Thank you very much 🥰

Image of a blue tit and a nest with anthropogenic materials in the background of an urban rural gradient.

Thrilled to share that our new paper on urban-rural nest composition in Blue Tits is now published. Fitter urban parents might be selecting anthropogenic material as a sexual phenotype.

🔗 Read it here: riviste.unimi.it/index.php/av...

Grants — Wild Animal Initiative We have an open call for proposals on all grant types. Learn how to apply.

📢 #CFP: Wild Animal Initiative is accepting grant applications for projects studying wild animal welfare.

🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.

🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science

Thank you so much:)

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I'm incredibly grateful to have been awarded the Bangor City Council Bursary and the M-Sparc Match Fund in support of my research on soundscapes and human well-being (primarily the use of directed listening).

Read more below-

£2,000 Bursary Available – Master by Research (MRes) on Nature Sounds and Human Wellbeing @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

To Apply-
Contact w.fleming@bangor.ac.uk with

1) CV,

2) Personal Statement (500 words)

3) Details of two academic referees. Before 5pm 30th of April.

Turbocharging the race to protect nature and climate with AI Rebalancing the planet must happen faster. Cambridge researchers are using AI to help.

Our project using AI to collate global literature at scale is so exciting and successful. The evidence-based conservation co-pilot is comparable to skilled humans. Is clearly the future of evidence synthesis. Am in awe of our skilled collaborators.
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-a...

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So true. As someone in comments said: 'get the clay on the table'.

PhD position: Behavioural and ecological determinants of social strategies in great tits

Hi all, new to Blue Sky, so let me start with sharing a #PhD position @w-u-r.bsky.social that is still open for a few days (2 Dec). Come join our Behavioural Ecology Group! #Birds #Social #Behaviour search.app?link=https%3...

Female mate choice, genetic effects, and the diverse reproductive strategies of live-bearing and egg-laying lizards

Funded PhD position to join our team; open to all! Chance to study reproduction & age in lizards - field & molecular approaches🦎🧬 Contact me asap w/ interest. Deadline for international applicants 9 Dec; UK applicants by Dec 19. Details at iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships... pls reblue resky(?) retweet

Bangor has the best evening getaways, the snowy Cwm Idwal after a day of reading.

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