Sonja Wild
@sonjawild.bsky.social
Dr Wild • postdoc affiliate @ucdavis • behavioural ecology • env. change, animal cognition, social learning, personality, animal culture 🐬 🐦 🐿 • 🏳️🌈 ally • hobby photographer • she/her • https://sites.google.com/view/sonjawild
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #raptors switched foraging strategy when #COVID19 lockdowns reduced the availability of #roadkill: buff.ly/jUug7Yj
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #raptors switched foraging strategy when #COVID19 lockdowns reduced the availability of #roadkill: buff.ly/jUug7Yj
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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).
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
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).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
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@sonjawild.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social & @lucymaplin.bsky.social show that young #GreatTits, which have limited #ParentalCare, learn to solve a foraging #puzzle socially, but rather than parents, siblings & non-parental adults are preferred role models @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46JZn6n
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@sonjawild.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social & @lucymaplin.bsky.social show that young #GreatTits, which have limited #ParentalCare, learn to solve a foraging #puzzle socially, but rather than parents, siblings & non-parental adults are preferred role models @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46JZn6n
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Juvenile songbirds acquire key life skills primarily from siblings and non-parent adults, with sibling influence surpassing that of parents in species with limited parental care. doi.org/g9578b
These songbirds learn more from siblings than from parents
Siblings are special. Whether a sibling serves as protector or tormentor, friend or foe, the relationship between siblings is like no other.
phys.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Juvenile songbirds acquire key life skills primarily from siblings and non-parent adults, with sibling influence surpassing that of parents in species with limited parental care. doi.org/g9578b
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You don't have to tell me about the power of siblings. My big sis is the best ever. But it's very cool to see this bond is so important in other species, too, like these songbirds, according to a new @ucdavis.bsky.social study from @sonjawild.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
These Songbirds Learn More From Siblings Than From Parents
The powerful role of siblings is highlighted in this UC Davis study of a songbird species with limited parental care.
www.ucdavis.edu
October 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You don't have to tell me about the power of siblings. My big sis is the best ever. But it's very cool to see this bond is so important in other species, too, like these songbirds, according to a new @ucdavis.bsky.social study from @sonjawild.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
Out today in @plosbiology.org (1/5)
Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩
Link to study:
10.0.5.91/journal.pbio...
Co-authors:
@lucymaplin.bsky.social
@galarconnieto.bsky.social
Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩
Link to study:
10.0.5.91/journal.pbio...
Co-authors:
@lucymaplin.bsky.social
@galarconnieto.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Out today in @plosbiology.org (1/5)
Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩
Link to study:
10.0.5.91/journal.pbio...
Co-authors:
@lucymaplin.bsky.social
@galarconnieto.bsky.social
Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩
Link to study:
10.0.5.91/journal.pbio...
Co-authors:
@lucymaplin.bsky.social
@galarconnieto.bsky.social
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🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat.
📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis
🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan
baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...
📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis
🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan
baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...
Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer - Bay Nature
For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many voles?
baynature.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat.
📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis
🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan
baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...
📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis
🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan
baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...
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Reposting this starter pack for new users.
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
March 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reposting this starter pack for new users.
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
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Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
KZLab is Seeking a Lab Technician!
The Zamudio Lab (zamudiolab.org) in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented laboratory technician to play a key role in supporting the resear…
zamudiolab.org
December 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels
In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...
In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...
December 18, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels
In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...
In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...
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5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...
December 5, 2024 at 11:01 PM
5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...
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Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
November 29, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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JOB: Caroline Schuppli, I, and others at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social are hiring a research tech to develop short term, remote tag attachment mechanisms for wild primates that do not require capture or handling stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
Academic Staff Member in Animal Behavior
Deadline: December 6th, 2024
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
November 26, 2024 at 9:53 AM
JOB: Caroline Schuppli, I, and others at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social are hiring a research tech to develop short term, remote tag attachment mechanisms for wild primates that do not require capture or handling stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
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Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in!
www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
November 15, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in!
www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
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Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter.
Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age.
Deadline: 11th Dec
More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age.
Deadline: 11th Dec
More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
November 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter.
Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age.
Deadline: 11th Dec
More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age.
Deadline: 11th Dec
More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
Great way to connect with other animal behavior researchers!
I made a starter pack for animal behaviour researchers / ethologists! please share and feel free to self-nominate or suggest others to be added as this is very much still a work in progress and not an exhaustive list 🌍🧪😊 #SciSky #BioSky #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #Ethology
go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV
go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV
November 12, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Great way to connect with other animal behavior researchers!
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Interested in a 3-year postdoc fellowship to study neotropical bat behavior with me at @stri_panama? If so, email me. Deadline July 15 stri.si.edu/nomis
March 25, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Interested in a 3-year postdoc fellowship to study neotropical bat behavior with me at @stri_panama? If so, email me. Deadline July 15 stri.si.edu/nomis
Our new OA article is out in Behavioral Ecology! Tracking juvenile great tits across their first year of life, we document the dynamic changes in social strategies during transition to independence in a species with limited parental care. (1/2)
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
March 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Our new OA article is out in Behavioral Ecology! Tracking juvenile great tits across their first year of life, we document the dynamic changes in social strategies during transition to independence in a species with limited parental care. (1/2)
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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Interested in doing a PhD on what meerkats mean? Or know someone who might? Check out this great opportunity from with Marta Manser at the University of Zürich.
Deadline March 15th.
Deadline March 15th.
February 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Interested in doing a PhD on what meerkats mean? Or know someone who might? Check out this great opportunity from with Marta Manser at the University of Zürich.
Deadline March 15th.
Deadline March 15th.