Ecology of Animal Societies
Dept. for the Ecology of Animal Societies @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social & @uni-konstanz.de.
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- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesBreaking News: #Animovesummerschool is back this year in #Africa. Please repost. Thank you! #AfricanResearchers #ConservationScience #AnimalBehaviour @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Excited to announce our courses for #MovementEcology.🤗 This year we will be in #Africa @mpalarc.bsky.social at Mpala Research Centre. Starting with a basic R course designed for #AfricanResearchers, followed by a two-week international Animove workshop. animove.org/basic-r-cour... Please share 👍
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesJob alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here: www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies"animal2vec and MeerKAT: A self-supervised transformer for rare-event raw audio input and a large-scale reference dataset for bioacoustics" recently published! doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70218 #bioacoustics #machinelistening #deeplearning
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies“The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, who do research that fits to one of the thirteen departments at the University of Konstanz.” www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesHappy and proud of the next fledgling of the Flack flock. Dr Hester Brønnvik @hbronnv.bsky.social defended her PhD thesis today. She has done a wonderful job. I could not be happier! @imprs-qbee.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesCountdown for #AnimoveCR at La Selva Estación Biológica, Organization of Tropical Studies 👍 We will see you tomorrow! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animove-course.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies🚀 Guess who’s back? 🛰️🥳💫 ICARUS, our global wildlife-tracking system, returns to orbit aboard the GENA-OT satellite, which launched from Vandenberg SFB today 🎉 This is step one for ICARUS 2.0: full global coverage, smaller sensors, near-real-time. Congrats @animaltracking.bsky.social + team ICARUS
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesAfter many years of trying to combine my 2 passions, art 🎨 and science 👩🔬, into something meaningful, i have created an educational #ChildrensBook! 📚 ✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesOur New Paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour: 🚨 Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials! 🦧 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... See 🧵
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesNoctule bat hunting. This is the next illustration of the series on animals moving in their environment. See more below... and more coming soon! #SciArt #art #bats
- Finished version of the hyenas, a new illustration of the series on behavior and movement of animals in their environment. See more below. #SciArt For @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesFor your consideration, our paper about how we can build a better error culture around biologging is now out in Animal Behavio(u)r. A collaborative effort between researchers the veterinarians at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesHow is climate change impacting African vultures? IMPRS student @jeveso.bsky.social, working with @safilab.bsky.social, tells us more about his work on climate and human impacts on African vultures, nature’s recyclers. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/dbJp2...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesIncredibly honored and utterly excited to have been asked to give a plenary at @isbe2026.bsky.social hope to see you in Turin! #ISBE2026 #sleep #behavior
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies🚨STOP SCROLLING, IT’S AN EMERGENCY BROADCAST📣 This message will self-destruct in 10…9…8…7…⏰ …now that I have your attention: 🧪Our new paper on Alerting Components in animal vocalization is out in AnimBehav🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AnimalBehaviour #Bioacoustics #Communication
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesExciting news!! Ecodylic Science, a startup project led by Jacob Davidson and myself at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, has been awarded €219,000 in Phase 2 funding from the MAX!mize incubator program @maximize-incubator.bsky.social More details here: tinyurl.com/4v3najcw.
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨
- 📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors! 📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de #neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesIs a PhD right for you? How should you prepare for this big step? Hear these answers from our IMPRS PhD students! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social Reminder that the application for IMPRS-QBEE 2026 is now open, apply now!! Deadline Oct 31 imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current youtube.com/shorts/d233A...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesIn the Guardian, Meg Crofoot weighs in (on behalf of wild animals) on our current obsession: healthy sleep. Piece by @sarahsloat.bsky.social @meg-crofoot.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies⭐PhD position available!⭐ Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesTake note, repost far and wide. The Dechmann Lab are hiring ✨
- PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right! tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr... Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community! DM me for questions!
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies3yr PDRA at @exeter.ac.uk with @york.ac.uk and Centre for Whale Research, studying how killer whale social relationships change with prey availability, partner loss and social info. A fantastic team & unique longterm dataset. Deadline 19 Oct! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/postdoctoral-research-associate
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesPhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right! tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr... Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community! DM me for questions!
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesHappy Birthday MaxCine 🎂 This October, MaxCine celebrates 15 years of inspiring young scientists. Join us to celebrate this achievement at the MAXCINE FESTIVAL: three days of science, art, ideas, and community. Come in person or participate online. Talks are FREE. Registrations are open👉 maxcine.de
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies🚨 Junior Research Fellow position (+possible PhD conversion) studying Emergent Collective Intelligence for Ephemeral Resource Tracking. Based with Akanksha Rathore at BITS Pilani (India) and including visits to Konstanz (Germany) to collaborate with us! Apply by 12 September. More info 👇
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesThe secret to shrew brain shrinkage? 🤔 Not cell loss, but water loss! Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯 Check the paper! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesJOB: Juniorprofessur ab 1.4.2026 (befristet 6 Jahre, da aus begrenzten Mitteln gestellt). Denomination: "Umweltethnologie" (Environmental Anthropology) an der @uni-konstanz.de. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 1. Oktober 2025! ✨ Alle Infos ⬇️ #Wissenschaft www.soziologie.uni-konstanz.de/beyer/aktuel...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesScientists discover the secret behind the shrew’s amazing ability to shrink their brains 🧠 The clever trick sheds unwanted weight without compromising too much on cognition. Find the 5-letter word 👇 Study by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Dechmann Lab #shrewcrew et al www.ab.mpg.de/743885/news_...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesDetail of two hyenas #SciArt @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Finished version of the hyenas, a new illustration of the series on behavior and movement of animals in their environment. See more below. #SciArt For @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesMELA — a short documentary on the Mating Ecology of Lek Breeding Antelope — takes you behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social research journey. This film reveals how science is done, shared, and lived: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4d...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesNew paper from my group led by Odd Jacobson, former PhD student & current postdoc @livingingroups.bsky.social : How do animal groups simultaneously balance between- and within-group competition in dynamic environments and does this impact movement and space use? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesBielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesHow can magellanic #penguins navigate tidal currents while balancing #EnergyEfficiency & foraging opportunities? This study reveals how they adaptively make S-shaped return paths to their colony, optimizing travel in complex oceanic flows @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/40nKyD4
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesNew paper out 🥳 The physiological costs of leadership in collective movements. - Trying to lead the group can be stressful, so it might not always be worth it!#openaccess at @currentbiology.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Led by @hanjabrrr.bsky.social, @damienfarine.bsky.social, and I, we combined ECG and GPS tracking from a whole group of vulturine guineafowl to show that collective movements, and especially attempting to lead under disagreement greatly increased Heart Rates. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesAnother good reason to read this paper by @pminasandra.bsky.social👇 It just won the "Best Paper Award" from @uni-konstanz.de Bio Dept 👏 Congrats to Pranav + team @livingingroups.bsky.social @meg-crofoot.bsky.social @arispeshkin.bsky.social @animal-sounds.bsky.social ▶️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- 🚨 Out this week in @pnas.org 🚨 The flagship paper from my PhD @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social - We show surprising statistical similarities in animal behaviour across states, individuals, and even species. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (🧵 1/10)
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesNotably, we identified what could be begging calls associated with nursing sessions — among the first documented in any baleen whale species 🐋🤱.
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesIf there is an optimal behavior, why is there so much variation in the world? We found that, for white storks, context is everything. @anflack.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044 🧵1/5
- We get chills looking at the illustrations @lazaroillustration.bsky.social created! The dynamism and true feel of the way he captures these animals' movement is amazing.
- The orangutans and bonobos are the first two illustrations of a series on behavior and movement of animals in their environment. #SciArt More coming soon! :) For @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesHey Camera Trappers 📸🐺🐗🦌🦅Snapshot Europe is back for 2025! Join us in deploying cameras this Sept-Oct. Help build a crucial snapshot of European biodiversity. Learn more & express interest here ▶️ app.wildlifeinsights.org/initiatives/... Spread the word and help expand our community across Europe🙏
- Live Updates: Sean Combs Acquitted of Sex Trafficking but Found Guilty on Lesser Charges www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07... z you on oi a o go zioohj,zuosohuO
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesThe greater the number of orangutans within 50 metres of an animal, the less time it spent sleeping at night or napping in the day go.nature.com/3Gnly7Y
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesGreat thread of the study, and you can see view the article in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...
- We know some animals nap. But do they do it to make up for lost sleep? Our joint study with Caroline Schuppli and the Suaq team dives deep into the sleep patterns of wild orangutans to find out their strategy for sleep homeostasis 🦧 💤 Paper @cellpress.bsky.social ▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🧵 1/8
- We know some animals nap. But do they do it to make up for lost sleep? Our joint study with Caroline Schuppli and the Suaq team dives deep into the sleep patterns of wild orangutans to find out their strategy for sleep homeostasis 🦧 💤 Paper @cellpress.bsky.social ▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🧵 1/8
- Using 14 years of focal follows we measured night + day sleep periods of wild adult orangutans at Suaq Balimbing, Sumatra. Orangutans make up for shorter nighttime sleep with next-day napping. When they do they nap, they add up to 10 mins of napping for every 1 hr of sleep lost the night before. 2/8
- We also found a relationship between average duration of daily naps and the number of naps taken: Shorter naps = more frequent naps. This suggests that perhaps napping orangutans needed to fulfill a certain sleep duration quota, and so would nap again if an earlier nap was too short. 3/8
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View full threadThis was a collaboration of EAS & Development and Evolution of Cognition from #mpiab + @uni-konstanz.de + Universitas Nasional in Indonesia. Our team: Alie Ashbury, Francois Lamarque, Andrea Permana, Tri Rahmaeti, David Samson, Suci Utami-Atmoko, @meg-crofoot.bsky.social @caroschuppli.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies📢New Publication Alert 📢 I’m proud to share a major milestone in my PhD journey. My first paper has officially been published: “Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons”. animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesIn the LATEST ISSUE of IBIS Cooperative and plural breeding by the precocial Vulturine Guineafowl | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Brendah Nyaguthii, Tobit Dehnen, James A. Klarevas-Irby, Danai Papageorgiou, Joseph Kosgey, Damien R. Farine | #ornithology
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesDaughters who have strong relationships with their fathers live longer in adulthood! Check out the latest paper from the Amboseli Baboon Project: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal Societies🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉 We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesGraduate meeting coming up in Leipzig this October! Great opportunity to hang out and science with your peers! 👯🔬
- 📢 Mark your calendars for the Joint Graduate Meeting of @ethoges.bsky.social and @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social! Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to showcase your research and network with peers! 📆 08.10. - 10.10.2025 🌍 Leipzig, Germany 🔗 tinyurl.com/GradMeetingA...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesNew PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesNematode towers that you can get to grow in lab using C. elegans. Maybe a new, tractable model system for studying self-organization in the lab. 🧪 "Towering behavior and collective dispersal in Caenorhabditis nematodes" by Perez et al. (2025, Current Biology) www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Ecology of Animal SocietiesAaah, the animal cognition that continues to cognize. Next stop=world leadership @lucymaplin.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/s...
