got a cool room to retreat to....

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.

Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

me too. what an awful, awful thing to write about another human. oh he deserved to kill himself. jesus wept. i've been very shocked by this story, but this is just the worst.

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

HIRING MICROBIOLOGIST: effective start asap! The PDRA/PDRF (per xp) will investigate the interactions of bumblebee antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with the gut microbiota & more. Our work has shown AMPs have striking specificity for ecological microbes. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/13... 1/2

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Postdoctoral Researcher Associate or Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Researcher Associate or Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This job is part of an Advanced Research + Inventio...

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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🐦 Job offer: Research Data Analyst – Wildlife Telemetry 📊 GPS • R • ecology • habitat selection 📍 Paris 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 2026 Join the #HABITRACK team at CESCO @mnhn.fr and help uncover how European birds use their habitats! 👉 recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #EcologyJobs #ornithology #RStats

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Job posting: Associate Professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution within the Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) at the University of Lausanne. Deadline for applications is 30.09.2026: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli... (there is a button to switch to English at the top right)

wwwfbm.unil.ch

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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Open position of Associate Professor in Behavioral ecology and cultural evolution at the @dee-unil.bsky.social! You can toggle the ad to English on top right: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices

Shell's net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by ‌higher energy prices and increased market volatility during the Middle Eas...

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Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS @mizpas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A paper led by @justynakubacka.bsky.social and published in @heredityjournal.bsky.social shows that inbreeding depression is phenotype-dependent: more inbred, smaller-bodied, or shorter-winged aquatic warbler males had lower reproductive success and survival, respectively. 👉🔗https://rdcu.be/fpyva

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International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) @applied-ethology.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#jobalert Assistant Professor in Applied Ethology University of Guelph, Canada More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Assistant_Pr...

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's so depressing isn't it. Unreal.

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

REALLY enjoyed this. Was hoping to catch you and discuss! I'd love to test it out on some interesting data...

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️

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Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This UKRI funded full-time post is available from 01/1...

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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🚨🐒Join the Urban Vervet Project! We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa. More info below 👇 @sofiaforss.bsky.social

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Interested in having a symposium at #Behaviour2027 ? We are officially open to proposals! Please carefully follow the guidelines below:

Call for Symposia
Behaviour 2027
23-27 August
Vienna, Austria
The Behaviour 2027 Scientific Committee invites proposals to organize
symposia from individual organizers or teams of two to three co-chairs.
Symposium format
• Each symposium must have at least one chair; the chair must be
registered for the conference and attend in person.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• Format: 6 presentations of 12 + 3 minutes each (total 90 minutes);
an alternative format would be 1 invited talk of 25+5 minutes,
followed by contributed talks of 12 + 3 minutes (adjust the number
of contributed talks accordingly to fit within 90 minutes).
• All speakers must register for the conference and attend in person.
The committee reserves the right to propose suitable submissions to the
symposium chair if there is still space available in the symposium.
Proposal preparation
Please provide:
1. Names, affiliation and contact information of the primary chair
(contact person) and co-chairs.
2. Proposed symposium title.
3. A maximum 200-word abstract introducing the topic and justifying
why it merits a symposium at the conference.
4. Names of at least two confirmed speakers (please verify their
availability).
Financial arrangements
The Behaviour 2027 organizers cannot cover registration, travel, or
accommodation for symposium organizers or speakers. The conference
will provide the venue and standard audio-visual equipment.
Diversity and inclusivity
We strongly encourage conveners to assemble speaker line-ups that
reflect diversity in gender, nationality, geography, and career stage.
Fostering diversity and inclusivity is a core priority of Behaviour 2027

Evaluation criteria
Our criteria include originality, interest, and relevance to Behaviour 2027,
and balance across gender, nationality, and career stage of invited
speakers.
If accepted, the chair, in consultation with the Symposium Committee, will
finalize the speaker list and order of appearance. Chairs are requested to
provide a brief introduction at the start and lead the entire session.
Evaluation timeline
Proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. Notifications will
be sent end of November 2026.
Proposal Submission
Please submit your proposal online via email to
behaviour2027@univie.ac.at by 1 November 2026. Later submissions will
not be considered.
Abstract submission
Upon selection, the chair is responsible for ensuring that speakers submit
their abstracts and register on time to be considered for inclusion in the
symposium.
Decision about contributions submitted to accepted symposia will be
evaluated by the session chairs.
Contact
Questions? Please contact behaviour2027@univie.ac.at

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Excited about @isbe2026.bsky.social next week! Come and see me talk about the best species ever, the European nightjar, at 10:15am on Tues 21st :)

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

yeah it is interesting why not all journals move to a double blind system. The journals that do it would presumably show very different results. probably the only way to make things really fair!

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