Within-flock heterogeneity in exploration affects flock behavior in a highly gregarious bird #AnimalPersonality #Bird #Starling doi.org/10.1093/behe...

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Which males cheat with worthless gifts? 🎁🕷️ Beydizada et al. link spider personality to cheating tactics in tent spiders. Exploration & aggressiveness shape responses to worthless prey, but not gift production itself. It's #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #BehaviouralNote

Nice field study on ultrasound communication in African striped mice identifies group-specific calls that encode social identity and differ depending on the site of emission, i.e., at nest, in territory or at its border. @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How crows keep track of time

Join us next week to learn more about misconceptions around sex-inclusive research and how the Sex Inclusive Research Framework can be used by scientists, ethical review bodies and funders: nc3rs.org.uk/events/tackl... 📅 18 September, 15.00 – 16.00 📜 One hour of continuing professional development

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Biases in animal behaviour research are inevitable—but can be identified & mitigated 👀🐒 Winder et al. propose a “knowns & unknowns” framework to help researchers reflect on overlooked assumptions & strengthen science. It's #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth....

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "Deep learning–based frameworks for the detection and classification of soniferous fish" Huang et al. with SPE members Maria Clara Amorim, Paulo Fonseca and Manuel Vieira @manuel-vieira.bsky.social @ J Acoustical Society of America

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Male spider drumming displays are condition-dependent 🥁🕷️ Miriam Scriba shows that well-fed jumping spider males drum more & gain mating success—but reduce drumming when females are well-fed, and often lift abdomens. A nuanced male–female interaction! #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....

PhD opportunity in animal behavior (based in Madrid)!!

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology "The hedonic impact of cleaner–clientfish interactions is mediated by theopioid system" Maximino et al. with SPE members João Saraiva , and Marta Soares @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B

Do you have a passion for communication AND animal behavior? Well then we have the job for you! Join our Communications Committee and help drive the sci comm of our society! Help us post on IG, publish a podcast, write to our reps and newspapers! email: [email protected]

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Female cricket mate choice depends on size and song, modulated by competition 🎶🦗♀️ Jia et al. show female Chinese crickets rely on male songs, but differently with shifting intra-sexual competition— a complex interplay between song, size & social context at work! doi.org/10.1111/eth....

⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left! Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2025, our free online conference on animal behavior research. 🎤 15-min oral talks 🎥 5-min video posters 📅 Deadline: September 7 📄 Submit your abstract now 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

Survey alert! If you're a social behavioural ecologist, please fill in our survey aimed at gauging interest in, barriers and solutions to, comparative social behaviour research. Thanks! forms.gle/KZJDMtLCJhvY...

Migration shapes senescence in a long-lived bird | doi.org/10.1073/pnas... | PNAS | #ornithology 🪶

Attention #Behaviour2025 ! Can’t wait for the next conference? Good news, the deadline for abstracts for #ASABWinter2025 has been extended !

⏰ Only 10 days left to submit! Showcase your research at #ABL2025, our free online conference on animal behavior research 🔹 15-min oral presentation 🔹 5-min video poster 📅 Deadline: September 7 📄 Register and submit your abstract here 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Female condition declines with more males in degus 🐭♂️♀️ Hayes et al. show that female body mass during lactation is negatively associated with male social organization in multi-female groups - the impact of males is complex and likely condition-dependent. doi.org/10.1111/eth....

Too hot to reason? Experimental heatwaves affect cognitive traits in male guppies #Fish #Learning #Inhibition #ClimateChange doi.org/10.1093/behe...

📣 New paper out (and my first one on ravens)! ❤️ "Startling ravens Corvux corax at foraging: Differences in anti-predator behaviour can be explained by age rather than personality" by Janina Weißenborn, @pesumas.bsky.social, Thomas Bugnyar and myself, out now in Journal of Avian Biology! ✨️😊

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Feeding frenzy as cause for lethal shark attacks? 🤿🦈💥 Clua & Parton describe how a non-predatory reflex bite to a snorkler can lead to a fatal shark attack—with the combination of stimuli & competition as likely key triggers. Read here, it's #OpenAccess 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #Sharks

No big plans for December?! ASAB Winter meeting will take place in Edinburgh this year!

News from Kalahari on Meerkat foraging ontogeny 👇🏼

Acta Ethologica invites contributions to its upcoming special collection: Reflections on the Last 25 Years of Ethology 📅 Submission deadline: October 1, 2025 📄 Submission type: By invitation; expressions of interest are welcome

📢 Mark your calendars for the Joint Graduate Meeting of @ethoges.bsky.social and @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social! Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to showcase your research and network with peers! 📆 08.10. - 10.10.2025 🌍 Leipzig, Germany 🔗 tinyurl.com/GradMeetingA...

🧪ETHOLOGY: Are reversal learning & inhibitory control linked? 🧠⏪🐦 Biagiotti Barchiesi et al. tested urban kelp gulls on reversal & detour tasks. Gulls adapted well, with those showing ledd inhibitory control performing better during reversal. No age effect found. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #Cognition

Guidelines for experimental design for ecology and evolution

Wild jackdaws can learn to tolerate juveniles when it helps them exploit new foraging opportunities

New paper from the lab by @laurenwhitenack.bsky.social Breeding phenology and clutch size were repeatable within individuals, but no strong evidence for clear benefits of phenotypic plasticity in response to climatic variation. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #GlobalChange "Physiological and behavioral responses of seahorse newborns to acute hypoxia" Remédios et al. with SPE members Marta Pimentel @ Marine Environmental Research

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Brain-encysting trematodes make mottled triplefins surface more often – but less consistently. 🐟🪱🧠 Viriyautsahakul et al. suggest this behavioural shift may boost predation risk by birds, the parasite’s final hosts. It's #OpenAccess 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #AnimalBehaviour

🐧 Penguins! 🦐 Krill foraging! 🎧 Acoustic data! 🤿 Diving bouts! Our August #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Bout time for krill: contrasting Adélie penguin foraging behaviour during years of high and low krill availability” Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123260

Breaking News 🚨: Our #bioacoustics 🔉🐬🦇lab seeks a permanent new colleague in a tenure-track assistant professor 🥷position. Excited? Then join our vibrant group of 15 researchers, postdocs and PhD students at AU who work with #marinemammal #acoustics, #conservation #physiology and #effectsofnoise!

Cognitive processes are robust to early environmental conditions in two lizard species #Reptile #Learning #DevelopmentalPlasticity doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Online now: Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions

🧪 ETHOLOGY: 🐺🐶 Wolf-dog hybrids are just as social & playful with humans as dogs — but more fearful. Tagliarini & Temrin suggest fearfulness may be a wolf legacy, while domestication made dogs bolder. it's #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth....

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Is familiar recognition needed if aggression is low? 🦀🦀 Female hermit crabs don’t distinguish familiar from unfamiliar rivals after cohabitation—while fights are low intensity. If recognition mainly helps avoid costly fights, it might not be beneficial #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth....

#HamOrJam? What food type do #Wasps want at YOUR picnic? If you've got a choice of protein and sugar whilst alfresco dining this summer, and a wasp comes visiting, please tell us which she wants! www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au... @femi-benny.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

#PREPRINT - Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Can predation stress affect defensive mutualisms, where different species defend each other? Loveland et al. show that thatch ants reduce aphid defense after mock bear raids on their nest — with effects lasting weeks! 🐻➡️🐜➡️🪲 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Mutualism

Female gorillas can change groups many times across their lives. These decisions are undoubtedly shaped by mating opportunities and infant protection, but what about the wider social relationships females have across groups? Check out this thread to see what we found!

"An Ethologist’s Guide to Data Analysis Using R Studio" ✅Hope you have registered for Behaviour 2025? Well, even if you haven't, there's a pre-conference workshop that you can attend

Would you like to support a deserving local student to attend #Behaviour2025 for one or two days? #GiftAPass! conferenceindia.in/behaviour202... @behaviour2025.bsky.social @animalopps.bsky.social @animalbehaviour.live @bhvr.com @ethoges.bsky.social

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

🆕 New paper out on raven antipredator behaviour! How do young ravens learn to mob predators? 🦅 We showed captive families a fake threat—and found that adults back off as chicks grow more alert. But only some youngsters scolded. Why? Big individual differences. doi.org/10.1007/s100...

📣 SEMINAR TODAY! 🐜 Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿 📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc... ✅ Free & open to all! #AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture

Deep learning approach to detect and visualize sexual dimorphism in monomorphic species www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...