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Comparative Cognition Society
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CCS is a community of researchers dedicated to understanding the evolution of cognition and development of behaviour across taxa. Join us at our next conference #CO32026 in Montreal, April 15-18, 2026.
https://www.comparativecognition.org/
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A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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📣 New paper alert 🧪 The authors demonstrate that Kanzi the #bonobo tracks the displacement of "invisible" juice, a first of its kind study to examine imagination in nonhuman beings.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#GreatApe #AnimalBehavior #CompCogPapers #ComparativePsychology
February 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running!
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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📣 #NewPaper on #plant information processing, with a truly excellent title 🌱 🧪 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

#CompCogPapers #ComparativePsychology #Plants #InformationProcessing #Cognition #Ecology #Biology #Evolution
Is cognition at the root of plant behavior?
Information processing underlies the behavior of many species, including plants. However, there remains uncertainty about how plants integrate and use information, and whether this is analogous to ani...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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New paper alert: Social dynamics in #Meerkats 🧪 Make sure to see the videos in Vlad's thread as well 🙌

#CompCogPapers #AnimalBehavior #CollectiveBehvior #SocialHierarchy #AnimalCommunication
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Are you looking for advice on communicating with the public as a scientist? Check out these resources by the @fine-seminar.bsky.social and its organizers:

Panel discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohoc...

Article about interacting with journalists: methodsblog.com/2026/01/14/h...
FINE Panel: Writing for the Public, C. Schradin, J. Strassmann, R. Gadagkar, M. Cobb (30 Sept. 2025)
YouTube video by Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution
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January 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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In case you haven't seen this themed issue on #Animal #Minds, it offers insights on the evolution of cognitive adaptations across #species 🧪

#CompCogPapers #ComparativePsychology #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehavior #Cognition
royalsocietypublishing.org Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Jun 27
A new theme issue in #PhilTransB looks at how and why animal minds have evolved to be so different from one another, framing animal #cognition as a diverse set of solutions to life’s many challenges buff.ly/csMZa3R
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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#NewPaper on adaptive tool use in Veronika the Carinthian #Cow 🐮 🧪
#CompCogPapers #AnimalBehvior #ComparativePsychology #AnimalCognition #ToolUse #CarinthianBlondvieh
auersperga.bsky.social Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 22d
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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📣 New #JobAd for a #PostDoc focused on #Ageing & #Kinship. It sounds like a #Whale of a gig, with possibilities for collaborating across the #UK and #NorthAmerica 🐋 🧪
Info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...

#CompCog #AnimalBehavior #SocialMammals #Orca #SocialDynamics #Aging
darrencroft.bsky.social Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 28d
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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🧪 New paper with "gifted" pet #dogs 🐶 suggests that they are able to associate labels they've overheard their guardians use with novel objects. Check out the full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#CompCogPapers #AnimalCognition #DogBehavior #DogCognition #ComparativePsychology #LoveDogs
Dogs with a large vocabulary of object labels learn new labels by overhearing like 1.5-year-old infants
Children as young as 18 months can acquire novel words by overhearing third-party interactions. Demonstrating similar learning processes in nonhuman species would indicate that the social-cognitive sk...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Our call for symposia now open!

We are now accepting submissions for symposia, with submissions for oral/poster presentations invited from 31 January 2026.

For more info, or to download the proposal form, visit our conference page 👇
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
Call for symposia/papers - ECBB 2026 - ARU
Find out how to propose a symposium, paper, or poster for the European Congress for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) at ARU in Cambridge, 1-4 September 2026.
www.aru.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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There's still time to submit your abstract for #CO32026! 🙌 The submission deadline is on Friday Dec 12th, all information about registration, membership, and the conference is on the website: www.comparativecognition.org/conference.php 🧪
See you in Montréal! 🐶🐝🐟🐦🐀🐍🦧🦝🐢🐘🐬🦦🕷️🐖🐆
#CompCog #AnimalBehavior
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December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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New study of personality variability across social contexts in common marmosets 🧪 🐒
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#AnimalBehavior #CompCogPapers #Personality #Monkey #Primate #IndividualVariation #Marmoset
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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📣 Interdisciplinary workshop on animal minds! There's still time to submit an abstract before the Dec 1 deadline 🧪

#AnimalMinds #Psychology #Cognition #CompCog #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Ethology #Biology
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Our New Paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour: 🚨 Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials! 🦧 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... See 🧵
Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials - Nature Human Behaviour
Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for orangutans to acquire varied diets.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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On behalf of @ethophilia.bsky.social , I am organising a hublet in Santiniketan, India for Winter ASAB 2025. Please feel free to contact me for any further information.
#ASAB #WinterASAB2025 #hublet
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Link:

asabwinter.github.io/2025/
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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📣 Register for #CO32026 and join our diverse community of comparative cognition researchers in Montréal this coming April (15-18)! 🍁🎉🙌🧪 Become a society member and submit an abstract by December 12th: www.comparativecognition.org/conference.php
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November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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New paper from our team: No Sex-Differences in Learning Trap-Gap Problems in Zebra Finches #OA bit.ly/43pY9eB in Ecology and Evolution #nest #AnimalCogniton 🧪

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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Loved this paper by @kristinandrews.bsky.social and Noam Miller. A very convincing argument for the function of consciousness.
The social origins of consciousness | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
We present the social origins of consciousness hypothesis, according to which the ability to coordinate with group members was the original adaptive function of consciousness. We offer three arguments...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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📣 New paper alert! Capuchin monkeys showed selective information seeking behaviour, suggesting that this is a flexible & domain general behaviour, not just a foraging strategy 🧪 🐒 #CompCogPapers #ComparativeCognition #Monkey #AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology
doi.org/10.1007/s100...
Peek a boo! Information seeking about food and functionality in capuchin monkeys - Animal Cognition
The ability to be aware of your own knowledge state (metacognition) can be investigated by examining an individual’s information-seeking behaviour. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) perform strategic sear...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Bee positive! 🐝 A new study found evidence for positive affective contagion in bumblebees, this is an exciting direction for studying affect and emotion beyond vertebrates 🧪 #CompCogPapers #AffectiveScience #ComparativeCognition #BumbleBee #SocialBehavior #AnimalBehavior #Invertebrate #Insect
larschittka.bsky.social Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · Oct 24
Exciting new work from former team members Eric Romero, Cwyn Solvi, Fei Peng and colleagues makes the cover of Science: affective contagion in bumblebees! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Abstract submission for #CO32026 is now open, join us next April in Montreal 🎉🍁🦫 Submit for a symposium by November 14th, or for an individual talk or poster by December 12th.
Information on the conference and a link to the member portal where you can submit: comparativecognition.org/conference.php
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October 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The MBirds paper is out! Congratulations to all collaborators on this major accomplishment 🧪 The study found interesting differences in neophobia between migratory and non-migratory species: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
drrmiller.bsky.social Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social · Oct 14
So excited that our first major empirical @themanybirds.bsky.social paper is now out in @plosbiology.org!
Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!
themanybirds.bsky.social ManyBirds Project @themanybirds.bsky.social · Oct 14
🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology:
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.

She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.

#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane

Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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📣 Call for short commentaries about animal awareness 🧪 There's still time, submit a piece to Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews' target issue by Oct 3rd! comparative-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org/calls-for-up... #CompCog #AnimalBehavior #Consciousness #AnimalMinds #ComparativePsychology
Call for short commentaries regarding the question of animal awareness
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September 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM