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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Sep 10

New paper alert! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Behavioral strategies and neural mechanisms underlying short-range navigation in teleost fish

Studies of spatial cognition in teleosts have uncovered a remarkable array of behavioral strategies and neural mechanisms. While there is compelling e…

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fantastic new job, advert now live - Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour, Dept Biology, Oxford. Closing date 8th Oct. Come and join us!
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Job Details

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Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research @oxfordenvres.bsky.social · Jun 18

envres.web.ox.ac.uk/future-envir.... Tomorrow's Grand Challenge Seminar closes the Summer 2025 Series with the big question of where next for Environmental Research and what other challenges should be be focussing on? Join us at Jesus College Ship St Centre @ 5pm, 19th June. Register free at link.

The Future of Environmental Research - who has the power?

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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 BREAKING: UK offshore marine protected areas endured 20,000+ hours of suspected bottom-trawl fishing last year.

Learn more about this brutal ocean practice and why banning it is so important for ocean health with a new report from @oceanauk.bsky.social 👉 oceana.ly/43zWeV0

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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · May 13

🐟 Abundant oceans are critical to keeping our planet healthy and regulating the climate.

That's why Oceana campaigns to win policy victories that restore abundance and biodiversity in the world’s oceans.

Join us in making a difference today: oceana.ly/3ZexVta

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · May 20

for-the-ocean.org

Together for the Ocean

We are uniting to hold governments accountable to their commitment to protect and conserve at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Apr 6

#wildflowerhour and the sun has brought out violet, stitchwort, forget-me-not, dandelion, wood anemone, snakeshead fritillary and cuckoo flower

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Apr 6

A lovely hatch above the Usk. Clouds of insects!

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Mar 22

Dipper - song bird of water and air

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Mar 20

Golden catkins

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Mar 10

Goldcrests displaying - here’s hoping for some tiny chicks soon! 🦉

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n
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The demographic drivers of cultural evolution in bird song

Social learning can give rise to shared behavioral patterns that persist as culture within animal communities,1,2 such as bird and whale songs and cet…

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Feb 23

A little cheerful celandine for #wildflowerhour

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Feb 19

Scarlet elf cups 😃
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Feb 16

Bitterns booming, barn owl, water rail and a hare at Otmoor today (RSPB)

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Feb 16

Winter aconite, snowdrops and little hazel catkin flowers for #wildflowerhour

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Anindita Bhadra @abhadra7.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are looking for #publishers #NGOs #animalwelfare organizations #corporate houses to partner with us for @behaviour2025.bsky.social. Who will be our #mightyelephant or #royalbengaltiger? Check out the sponsorship options: behaviourindia2025.in/sponsorship-...

International Ethological Congress on Behaviour 2025

International Ethological Congress on Behaviour 2025, Kolkata, India

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jan 24

Uppsala University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships through the Birgitta Sintring Foundation, with a deadline of February 9, 2025. Details: https://www.uu.se/en/department/ecology-and-genetics/research/the-birgitta-sintring-foundation #postdoc

The Birgitta Sintring Foundation - Uppsala University

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Jan 27

Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant!
We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course;
Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads;
Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers.
bsbi.org/grants
Don't miss out, apply ASAP!

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Jan 26

Two leading scientists with great expertise and style - and sure to be a brilliant synergistic team - are starting a new cutting-edge science podcast: definitely worth following

Science of the Times Podcast @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social · Jan 26

We (Tim Coulson & Syma Khalid) are launching a new science podcast. We will discuss recently published work of world leading scientists in an accessible and non-technical style. Topics will include, AI, search for alien life, latest treatments for diseases, quantum computers, science of football.

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is extraordinarily evocative

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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · Jan 22

New #sharkscience from @juliachaumel.bsky.social and @georgelauder.bsky.social showing that the tail of pelagic rays contain an extension of the lateral line system making it a giant hydrodynamic antenna. Fascinating stuff with implications for ecology.
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A hydrodynamic antenna: novel lateral line system in the tail of myliobatid stingrays | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Eagle rays, cownose rays and manta rays (order Myliobatiformes) have a slender tail that can be longer than the animal’s body length, but its function and structure are unknown. Using histology, immunohistochemistry and three-dimensional imaging with ...

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Jan 18

Above the clouds. Black mountains at sunset.

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