Seth Harris
@sethharris15.bsky.social
MSc @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social | culture and communication | investigating variation in bowhead whale song 🐋🎧
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Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
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3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
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#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
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The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
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I am happy to present to you our review „The diversity and evolution of vocal communication in nonavian reptiles“, published @annualreviews.bsky.social Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. Huge thanks to @gabrieljcohen.bsky.social and my other co-authors! Must say, I am a bit proud of Figure 1. ….
The Diversity and Evolution of Vocal Communication in Nonavian Reptiles
Historically, research on nonavian reptile communication has emphasized visual, tactile, and chemical modalities. Recently, growing evidence highlights the significance of acoustic signals in intra- a...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I am happy to present to you our review „The diversity and evolution of vocal communication in nonavian reptiles“, published @annualreviews.bsky.social Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. Huge thanks to @gabrieljcohen.bsky.social and my other co-authors! Must say, I am a bit proud of Figure 1. ….
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The remarkably long lifespan of bowhead whales could be due to an increased ability to repair DNA mutations, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4hzvDN7 🌏 🧪
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The remarkably long lifespan of bowhead whales could be due to an increased ability to repair DNA mutations, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4hzvDN7 🌏 🧪
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#RSOS in @theconversation.com | Personality predicts song complexity in superb fairy-wrens: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Superb fairy-wrens’ songs hold clues to their personalities, new study finds
But the intricate melodies these colourful little birds sing don’t just indicate how they behave.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#RSOS in @theconversation.com | Personality predicts song complexity in superb fairy-wrens: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Paper & incredible science alert: Our assistant professor @laurastidsholt.bsky.social & a passionate team @elena-tena.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social found proof for greater nocturnal #bats 🦇 preying on migratory birds 🐦 AND devouring them in flight! #bioacoustics
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Paper & incredible science alert: Our assistant professor @laurastidsholt.bsky.social & a passionate team @elena-tena.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social found proof for greater nocturnal #bats 🦇 preying on migratory birds 🐦 AND devouring them in flight! #bioacoustics
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to share with you our newest paper, lead by @melaniekaluppa.bsky.social!!! Have a look and enjoy it!!!
Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands
Abstract. Understanding the divergence of cultural traits, such as bird song, provides crucial insights into evolutionary processes. In geographically isol
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October 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to share with you our newest paper, lead by @melaniekaluppa.bsky.social!!! Have a look and enjoy it!!!
Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
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⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups
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October 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
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We are hiring (Post number 2) - join us as a graduate research assistant to support killer whale research. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We are hiring (Post number 2) - join us as a graduate research assistant to support killer whale research. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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#OceanOpportunities PhD position: Site-fidelity and feeding behaviour of fin whales at Antarctic feeding grounds - Deadline 02 October 2025
nf-pogo-alumni.org/26092025-6/
nf-pogo-alumni.org/26092025-6/
PhD position: Site-fidelity and feeding behaviour of fin whales at Antarctic feeding grounds - Deadline 02 October 2025 - NANO | NF-POGO Alumni Network for the Ocean
Background You will be part of the Marine Mammal Ecology Working Group in the AWI section Polar Biological Oceanography, Bremerhaven, in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fisher...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#OceanOpportunities PhD position: Site-fidelity and feeding behaviour of fin whales at Antarctic feeding grounds - Deadline 02 October 2025
nf-pogo-alumni.org/26092025-6/
nf-pogo-alumni.org/26092025-6/
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Interested in vocal #communication? How animals provide referential #information about danger? Then see our 🌟NEW🌟 paper by brilliant ANU #PhD student Chun-Chieh Liao out today in @asab.org Animal Behaviour. 🎉👏
#birds #choughs #fieldwork #ECR
With Rob Magrath and Rob Heinsohn
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#birds #choughs #fieldwork #ECR
With Rob Magrath and Rob Heinsohn
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Interested in vocal #communication? How animals provide referential #information about danger? Then see our 🌟NEW🌟 paper by brilliant ANU #PhD student Chun-Chieh Liao out today in @asab.org Animal Behaviour. 🎉👏
#birds #choughs #fieldwork #ECR
With Rob Magrath and Rob Heinsohn
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#birds #choughs #fieldwork #ECR
With Rob Magrath and Rob Heinsohn
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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Zebra finches can not only distinguish the full range of their species’ vocalizations but also organize them by meaning—similar to what humans do, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4psyElY
Categorical and semantic perception of the meaning of call types in zebra finches
Vocal communication in social animals involves the production and perception of various calls that ethologists categorize into call types based on their acoustical structure and behavioral context. Wh...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Zebra finches can not only distinguish the full range of their species’ vocalizations but also organize them by meaning—similar to what humans do, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4psyElY
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In her review, Laura Stidsholt @bioacousticsau.bsky.social discusses how bat-borne acoustic devices are changing echolocation research in wild #bats by recording sensory & foraging behaviour across different species, habitats & levels of disturbance
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In her review, Laura Stidsholt @bioacousticsau.bsky.social discusses how bat-borne acoustic devices are changing echolocation research in wild #bats by recording sensory & foraging behaviour across different species, habitats & levels of disturbance
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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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
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
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Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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With my colleague Christophe Guinet we offer a 6-months position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals. Here for more details: www.linkedin.com/posts/corali...
@predateursmarins.bsky.social
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
@predateursmarins.bsky.social
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
6-monts internship proposal | Coraline Bichet
With my colleague Christophe GUINET we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals 🦭. Check the attached file (in French) for more detai...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
With my colleague Christophe Guinet we offer a 6-months position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals. Here for more details: www.linkedin.com/posts/corali...
@predateursmarins.bsky.social
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
@predateursmarins.bsky.social
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
A week late but had a great time chatting all things bowhead song at the end of year poster session #MSc_MMS_St_A See thread to hear why nobody’s selling CDs of bowhead whale song 🎤🐋
August 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A week late but had a great time chatting all things bowhead song at the end of year poster session #MSc_MMS_St_A See thread to hear why nobody’s selling CDs of bowhead whale song 🎤🐋
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🧠 What does collective movement look like in cognitively advanced animals?
I have a new pre-print out for a super short solo-author paper I just submitted! I explore how the ability to forecast others' behaviours affects your own decision-making. Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.14.670290
I have a new pre-print out for a super short solo-author paper I just submitted! I explore how the ability to forecast others' behaviours affects your own decision-making. Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.14.670290
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🧠 What does collective movement look like in cognitively advanced animals?
I have a new pre-print out for a super short solo-author paper I just submitted! I explore how the ability to forecast others' behaviours affects your own decision-making. Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.14.670290
I have a new pre-print out for a super short solo-author paper I just submitted! I explore how the ability to forecast others' behaviours affects your own decision-making. Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.14.670290
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New #JRSocInterface paper: Individual vocal identity is enhanced by the enlarged external nose in male proboscis #monkeys: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #bioengineering
August 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New #JRSocInterface paper: Individual vocal identity is enhanced by the enlarged external nose in male proboscis #monkeys: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #bioengineering
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Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University @animalecolab.bsky.social
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
August 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University @animalecolab.bsky.social
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
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The effects of #sleep disturbance on a #songbird’s vocal performance #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
August 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The effects of #sleep disturbance on a #songbird’s vocal performance #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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I'm excited to share our new (in press) paper on vocal individuality and acoustic recognition. We looked at Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos, Little Penguins, Little Owls, Tree Pipits and Chiffchaffs, with promising results. #bioacoustics #vocalindividuality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Acoustic recognition of individuals in closed and open bird populations
Passive acoustic monitoring is firmly established as an effective non-invasive technique for wildlife monitoring. The analysis of animal vocalizations…
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July 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I'm excited to share our new (in press) paper on vocal individuality and acoustic recognition. We looked at Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos, Little Penguins, Little Owls, Tree Pipits and Chiffchaffs, with promising results. #bioacoustics #vocalindividuality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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#BiologyLetters A new study uncovers a physiological basis for teamwork in mole-rats and sheds light on how metabolism influences social behaviour in cooperative species. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #behaviour #biochemistry
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July 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#BiologyLetters A new study uncovers a physiological basis for teamwork in mole-rats and sheds light on how metabolism influences social behaviour in cooperative species. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #behaviour #biochemistry