Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Benefits of this online short course: - Free - Available from 17 April, including three live sessions - 6 hours CPD - Study online, at your own pace Delivered by leading behaviour practitioners, including Dr Sarah Heath, Dr Loni Loftus and Dr Kevin McPeake. 010
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The Evolution of Clinical Animal Behaviour provides insights into establishing a career within the field, the benefits of working collaboratively with allied professionals and putting research into practice. To register: www.shortcourses.ed.ac.uk/.../evolutio.... 110
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025We have a new paper out! Wonderful work from PhD student Katharine. 031
Reposted by Verity BowellBehavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Do you want to help us with our new study?🐕🎤 A new dog vocalization questionnaire is available! How well can you differentiate dogs based on their growls? Find out by filling out our new questionnaire! Click on this link: barks-lab.elte.hu/queries/grow... 045
Reposted by Verity BowellKatie Cronin, PhD @katieacronin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Minnesota Zoo is hiring an Animal Behavior & Wellbeing Specialist to work on their animal welfare team! A new position, bachelors-level with at least 3 years experience. Apply by Oct 28. #job #animalwelfare #zoo #captivewildlife #aza www.aza.org/jobs?job=48841 157
Reposted by Verity BowellJemaine Clement @jemaineclement.bsky.social · 12/09/2025New list of medieval dog names just dropped. 1228154
Reposted by Verity BowellDr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Our PhD student, Anna Sydänheimo, is conducting a study into how dog owners perceive routine husbandry procedures (e.g. nail clipping) on their 🐶 . If you are a dog owner from the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇮, please consider contributing by filling out this questionnaire. Thank you! lnkd.in/edHgUPaplnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 057
Reposted by Verity BowellChris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 15/08/2025🚨Dream job alert! Assistant Professor of Animal Cognition, Primate Cognition, or Animal Welfare CUNY Hunter College (NYC!) Part of their world-leading animal behavior and conservation grad program! tinyurl.com/hunter-animaltinyurl.comJobs | City University of New York 1177
Reposted by Verity BowellThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this 24499492023
Reposted by Verity BowellDog Aging Project @dogagingproject.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Happy International Friendship Day! Let's cherish the special bond we share with our fur buddies. ❤️🐶 🐾Let's create longer, healthier lives together—join the Dog Aging Pack at dogagingproject.org! 051
Reposted by Verity BowellJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion just like us www.newscientist.com/article/2489...newscientist.comOctopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion just like usOctopuses can be tricked into thinking that a fake arm is part of their body, suggesting they have a sense of body ownership similar to our own 0297
Reposted by Verity BowellAlexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 21/07/2025whew, that's a wrap on my recording of the audiobook for the new edition of "Inside of a Dog". I mispronounced many words, laughed a lot, and cried at my own ending 0123
Reposted by Verity Bowellsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 14/12/2023it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science 441593628
Reposted by Verity BowellTrailer Park Orthopod @stresshoop.bsky.social · 07/05/2025ChatGPT is the mediocre white man of computers. Ask it a question and it will stridently answer you even if it doesn't know anything about the topic. 25116
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I completely agree. There are so many reasons it is awful, but I do rather like this analogy! bsky.app/profile/stre... 010
Reposted by Verity BowellInterspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 06/05/2025🚀 New talk: Can Our Pets Tell Us What They’re Thinking? with @federicorossano.bsky.social Join this lecture and explore the potential and limitations of button-based devices for interspecies communication! 🐶💭 📆Saturday, May 17 ⏰4 pm GMT |12 pm EST |9 am PST 🔗Register here: rb.gy/w8ikcn 053
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Perfect timing! One of our MSc students is interested in doing her dissertation project on dogs soundboard use. 010
Reposted by Verity BowellNicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Your dog understands you (& vice-versa). But why and how? 👇 New review paper by ENES Bioacoustics Research & Co. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #bioacoustics #dogsciencedirect.comVocal communication between humans and animalsIn this article, we review the scientific literature examining vocal communication between humans and other animals, with a focus on dog-human interac… 0177
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 01/05/2025This is so lovely - with an important underlying message 020
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This study isn't great news for the romantic partners of dog owners... 😂 030
Reposted by Verity BowellDr Claire Brand @clbrand.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Final Call! Our team is conducting research on the spinal health in Frenchies and Dachshunds. We are interested in hearing from you whether you have experienced spinal problems or not in any dog(s) you own/have owned. Follow the link to take part in a 10-minute survey. www.surveymonkey.com/r/spinessurveymonkey.comCalling All Dachshund and French Bulldog Owners- 033
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Very magnanimous. What they did was awful... how they did it was pretty unforgivable. 030
Reposted by Verity BowellHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 09/04/2025The penguins have faced him down and the penguins have won. 1424031
Reposted by Verity BowellBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 09/04/2025More dreamy #buyastrangerabook day magic! @redwellyfeats.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they like, up to £15! So, if there's a particular book you'd like, get in touch. UK only. 31015
Reposted by Verity BowellDog Aging Project @dogagingproject.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Meet the adorable Winnie, one of our latest #dogsoftheoffice! 🐾We can’t wait to share all the cute moments and fun she’ll bring along! Stay tuned! 0223
Reposted by Verity BowellAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Public service announcement. They are not Dire Wolves. They have 20 single letter changes in their entire genomes. I’ve done shits with more mutations. Every time journalists write up a Colossus press release, They are making people stupider. Client journalism by a ridiculous company. 291155281
Reposted by Verity BowellJonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Do you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 16844
Reposted by Verity BowellVeronica White @veronicaawhite.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The @uniofexeternews.bsky.social press release for my upcoming #PhDbyBike is live! news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...news.exeter.ac.ukResearcher to tour England by bike to interview women in farmingA University of Exeter researcher will cycle hundreds of miles across England to interview women in farming about their visions for the future. PhD student Veronica White will set off from Land’s End ... 0229
Reposted by Verity BowellDaniel Promislow @dpromislow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025We are excited to announce the release of our fourth year of data for the #openscience #dogagingproject. The latest release, available to scientists around the world, includes over 80 million data points on 50,000 dogs! 🧵 1/n 2168
Reposted by Verity BowellDr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · 26/03/2025theconversation.com/humans-are-b...theconversation.comHumans are bad at reading dogs’ emotions – but we can do learn to do betterEven experts get dog body language wrong at times. 01711
Reposted by Verity BowellAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 21/03/20252025. How researchers can work fairly with Indigenous and local knowledge. Scientists around the world are recognizing that their research method isn’t the only way. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow researchers can work fairly with Indigenous and local knowledgeScientists around the world are recognizing that their research method isn’t the only way. 042
Reposted by Verity BowellChris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Dream PhD opportunity studying self-recognition in apes, with an incomparable team of mentors! 0114
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Incredible. And I appreciated the final post of the thread. 020
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This sounds fascinating! I may be biased with my interest in border collies/ working sheepdogs though! 010
Reposted by Verity BowellScience X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A simulation indicates wolves could have self-domesticated into dogs within 8,000 years, suggesting early human interactions may have facilitated this evolutionary process. doi.org/g842k2phys.orgSimulation shows wolves had time to self-domesticate and evolve into dogsA team of mathematicians and statisticians from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the University of Tennessee and Valparaiso University, all in the U.S., has found new evidence that wolves had ample time to self-domesticate and evolve into modern dogs. 032
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Interesting - always fascinating to see how other fields approach, and their discussion of, the human - dog relationship 010
Reposted by Verity BowellAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Thrilled to be a co-author on this paper with these legends! ✨ Enikő Kubinyi, Márta Gácsi and Ádám Miklósi Our study shows how dogs use gazing behaviour to communicate in uncertain situations—shaped by personality, emotional bond and breed 👀🐕 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...mdpi.comDogs’ Gazing Behavior to Humans Is Related to Their Liveliness, Aggressiveness, and the Emotional Comfort They ProvideGazing toward humans is fundamental in dog–human communication. This study aimed to characterize companion dogs based on their gazing behavior and to explore the potential links between gazing, person... 152
Reposted by Verity BowellChristoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Canine perspective taking: Anticipating the behavior of an unseen human. www.cell.com/iscience/ful... New paper w/ L.Huber, P.van der Wolf, M.Menkveld & S.Riemer providing evidence that dogs prefer to steal from a plate unseen by a human when the human's presence has to be inferred from sound cues. 12712
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025He is still beautiful 🥰 They are the best. Funnily mine (she) often gets called he as she is quite aloof (though very friendly when she knows you!) 010
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025She (?) is beautiful 🥰 (I might be biased though!) 140
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025More amazing dog content from @moudhy.bsky.social So interesting that these names all suggest the value of dogs being in their guarding/ protection. And then to consider how these behaviours are no longer wanted today. Yes, there has been time to select away, but it's a fairly recent change. 1132
Reposted by Verity BowellEthological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 27/01/2025ETHOLOGY: Have you ever be consoled by your dog? 🐕⚡💝 Rial et al. show that dogs are capable of showing victim-directed affiliation after a dispute, and may also show signs of stress behaviour, depending on intensity of the conflict. Read the full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comThird‐Party Affiliation in Domestic Dogs During and After a Human ConflictDomestic dogs' behavior after witnessing a conflict between their owners. 042
Reposted by Verity BowellMark Ramos @mframos.bsky.social · 26/01/2025At alpha=0.05, the probability that two independent studies on the same topic will both make a type 1 error is 0.0025. That illustrates how important even a single replication study is in improving the credibility of a discovery. #science #researchsky #academicsky #statsky #datascience #dataliteracy 0223
Reposted by Verity BowellHane @hane.bsky.social · 25/01/2025happy Burns Night to those who celebrate 36514