Come work at the Bristol Baby Lab! Postdoc recruitment starting soon; read up and get in touch with relevant people now. (I’m not involved in recruitment, but always happy to informally chat about what the Bristol developmental psychology scene is like.)
Couldn’t agree more! Asking “how does it sound?” is perhaps the least interesting question with regards to language.
I was actually joking to someone at a workshop recently about whale farts - if these impressive “vowel sounds” were produced from an animal’s butt would that still be “language”? Pressure moving through pipes - any sort of pipe, living or not - can make an impressive range of noises…
The Cognitive Tools Lab at Stanford (cogtoolslab.github.io) is recruiting two new research staff members to join in AY 26-27.
Full-Time Lab Manager: forms.gle/UVwfx5wbY9Km....
IRiSS Predoc Researcher: iriss.stanford.edu/predoc/2026-....
Please share widely in your networks, thank you!!
Our institute @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social starting a new Masters program with the University of Leipzig. If you are a bachelors student graduating soon, and would like to get involved with our research during you MSc, consider applying :) www.uni-leipzig.de/en/studying/...
Super news,
Congratulations!! 🙌 x
📣📣Abstract deadline extended!
While we've received a number of abstracts already, we've decided to extend the submission deadline to 30 April.
For more information about the conference, or to submit your abstract, visit our ECBB page!
www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
Join us for the European Conference for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) 1-4 September 2026, Cambridge, UK!
I'm thrilled to be giving a keynote talk on social cognition in a human world. Submissions for oral/poster presentations close 30 April. www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
I’m not sure orange is my colour, but the abundance of tigers is very pleasing!
Philosophers with an interest in animal welfare - call for abstracts now open for what promises to be a great workshop at Duke University. We welcome any work relating to the nature, measurement, and/or moral significance of animal welfare. Applications close June 1.
law.duke.edu/laweconomics...
Princeton University in the spring! ☀️ 🎓🏛️ Was really cold for a while, but now things are looking up.
A Wes Anderson style shot of this morning’s commute…
Tell me you are lecturing in an old chemistry lecture theatre without telling me…
How and why does cognition vary so greatly between individuals and species? In @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, we propose the "Predatory Intelligence Hypothesis" which posits that the cognitive challenges associated with predator–prey interactions drive a cognitive co-evolutionary arms race
rdcu.be/e5KIj
Join us for the second Wild Talks event of the year, hosted by @lucycooke.bsky.social, to celebrate the pioneering women who shaped ZSL's history, and those who continue to tackle conservation challenges today 🌍 Book your free ticket for 10th March now: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...
🐠 I’m hosting a paid summer research internship at Oxford on how fish communicate to manage cooperation and conflict 🐠
It’s part of UNIQ+ which is open to UK undergraduates from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
ℹ️ More info & apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
⏰ Deadline: 18 Feb
The #BiologyLetters Early Career Researcher Competition is back for 2026! You must be an #ECR to enter and submit your paper by 31 March 2026 for the chance to win £1000. Two runners-up will also receive £500 each. Find out more: ow.ly/aCgx50UCo2H #EarlyCareerResearchers
🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...
6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata
@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
🐬 And we are taking a ‘deeper dive’ into flow next year!
Thank you to Shivani Patel, my incredible undergrad students, and collaborators far and wide for making 2025 the year we levelled up this research.
🐀 We’ve been busy designing and programming new games…. tangible and digital.
🐒 We got overwhelmed by big data sets but started to learn how to cope with them.
🎙️ We’ve spoken on podcasts, to book authors, and at conferences.
We’ve had fun in the Bristol Psychology & Neuroscience Comparative Challenge Lab in 2025. 🧵
🎲 We’ve been zoning into games as tools to study the relationship between animal cognition and emotion. lnkd.in/euyDE3D3
🎮 We published research on time distortion during human flow state. lnkd.in/e-satPgt
I wouldn’t expect anything less Andy - you are an inspiration to me!
🚨 Our new paper is out!! A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework 🐾💚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ASAB is coming to Bristol!!!
A short but very sweet trip to Oxford to round off the year. Thanks to Beth Mortimer and colleagues for sharing their fascinating seismic sound work, which is a different flavour of bioacoustics for me. I’m taking photos of the gorgeous new building and the cube mics back to Bristol with me!!
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
In the immortal words of Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, “Life Finds a Way” but he was talking about evolution, not rapid climate change.
I don’t work with wildlife in situ much these days - I’ve been focussed on ex situ populations for many years. But today, I did reflect on a some human-baboon conflict work in Cape Town I was involved in, and how we haven’t seemed to get past the issue of how animals cope with our rubbish!
Just gave a lecture on how animals behaviouraly adapt (or not!) to human-induced rapid enviro. change. I really depressed myself & the class! Yes, cockatoos have learned to open bins and raccoons can thrive in cities, but urban adaptors are rare and animals shouldn’t need to adapt to our garbage.
Shades of blue and red in a slice through an immuno stained brain showing some deliciously lovely looking mushroom body lobes - ripe for investigation during a funded PhD - and the central complex. Image credit: Dr Max Farnworth
🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...