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📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 – 1 week to go!📣
Join us Tuesday 28 April at 2pm GMT to listen to Dr. Anna Dornhaus @dornhaus.bsky.social on “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference”🐜🐝
📍Live on YouTube→ www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...
📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 📣
Our first seminar of the year is coming up fast! 🐜🐝
🎥 Check out this teaser! Come listen to Dr. Anna Dornhaus ( @dornhaus.bsky.social ) to hear about “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference”
📆 Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 2pm GMT
📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...
💡 Free & open to all – no registration needed!
As a reminder, this event is free, no registration required.
📣SEMINAR SERIES 2026📣
Our 1st seminar of this year !
📆Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 2pm GMT on Youtube: Dr. Anna Dornhaus (@dornhaus.bsky.social) on “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference” 🐜
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...
🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social is out!
From vision to interdisciplinary science, navigating new fields, dealing with rejection, and finding your own path ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1DGh...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemB...
Last month, the government announced changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), a scheme which pays farmers and land managers to adopt or maintain environmentally sustainable land management practices ⚠️🐝
Find out what the changes mean for farmers and bumblebees: https://ow.ly/Xo4750YybxE
Have you ever wondered how bumblebees collect pollen? 🌻
👑💼 Queen and worker bumblebees have pollen baskets – stiff hairs on a bald, flattened leg. A bumblebee mixes the pollen with nectar and glues the mixture onto the hind leg.
🔎🐝 Great Yellow bumblebee
📷 Pieter Haringsma
2025 saw bumblebees bounce back from 2024’s worst year on record. But, for many species, numbers are still below average🚨
The latest findings from BeeWalk shows:
⚠️5 species declined even further
📉15 species are below average
📊2 rare species had promising numbers
Read on: https://ow.ly/rPgn50YtjhB
OpenAI agreed to help Trump spy on you, and agrees to help Hegseth build killer AI robots. And they “donated”
a ton of $$ to Trump. If you need to use AI, other options out there. #BoycottChatGPT
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Median amount of time spent under review is 7.4–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles and the differences remain significant after controlling for several factors - analysis of >36.5 million articles in >36,000 journals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Signez la pétition pour convaincre la Commission européenne de changer d’avis sur My Voice, My Choice. Selon des infos non officielles, le projet de réponse a une attitude négative. Décision le 26 février. Il est encore temps. Signez et partagez app.sosha.ai/s/pzsVFBJI
🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy (@avispatica.bsky.social) is out!
Becoming a P.I., building a lab culture, navigating academia as an international researcher and more ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/24sj...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iswt...
📢 Missed Amir Patel’s plenary at #ABL2025 ?
“Studying Cheetahs Through the Lens of Robotics” is now available on replay, exploring how robotics helps us understand animal locomotion 🐆🤖
▶️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwNY...
🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Amir Patel (UCL) is out!
From engineering to animal behaviour & robotics, cheetahs, career advice, Global South research, and finding your unique strengths ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/13uO...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWu...
Palestine action
UCU is deeply concerned by the length of time people connected to alleged actions involving Palestine Action are being held on remand.
Read the full statement 👇
New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested in open, reliable & transparent science in ecology & evolution?
Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social!
Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/
📣 The plenary talk by Sabrina Amador-Vargas today at 10 PM GMT is maintained! 📣
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we initially thought that her talk might not be possible. Fortunately, everything is now resolved, and the session will take place as planned. 📆
We look forward to seeing you there! 😊
Don't forget that you can watch the sessions on replay if you missed it ! 😊
It seems our website is having technical issues and is down for some participants. We are sorry about this ! 😓🌐
Alternatively you can check the email with instructions 💌
We highly encourage you to join Discord! We share all the information at the time you need it 🙌
🌍🎉 The online conference #ABL2025 has officially started!
You can find all the information you need, including links and instructions, on the “How to attend” page of our ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org website (after registration), or in the email sent to participants.
We can’t wait to see you online! 💻✨
(part 2)
The program of day 2 of #ABL2025 is here!
Another exciting lineup of plenaries, talks, poster sessions and exchanges on animal behaviour 🦋🐙
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
🚨Don’t miss it, it’s the last day to register! 🚨
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Program day 1 session 1
Program day 1 session 2
Program day 1 session 3
Day 1 of #ABL2025 is packed!💚
From inspiring plenaries to research talks and lively discussions, here’s what to expect on 13 Nov 👇
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
🔗 Register now: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Stay tuned for the program of Day 2 tomorrow! 🌍
🎬 Take a peek inside our #ABL2025 Discord!
Our Discord server will be the heart of #ABL2025 , with channels for info, social chats, side events, workshops, posters & Q&A for every talk.
Join the conversation ➡️ register now to get access! You still have a few days.
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Only 5 days left to register! ⏰
Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science.
📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Are you interested in learning more about how you can get involved as a scientist to make your voice heard in our democracy? This might be an opportunity of interest then - an online training for scientists and how they can stand up for democracy! Happening Nov 20
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