How do birds cope with bright and noisy nights?🐦🌃 In our study, after just one night of experimental light or noise, common mynas slept ~50% less and sang ~20% fewer songs, yet their contact calls remained unchanged. doi.org/10.1016/j.an... 🌏🧪 @asab.org @ecostanley.bsky.social @kecain.bsky.social

And the best student poster prize first place poster goes to ... Charlotte Sutton!! Her poster about keeping finches up all hours of the night had so much work on it!! Good work!!

Great talk by Kamya Patel and her talk "Sleepy singers: disturbance negatively impacts song learning" about how sleep deprivation can impact zebra finch singing #ASSAB20206 @kamyabio.bsky.social

Charlotte Sutton’s poster titled “sleep on the brain” looks at the cognitive effects of early-life sleep disturbance on zebra finches #ASSAB2026

Summer Research Scholarships at the University of Waikato are now open! 📢 I have a project available on social dynamics in bird sleep, and we’re looking for motivated students to join us.🐦💤 💰$8,000 |⏱10 weeks (Nov–Feb) 🗓Apply by 13 July 2026 More info: www.waikato.ac.nz/study/schola... 🧪

Excited to launch this today! If you know any Indigenous students in the Australasian region who are interested in Animal Behaviour, please encourage them (or nominate them) to join ASSAB for free 🐦 🐛 🐸 🐀 🪲 🐝 🐟 🦎 🐔

ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Introducing ASSAB's new Indigenous student membership support scheme! ASSAB is pleased to introduce a scheme granting free membership to Māori, Pacific Islander, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander undergraduate and postgraduate students. More info: www.assab.org/membership

Also, @jgmussoi.bsky.social is leading this special issue in NZ J Zoology & is seeking submissions from Animal Behav folks around the Australasian region.

ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨Calling animal behaviour researchers of Australasia🚨 The New Zealand Journal of Zoology is publishing a special issue on animal behaviour in Australasia. This issue is open to all animal behaviour research in the Australasia region. www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-as...

Great news! We have two amazing workshops lined up for the ASSAB 2026 conference! 🐋 So you want to study marine wildlife behaviour: building the research and the researcher 📊 From Field to Dashboard: Rapid Ecological Data Collection and Visualisation with Survey123 www.assab.org/assab-2026

Excited to be Lead Guest Editor for a special issue of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology on Australasian Animal Behaviour 🐦🦎🦘🌏🧪 Linked to ASSAB 2026 conference, we’re welcoming submissions across all areas of animal behaviour research in Australasia. @royalsocietynz.bsky.social

New Zealand Journal of Zoology Call for Papers: Special Issue on Australasian Animal Behaviour

The New Zealand Journal of Zoology invites submissions for a special issue entitled Australasian Animal Behaviour, linked to the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB) 2026 Con...

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ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨Calling animal behaviour researchers of Australasia🚨 The New Zealand Journal of Zoology is publishing a special issue on animal behaviour in Australasia. This issue is open to all animal behaviour research in the Australasia region. www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-as...

Fabulous day celebrating biodiversity & the City Nature Challenge at Te Papanui. Thanks to our friends at GoEco, Hamilton City Council, @jgmussoi.bsky.social & my awesome students @waikatouniversity.bsky.social for making it so fun. There's still time to snap pics for CNC @inaturalist.bsky.social

More protection for migrating animals after global meeting – Expert Reaction

More protection for migrating animals after global meeting - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre

Forty animals, including several types of seabirds and sharks, will gain protection under the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species. Participating countries at the meeting in Campo Grande,...

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🚨ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨 If you need more time to get your abstract together for the 2026 ASSAB conference, we have great news! The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until the 27th of March! www.assab.org/assab-2026

🚨ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REMINDER🚨 Submissions for the 2026 ASSAB conference are still open until the 13th of March. Submit now to take part in a friendly, warm and welcoming conference for behavioural ecologists

⭐ASSAB 2026 Plenary Speakers⭐ 🐝Prof. Andrew Barron: Why the honey bee is smarter than ChatGPT 🐦🐿️Assoc. Prof. Kristal Cain: Chasing birds and shiny squirrels - an alternative path in academia 🪲Dr Kawsar Khan Behaviour ecology in the Anthropocene 🐟Dr Upama Aich Sex and stress in a changing world

Register for the ASSAB 2026 conference here: www.assab.org/assab-2026 The conference is warm and welcoming for all animal behaviour enthusiasts and researchers. Hosted by Flinders University, South Australia.

⭐The ASSAB 2026 conference registrations are now open⭐ Early bird registrations are open until 15 May 2026 Click here to register: www.assab.org/assab-2026 We are also open for abstract submissions! 23-25 June, Adelaide, South Australia Flinders University

Check out my first ever paper! @kecain.bsky.social @ecostanley.bsky.social and @jgmussoi.bsky.social summarised our knowledge on sleep disturbance in birds

Journal of Avian Biology@avianbiology.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Award issue: @kamyabio.bsky.social and colleagues review how urban noise, lights, and stress can disrupt birds’ sleep. Highlighting our fragmented knowledge about sleep disturbance in birds and calling for more studies on this topic ➡️ vist.ly/4qfzm #ornithology #birds #urbanecology 🪶

🚨SAVE THE DATE ASSAB 2026🚨 The ASSAB 2026 conference will be held in Adelaide in 2026! Keep an eye out on the ASSAB website and social media for more information! We will see you there!

This paper shows the importance of collaborations! Who knew a bunch of "leftover" fecal samples could turn out into such a cool paper. We found that lack of sleep and increased stress decrease diversity in the gut microbiotas of common mynas. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper! Been working on this one for a while and it is finally out! We discuss and speculate on the possible role of sleep disruption in hybridization! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids

Hybridization occurs when different species mate and produce offspring. Although hybridization can have negative consequences for cognitive performance, the mechanisms underlying those effects are st....

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@kamyabio.bsky.social's first article from her PhD is out! @aucklanduni.bsky.social @kecain.bsky.social

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 11mo ago

The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps | doi.org/10.1002/jav.... | Journal of Avian Biology | #ornithology 🪶

Check out @kecain.bsky.social and my interview with ‪Audubon Magazine about our latest article. www.audubon.org/magazine/sle... #AudubonMagazine #Science #Sleep #Birdsong

Sleepy Birds Are Lousy Singers, Study Finds

Just like people, songbirds are groggy and quiet after a rough night’s sleep—a sign that urban noise and light may leave them less fit for reproduction and survival.

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Interesting study @royalsocietypublishing.org tests how sleep disturbance affects vocal communication in birds. @kecain.bsky.social @jgmussoi.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Vocal communication serves several critical functions, such as species recognition, mate attraction and resource defence. However, environmental and physiological factors like urbanization, noise poll...

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The effects of #sleep disturbance on a #songbird’s vocal performance #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

New research shows common mynas sang fewer and less complex songs after a bad night’s sleep. Poor-quality song could affect a bird’s ability to reproduce and survive.

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

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And here's @jgmussoi.bsky.social's @aunz.theconversation.com story theconversation.com/sleepy-birds...

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

New research shows common mynas sang fewer and less complex songs after a bad night’s sleep. Poor-quality song could affect a bird’s ability to reproduce and survive.

theconversation.com

Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi@jgmussoi.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New article out: The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

New article out: The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals about our own minds theconversation.com/fish-driving...

Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals about our own minds

Why do researchers care if a bee can learn to recognise a human face? When we push animals outside familiar territory, we can learn a lot about intelligence.

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Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025 See you all in Armidale!

ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · last yr.

We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025 Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025

We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025 Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025