Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I heard angry Sulphur-crested Cockatoos overhead and found them yelling at a Grey Goshawk! #birds 17112
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sulphur-crested Cockatoo trying (and failing) to break into our neighbour's jacaranda seed pods. #birds 16611
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Don’t know if any of you are @theskepticsguide.bsky.social fans, but I’m really hoping that Julia is guesting on the podcast because theyre considering making her a rogue. It’d be so cool if the podcast carried on to the next Novella generation… ! 010
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Me: I need to keep this computational environment stable for reproducibility purposes, so I'm just going to switch off automatic system updates for now IT Services: 57310
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Every blue moon I wonder what the cockatoo folks are up to at the moment in Hong Kong. The answer: pretty cool stuff ! 071
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Should we let you in on a sneak preview? Join us for #Behaviour2027 in Vienna, Austria, August 23-27 ✨ Follow us to keep up to date and check out our website behaviour2027.eventsairsite.com 0178
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Not your typical 'cat stuck in a tree' call. A baby bobcat got stuck on the top of a power pole in Kelowna. He waited until the rescue man reached him in the lift and said, "No thanks, I got it," and shimmied down himself. 😂🤣 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...ctvnews.caBaby bobcat stuck on Kelowna utility pole prompts rescue effortAround midday Friday, the Okanagan Humane Society received a call from witnesses and a foster volunteer, who said a baby bobcat was stuck up a utility pole on Mayfair Road in Kelowna’s Rutland neighbo... 109920
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120153572
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is Huckleberry, an animal ambassador at the Nashville Zoo. Huckleberry is a Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) & I think he is amazing, but you need to meet the rest of the ferret-badger crew (babies incoming 😃). Let's learn about ferret-badgers! 230786
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The first time I saw a bottle of clamato juice on a Canadian supermarket shelf I felt like the world had glitched 021
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Canadians: “Hear me out, what if we made a Bloody Mary…” World: “Yes?” Canadians: “… but we add clamato juice…” World: “Sorry, tomato uhhh… clam… juice?” Canadians: “… and we call it a Caesar so it sounds exotic” 😁 World: “Yeah, so, uh what was that about clams again???” 🥴 120
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just a couple of a postdocs working on papers in the graveyard. PI called, tried to make her guess where we were. 090
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026PhyloPic is having an October fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money to cover web hosting for the past six months. Please share the link, and chip in a bit if you can! www.phylopic.orgphylopic.orgPhyloPicPhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi... 19564
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This was my first PhD experiment…. I learned a lot about how not to design an apparatus 😂 Sometimes you can take the “comparative” part of cognition too literally … 061
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m not fancy, but I’m feeling awfully fancy with my new scientist access card for the Austrian National Library 😎 150
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My home province man. Bleak. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCrows are being given naloxone after suspected drug overdoses in Prince George | CBC NewsThe increased toxicity of the illicit drug supply has prompted public warnings in the north-central B.C. city. 020
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am part of a team guest editing a special issue of the American Journal of Primatology on "Digitization and use of legacy datasets in primatology” and we are seeking out submissions due on 1 September 2027. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... 13932
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely! 15373
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why care about weird animal behaviors? Just out as an advanced publication, my contribution to the next Frans de Waal special issue in Behaviour @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Unusual behaviors are a recurring theme in my career, and I much enjoyed writing this perspective! doi.org/10.1163/1568...doi.orgThe science of the unusual: how rare observations reveal the diversity of animal behaviourAbstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ... 310047
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What I love about living in Vienna is that it’s just chock-full of gothic, Greek and Neoclassical revival stuff, just statuary and columns everywhere, then out of nowhere BAM there’s things like the Spittelau Incinerator 182
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This year has been very challenging for our research on #firesalamanders due to the very dry spring we experienced 😢 That’s why we celebrate every drop of rain 🙏🏼🌧️ Nothing like seeing this beauties out again! 😍 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 @klivvvienna.bsky.social 0212
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Jessie🦇 @atropius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I caught the cutest thing ever on the Katmai bear cams 11952162
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fun thing about Joelle and I being the babies of the family is that THREE of our Gen X siblings are currently going through divorces 🥴 021
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Spread the word! Behaviour 2027 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27. 06553
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈ARAA @araa.at · 24/09/2026#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)” 🦜 Sept 2026. Scientific Reports. P. Hundegger, R. Folkertsma, @drracheldale.bsky.social, @auersperga.bsky.social & @biotay.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgBody awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) 0149
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s that time of the year again. 141
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do you hate academic reading and writing? Do you hate them so much that you’ll buy an app to turn them into tiktoks and slop for you? Try this one simple trick: Do something else 312326
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I love watching mullet review because I find it super interesting how Chinese food varies regionally (btw Indian Chinese food is 🔥😍) I still wasn’t prepared for how ubiquitous mac & cheese, pizza, and mayo oysters were in buffets in the US south 🤔 The “is it mayo or is it cheese game” has me 💀 210
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9doc.govt.nzKākāpō population reaches new milestoneThe official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds. 10735249
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 17/09/2026Seems fine? Very normal ratio of crocodile to athlete?? 3634068
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/09/2026thinking about this tweet again, and the fact that it's got such a hold on me that I genuinely think about it whenever I write a feature because I don't want to do "the hot dog thing" 602550270
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈ARAA @araa.at · 14/09/2026Very lovely view at the top of Dunkel Stein! We had a picnic and signed the guest book. Safe to say the first ever Goffin camping trip was a success 🥰 062
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Fellow academics, if someone is providing feedback on your grant, there is an expectation of a thank you. At some point. Increasingly, I spend hours working on someone else's stuff and never hear anything back. If I wanted that kind of relationship I would talk to senior admin more. #academicsky 0284
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 12/09/20261/3 Raccoon toys Researchers have documented two young pygmy raccoon sisters that soaked pieces of paper in water and shaped them into balls to play with. Across 14 documented attempts, they successfully produced 8 balls (Cozumel, Mexico) (paper) www.mdpi.com/3042-4526/3/... 13317
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 12/09/20261/9 Not attacks This study brings together evidence suggesting that Iberian killer whales are not aggressively attacking boats. What is happening seems far more complex, and closer to a cultural tradition of play. (paper) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 19657
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈ARAA @araa.at · 13/09/2026For our hike up to Dunkel Stein 🪨, the campers had the “tool trail” to solve (20 pictures of tools - had to guess which species used which and for what 🛠️) Extra points for each origami crane they found on the path!🏅 Kudos to @zewaldj.bsky.social who made it and got up super early to set it up!🙏😮💨 062
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Goffin lab camping trip brought out the full Canadian in @labellejoel.bsky.social and me haha 🇨🇦 082
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈ARAA @araa.at · 12/09/2026Very successful visit to the Goffin lab: the birds were met, the birds were pet, then showed off how clever (and mischievous) they can be 094
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈ARAA @araa.at · 12/09/2026It was a cozy fit getting everyone into the office at the Goffin lab HQ but we managed for some fantastic talks by @theroesa.bsky.social 🐦 @thibhly.bsky.social 🐊 and Lona Lalić 🥰 0144
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Dr Alex Evans 𓅫 @avianevans.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The latest episodes of @sebiology.bsky.social's Living Biology podcast are available now! In this two-part special, @rgleadow.bsky.social shares her research into the devastating impacts of plant-produced cyanide on agriculture and human health. I will never look at cassava the same way again.open.spotify.comA Different Path to Plant Science – with Ros Gleadow (Part 1)Living Biology · Episode 0105
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1344042792
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m mutuals with quite a few folks in the writing world. What’s the general feeling about L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future? 100
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈ARAA @araa.at · 09/09/2026So proud that two of our ARAA folk won awards at #ECBB2026! 🤩🥰 Congrats to @annaek.bsky.social and @awanib.bsky.social 🙌 0174
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Deepali Kank @deepalikank.in · 09/09/2026#TidyTuesday week 36 - The Cappuccino Index #DataViz #Rstats 1165
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Sue @cameratrapsue.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This happy looking raccoon would like to wish you a good rest of the week. #mammals 312824
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Since we’re renaming things anyways… victoriabuzz.com/2026/09/dona...victoriabuzz.com‘Donald J. Trump Memorial’ sign appears above Victoria public washroomA strange little mystery is unfolding along Victoria’s Galloping Goose Regional Trail.Someone has apparently dedicated a public toilet near the Selkirk Trestle to the US president. 030
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 07/09/2026Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia? We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science. Please consider applying if this is up your street!ecologicalvalidity.wordpress.comCall for expressions of interest: PhD positionThe Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite … 38067
Reposted by Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈Altmetric @altmetric.com · 08/09/2026Update: The academic flight from Twitter is now complete and appears permanent. April 2023, after the pandemic research surge, we recorded 2,234,307 posts sharing research on Twitter. As of April this year, "X" had 896,741 posts about research. That's a 60% drop in traffic. 9318136
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026One of the best parts of working for ASAB is that @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social does my hair for me each day of the conferences. As you can see, she’s a braiding genius 🤩 042
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In German class, we learned so much email etiquette - specific greetings/sign-offs for strangers, folks you work with, folks you know well... Meanwhile I'm receiving one line emails out of the blue from HR that are just "Frau Colbourne you must URGENTLY send your right-to-work NOW" (in German) lol 130