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Ana V. Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social · 7d

Remembering Mark Elgar, a brilliant mind in #BehaviouralEcology. His work reshaped our understanding of animal behaviour, and his warmth and mentorship inspired generations. A true loss for science & community.
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Obituary: Mark Elgar

Raoul A Mulder, Therésa M Jones, Devi M Stuart-Fox, Louise Barrett; Obituary: Mark Elgar, Behavioral Ecology, , araf111, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ara

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Will Allen @wlallen.bsky.social · 13d

📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org

We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6

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A white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) decides whether to consume a warningly colored white-barred acraea butterfly (Telchinia encedon). Photo (c) Mike Rowe

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Ana V. Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Prevalence and implications of sex reversal in free-living birds | Biology Letters

The ability to unequivocally identify the sex and reproductive status of individuals is crucial across many fields of study. Recent evidence indicates that avian sex determination is more flexible than once believed, with sex-reversed individuals ...

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Aug 4

Comunicado da SPE | Reforma do Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação
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SPE statement | Change of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation

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Ana V. Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds - Nature Communications

Elaborate traits like birdsong are thought to be sexually selected in males but are poorly understood in females. This study shows that year-round territoriality and biparental care are selected for f...

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ASAB @asab.org · Jul 21

🐦Sociable weavers! 🤖Deep learning! 👥Sexual monomorphism! 🕵️Cryptic differences!

Our July #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Deep learning approach to detect and visualize sexual dimorphism in monomorphic species”

Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123223

Screenshot of an article:
Animal Behaviour
Volume 225, July 2025, 123223

Deep learning approach to detect and visualize sexual dimorphism in monomorphic species
Nicolas J. Silva, André C. Ferreira, Liliana R. Silva, Samuel Perret, Sonia Tieo, Julien P. Renoult, Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant

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Ana V. Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social · Jul 22

Did you know that acta ethologica is a society journal?
Check out the this cool work and other new papers that are coming out

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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#animalbehaviour #ethology #spe

A developmentalist’s view of inheritance - acta ethologica

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of extensive new data suggesting a different view of inheritance from the view that has dominated biology for over a century. It suggests that what is transmi...

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 Don't miss your last chance to submit your abstract until sunday 27th July!

🎉 You can continue to register even though the early bird prices are over.

🤔 Do consider joining SPE and becoming a member to benefit from reduced prices in the registration.

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Kiran Basava @incertaesedis.bsky.social · Jun 22

Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology @cornellbirds.bsky.social · Jul 5

Curious about all the nerdy-birdy details of how birds move, forage, and fly? Learning bird anatomy can be a real leg-up! Train your anatomy knowledge with the free All About Bird Anatomy learning tool, including a self-quizzing flashcard mode. You'll be a bird anatomy pro in no time!

All About Bird Anatomy from Bird Academy

How much do you know about bird anatomy? Test yourself with an interactive reference guide to all the important anatomical systems in a bird.

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 16

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

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Cassie Speakman @cassiespeakman.bsky.social · Jul 16

4 year fixed term postdoc position in Tasmania, Australia. Drones, camera traps, population monitoring.

careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...

Current Vacancies

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Jul 11

1 WEEK to submit your abstract and regist in early bird prices!

One reason to submit?
That's easy! Students presenting can win an award! These awards can allow you to attend an international ethological congress. See more infos regarding our Vitor Almada Award in our website
etologia.pt/about-en/

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 INVITED SPEAKERS 🚨
If you need anymore good reasons to attend the SPE meeting, the great invited speakers should be one of the reasons to consider 😉
We are looking forward to meet you at Faro !
Register here 👇
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Joseph Tobias @josephtobias.bsky.social · Apr 4

Another unexpected angle on bird wing evolution: skeletal measurements suggest that wing bone length is shaped not only by aerodynamics of flight but also by thermoregulation (1/4)
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#macroecology #ornithology 🧪🌎🌐🪶

Scatterplot showing positive correlation between avian wing bone length and temperature across ~1500 bird species, along with diagrams comparing wing bones with low versus high proportional length

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Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social · Jun 26

Societies might shape minds, but minds can shape societies. In this new paper we discuss how this feedback changes how we think about social and cognitive evolution. Led by @lucahahn.bsky.social

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The coevolution of cognition and sociality | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Cognition serves to resolve uncertainty. Living in social groups is widely seen as a source of uncertainty driving cognitive evolution, but sociality can also mitigate sources of uncertainty, reducing...

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 27

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

https://go.nature.com/44nH0la

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Jun 5

📢📝 REGISTRATIONS OPEN!

⏰️📄 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN!

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚨 New issue alert! 🚨 The latest issue of #actaethologica is now out!
Check the Volume 28 Issue 2 June 2025 for 10 articles featuring diverse studies in #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · May 20

"Bringing animal behaviour into marine conservation: insights and future directions"

Clara Amorim

This review highlights how animal behavior can inform marine conservation, guiding impact assessment and management, and explores future tech and AI tools to boost conservation efforts.

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 New collection @ acta ethologica 🚨#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #conservation #evolution

"Reflections on the Last 25 Years of Ethology"
link.springer.com/collections/...

#SPEetologia
#actaethologica

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · May 23

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #physiology

"Vasotocin and oxytocin modulation of the endocrine and behavioral response to an aggressive challenge in male Siamese fighting fish"

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Feb 18

‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planc... #ScienceCareer

The new Max Planck Postdoc Program adresses young scientists.

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Shinichi Nakagawa @itchyshin.bsky.social · Mar 25

A new paper with @szymekdr.bsky.social and others

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We can now test adaptive radiation, pleiotropy or phenotypic integration beyond mean, co-divergence and "contra-divergence" of traits (see next)

Probably my favorite contribution so far to Evolutionary Biology

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