There is something I increasingly wonder about: Should wildlife biologists continue posting pictures of themselves holding wild animals into a camera? I don't mean those pictures showing us at work, documenting what we do. I mean: a smiling someone in portrait mode with an animal in hand.

Sometimes the timing of things that happen can't be beaten. To mark transition and progression, the moveTraits paper was published just before year's end. A movement based trait database. dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... @larissabeumer.bsky.social @thomasmueller.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social

It is time to say Goodbye 🥺 Today is the last day of #Animove at #OTS #LaSelva in Costa Rica. It was two weeks of fun in the jungle with many motivated #animalmovement researchers learning different methods for analysing their data. Stay in touch!

#Animove in #CostaRica 🐸🦇🦜🐒🕷️🦂🦥 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @safilab.bsky.social

2025. Burden of a failed error culture in biologging. #AnimalWelfare #AnimalEthics via @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How can we learn about animals that hide from view? IMPRS student @galarconnieto.bsky.social, working in @safilab.bsky.social tells us more about his research on oilbirds! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/lGagO...

Most people are right- some left-handed or ambidextrous - and so are honey buzzards when turning in thermals! But, unlike us, mastering flight means these birds must overcome laterality as they grow. A gem of a preprint led by @enourani.bsky.social. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This could be useful. ECODATA an #OpenSource tool to visualize and analyze #AnimalTracking data with custom geospatial layers to create powerful animations 🌍 #Wildlife #Ecology #GeospatialData #Conservation besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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...

Do you use Earth Observation #data for #wildlife #ecology? Take this survey to share how you use remotesensing, climate and weather data. Part of SOS (www.dfg-sos.de), a project of @dlr-de.bsky.social, @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, ‪@uni-wuerzburg.de‬ survey.lamapoll.de/EarthObserva...

Preprint @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social arising from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social animal welfare workshops. How can we develop a better error culture in animal biologging where we can learn from our, and others, mistakes and experiences? ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Apply for a MSCA fellowship to pursue a postdoc in your dream research institution in Europe.

Although I stay out of politics, today going to work this image popped up in my mind.

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We are hiring! We look for a person with programming skills in R and/or Python. Application deadline is March 14th 2025. All details here: www.ab.mpg.de/654153/job_f...

I am trying to find 2 reviewers for a paper on camera traps and predator-prey interactions. 16 invitations sent, 6 declined, the rest are ghosting me, and we're 60 days into submission. Is it that Peer community in Ecology is asking to review? We might be deserving the mess we find ourselves in.

Just returning from a kickoff meeting at the Schneeferner Umweltforschungsstation located on top of Germany. A most stunning place to start a DFG Forschungsgruppe with high ambitions in joining ecology and remote sensing through cutting edge IT research.

You can't have your cake and eat it! There would be no cherished and social media advertised papers WITHOUT EVERYONE (corresponding a MS) also reviewing AT LEAST 4 MSs. Not even speaking of serving as editor etc. Be a mutualist not a parasite! You are risking to die with your host. Happy holidays!

Animals sensing the environment. Knowing your animals can provide whole new perspectives in how we interact with our natural world. www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

The US NIH has announced a competition to develop a metric to reward data sharing that might be of interest to some of you. The first place prize is US$500,000.00 (only US entities/citizens or permanent residents eligible to win the $) https://buff.ly/3V7oytb

⏰A reminder that applications for #PhD projects in IMPRS-QBEE close on Sunday. Projects starting in 2025 span: #locusts #moths #meerkats #lemurs #hyenas #nematodes #baboons Apply here: ➡️https://imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current @unikonstanz.bsky.social

Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in! www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...

We have a new exciting preprint to report on, which is worth of our first ever post here. Do you know about the three forces eagles use to soar? There are thermals, orographic updrafts (wind pushing up hills) and ...? The mysterious third: surfing gravity waves. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...