PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026So much support from the animal behaviour research community, and many others, who have signed this letter. Thank you. Your care, concern and kind words at this time provides such encouragement. 0134
Reposted by PEC ExeterBehaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share! 114485
Reposted by PEC ExeterASAB @asab.org · 09/07/2026It's official: #Behaviour2027 is happening in Vienna next summer! 03917
Reposted by PEC ExeterLindsey Shultz @lshultz82.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Rating Bowers like Kandinsky paintings yes I will thanks. 021
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026And now for something completely different RATE MY BOWER! A 10 min survey about what you think looks nice. Link in post below Please repost! 031
Reposted by PEC ExeterTom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026NEW PAPER - Exploring sources of uncertainty in the estimate of waterfowl harvest - uncertainty matters but also helps us learn and start adaptive decision making #ecology #birds doi.org/10.1002/wlb3...doi.orgExploring sources of uncertainty in the estimate of waterfowl harvest in the United KingdomThere is an urgent need to gather data on harvest rates of waterbirds in Europe to assess the sustainability of hunting. Estimates of total waterbird harvest in the United Kingdom (UK) and the relati... 061
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Are bowers artwork? 🖼️ Do we (humans) like the same bower designs that the choosy females like? Please fill in this short survey asking you to "RATE MY BOWER" No expertise needed. We just want your aesthetic judgment🎨🖌️ exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Takes <10 mins 27545
Reposted by PEC ExeterTom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 10/06/2026NEW PUBLICATION on Bird 🦆 Hunting 🔫. Huge piece of work from across @universityofessex.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social Adonis Blue - #ecological impacts of #recreational #hunting in protected areas - recommendations for evidence led #regulation publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/... 174
Reposted by PEC ExeterLyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Funded #PhD scholarship: Vocal mimicry in toothbilled bowerbirds @westsyduhie.bsky.social with @animalecolab.bsky.social @drbackhouse.bsky.social @pec-exeter.bsky.social Closes: 31 July 2026 More info tinyurl.com/2axjy7pn 01520
Reposted by PEC ExeterLyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Funded #PhD scholarship: Vocal mimicry in toothbilled bowerbirds @westsyduhie.bsky.social with @animalecolab.bsky.social @drbackhouse.bsky.social @pec-exeter.bsky.social Closes: 31 May 2026 More info tinyurl.com/2axjy7pn 01616
Reposted by PEC ExeterPEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026What are the ecological effects of releasing and managing mallard ducks for hunting? Our new OA paper with @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... What did we find? A short 🧵 1109
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026What are the ecological effects of releasing and managing mallard ducks for hunting? Our new OA paper with @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... What did we find? A short 🧵 1109
Reposted by PEC ExeterKaty Willcox, PhD @katywillcox.bsky.social · 13/01/2026New paper out! Early-life social instability increases aggression in chickens, but does not affect response inhibition 🐤 We discuss what this means for developmental links between social environments, cognition, and social behaviour, highlighting strong context dependence Full text: rdcu.be/eYOzC 13512
Reposted by PEC ExeterEamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 14/12/2025I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : ) Please share !! www.eifwooster.org/opportunitieseifwooster.orgOpportunities — Eamonn I.F Wooster 12623
Reposted by PEC ExeterCentre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition! Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds. 📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026 🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme More info & how to apply ↓ www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...ugent.bePostdoctoral fellow 13546
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Almost pheasants! A new review that we've contributed to looking at causes and consequences of ranging behaviour in reared chickens, led by @birgitszabo.bsky.social Many chickens don't seem to want to use the additional space that they are offered. Can we change this? 020
Reposted by PEC ExeterAri Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Less than a week left to apply! 077
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Rather feels like reading my obituary! 😬 But thanks Jen and Sophia for putting that together👍 I really enjoyed working with the ASAB team and recommend any AB folk consider joining and contributing. Looking forward to Edinburgh for the winter meeting. See you there. 192
Reposted by PEC ExeterBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 07/10/2025The origins and functions of bowers in the Bowerbirds: a review and synthesis | doi.org/10.1080/0158... | Emu | #ornithology 🪶 04419
Reposted by PEC ExeterCharlène Gémard @charlenegemard.bsky.social · 10/09/2025🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨 We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨ Scan the QR code & share widely #AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science 01015
Reposted by PEC ExeterASAB @asab.org · 29/08/2025It may be 9am on Day 5, but of course nobody couldn’t miss @samellisq.bsky.social’s fascinating plenary on menopause in whales! 😍👵🐳 #Behaviour2025 1252
Reposted by PEC ExeterTom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Out last week - our #evidence review and assessment for @jncc.bsky.social of the #data and methods for assessing #sustainability of wild waterbird #harvest from recreational #hunting in the United Kingdom #wildlife #people led by @jomadden.bsky.social with Matt Ellis & myself #ecology #policy 063
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025How robust is current hunting bag data, and can we rely on it to manage sustainable harvest of UK waterbirds? For most species, it's pretty good, but released mallard🦆🦆can confuse the picture Recent collaboration with @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social and Matt Ellis 042
Reposted by PEC ExeterLaura Kelley @lauraakelley.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Come join us at the @asab.org Winter Conference 2025: how sensory info affects behaviour. 15th & 16th Dec, abstracts due end Aug. More info and registration asabwinter.github.io/2025 Co-hosted with @jtroscianko.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill 12411
Reposted by PEC ExeterRebecca Chen @rebeccachen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Publication alert! ✨ Our recent paper in Ecology & Evolution addresses how to make conferences more inclusive. We collected observational and experimental data during Q&A sessions at the Behaviour 2023 congress hosted by Bielefeld University, and circulated a survey among conference attendees [1/4] 23216
Reposted by PEC ExeterAndy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 07/07/2025🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.asab.orgOpportunities — ASAB 03352
Reposted by PEC ExeterASAB @asab.org · 04/07/2025We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31. More details: www.asab.org/opportunitiesasab.orgOpportunities — ASAB 15775
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 27/06/2025What are we talking about when we're talking about "cognition"? Terminology in this field has become confused and confusing. While writing our recent review, we tried to structure terms for our own sanity, and provide a template in a Glossary royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 1156
Reposted by PEC ExeterCentre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The survival of the smartest? Assessing how cognition shapes fitness in animals. A really fun collaboration to be part of—thread below! 👇 043
Reposted by PEC ExeterElli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...royalsocietypublishing.orgPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929 05031
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025NEW PAPER🎺 How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach Has this approach made any progress?🧵 13618
Reposted by PEC ExeterPEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I really enjoyed talking with the Shoothub team about our work on rearing better gamebirds, the economics & ecology of game release, and my progression from bowerbirds to pheasants. Well worth a listen if you want to understand more about game rearing open.spotify.com/episode/6ktj... 121
Reposted by PEC ExeterRob Heathcote @rjpheathcote.bsky.social · 13/06/2025🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟 If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p... 18170
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I really enjoyed talking with the Shoothub team about our work on rearing better gamebirds, the economics & ecology of game release, and my progression from bowerbirds to pheasants. Well worth a listen if you want to understand more about game rearing open.spotify.com/episode/6ktj... 121
Reposted by PEC ExeterPEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025And now for something completely different... **BEAVERS** Our new paper on the foraging behaviour of Devon and Norwegian beavers is now out - Open Access A short 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 141
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025And now for something completely different... **BEAVERS** Our new paper on the foraging behaviour of Devon and Norwegian beavers is now out - Open Access A short 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 141
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 06/05/2025What do I research? What does a pheasant do in a maze? How many pheasants are released each year? What happens to conferences when pandemics strike? What keeps me awake at night? A 15 min interview by Baffling Biology gets to the bottom of these Have a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/2quO...open.spotify.comEpisode 15. Dr Joah Madden on Pheasant Cognition (mini episode)Baffling Biology · Episode 083
Reposted by PEC ExeterBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 02/05/2025Did complex song and dance co-evolve with brain size in the birds-of-paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae)? | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶 052
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Podcast describing some of our work on rearing and releasing fewer, better birds. The presenters do a great job conveying the research! Section starts at 8:10 (unless you want to enjoy some Cornish-baiting banter beforehand) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Avian's Advice EpisodePodcast Episode · The GunsOnPegs Podcast · 15/04/2025 · 1h 4m 011
Reposted by PEC ExeterASAB @asab.org · 26/04/2025I know you’re all sad #ASABSpring2025 is over, but you can put the #ASABWinter2025 dates in your diary: Dec 15-16 in Edinburgh 🏴 Theme is “How sensory information affects behaviour” 0208
Reposted by PEC ExeterASAB @asab.org · 25/04/2025Voting for meetings secretary is now open! Check your email for more information about our two great candidates. Polls close May 15 so vote soon! 🗳️ You need to log in as a member to vote: asab.wildapricot.org/Sys/Poll/61240asab.wildapricot.orgThe Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour - Authorization required 075
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Welcome to Liverpool and thanks to the great team there who have put together #asab2025 My last intro to an asab meeting. It's been a great role to have taken on and I've enjoyed it hugely 052
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Travelling up to this today and looking forward to a couple of days great science! 011
Reposted by PEC ExeterASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Our #ASABSpring2025 programme is out now! Want to find out when you're presenting, how to get to LJMU, or what to do in Liverpool? Well its all in here 😉 Go check out the up to date versions on our ASAB conference website 🔗 asabspring2025.github.io 01010
Reposted by PEC Exeterandydhigginson.bsky.social @andydhigginson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Applications are open to the best #MSc training for a career in #AnimalBehaviour! Highly suitable for anyone with a BSc in Biology or Psychology, but we are skilled at converting people with social, veterinary and agricultural BSc's to a exciting career. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr... 0107
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Talking to @fieldsportstv at last week's gamekeepers meeting, about our studies of the ecological impacts of gamebird release and management. youtu.be/G1R3vK7O5wM?... (starts 18.00)youtu.beFieldsports Britain – YouTube for shootersYouTube video by Fieldsports Channel 021
Reposted by PEC ExeterOndrej Fiser @laniusondrej.bsky.social · 07/03/2025🦅🧠 Bird Cognition 🧠🦅 Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦 Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩 Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪 🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM #Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour 177938
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Shiny Happy Pheasants🎵 Looking for someone with decent Shiny App skills to put together app for conservation managers to explore pheasant movement data. All backend analytical code is completed. Now needs GUI frontend developed ~1-2 months work (paid!), can be remote Interested? Reply/DM Pls RT 2710
Reposted by PEC ExeterNatalie Hempel @nataliehempel.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Closing this Monday 13th Jan - PhD funding to study bees, foxes, monkeys, orcas or pheasants with us in @crab-exeter.bsky.social Exeter 01815
PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...cell.comExtinction of experience among ecologistsFieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis. 9213152