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Jacob C. Dunn
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

www.thepeergroup.org.uk

PEER Group research is focused on primate evolution and ecology, with a particular emphasis on vocal communication and the evolution of language.
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Missed our #ECBB2026 Plenary Speaker reveals? Not to worry!

Here is a quick recap of all the excellent speakers we'll be welcoming at September's meeting!
Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers (Left) Image of Prof Laurent Brent, University of Exeter (Centre) Image of Prof Tim Caro, University of Bristol (Right) Image of Prof Mariella Herberstein, Leibnez Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers (Left) Image of Prof Andrew Radford, University of Bristol (Centre) Image of Dr Bibiana Rojas, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Right) Image of Dr Christopher Schell, University of California, Berkeley Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Looking for a Postdoc position and have a background in bioacoustics and animal cognition? Interested in whether other animals might have something akin to language? Join our team: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Communication between humans and domestic dogs 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sound symbolism facilitates interspecies communication between humans and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Sound symbolism facilitates interspecies communication between humans and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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🚨 New paper alert! "Honestly exaggerated: howler monkey roars are reliable signals of body size and behaviourally relevant to listeners"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We show that formants advertise body size and mediate social interactions in black and gold howler monkeys.
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Thank you so much for the invitation!!! I am taking requests! What would you like to hear in a plenary????
ecbb2026.bsky.social European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 18d
Ready to meet our third plenary speaker? We are delighted to announce it's....
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The extraordinary @mherberstein.bsky.social
ECBB 2026 logo above header that reads ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers Photo includes:Prof Mariella Herberstein, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Text reads: - Interested in all aspects of spider behaviour – from mating behaviour and sexual cannibalism, to web-building, mimicry and deception - Behavioural ecology of various insects, including moths, bugs, damselflies, and praying mantids - The evolution of imperfect mimicry in ant-mimicking spiders, warning signals in moths and butterflies
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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We've crawled, swam, hopped, flew, scuttled and run through our ECBB 2026 Plenary Speaker list to reach the final plenary announcement.
Who is rounding off our speaker list?
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It's the fantastic Dr Christopher Schell!
Header: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers Image of Dr Christopher Schell, University of California, Berkeley Text next to photo reads: - Urban ecologist, professor, Afrofuturist, father, and writer - Combines animal behaviour, physiology, urban biodiversity conservation, environmental justice, and One Health to investigate how carnivores adapt to life in cities - transdisciplinary work to disentangle how environmental injustices have structured our urban ecosystems and how to build more just, biodiverse, and resilient cities
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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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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We know you're jumping with excitement to find out the penultimate ECBB 2026 plenary speaker so we won't keep you waiting much longer!
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It's the marvellous @biobiiana.bsky.social!
Header: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers Image of Dr Bibiana Rojas, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Text next to photo reads: Main interests in the interface between behavioural and evolutionary ecology Aspects of communication, animal colouration, predator-prey interactions, aggression, parental care, and life history trade-offs The effects of anthropogenic activities such as habitat alteration and contamination on the life history, health and behaviour of amphibians
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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We've announced half of our ECBB plenary speakers already! Are you ready to keep going with our next reveal? Who could it be???
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It's the brilliant @andyradford.bsky.social!
Header: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers Image of Prof Andrew Radford (right), University of Bristol with small bird on hand (left) Text next to photo reads: - Conflicts and collaborations that arise within and between groups, and how vocal communication is used to mediate these social interactions - The impact and mitigation of human activities on wildlife, particularly noise pollution, and increasingly testing potential management solutions - An award-winning lecturer and supervisor, and passionate about public engagement
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Hoping our friends at ASAB Winter 2025 have a wonderful conference!
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Our call for symposia now open!

We are now accepting submissions for symposia, with submissions for oral/poster presentations invited from 31 January 2026.

For more info, or to download the proposal form, visit our conference page 👇
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
Call for symposia/papers - ECBB 2026 - ARU
Find out how to propose a symposium, paper, or poster for the European Congress for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) at ARU in Cambridge, 1-4 September 2026.
www.aru.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Line up! Slither up! Crawl up! Climb up! No matter how you're moving or on how many legs, it's time to find out our first ECBB 2026 plenary speaker.
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It's the incredible @ljnbrent.bsky.social!
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Ready to meet our third plenary speaker? We are delighted to announce it's....
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The extraordinary @mherberstein.bsky.social
ECBB 2026 logo above header that reads ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers Photo includes:Prof Mariella Herberstein, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Text reads: - Interested in all aspects of spider behaviour – from mating behaviour and sexual cannibalism, to web-building, mimicry and deception - Behavioural ecology of various insects, including moths, bugs, damselflies, and praying mantids - The evolution of imperfect mimicry in ant-mimicking spiders, warning signals in moths and butterflies
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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A new PhD opportunity in Melbourne!
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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We are delighted to announce our second ECBB 2026 Plenary Speaker!
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The amazing Professor Tim Caro!
#ecbb #ecbb2026
ECBB 2026 logo above header that reads ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers Photo includes Prof Tim Caro, blue shape with name, and title, and University of Bristol. Text reads: -Studies evolution of coloration in mammals from several angles - Comparative methods to uncover the ecological drivers of camouflage, warning coloration, signaling and physiological factors in driving coat coloration in many mammalian orders - Community-based and government-led conservation schemes in Zanzibar 1-4 September, Anglia Ruskin University
December 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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ping @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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📢Out in the NEW issue of @animalecology.bsky.social is our hugely #collaborative paper:

An integrative, peer-reviewed and open-source cooperative-breeding database (Co-BreeD)

#mammals #birds #cooperation #openscience #datasets #alloparents

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doi.org/10.1111/1365...
An integrative, peer‐reviewed and open‐source cooperative‐breeding database (Co‐BreeD)
Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding s...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds?

Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!

Deadline 23 Jan 2026

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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📣 New paper out!
We explored how fungal infection 🍄 affects the bright warning colours of wild poison frogs 🐸. Neither melanin nor carotenoid colouration reliably signals infection status. Defensive signals may remain consistent even under pathogen pressure 👩‍🔬🧪
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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📢 JOB ALERT!
Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The University of Salford hiring Research Assistant in Bioacoustics in Manchester, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 10:02:26 AM. Research Assistant in BioacousticsUniversity of Salford, School of Science, Engineering &…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:

Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation

UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Meerkat pups in the Kalahari, South Africa Rhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera, South Africa.
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Not all sexual swellings signal fertility. Some signal strategy. In our new Current Biology paper, we show how gelada females “fake it” during male takeovers—and why it works.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Excellent @science.org review by an outstanding group, including @inbalarnon.bsky.social @profsimonfisher.bsky.social @limorraviv.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @lirancarmel.bsky.social @kazuookanoya.bsky.social @luciewolters.bsky.social
What enables human language? A biocultural framework
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What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM