🧪 ETHOLOGY: What keeps animal societies together? 🐘🐒🐺🦜 Kappeler reviews how animal groups form, stay cohesive, and maintain social order. Beyond the benefits of group living, behavioral mechanisms may reduce conflict and promote stable, cooperative societies. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth....

From Cohesion to Norms: How Animal Groups Come, Stay, and Function Together

The present review underscores two salient points: In the context of evolutionary transitions to pair- and group living, it is imperative to acknowledge the distinction between selective forces that ...

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📢 ASSOCIATE EDITORS WANTED Join us! IBIS is looking for Associate Editors to join our editorial team and support the peer review process Read more and complete the application form: bou.org.uk/ibis/vaca... #ornithology 🪶

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...

Our (with @plewin.bsky.social) @currentbiology.bsky.social Dispatches is out today (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...). Covering two recent papers about bird eye movements during flight, using homing pigeons as model species.

2026. Using the STRANGE framework to improve replicability in animal behaviour research and allied fields www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via @asab.org cc @asabeducation.bsky.social

Using the STRANGE framework to improve replicability in animal behaviour research and allied fields

Many research fields rely on assessing the behaviour of wild or captive animals, using observational and experimental protocols. This work is highly s…

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🧪 ETHOLOGY: Can leaves warn flowers of danger? 🌿🌸 Tagawa et al. found that prior leaf damage made sundew flowers close more tightly after touch. The results suggest plants integrate past herbivory across organs, priming floral defenses against future attack. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth....

Leaves Alert Flowers: Prior Leaf Herbivory Enhances Contact‐Induced Defensive Floral Closure in <fi>Drosera spatulata</fi> (Droseraceae)

Some plants can defend themselves through rapid organ movements, but responding to unreliable cues can be costly. We tested whether past herbivory experience sharpens defensive floral closure in Dros...

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Ready to start planning your conference experience? We've got the #ECBB2026 programme outline available for download! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

Job posting: Associate Professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution within the Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) at the University of Lausanne. Deadline for applications is 30.09.2026: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli... (there is a button to switch to English at the top right)

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Can female birds hear if a male is already taken? 🐦🎶❤️ Lampe et al. show female pied flycatchers distinguish between songs of unmated and already-mated males, preferring bachelors and avoiding polyterritorial males trying to attract a second mate. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70088

Female Pied Flycatchers <fi>Ficedula hypoleuca</fi> Can Discriminate Between Songs of Unmated and Mated Males and Avoid Being Deceived Into Polygyny

We recorded songs of male pied flycatchers when they were unmated (twice) and when the same males were mated and displaying on a secondary territory. The syllable switching was much higher after mati...

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Interested in animal urbanization and human wildlife co-existence, join our team this fall 👇🏼

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🚨🐒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

100 years ago, one of our founding aims was to disseminate knowledge of animals' needs. The science has grown enormously. The challenge hasn't: turning knowledge into action. Explore the research: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-welfare #AnimalWelfareScience

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Peep, squeal and claim! 🐸📢🌿 Turin & Nali found that male torrent frogs use a surprisingly complex repertoire of territorial calls. Calls vary with social context and temperature—but unlike advertisement calls, they are not shaped by stream noise. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70086

Peep, Squeal and Claim: Complex Territorial Call Emission Across Social Contexts in a Neotropical Torrent Frog

Males of Hylodes perere emit territorial calls ranging from simple to complex combinations of peep (A) and squeal (B) notes, often accompanied by visual signals. Because note A resembles advertisemen....

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We are absolutely buzzing about the #ECBB2026 programme we have to share with you next week! Still haven't registered yet? Remember, the early bees get the pollen! (That's a saying, right? Right?)

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Are early birds also early breeders? 🐦⏰🥚 Elderbrock et al. found that female great tits that started their day earlier before breeding also laid eggs earlier in the season. Daily rhythms and seasonal timing appear to be linked. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70089

Chronotype and Seasonal Timing of Reproduction Are Related in a Female Songbird

In this study we found evidence that seasonal timing of reproduction is related to timing of daily activity in great tits (Parus major). Female birds who began daily activity earlier relative to sunr...

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🧪 ETHOLOGY: Do helpers reduce parental workload? 🐦🤝 Koenig & Walters show that the answer depends on the analysis. Acorn woodpeckers feed less overall in larger groups, but during short observations they match the feeding rates of others. Scale matters! #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70087

Load Lightening in the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker Depends on the Analysis

An illustration of load lightening, additive, and compensatory care. The cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker exhibits load lightening when analyzed by group size over the course of a breeding eff...

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The DZG meeting is happening in Münster this September! 🤩🎉🦊🧬 Please also pay attention to their exciting sattelite symposia, including: Non-invasive Methods in Behavioural Ecology: Use of Thermography! 🌡️📷🐾 dzg-meeting.de/en/satellite... Registration to the main event is open until July 31! #DZG2026

Rebecca Rimbach@urban-squirrel.bsky.social · 3w ago

At this year's DZG meeting in Münster @ahanaaurora.bsky.social @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social, me and others are organizing a symposium titled: Non-invasive Methods in Behavioural Ecology: Use of Thermography. We have some free spots. You can register here: dzg-meeting.de/en/satellite...

Manuscripts with women as corresponding authors are less frequently sent out for review at Science. The ones reviewed receive less favorable reviews by both male and female reviewers.

Javi Ibarrondo@jibarrondo.bsky.social · 3w ago

Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

Our own @parusradious.bsky.social is presenting a plenary address at this year's Animsl Behaviour Live conference. Registration is free! @manmetuni.bsky.social

Animal Behaviour Live@animalbehaviour.live · 3w ago

What’s the trouble with noisy neighbours? Come check it out at Animal Behavior Live 2026! We are delighted to announce Dr. Sue Anne Zollinger (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) as our second plenary speaker at Animal Behaviour Live 2026!🤩 Free registration here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org

Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...

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Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...

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#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Subtle differences in family size mediate object play in young ravens (Corvus corax)”🐦‍⬛🪀 July 2026. Communications Biology. P.H. Boucherie, @valentine-comin.bsky.social & T. Bugnyar  doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10290-0

With the conference just a few days away, I thought it would be nice to create an #ISBE2026 attendees Starter Pack to help us connect more easily. If you’re attending and would like to be included, send me a message or reply below! go.bsky.app/CiXGqQ7

ETHOLOGY: Who leads when the path gets risky? 🐒🌊 Tankink et al. found that adult vervet monkes most often led groups across rivers and roads. Surprisingly, leadership was strongest in dominant males without likely offspring and did not increase mating success. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.70085

Leadership Under Risk: Male Vervet Monkeys' (<fi>Chlorocebus pygerythrus</fi>) Roles in Group Progression Across Potentially High‐Risk Terrain

Male vervet monkeys were more likely to lead group progressions than females or juveniles, especially during potentially riskier crossing situations, i.e., rivers. Dominant males who had not yet sire...

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Exciting opportunity to share your wildlife photography with the world - the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition! 📸🐊🐎🐞 Deadline is 14 August 2026! royalsociety.org/journals/publishing-activities/photo-competition/

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Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 14 August 2026! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

📖 Understanding mammal avoidance of human settlements These findings suggest that animals living alongside humans exhibit greater plasticity when people change their behaviour🐵 🌍 🏙️ 🔎 buff.ly/Me6U2go

Breeding experience and pair bond duration both increase reproductive success in an avian cooperative breeder AnimBeh

The effect of parental provisioning on the development of prey preferences in great tit (Parus major) bioRxivpreprint

The effect of parental provisioning on the development of prey preferences in great tit (Parus major)

To make adaptive foraging decisions, naive individuals need to gather information about the local prey community. Besides sampling prey personally, the young could gather information about prey profitability by observing the foraging behaviour of other individuals, and parental provisioning provides the first opportunity to acquire this social information. Still, previous research on vertical transmission of prey preferences from parents has provided mixed results that are often confounded with other information sources, such as siblings and peers. It is also not known whether information from parents can change potential innate biases against certain prey types, such as avoidance of warningly coloured insects. Here, we tested whether social information acquired by offspring during parental provisioning influences the development of prey preferences in a generalist predator, the Great Tit (Parus major). We brought 15 great tit broods and their parents into captivity at late nestling stage (14 days old) and divided them into three social information treatments where parents were provided with either brown, red or yellow palatable maggots to feed to their dependent young for 8 days. Once foraging independently from parents, we conducted a preference test where juveniles were offered the full array of coloured maggots. Regardless of palatable exposure to typical warning-coloured maggots (i.e. red and yellow), juveniles consistently preferred yellow over red, and preferred brown maggots the most (i.e. lacking warning coloration). This supports the existence of innate biases against typical warning colours, and that social information from parents is unlikely to override these, at least when alternative prey is easily available.

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Are you a neuroscientist or AI researcher with an interest in the nature of intelligence? Join us in Bristol for a residential scientific meeting examining how intelligence emerges in biological systems. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...

Monopolization and cooperation: number of locations affects cooperation and partner preference in long-tailed macaques AnimBeh

New paper: From Cohesion to Norms: How Animal Groups Come, Stay, and Function Together. doi.org/10.1111/eth.... @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, @ethoges.bsky.social, @sfb1528.bsky.social, @asab.org

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Female scorpions are the louder defenders! 🦂🔊 Dionisio-da-Silva et al. show that female scorpions produce longer and louder stridulatory signals than males. Sex-specific differences shape these signals, supporting stridulation as antipredator defense. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth....

She Doesn't Whisper: Female‐Prominent Stridulation Shaped by Morphology in a Buthid Scorpion and Insights on Its Function

Sexual dimorphism and stress-induced stridulatory responses in Jaguajir rochae (Borelli, 1910). Females exhibited greater absolute pectinal size and higher sound pressure levels, whereas males showed...

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