Debottam Bhattacharjee
@debottam1991.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow @CityUHongKong, Previously Marie Curie Fellow @UniUtrecht, PhD in animal behaviour from @iiserkol. 🐾🐒 🐃
Associate Editor: iScience-Cell Press
Animal behaviour, Comparative psychology, Behavioural ecology
https://www.dbcognition.co.in
Associate Editor: iScience-Cell Press
Animal behaviour, Comparative psychology, Behavioural ecology
https://www.dbcognition.co.in
Pinned
New paper out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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As cities grow and landscapes evolve, people are increasingly finding themselves sharing space with wildlife, which brings both challenges and opportunities.
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As cities grow and landscapes evolve, people are increasingly finding themselves sharing space with wildlife, which brings both challenges and opportunities.
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Fixed-term Research Assistant post in primate behaviour, likely desk based but good experience before applying for PhD funding. Join us at NTU! @ntupsychology.bsky.social
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour:City Campus
Join us as a Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour! Gain excellent experience and skills working with a range of primatologists across NTU. A great stepping stone before embarking on a PhD!
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Fixed-term Research Assistant post in primate behaviour, likely desk based but good experience before applying for PhD funding. Join us at NTU! @ntupsychology.bsky.social
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Join us (November 26th 4 PM Hong Kong Time) for our final project meeting (online) about the Hong Kong feral water buffalo 🐃 project.
Check out www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration or scan QR code on the poster. We welcome everyone!!
@amcell.bsky.social
Check out www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration or scan QR code on the poster. We welcome everyone!!
@amcell.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Join us (November 26th 4 PM Hong Kong Time) for our final project meeting (online) about the Hong Kong feral water buffalo 🐃 project.
Check out www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration or scan QR code on the poster. We welcome everyone!!
@amcell.bsky.social
Check out www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration or scan QR code on the poster. We welcome everyone!!
@amcell.bsky.social
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The conference is next week!✨
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The conference is next week!✨
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
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Very timely special issue! If you’re working on how human altered environments impact social cognition (social learning, decisions in a context, communication…) or how social cognition can help deal with the challenges and opportunities of human altered environnements, consider submitting!
Excited to announce that Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and I are co-editing a special collection for Animal Cognition on "Social Cognition in a Human World". Do you study how urbanization, pollution, heat stress, fragmentation, ... affects cognition? We want to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/...
Social Cognition in a Human World
As humanity exploits and reshapes the environment to accommodate for development and population growth demands, animals need to adapt to these human-induced ...
link.springer.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Very timely special issue! If you’re working on how human altered environments impact social cognition (social learning, decisions in a context, communication…) or how social cognition can help deal with the challenges and opportunities of human altered environnements, consider submitting!
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🐃🐦 Interested in how feral buffalo & cattle affect bird communities in Hong Kong?
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
October 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
🐃🐦 Interested in how feral buffalo & cattle affect bird communities in Hong Kong?
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
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Social relationships are powerful predictors of fitness across social animals. But *why*?
In our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper, we outline testable predictions for why relationship quality and quantity adaptively vary across socio-ecological contexts.
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
In our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper, we outline testable predictions for why relationship quality and quantity adaptively vary across socio-ecological contexts.
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Social relationships are powerful predictors of fitness across social animals. But *why*?
In our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper, we outline testable predictions for why relationship quality and quantity adaptively vary across socio-ecological contexts.
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
In our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper, we outline testable predictions for why relationship quality and quantity adaptively vary across socio-ecological contexts.
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
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Happening in 1 week: October 23rd, from 4 to 5.30pm Hong Kong time (UTC+8) or 10 to 11.30 Central European time (UTC+2)! Still time to register using the QR code on the poster below 😄
Looking forward to sharing the outcome of my four years of PhD research on the Hong Kong feral cattle 🐂
Looking forward to sharing the outcome of my four years of PhD research on the Hong Kong feral cattle 🐂
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Happening in 1 week: October 23rd, from 4 to 5.30pm Hong Kong time (UTC+8) or 10 to 11.30 Central European time (UTC+2)! Still time to register using the QR code on the poster below 😄
Looking forward to sharing the outcome of my four years of PhD research on the Hong Kong feral cattle 🐂
Looking forward to sharing the outcome of my four years of PhD research on the Hong Kong feral cattle 🐂
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📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
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🐦 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/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
“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/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
journals.plos.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🐦 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/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
“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/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
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Does playfulness support a cooperative and tolerant society? A new study links play, tolerance, and empathy in elephants.
Play Encourages Cooperation and Tolerance in Elephants
Signals used by elephants to manage competitive play sessions provide hints to the roots of empathy in social mammals.
www.psychologytoday.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Does playfulness support a cooperative and tolerant society? A new study links play, tolerance, and empathy in elephants.
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🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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2025. Veterinary college sheds light on lives of Lantau’s water buffalo - cc @debottam1991.bsky.social croucher.org.hk/en/news/vete...
Veterinary college sheds light on lives of Lantau’s water buffalo
Veterinary college sheds light on lives of Lantau’s water buffalo
croucher.org.hk
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
2025. Veterinary college sheds light on lives of Lantau’s water buffalo - cc @debottam1991.bsky.social croucher.org.hk/en/news/vete...
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Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk (sksakal@ilstu.edu) by Oct 31!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk (sksakal@ilstu.edu) by Oct 31!
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ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "
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September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk (sksakal@ilstu.edu) by Oct 31!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk (sksakal@ilstu.edu) by Oct 31!
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@ghodgson.bsky.social and I will present our PhD research on October 23rd, 4 to 5.30pm HK time
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@ghodgson.bsky.social and I will present our PhD research on October 23rd, 4 to 5.30pm HK time
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Interested in the feral cattle of Hong Kong? @tania-perroux.bsky.social and I will be talking about our PhD research next month; for more information and to register, check out the poster below! 👀🐂☀️
@ghodgson.bsky.social and I will present our PhD research on October 23rd, 4 to 5.30pm HK time
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Interested in the feral cattle of Hong Kong? @tania-perroux.bsky.social and I will be talking about our PhD research next month; for more information and to register, check out the poster below! 👀🐂☀️
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You can find out more about HK feral cattle phenotypes in our paper royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/..., and learn more about this unique populations on our website hkcattleresearch.org
And let us know your thought about our findings 😀
And let us know your thought about our findings 😀
Hong Kong Feral Cattle Research
Visit the post for more.
hkcattleresearch.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
You can find out more about HK feral cattle phenotypes in our paper royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/..., and learn more about this unique populations on our website hkcattleresearch.org
And let us know your thought about our findings 😀
And let us know your thought about our findings 😀
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We present the first evidence of seasonal coat colour changes in cattle, with paler individuals in the wet season and darker ones in the dry season, suggesting plastic phenotypes. The main driver of seasonal coat colour appears to be thermoregulation, supporting the thermal melanism hypothesis.
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
We present the first evidence of seasonal coat colour changes in cattle, with paler individuals in the wet season and darker ones in the dry season, suggesting plastic phenotypes. The main driver of seasonal coat colour appears to be thermoregulation, supporting the thermal melanism hypothesis.
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Our latest feral cattle paper “Seasonal changes in coat colour and sexual size dimorphism in a subtropical ungulate” is out today in open access
@royalsociety.org Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, @ghodgson.bsky.social & @amcell.bsky.social
@royalsociety.org Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, @ghodgson.bsky.social & @amcell.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Our latest feral cattle paper “Seasonal changes in coat colour and sexual size dimorphism in a subtropical ungulate” is out today in open access
@royalsociety.org Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, @ghodgson.bsky.social & @amcell.bsky.social
@royalsociety.org Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, @ghodgson.bsky.social & @amcell.bsky.social
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Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc
I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
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I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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September 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc
I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
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🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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Social status predicts self-directed behaviors, contingent on broader social dynamics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.11.669676v1
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Social status predicts self-directed behaviors, contingent on broader social dynamics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.11.669676v1
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Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.31.668027v1
August 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.31.668027v1
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We found that feral cattle were more likely to intervene in allogrooming interactions if they had a strong social bond with one animal but not the other, dominant animals were more likely to be successful interveners, and that allogrooming duration increased when more cattle were nearby.
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We found that feral cattle were more likely to intervene in allogrooming interactions if they had a strong social bond with one animal but not the other, dominant animals were more likely to be successful interveners, and that allogrooming duration increased when more cattle were nearby.
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Very excited to announce that our latest feral cattle paper “Strategic third-party interventions in feral ungulate affiliation” is out today in @royalsociety.org Proceedings of the Royal Society B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, Tania Perroux & @amcell.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Very excited to announce that our latest feral cattle paper “Strategic third-party interventions in feral ungulate affiliation” is out today in @royalsociety.org Proceedings of the Royal Society B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, Tania Perroux & @amcell.bsky.social