ISBE2026 has come to an end! Over the past week we've shared exciting science, inspiring discussions, and started new collaborations. We hope all our delegates leave Turin energized by the unique atmosphere that only this city can offer, with fresh perspectives and lasting memories of ISBE2026.

Please contact Paolo in case you have bird tracking data to share

Now @pbecciu.bsky.social is presening first findings of his monumental meta-analysis of natal dispersal patterns across bird species worldwide @isbe2026.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social

🚨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

🚨Very happy to share our new paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🦉 We show that barn owl colour morphs do not simply experience moonlight differently — they hunt differently under it. White morphs appear to turn bright moonlight into a hunting advantage. 1/3 #movementecology #barnowl #moon

Cell Press@cellpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Barn owl color morphs hunt differently in moonlight" Learn more in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol... Kim Schalcher, @pbecciu.bsky.social, @owlsforpeace.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

"Barn owl color morphs hunt differently in moonlight" Learn more in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol... Kim Schalcher, @pbecciu.bsky.social, @owlsforpeace.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

📰 News Recherche Les chouettes effraies blanches visent la lune pour tétaniser et capturer leurs proies. Explications dans une étude menée par des biologistes @owlsforpeace.bsky.social @pbecciu.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social 👉 www.unil.ch/news/fr/1780...

Viser la lune, ça ne leur fait pas peur

Les chouettes blanches tirent activement profit de la réflexion de la lune sur leur plumage pour tétaniser et capturer leurs proies: pour maximiser leur visibilité – et donc l'effet de surprise provoq...

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This week, we're hosting an international workshop focusing on decoding animal movement. We're happy to welcome 40 participants from all continents! #EUFLYNET @biologists.bsky.social

An amazing online resource 🙏 I'll be following along!

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛@rmcelreath.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜 But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair. 📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e @animalecology.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social

#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com @behavecol.bsky.social

Ancient coffins aren't just for Dracula. They can provide clues to what it felt like to Walk the earth thousands of years ago. Just in time for #Halloween, a spooky story from @science.org

Tree rings from ancient coffins offer clues to Earth’s past

Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts

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Dispersal is a fascinating and fundamental aspect of life! If you are a student that want to advance the knowledge of natal dispersal in birds, this opportunity is a great start! 🐦🌍 Also have a look at our broader projects: vogelwarte.shinyapps.io/DispersalDat... - www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/...

Paolo Becciu@pbecciu.bsky.social · last yr.

🐦Master Thesis Opportunity at Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology. www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...

🚨 2nd master’s project! Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦 Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...

Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data. Info and application at emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details #postdoc #seabirds #Genomics

🚨New paper out Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉 doi.org/10.1016/j.is... @unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology

This is how you connect people to nature through science. Well done @theguardian.com ! 🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...

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🚨 Master’s project! Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦 Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...

Happy to be included in the ‘Understanding Migration’ virtual issue at Functional Ecology — alongside many influential papers 🐦🎉 #birdmigration #movementecology #ornithology @funecology.bsky.social @besmovesig.bsky.social 👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Understanding migration: Functional Ecology

<em>Functional Ecology</em> journal publishes high-impact research providing a mechanistic understanding of ecological pattern and process from the organismic to ecosystem scale.

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A behind the scene story that exemplifies what can happen if brilliant and motivated people work together to turn cheap ideas into precious outcome. methodsblog.com/2025/08/28/c...

Citizen scientist coders for wildlife conservation – a MoveApps story

Post provided by Andrea Kölzsch. I am a movement ecologist and have until recently worked as a PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany. My research focusses, o…

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A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ

Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds

Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

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Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University

With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

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📢 Abstract submissions for Animal Behaviour Live Annual Conference are now OPEN! 🗓 Deadline: 7 Sept 2025 🎤 Choose from: 🔹 15-min live or recorded talk 🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster (our classic format!) 📄 Submit here: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org #ABL2025

Our latest nutcracker paper is out! In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱 #ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @matthiastschumi.bsky.social

Un grazie speciale a @salvonferre.bsky.social per essersi appassionato alla storia e alle ricerche che Letizia @campioni-leti.bsky.social ed io(in minima parte)stiamo portando avanti sul Petrello delle Bermuda. Non fatevi sfuggire questo racconto avvicente www.fanpage.it/kodami/il-ri... @fanpage.it

New paper out in the lab on collective gaze following in pigeons in iScience! Coolest experimental design ever🤭

Universität Konstanz@uni-konstanz.de · last yr.

As humans, we tend to intuitively follow the gazes of others. But do pigeons do this, too? And what role does group behaviour play in the process? A behavioural experiment by the #UniKonstanz Cluster of Excellence @cbehav.bsky.social in collaboration with Kyoto University: https://t1p.de/v6otj

After three years of hard work, @myrene_ventures has published her first scientific paper! 🎉 It suggests Tawaki might handle our changing world better than many other penguins. It’s Open Access - go have a read! doi.org/10.7717/peer...

🚨New paper out🚨 We used fine-scale GPS, depth & accelerometry data to reveal foraging activity of the endangered Bermuda petrel. Thanks: @campioni-leti.bsky.social & collab. effort of Bermuda Conserv. Dept, Canad. Wildlife Service & ISPA Portugal A thread 🧵 #seabirds #biologging #movementecology

Fine-Scale Movement Data Reveal Primarily Surface Foraging and Nocturnal Flight Activity in the Endangered Bermuda Petrel | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

💡 We are writing a systematic review article about physical properties of light and attractiveness to seabirds in the Norwegian Arctic and are in need for some benchmark literature to evaluate our systematic search! Can anyone help? Please share 💡