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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 2d

The network is much more cohesive than it was over 10 years ago, which indicates they are behaving more like a group rather than two groups sharing an enclosure

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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 2d

Representing the EVOMINDs Lab at the annual SPRG meeting 🐵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - presenting some of the work our lovely MRes students did this year on how the social networks of a captive chimpanzee population has changed over time

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ASAB @asab.org · 8d

Our autumn newsletter is OUT! 🍁 🍃 🍂

Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌

www.asab.org/campaigns/vi...

ASAB Autumn Newsletter 2025

We’ve got updates from the exciting summer conference in Kolkata, call for nominations for the Christopher Barnard award & ASAB Medal 2026, news from the ASAB Grants & Education Committees and the Animal Behaviour Journal. And if that wasn’t enough there’s also a ‘Meet ASAB’ piece on our former Meetings Secretary: Joah Madden. You can also find infomation on our upcoming confrences!!

www.asab.org

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ASAB @asab.org · 7d

Sad news. We know Jane Goodall was an inspiration to many of our members. She brought real change not only to animal behaviour, but to the world 🌍

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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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 8d

Sofia!!! I'll give you 3 guesses why ... 😂

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Aug 29

Reunited with my old pal @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social at #Behaviour2025 🤗He presented on some really cool work today from research he was doing back when we were both at Living Links in Edinburgh. Good times 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🐒

Kaustabh in front of a slide with a capuchin reading Understanding Cooperation in Capuchin Monkeys: A
comprehensive study
using the Stag Hunt paradigm

Jen and Kaustabh with their arms around each other

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 30

Last plenary of #Behaviour2025 ! Hope everyone enjoyed the great talk by Toshitaka Suzuki 🐦

Toshitaka in front of a slide with a Japanese tit reading “Animal linguistics:
Syntax and semantics in the communication system of a wild passerine”

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 30

Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body?

Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 30

And just like that, #Behaviour2025 is finished! Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made this happen!

Raghavendra Gadagkar welcomes people to the closing ceremony

Sumana Annagiri delivers the vote of thanks

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Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · Aug 29

#Behaviour2025 plenary talk

Dr. Sam Ellis is giving the plenary talk on "Social behaviour and the evolution of menopause in toothed whales" on day 5 at hall 1 (level 4)

@UniofExeter

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 30

Congrats to all the poster winners at #Behaviour2025 🥳

Best Poster
Category 1: Bachelors & Masters Students
Poster 43: Preetam Chowdhury Poster 23: Navya P Poster 61: Samourna Bag Best Poster
Category 2: PhD Students
Poster 51: Arshed Nabeel Poster 22: Raphael Ritter Poster 33: Tarunkishwor
Yumnam Poster 86: Chetan S

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Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · Aug 30

#Behaviour2025 plenary talk

Dr. Toshitaka Suzuki is giving the plenary talk on the topic "Animal linguistics: syntax and semantics in the communication system of a wild passerine" at hall 1 (level 4), on the concluding day of the conference

#plenarytalk
#conference

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Aug 30

I don’t think I’m ever going to live down the moniker “ice coffee girl” that I picked up at #Behaviour2025

Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Aug 30

Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them.

Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.

Jen wearing a behaviour shirt giving the peace sign in a hospital bed with an Iv

Nishant, Kaustabh and Sophia standing at the end of Jens hospital bed

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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Aug 30

Rohini Balakrishnan gave a wonderful plenary talk on tree crickets, showcasing the power of combining field and experimental research, with some very neat findings—males use leaves to amplify their calls, and more so on days when their calls are less loud! 😮
@behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org

Rohini presenting a video of a tree cricket using a hole in a leave to amplify it's call.

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Nicola Koyama @nicolakoyama.bsky.social · Aug 30

A fantastic Day 2 on #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl workshop: vegetation and wildlife surveys @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social bioacoustics @wascherclaudia.bsky.social tracking, camera traps @lizallo.bsky.social and mental health in the field with Praneetha Monipi @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org

A photo of Kat talking about vegetation and wildlife surveys

A photo of Liz talking about advanced field methods

Students collecting field data on a woodland path

Students learning about field skills in a seminar room

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ASAB Winter 2025 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · Aug 18

Can’t make it to Edinburgh for #ASABWinter2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ? Did you know you can also register to attend online for free as well? 💻

Or even better, consider attending remotely with a group of colleagues by setting up a “hublet”!

More info here:
www.asab.org/conference-h...

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Aug 30

Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them.

Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.

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Will Oestreich @will-oestreich.bsky.social · Aug 29

Lucky to be a part of an inspiring symposium on mechanisms of collective behaviour in Kolkata! Shared our work on oceanic collective behaviour, including specific work on collective behaviour in blue whales and krill across nested oceanic scales @asab.org @behaviour2025.bsky.social

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ASAB Winter 2025 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · Aug 29

Exciting news for #ASABWinter2025 !

🚨Abstract deadline extension for Sept 12 !!!!🚨

ASAB Winter 2025 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · Aug 5

ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!

Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️

More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025 December 15-16 Edinburgh How sensory information affects behaviour.

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Christopher Miller @christopherwmiller.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you to everyone who came to my talk today!

It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025

Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · Aug 29

Bees like to play with balls! Really fun talk from Samadi Galpayage #Behaviour2025

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · Aug 29

Why don't dogs like me? Rohan Sarkar on how street dogs recognise humans #Behaviour2025

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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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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Aug 29

So proud of my labmate and friend Özge who presented her first conference talk today at #Behaviour2025! On her birthday too 🥳

Özge in front of a slide reading Handling of a Disbalanced Stick Tool in the Goffin's Cockatoo

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 29

Great Gala dinner, especially when everyone got their groove on! 💃🏻 🕺🏻 #Behaviour2025

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