iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We have made a user-friendly python package `envisionboxbio-apetrack` that combines several tools (Owlv2, ByteTrack, OpenApePose) to track multiple apes without any labeling or finetuning. Check it out: `pip install envisionboxbio-apetrack` github.com/WimPouw/envi...

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Johan Lind @johanlind.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"How reliable is the evidence in animal cognition research?" Interesting new preprint, looking forward to seeing this in press: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #metaanalysis #animalcognition

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The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/17 Body awareness in cockatoos For the first time, we have adapted the “body-as-an-obstacle” task to birds, a paradigm originally designed to study the development of body awareness in children. (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/

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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Distinguishing between involuntary displays and flexible, intentional signals remains central to understanding whether human language evolved from… Primate Communication by Katja Liebal doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.54c9be0b #CognitiveScience

Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Primate Communication" by Katja Liebal. Comparative psychologists interested in the evolution of human language often aim at identifying potential precursors to human language in other species, so they focus on the communicative systems of

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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What do YOU want to know about #Dogs? Tell us through the new @manydogsproject.bsky.social survey 🐶🤓 Your input will help guide our future #BigTeamScience studies: ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to all dog enthusiasts 19+ 🧪 #OpenScience #CanineScience #AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology

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ManyDogs general interest survey

MD survey for understanding what topics the dog community would like to see in future canine science research projects.

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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some days I think about how we’ve been carefully developing and validating metacheck for two years now, with limited and always-optional local LLM use, and worry it’s just going to be lumped in with quickly vibe-coded AI agents.

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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I enjoyed writing this piece for The Transmitter. AI is a seismic change for science. What we make of it is up to us, but it’s a decision we can only make collectively. I hope more labs, and the field at large, will engage in finding a shared view of how we want to use AI.

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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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Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📣 Call for Papers! Guest Editors (Victor Ajuwon, Laura S. Lewis, and Tiago Monteiro) for Animal Cognition are seeking papers for a special issue on curiosity and information-seeking in animals. Manuscripts due November 30, 2026! Curious already? Check it out 👇🏼 link.springer.com/collections/...

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Curiosity and Information-Seeking in Animals

Curiosity, the intrinsic motivation to investigate and gain information, is fundamental to human intelligence. However, like other cognitive capacities that ...

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm delighted and honoured to share that I've taken on the role of Editor-in-Chief of Animal Cognition! This journal has shaped how we think about cognition across species. Huge thanks to Debbie Kelly for 10 years of vision and leadership, and for all her guidance during my time as associate editor.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!

A chimp solving a puzzle box problem. Photo credit: MPI-EVA

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

i see a particular grievance regularly on here: "a paper I reviewed came back to me at a diff journal. the authors didn't address my concerns at all." seriously what are you doing accepting to review the same paper? let people breathe & have another chance. let them decide what's worth addressing.

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ASABPSGB2026 @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We are approaching venue capacity to register for the ASAB & PSGB Winter Meeting - sign up soon to secure your spot! When capacity is reached we'll be operating a waiting list. More details about the meeting and registration at: asabpsgbwinter.github.io//2026/

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Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

You're watching a Crested Coua chick (Coua cristata) being fed at the Miami Zoo. The chick's outside appearance is ... unfortunate, but I want to focus on the weird 'targets' in the mouth. That's the coua's response to the problem of brood parasitism. Let's talk about it.

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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We 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!

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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Are 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

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Does it matter whether you use focal sampling or scan sampling to collect animal behaviour data? We used simulations to find out, testing how accurate and precise each method is across a range of behaviours, study systems, and observation protocols.

Illustration comparing which subset of the true occurences of behaviour is recorded using focals vs. scans.

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Jamie Whitehouse @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We are currently accepting applications for two positions on this project! Research Fellow/Post doc : tinyurl.com/postdocNTU PhD Student: tinyurl.com/PhDNTU Come work with us! @bridgetwaller.bsky.social @neuroprimato.bsky.social

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Observation methods in animal behaviour: a simulation study of performance

Most behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Two postdoc positions at the Messerli Research Institute in Vienna in the research area of human-animal interactions: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

📣NEW paper📣 To date, only humans demonstrate meaning-based, generative communication. However, recent discoveries of combinatorial versatility in chimpanzee + bonobo vocal sequences open the possibility of generative communication in other species. Read here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CPCAMM...

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Jamie Whitehouse @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Still lots of time until the deadline. Come work with us!

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Cognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Please share! The Rijeka Cognitive Sciences Symposium 2026 is open for registrations and talk/poster submissions by Masters and PhD students! 13 and 14 July - This year's topic is Social Cognition The event is free!

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Introducing meta-🔼! (meta-delta) Really excited about this one. We provide a principled, performance-corrected measure of metacognitive bias, placing it on an equal methodological footing with meta-d, and showing robust test-retest reliability to boot. Check out Kevin's thread for more details! 🧠🧪

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Jamie Whitehouse @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🐒 PhD Opportunity 🐒 I'm excited to announce that we are now welcoming applications for a 3-year fully funded PhD position at Nottingham Trent University as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project. More info: jamiewhitehouse.github.io/mappingconne... Apply here: tinyurl.com/PhDNTU

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Alex Chan @alexhhchan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My supervisor Kano is advertising multiple open positions! Check out the doc :) Open Positions @ Kyushu Univ (Kano Lab) Postdoc / Tech staff / PhD-MSc Eye-gaze & social cognition (exp + field + CV) 🎥 youtu.be/rXT-yjQzJxU 📁 docs.google.com/document/d/1... @animalopps.bsky.social

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

University management spent £80 million on new building that wasn't needed (presently for sale at £14 million) and now decide 600 staff should go to 'save' £50 million. This is the math currently shaping future of UK HE. Staff paying the price for mismanagement. Govt looking the other way

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Alex Sanchez-Amaro @alex-primate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition

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Yuri Kawaguchi @yurikawaguchi.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We are recruiting RA (one year)!

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

„The only remaining way to mitigate this situation is to reduce the number of applications.“ They’ve tried nothing and are all out of ideas? Whether this is good or bad, it is unjustified. There is no impact analysis, no engagement with research on funding procedures. Government by vibes

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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

New 🦍 💭 paper in @psychscience.bsky.social We continue to ask simple questions that are hard to answer "Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability" Bonus: Rasch models in the supplement 🤓 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Alba Motes Rodrigo @albamotesr.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Thank you so much tor inviting me to represent @manyprimates.bsky.social at #ehbea2026. A bit intimidating but very enjoyable to give my first talk as network co-coordinator.

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Heidi Colleran @heidicolleran.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Omg @dunsworth.bsky.social doing the lord’s work here 🙏

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James Galbraith @gulbruth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

As one of the authors of this thought I’d share a bit about how we got here and how you can do what we’ve done at you institution. Over the two years I’ve been at the University of Edinburgh I’ve grown increasingly concerned by fellow academics uncritically using LLMs, especially OpenAIs’s ChatGPT.

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Nicola Cutting @nicolacutting.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

PhD Opportunity working with @shona-d.bsky.social and me on the development of children’s collaborative problem-solving skills. This is an Academic Associate position (PhD + teaching) for 4 years. Full details here: jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx.... Please get in touch with any queries.

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Job Opportunity at York St John University: Academic Associate in Psychology

Part time fixed term Location: YorkSalary: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum (£17,305 to £19,953 pro rata)Introduction to YSJ universityYork St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there...

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Matthias Loretto @handle.invalid · 13/03/2026

For decades biologists assumed ravens follow wolves to their kills. Our paper @science.org shows something different: ravens rarely follow wolves far. Instead they remember areas where wolf kills are common and return to them—sometimes from >150 km away. doi.org/10.1126/science.adz9467 📷Dan Stahler

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Emile Bryon @emilebryon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

New publication, and first one as a first author for me! 🥳 Have you heard of the brutal chimpanzee and "hippie" bonobo dichotomy? ☠️🕊️ Today, we report similar aggression magnitudes in 22 captive chimpanzees and bonobos groups - be it all aggression or restricted to contact.

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Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama! Three positions, each including salary & a research budget. Applications due April, 15th. DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us! stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

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3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Animal Behavior

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org: Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives. doi.org/10.1016/j.an... w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social

Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.

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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📺 Watch this space: PhD position in children's collaborative problem-solving with @nicolacutting.bsky.social and myself to be advertised very soon! The application deadline will be in late March, so get in contact if you want to know more.

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EFP2026 @efp2026.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

📢 Calling all primatologists 📢 EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration! 🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application) Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs... Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg... All abstracts will be accepted!

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Mikołaj Hernik @mikolajhernik.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

My colleague Monika Abels (not on bsky) is recruiting a PhD student to work on her cross-cultural project. Details and contacts in the add. Please share widely with candidates interested in living in the Norwegian arctic & doing research with small-scale societies. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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PhD fellow in Child Development (294946) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Job title: PhD fellow in Child Development (294946), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2026

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