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Dan Stowell @danstowell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

BioDCASE workshop - registration closes next week Oct 10th https://biodcase.github.io/workshop2025/ - Hope to see you there! #bioacoustics

BioDCASE Workshop - BioDCASE

Join us for the BioDCASE Workshop held in Barcelona, Spain on the 29th of October! The workshop will be held at the Campus del Poblenou of Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The BioDCASE workshop will be hosted the day before the DCASE workshop on the 30-31st of October at the same venue …

biodcase.github.io

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International Bioacoustics Society IBAC @ibacsocial.bsky.social · 7d

👋 The International #Bioacoustics Society (#IBAC) is now on Bluesky!
🎶🦉🦇🐬🐞 Follow us for society news, events, and advances in bioacoustics research from around the world.
🌍 Let’s connect the global community exploring life through sound. 🔊

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · 7d

Taught a 2 days intensive module on orthopteran insects, #bioacoustics & night sampling of crickets & other #Nocturnal animals as part of Indica School for field ecology & conservation by NCBS & IISER Tvm. Diversity of PhD students from across India
#CapacityBuilding
#IndianBiodiversity
#NightLife

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · 25d

Goodbye Kerteminde
Hello Aarhus ;)

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Sep 8

A good conferece is more than just good talks. It is also meeting old friends and making some new ones. So happy to meet @danstowell.bsky.social again after 2 years and @beleyurthejasvi.bsky.social after 1 week ;)
#IBAC2025

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 25

The first plenary speaker of #Behaviour2025 : Prof Susan Alberts !

Prof Albert’s in front of a slide reading of 'The medicine of life':
Social bonds in animal behavior

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Jul 16

New preprint:

Sounds of silence: electric mobility promises a quieter soundscape for wildlife, but may challenge ultrasonically sensitive species globally.

With Baheerathan and Oliver Lindecke

Desk reject from Global Change Biology
#NextIsWhat

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www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Sounds of silence: electric mobility promises a quieter soundscape for wildlife, but may challenge ultrasonically sensitive species globally

Expanding transportation networks generate anthropogenic noise, a stressor for wildlife. The rapid transition to electric mobility, with projections of 40-45 million new electric vehicles (EVs) annual...

www.biorxiv.org

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Mandy Ridley @mandyridley.bsky.social · Feb 28

@gblackburn.bsky.social & I recently wrote this piece in Nature Climate Change about the potential conservation implications of climate-induced divergence of song. This may occur more often under a rapidly changing climate & cause greater isolation between popns.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate-induced divergence of song - Nature Climate Change

Vocal communication is essential for information transmission in many species, such as that related to mating opportunities or predator presence. Recent research revealing how phenotypic changes broug...

www.nature.com

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Mar 8

As the countdown begins, we are excited to start welcoming participants for NSAB 2025 at IISER Mohali

Here's to an excellent line-up of women speakers at the symposium 🥂 Happy International Women's Day! ❤️

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Mar 3

On #WorldWildlifeDay, in class I talked about conservation heroes from India. From insect to tiger conservation, regenerating rainforests to bringing bk grassland birds from the brink of extinction & mitigating human wildlife conflict.
#IndianEcologists
🦚🐵🌳🐠🐸🐅🐝🐺🦇🦋🐘🦗

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · Feb 12

🎉CONGRATULATIONS🥂 to Lucy Westover on publishing her 🥇 paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Celebrating #ECR success is GREAT.
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

#fieldwork #experiment #predation #noise #mongooses #vigilance #behaviour #ECR #Masters

#OpenAccess so please share:

doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Lucy Westover holding her Masters thesis.

Dwarf mongoose photo used on front cover of journal.

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ASAB @asab.org · Jan 13

Reminder that there is a special issue in #AnimalBehaviourJournal based on the theme of #ASABWinter2024 : Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour !

You don’t need an invite, but do feel free to send an email to check that your topic is fits 😄📧

Due by June 13

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Animal Behaviour | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Animal Behaviour | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Animal Behaviour at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ajay Narendra @pipilika.bsky.social · Jan 17

We have a fully funded International 4-year position (combined Master of Research+PhD) to study visual navigation in jumping spiders. Project will be supervised by @pipilika.bsky.social, @mherberstein.bsky.social, @dinrao.bsky.social & Ximena Nelson. At Macquarie University, Sydney. Details below

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Jan 10

Are you PhD student or Postdoc working in the field of Neuroethology? Then apply as a speaker for the Webinar Series 'The Future Of Neuroethology'

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · Jan 7

Each January, @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour publishes its 'Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching':
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Please read and implement.
#AnimalEthics #AnimalBehaviour

Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching

www.sciencedirect.com

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Jan 13

We are excited to announce that the winner of this year’s #BiologyLetters #ECR Competition is Jose Borrero. Read "Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in Heliconius butterflies" here: ow.ly/UqYc50UCnVU @borreroja.bsky.social

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Dec 31

Farewell 2024; Be kind 2025 and bring peace. Happy new year everyone!
✨️❤️✨️

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Dec 28

Quote post with a bird on a sign

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Dec 21

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the National Symposium on Avian Biology 2025 at IISER Mohali between 10-12th March '25.

The website is now live & registrations open:
nsab2025.com

Spread the word & let birds of a feather flock together!

NSAB 2025

Event Highlights

nsab2025.com

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Nov 28

Yay, our AQI has improved. It is now "poor". 😬

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · Nov 20

When I will respond to your email

Histogram peaked at 3 minutes and 2 weeks since sent

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Lab Hopping Science Media @labhopping.bsky.social · Nov 12

On what would have been high energy physicist Rohini Godbole's 72nd birthday, we publish this tribute to her, featuring details of her scientific work⚛️recollections of her collaborators💭friends and admirers❤️‍🩹

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Manjari Jain @manjarijain.bsky.social · Nov 12

Happy bday Salim Ali, the birdman of India.

Every yr we celebrate this day by introducing birding to someone who has never birded before.
This yr I am thrilled to announce that the 6th National Symposium on Avian Biology will be at IISER Mohali 10-12 Mar '25. Mark your calendars, pack your binocs.

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