ASSAB
@animbehav.bsky.social
The objective of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB) is:
to promote the scientific study of Animal Behaviour and provide opportunities for discussion among its members
Account run by @kamyabio.bsky.social
to promote the scientific study of Animal Behaviour and provide opportunities for discussion among its members
Account run by @kamyabio.bsky.social
🕷️PhD position: Homemakers; web building behaviour in New Zealand sheet-web spiders 🕷️
Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz
Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🕷️PhD position: Homemakers; web building behaviour in New Zealand sheet-web spiders 🕷️
Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz
Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz
Meet Chrissie Painting the new ASSAB president!
@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
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@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
🪰🕷️🪳
September 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Meet Chrissie Painting the new ASSAB president!
@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
🪰🕷️🪳
@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
🪰🕷️🪳
The deadline has been extended! You still have until the 7th of September to apply!
Students of ASSAB! You can now apply for the 2025 student research grants here: www.assab.org/grants-2025
We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.
Deadline: August 31st 2025
We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.
Deadline: August 31st 2025
Our 2024 Grants
www.assab.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The deadline has been extended! You still have until the 7th of September to apply!
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Big congrats to Terry Ord for receiving this year's Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award! While Terry is an avid animal behavior researcher, he also is passionate about teaching and published a (free!) graphic novel explaining topics in animal behavior! www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/understandin...
August 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Big congrats to Terry Ord for receiving this year's Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award! While Terry is an avid animal behavior researcher, he also is passionate about teaching and published a (free!) graphic novel explaining topics in animal behavior! www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/understandin...
A great opportunity for communicating your research!
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
August 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A great opportunity for communicating your research!
Reposted by ASSAB
When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind?
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
Mental representation of the locations and identities of multiple hidden agents or objects by a bonobo | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Humans are adept at navigating the social world in part because we flexibly map the
locations and identities of agents around us. While field studies suggest primates
can track individual conspecifics...
royalsocietypublishing.org
August 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind?
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
Reposted by ASSAB
So happy to see this out in @funecology.bsky.social! We (@mothprof.bsky.social @crisottocento.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social et al.) studied whether the wing coloration of female wood tiger moths is an honest indicator of the quality of their chemical defences (1/3) @klivvvienna.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So happy to see this out in @funecology.bsky.social! We (@mothprof.bsky.social @crisottocento.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social et al.) studied whether the wing coloration of female wood tiger moths is an honest indicator of the quality of their chemical defences (1/3) @klivvvienna.bsky.social
A great read for your Friday!
🚨 New paper! 🚨
In exploring the ontogeny of foraging in cooperatively breeding meerkats:
🐛 Foraging skill development doesn't align with the delayed onset of breeding
🪲 Foraging performance likely constrained by physical traits
@asab.org #AnimalBehaviourJournal
Read more ✨ doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
In exploring the ontogeny of foraging in cooperatively breeding meerkats:
🐛 Foraging skill development doesn't align with the delayed onset of breeding
🪲 Foraging performance likely constrained by physical traits
@asab.org #AnimalBehaviourJournal
Read more ✨ doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
August 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A great read for your Friday!
Reposted by ASSAB
Are you an emerging scientist or do you know one? EMCRs can apply now to meet Nobel laureates & 600 rising scientists in Germany.
The prestigious annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a platform for young scientists to share research, experiences & ideas.
http://bit.ly/3HEBfIt
The prestigious annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a platform for young scientists to share research, experiences & ideas.
http://bit.ly/3HEBfIt
August 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Are you an emerging scientist or do you know one? EMCRs can apply now to meet Nobel laureates & 600 rising scientists in Germany.
The prestigious annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a platform for young scientists to share research, experiences & ideas.
http://bit.ly/3HEBfIt
The prestigious annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a platform for young scientists to share research, experiences & ideas.
http://bit.ly/3HEBfIt
🚨Job Alert 🚨
Charles Darwin University is looking for a research project coordinator! Apply here: cdu.t1cloud.com/T1Default/Ci...
Charles Darwin University is looking for a research project coordinator! Apply here: cdu.t1cloud.com/T1Default/Ci...
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August 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
🚨Job Alert 🚨
Charles Darwin University is looking for a research project coordinator! Apply here: cdu.t1cloud.com/T1Default/Ci...
Charles Darwin University is looking for a research project coordinator! Apply here: cdu.t1cloud.com/T1Default/Ci...
Students of ASSAB! You can now apply for the 2025 student research grants here: www.assab.org/grants-2025
We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.
Deadline: August 31st 2025
We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.
Deadline: August 31st 2025
Our 2024 Grants
www.assab.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Students of ASSAB! You can now apply for the 2025 student research grants here: www.assab.org/grants-2025
We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.
Deadline: August 31st 2025
We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.
Deadline: August 31st 2025
🚨Job 🚨
Monitoring kākāriki karaka (orange-fronted parakeet) populations
apply here:
conservationjobs.co.nz/job/ranger-o...
Monitoring kākāriki karaka (orange-fronted parakeet) populations
apply here:
conservationjobs.co.nz/job/ranger-o...
Ranger (Orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka) (Permanent Seasonal) – Department of Conservation – Rangiora
Be at the frontline of conservation— undertake work to protect and help recover one of New Zealand’s rarest native birds, the critically endangered kākāriki karaka. Work in remote valleys— …
conservationjobs.co.nz
July 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨Job 🚨
Monitoring kākāriki karaka (orange-fronted parakeet) populations
apply here:
conservationjobs.co.nz/job/ranger-o...
Monitoring kākāriki karaka (orange-fronted parakeet) populations
apply here:
conservationjobs.co.nz/job/ranger-o...
Do long-billed curlews eavesdrop on prairie dog alarm calls?
Read about it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read about it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Do long-billed curlews eavesdrop on prairie dog alarm calls?
Read about it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read about it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New meta-analysis researching the role of eyespots!
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#science #animalbehaviour
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#science #animalbehaviour
July 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New meta-analysis researching the role of eyespots!
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#science #animalbehaviour
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#science #animalbehaviour
Hello Bluesky followers, did you know that ASSAB is also on Instagram? We post opportunities, upcoming events, recent publications and more! Follow us here:
www.instagram.com/animbehav/
www.instagram.com/animbehav/
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July 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hello Bluesky followers, did you know that ASSAB is also on Instagram? We post opportunities, upcoming events, recent publications and more! Follow us here:
www.instagram.com/animbehav/
www.instagram.com/animbehav/
Another job opportunity!
🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job
More details: www.asab.org/opportunities
PLEASE share widely.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job
More details: www.asab.org/opportunities
PLEASE share widely.
Opportunities — ASAB
www.asab.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Another job opportunity!
🚨Ecology lecturer job🚨
EcoQuest Centre – Whakatīwai is looking for a fixed-term lecturer in ecology! If you are based in Auckland and are keen for the job, send your CV and cover letter here:
office@ecoquest.co.nz
EcoQuest Centre – Whakatīwai is looking for a fixed-term lecturer in ecology! If you are based in Auckland and are keen for the job, send your CV and cover letter here:
office@ecoquest.co.nz
July 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨Ecology lecturer job🚨
EcoQuest Centre – Whakatīwai is looking for a fixed-term lecturer in ecology! If you are based in Auckland and are keen for the job, send your CV and cover letter here:
office@ecoquest.co.nz
EcoQuest Centre – Whakatīwai is looking for a fixed-term lecturer in ecology! If you are based in Auckland and are keen for the job, send your CV and cover letter here:
office@ecoquest.co.nz
🚨ecologist job🚨
Ausecology is looking for a senior/principal ecologist based in Queensland. If you are interested in applying for a role in an ecological consultancy, send your cover letter and resume here:
HR@ausecology.com
Ausecology is looking for a senior/principal ecologist based in Queensland. If you are interested in applying for a role in an ecological consultancy, send your cover letter and resume here:
HR@ausecology.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
🚨ecologist job🚨
Ausecology is looking for a senior/principal ecologist based in Queensland. If you are interested in applying for a role in an ecological consultancy, send your cover letter and resume here:
HR@ausecology.com
Ausecology is looking for a senior/principal ecologist based in Queensland. If you are interested in applying for a role in an ecological consultancy, send your cover letter and resume here:
HR@ausecology.com
🚨Ecology lecturer job x 2🚨
Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e...
#science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs
Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e...
#science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Ecology (2 positions)
The School of Biological Sciences have two exciting opportunities for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Ecology to contribute to the advancement of the School’s academic and research objectives.
careers.pageuppeople.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
🚨Ecology lecturer job x 2🚨
Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e...
#science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs
Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e...
#science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs
Are you a behavioural researcher?
Participate this survey from the University of New South Wales.
The research aims to learn more about why researchers choose organisms for research.
For more information, please contact p.pollo@unsw.edu.au
#science #ecology
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Participate this survey from the University of New South Wales.
The research aims to learn more about why researchers choose organisms for research.
For more information, please contact p.pollo@unsw.edu.au
#science #ecology
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June 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Are you a behavioural researcher?
Participate this survey from the University of New South Wales.
The research aims to learn more about why researchers choose organisms for research.
For more information, please contact p.pollo@unsw.edu.au
#science #ecology
unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Participate this survey from the University of New South Wales.
The research aims to learn more about why researchers choose organisms for research.
For more information, please contact p.pollo@unsw.edu.au
#science #ecology
unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We hope you are ready - the ASSAB conference is NEXT WEEK!
See you all in the lovely Armidale.
See you all in the lovely Armidale.
June 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We hope you are ready - the ASSAB conference is NEXT WEEK!
See you all in the lovely Armidale.
See you all in the lovely Armidale.
PhD student grants for research in ecology and evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
www.simonsfoundation.org
June 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
PhD student grants for research in ecology and evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Read about 60 million years of ungulate evolution : www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications
Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional tran...
www.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Read about 60 million years of ungulate evolution : www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Did you know that the ASSAB 2025 conference, has a photo competition? You can submit your entries once you have registered. Click the link below to register
www.assab.org/assab-2025
www.assab.org/assab-2025
ASSAB 2025 Conference
www.assab.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Did you know that the ASSAB 2025 conference, has a photo competition? You can submit your entries once you have registered. Click the link below to register
www.assab.org/assab-2025
www.assab.org/assab-2025