Science teachers of the South, don't forget to sign up for our evolution workshop coming up in Athens, #Georgia on June 20! It's totally free to attend -- we even pay out stipends. Hope you can come! 😊 forms.gle/w3ootwfzf791... #TeacherEd #TeacherSky #EduSky #iteachbio #SciEd

Congrats to the 12 recipients of the 2025 AWI Scholarship! These students—selected from 930+ applicants—will each receive $3,000 toward their post-secondary education expenses to continue working on behalf of animals, in college and beyond. Learn more: awionline.org/press-releas...

AWI Scholarship Winners Campaign for a Better World for Animals

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to invest in future leaders who seek to improve the lives of animals—from advancing medical research techniq...

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We are hiring! Jointly with the Social Minds Lab at UMich, we are accepting applications for a full-time lab coordinator for research on cognition in #children, adults, and #primates. Read more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...

WWGD?? …what would Greta do? She’d make $5 and take our survey! Anthropologists - we want YOUR OPINION on how field work affects the environment. Take our survey, support research efforts, and make some quick cash. asu.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=4l2mtUYFwKMECHrPeIW9eQ%253D%253D

Join us 4/16 12 Noon April Investigator Talks Series: Longevity in Families - tracking lifespan, healthspan, and biobehavioral aging in rhesus monkeys. ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I started undergrad as an English major with a minor in Creative Writing (poetry)! I find that lots of primatologists are also creatives. So interesting @angachorn.bsky.social

Dr. Angie Achorn@angachorn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fun fact: My first publications were not scientific articles, but rather, angsty poems 😂 Poetry can take the form of self-expression, connecting with others, cultural heritage, political activism, you name it. I missed #WorldPoetryDay yesterday, but rereading some of my favorites today 😊

Two of our science managers were busy last week answering questions from almost 400 students in I'm a Scientist chats for British Science Week, from year 4s curious about the 3Rs to year 11s asking how we can replace animals in research. Here's an example of how we explain 3Rs to school students 👇

I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here@imascientist.org.uk · 2y ago

Last week was our busiest British Science Week yet! 250 classes from 82 different schools connected with 265 scientists. It's fair to say there were plenty of conversations taking place 🌟 Take a look at our report, highlighting some of the stand-out moments: imascientist.org.uk/2025/03/bsw25/

Kanzi was a legend, a trailblazer,acutely intelligent. Through Kanzi, humans had an intimate look inside a bonobo’s mind and heart. Rest in peace and may your memory be a blessing, dear Kanzi.

Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 2y ago

I won't forget spending time w/ Kanzi years ago (while observing/ filming gestures in bonobos). We played, conversed--he was far better with lexigrams than I, and he understood my English. His acute mind taught us all so much. Rest in peace. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-... #anthropology #Kanzi

Preuss’s monkeys (Allochrocebus preussi) are native to Cameroon, Nigeria, and Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. Distribution is restricted to 8 population segments. They live in groups of 9-12 individuals. Threatened by habitat fragmentation and hunting. Endangered. Photo courtesy of Brent Huffman.

Hi Bluesky, we are looking for a PhD student for an interdisciplinary project on thermal imaging & welfare in hens. Applicants from diverse scientific backgrounds welcome -if you're interested in welfare, physiology, machine learning, imaging tech..get in touch :-) www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

*cries in PCR*

Free t-shirt for renewing your AAAS membership #InclusionIsElemental 🧪 #HPS

Chronic fatigue/idiopathic hypersomnia is such a lonely diagnosis, especially in academia. Currently trying to explain to a colleague why I didn’t respond to their time-sensitive email sooner (I was asleep for 21 hours straight) and there just…aren’t the right words.

My rescued ball python was raised in very dry conditions and has always struggled with his sheds. Recently purchased a “humidity hide” to see if it would help, and look what he left me this morning! Go Fenrir! 🐍 #snakes

Adopted two lil rattys over the weekend. Meet Rufus and Remy! Made the poor decision (for my productivity) to install a pet cam outside their cage and I’ve been watching them check out their new space for *checks watch* 3 hours straight 🐀 enrichment for everybody!

Back from a lovely trip home to Virginia! But I’ve learned my lesson NOT to respond “just some books!” when someone asks what you’d like for Christmas. How it started (the first unwrapped book) versus how it ended (16 books and an extra checked bag later…) 🫠

Last day of teaching my first class of undergraduates. Will I bawl my eyes out? Stay tuned to find it!

New type of Neanderthal hearth found in Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar, dated 65 kya Oldest evidence of Levoglucosan and retene A Neanderthal's specialised burning structure compatible with tar obtention 🏺🧪 Juan Ochando, Clive Finlayson @clivefin.bsky.social et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Be sure to join the ASP Conservation Committee in our upcoming webinar series!

🧪 Join @NC3Rs for the Experimental Design Assistant Virtual Workshop! 📅 Thursday, 16 January 2025 ⏰ 9:00 - 11:00 (GMT) 📍 Online Learn to optimize your experiments & improve reproducibility while adhering to the 3Rs. nc3rs.org.uk/events/exper... #3Rs #AnimalResearch

Experimental Design Assistant virtual workshop

An interactive online workshop on using the Experimental Design Assistant (EDA), online software to help researchers design robust in vivo experiments.

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Imagine looking at a bird this gorgeous and calling it a “rat with wings” Couldn’t be me, I instead bring my camera to shopping centers for close-ups Thread of Rock Pigeon portraits:

Funded PhD position: promoting play in adult farmed animals www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_position...

Embracing my inner Miss Frizzle for today’s lecture on Human Evolution 💀🧬

We should be worried about the UK's capacity to adequately monitor and enforce animal welfare regulations www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK failing animals with just one welfare inspector for every 878 farms – report

Only 2.5% of more than 300,000 farms were inspected at least once in 2022 and 2023, researchers find

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I’m very sad to hear that Colin Renfrew, a giant in the field of Prehistoric Archaeology, has joined the realm of the ancients. An academic archaeologist with one foot firmly in the trench, he combined theory & fieldwork with flair - and had a knack for asking the right questions. His work lives on

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I love the concept of Bluesky starter packs, and since I didn’t see one for those of us who study #animal #welfare, decided to make my own! My own network is limited, so PLEASE share and let me know who to add! I’m so excited to connect with all of you! 🐒🐑🐇🐕🐷🐠 go.bsky.app/SctSt3E

So many new followers! Hello! So excited to see a growing academic community in this space. I study primates in both captive and wild environments. For my dissertation, I’m studying landscape genetics in three sympatric primate species at the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in Costa Rica.