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Awani
@awanib.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at @univie.ac.at working on social integration and object play in common ravens. Interested in social behaviour, cognition, evolution.
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Awani @awanib.bsky.social · Jan 6
The first of firsts is out! 😁🥳

From my PhD project on object play in wild ravens: here we validated findings from captivity and propose that object play in ravens likely serves dual functions - exploration of the physical as well as social environment!

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Valentine Comin @valentine-comin.bsky.social · 15d
I am looking for an intern to work with captive crows this winter semester. Please feel free to share, or contact me if interested !
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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Sep 8
*Job alert*

We have a 5-year postdoc position on #mountain non-native species & #macroecology in our group @unibas.ch. Great opportunity to join us!

Details here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-mountain-macroecology/6c5a8906-354f-43c6-bc9b-1156d21725a5

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Universität Basel: Postdoc position in mountain macroecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a postdoc position within the ERC project 'Global status, tren...
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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 3d
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 2d
Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply

For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇

Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 7d
MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group!
Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳
Deadline: 7 Nov 2025
All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...
Please share it around!
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 3d
Apply by 24 October. Our Travelling Fellowships offer PhD students and postdocs up to £3,000 for undertaking collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more and apply at biologists.com/grants/trave...
A social media card with the Company of Biologists logo in the top left and a photo of a woman standing in shallow water placing a small bucket inside of a larger bucket in the top right who is a previous recipient of a Travelling Fellowship. Underneath these it says 'Are you an early career researcher planning to do a collaborative visit to another lab? You could be eligible for funding from us.' In the bottom right is a button stating 'Find out more.'
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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 7d
📢🚀 Are you an early-career researcher working on anything related to culture, behaviour or learning? 🧠🌍 Join ESLR, an interdisciplinary research community! We have a NEW website and our membership is now FREE. 👉 Sign up here to get updates and become a member: www.eslrsociety.com/membership
ESLR | Membership
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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 13d
Job Alert!

Come and join our team at our field site CRP Simenti in Senegal. Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social) is recruiting a #Research_Manager. Work with the wonderful lovely Guinea baboons and manage our long-term data collection.

👉 www.dpz.eu/karriere/ste...
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 14d
Open call for 3-5 month Early Career Fellowships at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin

https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-a-fellow/wiko-early-career-calls/early-career-call-life-and-natural-sciences

deadline Nov 1
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Early Career Call Life and Natural Sciences
www.wiko-berlin.de
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 14d
Interested in vocal #communication? How animals provide referential #information about danger? Then see our 🌟NEW🌟 paper by brilliant ANU #PhD student Chun-Chieh Liao out today in @asab.org Animal Behaviour. 🎉👏

#birds #choughs #fieldwork #ECR
With Rob Magrath and Rob Heinsohn
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
White-winged choughs in Canberra, Australia - the bird species studied in the newly published work.
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 16d
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
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Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 20d
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 20d
Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 22d
PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!
Seasonal size change and aging in shrews
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · Sep 6
🚨NEW paper🚨 out now in @ecol-evol.bsky.social from the brilliant #Masters of @laurenvane.bsky.social
Hot temperature effects on behaviour & body mass.
Aided by dream #mongoose team of @josharbon.bsky.social Amy Morris-Drake & @juliekern.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Dwarf Mongooses Lose Body Mass in Hot Weather due to Limited Behavioural Plasticity
Using long-term data from wild dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula), we demonstrate that on hot days (≥ 35°C) compared to matched cooler ones (≤ 33°C), mongooses emerged and commenced foraging earlier ...
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Ben Kawam @benkawam.bsky.social · Sep 4
Are you studying animal sociality? Confused about the "non-independence" of social network data: what on earth are they? are they threatening your results? should you attempt to get rid of them?

A thread summarising a part of our new paper (ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...).
Five misunderstandings in animal social network analysis
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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · 29d
🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨

We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨

Scan the QR code & share widely

#AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 7
Linköping University is inviting applications for a 4-year PhD in Behavioural Evolution, focusing on canids. Applicants should have a Master's in biology and relevant skills. Apply by Sept 24, 2025: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27417 #phd
PhD student in behavioural evolution
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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Sep 3
🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Aug 12
3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info!

nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 1
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
Group photo of postdocs conducting research at a Max Planck Institute
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Aug 27
Celebrating a symposium of @behaviour2025.bsky.social, call for article submission for a special issue "Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition" in Acta Ethologica.

Submissions are open to everyone!
Information at link.springer.com/collections/...

#Behaviour2025 #actaethologica
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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Aug 19
📢Coming up, workshop at #Behaviour2025 on our swaRmverse package!

🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40
💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data)
🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics

🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0!

👉RSVP on the app
More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html
Poster with the workshop's title on the left: "Into the Swarm-Verse: a new R package to analyse trajectories of animals on the move". The speaker's name is indicated as 'Marina Papadopoulou' and the date/time as "Tuesday 26th of August, 2025, 1:10-2:40 PM.". On the right there is an example of a swarm space (points of different colors in 3 dimensions), the pictures of the animal groups that they represent, and the logo of the R package. At the bottom, there is the reference to the paper: "Papadopoulou M., Garnier S., & King A.J. (2024) swaRmverse: An R package for the comparative analysis of collective motion. Methods in Ecology and Evolution"
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · Aug 13
📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪
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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · Aug 17
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
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