Amazing plenary talk at #ISBE2026 today, 22/07/26 #snowleopards

What a lovely plenary by @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social. I learn something new every time about 🕷💤 Just image all-day follows on tiny jumping spiders, in the rain forest. Way to go!! @isbe2026.bsky.social

Enjoying great plenaries, talks and social events at @isbe2026.bsky.social in Turin. @mdammhahn.bsky.social

It begins! @isbe2026.bsky.social is officially on! I'll attempt to skeet from most talks I attend o follow this thread to increase your FOMO levels if you're not already here 😀

At this year's DZG meeting in Münster @ahanaaurora.bsky.social @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social, me and others are organizing a symposium titled: Non-invasive Methods in Behavioural Ecology: Use of Thermography. We have some free spots. You can register here: dzg-meeting.de/en/satellite...

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 deadline for the abstract submission got extented to July 1st.

Rebecca Rimbach@urban-squirrel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us for the next DZG meeting in Münster (September 7-11 2026). The line up is amazing! Looking forward to seeing many people here. 🐭🐸🐖🐟🕷🦇🧪🧬🦴

The abstract submission deadline is approaching fast (June 15th). Hurry up and submit your abstract! ⏰️⌛️ #DZG2026

Rebecca Rimbach@urban-squirrel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us for the next DZG meeting in Münster (September 7-11 2026). The line up is amazing! Looking forward to seeing many people here. 🐭🐸🐖🐟🕷🦇🧪🧬🦴

Join us for the next DZG meeting in Münster (September 7-11 2026). The line up is amazing! Looking forward to seeing many people here. 🐭🐸🐖🐟🕷🦇🧪🧬🦴

We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Tinbergen Prize Winner (@ethoges.bsky.social) @ahanaaurora.bsky.social is joining our list of plenary speakers for #ECBB2026.

European Conference on Behavioural Biology@ecbb2026.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Missed our #ECBB2026 Plenary Speaker reveals? Not to worry! Here is a quick recap of all the excellent speakers we'll be welcoming at September's meeting!

There were also 3 awsome and very inspiring plenaries at this year's meeting of the @ethoges.bsky.social: Thomas Bugnyar (sadly I took no picture), Rosemary Grant and Lars Chittka 🐦🐝

We got to see the famous geese at the Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle in Grünau during the meeting of the @ethoges.bsky.social

5 days, 5 reasons to apply for a Lectureship @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (Day 2): Behavioural & Sensory Ecology & Responding to Anthropogenic Change Theme includes animal senses, underpinning behavioural theory & mitigating human impacts www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/rese... Job: tinyurl.com/3ebphy34

🗞️ The IUCN SSC has launched a Woodlouse Specialist Group. Woodlice are a group of 4,100+ species that drive litter decomposition, nutrient cycling and soil water retention, and yet have been largely overlooked in conservation planning🪵

For the love of mammoths, if you're not going to review a manuscript please decline right away. Don't just ignore the reminders and then let the system auto-decline after two weeks. Happy holidays to all who say "no" in a timely manner, and may those who suggest alternatives have a happy New Year.

We have a new paper out! @jzoology.bsky.social 🐀🧪🐀🧪

Carsten Schradin@carsten-schradin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Adaptation to harshness is fundamentally different from the adaptive stress response: Results from a 20 years long case study in African striped mice zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new paper! Led by @miaryras.bsky.social with @wolfgangwuster.bsky.social and others 🦎

Journal of Experimental Biology@jexpbiol.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Winters are warming faster than summers, which could affect hibernating ectotherms, but it turns out that wall lizards cope well with warm winters & mini winter heatwaves, although they suffer more DNA damage, so the effects of warm winters may be concealed journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

IT'S THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN!! 🧪🦢🐸🐀 Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society is open! Join the science & networking fun in Grünau im Almtal 16-21 February 2026 univie.eventsair.com/etho26-dkcog...

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ALT: a black and white photo of a cat and a duck standing on their hind legs

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Award alert! 🎖️🚨 Every other year, the Ethologische Gesellschaft awards the Niko Tinbergen Award to outstanding post-doc level researchers in Behavioural Biology (<=6yrs post PhD exam). ...and this year is one of these years! Please send us your nominations! 🫵 Infos: www.etho-ges.de/wordpress/aw...

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

Want to know everything about bird smell? I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

2025. How human activity impacts urban squirrels' problem-solving abilities phys.org/news/2025-09...

How human activity impacts urban squirrels' problem-solving abilities

How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester an...

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Come and work with us! Three new academic posts (including Animal Behaviour) and superb facilities in the new Life & Mind Building

Oxford Biology@biology.ox.ac.uk · 11mo ago

Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Loving the colors of the sea

Actual footage of me on my way into the weekend...

When you set traps to capture small rodents, but a least weasel only sees an easy meal

Enjoying lizard fieldwork in Croatia

Do animals dream? Here is a bank vole, sleeping (and dreaming?) in a metabolic chamber

Fieldwork prep has started! Looking forward to the next field season here in Münster. Let's hope there are loads of small rodents around