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Valeria Mazza
@valmazza.bsky.social
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Behavioural biologist interested in all things animal cognition. Senior lecturer @UniTuscia. Proud citizen of Humboldt's Republic of the Letters.πŸ“–πŸ›She/her
https://valeriamazza.net

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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social Β· 2d
Sounds lovely! All the best!

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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social Β· 3d
Thank you πŸ˜„πŸ’š

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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social Β· 3d
Really proud of this one. Our first study on innovative problem-solving in free-ranging small mammals is fresh off the press of Animal Cognition rdcu.be/eOHl3. We looked at what happens with human disturbance in a protected area...without disturbing our most precious collaborators!

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Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social Β· 4d
PhD project on the evolution of animal memory now available in my research group, through the TREES DLA: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo.... Come and join us if you're interested in the evolution of animal minds and you want to do some cool experimental evolution!
Evolutionary ecology of animal memory | TREES DLA
This project seeks to explore how memory evolves in response to the ecological tasks that animals face in their natural environment. Associative memory exists in some form in almost all animal species...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk

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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social Β· 7d
Ever wondered if the habitat also influences the way individuals smell? In our latest paper we found that fire salamander larvae show habitat specific chemical fingerprints.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fire salamander larvae show habitat type-specific surface chemical fingerprints - Chemoecology
In a fire salamander population near Bonn, Germany, fire salamander females use two different habitats for larval deposition, i.e. ponds or streams. As it is known that females can discriminate betwee...
link.springer.com

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social Β· 7d
PhD position available from April 2026 at Charles University, Prague, focusing on ecological interactions of Gammarus species. Apply by November 2025: [email protected]. More info: http://bit.ly/4hC0Orc #phd
PhD position Prague Gammarus 2026+ FULL.pdf
PhD position Prague Gammarus 2026+ FULL.pdf
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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social Β· 8d
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social Β· 10d
Watch out world, a new Dr. is in town! πŸŽ“@avezyrakis.bsky.social's defence was a success, and this proud supervisor is sure he'll go far, making both science and the world better places.
I could not have imagined a better outcome for our DFG project on animal innovation. Go Alex! πŸŽ‰

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Vladimir Pravosudov @cognitiveecol.bsky.social Β· 13d
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

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social Β· 14d
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?

Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk

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Dr SjΓΊrΓ°ur Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social Β· 14d
Postdoc in the Faroes setur.totalview.cloud/recruitment/...

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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social Β· 18d
Exciting new work from former team members Eric Romero, Cwyn Solvi, Fei Peng and colleagues makes the cover of Science: affective contagion in bumblebees! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social Β· 19d
Happy to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org on the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions

Part of our upcoming Special Feature issue on 'Wildlife behaviour and movement ecology in a human-dominated world'!

Available Open Access πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/ptsjmbpn

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social Β· 20d
MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social

People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.

Deadline 19Dec

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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AlizΓ©e Vernouillet @vernouilleta.bsky.social Β· 20d
Excited to announce that Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and I are co-editing a special collection for Animal Cognition on "Social Cognition in a Human World". Do you study how urbanization, pollution, heat stress, fragmentation, ... affects cognition? We want to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/...
Social Cognition in a Human World
As humanity exploits and reshapes the environment to accommodate for development and population growth demands, animals need to adapt to these human-induced ...
link.springer.com

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social Β· 21d
PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.

Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.

tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physio...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal beh...
www.findaphd.com

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Nick Jones @nickarjones.bsky.social Β· 21d
🐟 Our special issue "Measuring Fish Cognition: Empirical-based Guidance for Designing Cognition Assays" is out! From acclimation protocols to automated tracking, these studies tackle a range of methodological issues. Check it out: tinyurl.com/vdprfbf4 #FishCognition #AnimalBehaviour
Special Issue: Measuring fish cognition: Empirical based guidance for designing cognition assays: Journal of Fish Biology: Vol 107, No 4
The <em>Journal of Fish Biology</em> is a leading international ichthyology journal, addressing all aspects of fish biology, their exploitation and importance to human society.
tinyurl.com

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Institut fΓΌr Schallforschung @isf-oeaw.bsky.social Β· 22d
πŸ“’ Open PhD position at our Institute: Bioacoustics / cheetah vocal communication πŸ†πŸŽΆ
You’ll study the cheetah’s high-pitched β€œchirps” that sound surprisingly like birds πŸ¦β€” exploring their acoustic structure and function. πŸ‘‰ Details and application: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=34u4...

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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social Β· 22d
Looking for a PhD position? Come and work with us on migratory songbirds at the University of Oldenburg!

uol.de/job788en

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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social Β· 22d
πŸ“’ CALL FOR PAPERS!

Special Issue β€˜Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science

Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social

Submit your proposal before November 30!

More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt

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Alice Carravieri @alicecarravieri.bsky.social Β· 22d
πŸ“’ PhD opportunity at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @ifv-whv.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

πŸŽ“ Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns

πŸ“… Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142

#seabirds #ecotoxicology

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

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Simon Baeckens @simonbaeckens.bsky.social Β· 22d
We studied lizards from 12 Croatian islands and found substantial variation in their chemical signal profiles. Ecological factors didn’t explain it. Instead, divergence was best explained by non-adaptive processes 🦎🏝️ @oikosjournal.bsky.social nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org Β· 23d
#BiologyLetters A new framework is proposed that can be used to test hypotheses about how animals solve problems. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #behaviour #cognition

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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social Β· 25d
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨

🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾

Find out by studying meerkats!

πŸ§ͺEpigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
πŸ“ŠLong-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
πŸ’‘Big evolutionary questions

Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
A collage featuring some laboratory analyses, a schematic of the structure of DNA, a pocket watch in an elderly person's hand, and a family of wild meerkats.

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna MascarΓ³) @biotay.bsky.social Β· 26d
1/6 We are the most terrifying animal in existence, even for wolves

They tested whether wolves (Tuchola Forest, Poland) fear the barking of dogs more than the human voice when speaking. The wolves fled sooner and faster when they heard our voices

(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
https://www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-do/news/wolf-population-in-west-poland-still-not-secure-despite-growth-in-numbers

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Oriol Lapiedra @oriollapiedra.bsky.social Β· 27d
We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 πŸ¦† 🐍

Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!

Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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Bryan @bryanhughes2.bsky.social Β· 28d
New paper out in Behaviour.

We evaluated behavioural and physiological differences between sexes in two species of rodent (deer mice and red-backed voles). For these income-breeding rodents, reproductive stage only explains some of these differences.

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Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social Β· 29d
πŸ“£ Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy πŸ§ πŸ’
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour.
πŸ† Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14)
⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026!
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
Call for Submissions for the Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation prize 2026

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social Β· Oct 12
This week members of the @isbe2026 Local Organizing Committee are sharing their own favourite impressions of the host city! Discover Turin through their eyes!

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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social Β· Oct 7
These beautiful aliens are really helpful for understanding the role of behaviour in biological invasions and responses to climate change. So happy about our work on distinct strategies for coping with thermal stress in native and non-native nudibranchs, just published here doi.org/10.1007/s105...