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Cognition in the Wild, account of the Healy Lab, School of Biology,
University of St Andrews
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#PhD position!

Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees

Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
From preferences to pollination: do hummingbirds and bees differ in how they choose flowers?
iapetus.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🎇✨Congratulations Prof. Susan Healy, our 2027 Research Award recipient (Uni. St Andrews, UK). A symposium + banquet will honor her contributions at the 2027 conference & a special issue will be published March 2028: 'In Honour of the Contributions of Susan Healy' #WomenInSTEM
April 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.

tinyurl.com/577cx9tj

Deadline: 03/12/2025
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November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨

Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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And if you want the tl;dr, NPR did a pretty cool piece on this work 😉: www.npr.org/2024/08/29/n...
August 29, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Congratulations to Maria Tello-Ramos, Sue Healy, and team for a BEAUTIFUL paper on weaver bird nest building and cultural traditions. This is one for the textbooks! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
The book is finally out!
"Provides a comprehensive overview of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection pressures impact vertebrate brain size"

global.oup.com/academic/pro...
August 30, 2024 at 8:53 AM