Alex Georgiev
@alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social
Primatologist at Bangor University, UK. Studying Zanzibar red colobus https://www.zanzibarredcolobusproject.org
It’s been a pleasure hosting @hannahfrog.bsky.social here at Bangor the past two weeks on her visit from California! A rare treat having the full ZRCP PhD team in the same place in the world at the same time!
Great talk by @hannahfrog.bsky.social yesterday at @beps-bangor.bsky.social seminars! Full house and an interesting discussion of her preliminary findings on the ZRC physiological responses to habitat disturbance!
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It’s been a pleasure hosting @hannahfrog.bsky.social here at Bangor the past two weeks on her visit from California! A rare treat having the full ZRCP PhD team in the same place in the world at the same time!
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Look what the dog fetched up! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s new biography of Francis Crick.
Folks, it’s like no other Crick biog. Full of new research, fresh insights, juicy stories, & it’s a romp.
Having watched this develop from the larval stage, it’s a thrill to hear it thunk! on my table
Folks, it’s like no other Crick biog. Full of new research, fresh insights, juicy stories, & it’s a romp.
Having watched this develop from the larval stage, it’s a thrill to hear it thunk! on my table
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Look what the dog fetched up! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s new biography of Francis Crick.
Folks, it’s like no other Crick biog. Full of new research, fresh insights, juicy stories, & it’s a romp.
Having watched this develop from the larval stage, it’s a thrill to hear it thunk! on my table
Folks, it’s like no other Crick biog. Full of new research, fresh insights, juicy stories, & it’s a romp.
Having watched this develop from the larval stage, it’s a thrill to hear it thunk! on my table
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Registration is open, and the programme is shaping up!
Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Registration is open, and the programme is shaping up!
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A big week for our research group! The first paper from @miaryras.bsky.social's PhD thesis has been accepted. Looking forward to sharing some nice results about the effects of winter warming on wall lizard behaviour and physiology very soon. Well done Miary! 🤩
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A big week for our research group! The first paper from @miaryras.bsky.social's PhD thesis has been accepted. Looking forward to sharing some nice results about the effects of winter warming on wall lizard behaviour and physiology very soon. Well done Miary! 🤩
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We had a great session today led by our new MscRes students who introduced the work they plan to do over the next year+. Brilliant to hear about their research plans! Exciting stuff to come! (Didn’t manage to get a pic of everyone)
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We had a great session today led by our new MscRes students who introduced the work they plan to do over the next year+. Brilliant to hear about their research plans! Exciting stuff to come! (Didn’t manage to get a pic of everyone)
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Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
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Camera-traps work best for surveying wildlife when site-level covariates are considered. Owain Barton led our study showing more cameras reduce error, longer deployments help only if occupancy varies, & ignoring key covariates can skews results
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Camera-traps work best for surveying wildlife when site-level covariates are considered. Owain Barton led our study showing more cameras reduce error, longer deployments help only if occupancy varies, & ignoring key covariates can skews results
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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“Jane Goodall was an amazing scientist who inspired people to see the natural world in a new way. She helped us to look at the animal kingdom with fresh eyes and with greater respect.
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Jane Goodall was an amazing scientist who inspired people to see the natural world in a new way. She helped us to look at the animal kingdom with fresh eyes and with greater respect.
Still processing it. RIP Jane. Ugh.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Still processing it. RIP Jane. Ugh.
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🏞️𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡?
Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses.
The results are eye-opening:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses.
The results are eye-opening:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Improving university policies and risk assessment to support inclusive fieldwork in environmental sciences
Among 90 UK higher education institutions, there was patchy mention of protected and other identity-related characteristics in fieldwork policy and risk assessments, and very limited consideration of....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🏞️𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡?
Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses.
The results are eye-opening:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses.
The results are eye-opening:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Pseudo-penis who?? Elongated clitorises are out (sorry spider monkeys), male genitalia resembling vaginas are in! Yet another reason why colobus are the coolest primates.
Also, Tom Struhsaker is continuing to publishing iconic articles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Also, Tom Struhsaker is continuing to publishing iconic articles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The perineal organ of male red colobus: its structure and possible social function as a mimic of female genitalia - Primates
The perineal organ of male red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) is illustrated with photographs. I discuss its possible role as a mimic of female genitalia and how thereby it may play a rol...
link.springer.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Pseudo-penis who?? Elongated clitorises are out (sorry spider monkeys), male genitalia resembling vaginas are in! Yet another reason why colobus are the coolest primates.
Also, Tom Struhsaker is continuing to publishing iconic articles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Also, Tom Struhsaker is continuing to publishing iconic articles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Back in the lab with these two @owenstorer.bsky.social @hannahfrog.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Back in the lab with these two @owenstorer.bsky.social @hannahfrog.bsky.social
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Many congratulations to Molly Allum! She studied the crop foraging behaviour of the Zanzibar red colobus here in Jozani last year for her third year dissertation at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @beps-bangor.bsky.social ! Great dissertation - currently working on making it into a journal article!
We're delighted to announce the winner of our most recent Undergraduate Primatology Recognition Award: Molly Alum. 🎉
June 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Many congratulations to Molly Allum! She studied the crop foraging behaviour of the Zanzibar red colobus here in Jozani last year for her third year dissertation at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @beps-bangor.bsky.social ! Great dissertation - currently working on making it into a journal article!
Anthropology graduate becomes the first female head of MI6 in its 116 year history! Can’t decide whether the ‘anthropology’ or the ‘female’ is the more exciting bit of this story.
Blaise Metreweli appointed as MI6's first female chief
Blaise Metreweli joined the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in 1999 and will become its 18th chief.
www.bbc.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Anthropology graduate becomes the first female head of MI6 in its 116 year history! Can’t decide whether the ‘anthropology’ or the ‘female’ is the more exciting bit of this story.
New account! Check it out.
We are now on @bsky.app! Follow us for updates on our work in the field, studying the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus monkeys!! #primates #primatology
June 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New account! Check it out.
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🎉Welcome to the official Bluesky account for EFP 2026 !!! 🎉
Join us in sunny Montpellier from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for an unforgettable conference.
Follow us for updates, sneak peeks, and all things EFP! ☀️📅🌿
Join us in sunny Montpellier from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for an unforgettable conference.
Follow us for updates, sneak peeks, and all things EFP! ☀️📅🌿
June 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎉Welcome to the official Bluesky account for EFP 2026 !!! 🎉
Join us in sunny Montpellier from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for an unforgettable conference.
Follow us for updates, sneak peeks, and all things EFP! ☀️📅🌿
Join us in sunny Montpellier from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for an unforgettable conference.
Follow us for updates, sneak peeks, and all things EFP! ☀️📅🌿
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New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds
Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.
www.swansea.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
PhD student @hannahfrog.bsky.social and ZRCP field assistant Mwinyi Abdallah getting ready to go collect some urine and faecal samples from females in South Road Group this morning.
May 31, 2025 at 4:55 AM
PhD student @hannahfrog.bsky.social and ZRCP field assistant Mwinyi Abdallah getting ready to go collect some urine and faecal samples from females in South Road Group this morning.
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If you win a fight, you're more likely to win the next one. But why? We show that using Bayesian updating to update your assessment of your own fighting abilities does a pretty good job of reflecting how animals typically behave in real life social contest!
So I know there's a lot going on, BUT my paper just came out in AnBeh, so get in losers, we’re skeeting the science.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
tldr: @katelaskowski.bsky.social and I used Bayesian updating to model the winner effect and it’s a pretty good way to think about it
1/19 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
tldr: @katelaskowski.bsky.social and I used Bayesian updating to model the winner effect and it’s a pretty good way to think about it
1/19 🧵
Bayesian updating for self-assessment explains social dominance and winner–loser effects
In animal contests, winners of previous contests often keep winning and losers keep losing. This coupling of previous experiences to future success, r…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you win a fight, you're more likely to win the next one. But why? We show that using Bayesian updating to update your assessment of your own fighting abilities does a pretty good job of reflecting how animals typically behave in real life social contest!
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In Kibale NP, they sometimes copulate and make red-tail monkey / blue monkey hybrids that can later have higher reproductive success because red-tail monkey females can prefer the rare face colour patterns of hybrid males!
Red-tailed monkeys share a habitat in Africa with blue monkeys. The two work together to defend against predators and sometimes groom one another. (Photo: Ignacio Yufara/iyufera.com)
May 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In Kibale NP, they sometimes copulate and make red-tail monkey / blue monkey hybrids that can later have higher reproductive success because red-tail monkey females can prefer the rare face colour patterns of hybrid males!
Zanzibar red colobus sometimes nurse their offspring for much longer than other primates of similar body size. This ‘baby’ is clearly large and looks like a subadult. Yet the presumed mother still allows it to suckle. Lots of investment in the offspring! #primatology
May 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Zanzibar red colobus sometimes nurse their offspring for much longer than other primates of similar body size. This ‘baby’ is clearly large and looks like a subadult. Yet the presumed mother still allows it to suckle. Lots of investment in the offspring! #primatology
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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Also: I assume Harvard will try to sue fast and fix things, but the cruelty this letter unleashes *today* will induce lasting fear and panic not just on the 6800 international students at Harvard, but also on all international students in this country, even if there is a swift TRO. Why stay here?
🧵 Today's revocation of Harvard's ability to enroll international is awful for many reasons, chief among them the human cost as @jeremywallace.bsky.social notes. It's also an attack on the US economy. But maybe less obvious: it is terrible national security policy. It makes Americans less safe. 1/
6800 people who already probably have leases for next year, spent years of their lives working to get to where they were now upended because Trump and Noem and Stephen Miller want to crush a major export sector of this economy, oh, and also a source of cures for diseases and knowledge of all sorts.
May 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also: I assume Harvard will try to sue fast and fix things, but the cruelty this letter unleashes *today* will induce lasting fear and panic not just on the 6800 international students at Harvard, but also on all international students in this country, even if there is a swift TRO. Why stay here?
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May 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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