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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

AWARDS This year we have, once again, prizes for the best presentations: the Vitor Almada Prize and the Springer Awards!

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We are very excited to be joined by four great invited speakers for #SPE2026! Swipe to see! If you want to join them in presenting your work, register and submit your abstract here 👇👇👇: etologia.pt/congress-2026/

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

WORKSHOPS This year we will have a new addition and an extra day reserved for workshops - 9th December! Workshops will happen in @biopolis-cibio.bsky.social headquarters (Vairão).

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Not always positive: tactile body stimulation does not lower aggressiveness and increases stress in the Siamese fighting fish" Gauy et al. with SPE member Marta Soares @ Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are very excited to be joined by four great invited speakers for #SPE2026!

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Intersections Among Attachment, Empathy and Emotion Regulation in Middle Childhood" Pires et al. with SPE member António Santos @ International Journal of Psychology

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are excited to announce that BIOPOLIS-CIBIO @biopolis-cibio.bsky.social , Universidade do Porto, will host the 2026 Conference of the Portuguese Ethological Society (hashtag#SPE2026)!

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Acoustic profiling of Atlantic seamounts: Insights towards cost-effective monitoring of remote marine ecosystems" Carriço et al. with SPE members Rita Carriço, Manuel Vieira, Paulo Fonseca, and M Clara Amorim @ Continental Shelf Research

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "A new southern limit for the distribution of African great apes: sympatric western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and central chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) confirmed in Mayombe National Park, Angola"

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Influence of environmental conditions on the abundance of juvenile endangered Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) in an African nursery area" Varela et al. with SPE member Melanie Court @ Marine Biodiversity

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "The ocean as a laboratory for animal intelligence"

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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

University of Glasgow (@glasgow.ac.uk) is hiring: Lecturer in Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science #lecturer #philsky #philosophyofpsychology

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Lindsey Swierk @lindseyswierk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🦎*Please share!*🦎 The Swierk Lab is recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 27 / Spr 28 to study Neotropical anole 1) body coloration and visual signals or 2) predator avoidance, diving, and respiration. Please contact only by email. More info and contact details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TGmC...

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My dept/area is hiring! We're open to animal species/model and research area. UCD is an amazing place to do nonhuman animal work - major 🐒 center, a band new rodent vivarium in the Psych building, and capacity to house all sorts of other animals! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812

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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of Behavior

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity! I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible. Please share!

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Body tactile stimulation intensifies appeasement behavior in a cichlid fish" Silva et al. with SPE member Mara Soares @ Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Cuttlefish hatching success and camouflage ability under acute salinity fluctuations" Martins et al. with SPE member Melanie Court @ Marine Biology

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Social Provisions in Adolescents’ Relationships With Parents, Best Friends, and Teachers: Validation of the Network of Relationships Inventory–Social Provisions Version" Ribeiro et al. with SPE member António Santos @ Int J Behav Development

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Come join us, PhD and postdoc positions! Please spread! Supervisor @patricepottier.bsky.social (patricepottierlab.com), me as co-supervisor. Impacts of climate change on different life-stages in fish.🐟🧪 PhD web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... Postdoc web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

There are still free spots for the 2nd edition of the 5-day course: "Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R", run in collaboration with the @eco-aeet.bsky.social This year we are running the event at beautiful and historic @ucoimbra.bsky.social (Portugal) Info: aeet.org/events/2026/... #rstats

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Course Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R, 2ed

This course provides a practical introduction to modern methods of evidence synthesis, with a focus on systematic review and meta-analysis in ecology and evolution.

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Social context overrides individual preference for structural enrichment of juvenile European seabass" Maia et al. with SPE member Esther Hoyo-Alvarez @ Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Preference for body tactile stimulation varies in fish species from the same family" Gauy et al. with SPE member Marta Soares @ Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Interspecific variation in cleaning and cheating behaviours among coral reef cleaner fishes"

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Baseline elemental profile of juvenile sharks from a multispecies nursery area off West Africa (Sal Rei Bay, Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde)" Ramalho et al. with SPE members Melanie Court @ Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Central administration of oxytocin increases social interaction and shoaling behaviour in guppies" Cabrera-Álvarez et al. with SPE member Maria Cabrera-Álvarez @ Behavioural Brain Research

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Crepuscular vocal partitioning and thermal limits on calling behavior in the Bubbling Kassina (Kassina senegalensis) in a sub-equatorial savanna" Álvarez et al. with SPE member Paulo Fonseca @ Journal of Comparative Physiology A

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨Job alert We are looking for a Communications Officer to join our team in Brussels. If you love crafting stories about nature, birds and how to save them, this is your place. ⌚ Full-time: 37.5hrs per week 📜 1-year fixed-term contract, extension possible 💸Salary: EUR 52,000 - 54,000 gross/year

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Nonapeptide modulation of looming-induced responses in male Betta splendens" Fusani et al. with SPE members Bianca Fusani, and David Gonçalves @ General and Comparative Endocrinology

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Tactile stimulation enrichment affects behavioural and physiological responses of a marine commercial fish species, the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata" Soares et al. with SPE member Marta Soares @ Aquaculture

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce the 23rd Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society, taking place on December 9-11, 2026, at CIBIO, near Porto.

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Sex differences in bird ornamentation: female plasticity, ecological and physiological constraints" with SPE member Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social @ acta ethologica

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "A legal bottleneck blocking EU marine protection" Horta e Costa and Gonçalves with SPE members Bárbara Horta e Costa @ npj Ocean Sustainability

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🚨 New issue alert!🚨 The latest issue of #actaethologica is now out! Check the Volume 29 Issue 2 June 2026 for 17 articles featuring diverse studies in #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology See here link.springer.com/journal/1021... #SPEetologia

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Evolution of sexually dimorphic plumage patterns in estrildid finches" Pacheco et al. with SPE member João Pacheco, Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , and Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social @ Evolution

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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 16/07/2026

What’s the trouble with noisy neighbours? Come check it out at Animal Behavior Live 2026! We are delighted to announce Dr. Sue Anne Zollinger (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) as our second plenary speaker at Animal Behaviour Live 2026!🤩 Free registration here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org

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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!

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i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health | UPorto @i3suporto.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

JOB OPPORTUNITIES ⏰July 31st 2026 ✅Junior researcher ✅PhD in Life and Health Sciences or related areas ✅Proven experience in mastering various advanced molecular genotyping techniques 👉https://tinyurl.com/4u9vcvsn #i3Sjobs

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Research Assistant at TCP wanted: Want to observe behaviour of wild chimpanzees? Want to live in a tropical rainforest? Want to protect endangered wildlife? If YES and you are interested in science, here is your chance. Apply here 👇 JOBS | Mysite share.google/npb1Knr0B3vP...

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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 13/07/2026

Want to present your research at #ABL2026? 🗓 Submit your abstract by 6 September and join researchers from around the world for a day dedicated to "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World." 🎤 Choose between: 🔹 A 15-min live talk 🔹 A 5-min video poster 📄 Submit now ablaoc.sciencesconf.org

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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 18/06/2026

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 📣 Our next seminar is coming up fast! 🐙 🎥 Check out this teaser! Dr. Sam Reiter on: 💬 "Cephalopods as Biological Image Generators" 📆 Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 8:00 AM GMT 📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxAr... 💡 Free & open to all #cephalopods #animalbehaviour

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges" Planellas et al. with SPE member João Saraiva @ J Fish Biology

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "From signals to states: biologger-based classification of seabass welfare states in sea-cages" Hoyo-Alvarez et al. with SPE member Esther Hoyo-Alvarez @ Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "The evolution of eyespots in skates and rays" Akerman et al. with SPE member Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social @ Nature Ecol Evol @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

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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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