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Academic society supporting Behavioural Biology in research & teaching | associated with Ethology | 🇪🇺 | posts by @hanjabrrr.bsky.social
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Jan 13
Hello Bluesky! Follow us for posts on new research, jobs (mostly European) and updates on activities of the society and related organisations! Let's connect! 🦩🦩🦩🦩
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applied-ethology.bsky.social
#jobalert

Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ethoges.bsky.social
Always a great event for the early career crowd! 🐥
eoufledglings.bsky.social EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 1d
The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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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
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funecology.bsky.social
📰Published📰Experimentally increased food availability allows for earlier departure in a long-distance migratory shorebird🐦

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Experimentally increased food availability allows for earlier departure in a long-distance migratory shorebird
Thomas K. Lameris, Allert I. Bijleveld, Roeland A. Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva M.A. Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc G. G. de Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma This is a plain language …
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November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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elinamantyla.bsky.social
Granger et al. Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ornithology #seabirds
Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds | PNAS
Multispecies sensory networks, where different species prioritize different sensory modalities and then use heterospecific information in a likely ...
www.pnas.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: Holtz et al. use a computer vision pipeline to uncover subtle differences in movement patterns in Lake Malawi cichlids — showing how behavior may help maintain biodiversity beyond diet differences. 🐟📹🤖
It's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
#Cichlids #ComputerVision #MachineLearning
Cryptic and Ecologically Relevant Locomotor Activity Patterns in Lake Malawi Cichlids Revealed Through Computer Vision Pipeline
Cryptic behavioral variation revealed by computer vision pipeline. Two closely related cichlid species show differences in patterns of tank usage (heatmaps) as well as the number and duration of stop...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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behavecolpapers.bsky.social
#animal #behavior: Courtship displays that grab and hold attention CurrentBiology
#animal #behavior: Courtship displays that grab and hold attention
Elaborate mating displays in animals are often thought to evolve in response to female preferences. A new field study on courtship and mating in a Bird-of-paradise points to another function for elaborate displays — to grab and hold females’ attention during the full courtship performance.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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animalecology.bsky.social
New research shows meerkat social group membership strongly shapes gut microbiomes and beneficial bacterial co-occurrence, beyond individual health or environmental exposure. ⬇️
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@krishsubramaniam.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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jennifer-morinay.bsky.social
🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
Colour-ringed long-tailed tit
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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amcell.bsky.social
2025. The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues
We discuss the intricate relationship between the evolution of the concept of stress and the development of the concept of animal welfare. After a brief review of the main concepts of animal welfare,...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: When the air gets dry, cockroaches huddle up! 💨🪳
Kryger et al. show that Madagascar hissing cockroaches aggregate more under low humidity — a plastic, adaptive response to desiccation risk. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth....
#AnimalBehavior #Insects #Plasticity #ClimateChange
Plastic Behavioral Responses to Ambient Relative Humidity Influence Aggregation in a Large Gregarious Insect
Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa) demonstrated an increased probability of performing aggregation behavior at higher ambient relative humidity levels, indicating environmenta...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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behavecol.bsky.social
Impact of human presence and activity on urban Eurasian red squirrels’ innovative problem-solving
#UrbanWildlife #Mammal #Cognition

doi.org/10.1093/behe...
a squirrel standing on its hind legs in the grass .
ALT: a squirrel standing on its hind legs in the grass .
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November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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inesfuertbauer.bsky.social
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: Imagine you wake up as a hermaphrodite marine worm - who should you trade eggs with?! 🐛💞🥚
Loubière & Lorenzi show that Ophryotrocha diadema trade eggs equally with familiar and unfamiliar partners — suggesting reciprocity without individual recognition. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Egg Traders Do Not Discriminate Between Familiar and Unfamiliar Partners
Reciprocity in annelids: switching partners does not affect delay or size of egg donation.
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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behavecobie.bsky.social
Still a few days to apply!
behavecobie.bsky.social Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · Oct 2
MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group!
Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳
Deadline: 7 Nov 2025
All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...
Please share it around!
November 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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williamohearn.bsky.social
New paper out in iScience. We found the pattern of Guinea baboon meat transfers follows the shape of their nested multi-level society. Transfers of meat are more tolerant at the lower levels of the society and are more likely to occur along stronger social relationships. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Meat transfer patterns reflect the multi-level social system of Guinea baboons
Wildlife behavior; Biological sciences; Zoology; Evolutionary biology
www.cell.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
ethoges.bsky.social
Award alert! 🎖️🚨 Every other year, the Ethologische Gesellschaft awards the Niko Tinbergen Award to outstanding post-doc level researchers in Behavioural Biology (<=6yrs post PhD exam).
...and this year is one of these years! Please send us your nominations! 🫵 Infos: www.etho-ges.de/wordpress/aw...
Awards – Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V.
www.etho-ges.de
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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krishsubramaniam.bsky.social
‼️ Thrilled to share my first article on the Kalahari meerkats ‼️, in @animalecology.bsky.social! Group membership strongly influences gut microbiomes & especially the co-occurrence of beneficial bacteria, beyond animals' age or sex, disease status, or environmental exposure

doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Impact of animal socioecology on gut microbial communities: Insights from wild meerkats in the Kalahari
Our study addresses critical gaps at the nexus of animal and microbial ecologies, adding much-needed empirical support to recent theoretical frameworks that have conceptualised gut microbiomes as bei...
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: How does ingesting microplastics mess with fish minds? 🧠🐟
Lucon-Xiccato et al. tested if synthetic (PE) vs. biodegradable (PBAT) microplastics affects zebrafish cognition. While PE significantly reduced brain activity, learning ability didn't change. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth....
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October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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andyradford.bsky.social
Out 🌟TODAY🌟 in the #new volume of @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour, is latest #PhD chapter from the fantastic #Chun-ChiehLiao:
Functionally referential communication about danger in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs
#fieldwork #experiments
With #RobMagrath #RobHeinsohn
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Two wild white-winged choughs in Canberra, Australia; the study species in the newly published paper. Lead author Chun-Chieh Liao presenting the published work at the Behaviour 2025 conference in Kolkata.
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: Condition-dependent risk-taking in mice! 🐭💥🍔
Lopez-Hervas et al. show that diet quality and body mass shape mice’s reactions to risk — heavier or better-fed individuals play it safer, supporting the asset-protection hypothesis! Read here, it's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Condition‐Dependent Responses to Risk in a Small Mammal
Responses to a predation risk gradient vary as a function of the resource environment and individual condition in a small mammal.
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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uni-konstanz.de
A special type of fishing takes place in southern Brazil: dolphins drive the prey into the net. The fishermen work so closely together that even their heart rates synchronise. Discovered by a research team led by #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social biologist @hanjabrrr.bsky.social: t1p.de/d56g3
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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jezierskimt.bsky.social
New paper today in Proc B @royalsociety.org. We explored nest architecture in 3,685 species of birds, modelling the multivariate nature of nests, i.e. how shape, location or attachment co-occur. Then we explored how the environment affected nest architecture evolution. Spoilers in the title! 🪺🐦🌍
A wide range of abiotic and biotic variables leaves most variation in bird nest architecture unexplained | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Nests are the locations or containers for offspring, and mediate interactions between offspring and the environment. However, understanding how environmental factors shape the evolution of nest archit...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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sciam.bsky.social
Spooky web patterns known as "stabilimenta" may help spiders sense prey, a new study finds, adding fresh insight to a decades-old debate about the function of these structures
Spider Web Decorations Could Aid in Prey Detection, Study Finds
Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old debate about the function of these structures
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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viveknityananda.bsky.social
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?

Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM