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Julia Penndorf @julia-penndorf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🎉🦜NEW PAPER ALERT 🦜🎉 Which social learning biases underly the acquisition of novel food in wild parrots ? We (@lucymaplin.bsky.social, @bjjbarrett.bsky.social, @sonjawild.bsky.social, @drjohnmartin.bsky.social) presented >700 cockies with a novel, artificial food (🧵1/6)

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Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2026

Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ

IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT. Line graph shows how the probability of holding a research position changes from four years before to seven years after having children.

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhD

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms

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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Want to gain hands-on experience using STBayes? Join our pre-conference workshop on 25/02, led by @mchimento.bsky.social 🤩

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Two PhD positions in dolphin genomics and behavioral ecology are available at the University of Zurich, starting May/June 2026. Applicants must have relevant degrees and experience. More info: www.michaelkruetzenlab.org. #phd

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Matthew Silk @mattjsilk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me, @iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.

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Will Oestreich @will-oestreich.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

What role(s) can non-human animal culture play in conservation? Much has been written on this topic in recent years, but Dawn Barlow, Taylor Hersh, & I offer some new perspectives: "Integrating space, time, and culture in animal conservation practice" @behavecol.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdfe9k3j

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Integrating space, time, and culture in animal conservation practice

Recent theoretical integration of the spatiotemporal and cultural elements of animal behavior has led to increasing calls to incorporate animal culture int

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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #raptors switched foraging strategy when #COVID19 lockdowns reduced the availability of #roadkill: buff.ly/jUug7Yj

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Vladimir Pravosudov @cognitiveecol.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

❓ Want to join us? 📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates 🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork 👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy 🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🙏Share widely

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 10/10/2025

@sonjawild.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social & @lucymaplin.bsky.social show that young #GreatTits, which have limited #ParentalCare, learn to solve a foraging #puzzle socially, but rather than parents, siblings & non-parental adults are preferred role models @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46JZn6n

A juvenile great tit solves a foraging puzzle by pushing a sliding door to the left while being observed by two other juvenile birds. Image credit: Sonja Wild.

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Juvenile songbirds acquire key life skills primarily from siblings and non-parent adults, with sibling influence surpassing that of parents in species with limited parental care. doi.org/g9578b

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These songbirds learn more from siblings than from parents

Siblings are special. Whether a sibling serves as protector or tormentor, friend or foe, the relationship between siblings is like no other.

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Kat Kerlin @katkerlin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

You don't have to tell me about the power of siblings. My big sis is the best ever. But it's very cool to see this bond is so important in other species, too, like these songbirds, according to a new @ucdavis.bsky.social study from @sonjawild.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

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These Songbirds Learn More From Siblings Than From Parents

The powerful role of siblings is highlighted in this UC Davis study of a songbird species with limited parental care.

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Out today in @plosbiology.org (1/5) Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩 Link to study: 10.0.5.91/journal.pbio... Co-authors: @lucymaplin.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social

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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)

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Bay Nature Institute @baynature.org · 07/03/2025

Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat. 📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis 🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...

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Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer - Bay Nature

For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many voles?

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Reposting this starter pack for new users. If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know. If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks! go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎 zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...

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KZLab is Seeking a Lab Technician!

The Zamudio Lab (zamudiolab.org) in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented laboratory technician to play a key role in supporting the resear…

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...

An adult California ground squirrel holding a California vole between its paws and consuming its head

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale

Post reproductive mother and Son copyright David Ellifrit Center for Whale Research

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

JOB: Caroline Schuppli, I, and others at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social are hiring a research tech to develop short term, remote tag attachment mechanisms for wild primates that do not require capture or handling stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...

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Academic Staff Member in Animal Behavior

Deadline: December 6th, 2024

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in! www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...

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Sam Ellis @samellisq.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Great way to connect with other animal behavior researchers!

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

Siblings... 🐿️ 🐿️ The first California ground squirrel pups of the year have emerged and are exploring the surroundings of their home burrow. Can't wait to kick off the 12th field season of the long-term research project at Briones Regional Park in June! #squirrel #research

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Interested in a 3-year postdoc fellowship to study neotropical bat behavior with me at @stri_panama? If so, email me. Deadline July 15 stri.si.edu/nomis

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Our new OA article is out in Behavioral Ecology! Tracking juvenile great tits across their first year of life, we document the dynamic changes in social strategies during transition to independence in a species with limited parental care. (1/2) doi.org/10.1093/behe...

A great tit equipped with a plastic leg ring containing a passive integrated transponder tag is perched on a circular radio-frequency identification antenna attached to a feeder column containing sunflowers seeds and kibbled peanuts

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Stuart K Watson @chimpsahoi.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Interested in doing a PhD on what meerkats mean? Or know someone who might? Check out this great opportunity from with Marta Manser at the University of Zürich. Deadline March 15th.

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

We're looking for enthusiastic field assistants to work on a range of projects at beautiful Wytham Woods near Oxford this spring: some posts for ornithologists with ringing licences; some for more general ecology. Please share with anyone who might be interested:

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

JOB ALERT We are looking for a new Camp Manager to manage the Taï Chimpanzee Project in Ivory Coast. You will manage data collection, manage schedule of 35 local staff and international researchers, and make sure smooth running. PhD opportunity optional. Start 1.4.24 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Please repost: Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biol at The Ohio State University is hiring an "Integrative Biologist" that focuses on genotype-to-phenotype questions: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26856

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Ohio State University, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology

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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Time to start filling this space! I’m a behavioural ecologist, broadly interested in questions revolving around sociality and learning in wild animals. I am currently working on California ground squirrels, who are too photogenic to not be shown to the world. Here: pups at play! 🐿️

Two California ground squirrels play wrestling

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