Maria C Tello-Ramos
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Maria C Tello-Ramos
@mariatelloramos.bsky.social
Lecturer in Animal Psychology, University of Hull, interested in animal behaviour, cognition, building, hummingbirds, bees. All animals considered (she/her/ella)
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🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨

Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
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🎇✨Congratulations Prof. Susan Healy, our 2027 Research Award recipient (Uni. St Andrews, UK). A symposium + banquet will honor her contributions at the 2027 conference & a special issue will be published March 2028: 'In Honour of the Contributions of Susan Healy' #WomenInSTEM
April 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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#PhD position!

Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees

Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
From preferences to pollination: do hummingbirds and bees differ in how they choose flowers?
iapetus.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.

tinyurl.com/577cx9tj

Deadline: 03/12/2025
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November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨

Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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The #ASABWinter2024 conference on Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour has been extraordinary. A huge THANK YOU to the volunteers & the organizers: @nicolakoyama.bsky.social @viveknityananda.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social @cedricaumont.bsky.social & @cbenvenuto.bsky.social 😀
December 13, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Cool podcast with my colleague Dr Ellen Garland www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Uncharted with Hannah Fry - 15. Song of the Sea - BBC Sounds
A strange sound prompts an incredible discovery.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2024 at 1:14 PM
🚨New paper alert 🚨

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A team effort between the #University of St Andrews, #University of Exeter and #University of Alberta. All done at the marvellous #Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. @cogwild.bsky.social
Architectural traditions in the structures built by cooperative weaver birds
Humans cooperate to build complex structures with culture-specific architectural styles. However, they are not the only animals to build complex structures nor to have culture. We show that social gro...
www.science.org
August 30, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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And if you want the tl;dr, NPR did a pretty cool piece on this work 😉: www.npr.org/2024/08/29/n...
August 29, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Congratulations to Maria Tello-Ramos, Sue Healy, and team for a BEAUTIFUL paper on weaver bird nest building and cultural traditions. This is one for the textbooks! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM