📣 EvolDir is now managed by @eseb.bsky.social!
We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to @rdmpage.bsky.social who ran this account until now 👏
You can now find evoldir here: evoldir.net
www.nature.com/articles/d41... it's about time that we really recognise the teamwork inherent in good science and support these careers properly. Am thinking of so many friends and colleagues who left science when they got to the stage where they were supposed to be group leader.
Screenshot of article Animal Behaviour Volume 234, April 2026, 123517 Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta Sandro Sehner, Fanomezana Ratsoavina, Claudia Fichtel
🐼Lemurs! 🖊️Social learning! 🫂Tolerance! 🌐Diffusion analysis!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123517
Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data.
Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social structure as a form of collective intelligence
In our framework, we argue that social structure is a form of collective intelligence shaped by and shaping individual decision-making
Out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org w/ J Brooker, E van Leeuwen royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Post-doc opportunity in raptor conservation at The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in Cape Town, South Africa - with @megmurg.bsky.social and me.
South African Citizen or have a valid work visa.
science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/...
#Ornithology #RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
I'm so honored to have received this award in memory of Frans de Waal for my PhD thesis! His work (and briefly working with him) truly shaped my scientific thinking and research.
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
PLS RT📣
Two Postdoc jobs at #mpaib with Serena Ding on collective behavior of worms
(Never seen a "wormuration"? That's them in green)
🪱 social dynamics of collective dispersal: bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/2...
🪱 sensory ecology of worm towers: bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/7...
Cattle encounter gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the study area in California's Sierra Nevada. Top: A B. taurus bull and a member of the Lassen Wolf Pack (Canis lupus). Bottom: A first calf heifer (B. taurus) and a member of the Lassen Wolf Pack. Image credit: K.W. Tate and T.L. Saitone.
New paper out in Ecology & Evolution! 🐺🐄 We were invited to collaborate on this project based on the McCowan-Vandeleest lab’s work using hair cortisol as a welfare indicator in non-human primates — a method we’re now bringing to a very different species and ecology. 🧵 1/8 @vanditto.bsky.social
Dwarf mongoose group in South Africa
Zebra finches on wire in Australia
⏰Time running out - deadline 19th April - to apply for funded #PhD:
🪶Quantifying animal movement patterns & behavioural interactions in a changing world
👥Joint with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #SimonGriffith #MacquarieUniversity
#modelling #birds #mammals #Australia
ℹ️ tinyurl.com/343acaev
Sobering and depressing story about the awful conditions faced by several international students, and how this stems from the terrible politics behind university fees and immigration.
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
📢 Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are now OPEN #SORTEE2026
Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 7th via sortee.org/upcoming
SORTEE members can attend for free. Join us sortee.org/join/
🌺 PhD position in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology! 🌺
There is about two weeks left to apply to come work with me on the evolution of plant reproductive strategies at @unifr.bsky.social ! Contact me or visit here or for more info: tinyurl.com/monoecy
Please share! 🌱
Conclusion is cool: "Mother-offspring conflict peaks during rest periods, not during feeding as observed in more active species. This finding suggests that conflict concentrates whenever maternal activities are most critical to the mother's own well-being." link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How to be a science sleuth:
Research integrity experts share their tips for spotting and reporting fraudulent papers
Rupali Dabas writes @chemistryworld.com
Featuring @smutclyde.bsky.social , @deevybee.bsky.social, Nick Wise, Jack Wilkinson, Anna Pendlebury, and me.
In this study of behavioural syndromes in giant pandas 🐼, proactive pandas had lower stress hormone levels 📈 and were better at exploring and problem solving💡. These findings can help identify pandas best suited for reintroduction and translocation.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Call for applications for a Collective Behaviour Field Course in the Kalahari organised by swarm member Vlad! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity 💪
Black-capped capuchins (Sapajus apella) are native to northern South America. They cleverly craft rocks and sticks into tools to open hard nut shells. Sometimes females pelt rocks at males to capture their attention—also a form of tool use. Widespread with no general population risks.
Two great postdoc opportunities with @eesaupe.bsky.social in Oxford on macroecology/extinction/conservation through a paleobiological lens
Description of the field position and duties
Job Alert 🚨: We are looking for field assistants to join our research projects in South Africa studying chacma baboons. Expenses coved. Please get in touch if interested and share widely. See attached advert 👇
@tylerbonnell.bsky.social
Fully funded PhD position on primate parochialism! Study how cooperation within groups and conflict between groups evolve in red-fronted lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. @kirindy.bsky.social & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu
Looking for a postdoc? Letter of Intent deadline for the Human Frontiers postdoc fellowship is in early May!
www.hfsp.org/funding/hfsp...
My husband had one of these and they were a great funder to work with.
Get in touch if you think I/my lab might be a good fit for your research ideas!
🚨Job alert!🚨 The Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS announces 2 junior Professor (W1) positions:
A W1 Tenure track Professorship in Evolutionary Modelling (shorturl.at/FN102) and a W1 Professorship (non Tenure-track) in Primatology (shorturl.at/sH0Mk)
Deadline: April 6 2026! Please share! 🔄
📢 Another #jobalert from the new Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS, University of Tübingen. 💼
Independent Junior Group Leader in Ethics Laboratory.
📅Deadline: April 6th, 2026
🔗 Link:
shorturl.fm/EXRxc
Please forward to interested potential candidates!🔄
Job alert! Loughborough University is advertising a three-year Research Associate position in Political Theory as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment’ (managed by Dr. Guy Aitchison).
Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...
We have two full bursaries available to Early Career Researchers and PhD students from least developed, low & lower middle-income countries to attend and present in our summer conference in London. Find out more at our conference website. Deadline 20th April
centreforwildfires.org/leverhulme-w...
Post-doc opportunity on comparative cognition and movement dynamics in corvids with the brilliant Prof Debbie Kelly at the University of Manitoba
UCL's Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment invites Early Career Researchers for fellowship applications. Deadline: April 30, 2026. Details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gee #postdoc
New postdoc position on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in arctic-breeding seabirds. Field sites in coastal Norway and Svalbard. Advisors will be Veerle Jaspers and Bjørn Monroe at NTNU in collaboration with ecologists at NINA. Application deadline 26 April 2026. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
