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Franca Eichenberger
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Molecular & behavioural ecologist studying reproductive tactics & population structure in baleen whales. 🐋🧬
Postdoc at Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at University of St Andrews.
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Franca Eichenberger @francae.bsky.social · Jan 8
New paper on "Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales." 🐋🧬
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@emma-carroll.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/8
Graphical abstract of the methods and main results of the publication. It includes a photograph of a group of several humpback whales competing to be closest to the female of the group.
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animal-sounds.bsky.social
🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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mbizzozzero.bsky.social
🎉 Excited to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD!

From 270 eDNA samples across Shark Bay (🇦🇺), we identified 106 fish species and mapped their diversity with remote sensing — all non-invasively! 🌊🐠

A scalable framework for characterising marine biodiversity

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70074
Integrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Remote Sensing Reveals Known and Novel Fish Diversity Hotspots in a World Heritage Area
Aim Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Western Australia, is highly vulnerable to climate change, yet its fish biodiversity remains poorly understood at fine spatial scales. We integrated en...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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rjpheathcote.bsky.social
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Open call for 3-5 month Early Career Fellowships at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin

https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-a-fellow/wiko-early-career-calls/early-career-call-life-and-natural-sciences

deadline Nov 1
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Early Career Call Life and Natural Sciences
www.wiko-berlin.de
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
francae.bsky.social
It's been nothing short of amazing helping Opération Cétacés & @ird-fr.bsky.social collect data on humpback whales in New Caledonia these past two months.🧬🎵@solenederville.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social (🐳📷) @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
A humpback whale leaps out of the water. Its body is almost entirely out of the water. Picture taken by Ellen Garland. Me on a boat taking pictures with the cliffs of Walpole Island in the background. Me, Claire, and Solène with the cliffs of Walpole behind us. A typical scenery of the landscape in the South Lagoon with its red soil and green vegetation of palm trees and mangroves.
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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lrendell.bsky.social
Better late than never but had such a great time last month helping Whitehead lab collect body condition and photo id on northern bottlenose whales in the Gully MPA - see 🧵 for cool whale videos!🐳🦑⛵
Me at the navigation/science station on r/v Balaena with galley also in view Me in r/v Baleana's cockpit with sunset and field crew behind Me and whole crew for 2 weeks in cockpit of r/v Balaena Two fieldworkers on the bow of r/v Balaena can no longer take ID shorts because northern bottlenose whales are too close!
August 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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eegcam.bsky.social
3 exciting job opportunities at the new "HUMAN ORIGINS" Cluster of Excellence at Tübingen, for which I am an external PI. We are looking for early career researchers ready to launch their independent group and ask some exciting questions!
katharv.bsky.social Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 7
Job Alerts!🚨 We are looking to fill three Independent Junior Research Group Leader positions in the 'HUMAN ORIGINS' Cluster of Excellence at the University of Tübingen
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026

1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100%)
uni-tuebingen.de
August 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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ellengarland.bsky.social
Spotting whales for the boat team at the lighthouse in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia 🐳 🎶 @solenederville.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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evoldir.bsky.social
The University of Calgary seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Freshwater Ecology, starting 2026. Candidates must have a PhD and focus on research and teaching-related aquatic ecology. Apply by Sept 5, 2025. More info: https://ucalgary.ca. #job
Top Degree Programs and Research in Canada
Transform your inspiration into impact!
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August 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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ecologygrant.bsky.social
Conservation postdoc in Brisbane, Australia 🧪
August 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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ellengarland.bsky.social
Humpback whale fieldwork 2025: the season is well underway in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia @solenederville.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social
Sitting on the side of our research boat
August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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evoldir.bsky.social
Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University
With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (
www.uni-bielefeld.de
July 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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jlarsch.bsky.social
Become our colleague! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position at The Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. unil.ch/cig/en/home....
More details for how to apply are here:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
CIG- UNIL
July 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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animal-sounds.bsky.social
🚨Research assistant position in the Kalahari Research Centre!
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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royalsocietypublishing.org
#ProcB - Early-life paternal relationships predict adult female survival in wild baboons - find out more about the study from the authors #Behaviour @archielab.bsky.social royalsociety.org/blog/2025/06...
July 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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noc.ac.uk
@metoffice.gov.uk ‘s 'State of the UK Climate' report is out today, with some key findings:

🌊UK sea level is rising faster than the global average
🌡️extremes are becoming the norm
🥇record breaking weather events are becoming more frequent
🔥the last 3 yrs have been in the UK's top 5 warmest on record
July 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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royalholloway.bsky.social
Why are there wildfires in Scotland?

This summer's heatwaves are triggering destructive wildfires across Europe.

Beyond climate change, Dr Catherine Smith gives a reason why Scotland, often associated with 'cooler' weather, is suffering damage.
"In many parts of Scotland the amount of grazing, especially with cattle, and the controlled use of fire in the winter and early spring (known as muirburn) have decreased in recent decades. This means that there is lots of old and drier vegetation on many moorlands, which, again, is fuel for larger wildfires." (Dr Catherine Smith, Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Royal Holloway, University of London)
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
More grist for my thesis that car dependency is corrosive to democratic societies www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🧪 Great work on Hector’s & Māui genomes with @laninsky.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social

phys.org/news/2025-07...
Innovative DNA assembly process produces high-quality reference genomes for endangered dolphins
Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have adapted to their environment helps conservationists protect them.
phys.org
July 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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nicholaswu.bsky.social
🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged.

📍 Townsville, AU
Closes: 8th Aug 2025
🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...
careers.jcu.edu.au
July 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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kathelijnekoops.bsky.social
Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩
nakedprimate.bsky.social Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · Jul 2
📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social

@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
two 4-year PhD positions in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich, and the Wild Minds Lab of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, to study wild chimpanzees and bonobos. The PhD candidates will work within the Creative Ape Project. The overall goal of the project is to enhance our understanding of the evolution of creativity, and to shed light on whether humans are a uniquely 'creative ape'. To do so we will apply a comparative approach, quantifying the creative capacities of wild non-human apes to investigate the underlying drivers that shape creative expression across species. The project explores four interconnected topics: i) Making mavericks, ii) Funny guys and arty-types, iii) Lone ape geniuses, and iv) Creative ape economies. We employ a comprehensive approach that leverages long-term datasets, new field data, detailed manual video-coding, bespoke automated deep-learning models, and advanced modelling, to extract rich information on the ways in which apes solve problems in their daily lives. Excellent collaborative, independent working and time management skills are essential. Previous field experience (incl. behavioural data collection) is required, and experience working in remote places under difficult living conditions is highly recommended. The project will require strong data management and data analysis skills, and 12-18 months of field work split into 2-3 periods. Please submit your application in a single PDF to kathelijne.koops@iea.uzh.ch and clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk – by 4th of August 2025. Feel free to get in touch if you have any inquiries about the positions. Applications should include: 1) cover letter stating your motivation and how your expertise fits the project (max. 1 page), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) copy of the highest degree obtained, 4) names and contact details of two referees, and 5) reprints of 1-2 selected publications A tiny chimpfant looks at the camera with surprise
July 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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leverhulme.ac.uk
How do we talk about pain that doesn’t go away? How do people live in bodies that society isn’t built for? And how can we shift the narrative from individual burden to collective responsibility?

ICYMI: Prof @tomshakespeare.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social helps answer these questions in this podcast.
acadsocsciences.bsky.social Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Jul 7
“If we can make space to talk about pain, that is helpful.”

ICYMI: The latest episode of the We Society podcast sees @tomshakespeare.bsky.social, of @lshtm.bsky.social, join Will Hutton to discuss his research into the link between social science & disability.

➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-society
July 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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chimpanzeve.bsky.social
Want a summary of our new paper on the impact of delayed ADHD diagnosis in women?

Well I have just the ticket! Perfect for people who don't have an academic background, or those looking for a lighter read :)

otherprimates.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/u...

#ADHD #DelayedDiagnosis #WomensHealth
July 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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meta-kittiwake.bsky.social
Using #genetics to sex #Seabirds? 👉 New #openaccess #Methods note published today (optimize don't reinvent👍). No PhD student is an island: huge thanks to co-authors, collaborators and funders. #ornithology @ukri.org @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s126... @springernature.com
A modified primer-pair designed for the molecular sex identification of black-legged Kittiwake (Laridae: Rissa tridactyla) - Conservation Genetics Resources
In studies of avian populations accurate sex identification facilitates the study of sex-linked behaviour, ecology, social structure, decision-making, and life histories. To improve molecular sex iden...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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phoca-sapiens.bsky.social
Lots of invaluable advice here for both early stage researchers and well established folk. Well thought out impactful figures are key to getting your points across, and it's all too common to see poor practice 🧪🧬🖥️🌍 #datavis #bioinformatics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A checklist for designing and improving the visualization of scientific data - Nature Cell Biology
Creating clear and engaging scientific figures is crucial to communicate complex data. In this Comment, I condense principles from design, visual perception and data visualization research in a checkl...
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM