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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 4h

Your favorite website for illustrations of almost all organisms is looking for donations to help cover its running costs! Please consider donating to help keep this open-source platform running: www.phylopic.org/images

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All Silhouette Images on PhyloPic

Browse all the free silhouette images in PhyloPic.

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today doi.org/10.1038/s415... @grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey fieldworkers! Do you need documentation (health & safety protocols, codes of conduct, feedback forms)? Do you have documentation that you think could help others do better fieldwork, but don’t know where to share it? We’ve got you covered in our new Fieldwork Repo! osf.io/4h7bu/overview

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

9. Benefits and potential issues associated with efforts to mobilize data from multiple generations of researchers on hundreds of primate species, both in the wild and in captivity

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

6. The digitization process: development and testing of manual and/or automated protocols 7. Database creation, curation, standards, licensing, and accessibility 8. Handling uncertainty and validation in reconstructed historical data

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

3. Integrating historical datasets with modern technology (remote sensing, camera traps, biologging) 4. Tracking demographic and life-history changes from past to present 5. Descriptions of valuable, under-used paper datasets (even if not yet digitized)

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1. New analyses with old data: using recently digitized historical datasets to address fundamental questions in primatology 2.Using the past to predict the future: evaluating primate responses to climate change & anthropogenic impacts over the past 50 years to inform future research & conservation

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I 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...

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 Our new lab paper, led by @amandinevisine.bsky.social, examines exploration, group composition, and play activities among BaYaka children and teens living in a village context! Amandine is currently on fieldwork following up on this for her PhD 🎯 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Congolese BaYaka children's learning and exploring in a village context

Childhood is a key period for acquiring and transmitting cultural knowledge and skill. Hunter-gatherer children, such as the Congolese BaYaka, learn a…

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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The findings of @revathe.bsky.social et al., who analyzed ~7,000 behavioral data points of wild orangutans over 8 years, contribute to the science of cultural evolution by demonstrating how multi-year social and individual learning collaborate to shape the broad ecological competence of great apes.

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How 8 years of social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans

Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...

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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sumatran orangutans have a long, long childhood (8 yrs!) but there's a lot to learn. This week on the @science.org podcast, we hear about how social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans w/ Elah Feder & Revathe Thillaikumar www.science.org/content/podc...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 25/09/2026

Learning style predicts survival skills in young #orangutans: how much knowledge a wild orangutan acquires over its long development depends on its tendencies for #learning socially and individually www.mpg.de/26983581/lea...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 25/09/2026

Adult #orangutans feed on 250 distinct food items, which they choose from thousands of options in the wide maze of the rainforest. Infants must learn this complex curriculum before they reach independence at the age of eight. How do they do this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFH... #animalbehavior

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How orangutans learn skills to survive

YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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T Revathe @revathe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For the German speakers, here is an interview where Caroline Schuppli, my postdoctoral supervisor and the senior author on the paper, discusses our recent work on orangutan competence development. www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...

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Wie junge Orang-Utans lernen, wirkt sich auf ihr Überleben aus

Orang-Utans lernen unterschiedlich. Manche gucken mehr zu, andere probieren mehr aus. Wie sie konkret Fähigkeiten lernen hat Einfluss darauf, wie viel Futter sie finden – und damit auch, wie sicher ih...

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T Revathe @revathe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

TL; DR Here is a summary of the different forms of learning involved in the development of ecological competence in one of the closest living relatives of humans, making it clear that the cultural complexities seen in humans were built upon substantial evolutionary foundations.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 24/09/2026

Learning over an extended childhood has been fundamental to survival during human evolutionary history. Researchers show how Sumatran orangutans use their 8 years of dependency to master a broad diet, necessary for independent survival. Read more in this week’s issue: scim.ag/4xDjOfh

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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!

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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spread the word! Behaviour 2027 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27.

Galapagos short-eared owl with text "Who is excited about behaviour 2027? Join us in Vienna August 23-27"

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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Super mega stocked to share this ⭐new review ⭐ on the impact of urbanisation on social learning. tinyurl.com/2pt6s6zs

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Client Challenge

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is a great piece about animal communication research, with experts in the field largely explaining why they don’t use AI. Bonus: includes audio clips of dolphin whistles and elephant rumbles www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

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Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?

As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly

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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨Call open for manuscripts on 'Metascience of the evolutionary human sciences' for a Special Collection in EHS, co-edited by @louisbachaud.bsky.social, @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social and myself. @ehbea.bsky.social @humbehevosoc.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Call for papers

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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Anindita Bhadra @abhadra7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Preprint alert! Tuhin and team show how free-ranging dogs use a flexible yet systematic strategy to extract food from an unpalatable background. #FRDs #dogs #scavenging #decisionmaking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 22/09/2026

H5N1 bird flu is spreading across southeastern Australia, jumping from wild birds to marine mammals like dolphins, fur seals, and endangered sea lions. Experts warn the virus threatens entire ecosystems as infected carcasses risk spreading the disease to scavengers. Story by @npbrao.bsky.social.

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H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia

H5N1 avian influenza is spreading rapidly across southeastern Australia owing to infected wild bird species, including little penguins, magpies, crested terns and pelicans. Bird aggregations during…

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ve come to the end of my 5-year term as a Trustee of @asab.org & Executive Editor of its journal, #AnimalBehaviour. It's been a real privilege to hold these roles & I’m grateful to all those who have made it such a productive & enjoyable experience. 🙏 Please support Society journals.

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Kajal @behavekajal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Does anyone know the Hindi or regional/local Indian name for zebrafish (Danio rerio)? I’m especially interested in names actually used locally rather than a direct translation of “zebrafish.”

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sarah Hrdy has posted the final chapter of her book, Father Time, online: "So far as man’s evolutionary birthright is concerned, protecting and caring for offspring is as much a part of it as is competing or fighting with rivals or infanticide" www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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(PDF) Twenty-First-Century Convergence of Men and Babies - Chapter 12 Father Time (summary)

PDF | On Jan 1, 2024, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy published Twenty-First-Century Convergence of Men and Babies - Chapter 12 Father Time (summary) | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So, people use LLMs to create data, then use AI to write papers, the journal uses AI to review them, the author uses AI to revise them, the reader uses AI to read them, and in that way we keep it nice and busy so it can´t destroy the universe and we go back to science? Or did I miss the point?

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 14/09/2026

It's #PeerReviewWeek2026! This year's theme explores the challenges of balancing volume, speed, and quality in peer review. We'll be sharing peer review content and resources throughout the week ⬇️ @peerreviewweek.bsky.social

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Please help us spread the word: Princeton University’s Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is hiring an Assistant Professor! I ❤️ this collegial and collaborative department full of inspiring people: eeb.princeton.edu/people Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193474

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We’re very excited to confirm that Rosemary Grant will be giving our inaugural online webinar in September. It’s free to all, so please look out for details of how to sign up for tickets.

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨2 days left! 💡Apply to join us as a blog editor and gain experience commissioning, editing and publishing content Find out more and apply here👇 buff.ly/Moz1PLA 🧪🌍

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 15/09/2026

Did you know that throughout 2026 you can publish #OpenAccess in the Royal Society's 8 subscription journals for free with no APCs to pay? Find out more about Subscribe to Open: royalsociety.org/journals/aut... #ProcA #ProcB #JRSocInterface #BiologyLetters #PhilTransA #PhilTransB #NotesandRecords 🧪

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Erin Siracusa @erinsiracusa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why do some animals have many social partners while others invest in a few strong relationships? Our new @royalsocietypublishing.org paper suggests the answer may be: it depends on the weather ☀️🌧️ 🐑 tinyurl.com/mry3mtpf

Soay sheep grazing on the island of Hirta, St Kilda, with dramatic misty cliffs and rough seas in the background

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Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's baffling how many "rah-rah AI" types seem to forget that (a) the process of solving a problem is often good for you, and (b) it's nice to have people around who have the experience of solving problems, (c) especially communities of such people.

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Laura Ross @laurarossevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My lab @ Edinburgh university is recruiting a postdoc to work on the weird and wonderful germline-specific chromosomes of flies. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... collaboration with @germline.bsky.social and yukiko yamashita funded by @novonordisk.bsky.social please repost!

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Erin Siracusa @erinsiracusa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Animals are known to prefer kin as social partners. But non-kin bonds are surprisingly common too. So, who forms them, how stable are they & what drives them? In our new @animbehsociety.bsky.social paper we tackle these overlooked questions in free-living rhesus macaques: tinyurl.com/mwsbkjve (1/5)

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 09/09/2026

Are you an early career researcher in the history of science? The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme is now open for applications, giving early career scholars the opportunity to exploit history of science collections in support of their research. Find out more and apply now: royalsociety.org/grants/lisa-...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026

We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 08/09/2026

Interested in joining the #RSOS editorial board? We seek enthusiastic & engaged Associate Editors who will perform a range of valuable tasks for the journal and the communities it serves. The application deadline is 30 October 2026. Find out more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/pages/e...

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Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I want to say (very proudly) that for this illustration, I used neuron images I took during my PhD project as visual references. #SciArt

Microscope photo of brain tissue stained with the Golgi method depicting a neuron. The reference scale bar is 50um.

Microscope photo of brain tissue stained with the Golgi method depicting a few neurons. The reference scale bar is 50um.

3D digital reconstruction of neuron. The reference scale bar is 50um.

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm looking for doctoral students, postdocs and research fellows to work with on Bayesian Workflow. Flexible starting time

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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#SciArtSeptember 4: Azure. The coelacanth, a long-extinct creature that was accidentally discovered alive. Though it may look like just another type of fish, it is more closely related to us than other fishy inhabitants of the ocean. #SciArt

An illustration of an azure blue coelacanth, a large lobe-finned fish on a dark green background.

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