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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 7d

“Jane Goodall was an amazing scientist who inspired people to see the natural world in a new way. She helped us to look at the animal kingdom with fresh eyes and with greater respect.

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 7d

Still processing it. RIP Jane. Ugh.

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DrZP @zarahpattison.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏞️𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡?
Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses.
The results are eye-opening:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Improving university policies and risk assessment to support inclusive fieldwork in environmental sciences

Among 90 UK higher education institutions, there was patchy mention of protected and other identity-related characteristics in fieldwork policy and risk assessments, and very limited consideration of....

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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iulia bădescu @iuliabadescu.bsky.social · 18d

Pseudo-penis who?? Elongated clitorises are out (sorry spider monkeys), male genitalia resembling vaginas are in! Yet another reason why colobus are the coolest primates.
Also, Tom Struhsaker is continuing to publishing iconic articles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The perineal organ of male red colobus: its structure and possible social function as a mimic of female genitalia - Primates

The perineal organ of male red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) is illustrated with photographs. I discuss its possible role as a mimic of female genitalia and how thereby it may play a rol...

link.springer.com

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · Jun 30

Back in the lab with these two @owenstorer.bsky.social @hannahfrog.bsky.social

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Zanzibar Red Colobus Project @zrcp.bsky.social · Jun 25

Many congratulations to Molly Allum! She studied the crop foraging behaviour of the Zanzibar red colobus here in Jozani last year for her third year dissertation at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @beps-bangor.bsky.social ! Great dissertation - currently working on making it into a journal article!

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're delighted to announce the winner of our most recent Undergraduate Primatology Recognition Award: Molly Alum. 🎉

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · Jun 16

Anthropology graduate becomes the first female head of MI6 in its 116 year history! Can’t decide whether the ‘anthropology’ or the ‘female’ is the more exciting bit of this story.

Blaise Metreweli appointed as MI6's first female chief

Blaise Metreweli joined the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in 1999 and will become its 18th chief.

www.bbc.com

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · Jun 12

New account! Check it out.

Zanzibar Red Colobus Project @zrcp.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are now on @bsky.app! Follow us for updates on our work in the field, studying the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus monkeys!! #primates #primatology

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EFP2026 @efp2026.bsky.social · Jun 2

🎉Welcome to the official Bluesky account for EFP 2026 !!! 🎉

Join us in sunny Montpellier from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for an unforgettable conference.

Follow us for updates, sneak peeks, and all things EFP! ☀️📅🌿

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....

Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.

www.swansea.ac.uk

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · May 31

Hannah’s study will track 5-6 females across 6 different colobus groups to understand how anthropogenic disturbance affects their energetics, ovarian function, immunocompetence and parasite infection status.

Check sheet for sample collection. Female profiles with ID photos and characteristics shown

A female Zanzibar red colobus and an infant sat on a roof made of wood

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · May 31

PhD student @hannahfrog.bsky.social and ZRCP field assistant Mwinyi Abdallah getting ready to go collect some urine and faecal samples from females in South Road Group this morning.

Hannah and Mwinyi going over the plans for sampling. Discussing.

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · Apr 29

If you win a fight, you're more likely to win the next one. But why? We show that using Bayesian updating to update your assessment of your own fighting abilities does a pretty good job of reflecting how animals typically behave in real life social contest!

Ammon Perkes @alltheperkes.bsky.social · Apr 29

So I know there's a lot going on, BUT my paper just came out in AnBeh, so get in losers, we’re skeeting the science.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

tldr: @katelaskowski.bsky.social and I used Bayesian updating to model the winner effect and it’s a pretty good way to think about it

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Bayesian updating for self-assessment explains social dominance and winner–loser effects

In animal contests, winners of previous contests often keep winning and losers keep losing. This coupling of previous experiences to future success, r…

www.sciencedirect.com

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iulia bădescu @iuliabadescu.bsky.social · May 25

In Kibale NP, they sometimes copulate and make red-tail monkey / blue monkey hybrids that can later have higher reproductive success because red-tail monkey females can prefer the rare face colour patterns of hybrid males!

Monkeywire @monkeywire.bsky.social · May 24

Red-tailed monkeys share a habitat in Africa with blue monkeys. The two work together to defend against predators and sometimes groom one another. (Photo: Ignacio Yufara/iyufera.com)

An adolescent red-tailed monkey is perched in a tree eating a fruit. Their tongue is sticking out, adorably. (Photo: Ignacio Yufara/iyufera.com)

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · May 24

Zanzibar red colobus sometimes nurse their offspring for much longer than other primates of similar body size. This ‘baby’ is clearly large and looks like a subadult. Yet the presumed mother still allows it to suckle. Lots of investment in the offspring! #primatology

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · May 23

"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · May 22

Also: I assume Harvard will try to sue fast and fix things, but the cruelty this letter unleashes *today* will induce lasting fear and panic not just on the 6800 international students at Harvard, but also on all international students in this country, even if there is a swift TRO. Why stay here?

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · May 22

🧵 Today's revocation of Harvard's ability to enroll international is awful for many reasons, chief among them the human cost as @jeremywallace.bsky.social notes. It's also an attack on the US economy. But maybe less obvious: it is terrible national security policy. It makes Americans less safe. 1/

Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · May 22

6800 people who already probably have leases for next year, spent years of their lives working to get to where they were now upended because Trump and Noem and Stephen Miller want to crush a major export sector of this economy, oh, and also a source of cures for diseases and knowledge of all sorts.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · May 22

That was fast.

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · May 22

Now this www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · May 21

First full day in Zanzibar this year! Monkey research here we go! [but first- got to finish a pile of marking 🥹]

View of Zanzibar from the plane window - island and ocean with corrals

View of Zanzibar town on the descent to landing

Sunset view over the ocean from Stone Town in Zanzibar.

Coffee mug with Zanzibar written on it on the table on the porch of the research house at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park. Tree in background are the edge of jozani forest.

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Nature @nature.com · May 15

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you!

Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences

https://go.nature.com/43iJAsi

PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you

Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.

go.nature.com

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Sociable Weaver Project @sociableweaver.bsky.social · May 16

🚨Field assistant job in South Africa working with sociable weavers 🚨

🔌Experienced in electronics?
🏷️Enjoy working with RFID technology?
🪶Like working with birds?

Find more information below!
Applications close on 08/06/2025

sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...

#fieldwork #ornithology

Feeding station and breeding monitoring assistant

applications arE OPEN estimated closing date : 2025-06-08 The Sociable Weaver Project uses several automatic feeding stations to collect data on social network associations. These feeding stations …

sociableweaverproject.com

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Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · May 9

TLDR: new paper headed up by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social
& with an awesome team, incl @andrearavignani.bsky.social , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation

Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees for communication. Eleuteri et al. investigate the presence of key elements of musical rhythm and of regional variation in chimpanzee buttress drumming....

www.cell.com

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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · May 9

Want to come to Bangor and work in Zanzibar on a study of the Zanzibar red colobus for a postdoc? Get in touch to explore ideas for an application! Potential topics around the effects of anthropogenic change on primate behaviour, health, physiology + other fundamental science Qs about monkeys!

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · May 7

Divergent selection and plasticity increases reproductive isolation early during incipient speciation. Find our new meta-analysis on experimental speciation studies here: rdcu.be/ek019 🧪 @EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy @pipdowning.bsky.social

Meta-analysis reveals that phenotypic plasticity and divergent selection promote reproductive isolation during incipient speciation

Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors examine factors affecting reproductive isolation in the early stages of speciation by collating data from 34 experimental speciation studies in 15...

rdcu.be

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