Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)
Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter. We aim to understand the mechanisms and functions of behaviour in humans and other animals. Come do an MSc with us! exeter.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/…
- Late-reporting, but last year some of our CRABbers headed up to Edinburgh to present their posters at the @asab.org Winter meeting. Well done all! @libbychaps.bsky.social @charli-ocean.bsky.social and @ Manuela Carona R
- Very successful CRAB Staff and Post-Docs Research Away Day yesterday- great discussions and feedback about upcoming grant plans. Lots of really cool work in the pipeline (we think so anyway). Accompanied by a selection of French-style sweet treats.
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)Looking for an interdisciplinary funded #PhD in #bees and #physics, #behaviour, #physiology, #neuroethology, modelling? Call open now. International students eligible. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Centre for Research in Aimal Behaviour @crab-exeter.bsky.social Exeter campus.
- Festive Season in CRAB, which we celebrate with a quiz and by rediscovering the password to the CRAB Bluesky account.
- Congratulations to the winners of the CRAB trophy, and thanks to our excellent 2nd Year PGRs for organising brilliant quiz.
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)Fully funded #PhD studentships, start Sept 2026: 1. Weaponry and aggression in wild fiddler crabs, with me, Safi Darden, Martin How tinyurl.com/weaponsPhD 2. The emotional basis of behaviour, with me, Danny Williamson, Andy Higginson tinyurl.com/emotionsPhD #AnimalBehaviour @crab-exeter.bsky.social
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)Happy #PhotographyFriday! End of my first week as a postdoc in @crab-exeter.bsky.social and safe to say I think I've landed on my feet here 😁 some sun would be nice though.....
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)Bake your paper! Research tech extraordinaire, Macaela Skelton, made a cake of (some of) the study sites in the MacaqueNet database. She ran out of decorations before she could do them all 😆. Link to the paper that's been cake-ified: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)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...
- The annual CRAB-mas quiz was a great success! The staff team won for the first time ever in the history of CRABmasses and received a crisp high five as reward.
- If our PhD studentships from NERC weren't enough, we've also got this one on offer on 🐇. Deadline Dec 11th
- 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...
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)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
- Reposted by Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees & other animals at CRAB Uni Exeter and Bristol Uni? Check out SWBio swbio.ac.uk www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/pr... (apply by 11.12.) & NERC GW4 www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... @seanrands.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social apply by 13.01.
