Had such a fun week at @ecbb2026.bsky.social !! Lots of exciting talks and so many lovely and inspiring people. Very grateful to the organisers & to ASAB for my travel grant! 🐤 #ecbb2026
Birgit Szabo, PhD 🦎🐸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@birgitszabo.bsky.social
Researcher @ Gent University studying behaviour, cognition & welfare in reptiles (feathery & scaly). Passions: science, animals, cooking & eating, gaming, sleeping & weekends off. They/them
@vernouilleta.bsky.social & Elias Garcia-Pelegrin put together such an interesting and varied symposium on Social Cognition in a Human World #ECBB2026 🌍🐤
#ECBB2026 @vitorhbf.bsky.social closing out Symposium 10: Social cognition in a human world with his talk Humans as social partners? Experience and selection history shape responses in domestic chickens
Aaaand in Dublin in 2028! With a promising location for the conference dinner 😇🥳🥳🥳
Hey ECBB! If you're interested in discussing a new side of animal personality, come check out my talk tomorrow at 16:00 in LAB003! 😊 #ECBB2026
Thank you for this picture! You have no idea how much it means to me to have one with these fantastic people! #ECBB2026
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈@raccoonologist.bsky.social · 3d agoSome of the most passionate folks in reptile cognition, all in one room! #ECBB2026 🤩 🦎 🐊 🐢 @xiscacassola.bsky.social @annawilkinson.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social
@raccoonologist.bsky.social finally able to give her talk!! And it was definitely worth the wait! 🦜🤘 goffins cockatoos really are rockstars when it comes to tool use!! Could you figure out a 6-way puzzle box?!? #ECBB2027 Also check out her paper!! doi.org/10.1002/brv.70123
Thanks to @annawilkinson.bsky.social and @xiscacassola.bsky.social for inviting me to give a keynote on an important topic in reptile cognition: The conceptual and methodological challenges of testing reptile cognition! It was great fun to share my thoughts! #ThinkLikeALizard 🦎😉 #ECBB2026
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈@raccoonologist.bsky.social · 3d agoSome of the most passionate folks in reptile cognition, all in one room! #ECBB2026 🤩 🦎 🐊 🐢 @xiscacassola.bsky.social @annawilkinson.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social
2026. Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via @asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social - published every year in January.
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We are hiring a #postdoc to work on our NSF funded project on metabolic rate as a driver of individual variation in treefrog acoustic communication. Please spread the word to potentially interested candidates (or apply if you are one of them): jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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My talk from #ISBE2026 a few weeks ago (July 2026). #ResearchEthics - feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss any of the issues.
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...
Ready to start planning your conference experience? We've got the #ECBB2026 programme outline available for download! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com
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
@ecobird.bsky.social had a great time at #ISBE2026! We had fun presenting our work on bird behavior and cognition. Thank you for organising such a great conference!
JEB is proud to sponsor the 2026 International Congress for Neuroethology at the University of Bristish Columbia, Canada icn2026vancouver.com
New paper out! 🎉 Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) have spread far beyond their native African range, reaching cooler regions - so how do they cope when temperatures drop? doi.org/10.1016/j.cb... @ecobird.bsky.social
Day 2 of ISBE2026: fantastic plenary lecture by Eva Ringler and vibrant scientific sessions
Day 1 of ISBE2026: a glimpse of the welcome address, our outstanding Plenary speaker and our scientific sessions in full gear!
12.30 pm today, 21/07/26 ⬇️ - animal ethics, welfare, behavioural ecology ⬇️ #ISBE2026
Alan McElligott@amcell.bsky.social · 2mo agoCome see my talk on Tuesday, July 21st ⬇️ #ISBE2026 - Ethics, Welfare, Behavioural Ecology. ⬇️
I have a spare ticket for the Social event on Thursday evening. If any ECR needs one, please let me know. 🙏 #ISBE2026
Alan McElligott@amcell.bsky.social · 2mo ago#ISBE2026 opens. Well done to all the organisers for getting us this far already - conference organising is a huge amount of work 👏 cc @isbe2026.bsky.social
Interested in how animals gather and use information to make decisions? What about in contest decisions? Do you like mantis shrimp?? Automated tracking? 👀👀 🦐 Come by to my talk at #ISBE on Tu at 3-315pm in the Londra room for social behavior and group living. Happy to chat anytime, too.
Excited about @isbe2026.bsky.social next week! Come and see me talk about the best species ever, the European nightjar, at 10:15am on Tues 21st :)
Come see my talk on Tuesday, July 21st ⬇️ #ISBE2026 - Ethics, Welfare, Behavioural Ecology. ⬇️
ISBE2026@isbe2026.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe ISBE2026 scientific program is now available! Discover the full lineup of sessions, speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities. Whether you're presenting or attending, now is the perfect time to mark your calendar. Access the program via our website www.isbe2026.com
Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
It's official: #Behaviour2027 is happening in Vienna next summer!
Behaviour 2027@behaviour2027.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!
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