Male House Sparrow feeding a fledgling.

#parentalcare #behaviouralecology

Urbanisation alters ecological conditions—food availability, predation risk, nesting resources, and microclimate.

Parental care, a key life-history trait, is expected to respond to these pressures, with direct consequences for offspring survival and fitness.

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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

New research article! 📰

Nonacs tracks how Argentine ants spread from a single nest into a multi‑nest network 🧩
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #InvasionBiology #CollectiveForaging #SpatialNetworks #BehaviouralEcology

PREPRINT ALERT!
No preference for performance: Host plant preference, offspring performance and host plant distribution in the butterfly Aricia artaxerxes
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#Ecology #Evolution #HostPlantPreference #Butterflies #BehaviouralEcology #PlantInsectInteractions #Lepidoptera

Oral Presentation and Poster submission is now open!

Our upcoming annual meeting will take place from 16–20 September at the University of Mainz. The main topics are #LifeHistory, #BehaviouralEcology, #MovementEcology, and environmental endocrinology.

www.do-g.de/veranstalten...

Today, we meet the mind behind EvOCRO.
@xiscacassola.bsky.social is the Principal Investigator studying crocodile behaviour and #behaviouralecology.
Follow the journey.
www.instagram.com/evocroproject/

Happy international women and girls in science day!

#InternationalWomenAndGirlsInScienceDay #aquaplaneu #womeninstem #womeninscience @unileiden.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social #noisepollution #lightpollution #ALAN #aquaticecology #behaviouralecology #fish #fishresearch #lightandnoisepollution

Cognitive performance of dusky damselfish in a detour task with increasing difficulty - Animal Cognition Animal Cognition - Cognitive performance in animals can be assessed through the detour task, which challenges spatial navigation, decision-making, and behavioral flexibility. The most common...

doi.org/10.1007/s100...
#SPEetologia

#AnimalCognition #FishCognition #BehaviouralEcology #SpatialLearning #DetourTask #MarineBiology #ReefFish

ManyFishes: a big team science collaboration on fish comparative cognition - Animal Cognition Animal Cognition - Fishes are among the oldest and most diverse groups of vertebrates, encompassing a vast array of species that differ in morphology, ecology, and behavior. While such diversity...

doi.org/10.1007/s100...
#SPEetologia

#FishCognition #ComparativeCognition #BigTeamScience #ManyFishes #BehaviouralEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #OpenScience #VertebrateEvolution

Nest weave pattern in weaverbirds: a sexual signal selected through sensory drive? Abstract. Nests are primarily shaped by natural selection, but are also subject to sexual selection. Here, we investigated the potential role of sexual sel

doi.org/10.1093/evol...
#SPEetologia

#SexualSelection #AnimalArchitecture #Weaverbirds #BehaviouralEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #SensoryEcology

Prof Mark Briffa, presenting his talk: How to win a fight through a meta-analysis of contest vigour. A great insight into behavioural ecology

Our next talk came from Professor Mark Briffa, Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning), exploring How to win a fight through a meta-analysis of contest vigour. A great insight into behavioural ecology.

#BehaviouralEcology #MetaAnalysis #ResearchTalks #SoBMs 🧪

My hope is that CORVIDATA can support:
• large-scale comparative analyses
• theory-driven tests of ecological & social hypotheses
• conservation-relevant trait-based approaches

The dataset is openly available, and intended as a starting point (4/4) #Corvids #ComparativeCognition #BehaviouralEcology

🧵 2/5
In the study, bumblebee workers learned that a blue screen meant a high-quality sugary reward, while a green screen signalled a poorer one.

They were then asked to choose between ambiguous colours — some calmly, others after a simulated predator attack.

#Bumblebees #BehaviouralEcology

Wolf uses tool in stunning video The gray wolf reeled in a crab trap with a rope, sparking a debate among biologists.

Canadian Gray Wolf learns how to grab crab bait… 🤔🌍

Video and story: www.popsci.com/environment/...

#BehaviouralEcology #ToolUse #Mammals #Ecology

Multi-generational fidelity, ecological and social determinants of roosting in a cooperatively breeding bird (Argya squamiceps) Abstract. Sleep is an important but overlooked component of animal behaviour, especially its social and conservation facets. Here, we use 15 years of data

doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#SPEetologia
#SPEmembers

#SleepEcology #ArabianBabbler #CooperativeBreeding #ConservationScience #BehaviouralEcology

👏 A proud moment for #CEB!

Emeritus Professor Leigh Simmons has been announced as the 2026 Hamilton Lecturer at @isbe2026.bsky.social, one of the most prestigious honours in behavioural ecology.

#BehaviouralEcology #ISBE2026 #UWA #EvolutionaryBiology

#NewResearchAlert

"Nature guiding how we nurture: Using the behavioral ecology of the domestic sow to advance welfare legislation" by Zoltick et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#behaviouralecology #pigwelfare #welfarelegislation

Natural History in Practice: Rethinking Ideals in Behavioural Ecology Careful observation and natural history are essential to producing meaningful insights in behavioural ecology. Yet many scientists, especially early-career

Structural, financial, and systemic biases are making sustained #fieldobservation & #naturalhistory unfeasible for many researchers, especially in under-resourced contexts. This cripples innovation in #BehaviouralEcology 🌍

academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

In boreal regions, moose use water bodies to cool down and avoid insects during summer. A simple scene that reflects core principles of behavioral ecology: thermoregulation, habitat selection, and adaptive energy trade-offs.

#Ecology #WildlifeResearch #BehaviouralEcology #FieldObservations #Jasper

Obituary: Mark Elgar Raoul A Mulder, Therésa M Jones, Devi M Stuart-Fox, Louise Barrett; Obituary: Mark Elgar, Behavioral Ecology, , araf111, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ara

Remembering Mark Elgar, a brilliant mind in #BehaviouralEcology. His work reshaped our understanding of animal behaviour, and his warmth and mentorship inspired generations. A true loss for science & community.
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Kristin Aleklett (@kaleklett.bsky.social) from Lund University deep diving into the challenges and opportunities for studying the behvioral ecology of fungi. Tinbergen's 4 Qs are applicable, but some are trickier than others (e.g., development)

#evosky #fungi #philsky #behaviouralecology #philbio 🧪

As I prepare for the return of our Level 5 students I will be developing a new module on #animalbehaviour and #behaviouralecology - it is great to have some current research on #cognition

Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my life—successfully defended my PhD! 🎓✨
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology

Excited to share that I presented at the Behaviour 2025 Conference in Kolkata 🎓🕊️. My talk focused on nest site fidelity in painted storks, i.e. their tendency to return to and reuse nesting sites across seasons.
#Behaviour2025 #Ornithology #PaintedStork #BehaviouralEcology

#SPEmembers

#AnimalPersonality #AggressionResearch #BettaSplendens #FishBehavior #BehaviouralEcology #MirrorAssay #AnimalVariation #LabFish #ConsistentBehaviour #AirBreathingFish #Ethology #Habituation #BehavioralScience

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#LIBresearch analysed top behavioural & ecology studies (1981–2020) to see how trait-based approaches capture intra- & interspecific variation 🌍🦉📊. The authors demand: Broader comparative studies needed!

👉 doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf073

#BehaviouralEcology #EcoResearch #TraitBased #Biodiversity

Thrilled to present the 4th plenary speaker at #ABL2025 🙌
Dr. Sabrina Amador-Vargas (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) explores how birds use fungal fibers in their nests to defend against ant attacks🪹🐜 A cool talk on intersections of mutualism & adaptation! 🐦🍄

#BehaviouralEcology #Mutualism

Figure 2 in Hermans et al. (2025): "The setup at one of the sites (Makkum) with the four light spectra (A-B: Red Clearfield, C-D: Amber, E-F: White 2200 K and G-H: White 3000 K) at two light intensity levels (A,C,E,G: 5 lx and B,D,F,H: 20 lx). The experimental lamp post was placed at the centre of the bridge against the railing, projecting light on the water surface of the waterway on the side where bats were approaching when flying from their roost site to foraging areas in the evening. The microphone array was placed next to the lamp post facing towards the approaching bats. Photos by Laura Kijm."

New publication: Limited immediate effect of #artificiallight of realistic intensity on flight behaviour of commuting #pondbat, by @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #Myotisdasycneme #ALAN #behaviouralecology #lightpollution
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

📚 📚 #FactFriday: Understanding Lorisiform Social Organisation

👥 They live in dispersed families, balancing space with connection.

🧬 Monogamy may be ancestral, but we need more long-term data.

👤 Solitary ≠ antisocial!

#Primates #Lorisiformes #WildlifeScience #Evolution #BehaviouralEcology

Everybody welcome!
Please join on ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak

#huntergatherers #sexualdivisionoflabour #manthehunter #gender #anthropology #behaviouralecology #humanorigins