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Animal Behavior Society
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We promote and advance the scientific study of animal behavior and publish the journal Animal Behaviour. Website: http://animalbehaviorsociety.org.
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Hey grad students studying animal behavior! Need a little extra research $$? (Don't we all?)

Apply for an ABS Student Research Grant! We award grants up to $2,000 to grad students & give feedback on the proposals. Deadline Dec 15.

More info here: www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-s...
ABS Student Research and Developing Nations Grants! ABS offers the following grants to support graduate student research: Student Research Grants, ABS Conservation Award and Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Awards. The ABS also offers an Early Career Grant in Conservation Behavior and Developing Nations Grant to support students and other researchers from developing nations. Applicants for student grants must be enrolled in a graduate program and must be active members of ABS (student membership fees cost $17-$34). Research grants range from $500-$2,000 USD, depending on the category of the grant and evaluations. Individuals may receive only one ABS research grant during their lifetime. More details on how the grants and how to apply in the link in the post.
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Attention ABS members 🚨! Are you organizing or attending a conference in Latin America 🌎? If so, you might for financial support from the society! Two types of funds are available (details in pics below/alt text). Act quick - deadline Oct 10!

Form to apply can be found here: bit.ly/3VYeoeB
Funds to support Latin American Conferences: ABS can contribute to the costs of conferences held in Latin American and organized by Latin Americans. These conferences are not ABS-related conferences but rather organized by animal behavior groups in Latin America. Only 1 or 2 requests can be awarded each year as funding is limited. There may be restrictions on how the money can be spent and ABS may make special requests with regard to the conference (e.g. may request organizers to present slides advertising the Animal Behavior Society). Each request will be evaluated and assessed by ABS based on the proposal submitted in the link. Funding for each round will be available for conferences held before June 14 of the subsequent year. To apply, please fill out the online application form (link in the post). Deadline Oct 10 Funds to support travel of ABS members from USA/Canada to Latin American conferences: ABS can pay airfare for an ABS member from the USA or Canada to participate (as a speaker, lecturer, instructor) in special courses or workshops organized by Latin Americans and held in Latin America. Typically, ABS has funds for 1 or 2 such speakers every year. To apply, please follow the link in the post. Deadline Oct 10
October 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Join us at the Southeaster Conference for Animal Behavior to learn about this year's theme, Behavior in the Southeast!

We now have an updated time: 9/26 to 9/27!

Register here by 9/11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A white, grey, and orange flyer for SeCAB 2025. The logo is the title over a city skyline in grey in an orange circle. The description of the conference is over orange text with the date and location. To the right of these, a QR code links to registration above a list of nearby lodging options.
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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First place in the Allee Competition for best (graduating) student talk goes to Janice Yan for her talk on "Sexual conflict, social networks, and the fitness consequences of female multiple mating."

Amazing work! Janice is now a postdoc with @cwmiller.bsky.social

More: www.janice-yan.com
First place for best student talk (Allee award) goes to Janice Yan for her talk on "Sexual conflict, social networks, and the fitness consequences of female multiple mating"
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The Allee Award competition is fierce every year as this is given to the best (graduating) student talk. Big congrats to Sunishka Thakur for her very honorable mention! Her talk was titled "Stress coping variation in a species with alternative mating tactics."

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Honorable mention in the Allee competition was given to Sunishka Thakur for her talk titled "Stress coping variation in a species with alternative mating tactics"
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The Founders Memorial Poster Award is given to outstanding posters presented by grad students or postdocs. This year, @sekharma.bsky.social nabbed the top spot with "Ungeneralizable generalizations? The influence of taxonomic bias on meta-analytical inferences in behavior" Congrats!!
Our Founders Award Winner was Sekhar M.A. for a poster titled "Ungeneralizable generalizations? The influence of taxonomic bias on meta-analytical inferences in behavior"
September 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Big time congrats to our Genesis Awardees! These go to the best undergraduate poster presentations and competition was fierce but these three rose to the top: Alexander DuToit, Taylor Parham & Ethan Gray and 1st place to Maribel Royas Montoya! Please tag them (or their mentors) if you know them!
List of our Genesis Award winners. Third place goes to Alexander DuToit for a poster titled "Song amplitude covaries with timing characteristics in one of the world's loudest birds." Second place goes to Taylor Parham & Ethan Gray for a poster titled "Retinal tracking to test number sense in jumping spiders" and first place was awarded to Maribel Royas Montoya for a poster titled "Show the color and I will tell you which forelimb you use"
September 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Big congrats to Terry Ord for receiving this year's Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award! While Terry is an avid animal behavior researcher, he also is passionate about teaching and published a (free!) graphic novel explaining topics in animal behavior! www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/understandin...
Cover image of Terry's graphic novel "Understanding Animal Behavior". The title is written along the lefthand vertical edge and there is a kangaroo peeking out from behind the text. Several other critters like bats, ants and birds are also on the cover
August 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Congratulations to Debra Shier (at the @sandiegozoo.bsky.social) for winning this year's Buchholz Conservation Award for an outstanding contribution to the integrative field of conservation behavior. Well done!

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Headshot of Debra who is smiling at the camera and has a friendly furry critter perched on her neck
August 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Congrats to Mark Hauber on winning this year's Quest Award for an outstanding seminal contribution! Mark has studied it all but the biggest themes in his work center around understanding brood parasitism and coloration of bird eggs. Richly deserved @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social !

www.cowbirdlab.org
Headshot of Mark. He is smiling at the camera and wearing glasses and a plaid button up shirt
August 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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We're so excited to announce that Eleanor Caves has received the Outstanding New Investigator Award! Eleanor is a visual ecologist interested in understanding how ecology shapes variation in vision among specie and how this affects their interactions with their world. Congrats!!

caveslab.org
Headshot of Eleanor. She is smiling at the camera with long brown hair and wearing a purple shirt.
August 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Big time congrats to @larschittka.bsky.social on receiving the Exemplar Award this year! Lars and his team has discovered several previously unimaginable cognitive capacities in the itty bitty brains of bees giving us new insights into the evolution of learning.

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Lars and ABS President, Emily Duval, stand smiling and facing the camera. Lars is holding his shiny plaque honoring him with the Exemplar Award
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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We're delighted to award Steve Nowicki the Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award! Steve and his team investigates vocal communication in birds. Steve has a legacy of producing top scientists, mentoring over 26 PhDs & postdocs. He has left a positive lasting mark on the field!

www.nowickilab.org
Steve and ABS President, Emily Duval stand next to each other on stage, facing the camera and smiling. Steve is holding his shiny plaque honoring his as Distinguished Animal Behaviorist
August 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Congrats to newly elected ABS Fellow, Tim Wright! Tim studies it all from analyses of neurons to individual behavior to social groups and interacting populations. He focuses mostly on vocal communication the emergence of dialects in parrots

wrightbehaviorlab.org
Picture of Tim accepting his award from ABS President, Emily DuVal. Both stand next to each, facing the camera and smiling and holding a shiny plaque between them.
August 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Congrats to newly elected ABS Fellow: @smacklab.bsky.social ! Noah and his team examine how environmental and demographic changes influence physiology and health focusing mostly on primates and our best buds, dogs.

Read more here: smack-lab.com
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August 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Newly elected ABS Fellow: @rosvall-lab.bsky.social ! Kim studies all things aggression from behavior to neuroendocrine mechanisms to genomic analyses. Working mostly in birds, her group is also exploring how changing environments are shaping behavior & physiology.

rosvall.lab.indiana.edu
Picture shows Kim accepting an award from ABS president Emily Duval. Both stand facing the camera and smiling and holding a pretty shiny plaque between them.
August 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Congrats to @msaimeesue.bsky.social on being elected a new ABS Fellow! Aimee researches the evolution of cognition & the role of environmental change in shaping how individuals evaluate & value social information. That's not all! She's a supportive mentor and gifted teacher!

cognitiononthewing.com
Picture shows Aimee accepting an award plaque from ABS president Emily Duval. Both face the camera and smile; a shiny plaque is held by both of them.
August 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Patricia Rodriguez Brennan studies the evolution of genital morphology and its role in sexual conflict. She's worked with all critters from ducks to alpacas to sharks and manatees and her work has revealed some surprising - and literal! - twists and turns :D

Read more here: www.pattybrennan.com
Headshot of Patricia Brennan. She smiles and is wearing pretty dangly earrings and a black and red top.
August 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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One of the best part of our annual meeting is getting to announce all of our society's annual awardees! This year, we inducted 5 new Fellows to our society. These fellows were all nominated by their peers for their distinguished contributions to the field. Congrats to all of them! 🎉🦆🐝🪹🐒🦜🎉
Headshots of the newly elected fellows to the Animal Behavior Society: Patricia Rodriguez Brennan, Aimee Dunlap, Kimberly Rosvall, Noah Synder-Mackler and Tim Wright
August 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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At ABS 2025, join us and @aibsbiology.bsky.social July 9 at 12:15 PM for a workshop on communicating science to non-technical audiences! We'll focus on influencing policy and public understanding—perfect for making your science matter beyond academia.

Sign up here: fs10.formsite.com/spltrak/gdrr...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Congratulations to Kennedy, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kennedy is a fourth-year undergraduate at Howard University studying virology, eco-toxicology, and evolutionary biology. She is interested in using behavior and genetics to study the evolution of eusociality. (1/2)
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June 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Congratulations to Tiana, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Tiana is an third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg college interested in research integrating ecological context into evolutionary theory. (1/2)
Wearing a head lamp and coveralls in the dark, Tiana smiles at the camera, holding up a frog.
June 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Congratulations to Henry Rosato, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Henry Rosato is a third-year undergraduate at University of Minnesota studying the evolution of mate-search strategies using agent-based models as well as morphological diversification in crickets in the Xu lab. (1/3)
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June 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Congratulations to Juliana Fonseca-Tellez, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Juliana is a Master's student at
Universidad del Rosario studying how behavior influences major evolutionary processes, such as speciation, in Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab. (1/3)
Juliana Fonseca-Tellez stands, smiling, in a blue dress on a balcony next to a large bouquet of pink-and-white flowers.
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Congratulations to Yuchen Chen, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Yuchen Chen is an early-year undergraduate at Duke University studying anti-predator responses, sexual selection, communication, and social networks. She is interested in different types of animal relationships and... (1/2)
Yuchen Chen stands in a blue shirt, smiling on a beach at sunset.
June 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM