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Oded Ritov @oded-ritov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do chimpanzees value their friendships enough to pass on juicy pineapple? In our new paper, out now at Evolution and Human Behavior, we find that they do! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Screenshot of the paper header on ScienceDirect. Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 47, Issue 6, November 2026, article 106948. Title: "Chimpanzees steal less from their friends and expect them to do the same." Authors: Oded Ritov, Christoph J. Völter, Liran Samuni, Avi Benozio, Dacher Keltner, Jan M. Engelmann, Laura S. Lewis, Esther Herrmann.

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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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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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ARAA @araa.at · 24/09/2026

#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)” 🦜 Sept 2026. Scientific Reports. P. Hundegger, R. Folkertsma, @drracheldale.bsky.social, @auersperga.bsky.social & @biotay.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Scientific Reports - Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)

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ARAA @araa.at · 09/09/2026

So proud that two of our ARAA folk won awards at #ECBB2026! 🤩🥰 Congrats to @annaek.bsky.social and @awanib.bsky.social 🙌

Anna in front of the stage holding an award from Jacob Dunn

Awani in front of the stage holding an award from Jacob Dunn

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ARAA @araa.at · 12/09/2026

It was a cozy fit getting everyone into the office at the Goffin lab HQ but we managed for some fantastic talks by @theroesa.bsky.social 🐦 @thibhly.bsky.social 🐊 and Lona Lalić 🥰

A crowd of people in an old fashioned room, photos of Theresa, Thibault and and Lona on the floor by laptops and a big screen

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ARAA @araa.at · 12/09/2026

Very successful visit to the Goffin lab: the birds were met, the birds were pet, then showed off how clever (and mischievous) they can be

Group of smiling folks in front of the aviary, little white goffins cockatoos are watching from the other side

Folks watching a demo in the aviary, there is a bird on a table approaching a puzzle box and two scientists watching

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ARAA @araa.at · 13/09/2026

The first ever Goffin lab camping trip was a complete success, despite the surprise autumnal cold snap! 🍂

Group of folks around the campfire including a dog. Alice is imagine the guitar

A series of tents on a field. Folks putting up those tents with Martina giving a thumbs up. Beautiful sun hitting an old Austrian house

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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My fantastically talented labmate @annaek.bsky.social won runner up for best ECR talk! It was seriously so good, I’m proud as punch 🤩 Shes only just finishing the first year of her PhD too ! We had such a great time together at #ECBB2026 repping the Goffin Goldegg Lab 😁 🦜

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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Two macaques had to pull both rope ends at once to get snacks 🐒 With one apparatus available, one male pair monopolised it - 86% of all pulls. With five apparatuses, just 4% and more pulls with others. @zewaldj.bsky.social in doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123632

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!

A chimp solving a puzzle box problem. Photo credit: MPI-EVA

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ARAA @araa.at · 08/07/2026

Very excited to hear this talk! Join us on July 17

AVian Research Association Austria (ARAA) presents Guest lecture: Constraints on adaptive quantity discrimination in macaws (Ara chloropterus): What causes Weber's Law Dr Jimena Lois Milevicich University of Beunos Aires Friday July 17 16:00 at UBB Seminarraum 5.1 Right after we will have our monthly ParCor social event at Nice Guys Bar (Karl-Farkas-Gasse 18 1030), Feel free to attend and have a drink afterwards to chat and connect. Find the zoom link at araa.at/macaws

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Don't miss our Fieldwork preparation workshop tomorrow 8th of July from 🕓 4 p.m to 6 p.m! How to join you ask? Easy here's the link: meet.google.com/tha-xcuy-yqo

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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD @explanimals.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Dream PhD opening! Innovation in wild falcons! Application deadline Aug 1🦅

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Barbara Klump @barbaraklump.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!

A carrion crow holding a walnut. Photo: @valentine-comin.bsky.social

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Barbara Klump @barbaraklump.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

More of a field person? We have a work contract available on walnut dropping in carrion crows within the @wwtf.at funded project on "The interplay between cognition and ecology in extractive foraging behaviours". More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Opportunity to pursue a doctoral thesis in the Goffin Lab and the Kea Lab The research will focus on play, exploration, and problem-solving abilities in cockatoos and kea. If exploring the minds of other species fascinates you, I highly recommend this opportunity.

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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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Jeroen Zewald @zewaldj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

NEW PAPER! 🐒 Cooperation experiments in animals are often done with one cooperation apparatus, creating a specific highly monopolisable setting. We found that presenting multiple apparatuses significantly changed macaques' partner preference compared to one apparatus. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

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Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa @pialdecoa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My dear friend @poppylambert.bsky.social (ethologist by day, science communicator in between) hosts a wonderful podcast launching TODAY 🚀 I know how hard she's worked for months on this and I couldn't be prouder! Enlightening conversations with brilliant biologists led by a stellar human being ✨

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎓📢 PhD Alert 🎓📢 Three weeks left to apply for the PhD position on maintaining the balance of power in animal societies! www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit... @animalopps.bsky.social

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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Our new Paper with @susanamonso.com and @biotay.bsky.social is out. It tests one of the components of Susana Monso's minimal concept of death in a Touch Screen Setup: sensitivity to permanent non-functionality. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

1/16 Do other species understand death? In this study with cockatoos, we approach this question from its foundation, by studying one of its central components: sensitivity to the permanent loss of a function. I will explain it in this thread (with videos) (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

1/4 Bumblebees can solve a task inspired by Köhler’s famous test with chimpanzees. They had to reach an artificial “flower”, and to do so they had to integrate prior information about a ball that could be used to reach it. (paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... by @olliloukola.bsky.social

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

(1/2) Hiring! 🤸🧠🐩 Postdoc position in my new group @univie.ac.at & Messerli Research Institute on the neuro-cognitive foundations and evolution of sociality across humans, dogs, and other carnivorans. 📍 Vienna 📅 Application deadline: 26 July 2026 ℹ️ shortifyme.co/p3NjN

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ARAA @araa.at · 20/05/2026

Two post doc positions at the Messerli Institute of Vetmeduni Vienna, including a few topics on parrots! Deadline July 26. www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...

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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

extreme extractive foraging - fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social

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ARAA @araa.at · 20/05/2026

Congrats to Dr. Gabriella Smith (@explanimals.bsky.social) for a successful PhD defensio at Vetmeduni Vienna! Read more about her thesis work on curiosity in parrots: 🦜 doi.org/10.1098/rsos... doi.org/10.1162/OPMI...

Gabby wearing a grad hat with origami monkeys down the tassels

A grad hat with a kea made of green paper holding a wand on top and yellow stars including one saying magic

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Two postdoc positions at the Messerli Research Institute in Vienna in the research area of human-animal interactions: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...

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ARAA @araa.at · 18/05/2026

Our first ARAA book club event went really well! We discussed the representation of animal cognition and other themes in @aptshadow.bsky.social’s Children of Time 🕷️🚀✨📚 Shout out to @zewaldj.bsky.social for the creative powerpoint summary and @kiwiow.bsky.social for the themed make up 😍

A group of people around a table with a laptop with hybrid participants, a laptop with children of time book on it and photos of spiders and spaceships, three copies of the children of time novel, and a stuffed raven, goose and cockatoo

Kiwi with pink hair and starry galaxy eye make up with a gem-stoned ant

JZ in front of a laptop with little jumping spider figures in front of a planet

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New #dog #eyetracking paper: Pupil size changes reveal that dogs have expectations about the usual response to some conventional human gestures in a third-party context. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... led by Lucrezia Lonardo and w/ Ludwig Huber.

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ARAA @araa.at · 15/05/2026

Our “Bird Research at Schönbrunn Zoo” day went super well! We had an official guided tour, talks by Barbara Steininger on bald Ibis and @guillmcivor.bsky.social on crows, “Bird Behaviour Bingo,” a picnic and a photo contest 😍🪶☀️

Group of folks in front of the Vogelhaus at the zoo

Guill with a stuffed crow, Barbara in front of the bald ibis enclosure, Barbara giving a talk in front of a group of folks

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Jeroen Zewald @zewaldj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

There and back again... A year ago, I started a new field study with long-tailed macaques in tropical Bali, Indonesia. Then, I visited the snowy prairies in Alberta, Canada. I've met many great people and playful monkeys along the way. I'm very thankful for all the support during this adventure 🗺🐒

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Vesta Eleuteri @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy to see our elephant multimodal communication paper among this collection of articles celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday!

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

1/2 Adult play Although phylogeny predicts which primates play as adults (if play exists in one species, it is more likely to exist in close ones), it is whether or not the society is tolerant (and not despotic) that best predicts this behavior (paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

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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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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

"I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, or insulting human dignity, of making man beastly" "This surprised me because I like animals and I feel proud to call myself one. I've never looked down upon them, so to call human beings animals is not, to me, degrading."

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Debottam Bhattacharjee @debottam1991.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Happy to share our recent publication on 🐒 macaque self-directed behaviours w/ Eva van Dijk Roos de Vries Charlotte Kluiver Mia Valomy Adam Zeeman & Jorg Massen Link to the @royalsocietypublishing.org paper - doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Many facets of self-directed behaviours in macaques

Abstract. Emotional states like anxiety are adaptive, assisting individuals during social uncertainty and threats. Humans can self-report anxiety, whereas

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Nice end to a fun PhD 🎉

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

SPAR supermarkets are promoting a broom and stick set in Austria with Veronika. It reads: “Einstein among the cows: Spar sells Vroni's back scratcher set” Vroni is the diminutive form of Veronika, of course. Thanks to Özge Nasa for the tip!

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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Had our official launch of the Avian Research Association of Austria (ARAA) yesterday, and I’m so pleased it went well! This is the planned culmination of the regular research pub socials I started back in 2023, it’s hard to believe it’s finally happened 🥰 I have such a great team!

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

1/2 Veronika in winter continues to leave us speechless. Now there are no annoying horseflies or bites to scratch, but it's time to get rid of the winter coat, and there's nothing better than a good stick with sharp edges.

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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

After a rough year, I’ve just had the best two days of my life. I successfully defended my PhD, got a job as a postdoc, and received a signed copy of a book (and an acknowledgment) by one of my favourite authors @aptshadow.bsky.social 😍🙌🥳

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Jen wearing a grad cap with decorations holding a book titled green city wars

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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Application review begins in one week (Mar 16)! (Review will continue until all spots are filled.)

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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

So incredibly happy that the work on Tanimbar will continue - it’s such an amazing lab. 🥹 Huge congrats to everyone, well deserved!

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Mark O’Hara @mohara.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Honoured to be among such great colleagues @barbaraklump.bsky.social @christophvoelter.bsky.social @auersperga.bsky.social and Justus Piater, to study fundamental drivers of innovation. And hugely grateful to the @fwf-at.bsky.social to be able to continue the fieldwork on the Tanimbar Islands 🌴🕊️🤠

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Ze Frank is the best, and "the Goffin's cockatoos make the New Caledonian crows look like Old Caledonian crows" (this it's an actual comment on YouTube!) Don't miss this video about our work at the Goffin Lab (and the Tanimbar Lab!) "I've seen a cockatoo. I've seen a cockatoo 🤘"

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