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- Delighted that a #trumpetfish has made the 🌟cover🌟 of @royalsocietypublishing.org journal #ProceedingsB. Read about how these predatory #fish hide against similarly coloured non-threatening species to #camouflage on the move in our #OpenAccess article: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #behaviour #marine
- Long-tailed #Macaques use tactical deception too! 👀🐒 Dominants sneak hair-pulls to reinforce status – either from behind or during friendly contact. Fascinating peek at social smarts beyond humans. 🧠✨ #Behaviour 🔗 Read more in #OpenAccess: brill.com/view/journal...
- New #OpenAccess research from @tbuescher.bsky.social et al. in #RESPhysEnt reports on the postembryonic development of the predatory strike mechanics in a #PrayingMantis (Insecta: #Mantodea) doi.org/10.1111/phen.70032 #Behaviour #Kinematics #Physiology
- Today’s #thoughtlet is about #culture and #behaviour. Culture is formed in everyday moments: behaviour that goes unchallenged; unfair decisions that remain uncontested; standards that slip because addressing them is uncomfortable. Over time, these moments become the norm, not the exception.
- 🚨 Last week to apply! The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize closes Jan 15. For recent PhD grads working on #Behaviour, #Cognition or #Evolution. Winner announced at #CBEN2026. More information here: bsky.app/profile/wend... Submit now or nominate someone today! @copan-leiden.bsky.social
- 📣 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
- 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.
- 👋to @josharbon.bsky.social who has completed a truly outstanding #NERC-funded postdoc investigating #pre-emptive #behaviour in relation to #intergroup #conflict 👏 Loads of exciting #research, new #methods learned & an awe-inspiring level of help provided to others 🥇 Good luck in #Cambridge, Josh
- #MongooseMonday time 👏 Dwarf mongooses battle rival #groups for #territory space Intergroup #conflict drives changes in #behaviour (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...) Surprisingly, intergroup threat is positively related to #reproductive success (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...) #bioacoustics #mammals #war
- 📣 🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT: issue 5 of 2025 is now complete! All content open access here: vist.ly/4cxmj Cover depicting a rock partridge pair featuring Bernard-Laurent et al: vist.ly/4cxmn Cover 📷 Jean Guillet #ornithology #birds #research #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses
- Last week our MSc student Karl Gehrig gave an update about his MSc thesis on how #butterflies change their #behaviour depending on their thermal preferences preferences. His work is supervised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social who leads our research theme of #thermalecology. Well done, Karl!
- IN-DEPTH: Read the blogpost about how anti-predator behaviour in red kite parents changes in relation to food availability. ➡️ vist.ly/47a8p #ornithology #birds #RaptorResearch #behaviour #reproduction 🪶 @vogelwarte.bsky.social
- 📢 New paper out! 🌊🦀 Environmentally realistic #microplastic concentrations show limited effects on #behaviour & #physiology of green crab lineages 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @fplima.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @gerardozardi.bsky.social @univlille.bsky.social #pollution
- ✨Out Now✨ The outcome of my 1st ever #guppy experiment (from 2021!) w @ccioannou.bsky.social & @jtroscianko.bsky.social We asked: How detectable are guppies to visual predators under different env. conditions?👇 academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... #ISBE #fish #behaviour @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🧵1/9
- 🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.
- 📣 🚨 Issue 3 of 2025 is now complete! You can find all articles here: vist.ly/3n898kz Cover depicting a Eurasian spoonbill, featuring the article by Ferreira et al: vist.ly/3n898m4 📷 Hugo Ferreira #ornithology #OpenAccess #birds #research #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses
- Behavioural diversity in animals threatened by #biodiversity decline. In @science.org, @ammiekalan.bsky.social @uvic.ca & Lydia Luncz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social emphasise the urgent need to develop strategies for preserving animal cultural #behaviour. tinyurl.com/569u66sv & doi.org/10.1126/scie...
- Season's greetings from the JAB editorial office! #ornithology #ecology #evolution #behaviour #birds #science #openaccess @NordicOikos
- 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
