I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com

Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

I'm delighted and honoured to share that I've taken on the role of Editor-in-Chief of Animal Cognition! This journal has shaped how we think about cognition across species. Huge thanks to Debbie Kelly for 10 years of vision and leadership, and for all her guidance during my time as associate editor.

Half a million comments was just the beginning folks. Flood your congresspeople's voicemails about this (and many other things too of course).

Animal Behavior Society@animbehsociety.bsky.social · 5d ago

The OMB grants rule isn’t final yet, but they want to enact it Oct 1! It would let political appointees override peer review & cancel research midstream. We made the comments, now we need to call Congress and let them know what effect this will have scientific research. io.aibs.org/omb-action

The OMB grants rule isn’t final yet, but they want to enact it Oct 1! It would let political appointees override peer review & cancel research midstream. We made the comments, now we need to call Congress and let them know what effect this will have scientific research. io.aibs.org/omb-action

#SICB & all other #academicsociety members If allowed to go into effect, the changes the #OMB is proposing will seriously harm the American #scientific research . www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... read www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea... & comment by 7-13 www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

Are you an animal behavior researcher that uses federal funding for your work? Now is the time to comment on the OMB's new proposed rules about grant funding. @aibsbiology.bsky.social is coordinating a response but individual comments also highly encouraged! www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...

Congratulations to Camari Knox, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Camari is a senior undergraduate at Texas A&M University at Galveston studying how physical variables influence marine mammal ecology in the Foroughirad lab. Outside of research, she enjoys reading memoirs and publishing poetry. (1/2)

Congratulations to Valentina López Velasco, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Valentina is a recent graduate from the Universidad del Quindío, where she studied how bears use odor to communicate as part of the Andean Bear Initiative - Reserva: The Youth Land Trust. (1/3)

Congratulations to Emma Demefack, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Emma recently graduated from Princeton University, where she studied how hummingbird territories drive individual variation in courtship displays at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. (1/2)

Outside of research, they enjoy music and have produced their own album this year. In the future, she would like to pursue a Ph.D. in animal behavior and bioacoustics. At #ABS2026, they will present their poster on “The Cicadapocalypse: A Story of Ants Dominating and Discovering Dead Bodies.” (2/2)

Congratulations to Fátima Gónzalez, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Fátima is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of Republic studying the evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders in the Albo lab. Outside of research, she enjoys cinema and literature, especially thrillers. (1/2)

Congratulations to Oriana Vargas, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Oriana is an undergraduate at the Universidad del Rosario studying animal behavior, urbanization, and temperature. Outside of research, she enjoys climbing. (1/2)

Congratulations to Kris Flores, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Kris is a fourth-year undergraduate at Texas A&M International University studying biodiversity in birds and bats with acoustic recording. (1/2)

Congratulations to Jenna Rosa, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Jenna is a post-baccalaureate scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying the tradeoffs between parenting and feeding in the Bell lab. Next year, she will begin her Master’s degree in animal behavior!

Congratulations to Jada Wahl, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees at #ABS2026! Jada is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire studying mammalian social behavior in the Smith lab. In the future, she plans to pursue a graduate degree in animal behavior.

Congratulations to Emma Yamamoto, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Emma is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of California, Davis, studying how developmental stress influences learning and spatial navigation in amazon mollies in the Laskowski lab. (1/3)

Congratulations to Alehna Crowe, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Alehna recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago studying trait-based invasion ecology research in the Nuñez-Mir lab. Outside of research, she enjoys carving, hiking, and reading. (1/2)

Congratulations to Alehna Crowe, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Alehna recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago studying trait-based invasion ecology research in the Nuñez-Mir lab. Outside of research, she enjoys carving, hiking, and reading. (1/2)

Congratulations to Emma Yamamoto, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Emma is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of California, Davis, studying how developmental stress influences learning and spatial navigation in amazon mollies in the Laskowski lab. (1/3)

@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

Stu West@stuwest.bsky.social · last mo.

The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social

📚Meta-analyses!⚠️Key pitfalls! 🔬Improved methodology! 🖥️Reliable syntheses! Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies” Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448

📣 Super cool new study on the *evolution of helping* by Kirstin Gaffney open access in @behavecol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Pay-to-stay drives the evolution of helping independent of kin selection in anemonefish societies

We found evidence for “pay-to-stay” in anemonefishes (gaining future benefits from current cooperation at their own expense). This confirms that helping ca

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🚨Not one, but two Magnapinna squid! 🚨 the #doldrums team observed 2 elusive Magnapinna sp., commonly known as bigfin squid, at approximately 4,300 m (about 2.7 miles). Magnapinna is the deepest-dwelling squid. Sightings of these animals are extremely rare — seeing two in one dive is extra exciting!

Congratulations to Jada Wahl, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees at #ABS2026! Jada is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire studying mammalian social behavior in the Smith lab. In the future, she plans to pursue a graduate degree in animal behavior.

Congratulations to Jenna Rosa, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Jenna is a post-baccalaureate scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying the tradeoffs between parenting and feeding in the Bell lab. Next year, she will begin her Master’s degree in animal behavior!

Congratulations to Kris Flores, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Kris is a fourth-year undergraduate at Texas A&M International University studying biodiversity in birds and bats with acoustic recording. (1/2)

Congratulations to Oriana Vargas, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Oriana is an undergraduate at the Universidad del Rosario studying animal behavior, urbanization, and temperature. Outside of research, she enjoys climbing. (1/2)

Congratulations to Fátima Gónzalez, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Fátima is a fourth-year undergraduate at University of Republic studying the evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders in the Albo lab. Outside of research, she enjoys cinema and literature, especially thrillers. (1/2)

Congratulations to Kiera Talento McKee, one of our 2026 Turner Awardees! Kiera is a fourth-year undergraduate at Lake Forest College studying ant ecology and psychology of stress in the Menke and McLean labs, respectively. (1/2)