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Elodie Mandel-Briefer
@ebriefer.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in vertebrate social behaviour, University of Copenhagen. Research: animal behaviour, bioacoustics, emotions, cognition, welfare. Mom of 2
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stephanielking.bsky.social
3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
ebriefer.bsky.social
Great new paper by @mfhansen.bsky.social and Agustin Fuentes on human-macaque co-existence link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Human-macaque Co-construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives - International Journal of Primatology
Humans and other-than-human-animals (animals) share spaces, food, and lives. This gives rise to possibilities of interspecific learning, social facilitation and interspecific communication, and the po...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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emilymsanford.bsky.social
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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ciwf.org.uk
Misleading food labels are "unfair to consumers who simply don't have the information they need to avoid factory-farmed products"

Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, speaks to @thegrocer.bsky.social. ⬇️
Calls for higher-welfare labelling legislation increase with new study
A new study led by Professor Amitav Chakravarti, a leading marketing academic at the LSE, found 71% of customers would pay more if higher-rated meat was available in UK supermarkets
www.thegrocer.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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ciwf.org.uk
An extra 16.5 million people in the UK, and two billion people globally, could be fed every year if governments prioritised food for people rather than feeding grain to factory-farmed animals.

Our new report outlines how.

#FoodNotFeed
Factory farming wastes enough food to feed two billion people, shocking new report reveals
New report shows two billion people could be fed each year if grain was grown for people, not animals.
www.veganfoodandliving.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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amcell.bsky.social
2025. Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar
Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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ciwf.org.uk
If we end factory farming, we could free up land almost the size of Mexico. 🌎

For every 100 calories of grain fed to animals, just 3–25 calories of meat are produced.

That’s a huge waste.

It’s time to choose #FoodNotFeed. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3WB2QOF
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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trevorabranch.bsky.social
Postdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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ciwf.org.uk
DID YOU KNOW: For every 100 calories of grain fed to animals, only 3-25 calories of meat are produced.

We could feed another 2 billion people by choosing #FoodNotFeed. 🍲

Let’s fix our broken food system. Please sign the open letter to the UK Prime Minister ➡️ bit.ly/4hc5yDO
Feeding grain and soy to animals on intensive farms is inefficient. Feeding 100 calories of grain to farmed animals results in just 3-25 calories of meat. A huge number of calories are lost in the process.
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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katieacronin.bsky.social
What an honorable title! @okstate.edu is hiring a Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied Animal Behavior & Well-Being. 75% research 25% teaching.
#job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare
jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...
Temple Grandin Endowed Professor (Assistant/Associate) in Applied Animal Behavior and Well-Being - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied AnimalBehavior and Well-Being Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesOklahoma State University – Stillwater, Oklahoma The Department of Anim...
jobs.okstate.edu
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ebriefer.bsky.social
Former @behaveco.bsky.social postdoc @mfhansen.bsky.social efforts to maintain the IUCN listing of the long tailed macaque where it should be based on scientific evidence paid off 💪🏼 news.mongabay.com/2025/10/iucn...
IUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaint
BANGKOK — The long-tailed macaque will remain on the Red List of the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, despite objections from the biomedical industry arguing the designation hampers r...
news.mongabay.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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jlwilliamson.bsky.social
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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reichertfroglab.bsky.social
Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Biology - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Campus OSU-Stillwater Contact Name & Email Dr. Michael Reichert, michael.reichert@okstate.edu Work Schedule TBD Appointment Length Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice Hiring Range $85,000 - $8...
jobs.okstate.edu
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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drmariarorvang.bsky.social
📣 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
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
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drgdavidson.bsky.social
🚨🔊 Fully funded PhD!! 🚨🔊

Are you interested in wildlife gut microbiomes? Love birds, fieldwork and bioinformatics? Want to join a collaborative and supportive team? Looking for training to become an independent scientist?

Please apply!

Informal enquiries welcome!

www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
October 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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plosbiology.org
@sonjawild.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social & @lucymaplin.bsky.social show that young #GreatTits, which have limited #ParentalCare, learn to solve a foraging #puzzle socially, but rather than parents, siblings & non-parental adults are preferred role models @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46JZn6n
A juvenile great tit solves a foraging puzzle by pushing a sliding door to the left while being observed by two other juvenile birds. Image credit: Sonja Wild.
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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liftcostaction.bsky.social
Join us for our next Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!

“Animal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb.

📅 Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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damienfarine.bsky.social
Very pleased to see our study that formally quantifies the society of zebra finches. They have different types of relationships, and these form tiers, but they do not form a multilevel society.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

This was a very nice collaboration with great colleagues.
October 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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enourani.bsky.social
🦅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...
Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
ebriefer.bsky.social
Some coverage of @behaveco.bsky.social in the Danish newspaper Ud & Se 🙂 ipaper.ipapercms.dk/DSB/udogse/2...
DSB—Side 77
met, kan jeg godt finde på at trække mig og forsvinde lidt, så godt, som det nu kan lade sig gøre. Med al den sik- kerhed, der er her, er det jo ikke nemt.
ipaper.ipapercms.dk
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
ebriefer.bsky.social
New book chapter on vocalisations in livestock with @monicabattini.bsky.social, Celine Tallet and Silvana Mattiello link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Vocalizations in Livestock
'Vocalizations in Livestock' published in 'Encyclopedia of Livestock Medicine for Large Animal and Poultry Production'
link.springer.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
The Trump regime looked at these maps and thought that it's totally okay to defund USAID and kill 14 million people over the next 5 years (including 4.5 million children under five) because they're not white. Trump apparently also deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Two world maps (panels A and B) display the global impact of USAID health funding and its estimated effect on mortality between 2001 and 2021. Panel A (Top Map): Title: "USAID disbursement (in quartile)" This map shows countries shaded in four shades of purple based on the quartile of USAID health disbursements received from 2001 to 2021. Darker purple (quartile 4) represents the highest levels of USAID disbursement, while lighter purple (quartile 1) represents the lowest levels. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa, such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are shaded in the darkest purple, indicating they received the most funding. Some countries in Latin America, South Asia, and Eastern Europe are shaded in lighter purples. Grey-colored countries (e.g., China, Russia, Western Europe, and parts of Oceania) are not recipients of USAID funding and are excluded from the analysis. Panel B (Bottom Map): Title: "Deaths prevented by USAID, 2001–21 (%)" This map shows the estimated percentage of deaths prevented due to USAID health assistance, with countries shaded in various tones of blue to green. Darker blue represents a higher percentage of deaths prevented (up to 18%), while light green represents lower estimated prevention rates (~5%). Sub-Saharan African countries again show the most notable impact, with many shaded in medium to dark blue, indicating substantial mortality reduction. Countries in Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia show moderate impact (light blue to green), while much of Europe, East Asia, and North America are greyed out or show minimal/no impact due to lack of USAID engagement. Color Scales: Panel A uses a 4-point purple scale for USAID funding quartiles. Panel B uses a gradient from green to dark blue representing 5% to 18% of deaths prevented.
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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nicolasmathevon.bsky.social
The International Bioacoustics Society is on Bluesky!
@ibacsocial.bsky.social

#bioacoustics
October 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM