Check it animal behavior peeps in the Australasian region.

ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · last yr.

Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May. All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025

Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May. All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025

Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025 See you all in Armidale!

ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · last yr.

We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025 Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025

My sabbatical this semester is focused on finishing projects that have languished. This study was completed in 2017! We tested how different interactions with humans affect CORT levels in budgerigars, including whether stress transmits socially between neighbors - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The effects of human presence, restraint, and stressed neighbors on corticosterone levels in domesticated budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Limiting stress during interactions between captive animals and humans is important for effective husbandry. One physiological change during the vertebrate stress response is the release of glucocorti...

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The illustrated ‘Just So’ series in @nzgeo.bsky.social is a total delight! The very talented @rebekahwhite.bsky.social and Giselle Clarke have outdone themselves with their piece on memory in the December issue It even features my favourite old (toutouwai) guy Spark! www.nzgeo.com/stories/forg...

Forget me not

If our memories make us who we are, what’s it like to have a different type of memory entirely? What can animals remember? Do goldfish have a memory longer than three seconds? And can plants remember ...

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I'm building a Starter Pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists. It's hard to gather usernames using the search tool. Please add your name to this thread if you want to be added!

Omg. I didn’t know how much I needed this.

FayeFlix@wingedwolf94.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Anatomy of a Borb. By fluffing up their feathers, they trap tiny pockets of air close to their bodies, which acts as insulation. Helping them regulate their temperature.

How about a great big cup of Eat My Nuts, Jeff Bezos? https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-my-nuts-jeff-bezos-collection

I'm hiring a post-doc! Come work with me on emperor penguins using SAR imagery - UC is a great place to work and New Zealand is even better than all the advertisements you've ever seen. 🧪🌍🦑🦉 jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...

Boosting this! I’m still recruiting for two positions!

Jeanne Timmons@mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 2y ago

The BEAST Lab (Biodiversity & Environments Across Space & Time) is looking to recruit 2 #graduate #students for Fall, 2024: 1. MS Position: Systems Approaches to Understanding the New Arctic 2. MS or PhD Position Learn more from @jacquelyngill.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Apropos of nothing in particular, if you happen to live in Texas…

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3y ago

John Devine, one of the TX Supreme Court judges that issued an order preventing a pregnant woman whose unborn child has a fatal defect from getting an abortion, was arrested several times for blocking abortion clinics. His wife carried a risky pregnancy to term. The child died.

Me, An Old, in my environmental law class: y’all don’t understand, we heard about acid rain ALL THE TIME as kids. The fact that we’ve nearly eradicated it is amazing. My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain Me: EXACTLY

Swapna Krishna@swapnakrishna.com · 3y ago

The other day I was like “you know something we heard a lot about as kids was acid rain, why don’t we hear about it anymore” TURNS OUT we fixed it???

Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds! 🐦💤🎶 #birds #sleep #learning www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

The speaker shenanigans are happening because y’all laughed too hard at Britain and the lettuce last year

If only some system existed for informing the public would highlight this instead of transcribing claims about lawless cities.

So proud of this wonderful ecology & animal behaviour bunch - coming out with a PhD is hard enough, doing it through Covid times shows how strong & resilient these women are. Fabulous to celebrate with them yesterday at UOA graduation. 🌏🧪 Projects on myna vocalisations, feral cats & pūkekos

My sister just sent me this picture. I teach study design today. Yes, this just got added to my slides. #Episky