Can chimpanzees prepare for mutually exclusive possibilities individually or collectively?
Check out our new paper in Phil Trans @royalsociety.org, led by @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social, and funded by @templetonworld.bsky.social!
And stay tuned for the next paper, clarifying the mechanism!
Come work with us!
Wide range of topics: #insect #emotions, #mantis stereo #vision and prey detection, insect active vision, cognition across species in the wild, bee reward perception, insect #attention.
If any of that appeals, get in touch! #fellowships #postdoc
(p.s. It's beautiful up North!)
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Job Alert ๐ข Join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist! Apply nowโก๏ธ www.bto.org/jobs
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTOโs climate change work!
๐ Application deadline: Sunday 26 April.
๐ ยฃ44,637 per annum.
๐ Hybrid, HQ in Norfolk or one of our country offices. #Ornithology
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Andddddd that's a wrap on #CO32026! A big thank you to all the presenters, both in talks and posters, to everyone who travelled to Montrรฉal, and, of course, to the amazing organizers who made this conference such a success. We are already looking forward to #CO32027! Can't wait to see you there!
๐ฃ Conference announcement ๐ฃ
The 53rd conference of the Czech and Slovak ethological society will take place from 5 to 8 November 2026 in Banskรก ล tiavnica, Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
More information and registration will be available in August.
Save the date! ๐๏ธ
#etodny26 #conference #animalbehaviour #ethology
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
Chaired by Dr. Tiago Monteiro, our #Canine #Symposium features novel methodology for studying behaviour and #Cognition. From touchscreens to mobile eye-tracking, this #CO32026 session highlights new age technology and new findings in canine #ComparativeCongnition. ๐งช
#AnimalBehavior #DogCognition
Dog watching experimenter photo: Ludwig Huber & Karin Bayer, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria.
Smiling dog photo: Ellen Furlong
How do #Dogs understand us? The #CanineCognition session explores perspective taking and cue use to self-control and emotional processes, investigating both the strengths and limits of how dogs think and learn. #CO32026 ๐ถ ๐งช
#AnimalBehavior #DogBehavior
Had a blast attending for the first time #CO32026! ๐ฆ
Thanks for giving me the time to speak about our dogs and to everyone who organized such a wonderful conference! @compcogsoc.bsky.social
New ๐ฆ ๐ญ paper in @psychscience.bsky.social
We continue to ask simple questions that are hard to answer
"Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability"
Bonus: Rasch models in the supplement ๐ค
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In the #CO32026 EDI event this evening, these resources were shared:
โข 5calls.org
โข www.goodsuniteus.com
โข resist.bot
โข turnup.us
โข tmt.newtactics.org
โข Volunteer for a local organization
โข Write a letter of a support for someone in your institution
๐ง Join this hybrid event advancing LGBTQIA+ inclusion in science!| ๐ Led by the Institute of Psychology at the University of Frankfurt, together with the ALBA Network and NeuroCure at Charitรฉ Berlin, this event brings together researchers, policymakers and advocates to explore intersectionality and strengthen inclusion in psychology and #neuroscience. ๐ฌ Featuring key insights and community perspectives, including insights from the ALBA global LGBTQIA+ climate survey. ๐ค Focused on allyship, visibility and supporting early-career scientists while building stronger networks across Europe. ๐๏ธ 24 April 2026 ๐๏ธ 09:00 - 13:00 CEST ๐ป Hybrid event | ๐ Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany ๐ Be part of the conversation and join the event here: https://www.alba.network/alba-neurocure-event ๐ญ Interested in reading the ALBA study? ๐ Read it here: https://www.alba.network/lgbtqia-climate-survey
๐ง Join this hybrid event advancing LGBTQIA+ inclusion in science!
๐๏ธ 24 April 2026
๐๏ธ 09:00 - 13:00 CEST
๐ป Hybrid event | ๐ Frankfurt, Germany
๐ Be part of the conversation and join the event here: buff.ly/MGuwcuZ
New PhD alert! We'll be applying animal welfare ideas to look at how stress affects bees, looking at the effect on bee brains with @lenariab.bsky.social, and working with @sensibee.bsky.social developing new monitoring methods.
Please spread the word! #bees #PhD ๐งช
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New postdoc opportunity: Weโre looking for an independently-minded postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate in biogeography, ecology, environmental science or a related field to join our Leverhulme Trust funded project studying urban sensory pollution. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhD
Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms
๐ขFully-funded #PhD opportunity with us
โQuantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world
๐ฅJoint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity
๐19th April deadline
tinyurl.com/343acaev
#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia
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People are talking about how to detect AI writing, so just reposting this excellent essay by @marcusolang.substack.com "I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT. Chat GPT writes like me." -- absolutely essential reading.
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
๐ขWebinar alert๐ข
Join Dr Rebekah Humphreys for a thought-provoking talk on shared language, interspecies trust, and ethics - inspired by Vicki Hearne's work. Donโt miss this fascinating exploration and tune in!
โฐ 5 pm CEST
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April 13th
๐ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Job ๐จ Please share!!
We have a teaching track faculty opening in our undergraduate behavioral biology program at Johns Hopkins University
Teaching animal behavior plus self-developed courses
facultyjobs.jhu.edu/Positions/De...
@jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
The inimitable Amalia Bastos is accepting applications for PhD students, through @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
4-year funding is available for students with the right to work in the UK: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
Awesome project, dreamy place, stellar mentor
Motivation in cognitive tests and its outcome on test performance in pigs
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I have a new PhD position available on any topic related to musicality or animal communication that aligns well with our current research programs. Deadline March 31: oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=795a...
For more info about my Musicality and Bioacoustics group: oeaw.ac.at/en/ari/resea...
For decades biologists assumed ravens follow wolves to their kills.
Our paper @science.org shows something different: ravens rarely follow wolves far. Instead they remember areas where wolf kills are common and return to themโsometimes from >150 km away.
doi.org/10.1126/science.adz9467
๐ทDan Stahler
Adapted from Axelsson et al. 2013 Fig 2c: Histogram showing the distribution of diploid amylase copy number in wolf (n=35, blue) and dog (n=136, red). Dogs carry more copies of the starch-digesting gene AMY2B than wolves. Additional copies make dogs better than wolves at digesting starchy foods like grains & vegetables.
Dogs evolved to eat your leftovers! Comparing dog & wolf genomes revealed dogs have up to 30 EXTRA copies of the amylase gene (AMY2B) that helps digest starch. This is a key genomic signature of living alongside humans & table scraps for thousands of years ๐ www.nature.com/articles/nat... #2026MMM
Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.
Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org:
Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partnerโs incentives.
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama!
Three positions, each including salary & a research budget.
Applications due April, 15th.
DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us!
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Application review begins in one week (Mar 16)!
(Review will continue until all spots are filled.)
So cool! Well done ๐
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How your email finds meโฆ (h/t @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social)
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