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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hi Bluesky 👋 I’m a PhD student @ecobird.bsky.social investigating the effects of early-life social environments on the behaviour and cognition of birds 🐦🧠 Follow for cute chick pics, stay for cool science 🐤😎

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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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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 12d

🚀 Calling early-career biologists!

The @biologists.bsky.social Travel Grant gives you up to £800 to attend conferences, workshops, or lab visits.

🗓️ This round closes 30 September — don’t miss it!

✅ Apply here:
www.sebiology.org/grants/grant...

#ScienceFunding #TravelGrant #Biology

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 17d

Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938

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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · 17d

Full circle ! 🥚

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Jessica Dobson @jessica-dobson.bsky.social · 21d

Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!

Rainbow-like colours in the fur of a tropical rat (Otomys tropicalis)

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 23d

Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc

I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.

Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x

Deadline 01 Dec 2025

Please share widely!

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Charlène Gémard @charlenegemard.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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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳

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Paritosh Ahmed @paritosh97.bsky.social · 29d

Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my life—successfully defended my PhD! 🎓✨
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology

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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · Sep 8

Long overdue egg update 🐥

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 31

Survey alert! If you're a social behavioural ecologist, please fill in our survey aimed at gauging interest in, barriers and solutions to, comparative social behaviour research. Thanks! forms.gle/KZJDMtLCJhvY...

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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · Sep 5

Had an amazing week in Kolkata at #Behaviour2025! Very grateful for the opportunity to present my work 🐥 Also super glad I got to explore the city and see some of it's wildlife, and to chat cool science with so many nice people!

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George Hodgson @ghodgson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back in Hong Kong after attending #Behaviour2025 in Kolkata and very glad we got to see some of the city's wildlife before our return - some lovely langurs and striped palm squirrels!

Photograph showing close-up face of a langur monkey

Striped palm squirrel in Kolkata holding food in its paws and eating it on the ground

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Paritosh Ahmed @paritosh97.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited to share that I presented at the Behaviour 2025 Conference in Kolkata 🎓🕊️. My talk focused on nest site fidelity in painted storks, i.e. their tendency to return to and reuse nesting sites across seasons.
#Behaviour2025 #Ornithology #PaintedStork #BehaviouralEcology

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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · Aug 23

On my way to Kolkata for #Behaviour2025 !! Still using the same joke in my titles but I promise new results and cute chick photos 🐥

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 22

We had 4 talks, and two posters so great representation of @ecobird.bsky.social from Ghent University.

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 22

Successful @ecobird.bsky.social #EOU2025 trip. Great presentations by @cesarepacioni.bsky.social, Jolien Van Malderen, Caoimhe Abdul-Wahab, Mélibée Morel and me! Well done team 👏 Loads of fun, and surprisingly good Welsh weather 😇

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Cesare Pacioni @cesarepacioni.bsky.social · Aug 18

@ecobird.bsky.social at #EOU2025 🐦 Looking forward to sharing our work and connecting with the European ornithology community
Caoimhe Abdul-Wahab | Poster S1
@lucyjmitchell.bsky.social | Symp 11
Mélibée Morel | Oral 17
@cesarepacioni.bsky.social | Oral 8
Jolien Van Malderen | Symp 2 & Poster S1

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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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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 14

Is aggression influenced by your social environment? This #RSOS study tackles this question by comparing Japanese #quails raised in a small & large social groups: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @vernouilleta.bsky.social @katywillcox.bsky.social @anneleendewulf.bsky.social

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jul 26

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University

With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

www.uni-bielefeld.de

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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · Jul 28

New postdoc position available 🚨
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!

Postdoc Goose Impact

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for research in the context of international adaptive management of geese. Did you analyse animal movement patterns during your PhD? Do you want to work wi...

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Kwasi Wrensford @kwasiscientific.bsky.social · Jul 17

The first paper from my postdoc is finally out! In collaboration with @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Amy Angert, we outline how behavioral plasticity influences animal species’ distributions and can improve our understanding of range shifts under climate change! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change

Climate change has led animal species to shift their ranges to greater elevations, latitudes, and depths, tracking their preferred abiotic niche. Howe…

www.sciencedirect.com

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