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We promote the study of animal behaviour, organise conferences, fund research & support the teaching of animal behaviour. Co-publisher of #AnimalBehaviourJournal. Posts by @raccoonologist.bsky.social. For meeting posts, follow @asab-meetings.bsky.social
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Take note! 📝 There are a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2026 and #ECBB2026 🗓️
More information here: www.asab.org/conferences-...
More information here: www.asab.org/conferences-...
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📢 The deadline for the ISBE Early Career Award has been extended to the 20th of January 2026!!
See all the details here: www.behavecol.com/awards
See all the details here: www.behavecol.com/awards
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January 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
📢 The deadline for the ISBE Early Career Award has been extended to the 20th of January 2026!!
See all the details here: www.behavecol.com/awards
See all the details here: www.behavecol.com/awards
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If you need something positive in your life right now, then how about nominating one of your favorite researchers for an award??
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If you need something positive in your life right now, then how about nominating one of your favorite researchers for an award??
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
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We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
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Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running!
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running!
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
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We are looking for a volunteer member to help our communications team :)
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
We are looking for a volunteer member to help our communications team :)
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PhD opportunity at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in nematode research in Konstanz, Germany. Apply by Jan 13, 2026, with CV and research statement at https://imprs-qbee.cloud.opencampus.net/. #phd
Welcome to IMPRS-QBEE | IMPRS-QBEE
Welcome to IMPRS-QBEE | IMPRS-QBEE
imprs-qbee.cloud.opencampus.net
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
PhD opportunity at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in nematode research in Konstanz, Germany. Apply by Jan 13, 2026, with CV and research statement at https://imprs-qbee.cloud.opencampus.net/. #phd
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The University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is seeking applicants for an open-rank Professorship in Animal Ecology. Applications due by 31 March 2026. More info: https://www.unifr.ch/scimed/de/faculty/positions #job
Offene Stellen | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche und Medizinische Fakultät | Universität Freiburg
Offene Stellen | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche und Medizinische Fakultät | Universität Freiburg
www.unifr.ch
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is seeking applicants for an open-rank Professorship in Animal Ecology. Applications due by 31 March 2026. More info: https://www.unifr.ch/scimed/de/faculty/positions #job
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We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
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Check out the new and improved linktree! 🐮
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
@animalbehavioropps | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Check out the new and improved linktree! 🐮
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
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📢 Abstract submissions are officially OPEN for the #SEBconference - Florence 2026!
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
SEB Conference Florence 2026: Abstract submission is now open
Abstract submission deadline: Friday 6 March 2026 🗓️
www.sebiology.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
📢 Abstract submissions are officially OPEN for the #SEBconference - Florence 2026!
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
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Another new year job opportunity! Join the Isle of May @ukceh.bsky.social team in #Edinburgh, studying six species of #seabird 🦅🐣🕊️🐧🐤🐦
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Deadline is 16th January. #ecology #seabirds #scotland
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Deadline is 16th January. #ecology #seabirds #scotland
Avian Ecologist
Salary - £31,942 - £33,898 Depending on experience Hybrid working (50/50) Location: Edinburgh Closing date: 16th January 2026 We are looking for an enthusiastic Avian Ecologist to join our team in Edi...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Another new year job opportunity! Join the Isle of May @ukceh.bsky.social team in #Edinburgh, studying six species of #seabird 🦅🐣🕊️🐧🐤🐦
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
Deadline is 16th January. #ecology #seabirds #scotland
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
Deadline is 16th January. #ecology #seabirds #scotland
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Abstract submission for the EOU Fledglings Conference is still open until the 16th of January! 🐣
The DOG supports young ornithologists with travel grants that you can apply for on our website: www.do-g.de/foerdern/rei...
The DOG supports young ornithologists with travel grants that you can apply for on our website: www.do-g.de/foerdern/rei...
January 7, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Abstract submission for the EOU Fledglings Conference is still open until the 16th of January! 🐣
The DOG supports young ornithologists with travel grants that you can apply for on our website: www.do-g.de/foerdern/rei...
The DOG supports young ornithologists with travel grants that you can apply for on our website: www.do-g.de/foerdern/rei...
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We know you don't want to start your year by forgetting to submit a symposia proposal before the 31 January deadline.
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We know you don't want to start your year by forgetting to submit a symposia proposal before the 31 January deadline.
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026
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If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
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Nominations for all of our medals and awards are still open. Help us recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to science from across the globe by making your nominations by 20 February 2026: #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Nominations for all of our medals and awards are still open. Help us recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to science from across the globe by making your nominations by 20 February 2026: #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
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Lovely start to the year - 1st paper of #PhD student #NatalieTegtman out in latest issue of @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour
How a novel #call changes responses to #alarms:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
CONGRATULATIONS Natalie; thanks #RobMagrath; Happy New Year all. 🎉
#animalcommunication #birds #fairywren
How a novel #call changes responses to #alarms:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
CONGRATULATIONS Natalie; thanks #RobMagrath; Happy New Year all. 🎉
#animalcommunication #birds #fairywren
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Lovely start to the year - 1st paper of #PhD student #NatalieTegtman out in latest issue of @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour
How a novel #call changes responses to #alarms:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
CONGRATULATIONS Natalie; thanks #RobMagrath; Happy New Year all. 🎉
#animalcommunication #birds #fairywren
How a novel #call changes responses to #alarms:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
CONGRATULATIONS Natalie; thanks #RobMagrath; Happy New Year all. 🎉
#animalcommunication #birds #fairywren
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Late-reporting, but last year some of our CRABbers headed up to Edinburgh to present their posters at the @asab.org Winter meeting. Well done all! @libbychaps.bsky.social @charli-ocean.bsky.social and @ Manuela Carona R
January 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Late-reporting, but last year some of our CRABbers headed up to Edinburgh to present their posters at the @asab.org Winter meeting. Well done all! @libbychaps.bsky.social @charli-ocean.bsky.social and @ Manuela Carona R
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Part-time, permanent position.
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
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Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Job opportunity: Engagement Assistant, Birds of Poole Harbour (Dorset)
The charity Birds of Poole Harbour (the fabulous team behind the Osprey Reintroduction Project, amongst many other things) is advertising for an Engagement Assistant to help them deliver a number o…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Part-time, permanent position.
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
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Fully funded PhD project available at Nottingham Trent University. Linked to a BBSRC funded grant, this project will investigate how primates perceive and respond to infants, combining cutting-edge cognitive testing with behavioural data. See 🧵
January 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Fully funded PhD project available at Nottingham Trent University. Linked to a BBSRC funded grant, this project will investigate how primates perceive and respond to infants, combining cutting-edge cognitive testing with behavioural data. See 🧵
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📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us?
Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us?
Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
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1 week left to apply for this PhD.
✅ Field surveys
✅ Cutting-edge modelling
✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social
🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26
#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
✅ Field surveys
✅ Cutting-edge modelling
✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social
🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26
#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1 week left to apply for this PhD.
✅ Field surveys
✅ Cutting-edge modelling
✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social
🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26
#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
✅ Field surveys
✅ Cutting-edge modelling
✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social
🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26
#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
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Applications closing 5th Jan for Fully funded PhD through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
Studying behaviour and ecology of anemonefishes. Need to be happy to spend lots of time in Papua New Guinea and need to be SCUBA qualified.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Studying behaviour and ecology of anemonefishes. Need to be happy to spend lots of time in Papua New Guinea and need to be SCUBA qualified.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Predator defence in anemonefishes
iapetus.ac.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Applications closing 5th Jan for Fully funded PhD through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
Studying behaviour and ecology of anemonefishes. Need to be happy to spend lots of time in Papua New Guinea and need to be SCUBA qualified.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Studying behaviour and ecology of anemonefishes. Need to be happy to spend lots of time in Papua New Guinea and need to be SCUBA qualified.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...
6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata
@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata
@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...
6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata
@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata
@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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PhD position available at Charles University, Prague, focusing on reproductive division of labor in carpenter bees. Deadline: March 6, 2026. Supervisor: Michael Mikát. More info: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Mikat?ev=hdr_xprf #phd
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
PhD position available at Charles University, Prague, focusing on reproductive division of labor in carpenter bees. Deadline: March 6, 2026. Supervisor: Michael Mikát. More info: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Mikat?ev=hdr_xprf #phd
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology (Ecology and Evolution) starting Aug 1, 2026. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or be A.B.D. Details: https://apply.interfolio.com/179542. #job
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December 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Hobart and William Smith Colleges seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology (Ecology and Evolution) starting Aug 1, 2026. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or be A.B.D. Details: https://apply.interfolio.com/179542. #job