Erin Wessling
@northernlimitpt.bsky.social
Pan behavioral ecologist + conservationist | co-director of Moyen Bafing Chimp Project and the BonDiv Project | Coordinator for the Western Chimp Action Plan
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#ESHE2025
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke ‘First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’
Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps
Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates!
Amazing 😍
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke ‘First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’
Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps
Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates!
Amazing 😍
September 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#ESHE2025
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke ‘First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’
Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps
Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates!
Amazing 😍
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke ‘First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’
Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps
Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates!
Amazing 😍
Excited to present next year among this wonderful group!
Meet our 3rd keynote: Dr. Erin Wessling!
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Excited to present next year among this wonderful group!
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🌍✨ Still time to apply! The MBCP is looking for a Field Site Manager to join us in one of the most beautiful parks on the planet—work with an amazing team, semi-habituated chimps, and boost your project management chops for a career in #conservation or #research.
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🌍✨ Still time to apply! The MBCP is looking for a Field Site Manager to join us in one of the most beautiful parks on the planet—work with an amazing team, semi-habituated chimps, and boost your project management chops for a career in #conservation or #research.
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
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📣 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 🐵🧪
@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
July 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
📣 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 🐵🧪
@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
🌍 Dream of adventure in the heart of Africa? Boost your career in conservation or research as a field researcher on wild bonobos in the DRC! Paid, full training, project management skills & epic experience await.
Apply ASAP & RT to share! 👉 bit.ly/bondiv2025 #conservationjobs #research
Apply ASAP & RT to share! 👉 bit.ly/bondiv2025 #conservationjobs #research
June 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🌍 Dream of adventure in the heart of Africa? Boost your career in conservation or research as a field researcher on wild bonobos in the DRC! Paid, full training, project management skills & epic experience await.
Apply ASAP & RT to share! 👉 bit.ly/bondiv2025 #conservationjobs #research
Apply ASAP & RT to share! 👉 bit.ly/bondiv2025 #conservationjobs #research
👀 Keep an eye here for new field opportunities! 👀 Several of my projects will be looking for new team members over the coming months, both in and out of the field!
This position is great for those who have some experience doing field work and will wish to develop management experience.
This position is great for those who have some experience doing field work and will wish to develop management experience.
🌿 Please share widely! 🌿
We're looking to hire a field site manager to oversee on-site operations and support our research programme starting as early as August 2025. Hone your management skills in the stunning PNMB 😮 🐵
For more info scan the QR code, and apply soon!
We're looking to hire a field site manager to oversee on-site operations and support our research programme starting as early as August 2025. Hone your management skills in the stunning PNMB 😮 🐵
For more info scan the QR code, and apply soon!
June 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👀 Keep an eye here for new field opportunities! 👀 Several of my projects will be looking for new team members over the coming months, both in and out of the field!
This position is great for those who have some experience doing field work and will wish to develop management experience.
This position is great for those who have some experience doing field work and will wish to develop management experience.
Reposted by Erin Wessling
Totally missed this last year's paper: A great introduction to continuous-time modelling (deterministic & stochastic)!
Who is afraid of modelling time as a continuous variable?
Most models of ecological and eco-evolutionary processes involve creating trajectories of something, be it population densities, average trait values, or environmental states, over time. This requ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Totally missed this last year's paper: A great introduction to continuous-time modelling (deterministic & stochastic)!
Reposted by Erin Wessling
PIs in ecology/evolution/marine biology seeking PhD candidates for Fall 2026 can advertise via this form: https://forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn3D1t9. A shared spreadsheet is also available. Thanks, Carly.
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
forms.gle
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
PIs in ecology/evolution/marine biology seeking PhD candidates for Fall 2026 can advertise via this form: https://forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn3D1t9. A shared spreadsheet is also available. Thanks, Carly.
Reposted by Erin Wessling
Fascinating, instructive preprint out on Conservation of Animal Cultures from the Erin Wessling team @northernlimitpt.bsky.social : Pathways from theory to practice: Applying animal cultures to conservation: osf.io/preprints/os...
May 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fascinating, instructive preprint out on Conservation of Animal Cultures from the Erin Wessling team @northernlimitpt.bsky.social : Pathways from theory to practice: Applying animal cultures to conservation: osf.io/preprints/os...
Reposted by Erin Wessling
New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
Lucky to work so closely with this superstar 🤩
Congrats to Christopher Barnard Award winner @lirsamuni.bsky.social ! You’ve done some really fantastic work 😍
There’s also nothing like some chimp and bonobo vocalizations to wake everyone up from the after-lunch slump 🙉🙉🙉 #ASABSpring2025
There’s also nothing like some chimp and bonobo vocalizations to wake everyone up from the after-lunch slump 🙉🙉🙉 #ASABSpring2025
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Lucky to work so closely with this superstar 🤩
Really interesting food for thought on evolutionary refugia in West Africa. Would be wonderful if behavioral ecologists smore intensively consider the role of deeper time scales in our studies and what results like those here mean for subsequent inference! biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1395...
Towards a comprehensive view on evolutionary refugia in West African rainforests
West African rainforests are amongst the world’s premier biodiversity hotspots. Over time, the size and distribution of these rainforests have changed significantly due to fluctuations in climate. How...
biogeography.pensoft.net
March 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Really interesting food for thought on evolutionary refugia in West Africa. Would be wonderful if behavioral ecologists smore intensively consider the role of deeper time scales in our studies and what results like those here mean for subsequent inference! biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1395...
Reposted by Erin Wessling
Come join us as a Field Site Manager in the incredible MoyenBafing National Park! Deadline March 28th. Dm with any questions!
🌿 Become a Field Site Manager for the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project in Guinea! 🌿 We're seeking a dedicated individual to oversee operations and support research starting as early as April 2025. Be part of a team exploring chimpanzee behavioral ecology in the stunning PNMB!
March 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Come join us as a Field Site Manager in the incredible MoyenBafing National Park! Deadline March 28th. Dm with any questions!
Reposted by Erin Wessling
Congratulations to @northernlimitpt.bsky.social and Michael Heide on receiving the Daimler and Benz scholarships for investigating
brain #organoids and
#adaptations to a challenging #ecosystem in savannah #chimpanzees
www.dpz.eu/en/public-en...
brain #organoids and
#adaptations to a challenging #ecosystem in savannah #chimpanzees
www.dpz.eu/en/public-en...
Erin Wessling and Michael Heide each win a scholarship from the Daimler and Benz Foundation
Behavioral adaptations in chimpanzees and brain organoids as an alternative to animal experiments - two researchers from the German Primate Center have been awarded a grant of 40,000 euros each from the Daimler and Benz Foundation. Of a total of around 180 applications submitted, only 12 were approved, including those of Erin Wessling and Michael Heide.
www.dpz.eu
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Congratulations to @northernlimitpt.bsky.social and Michael Heide on receiving the Daimler and Benz scholarships for investigating
brain #organoids and
#adaptations to a challenging #ecosystem in savannah #chimpanzees
www.dpz.eu/en/public-en...
brain #organoids and
#adaptations to a challenging #ecosystem in savannah #chimpanzees
www.dpz.eu/en/public-en...
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This looks potentially useful for #teaching: you can write & execute Python / R / Julia #code directly in a shareable document:
https://colab.research.google.com/
could also be useful for research collaborations, though I'm not sure about using it with non-public data
H/T @sje
https://colab.research.google.com/
could also be useful for research collaborations, though I'm not sure about using it with non-public data
H/T @sje
Google Colab
colab.research.google.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This looks potentially useful for #teaching: you can write & execute Python / R / Julia #code directly in a shareable document:
https://colab.research.google.com/
could also be useful for research collaborations, though I'm not sure about using it with non-public data
H/T @sje
https://colab.research.google.com/
could also be useful for research collaborations, though I'm not sure about using it with non-public data
H/T @sje
🌿 Become a Field Site Manager for the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project in Guinea! 🌿 We're seeking a dedicated individual to oversee operations and support research starting as early as April 2025. Be part of a team exploring chimpanzee behavioral ecology in the stunning PNMB!
March 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌿 Become a Field Site Manager for the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project in Guinea! 🌿 We're seeking a dedicated individual to oversee operations and support research starting as early as April 2025. Be part of a team exploring chimpanzee behavioral ecology in the stunning PNMB!
Reposted by Erin Wessling
Deadline is 28 Feb! Join us 😃
February 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Deadline is 28 Feb! Join us 😃
🌿 Join the @mbchimp.bsky.social ! 🐵 Seeking a part-time Data Assistant in Göttingen, Germany. Ideal candidates have experience in GIS and R, and will work with camera trap and spatial data. Dive into chimpanzee behavioral ecology in Guinea's PNMB. #Conservation #DataScience
February 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🌿 Join the @mbchimp.bsky.social ! 🐵 Seeking a part-time Data Assistant in Göttingen, Germany. Ideal candidates have experience in GIS and R, and will work with camera trap and spatial data. Dive into chimpanzee behavioral ecology in Guinea's PNMB. #Conservation #DataScience
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Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Interested in research on wild chimps? A fan of ecology and the crazy diversity exhibited by these apes? Still time to apply for a funded PhD with @lirsamuni.bsky.social and me (!!) at a world class research center in Germany! 🍃🐵
Doctoral student (f/m/d) Ecology and intergroup dynamics in chimpanzees
www.dpz.eu
December 19, 2023 at 7:36 AM
Interested in research on wild chimps? A fan of ecology and the crazy diversity exhibited by these apes? Still time to apply for a funded PhD with @lirsamuni.bsky.social and me (!!) at a world class research center in Germany! 🍃🐵
Come work with us! @lirsamuni.bsky.social is looking for a PostDoc to join our group to ask questions on Pan sociality - big questions, unparalleled datasets- don’t miss this ! Ad below:
Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) Sociality and cooperation in Pan
www.dpz.eu
December 19, 2023 at 7:33 AM
Come work with us! @lirsamuni.bsky.social is looking for a PostDoc to join our group to ask questions on Pan sociality - big questions, unparalleled datasets- don’t miss this ! Ad below:
Come on over and follow our Moyen Bafing page too! 🐵🍃 @mbchimp.bsky.social . Field opportunities, dispatches from the field, and more to be found there 👀
October 21, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Come on over and follow our Moyen Bafing page too! 🐵🍃 @mbchimp.bsky.social . Field opportunities, dispatches from the field, and more to be found there 👀
Hello! New to BlueSky and starting to look around. Who are your favorites to follow?
October 21, 2023 at 8:14 AM
Hello! New to BlueSky and starting to look around. Who are your favorites to follow?