Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE)
@spetologia.bsky.social
Society founded in 1987 to promote the study of animal behaviour | Follow us for new research of #SPEmembers, new #actaethologica issues, and updates of activities
Organização não governamental e sem fins lucrativos
Portugal
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@spe.etologia
Organização não governamental e sem fins lucrativos
Portugal
www.etologia.pt
@spe.etologia
Birds and environment: exploring the interconnections and conservation challenges - Part II
with #SPEmember Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social as Guest Editor
with #SPEmember Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social as Guest Editor
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Birds and environment: exploring the interconnections and conservation challenges - Part II
with #SPEmember Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social as Guest Editor
with #SPEmember Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social as Guest Editor
🎉 The 22nd Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) took place 1 month ago at the University of Algarve. The congress highlighted recent research in animal behavior, cognition, and welfare.
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#Ethology #AnimalBehaviour #SPEmembers #SPEetologia
FishEthoGroup, @ccmar.bsky.social , SPE
#Ethology #AnimalBehaviour #SPEmembers #SPEetologia
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🎉 The 22nd Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) took place 1 month ago at the University of Algarve. The congress highlighted recent research in animal behavior, cognition, and welfare.
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#Ethology #AnimalBehaviour #SPEmembers #SPEetologia
FishEthoGroup, @ccmar.bsky.social , SPE
#Ethology #AnimalBehaviour #SPEmembers #SPEetologia
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #AnimalAcoustic
"Auditory representation of conspecific calls improves throughout ontogeny in a singing fish"
Vasconcelos et al. with SPE members Raquel Vasconcelos, M Clara Amorim, and Paulo Fonseca @ Biology letters
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #AnimalAcoustic
"Auditory representation of conspecific calls improves throughout ontogeny in a singing fish"
Vasconcelos et al. with SPE members Raquel Vasconcelos, M Clara Amorim, and Paulo Fonseca @ Biology letters
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #AnimalAcoustic
"Auditory representation of conspecific calls improves throughout ontogeny in a singing fish"
Vasconcelos et al. with SPE members Raquel Vasconcelos, M Clara Amorim, and Paulo Fonseca @ Biology letters
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #AnimalAcoustic
"Auditory representation of conspecific calls improves throughout ontogeny in a singing fish"
Vasconcelos et al. with SPE members Raquel Vasconcelos, M Clara Amorim, and Paulo Fonseca @ Biology letters
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Bioacoustic
"The evolution of extreme sound frequencies in bird songs"
Cardoso et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , and Pedro Santos @pedrobsky98.bsky.social @ Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Bioacoustic
"The evolution of extreme sound frequencies in bird songs"
Cardoso et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , and Pedro Santos @pedrobsky98.bsky.social @ Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Bioacoustic
"The evolution of extreme sound frequencies in bird songs"
Cardoso et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , and Pedro Santos @pedrobsky98.bsky.social @ Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Bioacoustic
"The evolution of extreme sound frequencies in bird songs"
Cardoso et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , and Pedro Santos @pedrobsky98.bsky.social @ Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social
#SPEetol2025
The SPE conference came to an end.
A huge thank you to the organising committee @fishethogroup for their amazing work putting together this year's conference! 👏👏
Thank you to all attendees, speakers, Plenary speakers, and poster presenters 👏👏👏
See you all next year!
The SPE conference came to an end.
A huge thank you to the organising committee @fishethogroup for their amazing work putting together this year's conference! 👏👏
Thank you to all attendees, speakers, Plenary speakers, and poster presenters 👏👏👏
See you all next year!
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#SPEetol2025
The SPE conference came to an end.
A huge thank you to the organising committee @fishethogroup for their amazing work putting together this year's conference! 👏👏
Thank you to all attendees, speakers, Plenary speakers, and poster presenters 👏👏👏
See you all next year!
The SPE conference came to an end.
A huge thank you to the organising committee @fishethogroup for their amazing work putting together this year's conference! 👏👏
Thank you to all attendees, speakers, Plenary speakers, and poster presenters 👏👏👏
See you all next year!
The second best student talk also received an honorable mention: Antony Pieters with the work " The influence of calf-initiated behaviors on common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) group
dynamics along the South coast of Portugal"
Well done and congratulations 🥳🥳
dynamics along the South coast of Portugal"
Well done and congratulations 🥳🥳
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The second best student talk also received an honorable mention: Antony Pieters with the work " The influence of calf-initiated behaviors on common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) group
dynamics along the South coast of Portugal"
Well done and congratulations 🥳🥳
dynamics along the South coast of Portugal"
Well done and congratulations 🥳🥳
The Vitor Almada Award is the society prize for best student talk. It is never easy to select one from the great talks we had from students!
The 12th Vítor Almada Award recipient was Pedro Santos with the work "Noise shapes collective anti-predator response".
The 12th Vítor Almada Award recipient was Pedro Santos with the work "Noise shapes collective anti-predator response".
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Vitor Almada Award is the society prize for best student talk. It is never easy to select one from the great talks we had from students!
The 12th Vítor Almada Award recipient was Pedro Santos with the work "Noise shapes collective anti-predator response".
The 12th Vítor Almada Award recipient was Pedro Santos with the work "Noise shapes collective anti-predator response".
There was so many great posters and the decision for the best poster was hard.
The best poster award goes to João Grave, with the work "Indirect effects of cleaner gobies on fish grazing and benthic community structure" .
Well done and congratulations! 🥳
The best poster award goes to João Grave, with the work "Indirect effects of cleaner gobies on fish grazing and benthic community structure" .
Well done and congratulations! 🥳
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
There was so many great posters and the decision for the best poster was hard.
The best poster award goes to João Grave, with the work "Indirect effects of cleaner gobies on fish grazing and benthic community structure" .
Well done and congratulations! 🥳
The best poster award goes to João Grave, with the work "Indirect effects of cleaner gobies on fish grazing and benthic community structure" .
Well done and congratulations! 🥳
Last talk of #SPEetol2025 from Peter McGregor talking about the last year of Acta Ethologica journal! #actaethologica
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last talk of #SPEetol2025 from Peter McGregor talking about the last year of Acta Ethologica journal! #actaethologica
The last session of #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Sociality and behavioural interactions" session, included amazing talks regarding how sociality influence behaviours and changes across time, and also how different behaviours interact!
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The last session of #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Sociality and behavioural interactions" session, included amazing talks regarding how sociality influence behaviours and changes across time, and also how different behaviours interact!
José Ricardo Paula @josericardopaula.bsky.social the last plenary speaker of the #SPEetol2025 examining complex behaviour in cleaning mutualisms. Such a great start!
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October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
José Ricardo Paula @josericardopaula.bsky.social the last plenary speaker of the #SPEetol2025 examining complex behaviour in cleaning mutualisms. Such a great start!
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@ccmar.bsky.social
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The last morning session of the last day of #SPEetol2025 , the "Behaviour in a changing world" session, included amazing talks on how behaviour is affected by extreme temperatures and heat waves, climate change and artificial light polution!
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The last morning session of the last day of #SPEetol2025 , the "Behaviour in a changing world" session, included amazing talks on how behaviour is affected by extreme temperatures and heat waves, climate change and artificial light polution!
The second morning session of the last day of #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Cognition" session, included amazing talks regarding the cognition in fish variation and evolution! Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The second morning session of the last day of #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Cognition" session, included amazing talks regarding the cognition in fish variation and evolution! Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
The morning session of the last day of #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Evolution and mechanisms of signal expressio " session, included amazing talks regarding the study of signals evolved and are expressed! Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The morning session of the last day of #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Evolution and mechanisms of signal expressio " session, included amazing talks regarding the study of signals evolved and are expressed! Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social the second plenary speaker of the #SPEetol2025 presenting how sex-differences in ornamentation are expresed and regulated in birds. Such a great start!
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October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social the second plenary speaker of the #SPEetol2025 presenting how sex-differences in ornamentation are expresed and regulated in birds. Such a great start!
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The last day of #SPEetol2025 just started.
Opening remarks of Dr. Jorge Gonçalves from @ccmar.bsky.social
Opening remarks of Dr. Jorge Gonçalves from @ccmar.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The last day of #SPEetol2025 just started.
Opening remarks of Dr. Jorge Gonçalves from @ccmar.bsky.social
Opening remarks of Dr. Jorge Gonçalves from @ccmar.bsky.social
Second day of the conference #SPEetol2025 is starting! Don't miss the stands on site of AIMM , star oddi, and @spetologia.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Second day of the conference #SPEetol2025 is starting! Don't miss the stands on site of AIMM , star oddi, and @spetologia.bsky.social
Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
The afternoon session of the #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Acoustic Communication" session, included amazing talks regarding the influences of anthropogenic noise polution and how noise influences animal behaviour and recognition!
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The afternoon session of the #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Acoustic Communication" session, included amazing talks regarding the influences of anthropogenic noise polution and how noise influences animal behaviour and recognition!
The first session of the #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Welfare" session, included amazing talks regarding the importance of enriching habitats and habituation in behavioural studies both in the lab and on the wild! Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The first session of the #SPEetol2025 conference, the "Welfare" session, included amazing talks regarding the importance of enriching habitats and habituation in behavioural studies both in the lab and on the wild! Thank you to all the speakers, it was great to know more about your research 😊
#SPEetol2025 is starting!
Welcome notes from the vice-president of SPE Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social
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Welcome notes from the vice-president of SPE Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social
@spetologia.bsky.social
fishethogroup
@ccmar.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#SPEetol2025 is starting!
Welcome notes from the vice-president of SPE Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social
@spetologia.bsky.social
fishethogroup
@ccmar.bsky.social
Welcome notes from the vice-president of SPE Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social
@spetologia.bsky.social
fishethogroup
@ccmar.bsky.social
SPE conference is starting ! Looking forward for the next days of great science omn ethology and behavioral ecology!
#SPEetol2025
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@spe.etologia
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#SPEetol2025
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@ccmar.algarve
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
SPE conference is starting ! Looking forward for the next days of great science omn ethology and behavioral ecology!
#SPEetol2025
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#SPEetol2025
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🚨 New issue alert! 🚨 The latest issue of #actaethologica is now out! Check the Volume 28 Issue 3 October 2025 for 7 articles featuring diverse studies in #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology
This issue comprises different types of scietific Original publications.
#SPEetologia
This issue comprises different types of scietific Original publications.
#SPEetologia
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🚨 New issue alert! 🚨 The latest issue of #actaethologica is now out! Check the Volume 28 Issue 3 October 2025 for 7 articles featuring diverse studies in #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology
This issue comprises different types of scietific Original publications.
#SPEetologia
This issue comprises different types of scietific Original publications.
#SPEetologia
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology
"Acoustic fish community in a biogeographic transition zone of the Northeast Atlantic"
Órfão et al. with SPE members Inês Órfão @ BioInvasions Records
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology
"Acoustic fish community in a biogeographic transition zone of the Northeast Atlantic"
Órfão et al. with SPE members Inês Órfão @ BioInvasions Records
October 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology
"Acoustic fish community in a biogeographic transition zone of the Northeast Atlantic"
Órfão et al. with SPE members Inês Órfão @ BioInvasions Records
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology
"Acoustic fish community in a biogeographic transition zone of the Northeast Atlantic"
Órfão et al. with SPE members Inês Órfão @ BioInvasions Records