Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation

Luca Pedruzzi (he/him) @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social · 7d

Presenting 🐒 at the XXVIII International Congress of Ethology @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata, India 🇮🇳
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social

2 5

Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation

Luca Pedruzzi (he/him) @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Presenting our research on gelada flexible communication and emotion recognition during post-conflict interactions at #Behaviour2025
in Kolkata (India)! 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social

4 13

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · Jul 10

Latest research from our project! 🐒🐕

Luca Pedruzzi (he/him) @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 New paper out! We report encounters between wild geladas and free-roaming dogs in an unprotected area in Ethiopia, highlighting the behavioral adaptability of our amazing geladas! @ethos-research.bsky.social @leakeyfoundation.org
Free to read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation

Maël Leroux @maelmleroux.bsky.social · May 15

It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée:
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...

A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...

La culture animale : éthologie et linguistique

<p>Dans Quand les animaux prennent la parole !, publié aux éditions Apogée, Alban Lemasson et Maël Leroux nous parlent du langage animal, bien plus complexe que ce que nous imaginions… […]</p>

unidivers.fr

1 6 15

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · Jun 2

We are also working on zoo-housed groups of geladas, check out this new paper :)

Luca Pedruzzi (he/him) @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨New paper alert! 🐵 We compared yawning in geladas vs hamadryas baboons and guess what? Differences in the sociobiology of the two species seem to be reflected in the expression of the behaviour OA here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@ethos-research.bsky.social

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 26

Talking about our latest research on The Conversation! 🐒

The Conversation France @france.theconversation.com · May 25

L’empathie n’est pas le propre de l’humain : ces singes utilisent des signaux vocaux pour se réconforter

Une très récente étude démontre que des singes géladas d’Éthiopie savent faire preuve d’empathie en réconfortant leurs congénères par des signaux vocaux.

theconversation.com

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 16

Check out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

3 4

Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation

Luca Pedruzzi (he/him) @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social · May 15

It’s finally out!! Our new study shows that wild geladas seem to recognize prosocial vocal affiliation to victims of aggression! A key insight into the evolution of empathy in primates 🔊🐒 @geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Wild gelada monkeys detect emotional and prosocial cues in vocal exchanges during aggression

Recognizing vocal behaviours intended to benefit others is a crucial yet understudied social skill. Primates with rich vocal repertoires and complex societies are excellent models to track the evoluti...

journals.plos.org

11 30

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Life on the field 🐒

1 2 10

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

With great joy and surprise, we received more donations, and we wasted no time! Today, we could donate school supplies to the 76 students of Godo Elem. School, where many of our friends and "field assistants" study. A perfect way to end an unforgettable year in Ethiopia❤️

2

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

A thoughtful gelada under the wind of the Ethiopian highland
Pic by @bettapalagi

2

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Just the time to arrive in Ethiopia and tomorrow our project PI @bettapalagi will give a seminar at the Addis Ababa University about primate sociality 🐒
@Dip_Bio_Unipi
@TheLeakeyFndtn

1

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

It might look like I’m posing but I’m actually desperate trying to identify the too many geladas in front of me 😅
@geladas_bridges #fieldlife

1

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

We finally delivered the first part of the materials for the schools of Debre Libanos purchased thanks to the donations of many of you 📚It was a day filled with joy and strong emotions. Your generosity and trust mean a lot to us! For more info and pics, see our Ig/Fb pages

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

We are back on the field🐒 already facing the many challenges of field life! But as geladas do… we also quickly adapt!
@TheLeakeyFndtn @Dip_Bio_Unipi @EthosLabo

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 Presenting our new publicationon @IntJPrimatology at the conference of the Italian Society for Zoology (UZI) in Pisa! 🐒 @TheLeakeyFndtn geladas and baboons interspecies interactions!

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

A congress with (also) gelada gadgets, that’s what we like 😎
Italian Society of Zoology, 83rd conference, University of Pisa (designed by Fosca Mastrandrea

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Last week we presented first data from our @geladas_bridges project at the conference of the Italian Society for the study of Animal Behaviour @sie_etologia in Turin! Emotions and prosociality in vocal exchanges of wild geladas… so happy and proud 🐒 @EthosLabo @TheLeakeyFndtn

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Can’t wait to be there to meet colleagues and friends and present the fiiiirst results from our project!🐒

x.com/Marco_Gamba/st…

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Free to read here:

rdcu.be/dRRS5

Bridging Species Divides: Affiliative Interactions between Theropithecus gelada and Papio anubis in an Unprotected Area in Ethiopia

rdcu.be

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 Exciting news! The first paper from our project out in @IntJPrimatology 🐒 We report positive interspecies interactions between tolerant geladas and olive baboons in an unprotected area in Ethiopia 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼@TheLeakeyFndtn @EthosLabo Full story here:

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Bridging Species Divides: Affiliative Interactions between Theropithecus gelada and Papio anubis in an Unprotected Area in Ethiopia

International Journal of Primatology -

link.springer.com

1

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Missing life on the field while planning our next data collection!
Stay tuned 🐒
#research #primatology
@TheLeakeyFndtn

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks to all the people who came yesterday to know about our project 🐒 and who helped us with the fundraising 👫 (check previous posts to know more)
We thank Equitiamo for hosting us in such a beautiful location in San Rossore (Pisa)
@TheLeakeyFndtn

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

And remember to leave a message indicating the purpose of the donation (something like “Donation for schools” is enough for @GalottiAlice ) ❤️

Geladas For Cooperation @geladasbridges.bsky.social · May 6

Here the link if easier than QR code, for those using PayPal:

paypal.me/AliceGalotti?l…

Pay Alice Galotti using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/AliceGalotti and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

www.paypal.me

1