André Gonçalves
@fieryangelsfell.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto Uni. Interested in primatology, cognition, anthropology, history, & comparative thanatology.
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Le chagrin des animaux : mythe ou réalité ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Que ressentent les animaux face à la mort de leurs congénères, et qu’en comprennent-ils ? À travers des exemples passionnants, une exploration d’un champ d’études en plein essor : la thanatologie anim...
www.arte.tv
In 2024, my colleagues and I organized the @evothan symposium, bringing together experts in comparative thanatology from around the world.
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
#animalgrief
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
#animalgrief
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Thrilled that our elephant gesture work got featured in the latest National Geographic PhotoArk edition @natgeophotos.bsky.social @angelastoeger.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social. Photo Ark uses the power of photography to inspire people to help protect at-risk species before it’s too late.
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Thrilled that our elephant gesture work got featured in the latest National Geographic PhotoArk edition @natgeophotos.bsky.social @angelastoeger.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social. Photo Ark uses the power of photography to inspire people to help protect at-risk species before it’s too late.
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A few more days left to apply for our PhD studentship in primate cognition at NTU - join us!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Fully funded PhD project available at Nottingham Trent University. Linked to a BBSRC funded grant, this project will investigate how primates perceive and respond to infants, combining cutting-edge cognitive testing with behavioural data. See 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
A few more days left to apply for our PhD studentship in primate cognition at NTU - join us!
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Our new review of beluga sociality and culture just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology! Some of our key conclusions summarized 🧵
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Our new review of beluga sociality and culture just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology! Some of our key conclusions summarized 🧵
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org
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For those cephalopod lovers among you, our new updated review of the evidence for cephalpod sentience has now been published in Biological Reviews. (Sadly the picture is of birds rather than cephalopods, as this is the journal cover!)
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
Sentience in cephalopod molluscs: an updated assessment
This article evaluates the evidence for sentience – the capacity to have feelings – in cephalopod molluscs: octopus, cuttlefish, squid, and nautilus. Our framework includes eight criteria, covering b...
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
For those cephalopod lovers among you, our new updated review of the evidence for cephalpod sentience has now been published in Biological Reviews. (Sadly the picture is of birds rather than cephalopods, as this is the journal cover!)
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
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New preprint out!🧪🌍🔥
I observed 17 bird species at two prescribed fires in Sweden. They appeared to mostly ignore the fire, and some (such as this skylark) even sang through the smoke - an important comparison with birds from fire-prone regions (reviewed here).
www.authorea.com/users/102018...
I observed 17 bird species at two prescribed fires in Sweden. They appeared to mostly ignore the fire, and some (such as this skylark) even sang through the smoke - an important comparison with birds from fire-prone regions (reviewed here).
www.authorea.com/users/102018...
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
New preprint out!🧪🌍🔥
I observed 17 bird species at two prescribed fires in Sweden. They appeared to mostly ignore the fire, and some (such as this skylark) even sang through the smoke - an important comparison with birds from fire-prone regions (reviewed here).
www.authorea.com/users/102018...
I observed 17 bird species at two prescribed fires in Sweden. They appeared to mostly ignore the fire, and some (such as this skylark) even sang through the smoke - an important comparison with birds from fire-prone regions (reviewed here).
www.authorea.com/users/102018...
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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...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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The hidden power of grief rituals
Grief can inspire concrete acts of loyalty and generosity.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Webinar: Donkeys as Agents of Drought Resilience for Pastoralist Communities
5th February at 11am GMT/2pm EAT
port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89107947069
We are pleased to invite you to our webinar and panel discussion sharing the findings from our British Academy-funded project.
Hope to see you there!
5th February at 11am GMT/2pm EAT
port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89107947069
We are pleased to invite you to our webinar and panel discussion sharing the findings from our British Academy-funded project.
Hope to see you there!
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Webinar: Donkeys as Agents of Drought Resilience for Pastoralist Communities
5th February at 11am GMT/2pm EAT
port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89107947069
We are pleased to invite you to our webinar and panel discussion sharing the findings from our British Academy-funded project.
Hope to see you there!
5th February at 11am GMT/2pm EAT
port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89107947069
We are pleased to invite you to our webinar and panel discussion sharing the findings from our British Academy-funded project.
Hope to see you there!
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Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦⬛
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦⬛
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
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EMPATHY: In a new article out in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how processes like mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here👉: brill.com/view/journal...
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM
EMPATHY: In a new article out in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how processes like mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here👉: brill.com/view/journal...
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Tomorrow is the first session of the 2026 edition of our online seminar on animal agency!
This session will be led by Lisa Yon and will explore ways to promote agency in captive animals (especially elephants!).
Hoping to see many of you! 🐘🐘🐘
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
This session will be led by Lisa Yon and will explore ways to promote agency in captive animals (especially elephants!).
Hoping to see many of you! 🐘🐘🐘
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026
Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...
www.animalinventiveness.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Tomorrow is the first session of the 2026 edition of our online seminar on animal agency!
This session will be led by Lisa Yon and will explore ways to promote agency in captive animals (especially elephants!).
Hoping to see many of you! 🐘🐘🐘
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
This session will be led by Lisa Yon and will explore ways to promote agency in captive animals (especially elephants!).
Hoping to see many of you! 🐘🐘🐘
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’m recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Fully funded PhD project available at Nottingham Trent University. Linked to a BBSRC funded grant, this project will investigate how primates perceive and respond to infants, combining cutting-edge cognitive testing with behavioural data. See 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
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Check out our new paper on the #development of #gaze-following in wild #chimpanzees, led by @kris-sabbi.bsky.social, @zeppypearl.bsky.social, & Isabelle Monroe!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Check out our new paper on the #development of #gaze-following in wild #chimpanzees, led by @kris-sabbi.bsky.social, @zeppypearl.bsky.social, & Isabelle Monroe!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I had the honour of working to bring @auersperga.bsky.social’s baby to life. It’s a VERY heavy baby - over 200 references (and yes I read them all) - but necessary to do justice to our new hypothesis of combinatory tool use origins 📝👶🛠️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis
Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherite...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I had the honour of working to bring @auersperga.bsky.social’s baby to life. It’s a VERY heavy baby - over 200 references (and yes I read them all) - but necessary to do justice to our new hypothesis of combinatory tool use origins 📝👶🛠️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Comparative Thanatology Highlights — 2025 Edition.
See the thread below for this year’s standout publications.
#comparativethanatology
See the thread below for this year’s standout publications.
#comparativethanatology
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Comparative Thanatology Highlights — 2025 Edition.
See the thread below for this year’s standout publications.
#comparativethanatology
See the thread below for this year’s standout publications.
#comparativethanatology
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Like many who care about the famous 'gorillas in the mist', I've been thinking a lot about Dian Fossey and how to mark her untimely demise 40 years ago.
I looked up this article I wrote for BBC Wildlife Magazine just after her murder, still unsolved in most people's eyes, and have been musing...
I looked up this article I wrote for BBC Wildlife Magazine just after her murder, still unsolved in most people's eyes, and have been musing...
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Like many who care about the famous 'gorillas in the mist', I've been thinking a lot about Dian Fossey and how to mark her untimely demise 40 years ago.
I looked up this article I wrote for BBC Wildlife Magazine just after her murder, still unsolved in most people's eyes, and have been musing...
I looked up this article I wrote for BBC Wildlife Magazine just after her murder, still unsolved in most people's eyes, and have been musing...
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New paper out! 🧪
On reconstructing dinosaur cognition through contemporary cognitive science - a primer on the function of neurons and cognition, the role of extant animals, thermobiology, tools, arms races, foraging, and model-based cognition.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
On reconstructing dinosaur cognition through contemporary cognitive science - a primer on the function of neurons and cognition, the role of extant animals, thermobiology, tools, arms races, foraging, and model-based cognition.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New paper out! 🧪
On reconstructing dinosaur cognition through contemporary cognitive science - a primer on the function of neurons and cognition, the role of extant animals, thermobiology, tools, arms races, foraging, and model-based cognition.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
On reconstructing dinosaur cognition through contemporary cognitive science - a primer on the function of neurons and cognition, the role of extant animals, thermobiology, tools, arms races, foraging, and model-based cognition.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
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Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is now published!
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is now published!
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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[Please share] Call for Fellowship Applications for Early Career Researchers from the Global South — to attend an international workshop on ‘spectral percepts’ and the Origins of Musicality in The Netherlands.
Deadline : 19 December 2025 (23:59, AoE).
See www.lorentzcenter.nl/index.php?pn...
Deadline : 19 December 2025 (23:59, AoE).
See www.lorentzcenter.nl/index.php?pn...
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
[Please share] Call for Fellowship Applications for Early Career Researchers from the Global South — to attend an international workshop on ‘spectral percepts’ and the Origins of Musicality in The Netherlands.
Deadline : 19 December 2025 (23:59, AoE).
See www.lorentzcenter.nl/index.php?pn...
Deadline : 19 December 2025 (23:59, AoE).
See www.lorentzcenter.nl/index.php?pn...
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Iain Douglas-Hamilton was a champion for elephants 🐘 & one of the inspirations for my own research. He was among the 1st to study ele social behaviour & it was his life's work to protect them
Sending my condolences to all the friends & family during this sad time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sending my condolences to all the friends & family during this sad time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, pioneering elephant conservationist, dies aged 83
His groundbreaking field research was instrumental in banning the international ivory trade and protecting elephants from poachers.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Iain Douglas-Hamilton was a champion for elephants 🐘 & one of the inspirations for my own research. He was among the 1st to study ele social behaviour & it was his life's work to protect them
Sending my condolences to all the friends & family during this sad time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sending my condolences to all the friends & family during this sad time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In 2024, my colleagues and I organized the @evothan symposium, bringing together experts in comparative thanatology from around the world.
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
#animalgrief
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
#animalgrief
Le chagrin des animaux : mythe ou réalité ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Que ressentent les animaux face à la mort de leurs congénères, et qu’en comprennent-ils ? À travers des exemples passionnants, une exploration d’un champ d’études en plein essor : la thanatologie anim...
www.arte.tv
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In 2024, my colleagues and I organized the @evothan symposium, bringing together experts in comparative thanatology from around the world.
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
#animalgrief
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
#animalgrief
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🚨 The Evothan Collective is now on Bluesky!
Follow for updates on comparative thanatology, discover how animals respond to death and keep up with the newest research in this fascinating field!
#Evothan #ComparativeThanatology
Follow for updates on comparative thanatology, discover how animals respond to death and keep up with the newest research in this fascinating field!
#Evothan #ComparativeThanatology
Comparative Thanatology Highlights — 2025 Edition.
See the thread below for this year’s standout publications.
#comparativethanatology
See the thread below for this year’s standout publications.
#comparativethanatology
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨 The Evothan Collective is now on Bluesky!
Follow for updates on comparative thanatology, discover how animals respond to death and keep up with the newest research in this fascinating field!
#Evothan #ComparativeThanatology
Follow for updates on comparative thanatology, discover how animals respond to death and keep up with the newest research in this fascinating field!
#Evothan #ComparativeThanatology