📣 REGISTRATION FOR THE 53RD CSETS CONFERENCE IS OPEN! 📣 ⏳ Deadline for registration and abstract submission: September 20, 2026 🗓️ November 5-8, 2026, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia 🇸🇰🤩 #ethology #conference #etodny26 #animalbehaviour #csets www.csets.sk/konference/r...

Check these very interesting positions #PhD #Postdoc at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna 🇦🇹

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Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!

🚨🐒Join the Urban Vervet Project! We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa. More info below 👇 @sofiaforss.bsky.social

We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!

Save the date! 📅 PSGB is hosting an online workshop on the topic “Cognition for Conservation and Captive Care” (2nd September 2026). Check out the first look for our speakers working across primate behaviour and cognition & register your interest to receive the workshop link! 🐒 shorturl.at/HDvXA

⭐️ How do leopard #geckos detect a predator in the dark? 🦎 Scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social found that while vision and vibrations increase their alertness, they won't actually attack or flee until they smell the threat. 🔗 Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/behe... #NewPaper #SensoryEcology

We are approaching venue capacity to register for the ASAB & PSGB Winter Meeting - sign up soon to secure your spot! When capacity is reached we'll be operating a waiting list. More details about the meeting and registration at: asabpsgbwinter.github.io//2026/

We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!

📢 Abstract submissions for #ABL2026 are now OPEN! 🗓 Deadline: 6 September 2026 This year's theme: "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World" 🌍🧠 🎤 Choose from: 🔹 15-min live talk 🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster 📄 Submit here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org #ScienceConference #AnimalBehaviour

I am looking for a MSc student to conduct their thesis within my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞 You will be part of the Evolutionary Cognition Group at UZH (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social). Unpaid position (funding options would need to be applied for by the candidate).

We are offering a PhD position with the WildBotics project @uni-konstanz.de! Want to join an interdisciplinary research network and use drones and computer vision to study animal behavior, ecology and conservation in Kenya? 🇰🇪🐘 Please apply! Deadline June 21 🧪🌍🌿 Full details: tinyurl.com/yn8jkzcf

📣 Conference announcement 📣 The 53rd conference of the Czech and Slovak ethological society will take place from 5 to 8 November 2026 in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia 🇸🇰 More information and registration will be available in August. Save the date! 🗓️ #etodny26 #conference #animalbehaviour #ethology

❗️New PhD position in our lab ❗️ Nest defence in passerines: parental quality, investment and fitness 🐦 ➡️ 4 years, fully funded position 🗓️ Start: July 2026 ⏳ Application deadline: May 10, 2026 ✉️ veselp03@jcu.cz, krausl07@jcu.cz #PhD #PhDjobs #ornithology #ethology #cognition

⏰Time running out - deadline 19th April - to apply for funded #PhD: 🪶Quantifying animal movement patterns & behavioural interactions in a changing world 👥Joint with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #SimonGriffith #MacquarieUniversity #modelling #birds #mammals #Australia ℹ️ tinyurl.com/343acaev

Applications are now OPEN for 13 PhD fellowships in the Doctoral Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences at CIMeC, University of Trento, Italy! 📅 Deadline: May 7, 2026 🧠 Research fields: brain, neuroscience, cognition, language, neuroimaging, vision and more. ℹ More info 🔗 phd.unitn.it/drcimec/

📸 Is a photo enough, or do we need to see an #animal in person to feel something towards it? 👀🕷️ 👉 Scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social focused on whether we can trust studies that examine human #fear, #disgust, or #perception of animal beauty using only images. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

🦷 How is bite force related to reproduction in Mole-rats? 🦷 Scientists from @prfju.bsky.social have discovered that breeding males have a remarkably stronger bite, which helps them maintain a reproductive monopoly. 🤯 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42... #Molerats #Fukomys #Reproduction #SocialAnimals

Breeding male mole-rats (Fukomys) use strong bites to defend reproductive monopoly - Communications Biology

Breeding status shapes bite force in social African Fukomys mole-rats: strong male competition drives higher bite force in breeding males, while weaker female competition results in lower bite force i...

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🐴🐄 ISAE Regional Conference in Prague in June! 🐴🐄 @applied-ethology.bsky.social 🗓️ June 9-12, 2026 📍Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague 📋 Abstracts can be submitted from March 1, 2026 #ISAE #AppliedEthology #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #Conference #SaveTheDate #FromSensorsToCognition

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: The impact of global change on parental care systems Interested in Shorebirds? Global change? Parental care? Fieldwork? 🐣☀️ Come join us in Budapest! Interested candidates - get in touch! Deadline Feb 28 2026

A lot of deadlines this week! Abstract submission and conference travel grants for #ASABSpring2026 are due Feb 1, as are ASAB research grants and undergraduate scholarships! ✍️ 💰 Also #ECBB2026 symposia proposals are due Jan 31! 🏃 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏃 🏃🏻‍♀️

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We're advertising a PhD project on how social isolation influences aggression in flies. Based at Durham, co-supervised by @clarahowcroft.bsky.social . Despite what the ad says, this is also open to international applicants! Any questions, shoot me a msg! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Angry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Angry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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👀 How do disgust-eliciting stimuli influence #attention? Is it a cognitive or reflexive mechanism? 🤔 ➡️ Read the new study by a team of scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬 #emotion #threat #Cognition #disgust #newpaper #publication 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0269...

Attention on visual disgust: comparison of intentional and unintentional gaze on disgusting images

Disgust-eliciting stimuli have been shown to both capture attention, even when task-irrelevant, and to be visually avoided when alternative stimuli are available. This study investigated these effe...

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Joy to All! ❄️ We wish you all a very festive Christmas and a happy New Year!🎄✨ EHBEA is approaching, and we’re excited to welcome you! Check www.ehbea2026.com for new info on hotel deals and room-sharing options. Don’t forget: the abstract submission deadline is 9 January. See you in Leiden in 2026!

Overview | EHBEA2026

The upcoming conference of the European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands, 14th-17th of April 2026. EHBEA conferences bring together researchers applyi...

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📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us: Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork

🐒 With or without you? 🤔 📌 A recent study shows how the presence of conspecifics affects the #personality expression of #marmosets. 🤩 #animalbehaviour #primates #sociality #callithrix 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With or without you: common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, personality expression is mediated by social setting

Animal personality has been studied in many solitary and socially living taxa, but the effect of conspecifics on the individuals' personality expressi…

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We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance. Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.

Wouldn’t it be better together? 🐮 ➡️ Scientists from our society bring an interesting review on individual and pair housing and its influence on the #behaviour and #welfare of calves. Check the link below! 😊 #dairycalves #housing #animalbehaviour 🔗 www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...

Invited review: A systematic review of the effects of pair housing on dairy calf welfare and productivity

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The largest scientific study to date on #neophobia, or fear of the new and unfamiliar, has revealed why some #bird species are more afraid than others 🐦🦜 ➡️ Find out in a brand new paper with Czech and Slovak footprint! 🇨🇿🇸🇰 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia

Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...

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🌐 Online platform @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social 🌐 📌 Intended (not only) for users of automatic monitoring systems in animal behaviour research, mainly focused on researching the behaviour of laboratory rodents as biological models 🐁 Feel free to register here: 🔗 www.thebehaviourforum.org

🦋 How do ecosystem characteristics influence the effectiveness of antipredator colour strategies, such as camouflage and aposematism? 🎨 Find out in a new study, with huge contributions from researchers at @sciencecharles.bsky.social 🤩 #science #aposematism #camouflage #antipredator

Global selection on insect antipredator coloration

Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understand...

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