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Sean Rands @seanrands.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Piloting some new research ideas today – a windy day on the mud flats of Weston-super-Mare

A camera tripod held together with string, on Weston-super-Mare beach. Nothing but mud, as far as the eye can see.

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Systems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌱 Systems Ecology is now live! A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science. Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs. We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org Please help spread the word!

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lecturer in Bioinformatics 🚨 Just TWO DAYS left to apply for this opportunity to join our MSc Bioinformatics programme team in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol. Apply here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... #Bioinformatics #AcademicJobs #BioinformaticsJobs

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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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Sean Rands @seanrands.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I really enjoyed my time as an AE for RSOS - well worth considering, as it's a great journal with lovely staff!

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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are hiring a new lecturer in Bioinformatics! Hit the link below to find out more and apply: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... #bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences

Job Alert! Lecturer in Bioinformatics. Come and join use in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 27 September.

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

📢📢 NEW PAPER! 📢📢 From undergraduate project in 2022 to @royalsocietypublishing.org #ProceedingsB in 2026: Plasticity in collective behaviour helps fish shoals mitigate limited visual information from water turbidity #openaccess @seanrands.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🚨📣 PhD opportunities with @ccioannou.bsky.social starting September 2027!! Check it out: 🐠 ioannougroup.com #ECBB2026 @asab.org

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And one of the key studies published on the same day! After *years* of work, finally published in @royalsocietypublishing.org #proceedingsb Plasticity in collective behaviour helps fish shoals mitigate limited visual information from water turbidity royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 29/08/2026

The Darwin Medal 2026 is awarded to Professor Michael J Benton OBE FRS for his contribution to many aspects of palaeontological science, as well as authoring the standard textbooks in the field, popular science and children’s books. #RSMedals royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/…

A man in a blue shirt and glasses smiles at the camera in front of a university building interior.

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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My years at CRAB as a PhD student impacted hugely, and in the most ➕ ways, the researcher I came to be. Even if I changed unis half way through, I’ll be forever grateful to the CRAB community for their support and encouragement. I hope the university realises how important they’re for our field!

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University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge @zoologymuseum.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📢Major new partnership between Oxford & Cambridge museums will release over a million digitised specimen records of British plants & insects. ow.ly/rXlt50ZnG37 Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge, UK Research and Innovation, Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford #DiSSCoUK

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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thanks to our colleagues from around the world who signed the Open Letter against redundancies in CRAB. The letter surpassed 700 signatures in just over 1 wk. We hope execs will now see the harm they are doing to the University of Exeter's global reputation. sites.google.com/view/save-cr...

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As of 2026-07-14, this open letter has been signed by 754 people Signatories include 198 Professors and members of 11 National Academies, including 12 Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS) Signatories a...

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

📢 @asab.org Conference Attendance Grants for developing country applicants: deadline 1st AUGUST 📢 Up to £2500!!! Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB: “Social Learning and Culture” @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social #ASABWinter2026 @asab-meetings.bsky.social Full details: www.asab.org/conference-g...

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Martin De Kauwe @mdekauwe.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We will soon be advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position at Bristol aimed at enhancing our modelling capacity to better characterise vegetation recovery & legacy effects following fire. Please keep us in mind if this is your speciality 😀 🔥🌳 🌱

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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

⚠️ Students looking for experience, opportunities, Masters, PhDs etc in Animal Behaviour: the @asab.org mailing list is an invaluable source with exciting posts every few days. Sign up here: www.asab.org/mailing-list 📩

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Mailing list — ASAB

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

📢 Approaches in Entomology, our new #OpenAccess journal, is now open for submissions! 🎉 It will publish innovative and exciting advances to methods and techniques, including ethics and philosophies, across the breadth of entomology 🔬 Submit your research 🔽 buff.ly/PfF2l49

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Call for Papers!

RES Members and Fellows get a 20% discount on the APC! Visit our journals page for info.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New paper in @pnas.org - using playback experiments we provide further evidence that bottlenose dolphins can use individual identity signals + social memory to guide decision-making. Female dolphins use individual vocal labels to track coercive males | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Elva Robinson @elvarobinson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Looking for an ecology/conservation PhD? Check out this exciting wood ant project! 🐜🐜🐜 Excellent research group to work with, and excellent study system!

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ASAB @asab.org · 22/05/2026

Reminder that a lot of grants are due in little over a week (June 1)! This includes Research grants, Undergraduate Project scholarships and the ECBB Conference Attendance/Childcare/Accessibility grants 💸🏃 www.asab.org/grant-overview

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Grants Overview — ASAB

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James Gilbert @jdjgilbert.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🚨 New bee paper in press, with @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at Hull and @ejduncan.bsky.social at Leeds! Delighted to have this accepted - huge congrats to Jamie on the first paper out of his PhD 🥳 🎉 Read the paper in online early view form, here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Lasting Impacts of Sublethal Prepupal Heatwaves on Fertility-related Traits of the Solitary Bee Osmia bicornis

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, which can have severe consequences for insect physiology, development, and repr…

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Beth Preston @bethpreston.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join the Wildlife Health team at the Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation/Ecology. We're looking for a new colleague to join our group with interests in wildlife, conservation, ecology, one health and related fields. Deadline: 29th May jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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Job Opportunity at the RVC: Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation / Ecology

We invite applications for a Lecturer position in either Wildlife Conservation or Ecology in the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences (PPS). This is an exciting position within the Depar...

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Last chance to apply to be our Biological Data Manager! Visit www.bto.org/jobs to submit your application! 📆 Full time, Permanent 📝 £32,952 per annum 📍 HQ in Thetford, Norfolk (hybrid role) Deadline for applications: Sunday 17 May #Ornithology

A Puffin stands on a rock. Wording alongside reads: We're hiring! Biological Data Manager.

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Sean Rands @seanrands.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough! I was allowed to watch the 1980 daytime repeats of 'Life on Earth' when I was little, and vividly remember being awestruck by the alienness of the horseshoe crab sequence in ep 2, and wanting to dive in, learn more, and explore. Still holds true today!

David Attenborough's legs, walking along the tide line past countless Horseshoe crabs emerging for spring mating in Delaware Bay

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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🦟Infectious disease has shaped the deep history of our species, as new research co-authored by members of our Evolutionary Ecology Group reveals. @eegcam.bsky.social @mikleonardi.bsky.social @ceciliapad.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

📢 Work with us! Want to join the team at the Royal Entomological Society? We have two fantastic positions available: 🦋 Conservation Project Officer - Closing date: 21 April 🪲 Consultancy Development Lead - Closing date: 27 April Apply now 🔽

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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Come join us! We're recruiting 3 new academic posts in the School of Biology, University of Leeds, closing 23/04/26. Assoc Prof Plant Science tinyurl.com/4x48jc78 Assoc Prof Animal Biology tinyurl.com/2s4sk85s Lecturer in Ecology, Zoology, Biodiversity or Ecosystem Management: tinyurl.com/39dwp47j

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Sean Rands @seanrands.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Squirrels willing to climb higher to reach favourite food www.itv.com/news/westcou...

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Maria Filippou @mariafilippou.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Really excited to have presented work from my Master’s on the fitness benefits of polyandry at the #ASABSpring2026 Conference in Bristol - and proud to have won best student speaker! ✨ It was a great few days meeting other researchers and listening to all the exciting work happening in the field! 🦋

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Eleanor Pinkney @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I had a brilliant time presenting my first-ever poster on the first experiment of my PhD at #ASABSpring2026. It was such a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and it was a pleasure meeting so many like-minded students all working on exciting projects in animal behaviour.

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Tuhin Subhra Pal @tuhinpal98.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Grateful to attend the @asab.org Spring Conference 2026 at the @bristoluni.bsky.social, my first international conference! Thanks to ASAB for the conference travel grant. Inspiring talks across diverse systems and great discussions. Thanks IISER Kolkata & Prof. @abhadra7.bsky.social for the support.

The Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, UK, during the ASAB Spring Conference.

Tuhin Subhra Pal attending a workshop session at the ASAB Spring Conference at the University of Bristol, UK, participating alongside fellow attendees.

Tuhin Subhra Pal attending the poster session at the ASAB Spring Conference at the University of Bristol, UK, while researchers present and discuss their work around him.

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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The #ASABSpring2026 ceilidh at Zerodegrees in Bristol! 🪩 Don’t forget, there will be more dancing fun at the gala dinner ceilidh at @ecbb2026.bsky.social, make sure you register for it!

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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

We know you already miss #ASABSpring2026, but if you want to keep up with the cool research at the meeting, you can follow the speakers! (If you were missed or just started an account, let us know so we can add you) go.bsky.app/86N72m5

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Jamie Dunning @j-dunning.net · 27/03/2026

This is excellent opportunity for 14(!) young birders to visit Lundy, boat and board included -- lundybirdobs.org.uk/news-and-sig... Additional funding for young people to get out to a bird obs. through the BTO here -- www.bto.org/our-work/you... 🪶

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Lundy Bird Observatory - Young Birders Opportunity

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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Last week we celebrated Dr Yavanna Burnham successfully passing her viva. Congratulations @yavannab.bsky.social ! (And proud supervisors Lisa Leaver and Andy Higginson) Yavanna is staying on in CRAB as postdoc on the squirrel project so stay tuned for more squirrels!

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Helen Mylne @helephantmylne.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Great first plenary at #ASABSpring2026 - many interesting discussion points regarding animal welfare, of course coupled with some adorable videos of playing piglets!

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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

And #ASABSpring2026 is finished! A huge thank you to the organizer Sean Rands, his big group of volunteers, and Uni Bristol for hosting👏 Don’t forget ECBB (@ecbb2026.bsky.social) Sept 1-4 in Cambridge and our joint #ASABWinter2026 meeting with PSGB (@asabpsgb2026.bsky.social) Dec 8-10 in Edinburgh

Group of volunteers with Sean in the centre on a patio with a view of Bristol

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