The Anti-Intellectualism of Silicon Valley Elites I recently re-read Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, and now every time a reactionary Silicon Valley billionaire opens his mouth, I think about it. So I wrote about it for Th...

Great stuff from @espiers.bsky.social:

Emotional Contagion of Positive Mood in Insects | Request PDF Request PDF | Emotional Contagion of Positive Mood in Insects | A recent study provided evidence for emotional contagion in bumble bees, thus raising questions about the evolutionary origins of emotio...

Our comment on the recent paper by Romero-Gonzalez et al. (2025) on positive affective contagion in bumblebees 🐝 is now available to read : www.researchgate.net/publication/...

We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see YouTube video by ITV News

Some of the most worrying impacts of nature loss weren’t disclosed to the public.

This is a must watch and makes clear what’s at stake if we fail to commit to urgent action for nature. 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DZ...

Why Non-invasive Animal Studies Should Seek Ethical Review - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Internationally, there are inconsistencies between national, state and territory Codes, Acts and Regulations on the definition of animal and animal use for scientific purposes, particularly for non-in...

Why Non-invasive Animal Studies Should Seek Ethical Review - link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Anthropogenic change and the loss of behavioural diversity Abstract. Behavioural diversity is an important but understudied facet of biodiversity that enables wildlife populations to cope with rapidly changing envi

Paper by @bbmwong.bsky.social and co out today in
@royalsociety.org on how anthropogenic change reduces behavioral diversity.
Part of our (@michaelgbertram.bsky.social @marleetucker.bsky.social) Special Feature: Wildlife behavior and movement ecology in a human-dominated world
tinyurl.com/behav-div

Behavioural ecology in the twenty-first century - Nature Ecology & Evolution This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and tackling global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptat...

This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptation to optimizing biocontrol of pest species www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Free to read: rdcu.be/eRKbv

Cultural Differences and Interdependencies in Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and Their Psychological Antecedents Across 63 Countries Climate change research, like much of social science, is biased toward WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations, limiting its global relevance. Even cross-national stud...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Animals' "landscape of fear" gets weird when people enter the equation Despite the risk of becoming roadkill, squirrels act like it's safer closer to noisy roads.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/10/anim...

Road noise can actually make squirrels feel safer, new study finds Human disturbance has a significant impact on the behavior and habitat use of urban wildlife; however, in some situations, urban gray squirrels may actually feel safer from predators where our activit...

phys.org/news/2025-10...

🚨Please circulate🚨 The #BritishCarnivoreProject has a #free booklet, entitled Urban Tails, to help young people (ages 9-14) engage with #nature. It includes #stories, #outdoor activities, and other fun #educational materials. 🦊🏙️🌳🍃Download here: www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...

Facts Are Not Enough: Science Communication and Audience Emotions YouTube video by Xerces Society

If you missed my webinar about how to communicate science in difficult times, here's the recording! Link to references in 🧵 youtu.be/7lOI3wFNMrQ?...

I’m working on a project related to teaching animal behaviour online. Looking for resources relating to ethics and use of secondary resources, such as online videos of animals for behaviour research. E.g, use of social media videos. Any suggestions?

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

It's time for the Royal Society to revoke Elon's fellowship. Surely Nazi salutes are against the Code of Conduct?

@deevybee.bsky.social's blogpost from Nov last year is evergreen ⬇️

deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

Reminder that there is a special issue in #AnimalBehaviourJournal based on the theme of #ASABWinter2024 : Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour !

You don’t need an invite, but do feel free to send an email to check that your topic is fits 😄📧

Due by June 13

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

So many beautiful posters at #asabwinter2024 - just look at this amazing artwork by the lead author Joanna Brebner 🎨🖌️ the implications of diverse sensory systems in scientific experimentation
#animalsenses #sensoryperception

a man wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections Alt: David from Schitts creek wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections

We’ve listed a few starter packs that we thought might be interesting to our members/researchers in animal behaviour. Feel free to add on to the thread if you have more suggestions! 🦍🦒🐐🐕🐑🐋🐍🦗

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ecoevojobs.net 2024-25

📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...