A crow on a sheep's back pecking at an open sore just below the crow.

Taken last Summer. A sheep with an open sore on its back & a crow pecking at it. The sheep - not even slightly bothered. I surmise that the crow is pecking at grubs: performing a 'service' for mutual benefit. Interspecies co-operation?
#AnimalBehaviour #crows #sheep #farming #WildlifePhotography

Crocodiles detect prey using pressure receptors (integumentary sensory organs) in the scales around their mouth.

These sensors pick up tiny water vibrations — even in the dark or murky water.

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#EvOCRO #AnimalBehaviour #CrocodileLessons #MarieCurieActions

🚨NEW paper in @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour - field #experiments testing how elevated within-group aggression & intergroup threat combine to affect mongoose #behaviour

Led by @josharbon.bsky.social with @juliekern.bsky.social & #AmyMorris-Drake
#mammals #bioacoustics #conflict
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Colour Polymorphism in Coconut Crabs Is Under Relaxed Selection From Conspecifics? Coconut crabs are either red or blue irrespective of age or sex, are nocturnal and have very few predators. This experimental study shows that they do not use conspecific's colour but do use relative...

ETHOLOGY: Why are coconut crabs red or blue? 🦀
Tim Caro shows their colour doesn’t influence behaviour or decision-making—even in conflicts. Instead, size matters, not hue. Read here, it's #OpenAccess: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#AnimalBehaviour #BehaviouralEcology #Crustaceans

a squirrel is standing on its hind legs with its tail extended ALT: a squirrel is standing on its hind legs with its tail extended

New paper on how squirrels 🐿️ perceive rewards 🎁 based on their social status 🛗, from newly-minted-Dr @yavannab.bsky.social - out today in #AnimalBehaviour #openaccess

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

Rethinking same-sex sexual behavior: From sensory error to social function | PNAS Rethinking same-sex sexual behavior: From sensory error to social function

Excited to share my new commentary in PNAS—and technically the first publication from the lab! 🎉

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#AnimalBehaviour #EvolutionaryBiology #Ecology #BehavioralEcology
@pnas.org

Lounging Giant Otter

(Chester Zoo, Chester, September 2024)

#photography #animalphotography #zoophotography #animals #mammals #animalbehaviour #conservation #otter #GiantRiverOtter #ChesterZoo #Chester

Science doesn’t live only in papers.

It lives in daily fieldwork: logistics, data collection, animal care and constant monitoring.

Every result starts here.

#EvOCRO #FieldScience #AnimalBehaviour #MarieCurieActions

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"Effects of dietary L-tryptophan enrichment on stress response, growth and survival in lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) following sea transfer"
Staven et al. with SPE members Marta Soares @ Aquaculture

Birds Have Figured Out That Cigarettes Are Good for Them — Manuela Hoelterhoff Researchers have known for years that some birds use discarded cigarette butts to build nests. A new study has compiled evidence to show what’s behind this behavior: the butts keep parasites at bay.

Researchers have known for years that some birds use discarded cigarette butts to build nests. A new study has compiled evidence to show what’s behind this behavior: the butts keep parasites at bay. #birds #parasites #ornithology #birdparasites #UniversityofLodz #bluetit #animalbehaviour

thinking that only three months ago I was afraid of handling these amazing animals, while now I take the 70cm ones in my hands without fear
@evocroproject.bsky.social #crocodiles #animalbehaviour #animalcognition

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #OpenScience

"Exploring open science in applied ethology: practice and attitudes among researchers"
Nawroth et al. with SPE members Anna Olsson @ BMC research notes

Affiliative behaviours regulate allostasis development and shape biobehavioural trajectories in horses Nature Communications - The present study shows that maternal presence beyond early life remains crucial for brain, behavioural and physiological development in young horses, highlighting the...

Research shows maternal contact is vital for young horses' brain development.

Dairy calves are separated from their mothers within hours of birth.

We know what those scans would show.

Dairy industries don't want us to find out.

http://tiny.cc/brain

#Dairy #AnimalWelfare #AnimalBehaviour

~Hold on to me~🐘🐘🐒🐒🌞

In natural world there are so many examples of a caring and spontaneous bond between mothers and their offspring.

Happy Mothering Sunday!💐🎉

#nature #widllife #animals #photography #MotheringSunday #animalbehaviour #mammals #Bluesky

Japanese Study Reveals Why Cats Stick Their Landings Japanese researchers solve a 300-year-old physics puzzle by showing how cats' flexible thoracic spine enables mid-air rotation to land safely.

Japanese Study Reveals Why Cats Stick Their Landings

#CatsOfTwitter #Science #Physics #AnimalBehaviour #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-15-japan...

Urinary concentrations of a direct ethanol metabolite indicate substantial ingestion of fermenting fruit by chimpanzees: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #ProcB #AnimalBehaviour

Excited to learn that our flower constancy paper is shortlisted for the 2025 Haldane Prize, Functional Ecology’s award for early career researchers. Congratulations, Kentaro Takagi!
#Ecology #Bees #AnimalBehaviour #FlowerConstancy
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3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Animal Behavior

Any #animalbehaviour folks looking for a #postdoc? This is a fantastic opportunity.

stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

#nakedmolerat #laterality #comparativecognition #animalbehaviour

Book Review: The Owl Who Liked Sitting On Caesar by Martin Windrow A gentle and moving memoir by a man who shared his seventh-floor London flat with an unlikely companion; a tawny owl

📚💙 - Book Review: The Owl Who Liked Sitting On Caesar by Martin Windrow by 𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & journalist #booksky #bookreviews #memoir #animalbehaviour #ornithology #birding #tbr

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Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.

Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org:
Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives.
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social

That changes how we think about pets, zoos and farms. And maybe even in scientific settings.

#AnimalWelfare #Science #AnimalBehaviour

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🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"Influence of caging conditions on captive behaviour and recapture rates of wild wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)"
Carrilho et al. with SPE members Sophie von Merten @ Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Evolution leaves clues in movement. We just need to pay attention, especially when designing habitats for animals.

#Evolution #AnimalBehaviour #Science

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Solitary snow leopards use unique rocky scent boards to find their elusive winter mates!

With males only getting about six chances to breed in their lifetime, this game is vital.

#TheLolgic #snowleopard #bigcats #animalbehaviour #wildlife

Sunday Sketch: Japanese macaques The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) are often referred to as “snow monkeys” due to their habitation in snowy regions of Japan. They reside in matrilineal groups, meaning that the fema…

Check out these adorable snow monkeys drawn by kit.faced
Read the article to see how parenting styles affect baby snow monkeys.
#SciComm #SciArt #Monkey #Art #AnimalBehaviour

Brain scans of young horses show that prolonged contact with their mothers supports brain development, social behaviour, and lower stress, reports @natcomms.nature.com: spklr.io/63325D4ulh

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Bioacoustics

"Physiological effects of anthropogenic sound on aquatic animals: where are we and what is next?"
Širović et al. with SPE members M Clara Amorim @ Journal of Experimental Biology

New Publication Alert 🚨

"Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" 🐐

w/ Marianne Mason & @amcell.bsky.social

Check out @peerj.bsky.social - peerj.com/articles/208...

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #NoninvasivePhysiology

The Buzz on Vision – Yale Scientific Magazine

Tiny brains, smart vision 🐝

Delighted to see our recent work on how bumblebees actively sample visual information featured in Yale Scientific Magazine.

Worth a quick read!
www.yalescientific.org/2025/12/the-...

#ActiveVision #InsectNeuroscience
#AnimalBehaviour #Neuroethology
#BioInspiredAI