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Valeria Mazza

@valmazza.bsky.social
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Behavioural biologist interested in all things animal cognition. Lecturer @UniTuscia. Proud citizen of Humboldt's Republic of the Letters.📖🐛She/her valeriamazza.net

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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re delighted to welcome @valmazza.bsky.social as our first keynote speaker! She shared insights from her work on cognitive ecology at the human–wildlife interface - are city dwellers more flexible than their rural counterparts? #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our first session focuses on communication across various animal taxa: adaptation of vocal signatures in lemurs, comprehension of alarm calls in monkeys, and social behaviour and vocalisations in bats. A strong start to the meeting by Saskia Müller, Christian Luff, and Wiebke Berns. #GradBehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And we’re on! 🎉 This year’s Graduate Meeting “Animal Behaviour” has officially kicked off at the University of Münster! We’re looking forward to an amazing meeting in an amazing venue. #gradbehav26 @ethoges.bsky.social @dzg-gerzoolsociety.bsky.social
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An annual highlight! 🎉 It’s always a pleasure to work with such a brilliant team (@ahanaaurora.bsky.social and Sabine Kraus) to organise this event every year and discover a new place together with a fantastic group of participants! #gradbehav26
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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was an immense pleasure and honour to open this fantastic meeting! Thank you @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social, @ahanaaurora.bsky.social, @goatswhostare.bsky.social, & Sabine Krause for the invitation, and for creating the best atmosphere from the very start! I'm really glad this is just the beginning 😄
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Tim Lee @leetim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My institute is hiring a group leader in Neuroethology! Bonn is a wonderful place to do neuroscience. Check it out! jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/4...
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Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Neuroethology (m/f/div)
limited contract
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Debottam Bhattacharjee @debottam1991.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join us for your bachelor or master projects on Japanese macaque affect & cognition at the Affenberg Research Station in Austria. Details in the photo 👇 Write to us: affenberg.lewi@univie.ac.at / debottam.bhattacharjee@uni-goettingen.de Project abstract link: gepris.dfg.de/project/5630...
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meet Veronika the cow, clever octopuses, smart kunekune pigs, and the wonderful Goffin's cockatoos. A documentary by Feuer & Flamme Film for those of you with access to ORF 2. CC @auersperga.bsky.social
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Please share! We're looking for an entomologist to join our dept.! I'm excited as it's broadly advertised to find someone who can build a stellar teaching program w/research on insect ecology. Deadline is tight (end of Oct.). Read more & apply at jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235...
Flyer that says: 

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

We're hiring!

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is seeking applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology (60% teaching/40% research). The position will play a central role in the department’s undergraduate curriculum, including ENT 201: Insects and People, as well as additional undergraduate and graduate courses. The position also provides an opportunity to build a nationally recognized research program in insect ecology, secure external funding, and mentor undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead instruction for ENT 201: Insects and People and teach additional courses using effective, technology-enhanced approaches. Mentor undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs.

Establish a nationally recognized, externally funded research program in insect ecology (e.g., behavior, plant–insect interactions, community ecology, conservation, or global change biology). Publish in peer-reviewed journals and engage students in research.

Contribute to departmental, college, and university service, engage with scientific societies, review manuscripts and grant proposals, and participate in outreach.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Expertise in one or more areas of insect ecology (e.g., IPM, invasive species, pollination biology, vector ecology, trophic interactions, global change, or molecular/community ecology).

Ph.D. in Entomology or a related field, with a proven publication and funding track record (as PI/Co-PI or lead author).

JOIN OUR TEAM!

For more information and to submit your application, please visit:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234875
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Anna Wilkinson @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come and work with us.... jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Animal Interactions
Lecturer salary starts from £38,784 per annum.Senior Lecturer salary starts from £44,746 per annum.The School of Natural Sciences at the University of Lincoln seeks to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lec...
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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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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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Johan Lind @johanlind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We just published the first study showing that a bird-of-prey goes through an ontogenetic window of exploratory play. Young goshawks look like young cheetahs when tossing pine cones into the air, chasing after them. Just published in Animal Behaviour: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is still time to apply! I'll start reading the applications this Friday.
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Nora Slania @noraslania.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‼️Field work position ‼️ We are looking for a research assistant for chimpanzee field work in Cote d'Ivoire, starting November. 🐵🌳📹 Have field experience, speak French, and want to study chimps with us? Take a look and reach out!
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Dr. Kathleen M. Munley @thefishiedoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2027! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have a 4 year PhD position available @ebdonana.bsky.social in our project “Connecting key wetland sites through waterbirds: implications for plant populations”. We seek candidates with interest in plant ecology, waterbirds and/or movement ecology. Details attached @sibecol.bsky.social
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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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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Landscape Ecology Group at the University of Potsdam is seeking applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position! See the full solicitation on our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/po...
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Ajay Narendra @pipilika.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have a fully funded 3-year PhD position to study jumping spider navigation. Open to both domestic and international candidates. Details below. Join us! @animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 15/09/2026
How do ravens navigate their complex social lives? 🐦‍⬛🪺 Dr. Bugnyar will explore why ravens offer a fascinating model for studying the evolution of cognition. As always, this event is free and no registration is required. 🙌 #AnimalBehaviour #SocialCognition #Ravens #OnlineSeminar
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Jay used our clonal mollies to ask does increasing environmental variation increases phenotypic variation? Turns out.... it doesn't! Mollies reared with pred cues swim more slowly & hide more but the magnitude of individuality remained the same! It seems individuals are unique no matter what...
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Thejasvi Beleyur @beleyurthejasvi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Interested in a postdoc at the University of Konstanz - maybe even to work with us on active sensing/bioacoustics/collective behaviour? Non-discipline specific postdoc fellowships @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll... 12th October deadline!
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Postdoctoral Fellowship
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ASAB @asab.org · 07/09/2026
ICYMI at #ECBB2026... it has been announced that #ECBB2028 will be in Dublin Ireland🇮🇪 and the conference dinner will be at the Guinness Storehouse!🤩🤯 What about 2027? ECBB alternates every other year with Behaviour (which will be next summer in Vienna, follow @behaviour2027.bsky.social for details)
Slide reading "conference dinner location: Guinness storehouse." Photo collage of Guinness storehouse from outside, shiny glass inside, barrels stacked, city view.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We're seeking a Research Ecologist to develop & apply methods for analysing large-scale passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) datasets & to lead work on the collection/analysis of restoration & rewilding data. Apply via www.bto.org/jobs Closing date: 22 September. #Ornithology #bioacoustics
The heads of two Puffins appear above a bank. Wording above reads: We're hiring! Senior Research Ecologist: Landscape Restoration & Monitoring Science.
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Men are more likely to accept invitations to review a paper in Ecology and Evolution when the *editor* inviting them is male. Women’s response rate is unaffected onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Maria Moiron @mmoiron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📢 My colleague Daniela Perez (not on Bluesky) is looking for a postdoc! The position is for 2 years, working on cooperation, competition & collective decision-making in 🪱. More info: tinyurl.com/mr2vd57n 📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026 📩 Interested? Contact Daniela directly!
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Research Position (m/f/d) (Postdoc)
<div style="margin:0;">The Department of Evolutionary Biology explores how organisms' traits and behaviours evolve in response to envi...
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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Water sources in #deserts are critical for #wildlife survival, but they may also attract thousands of visitors. Yuval Zukerman tested the impacts of different visitor management strategies on wildlife activity in a popular desert nature reserve. l1nq.com/v0ldccb @conservationsp.bsky.social
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Always great to see more research on the welfare of captive invertebrates - here the very pretty Flamboyant Flower Beetle doi.org/10.1002/zoo....
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Effects of Sex and Substrate Type on the Inversion Risk and Righting Behavior of Flamboyant Flower Beetles (Eudicella gralli): Implications for Habitat Design and Beetle Welfare
This study highlights the importance of substrate selection in mitigating inversion risk and promoting righting behavior in scarab beetles. We recommend a heterogeneous substrate composition incorpor...
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Emma-Liina Marjakangas @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers. Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🧪 ETHOLOGY: Do cuttlefish dream of electric shrimp? 🦑💤⚡🦐 Cooke observed European cuttlefish showing quiescent states, including arm twitches and transitions between distinct behavioural and colour states. A glimpse into sleep-like behaviour in the wild! #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70102
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Do Cuttlefish Dream of Electric Shrimp? A Natural History Note on Behavioral Quiescence Strategies in Wild European Cuttlefish (<fi>Sepia officinalis</fi>)
Continuous video stills documenting an unprovoked alert-to-quiescent-to-alert transition sequence in an individual wild Sepia officinalis. Panels (A–B) show the individual exhibiting localized arm L1...
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧪 ETHOLOGY: Urban bats: city lovers or refugees? 🦇🏙️ Tanalgo & Russo caution bats in cities aren’t necessarily adapted. Some persist because natural roosts and foraging sites are lost. Understanding key dynamics is key to urban conservation! #UrbanEcology #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70099
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Urban Bats: City Lovers or Refugees?
Hypothetical relationship between urbanisation intensity and bat species population persistence framed through a species refuge concept. Moderately urbanised landscapes may function as temporal refug...
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Martin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New PhD opportunities in behavioural ecology at the University of Tasmania and Macquarie University working with Geoff While and Martin Whiting plus multiple international collaborators on lizard sociality and communication. Please spread the word! #phd
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Eurogroup for Animals @eurogroupforanimals.org · 18/08/2026
🐙 The best way to improve octopus welfare is to prevent octopus farming from ever taking hold. Our Annual Report looks back at the progress made and the work still ahead to keep octopuses wild. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4a7mNnt
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Macri, C., Baciadonna, L., & Giurfa, M. (2026). Emotional contagion of positive mood in insects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 52(3), 125–126. doi.org/10.1037/xan0...
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Animal Welfare Matters @awsel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Somewhere along the way, workplace wellbeing stopped asking what is making people unwell and started teaching them how to endure it... Responsibility for workplace harm is shifted from the organisation that creates the conditions to the individual experiencing them"
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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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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🐦 Job offer: Research Data Analyst – Wildlife Telemetry 📊 GPS • R • ecology • habitat selection 📍 Paris 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 2026 Join the #HABITRACK team at CESCO @mnhn.fr and help uncover how European birds use their habitats! 👉 recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #EcologyJobs #ornithology #RStats
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Imagine you are a white-faced capuchin monkey on Jicarón island learning how to use stone tools 🔨 Your mother does not use tools, so who do you turn to as a model? Our new manuscript answering this question is out now in Animal Behaviour @asab.org. doi.org/10.1016/j.an.... A 🧵 of our findings (1/10)
A juvenile white-faced capuchin monkey eating a coconut. Photo credits Christian Ziegler
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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Free PhD positions!!! Cluster of Excellence NaviSense -> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation -> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers. #NaviSense #ornithology uol.de/en/job/docto...
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School of Biological Sciences, Monash @MonashBiol @monashbiol.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Measuring executive function in guppies; is it impacted by anti-depressant pollution? Eleanor Moore and co-authors looked at working memory and cognitive flexibility 2 facets of executive function. @bbmwong.bsky.social @jack-brand.bsky.social @jackmanera.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Dr Blake Morton @drblakemorton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
After a five-year case study and many stakeholder consultations, very pleased to finally introduce our new programme and website: www.coexistproject.co.uk #CoexistProject 🌃🌍🧠🌳🦌🦊🦔🐝🐦‍⬛
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Coexist Project | The future of human-wildlife coexistence
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
2026. Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world
Faced with anthropogenic change, animals now encounter challenges different from their evolutionary past. To cope with such challenges, animals may use social information about others' affective stat...
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Laura Simone Lewis @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I am delighted to be a Guest Editor for a Special Issue in Animal Cognition on Curiosity in Animals (along with @victorajuwon1.bsky.social and @monteirotiago.bsky.social) We seek papers that investigate curiosity across contexts and taxa. Get in touch for more info! 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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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New paper: ravens use wild boars as “first tasters” to check if a foraging site is safe. They reduce risk by watching others eat first, foraging in groups, or stealing instead of taking chances. These tactics may help scavengers adapt to changing environments 🌍. doi.org/10.1093/behe... 📸 Daniel Koch
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Be part of the one program in Canada that actually benefits caribou, as opposed to gov'ts killing wolves while destroying habitat. Led by First Nations.
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
2011. The paradox of keystone species persecuted as pests: A call for the conservation of abundant small mammals in their native range www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Are city birds genetically adapting to urban life? A common garden experiment in great tits reveals hidden evolutionary changes masked by environmental effects in the wild. doi.org/10.1093/evle... Image by G. Laurent, wikimedia
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Petra Sumasgutner @pesumas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seeking local volunteer- from Turin #ISBE2026 - to assist with sample collection in www.myurbanbee.com project. Interested in urban biodiversity? To work with an international team? And learn a lot about solitary bees within a week? Urgent: 10.08.-17.08! Please get in touch: wildbienenwien@gmail.com
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