Ravens (Corvus corax) use conspecifics and heterospecifics to navigate risky foraging scenarios #Foraging #Scavenging #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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Silvia Damini
@silviadamini.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Vienna working on wild ravens interactions with heterospecifics and personality
#ECBB2026 Thomas Bugnyar winning today's best research question on a slide: Why do Ravens Ride Boars? (this is not a real competition but if it was...)
New paper out 😊
Konrad Lorenz Research Center@klf-univienna.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew paper: ravens use wild boars as “first tasters” to check if a foraging site is safe. They reduce risk by watching others eat first, foraging in groups, or stealing instead of taking chances. These tactics may help scavengers adapt to changing environments 🌍. doi.org/10.1093/behe... 📸 Daniel Koch
2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026, Nov 2-4 More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We 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!
The tortoises are back! 🐢 New study in collaboration with @elisabettaversace.bsky.social and Gionata Stancher now available: "Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult captive tortoises (Testudo hermanni)" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult captive tortoises (Testudo hermanni) - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Social cohesion varies across species. Solitary animals minimise social contact to reduce costs such as resource competition, aggression, and disease transmission. Solitary Testudo hatchlings can rely...
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#Wolves kill—and #ravens remember where: In #Yellowstone National Park, birds primarily search for food in areas where wolves frequently hunt prey www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpqZ... [YouTube] www.mpg.de/26220626/030... [News] @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
Ravens and wolves in Yellowstone National Park
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📣 Annual Meeting of the @ethoges.bsky.social 2026 🗓️ 18–21 Feb 2026 | 📍 Almtal, Austria Join us in beautiful Grünau im Almtal for inspiring talks and lively discussions! ⚠️ Registration closes this week! 👉 univie.eventsair.com/etho26-dkcog... @univie.ac.at
Despite making a promise many years ago to revise the EU's #AnimalWelfare legislation, the European Commission has delayed starting this work time and time again. 🇪🇺👎 In the meantime, millions of animals have continued to suffer. TWO DAYS LEFT. Make your voice heard now: 🔈 bit.ly/3XG8bop
The first paper of my PhD is out! Looking at the plasticity of antipredator behaviour in ravens using a slightly... unorthodox predator. "When to mob? Plasticity of antipredator behavior in common ravens’ families (Corvus corax) across offspring development" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Great to see our new paper on increasing experimental approaches in movement ecology out today in @camphilsoc.bsky.social! Conceived at a Gordon Research Conference and brilliantly led by Whitney Hansen 🐟🦌📡 @jack-brand.bsky.social 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
