Alizée Vernouillet
@vernouilleta.bsky.social
PhD Bio Sci. Behavioural ecology & comparative cognition, mostly on birds. Loves corvids & D&D. she/her 🐦
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1/3 Cooperative hunting in ravens
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
1/3 Cooperative hunting in ravens
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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"Unsung Songbirds: Advances in the Study of Corvid Communication" - a new review paper (preprint) https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/10600/ Corvids are amazing, so I'm v pleased to be a small part of this review led by Claudia Wascher and Valerie Dufour. #corvids #bioacoustics
Unsung Songbirds: Advances in the Study of Corvid Communication
ecoevorxiv.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Unsung Songbirds: Advances in the Study of Corvid Communication" - a new review paper (preprint) https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/10600/ Corvids are amazing, so I'm v pleased to be a small part of this review led by Claudia Wascher and Valerie Dufour. #corvids #bioacoustics
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Delighted to be part of this very collaborative venture: The Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD), now live: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Contains data from 450+ populations of 320+ species (and is expandable).
Thanks @benmocha.bsky.social @maikewoith.bsky.social for leading.
@co-breed.bsky.social
Contains data from 450+ populations of 320+ species (and is expandable).
Thanks @benmocha.bsky.social @maikewoith.bsky.social for leading.
@co-breed.bsky.social
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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October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Delighted to be part of this very collaborative venture: The Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD), now live: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Contains data from 450+ populations of 320+ species (and is expandable).
Thanks @benmocha.bsky.social @maikewoith.bsky.social for leading.
@co-breed.bsky.social
Contains data from 450+ populations of 320+ species (and is expandable).
Thanks @benmocha.bsky.social @maikewoith.bsky.social for leading.
@co-breed.bsky.social
Excited to announce that Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and I are co-editing a special collection for Animal Cognition on "Social Cognition in a Human World". Do you study how urbanization, pollution, heat stress, fragmentation, ... affects cognition? We want to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/...
Social Cognition in a Human World
As humanity exploits and reshapes the environment to accommodate for development and population growth demands, animals need to adapt to these human-induced ...
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Excited to announce that Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and I are co-editing a special collection for Animal Cognition on "Social Cognition in a Human World". Do you study how urbanization, pollution, heat stress, fragmentation, ... affects cognition? We want to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/...
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🧪 Incredible research reveals how greater noctule bats seek out, capture, and eat songbirds--all on the wing. (Also, my first story for @sciencenews.bsky.social!) 🦇🪶☠️ www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...
Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks
Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.
www.sciencenews.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧪 Incredible research reveals how greater noctule bats seek out, capture, and eat songbirds--all on the wing. (Also, my first story for @sciencenews.bsky.social!) 🦇🪶☠️ www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...
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Visit our website and learn more about the @behavecol.bsky.social conference venue, host city and schedule!
www.isbe2026.com
www.isbe2026.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Visit our website and learn more about the @behavecol.bsky.social conference venue, host city and schedule!
www.isbe2026.com
www.isbe2026.com
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New @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social paper out today in @royalsociety.org Biology Letters. We found adult jackdaws can learn to tolerate usually bullied or ignored juveniles when they provided information about a new foraging resource.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Wild jackdaws learn to tolerate juveniles to exploit new foraging opportunities | Biology Letters
Social tolerance can enhance access to resources and is thought to be crucial in facilitating
the evolution of cooperation, social cognition and culture, but it is unknown whether
animals can optimize...
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August 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
New @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social paper out today in @royalsociety.org Biology Letters. We found adult jackdaws can learn to tolerate usually bullied or ignored juveniles when they provided information about a new foraging resource.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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„behavioral flexibility, while helpful in allowing birds to adapt to new environments, is not the primary facilitator for range expansion“
https://news.ucsb.edu/2025/021980/both-flexibility-and-persistence-make-some-birds-successful-human-made-environments
#thegrackleproject
https://news.ucsb.edu/2025/021980/both-flexibility-and-persistence-make-some-birds-successful-human-made-environments
#thegrackleproject
August 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
„behavioral flexibility, while helpful in allowing birds to adapt to new environments, is not the primary facilitator for range expansion“
https://news.ucsb.edu/2025/021980/both-flexibility-and-persistence-make-some-birds-successful-human-made-environments
#thegrackleproject
https://news.ucsb.edu/2025/021980/both-flexibility-and-persistence-make-some-birds-successful-human-made-environments
#thegrackleproject
New paper out!
To Peck or Not To Peck: The influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
To Peck or Not To Peck: The influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
To peck or not to peck: the influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails | Royal Society Open Science
Deficits in response inhibition (RI; i.e. the ability to suppress inappropriate responses)
may contribute to increased impulsive aggression (IA; i.e. unplanned behaviours that
harm others). Since earl...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New paper out!
To Peck or Not To Peck: The influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
To Peck or Not To Peck: The influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Late to the party but the last paper of my PhD was published earlier this year!
Pinyon jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) and Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) can discriminate between pilfering and non-pilfering conspecifics, but not between heterospecifics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pinyon jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) and Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) can discriminate between pilfering and non-pilfering conspecifics, but not between heterospecifics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pinyon Jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) and Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) can discriminate between pilfering and non-pilfering conspecifics, but not between heterospecifics - Animal Cogni...
When foraging, individuals often need to assess potential risk from competitors. Within many food-caching (food-storing) species, individuals can modify their caching behavior depending on whether oth...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Late to the party but the last paper of my PhD was published earlier this year!
Pinyon jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) and Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) can discriminate between pilfering and non-pilfering conspecifics, but not between heterospecifics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pinyon jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) and Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) can discriminate between pilfering and non-pilfering conspecifics, but not between heterospecifics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Congratulations @meganjthompson.bsky.social
Another great paper!
Another great paper!
We have a new paper out on the genetic vs. environmental drivers of cognition along an urban gradient: doi.org/10.1007/s100...
@lauragervais.bsky.social @dhanyabharath.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social @denisreale.bsky.social
#inhibitorycontrol #greattits #animalcognition
@lauragervais.bsky.social @dhanyabharath.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social @denisreale.bsky.social
#inhibitorycontrol #greattits #animalcognition
July 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Congratulations @meganjthompson.bsky.social
Another great paper!
Another great paper!
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In our new paper we discuss the coevolution of cognition and sociality (link: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...). It was a pleasure to work on this project with Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @shoalgroup.bsky.social, and @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social!
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In our new paper we discuss the coevolution of cognition and sociality (link: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...). It was a pleasure to work on this project with Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @shoalgroup.bsky.social, and @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social!
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Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929
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June 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database
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June 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Working with @wildcognition.bsky.social on this paper was so much fun: drawing from our research with mammals (primates & hyenas) we discuss to what extent the urban niche poses novel cognitive challenges or whether they are exapted to exploit urban resources
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How cognitively demanding is the urban niche? Reconsidering exaptation and habituation - Animal Cognition
Urbanization is hypothesized to create a myriad of cognitive challenges for animals because it creates novel environmental conditions in evolutionary terms. The consensus is that these novel urban cha...
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June 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Working with @wildcognition.bsky.social on this paper was so much fun: drawing from our research with mammals (primates & hyenas) we discuss to what extent the urban niche poses novel cognitive challenges or whether they are exapted to exploit urban resources
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Jackdaws' flexible behaviour helps them live alongside people, but sometimes they do some odd things! This guy decided a fork would make good nest material, but later changed his mind and chucked it out again. @uniexecec.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Jackdaws' flexible behaviour helps them live alongside people, but sometimes they do some odd things! This guy decided a fork would make good nest material, but later changed his mind and chucked it out again. @uniexecec.bsky.social
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For these bats, eavesdropping is a valuable learnt skill www.nature.com/artic...
For these bats, eavesdropping is a valuable learnt skill
Nature - Over time, young fringe-lipped bats learn how to distinguish the calls of palatable frogs from those of toxic ones.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For these bats, eavesdropping is a valuable learnt skill www.nature.com/artic...
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New from #thegrackleproject: "using multiple different methods for measuring boldness and exploration...our findings improve our understanding of the traits that are linked with flexibility in a highly adaptable species" […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
April 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New from #thegrackleproject: "using multiple different methods for measuring boldness and exploration...our findings improve our understanding of the traits that are linked with flexibility in a highly adaptable species" […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
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Surely you have heard of/ used novel object paradigms to assess animal personality? In this paper we validate exploration behavior through a battery of stimuli in both social and individual conditions and across a longer period of time.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Surely you have heard of/ used novel object paradigms to assess animal personality? In this paper we validate exploration behavior through a battery of stimuli in both social and individual conditions and across a longer period of time.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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ISBE26-the 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference will take place in Turin, Italy, from 20-24th of July 2026. We invite you to join us to enjoy a 5-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities, in our beautiful city. Website out soon!
#ISBE26
#ISBE26
Torino the place To be - short 1'
YouTube video by Turismo Torino e Provincia
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April 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
ISBE26-the 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference will take place in Turin, Italy, from 20-24th of July 2026. We invite you to join us to enjoy a 5-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities, in our beautiful city. Website out soon!
#ISBE26
#ISBE26
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New toutouwai paper out today, led by Dr Tas Vámos! Individual toutouwai have specific preferences for where they cache prey - turns out birds that prefer spreading their caches widely also have more accurate spatial memory performance!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
New toutouwai paper out today, led by Dr Tas Vámos! Individual toutouwai have specific preferences for where they cache prey - turns out birds that prefer spreading their caches widely also have more accurate spatial memory performance!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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🦅🧠 Bird Cognition 🧠🦅
Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦
Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩
Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪
🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM
#Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour
Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦
Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩
Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪
🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM
#Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour
March 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🦅🧠 Bird Cognition 🧠🦅
Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦
Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩
Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪
🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM
#Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour
Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦
Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩
Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪
🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM
#Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour
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I am excited to announce that @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition on "Cognition in the Wild". Submissions are due by June 15. We are excited to see the amazing work you have been doing! link.springer.com/collections/...
Animal Cognition in the Wild
Recent technological advances have improved our ability to study animal cognition in the wild, and the field has made significant progress in recent years. ...
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February 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I am excited to announce that @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition on "Cognition in the Wild". Submissions are due by June 15. We are excited to see the amazing work you have been doing! link.springer.com/collections/...
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'Evolutionary drivers of caching behaviour in corvids', new paper by @coloeus.bsky.social in collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social. We identify caching strategies in 63 species from 16 genera (out of 128 corvid species and 22 genera) #animalcognition #corvids link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evolutionary drivers of caching behaviour in corvids - Animal Cognition
Caching has recurrently evolved across a range of animal taxa to withstand fluctuations in food availability and in the context of intraspecific competition. It is widespread in the corvid family, whi...
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February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
'Evolutionary drivers of caching behaviour in corvids', new paper by @coloeus.bsky.social in collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social. We identify caching strategies in 63 species from 16 genera (out of 128 corvid species and 22 genera) #animalcognition #corvids link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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My first experience with @pci-regreports.bsky.social as one of the authors has been accepted:
rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
We investigated whether DnD as a tabletop role-playing game can mitigate social anxiety and problematic gaming patterns in online gamers
Preprint: osf.io/htbwa
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We investigated whether DnD as a tabletop role-playing game can mitigate social anxiety and problematic gaming patterns in online gamers
Preprint: osf.io/htbwa
Expanding the Intervention Potential of Tabletop Role-Playing Ga...
rr.peercommunityin.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My first experience with @pci-regreports.bsky.social as one of the authors has been accepted:
rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
We investigated whether DnD as a tabletop role-playing game can mitigate social anxiety and problematic gaming patterns in online gamers
Preprint: osf.io/htbwa
rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
We investigated whether DnD as a tabletop role-playing game can mitigate social anxiety and problematic gaming patterns in online gamers
Preprint: osf.io/htbwa