POSTDOC ALERT🚨 Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today! We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January. Collaboration with @dustinrubenstein.com @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : ) Please share !! www.eifwooster.org/opportunities

Just going to leave this here for #TeamBird to check out 😎 #BirdsVsFish

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

This is excellent: Tips and Tricks for Writing Constructive Peer Reviews Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!

🚨 We are recruiting a full-time Research Programmer to push forward several exciting machine learning projects in the lab! Work on computational behavior and joint neural/behavior models. Start date flexible, can be a pre-grad-school position or longer term. recruiting2.ultipro.com/SCR1003TSRI/...

Our call for symposia now open! We are now accepting submissions for symposia, with submissions for oral/poster presentations invited from 31 January 2026. For more info, or to download the proposal form, visit our conference page 👇 www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...

LOVE THIS!! and even more after I saw the Epilogue content 😍

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...

📢 APPLY NOW... ...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶 Application deadline: 30 January 2026 Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...

I know lots of our members love outreach - here is such a great opportunity to directly share your excitement for your research with students!

🪶🌎🧪 WE'RE HIRING!!! Want to band fabulous birds on a far-flung island in the Western Pacific? We need to fill this position ASAP. More information here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...

🌸Anemones! 📈Plasticity! 😨Startle responses! 🌡️Temperature fluctuations! Our December #ASABEditorsChoice for #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "Temperature-driven plasticity in boldness, its predictability and learning in the beadlet anemone, Actinia equina" Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123353

UF Biology is searching for an Asst Prof in Evolution, Ecology of Infectious Disease - spread the word! @ufresearch.bsky.social @ufgeog.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

Woowhoo - congrats!! Who doesn't love to eavesdrop on some good bird neighbor disputes?

We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance. Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.

🐒 With or without you? 🤔 📌 A recent study shows how the presence of conspecifics affects the #personality expression of #marmosets. 🤩 #animalbehaviour #primates #sociality #callithrix 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 Important reminder for those who have an earlier grant deadline for #ASABSpring2025 March 23-25 in Bristol 🚨

Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!! 8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean

We know a lot of our membership either works on, or at least cares, about endangered species. There are recent governmental efforts to alter the Endangered Species Act. If you're concerned about this then you might want to consider signing this letter: defenders-cci.org/sign-on/safe...

We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪 If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

Oh we def know some folks who would like to apply to this!

📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us: Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork

📢 JOB ALERT! Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

New wolf behavior just dropped

Chinese national interested in a PhD with fish? Join our lab with a fully-funded PhD from the CSC and UoB. Success rates are high if you're eligible. More details, including application link (deadline 1st December!) here: ioannougroup.com/china-schola... @asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

We're Hiring! 📢 Join Team @whiteabalone.bsky.social and the CDFW Shellfish Health Lab at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay as a Jr. Specialist. Learn more and apply by the next review date, Nov 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07397

Incredibly honored and utterly excited to have been asked to give a plenary at @isbe2026.bsky.social hope to see you in Turin! #ISBE2026 #sleep #behavior

#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉 Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening. They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) #bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict

Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬 We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies. Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!

In an increasingly divided world, how do strangers become friends? Parakeets might have something to teach us! New paper on formation of affiliative relationships, led by Dr. Claire O’Connell doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

The winners of our 2025 infographic competition are up! Visit our website for the results www.asab.org/education-news . Here are some of the judges favourite to wet your whistles! Well done to all the entrants.

📢❗Last call! The final day to submit an EOI for a Wild Animal Initiative #grant is this Friday, November 14. #animalwelfare #science #CFP #wildlife #research

We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...

🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition! Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds. 📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026 🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme More info & how to apply ↓ www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

Meet our plenary speaker Felicity Muth! Assistant professor at the University of California Davis, her lab group are broadly interested in cognition, especially aspects of learning and memory that have a clear function in the natural world, focusing on captive and wild bumblebees.

Sorry not sorry 😅 via Gar Week fan👍

If you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/

Behavior job alert!! 🚨🪰❤️

#animalcommunication A different view on #acoustic #signals used as part of #animal #contests - after rather than before or during the fight. #birds #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

Are you interested in learning more about how you can get involved as a scientist to make your voice heard in our democracy? This might be an opportunity of interest then - an online training for scientists and how they can stand up for democracy! Happening Nov 20 secure.ucs.org/a/2025-11-20...

The Animal Behavior Society (ABS) is seeking proposals for a freelance editorial assistant to assist our full-time Managing Editor for the journal Animal Behavior! Initial contract will be for 4 months & renewable. Send your proposal by Nov 14! www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/news.php...

Rumour has it that one mammal specialist is still required -apply by Oct 31! 🦇

Me: *Flipping on all our porch lights at sundown* My partner: Why are you doing that? Me: I'm expecting ..... friends :D

👀DEADLINE APPROACHING!!! 🪲🐢🐍🦎🐸Submit your entry by midnight on Saturday🦇🦉🐈‍⬛#biologyweek 🤞🤞🤞

Sick and tired of not having enough animal behavior in your life? Do you struggle to listen to enough fascinating behavior talks in a day? Don't be sad! Check out Animal Behavior Live!