Hope they are ok, it’s so worrying when they are ill!

“formal procedures obscure the work that actually produces their outcomes” I love this quote - so true. As is another from
The same article “A worker who understands what they are doing can exercise judgment the institution cannot govern”. Managerialism does not want workers who use their judgment.

Seeking a motivated postdoc (2+3 yrs) to study links between cognition, behavior, and fitness in lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. Join an interdisciplinary team working on wild populations. @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu

While people feel the foundations of their lives are shaking, this deep crisis will continue | Clive Lewis The partisan debate since the Gorton and Denton byelection risks blinding us to the truth. People are rejecting wholesale the way our politics has developed, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

Agree with much of this, even if difficult to implement. But if people are not to lose faith with politics, something beeds to chnage www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Possibly worst picture even of a wren, but it was singing on the tree outside my (dirty) window while I was having a cup of tea. How cool is that !

Fully funded PhD position with Yuri Kawaguchi at NTU (and Claire Witham at MRC) - join us! @yurikawaguchi.bsky.social

🚨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

Even the #tarantula got into the #Xmas spirit

The most amazing Xmas outreach by our technical staff for a school visit @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social All the inverts had their special Christmas decorations. I was so amazed! Well done Ness and Odie!

Last talk before the AGM! Can ultrasonic noise impact foraging in species that use echo location?! The results are not yet clear but seem to point in that direction 🦇🦗 #ASABWinter2025 @asab.org @asab-meetings.bsky.social

Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Biological market monitoring and manipulation in social animals at Unive... PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Biological market monitoring and manipulation in social an...

Heading to #Edinburgh for @asab.org Winter Conference. Can't wait to hear about exciting research, meet new folk & catch up with old friends.

Seek me out to talk about #AnimalBehaviour journal or these #PhD #opportunities:

tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
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@asab-meetings.bsky.social

JOB ALERT! 🦜🔭🌿
Are you passionate about #Birds, #Ecology, #Fieldwork, #Research?
The University of Salford is looking for a #ResearchTechnician to assist with ecological monitoring of #Ringneckedparakeets in Manchester, UK.
More info & how to apply 👇
Hurry! Closes 15 Dec
@salforduni.bsky.social

Grants - Equine Welfare Research Foundation - The Hong Kong Jockey Club Grants - Equine Welfare Research Foundation - The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Hong Kong Jockey Club, equine welfare research, PhD funding support [Application Period: 1 December 2025–31 January 2026]: www.hkjcequinewelfare.org.hk/en/grants#Tr... Feel free to get in touch via email if this might be of interest.

🦀🌱 BioBlitz Day: 10 Dec 2025!
Join researchers from the @plymuni.bsky.social and the Ocean Conservation Trust at the University of Plymouth Marine Station to explore the incredible invertebrates living in Plymouth Sound’s seagrass restoration sites. FREE event. Registration essential.

PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...

Amazing visit to Wales, beautiful autumn colours. Also gorgeous dogs - Basil, Banjo and Wilson

Staff from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social ready for Thursday’s graduation of Zoology and Conservation Biology students. Quite a mixed set of gowns, special mention to Anne Plessis French military university outfit, complete with sword. You can work out which one she is!

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...

Very cool graphics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A new IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas report, co-authored by WCS and launched at #IUCNcongress, offers compelling case studies on how to achieve large-scale conservation in an increasingly complex world. bit.ly/478ALTS

Given the horrible state of many, many thing at the moment! Here is a little moment of joy as expressed by Basil, my dog. #springbatt #dog in case it isn’t clear he is a springer spaniel x basset - complete accident!

🌍🦋 Across 6 continents, 21 sites & 15,000 paper moths, we joined a worldwide experiment led by @wlallen.bsky.social & Iliana Medina, showing how ecological context shapes the evolution of animal colouration.

Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Interesting article, and not at all surprising!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My terrible attempt to capture a lovely little nuthatch. I only had my phone, but it was so lovely to see it. #HamWoods #Plymouth #bird #nuthatch

New facilities enable scientists and students to answer key questions around sustainable food production University of Plymouth news: The Marie Lebour Marine Biology Research Facility will enable the University to both continue, and expand on, its...

Through funding from #ResearchEngland and @plymuni.bsky.social, #CRISPS has opened the new Marie Lebour Marine Research Facility and our eDNA & Metabarcoding facility!

#foodproduction #aquaculture #eDNA #metabarcoding #eDNAsequencing 🧪

www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/new-fac...

Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

Opportunities — ASAB

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job

More details: www.asab.org/opportunities

PLEASE share widely.

Some beautiful moths from the Phil’s moth trap in Harrowbarrow, Cornwall, this morning. Definitely worth getting up early for.

Wonderful day yesterday doing a recce on Drakes Island off the coast of Plymouth, to see how easy it would be for a Bioblitz exercise for our students. Fabulous cormorant nesting site and lots of lovely inverts busy on the plants.