"Sexual selection and parental care shape lifespan differences" across mammals and birds https://www.mpg.de/25470066/0926-evan-why-women-live-longer-than-men-150495-x?c=2249

Demographic, behavioral, and ecological data from a long-term field study of wild baboons in Amboseli, Kenya https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680086v1

World-renowned wildlife photographer against the algorithm. Tim Flach and the new challenges he's facing against AI. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word! laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

For the first time, wildebeests have been surveyed using satellite imagery during their epic migration across the Serengeti. The resulting counts are less than half of those from prior estimates. https://scim.ag/46FEGXM

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.

I refuse to be told by a guy who has suggested all neurodivergent Individuals should be institutionalised, and another whose brain was eaten by a worm, that my being autistic is the problem, or a crisis. Autistic individuals aren't the problem, the way we are treated and minimised damn sure is.

Trying to translate their motion into a single frame. not quite working yet but i’m getting closer.

Please share!🙏 🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming year’s awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc

I love that there is a primate art symposium at today's meetings of the American Society of Primatologists to honor Michelle Bezanson and celebrate the primatologists and conservationists who integrate art into their work. ⚱️🐒🌍

I got to see thousands of chimney swifts fly out of a tree and IT WAS AMAZING

duke in the morning

I’m a PhD candidate now!!! (to Mystic i am still Human Food Dispenser)

Early life adversity shapes life history trade-offs between growth and reproduction in free-ranging rhesus macaques https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.11.675677v1

Direct human actions such as hunting and bird deterrence at aquaculture sites kill up to 10% of the populations of some shorebird species migrating along China’s coast each year, suggesting that this direct mortality is an overlooked threat to migratory populations 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@delphinedemoor.bsky.social was present at the Behaviour 2025: XXXVIII International Ethological Congress and took the opportunity to spread the ABC mission 👏 We’ve prepared resources, like logos and email templates, for everyone to reach more students, mentees, donors: linktr.ee/animalbehavi...

"A study, led by Courtney Sexton, has created a vital baseline for dog behavior research. The study, which compiles data from over 47,000 dogs, provides a powerful starting point for understanding the link between health and behavior as dogs age." ➡️ Learn more: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

32 years ago today

🐧Early-growth trajectories affect juvenile survival, age at first reproduction and lifetime fitness in a long-lived seabird, the little penguin ➡️ buff.ly/vfGiKL8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

What's better than one baby ring-tailed lemur? Twins!

1. My first ever paper is out! With @euantheyoung.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social @erikpostma.bsky.social @hannahdugdale.bsky.social How do older siblings, and their sex and age, affect the survival of younger siblings? Find out by checking below. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

Susan Alberts & @samellisq.bsky.social gave beautiful plenary talks showcasing the Amboseli baboons @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social & Southern resident killer whales @whaleresearch.bsky.social - excellent examples of the value of long-term research and the insights we can gain from them.

PSA: If you have elderly parents or grandparents, take the time to interview them about their life and record the conversation. In organizing some recorded tapes this week, I found interviews I did with my grandmother before she died years ago. I'm so glad I have her stories and her voice preserved.

messy lemur catta sketch

We're delighted to award Steve Nowicki the Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award! Steve and his team investigates vocal communication in birds. Steve has a legacy of producing top scientists, mentoring over 26 PhDs & postdocs. He has left a positive lasting mark on the field! www.nowickilab.org

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

Immune genetic and disease surveillance of a wild meerkat population over 20 years shows that tuberculosis imposes strong pathogen-mediated balancing selection on major histocompatibility complex and identifies underlying mechanisms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The first plenary speaker of #Behaviour2025 : Prof Susan Alberts !

#Behaviour2025 – Join us tomorrow for Weaving the MacaqueNet 3.0 & connect with our international community of macaque researchers! 🐒 The workshop is free & open to all, even if you didn’t sign up yet. 📍 We'll be at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, not the main conference venue!

This week on the @science.org podcast--the role of the immune system in endometriosis w/ @meredithwadman.bsky.social 🎧Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness: reactormag.com/creativity-v...

Tissue immunity meets biological sex differences - context is important in the immune system. Another of my reading recommendations during a trip to @iuis-online.bsky.social Congress. From Sonia Sharma, Alicia Gibbons and Erica Ollmann Saphire in @science.org buff.ly/XPN0Tpb

I'm happy to (finally) share the last chapter of my dissertation work. Focusing on DNA methylation levels, we show that admixture increases gene regulatory variation within the Amboseli baboon population. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

🚨Woo our new paper now out in accepted form in @systbiol.bsky.social - We use phylogenetic analyses to argue that the evolution of diverse social contexts has reshaped avian life histories. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2) By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org

How about the NSF GRFP? Does anyone know if/when it will have a new Program Solicitation? We're a month past the date of last year's solicitation now (July 12 in 2024) and there's not a new one up yet. @akallen10.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social @paleophile.bsky.social

the cutest boy

This new #RSOS study conducted a meta-analysis including data from 59 bird and mammal species to investigate the effects of social instability on stress and fitness: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Admixture influences the genetic architecture of DNA methylation in a wild primate hybrid zone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.08.669436v1

Female mountain gorillas can outrank males twice their size... ...and exhibit priority of access to resources over these males Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225008723 Press release: https://www.mpg.de/25119311/0730-evan-it-s-not-just-about-size-150495-x

So happy to see my first PhD paper out royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... With my amazing supervisor @robinmorrison.bsky.social and the @savinggorillas.bsky.social, we examined female dispersal decisions in mountain gorillas.

Mystic has the right idea. too hot to do anything but lie in bed.

Asymmetric life-history trade-offs shape sex-biased longevity patterns https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.23.665274v1

Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? Our Photography Competition is now open for entries until 15 August 2025! Categories include Astronomy, Behaviour, Earth Science & Climatology, Ecology & Environmental Science, and Microimaging: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

We're hiring! Remote work on red wolf behavior 🐺🧪 jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...