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Dr Blake Morton
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University lecturer in animal & human psychology. Inspired by biodiversity & conservation. Head of the #BritishCarnivoreProject 🦊🦡🧠🧩🌍 Check out my group's latest research: https://www.blakemorton.co.uk/
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Dr Blake Morton @drblakemorton.bsky.social · Apr 30
Interested in the #biodiversity crisis and how it links to #animal and #human #psychology? Check out my research group's website for updates on our latest work! 🦊🦡🧠🧩🌍 Link here: www.blakemorton.co.uk

#BritishCarnivoreProject @uniofhull.bsky.social
Dr Blake Morton | Animal Behaviourist
www.blakemorton.co.uk
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katzyna.bsky.social
As a notorious hoarder of open tabs, here I go with #TabClosed2026. First up, a short paper showing foxes don't strongly avoid human activity when selecting den sites. We drew on it for a grant preproposal (unsuccessful) on fox welfare at our militarized border. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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mammalweb.bsky.social
1 week left to apply for this PhD.
✅ Field surveys
✅ Cutting-edge modelling
✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social

🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26

#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
Stoat (Credit: Rattus) Badger (Credit: Scottish Wildcat Action) Red fox (Credit: TCV Scotland / NHMP) Roe deer (Credit: Pen Yuan Hsing)
December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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worldwildlife.bsky.social
WILD LONDON
BBC One 6.30pm on 1 Jan 2026 (UK)
After a life spent travelling the world Sir David Attenborough returns home to explore the Wildlife of London, other world TV regions TBC 🌎 #WildLondon #london #wildlife #nature #attenborough #davidattenborough #sirdavidattenborough #wild #bbc #BBCOne
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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asab.org
Take note! 📝 There are a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2026 and #ECBB2026 🗓️

More information here: www.asab.org/conferences-...
ASAB Important Upcoming Dates. ASAB Spring Conference 2026 (logo of gorilla with baby on back) Bristol 23rd-25th March. Feb 1: Conference travel grants due Feb 1: Abstracts due Feb 19: Registration ends Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene ECBB 2025 (logo of various animals in a reflected city). Cambridge 1st-4th September. Jan 31: Symposia submission deadline March 14: Abstracts due March 31: Early bird registration ends April 1: Developing country travel grants due June 1: Conference travel grants due
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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seanrands.bsky.social
We're open for abstract submission, and look forward to welcoming you all to Bristol in March!
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
@asab-meetings.bsky.social #ASABSpring2026
December 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
drblakemorton.bsky.social
Looking for cozy reading over winter break? Check out Story 4, entitled “The Christmas Fox”, from our new online nature booklet (for readers both young and young at heart)! 🦊🌃🎄❄️📖 #BritishCarnivoreProject Download for free below ⬇️

www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...
www.blakemorton.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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pili-scotland.bsky.social
www.nrdc.org/bio/paul-tod...
Making CITES Great Again?
Despite some bad behavior at COP20, the United States may have outlined what needs to happen if we are to successfully halt international trade in endangered species.
www.nrdc.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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rewildscotland.bsky.social
𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝘆𝗻𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱?

This question was closely examined during Scotland’s National Lynx Discussion

📖 Read report here scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/zczrc2bbmf
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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drjuliekyoung.bsky.social
April Wood and I were interviewed about the status of our nonlethal tool research to reduce depredations by mountain lions in California. Listen here: www.cfbf.com/ag-news/voic...
🧪🐱🐑🐂🐐🐎
Voice of California Agriculture Podcast
The California Farm Bureau Federation advocates for California farmers, ranchers, and family farms, promoting sustainable agriculture and education.
www.cfbf.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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environmentjob.co.uk
Growing & Nature Projects Coordinator
Greener Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, Scotland / Hybrid, £31,469 pro rata
environmentjob.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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drjuliekyoung.bsky.social
Our study is published on linking behavior and predation data to improve inference on interspecific risk perception in carnivores. learn all about how 🐱deal with 🐻! 🧪https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70503
Linking behavior and predation data improves inference on interspecific risk perception in carnivores
Competition between carnivores and scavengers can alter predation rates and foraging behavior, shaping the effects of predation on complex community dynamics. The perceived risks of conflict and reso...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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wascherclaudia.bsky.social
Join us for the @ecbb2026.bsky.social at @angliaruskin.bsky.social in September! @asab.org meeting secretary @viveknityananda.bsky.social advertising our conference at #asabwinter2025
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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environmentjob.co.uk
Trainee Ecologist - Nurturing Natural Connections
Scottish Wildlife Trust, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, £24,479 pa
environmentjob.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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drjuliekyoung.bsky.social
Final paper by Mitch and all! On how introduced wild pigs affect the foraging ecology of a native predator as both prey and scavenger. 🧪🐖🐱https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wlb3.01581
Introduced wild pigs affect the foraging ecology of a native predator as both prey and scavenger
Introduced species can disrupt trophic interactions by acting as novel predators, prey, or scavengers. Predicting the impacts of these disruptions can be integral to the conservation of native specie...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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science.org
New #ScienceAdvances analyses of remains from two English towns show how the Industrial Revolution impacted health beyond cities. https://scim.ag/3KXlfD9
Geochemical tales of individual lives in the industrial revolution: Untangling the impact of pollutant exposure in two English towns
Geochemical data reveal spectrums of lived experiences during industrialization, hidden between the assumed rural-urban dichotomy.
scim.ag
December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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prof-r-hill.bsky.social
A fantastic PhD opportunity with the MammalWeb team and PTES. Get in touch if you are interested.
ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social Philip Stephens @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social · 18d
📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us?

Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

@mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
December 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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asab-meetings.bsky.social
If you found this work exciting, note that there plenty of upcoming PhD opportunities at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour in Exeter !
*Four* PhD studentships currently advertised (January deadlines) From bees to physics: insect nests as active matter systems (EPSRC) - Natalie Hempel Weaponry and aggression in wild fiddler crabs (NERC GW4+) - Tim Fawcett & Safi Darden de Ibarra Al and computer vision for behavioural monitoring in orcas (EPSRC) - Darren Croft The emotional basis of behaviour (EPSRC) - Tim Fawcett & Andy Higginson & Sam Ellis @crab-exeter.bsky.social Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) Department of Psychology University of Exeter
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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sophiadaoudi.bsky.social
🚨 Our new paper is out!! A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework 🐾💚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework
Despite increasing awareness of animal welfare, there are vast discrepancies between legal protections and recommended practices for different species…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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bbmwong.bsky.social
What are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social

#BobWongLab

royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Anthropogenic change and the loss of behavioural diversity
Abstract. Behavioural diversity is an important but understudied facet of biodiversity that enables wildlife populations to cope with rapidly changing envi
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
drblakemorton.bsky.social
Are cities domesticating #urban #foxes? Pleased to share this interview with #NationalGeographic stemming from our on-going research at the #BritishCarnivoreProject 🦊 🧠 🌃

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Are foxes becoming domesticated?
Videos of friendly, gentle foxes approaching humans, seemingly wanting to play, are going viral on TikTok. But just because a species is sociable doesn't necessarily make it domesticated.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
drblakemorton.bsky.social
Pleased to share our latest paper, "Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities"🍃 #rewilding #biodiversity

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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royalsocietypublishing.org
Beyond criterion: cognitive flexibility in wild striated caracaras: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Cognition #Ecology
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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compcogsoc.bsky.social
📣 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
Comparative Cognition Society - Conference (CO3)
www.comparativecognition.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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asab-meetings.bsky.social
Final schedule for #ASABWinter2025 is up! We have some fantastic talks and posters ahead of us 🥰 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

asabwinter.github.io/2025/schedule/
Winter ASAB 2025 December 15-16h Edinburgh How Sensory information affects behaviour
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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science.org
Conflict between humans and wildlife—and especially, carnivores—may increase during times of drought, a new #ScienceAdvances analysis of droughts in California suggests. https://scim.ag/47PutKx
Human-wildlife conflict is amplified during periods of drought
Public reports of conflict with wildlife increase during extended periods of lower precipitation.
scim.ag
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM