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
๐ขNEW paper alert
๐How #aggression between groupmates can have lasting consequences both for #cooperative #behaviour & responses to #intergroup threats:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
๐Led by @josharbon.bsky.social
#fieldwork #experiments #mongooses #mammals #bioacoustics
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
๐ฆฆ Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo)
๐ 45โ75 cm including tail
๐ 1 & 2: Gobabis, Namibia ๐ณ๐ฆ
๐ Aug 2017
๐ 3: Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
๐ 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."
๐น๐๏ธ๐ด #Mongooses #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #AnimalSuperParents #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters
๐จRoll 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
๐Fully funded #PhD๐
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
โ Want to join us?
๐ข Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
๐ต Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
๐ฅ With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
๐ @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
โน๏ธ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
๐Share widely
Despite frequent inbreeding, banded #mongooses show #MHC diversity on par with species of least conservation concern.
New๐Schubert et al. 2025 #BMCEcolEvol provide first full MHC characterization in a wild social #carnivore @bmc.springernature.com
#conservationgenetics
๐ doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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.
๐CONGRATULATIONS๐ฅ to Lucy Westover on publishing her ๐ฅ 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
#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:
๐@beckypadget.bsky.social๐ 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.
๐๐ฅ
#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