Surreal to have a piece in BBC News about our research! Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants bbc.in/3RD3TvD

Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants

Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says.

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Orangutan playtime looks different in the wild compared to in the zoo🛝🦧 New study by Isabelle Laumer, Caroline Schuppli and team shows that zoo-housed orangutans explore more objects in more varied ways ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share our new paper 'Wild chimpanzees share fermented fruits' @currentbiology.bsky.social Thank you to the amazing team. @kjhockings.bsky.social @joanahbessa.bsky.social , @xavh.bsky.social, Marina Ramon, Elena Bersacola, Matthew Carrigan, @amelinlab.bsky.social . @uniexecec.bsky.social

The first events from my new job at buglife are coming up soon! If you are Cornwall-based and would like to learn how to ID pollinators and plants, then please sign up here to our free workshops (with free lunch!): Pollinators: trybooking.com/uk/ESPH Plants: trybooking.com/uk/ESPI Hope to see you!

I had an amazing time presenting my poster, “Orangutan Self-Medicative Behaviour: Feeding Ecology and Resource Combinations,” at the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) Cambridge 2025! #ConservationScience #SCCSCambridge #PrimateConservation #Orangutan #ScienceCommunication

The relationship between orangutan mother and child is particularly strong! For the first two years, the young completely relies on its mother to survive. The mother teaches its offspring how to forage for food and build a nest, and stay with their young for up to seven years!

Excited to have been invited as a guest lecturer at Sparsholt University Centre to share my research on orangutan self-medication with their BSc students!

Exciting to be able to share our ongoing work using novel eDNA techniques to detect the western chimpanzee in Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 @derbyuni.bsky.social @arcusfoundation.bsky.social @joanachimpa.bsky.social www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

How DNA extracted from forest air could help protect one of West Africa's rarest animals

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A monkey mapping study led by doctoral researcher @andyhouldcroft.bsky.social could boost conservation of animal species that share their habitats with humans. @uniexecec.bsky.social Full paper: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Monkey mapping model could boost conservation

A monkey mapping study could boost conservation of animal species that share their habitats with humans.  With an estimated 75% of Earth’s land surface already altered by humans, many animals must liv...

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Amazing research on hoverfly migration revealing fascinating insights into these incredible long-distance travellers! Definitely take the time to read!

Dr Will Leo Hawkes@willleohawkes.bsky.social · 2y ago

We've just published some brand new insect migration research in iScience! We found that Marmalade hoverfly migrants are marathoners, not sprinters. Led by Richard Massy of @uniofexeter.bsky.social Full Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

I’m so proud to share I’ve graduated with a Distinction in MSc Conservation and Biodiversity from the @uniofexeter.bsky.social The University of Exeter, Centre for Ecology and Conservation!

Elephant seals 🦭 have a lot of blood with a lot of red blood cells (RBC)🩸 with lots of haemoglobin to store lots of oxygen. That way they can dive for 20 min (max > 2 hr!). That whitish layer between plasma and RBC are white blood cells and platelets #AnilloSEALS #PinnipedFacts 🧪#MarMam

Final paper of the orangutan gesture saga published this week! 🦧👋Wild-captive contrasts in non-voc communicative repertoires seem to be mainly driven by additional interaction partners, not by diffs in interaction outcomes or environmental affordances. t.ly/pBwmD

and tracking the beautiful wild dogs with Dedan Ngatia and learning about human-wildlife conflict, coexistence & One Health at Mpala, Kenya! @kjhockings.bsky.social #ExeterCEC #ExeterGSES