We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!

First Annual Online Symposium of the IRL ChiMP4IC. Save the date: Oct 21, 2026 from 13:00 - 16:00 (GMT) Registration open soon: www.chimp4ic.org "Primate cultures, human evolution and conservation: building a collaborative research agenda for West Africa." www.taichimpproject.org/post/first-a...

First Annual Symposium of the IRL ChiMP4IC - save the date Oct 21, 2026

The International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures is starting an Annual Online Symposium Series. The 2026 theme is: Primate cultures, human evolution and conservat...

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Know someone advancing equity, diversity, inclusion & accessibility in animal behaviour research? Nominate them for ASAB's EDIA Award! 📅 Deadline: 1st October www.asab.org/edia-award #AnimalBehaviour #EDIA #ASAB #DiversityInSTEM

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I am devastated by the death of Jason Arday - there is so much to say, but it is clear that so much of the hate and scrutiny he experienced, aswell as his tragic death, occurred because he was black. Society has to acknowledge the racialised nature of this, and the University its own failings.

A reminder that Animal Cognition is always looking for exciting Special Collections (link.springer.com/journal/1007...)! If you have an idea for a topic and are interested in guest editing, please get in touch #AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition

Animal Cognition

Animal Cognition is an interdisciplinary journal offering current research on all aspects of animal (and human) cognition in an evolutionary ...

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On the tail of the announcement of my new Behavioural Conservation group at @idiv-research.bsky.social, I can also say... I'm hiring! We're looking for a Project Assistant (60% FTE) to join our "Conserving Cultures" project. Job posting: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/1...

Project Assistant (m/f/d/x)

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🐒 Work with primates? Have you observed 3 or more individuals grooming together? Polyadic grooming is barely documented and we know little about its distribution. Please take 1–2 minutes to fill out this short survey and share: forms.gle/cLPB1mnwrjJo...

Polyadic grooming in primates

survey about observations of polyadic grooming in primate species

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🚨🐵 Paid primate work: We are seeking a new camp and research coordinator for the Born To Be Wild Project; Tazekka National Park, Morocco: Details here (sadly due to funding constraints only available for EU, and potentially UK applicants at a push): groups.google.com/a/g-groups.w...

Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!

The animal behaviour collective: building confidence and breaking barriers through community

Despite increasing efforts to diversify the field of animal behaviour, systemic barriers continue to limit access and inclusion for researchers from h…

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Are you attending #EFP this year? Don't forget to register for the EDI events! Places are very limited. You should have received the registration link in your inbox. A huge thank you to the @efp2026.bsky.social Organizing Committee, who are generously offering a drink for every participant. 🍹

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Life in MoyenBafing gets pretty exciting for us too! Come help us learn about these incredible chimpanzees and the wonderful MB landscape they live in! RA positions in our field team from July, apply now! 🧪

The Moyen Bafing Chimp Project@mbchimp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re hiring Research Assistants with the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project! Help contribute to a growing wild chimpanzee research & conservation project in West Africa 🐵 Apply now (open until filled, starting dates from July). More info👇or dm for Qs #conservation #science #fieldwork #primates 🧪

📣NEW paper📣 To date, only humans demonstrate meaning-based, generative communication. However, recent discoveries of combinatorial versatility in chimpanzee + bonobo vocal sequences open the possibility of generative communication in other species. Read here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CPCAMM...

#Animove26 is going to Kenya. Come and join us! Applications are now open until 31st of May 🦁🦏🐘🦛🦇🦂🦗 animove.org/next-animove...

In a decades-long study, researchers have documented what appears to be the first observed “civil war” in wild chimpanzees. The findings demonstrate that shifting social ties alone can fracture a once unified group and ignite sustained, deadly conflict among former allies. https://scim.ag/47QE8Qw

New open access publication in Topoi! @kristinandrews.bsky.social and I explore the ethics of AI animal translation projects. 🖥️🐬Before we build it, we need to take stock of the ethical implications. rdcu.be/fbZwv 🧵👇1/13

Back in Europe after having the pleasure of presenting at the #Ngogo symposium at #AABA in Denver, US on communicative repair 🗣️. It was great to see everyone and hearing more about the fascinating #Ngogo chimpanzees! ✨

Do you love animal behavior & want to share that joy with younger folks? Write a short article on animal behavior for Frontiers for Young Minds (ages 8–15), co-authored with an undergrad! Part of an international ABS collection. Expression of interest due April 30. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Curious how to apply turn-taking across taxa? Look no further! In our preprint, we present a toolkit on how to annotate data, to then assess if a species has similar turn-taking to humans or not! @filipaabreu.bsky.social @kaylakolff.bsky.social @monkeyologist.bsky.social

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Standardizing turn-taking metrics: A methodological toolkit for data annotation across species and taxa. DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X2R...

Bonobos and bottlenose dolphins may seem worlds apart, but together they reveal key conditions that foster cooperation beyond group boundaries

Stephanie L King@stephanielking.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New OA paper @royalsocietypublishing.org: What can we learn from bonobos and bottlenose dolphins about the evolution of between-group cooperation? royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... Lovely collab with @lirsamuni.bsky.social Martin Surbeck and Richard Connor.

Calling all primatologists & conservationists! 🐒 @doc-webber.bsky.social & I are looking for best practice around how we train future primatologists for a future special issue of IJP: link.springer.com/collections/... Please get in touch for an informal chat about possible contributions.

If you feel bad for not having published all the papers from your PhD yet... This paper is the discussion of my thesis, and it took me about 6 years to publish it! Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!

Mélissa Berthet@berthetmelissa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨New animal linguistics paper🚨 Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Just like humans, many animal species have distinct cultures. From communication and social learning, animal culture shapes how they live and adapt. 🦍🐒🐳 Join an #IUCN introductory webinar and learn what animal culture is and how it can support biodiversity conservation and recovery. Links below!

My first PhD paper is published! 🎉 We compared how wild bonobo and chimpanzee infants (0-5.5y) become independent from their mothers. Here is the open-access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧵(1/5)

Wound care in chimpanzees! Like chimpanzees in Central Africa, scientists have now shown that East African chimpanzees also apply flying insects to their own and each other's wounds. This is likely some form of medication, which is more widespread than we thought. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Insect applications to open wounds by chimpanzees in the wild: first insights from East African chimpanzees - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Insect applications to open wounds by chimpanzees in the wild: first insights from East African chimpanzees

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🚨 NEW PAPER OUT 🚨 Excited to share our new study documenting the first reported case of insect-application to their own and others’ open wounds in East African chimpanzees from the Ngogo community! 🪰 👉 Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2

Insect applications to open wounds by chimpanzees in the wild: first insights from East African chimpanzees - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Insect applications to open wounds by chimpanzees in the wild: first insights from East African chimpanzees

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🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks? ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps! A 🧵

So happy to see my first PhD paper out royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... With my amazing supervisor @robinmorrison.bsky.social and the @savinggorillas.bsky.social, we examined female dispersal decisions in mountain gorillas.

Dispersed female networks: female gorillas’ inter-group relationships influence dispersal decisions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Dispersal is a fundamental aspect of many animal societies, impacting gene flow, knowledge transmission, culture and individual fitness. However, little is known about the information individuals use when dispersing. Mountain gorillas exhibit a flexible ...

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I love a good animal communication article. New research by @kaylakolff.bsky.social & Simone Pika highlighted in @us.theconversation.com suggests turn-taking, a core feature of human language, also plays a role in how chimpanzees communicate. 🔗 tinyurl.com/atdjn6mb #langsky #linguistics TLDR 👇

Whose turn is it? The question is at the heart of language and chimpanzees ask it too

Chimpanzees’ turn-taking shows skills that may have supported the evolution of human conversation.

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