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Co-BreeD (Cooperative Breeding Database)

@co-breed.bsky.social

5/6 Using Co-BreeD’s comprehensive data, we suggest that cooperative breeding is considerably more prevalent in birds and mammals than previously estimated (illustration @nataliekes.bsky.social) @anavleitao.bsky.social @miyawarrington.bsky.social
@michael-griesser.bsky.social

October 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM

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Vladimir Pravosudov

@cognitiveecol.bsky.social

I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).

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chickadeecognition.com

October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM

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Alice Carravieri

@alicecarravieri.bsky.social

📢 PhD opportunity at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @ifv-whv.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

🎓 Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns

📅 Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142

#seabirds #ecotoxicology

@univ-larochelle.fr @commonternproject.bsky.social

October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM

Miya Warrington

@miyawarrington.bsky.social

A beautiful end to my Autumn #fieldwork season, a mix of triumphs, challenges and many lessons learned. ♥️ #boreal

September 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM

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Dugdale Research Group

@hannahdugdale.bsky.social

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM

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Cecilia Baldoni

@cecibaldoni.bsky.social

PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!

Seasonal size change and aging in shrews

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September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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Chris Clark

@selasphorus1.bsky.social

Postdoc advertisement!

Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉

September 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM

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Rupert Seidl

@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team!

PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

July 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM

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Claudia Wascher

@wascherclaudia.bsky.social

The first papers from our special collection on vocal communication in corvids are now live. Most are still under review, stay tuned for more updates as they’re published! link.springer.com/collections/...

Vocal communication in corvids

In the field of vocal communication, research has mostly focussed on birds because of their vocal learning capacity and non-human primates due to their ...

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July 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology

@btobirds.bsky.social

Join us at BTO! Discover jobs and apply at www.bto.org/jobs

Image of a Puffin by Sarah Kelman/BTO alongside wording over the image that reads: We're hiring. Senior Research Ecologist. Bioacoustics Support Officer. Seabird Monitoring Support Officer. www.bto.org/jobs

July 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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NiCHE Canada

@nichecanada.bsky.social

#IndigenousHistoryMonth Reading

"'Probably New to Science': Locating Indigenous Knowledge in Colonial Archives" by Keri Lambert

niche-canada.org/2019/06/11/p...

#indigenous #histsci #envhist

"Probably New to Science": Locating Indigenous Knowledge in Colonial Archives

This post originally appeared on Environmental History Now, a website dedicated to showcasing the work and expertise of graduate students and early career scholars in environmental history who identif...

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June 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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Shawan Chowdhury

@shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social

Please share.
We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter

June 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM

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Lauren Brent

@ljnbrent.bsky.social

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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May 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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Andreas Nord

@cyanistesnord.bsky.social

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

Would appreciate a re-post!

Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

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May 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM

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David S Richardson

@david-s-richardson.bsky.social

A great, fully-funded, PhD opportunity starting October 2025
Working on a hot topic using a wonderful natural bird system, at a great place (UEA), with a lovely team 😁. APPLY ASAP - deadline 19th May
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/avi...
for my group see
dsrichardsonlab.wordpress.com

Avian viromics; anthropogenic and ecological effects in Berthelot’s pipit (RICHARDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership

This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. Viruses represent most new pathogens that impact humans. Their emergence is often caused by close interaction between humans and wild animal…

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

April 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Miya Warrington

@miyawarrington.bsky.social

And now for #fieldwork in a different biome. #Portugal is gorgeous!

Miya standing with scenary of river and forest behind her

View of river and roof tops of houses in Mertola as seen from Castle hill

April 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Miya Warrington

@miyawarrington.bsky.social

I did my PhD in Australia, I highly recommend ♥️🦘🐨🇦🇺🌏

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · Apr 11

I have an exciting opportunity for a PhD student interested in fire ecology and threatened West Australian mammals including the iconic numbat. For more details and to apply see here: nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...