Spread the word! Behaviour 2027 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27.
Alice Auersperg
@auersperga.bsky.social
Cognitive Biology Professsor, Comparative Cognition Researcher, Head of the Goffin Lab, Messerli Research institute, @VetmeduniVienna
#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “From the “sticker” to the “seed” slide: Challenges testing concurrent tooling in Goffin's cockatoos” 🦜🛠️ Oct 2026. Acta Psychologica. @raccoonologist.bsky.social, S.R. Beck, S. Tebbich & @auersperga.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
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Brandnew Animal Documentary (in German) on.orf.at/video/143410...
kreuz & quer: Tierisch nah - Wie ähnlich wir den Tieren sind
Seit rund 40 Jahren gelten Tiere in Österreich rechtlich nicht mehr als "Sache". Doch wie groß die Unterschiede zwischen Mensch und Tier tatsächlich sind und welche Rolle das Bewusstsein dabei spielt,...
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Meet Veronika the cow, clever octopuses, smart kunekune pigs, and the wonderful Goffin's cockatoos. A documentary by Feuer & Flamme Film for those of you with access to ORF 2. CC @auersperga.bsky.social
#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)” 🦜 Sept 2026. Scientific Reports. P. Hundegger, R. Folkertsma, @drracheldale.bsky.social, @auersperga.bsky.social & @biotay.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Body awareness in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)
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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!
New exciting postdoc position with @christophvoelter.bsky.social within our new FWF emerging fields project share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/...
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Dream PhD opening! Innovation in wild falcons! Application deadline Aug 1🦅
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!!
I knew her podcast would be good, Poppy is talented etc etc. But I’m a podcast junkie. I listen to 6-7 dif ones a day, easily. I’m picky. So what a relief to discover that the new Living Biology podcast is not just good, but EXCELLENT. Drawn in immediately, easy to follow, great storytelling. A+ 🤩
SEB Podcast: Living Biology
Conversations exploring the science, people, and ideas shaping experimental biology today
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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈@raccoonologist.bsky.social · 4mo agoMy super awesome talented wonderful friend and colleague @poppylambert.bsky.social is the host and I’m SO proud of her !!!!!! Everyone should have a listen 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!
Our new Paper with @susanamonso.com and @biotay.bsky.social is out. It tests one of the components of Susana Monso's minimal concept of death in a Touch Screen Setup: sensitivity to permanent non-functionality. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/16 Do other species understand death? In this study with cockatoos, we approach this question from its foundation, by studying one of its central components: sensitivity to the permanent loss of a function. I will explain it in this thread (with videos) (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Professor Lars Chittka FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work has transformed our understanding of animal intelligence by demonstrating that bees, despite their tiny brains, exhibit advanced cognitive abilities such as counting, attention and others. #RSFellows https://bit.ly/49xJuRy
(1/2) Hiring! 🤸🧠🐩 Postdoc position in my new group @univie.ac.at & Messerli Research Institute on the neuro-cognitive foundations and evolution of sociality across humans, dogs, and other carnivorans. 📍 Vienna 📅 Application deadline: 26 July 2026 ℹ️ shortifyme.co/p3NjN
(2/2) The postdoc will have the opportunity to develop their own research project, with access to human and awake dog neuroimaging, behavioural, and psychophysiological facilities, as well as unique comparative datasets. Happy to answer any questions & please share with potential candidates!
Two post doc positions at the Messerli Institute of Vetmeduni Vienna, including a few topics on parrots! Deadline July 26. www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...
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Mature females can be identified by their red eye colouration (fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social )
Long John is still around, seen together with his partner in a Ketapang tree... the eye injury has no effect on his cracking skills.
In Part I of the #OutstandingStudentPresentation at #CO32026, we heard behavioural findings from 7 exceptional students. Two major themes emerged: The effects of variation in developmental conditions and mechanisms for learning revealed by #memorytasks.