Mandy Korstjens
@ahkorstjens.bsky.social
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Prof. In Behavioural Ecology. Bournemouth University, UK. Primatologist. AWEtrails.org and LEAP
My annual trip to Monkey world is always favourite with the students in my Primate Behavioural Ecology module. They especially like the climbing frame. The afternoon sun made the monkeys come out.
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Applicant experience day
@bournemouthecho.bsky.social
today. We ran both a skull practical and a plant ID bingo (in the drizzle, led by our amazing students Stephanie and Skye). Come join us on BSc Ecology and Wildlife conservation next year. We have the best students.
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British Ecological Society
9 days ago
Last December, the Planning and Infrastructure Act quietly became law. But its journey was anything but quiet. We explore what this means, what happens next & why ecologists should care.
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What does the Planning and Infrastructure Act mean for ecology? - British Ecological Society
We explain what the new Act means in practice and why ecologists should be paying close attention.
https://f.mtr.cool/ifnpqpebwb
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Dorset Wildlife Trust
10 days ago
Why are Dorsetโs heathlands so special? ๐ฟ With decades of experience studying Dorsetโs heathland, Dr Lesley Haskins shares why these rare landscapes are more fragile than they appear, and why spring is an important time for the wildlife that depends on them. ๐ฆ๐
bit.ly/400Kqc4
~ Jack ๐ท Paul Dibben
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Tracie McKinney
14 days ago
Calling all primatologists & conservationists! ๐
@doc-webber.bsky.social
& I are looking for best practice around how we train future primatologists for a future special issue of IJP:
link.springer.com/collections/...
Please get in touch for an informal chat about possible contributions.
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Primatology education: Shaping future scholars and conservationists
Primatology is a well-developed specialist area within animal behaviour, ecology, and conservation science. With decades of experience involving remote field ...
https://link.springer.com/collections/ecjhcidhch
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Julie Teichroeb
24 days ago
Whatโs better to read about on Valentineโs Day than our new paper on same-sex sex in Rwenzori colobus? โค๏ธโค๏ธ Monkey love knows no bounds.
can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Colobus Monkeys in a Multilevel Society Show Frequent Adult Male Same-Sex Sexual Behavior with High Recurrence and Low Constraint
https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frdcu.be%2Fe31J9&data=05%7C02%7Cjulie.teichroeb%40utoronto.ca%7Cc68c41eafc78435e62db08de6bfe5fac%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C639066937442747852%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nfWrpvAybj5wfALIDy1sctDQHtwK1M8lbmxRP0nR8vE%3D&reserved=0
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Birds of Poole Harbour
24 days ago
Incredible news! In 2022 The first chick to fledge for 180 years in the South of England was female โ5H1โ. Last year she raised 3 of her own chicks near Rutland including 8R3, which our team ringed. 8R3 was just seen in the Gambia by Fansu Bojang. Great to see 3rd generation Ospreys now thriving!
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Animal Behaviour Collective
28 days ago
Letโs celebrate women and girls in science on this International Day of Women and Girls in Science! UNESCO reports that women represent only 35% of STEM graduates, about 1/3 of researchers worldwide, and just 1/10 STEM leaders.
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I would love to hear from you if you are interested in applying for one of the early career international fellowships to work at a UK university and you have ideas for a solid suitable project.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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International Fellowships 2026
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/schemes/international-fellowships/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=international-fellowships_funding&utm_content=cta
about 2 months ago
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Bat Conservation Trust
about 1 month ago
๐ฆOnly 2 places up for grabs and the booking deadline is TOMORROW, 28 Jan ๐
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
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British Ecological Society
about 1 month ago
The Agricultural Ecology Special Interest Group are excited to invite you to their new monthly online Agro-Ecology Connect coffee mornings, which aim to spark ideas, connections and curiosity within the agro-ecology field. The first session will runย on 31 January, aimed at early-career researchers.
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Bat Conservation Trust
about 1 month ago
๐ฆ Not 1 but 2 NEW exciting vacancies: - Seasonal Bat Advisors for the National Bat Helpline. - Project Officer, Sibrydion y Coedwigoedd/ Whispers of the Woodlands Deadline for both: 9am 16 February. More info:
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
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Jobs / Contracts - About Us - Bat Conservation Trust
Please note: BCT is a Living Wage employer. BCT strives to provide an accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for any pa...
https://www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jobs-careers
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
about 1 month ago
Bird Camps are back! ๐ Apply for a FREE place now โก๏ธ
www.bto.org/birdcamps
If youโre a nature lover aged 11-17 (12-16 in Scotland) join us and fellow nature enthusiasts for a weekend of birding, exploring and nature-based activities. ๐ฆ๐ฆ
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
about 2 months ago
The Youth in Nature Summit is back! ๐Book a FREE ticketโก๏ธ
bit.ly/YouthNatureSu...
๐ Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February. ๐ David Attenborough Building, Cambridge. ๐ Tickets: Free! Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by
Opticron
, Raptor Aid & private donors
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RSPB
about 2 months ago
Taking part in
#BigGardenBirdwatch
today or over the weekend? Head over to our dedicated BGBW feed for all the birdy chat, sightings and joy! PS Yes, of course we want to see your tea-and-biscuit set-ups โ๐ช๐
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Bat Conservation Trust
about 2 months ago
๐ฆ Volunteers are at the very heart of bat conservation in the UK - without their dedication and support, much of our work would not be possible. And you can be part of it!
www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
about 2 months ago
๐ข We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now โก๏ธ
bit.ly/CurlewPhD
The student will be based at
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years. ๐ Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February
#Ornithology
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Butterfly Conservation (Dorset Branch)
about 2 months ago
Lots of work parties coming up to save Marsh Fritillary and Duke of Burgundy. Do join us if you can. Booking essential
www.dorsetbutterflies.com/events/
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Events
Please book with the event leader in advance โ anytime up to the afternoon before the event. Please include your mobile phone number and email address, as we may have to contact you if numberโฆ
https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/events/
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Markus Fendt
about 2 months ago
Our group at the University of Magdeburg ๐ฉ๐ช is looking for a motivated PhD candidate to study cognitive fleixbility and uncertainty in mice within the DZPG/C-I-R-C (
c-i-r-c.de
). ๐ง ๐ญ For more information, please see:
www.med.ovgu.de/Karriere/Ste...
#PhDPosition
#BehavioralNeuroscience
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Medizinische Fakultรคt/Universitรคtsklinikum Magdeburg A. รถ. R. - PhD position (f/m/d) in behavioral neuroscience - Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology
https://www.med.ovgu.de/Karriere/Stellenangebote/Forschung+_+Wissenschaft/PhD+position+%28f_m_d%29+in+behavioral+neuroscience+_+Institute+for+Pharmacology+and+Toxicology-p-47856.html
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I would love to hear from you if you are interested in applying for one of the early career international fellowships to work at a UK university and you have ideas for a solid suitable project.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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International Fellowships 2026
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/schemes/international-fellowships/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=international-fellowships_funding&utm_content=cta
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
The Birdsong Lab is recruiting graduate students! Links in the comments. Please repost!
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
about 2 months ago
Not long left to get your ticket! Book now โก๏ธ
www.bto.org/our-work...
Join us at our 2026 Annual Conference in Northampton on Saturday 28 February for a full day of inspiring talks from expert speakers, plus plenty of opportunity to chat to fellow birders. ๐ฆ Booking closes Sunday 18 January!
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Taรฏ Chimpanzee Project
2 months ago
Watch how the Ape Social Mind Lab at the
@isc-mj.bsky.social
together with colleagues from ENES in St. Etienne and
@mpicbs.bsky.social
,
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
, and others start to crack the chimpanzee code of vocal communication. Now on the TCP YouTube channel
youtube.com/watch?v=ZIsr...
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Catherine Crockford & Roman Wittig: Cracking the Chimpanzee Code
YouTube video by Tai Chimpanzee Project
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZIsrIt470mI&si=lPGiGiBkxrmY_o0v
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Jocelyn Poissant
2 months ago
The Canada Government will offer 400 postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in early 2026. If you have a background in wildlife microbiome or quantitative genetics and are interested to apply to work on microbiome variation in Sable Island horses or caribou, feel free to get in touch
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
2 months ago
Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? ๐ฆข Find and request a site at
app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
Thank you!
#UKBirding
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MammalWeb
2 months ago
1 week left to apply for this PhD. โ Field surveys โ Cutting-edge modelling โ Collaboration with
@ptes-org.bsky.social
๐ Deadline: 5-1-26
#PhDOpportunity
#Ecology
#Conservation
#CitizenScience
#WildlifeMonitoring
@prof-r-hill.bsky.social
@ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social
@chrissuthy.bsky.social
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gaia.eco - biodiversity analytics on demand
2 months ago
Weโre looking for B2B SaaS salesmen across the globe. If youโd enjoy proliferating GIS e-shop for biodiversity data, let us know in DM. David
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We have
#academic
#jobs
available
@bournemouthuni.bsky.social
at our very diverse School of Life and Environmental Sciences (UK). In Ecology, Sustainability, and Biomedical Sciences. Deadline for applications 15th January.
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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Vacancy Search Results - Bournemouth University
View our Latest Vacancies
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2 months ago
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Vacancy Search Results - Bournemouth University | Amanda Korstjens
#lecturer positions at our School of Life and Environmental Sciences
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda-korstjens-90150a2_vacancy-search-results-bournemouth-university-activity-7410689453612191745-N4uu?utm_source=share
2 months ago
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Mongabay
3 months ago
Environmental journalism is under pressure โ exactly where itโs needed most. The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led. Apply Dec 15โFeb 1. Learn more:
buff.ly/UI8X5ur
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Join us
@bournemouthuni.bsky.social
at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences.
#Lecturer
#academicjobs
in
#Biomedical
Science,
#ecology
(especially
#Marine
Biology please), and
#sustainability
science.
vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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Vacancy Search Results - Bournemouth University
View our Latest Vacancies
https://vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy-search-results.aspx
3 months ago
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Bat Conservation Trust
3 months ago
Contact and get involved with your local bat group and get involved with bat conservation in your area.
www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
#BatsNeedFriends
#bats
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Suvi Ruuskanen
4 months ago
3-year
#PhD
student
#position
open in my group
@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
Finland on
#gut
#microbe
- host communication in
#birds
. DL 20.12, start date in April2026.
#microbiome
#metabolomics
#vesicles
, please RT
ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...
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Doctoral Researcher: Gut microbiome metabolism and molecular mechanisms mediating gut microbiome-host interactions?
A 3-year Doctoral Researcher position is available at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyvรคskylรค, Finland, in the group of Dr. Suvi Ruuskanen. The Doctoral Resear...
https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctoral-researcher-gut-microbiome-metabolism-and-molecular-mechanisms-mediating-gut-microbiome-host-interactions/mByngW
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Bat Conservation Trust
3 months ago
๐ฆ (thread) We've added more courses and events to our bat calendar! Here are some highlights for the first quarter of 2026: - Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February. - Consultant's Forum. Online on the 10 February.
www.bats.org.uk/events
๐ท(c) Hugh Clark
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
3 months ago
Just landed! ๐ฆ Our Raptor ID Training Courses are live! Book a space โก๏ธ
www.bto.org/training
#Ornithology
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison
3 months ago
If you're interested in finding out more about the research on the mantis shrimp in ๐ณ๐ฟ then check out this fully funded PhD!!!
@asab.org
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Will Allen
3 months ago
Currently recruiting PhD students to follow up on this result - please come to have a chat if interested
#ASABWinter2025
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Orangutan Land Trust
3 months ago
Devastating news for the Tapanuli orangutan. "The destroyed areas would have contained some 35 orangutans, and considering the violence of the destruction it wouldn't surprise us if they are all dead. That's a major blow to the population."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tapanuli orangutans: Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4q1l0ly7wo
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
3 months ago
Exciting news!
@btocymru.bsky.social
is hosting its first Welsh Raptor Convention. Book a spot โก๏ธ
www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026
๐ฆ Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch!
#BirdingWales
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Bat Conservation Trust
3 months ago
๐ฆInterested in a bat-related PhD? ๐ Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with
@orlyrazgour.bsky.social
,
@bfraser.bsky.social
l and BCT, based at the University of Exeter. Application deadline 8 January 2026:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/applying-genomic-approaches-to-understand-bat-population-declines-nerc-gw4-dtp-phd-studentship-for-september-2026-entry/?p191250
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OrangutanCaring
3 months ago
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating floods in Sumatra. Batang Toru (home of the Tapanuli orangutan), and the Sumatran Rescue Alliance have been badly hit. Please support via: โข Orangutan Information Centre
orangutancentre.org
โข
@theorangutanproject.org
theorangutanproject.org
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Phyllis Lee
3 months ago
Read every word of this blogpost. Read it and weep for what is being lost. And to celebrate what Katie has achieved.
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Bat Conservation Trust
3 months ago
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
Our findings underscore the value of extensive hedgerow management in promoting on-farm bat activity and support the integration of simple hedgerow quality assessment protocols into agri-environment ...
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70205
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Dorset Wildlife Trust
3 months ago
Turn your
#BlackFriday
green by shopping with Easyfundraising! @easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here ๐
bit.ly/46ndafO
~ Jack ๐ธ Natalie Dunn
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British Ecological Society
4 months ago
๐ญAre you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing? We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
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Christos C. Ioannou
4 months ago
@asab.org
Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol! Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<ยฃ2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<ยฃ750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฟ๏ธ๐ฆ
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Animal Behaviour Collective
4 months ago
Happy Thanksgiving Week!! ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ Here at
@abcmicrogrants.bsky.social
we are giving thanks to all our wonderful donors ๐ ๐and stellar volunteers ๐ ๐who keep Team ABC running throughout the year! ๐ช
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Primate Behavioral Ecology
4 months ago
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group
@uni-goettingen.de
&
@primatenzentrum.bsky.social
. Projects will be part of
@rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social
&
@sfb1528.bsky.social
!! Details in thread. Please re-post!
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Katie Cronin, PhD
4 months ago
#Job
in
#animalwelfare
at University of Rhode Island! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife.
#academic
@universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
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British Ecological Society
4 months ago
We have two upcoming webinars with the Ecological Engineering Group and the Rewilding Group ๐ Make sure to register ๐ฉ
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