Maternal age and density shape offspring foraging strategies in a predatory mite
#Invertebrate #PhenotypicPlasticity

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Asymmetry in responsiveness to playback of geographic song variation after a recent range expansion in light-vented bulbuls
#Birdsong #Birds

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¡Contento de compartir nuestro nuevo artículo sobre el forrajeo de polen en Heliconius himera en @behavecol.bsky.social! 🦋🌼 Exploramos cómo hembras y muchos de H. himera difieren en el forrajeo de polen y rasgos sensoriales. 1/6🧵👇academic.oup.com/beheco/article/37/3/arag...

Sexual dimorphism in pollen foraging and sensory traits in Heliconius butterflies Male and female butterflies often face different ecological and sensory demands, yet how this shapes their foraging behaviour remains unclear. In Heliconiu

Excited to share our new paper on pollen foraging in Heliconius himera @behavecol.bsky.social! 🦋🌼
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We explored how female and male H. himera differ in pollen foraging & sensory traits. 1/6🧵👇

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Social and spatial boundaries can shape behavioral transmission of mud-ring feeding among bottlenose dolphins
#AnimalCulture #Sociality #Dolphin

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Temporal scale and conspecific density drive moonlight preferences of a nocturnal granivore
#Foraging #Mouse #Moonlight

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Ecological and behavioral determinants of sex-biased predation of katydid prey by a bat predator
#MateFinding #Insect #PredationRisk

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Navigating danger: how environmental cues and individual traits shape breeding dispersal in the endangered common eider
#Dispersal #Duck #Danger

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Body condition and acoustic noise modify female responses to uni and multimodal signals emitted by a male-mimicking robot frog
#MateChoice #Frog

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Check out the Editor's Choice from our January/February issue 2026
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📢New issue alert📢
Volume 37, Issue 2, March/April 2026 -> academic.oup.com/beheco/issue...

#AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour

Earwig mothers employ a suite of hygienic behaviors to defend their nest against microbial threats
#Insect #Hygiene #MaternalCare

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Diel effects on antipredator behavior: nuanced temporal effects in a dynamic landscape of fear
#PredationRisk #PreyBehavior

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Frequency masking drives species-specific temporal avoidance strategies in boreal songbirds
#AcousticSignal #AcousticCommunityInterference

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Only few days left! Don’t miss the deadline!! @behavecol.bsky.social

Don’t miss the deadline and take advantage of the early bird registration! @behavecol.bsky.social

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Social and ecological factors associated with innovation in urban sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita)
#SmartBird #ProblemSolving #UrbanEnvironments

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Last year, J. Endler published an inspiring essay in @behavecol.bsky.social on what we should be doing as behavioral ecologists 👉 doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf029. According to him, "we need to put Ecology back into Behavioural Ecology: we need to make a lot more use of Natural History" (1/5)

In a follow-up essay (also in @behavecol.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf125), P. Guevara-Fiore wrote about what it means to turn to Natural history in practice, particularly for scientists working in countries with limited research capacity and Early Career Researchers. (2/5)

A cross-taxonomic explanatory framework for mobbing behavior
#Framework #AntiPredatorBehaviour

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Landscapes of fearlessness revealed through hormonal responses to putatively risky places
#RiskRewardTradeoff #Mammal #HabitatUse

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It always feels special to see your study system on the cover of a journal! This time, the photo on the cover relates to a recent study led by L. Schlippe investigating whether the fungus that affects frogs worldwide interferes with their defensive coloration @klivvvienna.bsky.social
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Need something new to read? 📢 Here is the first issue of Behavioral Ecology in 2026: academic.oup.com/beheco/issue...

#AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour

Effects of seed mass on seed foraging behaviors of two sympatric rodent species
#SeedPredation #AcornMass #Rodents

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The oviposition of unfertilized eggs depends on the presence of potential mates in a kissing bug
#Invertebrate #Reproduction

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Behavioral Ecology Journal - New section on Replication Studies

We are pleased to announce a new section of @behavecol.bsky.social, Replication Studies, introduced to ensure the validity of research and help researchers shape robust theories on animal behaviors.

Learn more about this new section and how you can contribute: oxford.ly/4aHxDA5

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Reactions of captive adult great tits toward aposematic prey: effects of personality
#IndividualVariation #AnimalPersonality #Birds

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The value of close replications and how to get more of them: interview with Kate Laskowski Welcome to our latest interview with the author of a recent interesting paper. Today’s interview was conducted by email with behavioral ecologist Kate Laskowski, first author ofLaskowski et a…

Stoked about the new Replication Studies section in Behavioral Ecology? Me too!

Jeremy Fox over at Dynamic Ecology interviewed me about our recent commentary on this topic and I'd love to hear the community's thoughts!

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Chemical cues facilitate foraging across the water-land interface in a resident predatory fish
#TransitionalEcosystems #SensoryProcessing #MorayEel

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Personality variation in a marine snail and heterogeneous selection in natural populations
#AnimalPersonality #Invertebrate #NaturalSelection

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