Anthropogenic change and the loss of behavioural diversity Abstract. Behavioural diversity is an important but understudied facet of biodiversity that enables wildlife populations to cope with rapidly changing envi

What are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social

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Check out new paper led by @jackmanera.bsky.social on impacts of noise pollution. @monashscience.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab

A big congratulations to Dr Gabriela Melo (co-supervised with A/Prof Matt Hall and Dr Jake Martin) on her graduation day 🥳 @monashbiol.bsky.social @melogc.bsky.social #BobWongLab

Massive congratulations to co-supervised University of Canterbury student Emily Beasley (centre of photo, below) who submitted her PhD thesis today. Emily studied sexual selection in pipefishes, including here in Australia, and was great fun to hang out with in the field. #BobWongLab

Explicit value trade-offs in conservation: integrating animal welfare. Check out our latest TREE paper, led by Kate Lynch. Click here for free access to the article for the next 50 days:

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📸 Patrick Tomkins

What a day! 🤩

Presented my research on pharmaceutical pollution and its effects on fish behaviour and immunity at #ASABSpring2025 Conference — and took home 3rd place!

Super grateful for the experience, the inspiring talks, and the fantastic people I met. @asab.org #BobWongLab

What makes a spider a successful urban adapter? Check out the latest PhD review paper by Nik Willmott 🕷️: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

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Excited to be attending #VicBioCon25 and delivering the opening plenary on wildlife behavioural responses to a changing world. #BobWongLab @vicbiocon.bsky.social

Italian-themed lunch for our awesome Italian PhD visitor, Marta Favero (front, left in group photo), whose research stint in the #BobWongLab is soon coming to an end. Marta has been studying impacts of chemical pollution on behaviour through ontogeny in brineshrimp.

New year, new paper. We discuss key challenges to the development of biodegradable drugs to lessen environmental impacts of pharmaceutical pollution. Check out the paper co-authored with @michaelgbertram.bsky.social, Klaus Kummerer & Manuela Jorg👇

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Season’s greetings from the #BobWongLab. See you all in 2025!

A big thank you from the #BobWongLab to the organisers of #AusEvol2024 @austevolsoc.bsky.social for a fantastic conference.

Congratulations to @upama.bsky.social, @shiho-ozeki.bsky.social, Jack Manera, and @rhieastment.bsky.social who all received awards for their presentations at #AusEvol2024 @austevolsoc.bsky.social #BobWongLab

First up in our lab retreat cook off is Marta and @upama.bsky.social with a Sri Lankan dish of eggplant and tomato with yellow rice. #BobWongLab

The 2024 #BobWongLab cook off challenge has begun. Three teams. Two randomly selected ingredients and a country’s cuisine to showcase. Stay tuned. So far, kitchen chaos.