ASAB Education Committee
@asabeducation.bsky.social
The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) has an Education Committee that supports colleagues teaching animal behaviour from schools through to higher education.
The winners of our 2025 infographic competition are up! Visit our website for the results www.asab.org/education-news . Here are some of the judges favourite to wet your whistles! Well done to all the entrants.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The winners of our 2025 infographic competition are up! Visit our website for the results www.asab.org/education-news . Here are some of the judges favourite to wet your whistles! Well done to all the entrants.
You are invited to the buffalo project meeting (online) on November 26th at 4 PM Hong Kong Find out about social science and behavioural ecology research on Hong Kong feral water buffalo.
www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration. Or use the QR code on the attached flyers.
www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration. Or use the QR code on the attached flyers.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You are invited to the buffalo project meeting (online) on November 26th at 4 PM Hong Kong Find out about social science and behavioural ecology research on Hong Kong feral water buffalo.
www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration. Or use the QR code on the attached flyers.
www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration. Or use the QR code on the attached flyers.
👀DEADLINE APPROACHING!!! 🪲🐢🐍🦎🐸Submit your entry by midnight on Saturday🦇🦉🐈⬛#biologyweek 🤞🤞🤞
October 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
👀DEADLINE APPROACHING!!! 🪲🐢🐍🦎🐸Submit your entry by midnight on Saturday🦇🦉🐈⬛#biologyweek 🤞🤞🤞
Explore behavioural and cognitive indicators of positive emotion from vertebrates to invertebrates.
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Explore behavioural and cognitive indicators of positive emotion from vertebrates to invertebrates.
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
We are very excited to see the entries are coming in... make sure we have yours by the 18th October, the end of #biologyweek. Help us to celebrate animal behaviour. 🦧🦩🐸🕷️🦋
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are very excited to see the entries are coming in... make sure we have yours by the 18th October, the end of #biologyweek. Help us to celebrate animal behaviour. 🦧🦩🐸🕷️🦋
Reminder! The deadline for our infographic competition is the 18th of October. The last day of #biologyweek You can find out more information here www.asab.org/education-news There are three age categories: 7-10 years old, 11-14 years old and 15-21 years old.
September 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Reminder! The deadline for our infographic competition is the 18th of October. The last day of #biologyweek You can find out more information here www.asab.org/education-news There are three age categories: 7-10 years old, 11-14 years old and 15-21 years old.
What a great day at Wapping High School. Fantastic support from Robyn and Alex of QMUL @preparedmindslab.bsky.social scientists. There were lots and lots of engaged young people, who were absolutely as clever as crows!
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What a great day at Wapping High School. Fantastic support from Robyn and Alex of QMUL @preparedmindslab.bsky.social scientists. There were lots and lots of engaged young people, who were absolutely as clever as crows!
It’s raining outside so we’re doing science inside at Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow.
February 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s raining outside so we’re doing science inside at Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow.
Happy #ValentinesDay Geladas are superb mountain climbing primates. The unusual reddish skin of their chests is a sexual cue, indicative of hormone levels. They can be sneaky, covering up their infidelities... Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/nco... Photo by Jim on Unsplash
February 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Happy #ValentinesDay Geladas are superb mountain climbing primates. The unusual reddish skin of their chests is a sexual cue, indicative of hormone levels. They can be sneaky, covering up their infidelities... Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/nco... Photo by Jim on Unsplash
Happy #WomenAndGirlsInScience Day. To celebrate we have some free worksheets to share with your young people. asab.org/education-news Thank you to these brilliant women for taking part - Professor Dorothy Cheney, Professor Anindita Bhadra, Dr Danielle Lee and Professor Sue Healy #WomeninSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Happy #WomenAndGirlsInScience Day. To celebrate we have some free worksheets to share with your young people. asab.org/education-news Thank you to these brilliant women for taking part - Professor Dorothy Cheney, Professor Anindita Bhadra, Dr Danielle Lee and Professor Sue Healy #WomeninSTEM
The Royal High School & Edinburgh College attended our plenary talk at The #ASAB24 winter conference. Malin Ah-King, Associate Professor in Gender Studies -Örebro University, brilliantly answered the students questions after her talk and then the students went on to judge the ECR’s posters.
December 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
The Royal High School & Edinburgh College attended our plenary talk at The #ASAB24 winter conference. Malin Ah-King, Associate Professor in Gender Studies -Örebro University, brilliantly answered the students questions after her talk and then the students went on to judge the ECR’s posters.
Giraffes love 'necking'. 🦒🦒💙💙Necking = courtship display often seen in male giraffe couples & male female. In one study area 94% of sexual behaviour observed = mounting between males. Photo Credit Emily Gilford
archive.org/details/biol... @asaborg.bsky.social #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA
archive.org/details/biol... @asaborg.bsky.social #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA
June 26, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Giraffes love 'necking'. 🦒🦒💙💙Necking = courtship display often seen in male giraffe couples & male female. In one study area 94% of sexual behaviour observed = mounting between males. Photo Credit Emily Gilford
archive.org/details/biol... @asaborg.bsky.social #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA
archive.org/details/biol... @asaborg.bsky.social #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA
There are also species which can switch back and forth, and the mangrove killifishhas both male and female sex organs and so can self-fertilise. Hermaphrodism is confirmed in more than 450 species of fish. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Photo VassilOregon State Uni via Wikimedia Commons
June 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
There are also species which can switch back and forth, and the mangrove killifishhas both male and female sex organs and so can self-fertilise. Hermaphrodism is confirmed in more than 450 species of fish. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Photo VassilOregon State Uni via Wikimedia Commons
🧵2/3 Some, like the kobudai fish, can switch from female to male. Other, like the yellowtail clownfish, go from male to female. Photo of the yellowtail clownfish by Ben Lancaster on Wikimedia Commons
June 18, 2024 at 1:42 PM
🧵2/3 Some, like the kobudai fish, can switch from female to male. Other, like the yellowtail clownfish, go from male to female. Photo of the yellowtail clownfish by Ben Lancaster on Wikimedia Commons
At #ASABwinter2024, we will explore how to address biases in the field of animal behaviour (including researchers' assumptions & expectations, research questions addressed & taxonomic representation). Please join the discussion & register: asabwinter2024.github.io @asaborg.bsky.social #ASAB_EDIA
June 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
At #ASABwinter2024, we will explore how to address biases in the field of animal behaviour (including researchers' assumptions & expectations, research questions addressed & taxonomic representation). Please join the discussion & register: asabwinter2024.github.io @asaborg.bsky.social #ASAB_EDIA
🧵1/2 In their latest paper @wascherclaudia.bsky.social & @fhillemann.bsky.social report on a ♀️crow mounting her ♂️ partner. Photo by Luiz Lapa on Flickr #marvellousmatingstrategies
#ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social
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June 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM
🧵1/2 In their latest paper @wascherclaudia.bsky.social & @fhillemann.bsky.social report on a ♀️crow mounting her ♂️ partner. Photo by Luiz Lapa on Flickr #marvellousmatingstrategies
#ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social
#ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social
Female-female pairings of feral pigeons (Columba livia f.urbana) successfully raise offspring comparable to female-male pairs 🩷🩷🕊️🕊️🪺 photo by ania_718 on flickr #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 13, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Female-female pairings of feral pigeons (Columba livia f.urbana) successfully raise offspring comparable to female-male pairs 🩷🩷🕊️🕊️🪺 photo by ania_718 on flickr #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Like other fields, animal behaviour is shaped by historical biases, influencing whose research is recognised as influential and skewing the scientific discourse. At #ASABwinter2024 we will discuss ways to make the field more inclusive. asabwinter2024.github.io #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social
June 12, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Like other fields, animal behaviour is shaped by historical biases, influencing whose research is recognised as influential and skewing the scientific discourse. At #ASABwinter2024 we will discuss ways to make the field more inclusive. asabwinter2024.github.io #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social
Introducing the desert grassland whiptail lizard. This lizard, found mostly in Texas, contains only females. They reproduce asexually & egg production is often stimulated by female female courtship behaviours. Photo - Trisha Shears via Wikimedia Commons 🩷🦎🦎🩷 @asaborg.bsky.social #ASAB_EDIA
June 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Introducing the desert grassland whiptail lizard. This lizard, found mostly in Texas, contains only females. They reproduce asexually & egg production is often stimulated by female female courtship behaviours. Photo - Trisha Shears via Wikimedia Commons 🩷🦎🦎🩷 @asaborg.bsky.social #ASAB_EDIA
The image is Gobiodon histrio - the Broad-barred goby, a wide spread reef fish capable of bi-directional sex change. Photograph by Allen, G.R. from FishBase
June 10, 2024 at 8:44 AM
The image is Gobiodon histrio - the Broad-barred goby, a wide spread reef fish capable of bi-directional sex change. Photograph by Allen, G.R. from FishBase
'Talk about a complicated dating scene!' audubon.org/news/the-fas... #asab_edia Photo by Joshua J Cotten on unsplash @asaborg.bsky.social
June 7, 2024 at 12:38 PM
'Talk about a complicated dating scene!' audubon.org/news/the-fas... #asab_edia Photo by Joshua J Cotten on unsplash @asaborg.bsky.social
Hermaphroditism comes in different forms: simultaneous & sequential. Sequential hermaphrodites change sex. This invertebrate is sex-changer (male-female): the slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata) photo - @cbenvenuto.bsky.social @asaborg.bsky.social #ASAB_EDIA
June 6, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Hermaphroditism comes in different forms: simultaneous & sequential. Sequential hermaphrodites change sex. This invertebrate is sex-changer (male-female): the slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata) photo - @cbenvenuto.bsky.social @asaborg.bsky.social #ASAB_EDIA
Many organisms do not have separate sexes. Hermaphroditism is predominant in flowering plants (94% of species) and seen in animals (5% of species, up to 30% not considering insects). Figure - Dr Chiara Benvenuto, #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social @cbenvenuto.bsky.social
June 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Many organisms do not have separate sexes. Hermaphroditism is predominant in flowering plants (94% of species) and seen in animals (5% of species, up to 30% not considering insects). Figure - Dr Chiara Benvenuto, #marvellousmatingstrategies #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social @cbenvenuto.bsky.social
Many animals engage in same sex mating. Deer, moose, zebras, giraffes, goats, elephants, bison, lions, wolves and squirrels & lots & lots of others. Some, now & again, others, NOW & AGAIN. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Photo - W Hasselmann on Unsplash #ASAB_EDIA
June 2, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Many animals engage in same sex mating. Deer, moose, zebras, giraffes, goats, elephants, bison, lions, wolves and squirrels & lots & lots of others. Some, now & again, others, NOW & AGAIN. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Photo - W Hasselmann on Unsplash #ASAB_EDIA
Happy Pride Month everyone. We take pride in our LGBTQ+ community, we are stronger together. Artist - Linda Gray #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social
June 1, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Happy Pride Month everyone. We take pride in our LGBTQ+ community, we are stronger together. Artist - Linda Gray #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social