Mandy Korstjens
@ahkorstjens.bsky.social
Prof. In Behavioural Ecology. Bournemouth University, UK. Primatologist. AWEtrails.org and LEAP
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Watch how the Ape Social Mind Lab at the @isc-mj.bsky.social together with colleagues from ENES in St. Etienne and @mpicbs.bsky.social, @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social, and others start to crack the chimpanzee code of vocal communication. Now on the TCP YouTube channel youtube.com/watch?v=ZIsr...
Catherine Crockford & Roman Wittig: Cracking the Chimpanzee Code
YouTube video by Tai Chimpanzee Project
youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Watch how the Ape Social Mind Lab at the @isc-mj.bsky.social together with colleagues from ENES in St. Etienne and @mpicbs.bsky.social, @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social, and others start to crack the chimpanzee code of vocal communication. Now on the TCP YouTube channel youtube.com/watch?v=ZIsr...
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The Canada Government will offer 400 postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in early 2026. If you have a background in wildlife microbiome or quantitative genetics and are interested to apply to work on microbiome variation in Sable Island horses or caribou, feel free to get in touch
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The Canada Government will offer 400 postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in early 2026. If you have a background in wildlife microbiome or quantitative genetics and are interested to apply to work on microbiome variation in Sable Island horses or caribou, feel free to get in touch
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Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? 🦢 Find and request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... Thank you! #UKBirding
1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? 🦢 Find and request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... Thank you! #UKBirding
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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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We’re looking for B2B SaaS salesmen across the globe.
If you’d enjoy proliferating GIS e-shop for biodiversity data, let us know in DM.
David
If you’d enjoy proliferating GIS e-shop for biodiversity data, let us know in DM.
David
December 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We’re looking for B2B SaaS salesmen across the globe.
If you’d enjoy proliferating GIS e-shop for biodiversity data, let us know in DM.
David
If you’d enjoy proliferating GIS e-shop for biodiversity data, let us know in DM.
David
We have #academic #jobs available @bournemouthuni.bsky.social at our very diverse School of Life and Environmental Sciences (UK). In Ecology, Sustainability, and Biomedical Sciences. Deadline for applications 15th January.
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
Vacancy Search Results - Bournemouth University
View our Latest Vacancies
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We have #academic #jobs available @bournemouthuni.bsky.social at our very diverse School of Life and Environmental Sciences (UK). In Ecology, Sustainability, and Biomedical Sciences. Deadline for applications 15th January.
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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Environmental journalism is under pressure — exactly where it’s needed most.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Environmental journalism is under pressure — exactly where it’s needed most.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led.
Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
Join us @bournemouthuni.bsky.social at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. #Lecturer #academicjobs in #Biomedical Science, #ecology (especially #Marine Biology please), and #sustainability science. vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
Vacancy Search Results - Bournemouth University
View our Latest Vacancies
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Join us @bournemouthuni.bsky.social at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. #Lecturer #academicjobs in #Biomedical Science, #ecology (especially #Marine Biology please), and #sustainability science. vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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Contact and get involved with your local bat group and get involved with bat conservation in your area. www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatsNeedFriends #bats 🦇
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Contact and get involved with your local bat group and get involved with bat conservation in your area. www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatsNeedFriends #bats 🦇
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3-year #PhD student #position open in my group @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social Finland on #gut #microbe- host communication in #birds. DL 20.12, start date in April2026. #microbiome #metabolomics #vesicles, please RT
ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...
ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...
Doctoral Researcher: Gut microbiome metabolism and molecular mechanisms mediating gut microbiome-host interactions?
A 3-year Doctoral Researcher position is available at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in the group of Dr. Suvi Ruuskanen. The Doctoral Resear...
ats.talentadore.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
3-year #PhD student #position open in my group @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social Finland on #gut #microbe- host communication in #birds. DL 20.12, start date in April2026. #microbiome #metabolomics #vesicles, please RT
ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...
ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...
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🦇 (thread) We've added more courses and events to our bat calendar! Here are some highlights for the first quarter of 2026:
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🦇 (thread) We've added more courses and events to our bat calendar! Here are some highlights for the first quarter of 2026:
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February.
- Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
📷(c) Hugh Clark
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Just landed! 🦅 Our Raptor ID Training Courses are live! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/training #Ornithology
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just landed! 🦅 Our Raptor ID Training Courses are live! Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/training #Ornithology
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If you're interested in finding out more about the research on the mantis shrimp in 🇳🇿 then check out this fully funded PhD!!! @asab.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If you're interested in finding out more about the research on the mantis shrimp in 🇳🇿 then check out this fully funded PhD!!! @asab.org
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Currently recruiting PhD students to follow up on this result - please come to have a chat if interested #ASABWinter2025
Compared to warning colouration, camouflage is more affected by the sensory enviro 👀 🦋 #ASABWinter2025
December 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Currently recruiting PhD students to follow up on this result - please come to have a chat if interested #ASABWinter2025
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Devastating news for the Tapanuli orangutan.
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tapanuli orangutans: Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Devastating news for the Tapanuli orangutan.
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Exciting news! @btocymru.bsky.social is hosting its first Welsh Raptor Convention. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026 🦅
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Exciting news! @btocymru.bsky.social is hosting its first Welsh Raptor Convention. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026 🦅
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
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🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social ,
@bfraser.bsky.social l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Our thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating floods in Sumatra.
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating floods in Sumatra.
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via:
• Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
• @theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
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Read every word of this blogpost. Read it and weep for what is being lost. And to celebrate what Katie has achieved.
EVEN THOUGH I HAD OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO DO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
mammalssuck.blogspot.com/2025/11/if-y...
If you like milk science...
<dusts off the ol’ blog> On Thanksgiving, a Facebook “human interest story pages” dropped an essay about mother’s milk and me as a milk rese...
mammalssuck.blogspot.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Read every word of this blogpost. Read it and weep for what is being lost. And to celebrate what Katie has achieved.
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Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
Our findings underscore the value of extensive hedgerow management in promoting on-farm bat activity and support the integration of simple hedgerow quality assessment protocols into agri-environment ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Turn your #BlackFriday green by shopping with Easyfundraising!
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
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@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
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November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Turn your #BlackFriday green by shopping with Easyfundraising!
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
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💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
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@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
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Happy Thanksgiving Week!! 🦃🦃🦃
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Week!! 🦃🦃🦃
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪
Here at @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors 👛 🔃and stellar volunteers 🐝 🐝who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! 💪