Fieldwork in the Kalahari following #meerkats and yellow #mongooses (if you can spot them) - total bliss

Habituated wild mongoose staring at a camera.

Dwarf mongoose acting as a sentinel (raised guard)

#Fieldwork on dwarf #mongooses conducted by #ECR @josharbon.bsky.social

With @juliekern.bsky.social #AmyMorris-Drake

Funded by @ukri.org #NERC

Conflict in groups can impact both within- and between-group behaviour.

Paper out TODAY: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

#behaviour #playbacks #vocalisations

Schematic of experimental design in new study.

Dwarf mongoose acting as a sentinel in Limpopo Province, South Africa

📢NEW paper alert

📖How #aggression between groupmates can have lasting consequences both for #cooperative #behaviour & responses to #intergroup threats:

doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

👑Led by @josharbon.bsky.social

#fieldwork #experiments #mongooses #mammals #bioacoustics
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

🦦 Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo)
📏 45–75 cm including tail
📍 1 & 2: Gobabis, Namibia 🇳🇦
🗓 Aug 2017
📍 3: Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa 🇿🇦
🗓 Apr 2024

#mammals #mongooses

WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)

"In Uganda, banded mongoose mothers coordinate with other alpha females. This strategy enhances the likelihood of survival for their babies, while protecting them from predators."
🐹🏞️🌴 #Mongooses #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #AnimalSuperParents #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters

🚨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

Histological analysis of #scent glands in banded #mongooses, with implications for chemical communication - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #scentmarking #MHC @elissazcameron.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @uhl-lab.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social

Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

🌟Fully funded #PhD🌟
Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges.
#NERC funding
With @ljnbrent.bsky.social, #PatrickKennedy & me.
Based in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#LongtermData #Fieldwork
#Mongooses #Macaques
Deadline: 8th Jan 2026

Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Dwarf mongoose

Rhesus macaques grooming

Meerkat

❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork

👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🙏Share widely

Despite frequent inbreeding, banded #mongooses show #MHC diversity on par with species of least conservation concern.

New📄Schubert et al. 2025 #BMCEcolEvol provide first full MHC characterization in a wild social #carnivore @bmc.springernature.com

#conservationgenetics
👉 doi.org/10.1186/s128...

JWM: Invasive Indian mongooses bounce back after removal - The Wildlife Society Pregnant, nursing and lactating mongooses fully replenish populations within two months of removal—likely bad news for rabies transmission

Local removal of #invasive #mongooses that have been eating their way through native #Caribbean species has little long-term effect as surrounding populations quickly move back in. wildlife.org/jwm-invasive...

Lucy Westover holding her Masters thesis.

Dwarf mongoose photo used on front cover of journal.

🎉CONGRATULATIONS🥂 to Lucy Westover on publishing her 🥇 paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Celebrating #ECR success is GREAT.
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

#fieldwork #experiment #predation #noise #mongooses #vigilance #behaviour #ECR #Masters

#OpenAccess so please share:

doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

James Robertshaw - new Masters student being used as a lookout post by a wild meerkat

Delighted to welcome James Robertshaw to the group as a new #Masters by Research student.
#meerkats #mongooses #sociality #spaceuse #Kalahari
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Indirect evidence of an early mating advantage in wild cooperatively breeding male banded mongooses Scientific Reports - Indirect evidence of an early mating advantage in wild cooperatively breeding male banded mongooses

#Reproductive #ecology paper out in #SciReports!
rdcu.be/d5IEk

Early mating advantage in male banded #mongooses linked to some novel glue-like properties in their ejaculates.

Thanks Michael Cant, Jon Blount, Magali Meniri, and Hazel Nichols. Francis Mwanguhya and Robert Businge led all fieldwork.

#ECR highlights from 2024 include:

🌟@beckypadget.bsky.social🌟 defending her #PhD thesis on cooperation and public goods production in #guppies (@exeter.ac.uk) & then joining us as a #NERC funded PDRA to work on #biological #markets.
👏🥂

#ProudPI #theory #mongooses
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

These mongooses love to sit at the edge of the burrow watching people pass by.

#wildlife #canon #wildlifephotography #mongoose #mongooses #safari

Mongoose posting, just for fun, they deserve more recognition

#mongoose #monsky #goosesky #ilovemongoose #pictures #animal #mongooses #mongeese?

The #Mongooses season is officially over...

Upon further review, #RizzoTown will definitely be populated for the #Mongooses in the @QCSLeague this year. #ReturnFromIR