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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 6d

⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...

Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups

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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 6d

MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group!
Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳
Deadline: 7 Nov 2025
All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...
Please share it around!

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Will Allen @wlallen.bsky.social · 13d

📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org

We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) decides whether to consume a warningly colored white-barred acraea butterfly (Telchinia encedon). Photo (c) Mike Rowe

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 23d

Abstract submissions now open too. Registration details won't be long! www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 28d

Wahoo, Cécile!!! Can't wait for all the exciting science in the coming years👍

Cécile Sarabian @csarabian.bsky.social · 28d

Time to say I moved to the UK! New chapter at @swanseauni.bsky.social as a @ukri.org / Marie Curie Research Fellow @horizoneu.bsky.social. Will be working w/ @shoalgroup.bsky.social & @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social on baboon adaptations to disease and predation. Stay tuned!

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November

www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!

@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

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Cécile Sarabian @csarabian.bsky.social · Aug 22

🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025
💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 29

Attention #Behaviour2025 ! Can’t wait for the next conference? Good news, the deadline for abstracts for #ASABWinter2025 has been extended !

Winter ASAB 2025
December 15th-16th
Edinburgh
ASABwinter.github.io/2025/
How sensory information affects behaviour

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Aug 19

with @shoalgroup.bsky.social and @lostintheswarm.bsky.social ✨
Link to the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Made possible by an @asab.org Conference Attendance Grant 🥰🙏

swaRmverse: An R package for the comparative analysis of collective motion

Collective motion, that is the coordinated spatial and temporal organisation of individuals, is a core element in the study of collective animal behaviour. The self-organised properties of how a g...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 4

Fox finds raccoons in henhouse.

www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/07...

Frontiers' Research Integrity team uncovers peer review manipulation network

Frontiers Research Integrity Auditing team has uncovered a network of authors and editors who conducted peer review with undisclosed conflicts of interest and w

www.frontiersin.org

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · Jun 17

Originally posted on Twitter in 2023—reposting after a chat with a colleague about possibly publishing in an MDPI journal (whose review practices are similar to Frontiers). Not sure if either has since addressed the issues raised, but I feel process should be public knowledge.

Tweet from 2023 saying: 'I resigned as an Associate Editor for a Frontiers journal because of the way their automated system took away much of my editorial autonomy. some details that might also explain odd reviewer/author experiences:'
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Luca Hahn @lucahahn.bsky.social · Jun 27

In our new paper we discuss the coevolution of cognition and sociality (link: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...). It was a pleasure to work on this project with Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @shoalgroup.bsky.social, and @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social!

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Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social · Jun 26

Part of the Phil Trans special issue "Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds", edited with @ellileadbeater.bsky.social.

Thanks to co-authors Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social & @shoalgroup.bsky.social and all the special issue contributors.

tinyurl.com/35mn84ty

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 22

Deadline tomorrow!!!

Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.

**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**

Details below! Please RT

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AI generated image showing flock of sheep, shoal of fish, flock of birds and swarm robots

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jun 14

I ll talk about the project that brought me to Italy for a year, join us for some RobotFalcon and 🕊flocks updates 😁
#heterogeneity #collectives

Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 14

Next Collective Behaviour Online Seminar #CollBehavSeminar

Marina Papadopoulou: "Dynamics of collective motion and escape in heterogeneous flocks of homing pigeons"

17th June 2025, @2pm UK time

Subscribe to lnkd.in/eCWT2dvF to keep up to date and for information on how to access our seminars!

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 14

Next Collective Behaviour Online Seminar #CollBehavSeminar

Marina Papadopoulou: "Dynamics of collective motion and escape in heterogeneous flocks of homing pigeons"

17th June 2025, @2pm UK time

Subscribe to lnkd.in/eCWT2dvF to keep up to date and for information on how to access our seminars!

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@peopleprimate @peopleprimate.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you haven't had time to read our recently published article yet then here's a quick read about the issue in The Conversation. theconversation.com/why-cant-we-...

Why can’t we stop feeding monkeys? Experts explain the reasons behind a dangerous habit

Recent research explores what drives this human behaviour.

theconversation.com

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 5

A really excellent article about our study introducing "social spandrels" 👏🏻

todayheadline.co/baboons-walk...

Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....

Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.

www.swansea.ac.uk

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 5

An article by the IUCN Primate Specialist Group I'm part of (working on primate-human interactions) is now out -

"How and Why People Provision Primates"

open access 👇
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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

Not "RT", "repost" or whatever, not that sh*tty bird thing :-)

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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All with a wonderful team of expert supervisors from all over!

- Swansea (me, @wlallen.bsky.social)
- Oxford (@rjpheathcote.bsky.social)
- Berlin @marinapapa.bsky.social)
- Konstanz (@joefresna.bsky.social)

Please reach out with any questions!

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Exciting PhD opportunity. Potential for involving animal behaviour field/lab work, data-crunching (e.g. methodsblog.com/2025/02/10/i...), theoretical modelling, swarm robotics.

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.

**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**

Details below! Please RT

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

Also baboon "progressions" are known and studied since the 1960s. Previous studies offered conflicting (functional) explanations for the consistent order of baboons in these progressions. Some proposed order was random, others argued vulnerable individuals positioned themselves to reduce their risk.

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

Authors: @marcofele.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, Miguel Lurgi, @marinapapa.bsky.social, @c-christensen.bsky.social, Anna Bracken, Justin O’Riain

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