Claudia Wascher
@wascherclaudia.bsky.social
Prof. of Behavioural Biology | cooperation, communication, cognition, corvids and physiology | equity & diversity research | addressing biases in animal behaviour
https://claudiawascher.github.io/
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https://claudiawascher.github.io/
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🚨Not one, but two papers now out on response inhibition (also called motoric self-regulation or inhibitory control in the field of animal cognition). Many studies find no link between individual performance on different tasks supposedly measuring response inhibition.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:42 AM
🚨Not one, but two papers now out on response inhibition (also called motoric self-regulation or inhibitory control in the field of animal cognition). Many studies find no link between individual performance on different tasks supposedly measuring response inhibition.
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🎓Training School: Phylogenetic Study of Affective States Across Species
Join us in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 14-15) with experts Liz Paul, Mike Mendl, & László Garamszegi.
💰 16 fully-funded places available!
Apply by Feb 23: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/U9jSVsH09S
Join us in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 14-15) with experts Liz Paul, Mike Mendl, & László Garamszegi.
💰 16 fully-funded places available!
Apply by Feb 23: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/U9jSVsH09S
February 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
🎓Training School: Phylogenetic Study of Affective States Across Species
Join us in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 14-15) with experts Liz Paul, Mike Mendl, & László Garamszegi.
💰 16 fully-funded places available!
Apply by Feb 23: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/U9jSVsH09S
Join us in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 14-15) with experts Liz Paul, Mike Mendl, & László Garamszegi.
💰 16 fully-funded places available!
Apply by Feb 23: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/U9jSVsH09S
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This #MeetASAB features Madam President herself: Melissa Bateson (@melissabateson.bsky.social)
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This #MeetASAB features Madam President herself: Melissa Bateson (@melissabateson.bsky.social)
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
🎉 Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Join my inaugural lecture Social by Nature — exploring how social worlds shape animal minds
11 Feb 26 • 18:00–19:00 GMT • Cambridge + Online
Register: www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...
#EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInSTEM #LGBTQHistoryMonth
11 Feb 26 • 18:00–19:00 GMT • Cambridge + Online
Register: www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...
#EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInSTEM #LGBTQHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
🎉 Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Join my inaugural lecture Social by Nature — exploring how social worlds shape animal minds
11 Feb 26 • 18:00–19:00 GMT • Cambridge + Online
Register: www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...
#EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInSTEM #LGBTQHistoryMonth
11 Feb 26 • 18:00–19:00 GMT • Cambridge + Online
Register: www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...
#EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInSTEM #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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@katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social & my review on same-sex partnerships in birds is now out in the JAVB Award Issue special, with a beautiful cover by @bertillemohring.bsky.social! 🐧🏳️🌈 Check it out along with other brilliant reviews by fellow ECRs on everything from microbiomes to the importance of sleep
🚨 Now out: Award Issue, collecting all seven mini-reviews included in the 2025 Review Competition written by early career researchers. Highlighting emerging or less explored topics in avian biology
➡️ vist.ly/4pzxr
Cover: pair of female Laysan albatrosses by Bertille Mohring
#ornithology
➡️ vist.ly/4pzxr
Cover: pair of female Laysan albatrosses by Bertille Mohring
#ornithology
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
@katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social & my review on same-sex partnerships in birds is now out in the JAVB Award Issue special, with a beautiful cover by @bertillemohring.bsky.social! 🐧🏳️🌈 Check it out along with other brilliant reviews by fellow ECRs on everything from microbiomes to the importance of sleep
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My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd
PhD Scholarship
www.lse.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 AM
My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd
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The latest ASAB newsletter is out! If want these sent to your e-mail, remember to sign up for the mailing list at asab.org/newsletters
Read here:
Read here:
ASAB Winter/Spring Newsletter 2026
ASAB Winter/Spring Newsletter 2026
www.asab.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The latest ASAB newsletter is out! If want these sent to your e-mail, remember to sign up for the mailing list at asab.org/newsletters
Read here:
Read here:
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2026. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. "Distress calls are consequently an important consideration in farms, where young are raised at high density and one individual is heard by many." url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... via @royalsocietypublishing.org
Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare
Abstract. Social signals about current environmental risks can shape development in young animals. Distress calls made by young chickens (Gallus gallus dom
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:11 AM
2026. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. "Distress calls are consequently an important consideration in farms, where young are raised at high density and one individual is heard by many." url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... via @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Have you ever wondered how animals were using affective states to cope with our activities?
Here's our NEW PAPER (and my first) that tells you everything you need to know and how much should we feel concerned by the consequences of our activities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here's our NEW PAPER (and my first) that tells you everything you need to know and how much should we feel concerned by the consequences of our activities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Have you ever wondered how animals were using affective states to cope with our activities?
Here's our NEW PAPER (and my first) that tells you everything you need to know and how much should we feel concerned by the consequences of our activities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here's our NEW PAPER (and my first) that tells you everything you need to know and how much should we feel concerned by the consequences of our activities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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With ten days to go to submit your symposia proposal, we're here to answer your most burning question: What is the registration cost?
#AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026
#AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026
January 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
With ten days to go to submit your symposia proposal, we're here to answer your most burning question: What is the registration cost?
#AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026
#AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026
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There is still some time to submit for our Special Collection on social cognition and anthropogenic environments! We are looking forward to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/... Please do get in touch if you have any questions.
#openaccess #socialcognition
#openaccess #socialcognition
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
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
There is still some time to submit for our Special Collection on social cognition and anthropogenic environments! We are looking forward to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/... Please do get in touch if you have any questions.
#openaccess #socialcognition
#openaccess #socialcognition
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🐊 From desk to field: the first weeks of EvOCRO testing are shaping how crocodiles learn.
Pilot experiments, protocol changes, individual differences — science in real life.
🔗 Read the full blog post:
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #Fieldwork #SciencePop
Pilot experiments, protocol changes, individual differences — science in real life.
🔗 Read the full blog post:
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #Fieldwork #SciencePop
First weeks of testing
First weeks of testing
evocroproject.github.io
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🐊 From desk to field: the first weeks of EvOCRO testing are shaping how crocodiles learn.
Pilot experiments, protocol changes, individual differences — science in real life.
🔗 Read the full blog post:
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #Fieldwork #SciencePop
Pilot experiments, protocol changes, individual differences — science in real life.
🔗 Read the full blog post:
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #Fieldwork #SciencePop
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We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
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Our 2026 Conference is on Saturday 28th March and it's going to be a superb day! With six talks on the status of key species & habitat in Essex, lots of display stands, plenty of delicious food, & a prize raffle it's not to be missed! Book your place at ebws.org.uk/conference/r...
#essexbirding
#essexbirding
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Our 2026 Conference is on Saturday 28th March and it's going to be a superb day! With six talks on the status of key species & habitat in Essex, lots of display stands, plenty of delicious food, & a prize raffle it's not to be missed! Book your place at ebws.org.uk/conference/r...
#essexbirding
#essexbirding
If you are organising a symposium related to animal cognition @ecbb2026.bsky.social and would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch #ecbb2026 #AnimalCognition #AcademicPublishing #SpecialCollection
We know you don't want to start your year by forgetting to submit a symposia proposal before the 31 January deadline.
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026
January 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
If you are organising a symposium related to animal cognition @ecbb2026.bsky.social and would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch #ecbb2026 #AnimalCognition #AcademicPublishing #SpecialCollection
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Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦⬛
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦⬛
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
📣 Delighted to share that my inaugural lecture, Social by nature, from animal social minds to inclusive science cultures, is coming up.
📅 11 Feb 2026, 18:00 GMT | 💻 Online & Cambridge (www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...). A fitting way to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
📅 11 Feb 2026, 18:00 GMT | 💻 Online & Cambridge (www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...). A fitting way to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Social by nature: from animal minds to inclusive Science communities - ARU
Inaugural lecture at ARU, Professor Claudia Wascher, explores what it means to be social in the animal kingdom and in the scientific community.
www.aru.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
📣 Delighted to share that my inaugural lecture, Social by nature, from animal social minds to inclusive science cultures, is coming up.
📅 11 Feb 2026, 18:00 GMT | 💻 Online & Cambridge (www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...). A fitting way to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
📅 11 Feb 2026, 18:00 GMT | 💻 Online & Cambridge (www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...). A fitting way to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
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Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3LBPHD0 🧪
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3LBPHD0 🧪
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
🧵 Preprint servers, sustainability, and values
When I first started posting preprints, my main criterion was topical fit. I mostly use bioRxiv and EcoEvoRxiv.
But preprint infrastructure isn’t neutral — and it isn’t guaranteed to last (1/7)
#Preprints #OpenScience #ScholarlyInfrastructure
When I first started posting preprints, my main criterion was topical fit. I mostly use bioRxiv and EcoEvoRxiv.
But preprint infrastructure isn’t neutral — and it isn’t guaranteed to last (1/7)
#Preprints #OpenScience #ScholarlyInfrastructure
January 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🧵 Preprint servers, sustainability, and values
When I first started posting preprints, my main criterion was topical fit. I mostly use bioRxiv and EcoEvoRxiv.
But preprint infrastructure isn’t neutral — and it isn’t guaranteed to last (1/7)
#Preprints #OpenScience #ScholarlyInfrastructure
When I first started posting preprints, my main criterion was topical fit. I mostly use bioRxiv and EcoEvoRxiv.
But preprint infrastructure isn’t neutral — and it isn’t guaranteed to last (1/7)
#Preprints #OpenScience #ScholarlyInfrastructure
If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
🎆 New Year’s Eve just passed, but the next one is sure to come. This clip (in German) clearly lays out the arguments against fireworks, from the impact on animals and people to the environmental consequences:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GZ...
Let’s start the conversation now, not next December.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GZ...
Let’s start the conversation now, not next December.
Drohnen statt Böller? Warum Alternativen sinnvoll sein können | neuneinhalb | WDR
YouTube video by WDR
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
🎆 New Year’s Eve just passed, but the next one is sure to come. This clip (in German) clearly lays out the arguments against fireworks, from the impact on animals and people to the environmental consequences:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GZ...
Let’s start the conversation now, not next December.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GZ...
Let’s start the conversation now, not next December.
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"animal2vec and MeerKAT: A self-supervised transformer for rare-event raw audio input and a large-scale reference dataset for bioacoustics" recently published! http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70218 #bioacoustics #machinelistening #deeplearning
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"animal2vec and MeerKAT: A self-supervised transformer for rare-event raw audio input and a large-scale reference dataset for bioacoustics" recently published! http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70218 #bioacoustics #machinelistening #deeplearning
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New year, same goal:
Support and protect independent bookstores at all costs 🫡
Support and protect independent bookstores at all costs 🫡
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
New year, same goal:
Support and protect independent bookstores at all costs 🫡
Support and protect independent bookstores at all costs 🫡