Very cool work by @revathe.bsky.social on social learning!

T Revathe@revathe.bsky.social · 4d ago

Explainer video by yours truly, produced by @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social: youtu.be/dzFHZgnpgBU @science.org AAAS Podcast: tinyurl.com/yc66c5fh

Thrilled that our research is featured on the cover! There is also a perspective piece. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Observation and exploration widen the menu

Orangutans expand their foraging skills by combining observation with trial-and-error learning

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 4d ago

How do orangutans build their huge diet profiles before adulthood? @revathe.bsky.social and colleagues show, for the first time, how multiple forms of learning interact over many years to build broad, survival-relevant ecological skills in a wild great ape. Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

!! New in @science.org !! How do animals learn broad skills necessary for survival in the wild? Our latest study on wild Sumatran orangutans at Suaq provides answers. 1/11 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How 8 years of social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans

Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...

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Can we call it apartheid now

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.

The editorial 'Beyond bias: building a more inclusive and rigorous research culture in animal behaviour' summarises the 13 papers on how bias (taxonomic, geographic, observer, statistical,...) shapes our field, and how to address them. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yesterday we shared the paper. Today I want to share the story behind it. We thought it was all about climate change. Then the models failed. That failure eventually led us to disturbances, and to a very different view of Europe’s flora. Read it @ communities.springernature.com/posts/europe...

Europe’s flora is living in a landscape out of Equilibrium

99% of plant distributions in Europe show signs of disequilibrium. The surprise? Climate change was only part of the story. Disturbance emerged as an even more pervasive force shaping where species oc...

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Sean Pang@seh-pang.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Almost every European plant species is out of equilibrium. Climate change is only part of the story—disturbance greatly shapes where species actually occur. 🚨Our new paper 🌱in @natecoevo.nature.com analysed 3,047 species across >1.1M European vegetation plots. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🐒 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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👀Behind the Paper!👀 Author Jonas Trepel shares the role of large herbivores as key ecological players, the thorny side of fieldwork, and the importance of doing work that truly interests you🦏 Read it here👇️ buff.ly/pN9WIUX 🧪🌍️ @jonastrepel.bsky.social

Jonas Trepel | Keeping the grasses in check: Wild large herbivores promote plant diversity by reducing dominance

In this behind the Paper blog post, author Jonas Trepel – a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University – delves into the world of ecosystems engineers and discusses his paper “W…

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🚨Journal of Ecology is seeking an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📈 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌷more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe

Sensible article about impact factors from @dev-journal.bsky.social. One further point is that since IF is an arithmetic mean of a strongly skewed distribution it is nearly useless for any sort of inference and in particular carries zero information about an individual paper in a journal. 🧪

Development@dev-journal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The elephant in the room: impact factor @amjeve.uk & @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social offer an honest look at impact factor trends in #DevBio, explain how Development serves its community, & make the case that sustaining developmental biology journals is a shared responsibility. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

How can an extremely simple equation open the door to virtually infinite complexity? Fifty years ago, Bob May’s classic paper in @nature.com on chaos showed how deterministic rules can generate unpredictability, with deep implications for ecology, physics & beyond. mym.iimas.unam.mx/ramon/docs/M...

Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling  - Carbon Brief

UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

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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!

@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

Stu West@stuwest.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social

These are vehicles; they don’t belong on the pavement any more than adult cyclists do. Oh, they cause too much disruption in the road? Then if they can’t be deployed in the most appropriate environment for them, they shouldn’t be in use at all.

Adam Tranter@adamtranter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

Please repost: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on projects related to understanding the movement ecology of harmful and beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Applications close on: July 31, 2026 To apply and for more information, visit: lnkd.in/g8gFeB3u

🚨New paper🚨 For decades, it was widely assumed tropical species would be hit hardest by #ClimateChange. Turns out climate-related local #extinctions are already more frequent among temperate species. Read our new study 🧵 @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... #BiodiversityLoss #SciSky

Temperate local extinctions from climate change are outpacing tropical extinctions - Nature Climate Change

The authors analyse global-scale resurvey data for 5,151 species to reveal the sensitivity of tropical versus temperate species to climate change. They show significantly higher frequencies of local e...

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Tomorrow marks the start of the major annual conference for tropical biologists and those of us based at Florida’s public universities can’t attend because doing so would violate state law. www.atbc2026.org

Beneath our feet lies an underground fungal network stretching an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometres 🍄🌍 These fungi help plants grow, move carbon into soils and support entire ecosystems, yet we rarely talk about them. But don’t worry, it’s nothing like The Last of Us… yet 👀

Beneath our feet lies a fungal superhighway stretching 68 quadrillion miles

Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth—and scientists have now mapped it for the first time. Researchers estimate that these underground netwo...

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So excited to announce our search for 4 postdocs (funded by the Simons Foundation) who will use genomics to "test how ecological interactions, natural selection, natural enemies, hybridization & environmental gradients shape...tropical tree communities" in Panama: stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... ...1

People who confidently declare that all cats are "mean" really have no idea that they're telling on themselves for having boundary and consent issues.

Interested in a Postdoc on how brains/ANNs learn and represent visual/semantic concepts in Osaka, Japan? Check out the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships (up to 2 yr). I'd be happy to host postdocs to come work in my lab at CiNet, Osaka! Info🧵👇 Please repost! #neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠💻 /1

About the Program (Standard)｜Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan｜Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

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AI, Comparative Advantage, and the Next Decade of Ecological Research. Food for thought @jdrakephd.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #ecopubs

I am hiring! My former postdocs have all gone on to great ongoing roles, so I am now looking for 2 new postdocs in dynamic vegetation modelling: Modelling vegetation-fire interactions in Australia Modelling Australian vegetation distributions Details linked below - please share!

Interesting. After hosting a press conference at Bonn climate talks to "defend the science", European governments seek to divert green investment funds towards fossil fuels in the midst of a historic heatweave

Marianne Gros@mariannegros.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🥵 It's hot in here. Europe is sweating through a record-breaking heatwave that's killing people, trees, and destroying crops. Meanwhile in Brussels: EU governments push to divert green investment funds towards fossil fuel expansion. Read the full story 👇 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

Amazing opportunity to conduct caribou research with real conservation impact! @wilderness.org is hiring a postdoc to model road effects on caribou. I'm part of the team — great people, supervised by the excellent Tim Fullman. Apply by July 19! thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.com/jobs/25324d2...

NEW RESEARCH 🔍 #Aging and early life adversity are associated with increased mortality risk. But how similar are they at the molecular level? We investigated #epigenetic profiles across tissues in macaques and you can find the full story in our @science.org article! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Age and early life adversity shape heterogeneity of the epigenome across tissues in macaques

Age and early life adversity (ELA) are key determinants of health, but whether they affect similar physiological mechanisms across tissues is unknown. We generated DNA methylation (DNAm) profiles acro...

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Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick

Megaphone News@megaphone.news · 4mo ago

Mona Khalil spent over 20 years protecting sea turtles on Mansouri Beach. After she was injured in an Israeli attack, activists continued her initiative at Rmeileh Beach, where they protected the first loggerhead nest of 73 eggs on Thursday. youtu.be/fbBKzK4JNRc

Just published in @pnasnexus.org : our collaboration with Soft BioRobotics Perception Lab (IIT, Genova) reveals how Asian elephant trunk skin combines protection, grasping and tactile sensing—a blueprint for soft robotic skins. doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

Functional anisotropy of the elephant trunk skin: A biological blueprint for grasping, protection, and tactile sensing

Abstract. Muscular hydrostats, like the elephant trunk, face a fundamental biomechanical conflict between robust protection and delicate manipulation. How

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before I was an established academic I made some dumb, derisive comment about somebody's high-profile paper to a senior colleague He was sorta quiet and then said "you know, it's easy to complain about other scientists' success. Far harder to actually do something important for science"