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Migration Department, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
@animaltracking.bsky.social
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Wikelski Dept. / www.ab.mpg.de/wikelski / Myriads of organisms migrate. We strive to predict animal decisions on their journeys, interactions with the environment, and consequences on ecosystems and humans.
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bjjbarrett.bsky.social
For your consideration, our paper about how we can build a better error culture around biologging is now out in Animal Behavio(u)r. A collaborative effort between researchers the veterinarians at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

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Burden of a failed error culture in biologging
Driven by technological advancement and low cost, biologging has rapidly transformed the study of animal behaviour and ecology, providing unprecedente…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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🥳64 more days until the start of #Animove at #LaSelva Organization of Tropical Studies in #CostaRica. 22 participants, 6 tutors,2077 plant species,125 mammal species,470 bird species,48 amphibian species,87 reptile species,45 fresh water fish species and 10000 insects, arachnids and other.🐒🦇🦜🐊🦂
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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diegoellissoto.bsky.social
Monitoring wildlife mortality 24/7 worldwide using participatory science

Paper 👉: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Web Application 👉:
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#Biodiversity #iNaturalist #WildlifeMortality #DigitalOneHealth #ConservationTech #EcologicalForecasting
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Global monitoring of wildlife mortality through participatory science in near-real time
Detection of wildlife mortality events is critical for timely conservation and natural resource management. We present an open-source, web-based decision support tool that queries, aggregates and summ...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
From bio-logging to conservation 🔽

New paper by an @animaltracking.bsky.social dream team

@diegoellissoto.bsky.social @anflack.bsky.social @arispeshkin.bsky.social Timm Wild, Hannah Williams, @teagueo.bsky.social

@cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de

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From biologging to conservation: Tracking individual performance in changing environments | PNAS
Under an accelerating biodiversity crisis, increased urbanization, habitat fragmentation, and climate change require new approaches to assess conse...
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July 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
Waving our hands in the air like we don’t care

#mpiab #summer #konstanz #maxplanckinstitut #love
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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If there is an optimal behavior, why is there so much variation in the world? We found that, for white storks, context is everything. @anflack.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044
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July 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉

We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

#OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology
The study of social animal migrations: a synthesis of the past and guidelines for future research | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Seasonal migration is a common behaviour seen in many species worldwide. There is evidence that social factors influence various migration decisions, but compared to the well-studied field of social f...
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June 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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bjjbarrett.bsky.social
(4) developing educational programs and ethical guidelines tailored to the unique challenges of biologging research
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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bjjbarrett.bsky.social
(3) demanding industry standards for biologging devices to ensure reliability and minimize harm
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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bjjbarrett.bsky.social
(2) implementing pre-registration as well as post-reporting of studies and devices to reduce publication bias and improve transparency
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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bjjbarrett.bsky.social
(1) establishing a biologging expert registry to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Preprint @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social arising from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social animal welfare workshops. How can we develop a better error culture in animal biologging where we can learn from our, and others, mistakes and experiences?

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The burden of a failed error culture in biologging
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May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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cecibaldoni.bsky.social
🚨Shrew paper alert!🚨
In @elife.bsky.social, in this paper led by @labdavalos.bsky.social we found that shrews reprogram their hypothalamus to shrink in winter, tweaking gene expression to save energy and survive the cold!
👉🏼 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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Seasonal and comparative evidence of adaptive gene expression in mammalian brain size plasticity
Adaptive gene expression in the common shrew hypothalamus connects energy homeostasis with reversible brain size changes in response to seasonal environmental challenges.
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May 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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📄 New Paper!

Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg‐Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster
A warming climate is affecting the phenology of life on earth, including when birds migrate and start breeding. We show that earlier arrival is a general pattern also for birds travelling to the Arct...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Crossing our fingers for the results World Illustration Awards. We think Javi should win with the commissioned orangutan illo, and we're not biased.
lazaroillustration.bsky.social Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · Mar 5
As I mentioned, I am entering the World Illustration Awards 2025. Let's make a short thread to present you my proposal 👇
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#SciArt #art #illustration #wia #wia2025
Illustration of an orangutan
March 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Heads up animal behavior researchers!

Amazing opportunity: 3 3-year independent postdoctoral fellowships based in Panama at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Deadline July 15.
Come collaborate with @livingingroups @MPI_animalbehav...
March 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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eounion.bsky.social
Icarus Birds – just posted on the EOU noticeboard, an opportunity to collaborate in tracking common birds to understand where, how, and why they die – see eounion.org/latest-news/... #ornithology
March 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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ICARUS BIRDS
Where, how, and why do birds die?

We are launching the ICARUS BIRDS project to find out! Join us in tracking common birds across Europe to uncover the factors behind their decline.

Learn more on our website: www.ab.mpg.de/icarus
ICARUS Projects
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March 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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batichica.bsky.social
Almost all scientific research is done with lab animals. Surprisingly, there is barely any literature on how captivity may affect the results. And these effects can be profound. In shrews, remind us of depression as the paper published by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social shows doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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March 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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moveapps.bsky.social
We are hiring! We look for a person with programming skills in R and/or Python. Application deadline is March 14th 2025. All details here: www.ab.mpg.de/654153/job_f...
Technical Assistant (m/f/d) | Moveapps
Help maintain and improve existing apps, create new apps, help maintaining the user manual up to date, support other developers if they encounter issues when developing their apps
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February 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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umweltstiftung.bsky.social
Tierwohl-Tracker per Satellit 🛰️! Das #Greenstartup Talos analysiert in einem #DBUprojekt Position und Bewegung von Tieren. Katastrophenwarnung, der Schutz bedrohter Arten und mehr Tierwohl in der Landwirtschaft sind die Ziele:
Per Tierwohl-Tracker auf der Spur von Krankheiten und Katastrophen
DBU-Förderung für Münchner Startup Talos…
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January 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Just when we thought we couldn’t love #bats any more, there’s this: storm-surfing bats! 🦇😀❤️New research shows migrating bats hitch rides on stormy tailwinds to save energy, covering hundreds of kms in a single night! 🦇 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social
Bats surf storm fronts during continental migration
Scientists use ultra-light sensors connected “like cell phones” across Europe to study how bats migrate over the continent
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January 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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batichica.bsky.social
tadaa- second paper of the year out! This time on shrews and how quickly and massively they are affected by captivity. Congrats to the junior student who is the first author on this awesome paper: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... @animaltracking.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social
Gene expression comparisons between captive and wild shrew brains reveal captivity effects | Biology Letters
Compared with their free-ranging counterparts, wild animals in captivity experience different conditions with lasting physiological and behavioural effects. Although shifts in gene expression are expe...
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January 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM