Have you considered whether animals differ in their perception of density? We explored how differences in our senses, interpretation and past experiences shapes density perception, causing behavioral differences and affecting fitness outcomes. 🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Are individuals with more flashy aposematic coloration bolder? We asked this question using fire salamanders! Check out our new study in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: doi.org/10.1007/s002...

New preprint out: What kind of husbandry conditions do wild fire salamanders prefer? A question of high relevance given the spread of the deadly fungus Bsal and the need for ex-situ breeding programs. doi.org/10.32942/X2H...

Interested in how urban habitats affect social behaviour? Look no further! Our review is out today! Hope you enjoy the reading. 🎉🎉🎉🎄🚨 @behavecobie.bsky.social

Avery Maune@averymaune.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 Very excited to share that our review on the impact of urbanization on animal social behaviour is out now in Biological Reviews! We synthesize evidence across taxa to understand how city life reshapes social systems 🏙️🐦🐒🦎🦝🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @lizabeldm.bsky.social

It was truly a great pleasure to be part of this wonderful conference.

ASAB Spring 2026@asab-meetings.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Last plenary of #ASABWinter2025 by Barbara Caspers! Great talk, especially as so little is known about odour perception in birds - and it appears there’s still a lot to learn 🐦👃

Barbara Caspers #ASABWinter2025 - lab consumables of choice: black socks and muffin cups to be used with adult and baby zebra finches! @asab.org @asab-meetings.bsky.social. Great talk for @amyleedale.bsky.social @vixfranks.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social...

Cutting edge sock science at #ASABWinter2025! 🧦 🧦 🧦

Back from a fantastic fieldwork course! 🦆🪱🦭 During one week at the Wadden sea, MSc students got to learn about birds, mudflats and stats, and collected data to answer their own research question.

Our plenary on Dec 16 of #ASABWinter2025 will be by Barbara Caspers. She’ll be presenting data on how individuals respond to chemical cues of family members, and how being related to the scent donour might change their response.  She’ll be sharing with us insights from both the lab and the wild!🥼 🏕️

Male fire salamander are more yellow! New research from our group. Congratulations Max!!

Max Mühlenhaupt@maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New study out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?

Back from a fantastic fieldwork course! 🦆🪱🦭 During one week at the Wadden sea, MSc students got to learn about birds, mudflats and stats, and collected data to answer their own research question.

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Congratulations Valeria!!

Valeria Mazza@valmazza.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Really proud of this one. Our first study on innovative problem-solving in free-ranging small mammals is fresh off the press of Animal Cognition rdcu.be/eOHl3. We looked at what happens with human disturbance in a protected area...without disturbing our most precious collaborators!

Ever wondered if the habitat also influences the way individuals smell? In our latest paper we found that fire salamander larvae show habitat specific chemical fingerprints. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Fire salamander larvae show habitat type-specific surface chemical fingerprints - Chemoecology

In a fire salamander population near Bonn, Germany, fire salamander females use two different habitats for larval deposition, i.e. ponds or streams. As it is known that females can discriminate betwee...

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Still a few days to apply!

Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld@behavecobie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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!

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social Submit your proposal before November 30! More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social Submit your proposal before November 30! More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt

Want to know everything about bird smell? I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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!

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!

New paper! 🦎 Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social

📢 City lizards are more social ! Thrilled to share the first paper from my PhD, out now in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org ! We show that urban lizards are more social than their non-urban counterparts 🦎🏙️🌳🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... @behavecobie.bsky.social

New paper! 🦎 Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social

Our new paper is out!🐦 We replicated a paper by Gilles et al. 2024, and (surprise) replication studies are indeed very much needed!! To discover what info is encoded in the preen oil of Pied Flycatchers, and why are replication studies key for robust science, follow the link😁 doi.org/10.1111/jav....