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@miriamkuspiel.bsky.social
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Researcher in animal behaviour, acoustic communication, and social behaviours

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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hola! Interested in doing a 3-month research #internship on treehopper vibrational communication with me at STRI in Panama? 🤩 More info: stri.si.edu/academic-pro... Application deadline Oct 15. Also many other cool projects! #AnimalBehavior
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Czech and Slovak Ethological Society @csets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🦌🐺 New #PhD position! Behavioural and Physiological Responses of Red Deer to the Risk of Predation by Grey Wolves Interested in mammal behaviour, large carnivores and non-invasive research methods? 💼 50% position for 4 years | Institute of Animal Science 📩 Dr Adam Dušek: vuzv.cz/en/people/du...
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Nora Slania @noraslania.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‼️Field work position ‼️ We are looking for a research assistant for chimpanzee field work in Cote d'Ivoire, starting November. 🐵🌳📹 Have field experience, speak French, and want to study chimps with us? Take a look and reach out!
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@lennartwinkler.bsky.social @andygardner.bsky.social @scottpegan.bsky.social
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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 15/09/2026
📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 📣 📆 Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 2:00 PM GMT on our YouTube channel: Dr. Thomas Bugnyar (University of Vienna, Austria) will present “Testing social cognition in birds: lessons from ravens” 🐦‍⬛ 📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQoB...
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Jacob Tennessen @jacobphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reviewing a paper, and I'm pleased to see that they cite me. Less pleased to see it's a paper that I never wrote. Chatgpt is ruining science.
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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🪶Want to band cool birds on an island in the western Pacific?IBP is hiring 2 banders to help re-establish & operate bird banding stations on the island of Rota, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. PROJECT DATES: Oct. 10 thru Dec. 20, 2026. More info here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...
Photo of a bander's hands holding a Mariana Fruit Dove by Kristin Attinger. Text on graphic says: We're hiring experienced bird banders.
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
.The very talented and fun Jonathan Henshaw has two positions to offer! If you like theoretical eco-evo questions, don't hesitate. Also, Freiburg is a very pretty place PhD: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb... Postdoc: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Putter Tiatragul @puttert.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Megan Head at ANU is advertising this amazing postdoc position on thermal tolerance in insects. Canberra is a great place to live and work. Don't listen to the haters! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification:  Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms:  Full time, Fixed term (up to 2 years) (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hour...
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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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Noëlle Tschirren @noelle-tschirren.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What an inspiring and fun week at @isbe2026.bsky.social in Turin! From inspiring plenaries and great talks, to presenting my latest poster, reconnecting with my former lab, spending time with my current lab, meeting incredible people, and exploring the city, this conference has been unforgettable.
ISBE logo projected onto the Mole Antonelliana.Current and former members of the Behavioural Ecology group at the University of Bern working with Prof. Eva Ringler. Colleagues from the Behavioural Ecology group at Wageningen University & Research. Poster on tracking of wild zebra finch 
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Birds on the € notes!? You can make it happen! 🐦✨ Vote now for your favourite design! www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot... The European Central Bank is redesigning the euro banknotes and is asking the public for feedback. And one of the themes is birds and rivers...😈
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wayne Williams highly acclaimed award winning photo of Crested Caracara x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ! The brave little fly catcher is dive-bombing the much larger Caracara!
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Dr Taina Conrad @drtainaconrad.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I met a nice young lady from Colombia after my talk who wanted to have coffee with me and chat about our science but I never found her again and did not catch her name. If you see this please send me an email. #ISBE2026
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miriamkuspiel.bsky.social @miriamkuspiel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
5 days filled with science, scientists, joy and gelato at #ISBE2026 in Torino! I am leaving with a head full of good memories, new knowledge, and inspiration and motivation for more research! See you hopefully soon again, at #Behaviour2027 in Vienna, #ISBE2027 in Taiwan, or elsewhere!
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miriamkuspiel.bsky.social @miriamkuspiel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I totally agree with this! It was an inspiring talk that sparked so many research ideas in my head, and then followed by these these very important messages that need to be heard!
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miriamkuspiel.bsky.social @miriamkuspiel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
First day of #ISBE2026 is over (as well as the great icebreaker event yesterday), and all the fascinating presentations and posters are still going through my head! Looking forward to the coming exciting days and to explore more of the city!
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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Calling all animal culture enthusiasts! The Association for Study of Animal Behaviour and the Primate Society of Great Britain are holding a joint meeting this December on "Social Learning and Culture" 👇
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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!
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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share
Great tit perched on a branch, with beak slightly open. 
Photo credit: Alizée Vernouillet
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Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland' @ifv-whv.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We are looking for a full-time, permanent, animal caretaker in Wilhelmshaven. Work with songbirds & quail in an international research team: - Bird care & welfare - Breeding programs - Hand-rearing chicks - Husbandry & hygiene - Data records More info: ifv-vogelwarte.de/en/institute...
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Vacancies - Institute for Bird Research
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Heb jij kennis van Microsoft SQL‑Server databases, ervaring met programmeren en lijkt het je leuk om in een klein dynamisch team te werken met een nationale impact op het gebied van vogeltrek? Dan zijn we op zoek naar jou! #vacature #wageningen nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures...
Huismus mannetje met kleurringen zit op een tak
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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Post-doc opportunity on comparative cognition and movement dynamics in corvids with the brilliant Prof Debbie Kelly at the University of Manitoba
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Fichtel-Kappeler-Lab @kirindy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Fully funded PhD position on primate parochialism! Study how cooperation within groups and conflict between groups evolve in red-fronted lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. @kirindy.bsky.social & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🤝 we're recruiting an Associate Blog Editor! 📝 join us in identifying, commissioning, and editing blog posts for Animal Ecology in Focus 🐝 more information on the role and how to apply can be found here: buff.ly/I9Kf6Er
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Applications are open for a 3-year funded PhD position at the Finnish Museum of Natural History, focused on dung beetle evolution. Deadline: March 16. … jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Docto… #gradstudent
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Doctoral Researcher in Macroevolution and Phenotypic Diversification of Dung Beetles
Doctoral Researcher in Macroevolution and Phenotypic Diversification of Dung Beetles
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
UNAM's Institute of Biology seeks a full-time Research Scientist in Systematic Ornithology. Applicants should have a Ph.D., research experience, and fluency in Spanish. Apply by April 20, 2026: www.ib.unam.mx/ibunam/Convocatoria_… #job
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...
Atlantic Puffin at Hornøya, Norway
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Applications for the 2-year Eawag-Postdoc fellowship in aquatic sciences are open until 5 April 2026. Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are encouraged to apply: apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/pub/2/… #postdoc
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2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship
We are pleased to invite applications for a
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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Lots of reports of dead seabirds in the aftermath of recent storms. Please keep an eye out for any dead colour ringed Shags and send details to shags@ceh.ac.uk #seabirds #ornithology #winterstorm
The image contains a header at the top reading "Wanted: Shag resightings". Below this is a picture of a Shag weraing a blue colour ring with the code "UXE" and a text box of the information needed if you see a colour ringed Shag. This information is: date, location, colour of the ring, three letter code, and a photo if possible. All the information can be emailed to shags@ceh.ac.uk
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Join the SHOW 2026 workshop on hermaphroditic species in Lund, Sweden, April 22-23. Free registration for 50 participants! More info and register here: colin-olito.github.io/SHOW2026.gith… #conference
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Simultaneous Hermaphroditic Organisms Workshop | SHOW 2026
Simultaneous Hermaphroditic Organisms Workshop | SHOW 2026
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢 We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline. Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Maevatiana N. Ratsimbazafindranahaka @rmaevatiana.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If you’re a Master’s student interested in movement ecology, biologging, noise & conservation, join me and some great collaborators for an internship on how wind turbines and associated noise shape lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) movement and behaviour.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £46,344 per annum. 📍 Hybrid working. Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
A Cuckoo perches on a post. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring. Science Manager. www.bto.org/jobs. BTO logo top right of the image. Image credit bottom left reads: Cuckoo by Edmund Fellowes / BTO.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A Postdoc in eco-evolutionary dynamics is available at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science. Applicants with a PhD in relevant fields should apply by March 10, 2026. More details: apply.refline.ch/673277/1340/pub/1/… #postdoc
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Postdoctoral position in “Experimental eco-evolutionary dynamics of resilience” (m/f/d) 80-100%
The Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling (SIAM) has an opening for a
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure Track Assistant Professor and Curator of Lepidoptera. Candidates should have a strong research background in Lepidoptera. Applications due March 22, 2026. Info: snm.dk/en/about-museum. #job
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About the museum
Natural History Museum Denmark is beautifully located in the corner of the Botanical Garden near Nørreport Station. Until October 2022 the museum also welcomed guests at the Zoological Museum at Østerbro, which is now closed to the public in order to prepare for the new museum building that will open in the Botanical Garden in a few years time.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
PhD position in evolutionary ecology of sticklebacks at University of Bern. Funded for 4 years, involves fieldwork in Greenland. Apply by March 27, 2026. Details: socioecoevo.weebly.com/opportunitie… #phd
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Opportunities
Opportunities in my group
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International Bio-Logging Society @ibiols.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) is seeking a scientist in wildlife biology, ecology, or a closely related discipline, with a focus on movement ecology, spatial data analysis, and/or scavenger and carnivore systems. Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk
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Jordan S. Martin @jsmartin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Stockholm University seeks a PhD student for a 4-year project on female sexual selection in pygmy halfbeaks. Strong interest in evolutionary and behavioral research needed. Apply by Feb 15, 2026: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8932… #phd
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PhD student in Animal Behaviour
PhD student in Animal Behaviour
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates. careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
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Keith McMahon @mcmahok.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026.
Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits.
A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles.
All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk
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Antoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Job market folks: apply for a post-doc at the University of Lisbon! It's a 2-stage process; if interested contact my colleague David Yates (at david.yates@edu.ulisboa.pt), with a brief description of your intended research and current CV by January 7. #philsky
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Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 8th Edition - FCT
National, foreign and stateless PhD holders in any scientific area who wish to carry out scientific research or technological development activities in Portugal may apply.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Postdoc position available in speciation genomics studying temporal isolation in Alpine butterflies at University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Application deadline: Jan 15, 2026. More info: kay.lucek@unine.ch. #postdoc
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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Make sure you don’t miss our key dates for abstract submission and registration!
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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We’re so excited to launch the website for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 and to share that pre-registration is officially open! 🎉 👉 Scan the QR code or visit our website (eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr...) to pre-register now! Photo: Tom Koerner / USFWS (CC BY 2.0)
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us: Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Meerkat pups in the Kalahari, South AfricaRhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago
Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera, South Africa.
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