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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 10d

Fancy joining us?
Check out this excellent @royalsociety.org Career Development Fellowship:
royalsociety.org/grants/caree...
If you're eligible & are interested in social behaviour, vocal communication or anthropogenic impacts on wildlife, feel free to DM or email me.
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Career Development Fellowship | Royal Society

This scheme provides the most talented early career scientists from underrepresented groups in STEM with research funding and high-quality training opportunities to build a strong base for a successfu...

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'll be a speaker at this wonderful in-person event at the Zoological Society of London on 30 September! Tickets are FREE!

ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · Sep 4

🐒 Can animals learn to adapt to changing environments through changes in behaviour, rather than depending on slower genetic adaptations? Join us on 30th September to find out!
🎟️ Book your ticket to this free event now: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...

Learning to Adapt: Animal behaviour for conservation success | The Zoological Society of London

How can a better understanding of animal behaviour support conservation action and population recovery?

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 27d

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!

3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution

2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.

Please share and apply!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Fees and Funding - Durham University

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'll be a speaker at this wonderful in-person event at the Zoological Society of London on 30 September! Tickets are FREE!

ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · Sep 4

🐒 Can animals learn to adapt to changing environments through changes in behaviour, rather than depending on slower genetic adaptations? Join us on 30th September to find out!
🎟️ Book your ticket to this free event now: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...

Learning to Adapt: Animal behaviour for conservation success | The Zoological Society of London

How can a better understanding of animal behaviour support conservation action and population recovery?

www.zsl.org

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Sep 4

Applications open for fully funded 4-yr positions in the unique interdisciplinary program of the @maxplanck.de School of Cognition. Pursue a passion for science at the forefront of fundamental & applied research, mentored by a network of world renowned researchers.🧪
cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Aug 20

It turns out an ideal place to rest and mend a broken foot is the Norwegian fjords (a little tricky to get there but worth it!)

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Jessie Slater PhD @subbasegirl.bsky.social · Aug 6

Further proof that quolls rule! 🌿🧪

Glow-in-the-dark marsupial shows off its luminous fur — July’s best science images

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Aug 1

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships:
Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Aug 1

I relate to this big time - I stand in my own way, way too much. I don’t have a solution, only solidarity!

Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Jul 29

A large benefit of an industry (enviro NGO) background is being able to get research done on a creative shoestring - begging, borrowing & building equipment/consumables. In academia, a large downside is trying to scale up operations & impacts in an equally dire funding landscape. Erm, how??!

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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · Jul 28

Nice mention of our Communications and Public Affairs Director @susierabin.bsky.social in this article from @audubon.org about the Gulls Eating Stuff citizen science project 👇

www.audubon.org/magazine/res...

#GullsEatingStuff #CitizenScience

This Researcher Wants Your Photos of ‘Gulls Eating Stuff’

A community science project examines how gull diets are shifting amid population declines.

www.audubon.org

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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · Jul 27

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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra.bsky.social · Jul 26

First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that.

This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.

jenheemstra.com/book

Picture of a smiling person holding up a copy of a book.

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Iacopo Iacopini @iaciac.bsky.social · Jul 23

The #CRAB2025 🦀 programme is out!

Join us in Siena on Sept 3 at #CCS25 for the 2nd edition of the Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour satellite 🐜🐦🦋🐳🐙🐝

🧑‍🏫 Invited talks by S. Melillo & P. Bartashevich

Full programme: sites.google.com/view/crab202...

@jbbrask.bsky.social @saraneven.bsky.social

CRAB2025

Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour Satellite @ CCS 2025 - Siena, 3 September 2025 Animal groups can be considered as complex systems of interacting entities (the individuals). The collective beha...

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Kristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @kristinandrews.bsky.social · Jul 22

Cambridge Elements are free to download until 7/25-check out my little book How To Study Animal Minds. I had fun writing this one, and I'll never forget how nervous I was in front of a bunch of scientist friends, including Sara Shettleworth, hearing their thoughts on the draft! tinyurl.com/3yy6a52c

How to Study Animal Minds

Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - How to Study Animal Minds

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Jul 21

It would be really useful to know why people are still choosing these journals. I know a lot of the zoo community publish in MDPI. I don’t know for sure, but I’d guess it’s because other journals don’t publish certain types of research (too applied, small N etc.), so there’s little choice.

Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Jul 21

Such a pleasure to attend the Diverse Intelligences Summit in St Andrews. Making new friends, chatting with academic heroes, brainstorming Big Team Science & outreach, hanging out with old and new @divintelligence.bsky.social fellows, and basically having an epic week. My heart and brain are full.

a cartoon brain with purple tentacles and the word woo in yellow

ALT: a cartoon brain with purple tentacles and the word woo in yellow

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Alice Boyle @birdfiddler.bsky.social · Jul 19

Are you a PhD student, have an offer, or have had an offer recently rescinded from a US university? If so, Western (in London, ON, Canada) has a new scholarship program for you! Check out this news story. I can vouch for this university! You will love it.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Western University launches program to capitalize on shrinking U.S. research funding | CBC News

Western University is looking to capitalize on massive shifts in the academic landscape of the United States with a new initiative designed to turn a difficult situation into a brain gain for both the...

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · Jul 20

Please repost. For those who might have missed it, our School has three ongoing positions advertised. The work environment here at Monash is top notch: supportive, collegiate and inclusive. And Melbourne is an awesome city to live in. Deadline fast approaching. Get cracking on those applications!

Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · Jun 26

The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Jul 17

My sound track for Bristol➡️St Andrews is all sorted! 🎧
@manymindspod.bsky.social was the obvious choice, given that I’m joining the @divintelligence.bsky.social and wider Diverse Intelligence gang for their annual summit 🙌 🧠

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Stuart K Watson @chimpsahoi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Important new work (from Elisa Bandini,
@ctennie.bsky.social, @sofiaforss.bsky.social et al.) addressing an elephant in the room - how weird are our weirdest apes, and how is that skewing research efforts?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Biases in Captive Chimpanzee Cognitive Research: First Insights From the Ape Research Index (ARI) Database

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Jul 12

Jurassic World had some pretty cool speculative dinosaur skills. Mutualistic hunting, T-rex swimming… a possible hint at mirror self recognition!? I absolutely loved dinosaurs growing up, and never in 200 million yrs thought I’d get to study ‘living dinosaur’ cognition rdcu.be/evZCt

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Jul 4

Just returned from a @affect-evo.bsky.social ‬in Latvia, where we discussed how to map out affective states across phylogeny. No easy feat! Very proud to co-lead the 'joy' subgroup & will try my best to represent captive wildlife. A super challenging yet exciting COST Action to be a part of!

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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 27

What are we talking about when we're talking about "cognition"?

Terminology in this field has become confused and confusing. While writing our recent review, we tried to structure terms for our own sanity, and provide a template in a Glossary

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jun 24

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

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