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Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 9

Elephants gesture to signal what they want—just like us.

Learn more: scim.ag/3IyDRrq

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Jefferson García-Loor @jeffgarcialoor.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hi everyone, happy to share with all of you the paper from the second chapter of my PhD, where we show that more exploratory birds use a broader foraging niche, linking consistent behavior with ecological flexibility. I hope you can enjoy it and share it!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Exploration Behavior Is Consistent and Associated With Foraging Behavior in Island Songbirds

We tested the neophobia threshold hypothesis in six landbird species, including four Darwin's finches. Exploration behavior was consistent over time and contexts, with species exhibiting greater fora....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Jun 23

We're hiring📢📢📢
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · Jun 21

Lovebirds have begun to use air conditioning in buildings in Phoenix, only during the hottest months and when the temperature approaches the maximum they can tolerate.

(paper, 2021) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
vía @zewaldj.bsky.social‬
(blog) www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jun 19

PhD positions in bird cognition and behavior at the University of Hong Kong are open for motivated candidates. Applicants should have a biology background. Apply to Dr. Simon Sin at [email protected]. More info: www.simonywsin.com. #phd

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · Jun 15

We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

www.bristol.ac.uk

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 7

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia.

The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population: scim.ag/4kIi12G

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · Jun 7

Did you know that riflebirds are the only known bird with “double jointed” wrists?

It’s a nice example of how sexual selection can mess with the bodies of males (and females) to accommodate unusual displays

Read more about these spectacular displays here:

doi.org/10.1093/biol...

The mechanics of male courtship display behaviour in the Ptiloris riflebirds (Aves: Paradisaeidae)

Abstract. Sexual selection through female choice has driven the evolution of some of the most elaborate signalling behaviours in animals. These displays of

doi.org

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · Jun 6

Our paper on brain size evolution in birds of paradise was recently accepted!

In brief:
•BoPs have big brains, comparable to those of medium-sized corvids
•Neither absolute nor relative brain size appears to have co-evolved with display complexity

doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Did complex song and dance co-evolve with brain size in the birds-of-paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae)?

Abstract. Complex signaling behaviors, such as avian song and courtship displays, have been associated with increases in both absolute and relative brain s

doi.org

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Dr Rebecca Koomen @rebeccakoomen.bsky.social · Jun 5

🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳

Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?

All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏

Career Opportunities: PhD position Cooperative Sustainability (14208)

career2.successfactors.eu

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 4

NEW EPISODE 📣
To study animals in the wild you have to find the animals & build a research "villa" before you even start the science

@mohara.bsky.social & @bmioduszewska.bsky.social took on this challenge to study wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island
Photos: Goffin lab Tanimbar

Mark O'Hara sits in a tree with camera equipment. Everything is fully dressed in camouflage. Mark looks happy to be there.

Berenika watches wild cockatoos (not in shot) with camera equipment. Everything is fully dressed in camouflage.

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Ivo Jacobs @ivojacobs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Black kites gather at Australian bushfires to hunt flying insects fleeing the blaze
#birds

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · Jun 11

1/2 Sidney's cockatoos have learned to use drinking fountains

It's a tricky mechanism that requires turning and holding a handle.
They've figured out how to do it using their own weight,
and now it's cultural : )

(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
by @lucymaplin.bsky.social‬

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 13

Why did some birds evolve to be so clever? Mark O'Hara & Berenika Mioduszewska took on the challenge of studying wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island.
Their exciting findings help answer that question.

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
Photo: Goffin Lab Tanimbar

Five white Goffin's cockatoos sit on various branches of a small tree with large green leaves. They have cute, big eyes and quite small beaks. They are about the same size as the leaves.

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Lucy Aplin @lucymaplin.bsky.social · Jun 4

Two paper just out from the #clevercockieproject!

@julia-penndorf.bsky.social reveals how cockies play politics when deciding who to aggress: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
&
@barbaraklump.bsky.social describes a new 'drinking innovation':
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · May 30

1/2 Non-human gamers

Review of studies that have used games in the study of the animal mind. It has been documented how they become emotionally involved (when winning and losing) and play for the sheer pleasure of playing (dolphins, apes, and parrots)

(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · May 30

1/2 The game of Balinese macaques

In Bali, macaques play a game where they cover their eyes with objects to challenge themselves to overcome difficult tasks (pirouettes or walking stairs), and attract the attention of others to play

(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
v @zewaldj.bsky.social‬

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Apr 20

Another Easter at the aviary 🐣 🐣 🐣 … both the downside and upside to being on the property for all the holidays!

A collage of white goffins cockatoos playing with colourful Easter eggs and dandelions

View from above of Jen looking up and white goffins cockatoos playing with colourful Easter eggs

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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · Jan 24

📣📣📣

Applications for the 2025 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!!

Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply!

More info: disi.org

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · Feb 26

Look what I discovered at the lab - it’s @auersperga.bsky.social’s new book, hot off the press! If you can read German, get your copy 😍

Book titled “Der Erfinder Geist der Tiere : Werkzeuge, Ideen und Innovationen.” by Alice Auersperg. Stylized old drawings of otters. Capuchins and a cockatoo holding a fork

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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · Feb 26

ORF Topos Story (for German readers) about cockatoos and ravens
topos.orf.at/voegel-intel...
featuring my new book "der Erfindergeist der Tiere"
www.brandstaetterverlag.com/buch/der-erf...
and Thomas Bugnyar's 2023 Book "Raben"
www.brandstaetterverlag.com/buch/raben/

Wodurch Vögel ihre Intelligenz beweisen - ORF Topos

Österreich macht Konrad Lorenz alle Ehre. Momentan forschen hierzulande zwei der international renommiertesten Verhaltensbiologen an der Intelligenz von Vögeln. Was sie herausgefunden haben, ist spekt...

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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · Feb 19

Review of applications starts March 1st!

Apply here: disi.org/apply/

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · Feb 20

Our new bird research was published today! Here's the accompanying blog (a bit more room to dig into speciesism, anthropocentrism, entrenched methods in animal cognition etc. etc..). go.nature.com/3WAaYzq

The ‘World’s Dumbest Bird’ can innovate to find food

For the first time, Palaeognath birds (the ancestral bird grouping containing large, flightless birds like ostriches and emus) are shown to be capable of technical innovation, inventing new behaviour ...

go.nature.com

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Jeroen Zewald @zewaldj.bsky.social · Feb 20

Do you want to join our Goffin group and work with amazing cockatoos and great people? 🦜 Apply for this new PhD position in our team on tool use!!

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