🕷️PhD position: Homemakers; web building behaviour in New Zealand sheet-web spiders 🕷️ Please email Dr Leilani Walker - [email protected]

Meet Chrissie Painting the new ASSAB president! @cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems. 🪰🕷️🪳

The deadline has been extended! You still have until the 7th of September to apply!

Big congrats to Terry Ord for receiving this year's Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award! While Terry is an avid animal behavior researcher, he also is passionate about teaching and published a (free!) graphic novel explaining topics in animal behavior! www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/understandin...

A great opportunity for communicating your research!

When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind? In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...

So happy to see this out in @funecology.bsky.social! We (@mothprof.bsky.social @crisottocento.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social et al.) studied whether the wing coloration of female wood tiger moths is an honest indicator of the quality of their chemical defences (1/3) @klivvvienna.bsky.social

A great read for your Friday!

Are you an emerging scientist or do you know one? EMCRs can apply now to meet Nobel laureates & 600 rising scientists in Germany. The prestigious annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a platform for young scientists to share research, experiences & ideas. http://bit.ly/3HEBfIt

🚨Job Alert 🚨 Charles Darwin University is looking for a research project coordinator! Apply here: cdu.t1cloud.com/T1Default/Ci...

Students of ASSAB! You can now apply for the 2025 student research grants here: www.assab.org/grants-2025 We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications. Deadline: August 31st 2025

🚨Job 🚨 Monitoring kākāriki karaka (orange-fronted parakeet) populations apply here: conservationjobs.co.nz/job/ranger-o...

Do long-billed curlews eavesdrop on prairie dog alarm calls? Read about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New meta-analysis researching the role of eyespots! Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #science #animalbehaviour

Hello Bluesky followers, did you know that ASSAB is also on Instagram? We post opportunities, upcoming events, recent publications and more! Follow us here: www.instagram.com/animbehav/

Another job opportunity!

🚨Ecology lecturer job🚨 EcoQuest Centre – Whakatīwai is looking for a fixed-term lecturer in ecology! If you are based in Auckland and are keen for the job, send your CV and cover letter here: [email protected]

🚨ecologist job🚨 Ausecology is looking for a senior/principal ecologist based in Queensland. If you are interested in applying for a role in an ecological consultancy, send your cover letter and resume here: [email protected]

🚨Ecology lecturer job x 2🚨 Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here: careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e... #science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs

Are you a behavioural researcher? Participate this survey from the University of New South Wales. The research aims to learn more about why researchers choose organisms for research. For more information, please contact [email protected] #science #ecology unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Read about orangutans napping after shorter nights of sleep! 🦧🦧🦧 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

We hope you are ready - the ASSAB conference is NEXT WEEK! See you all in the lovely Armidale.

PhD student grants for research in ecology and evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Read about 60 million years of ungulate evolution : www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Did you know that the ASSAB 2025 conference, has a photo competition? You can submit your entries once you have registered. Click the link below to register www.assab.org/assab-2025

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑠 and 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑦𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑖, two new species of 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 are described from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia, both part of the 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎 complex. #WildBetta #Betta 🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1428...

Calling PhD Students!!!!!

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you! Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences https://go.nature.com/43iJAsi

To celebrate UK Pride Month 2025, we are relaunching our Rainbow Research series to promote the work of LGBTQIA+ researchers around the world🌈 Find out here how to contribute!👇 buff.ly/SF9l8vW 🧪🌍

Do you work on energy processes in animals? Check out the latest special feature of the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology! Open to proposals now!

A great opportunity to get involved in discussing biodiversity!

Read about the interactions of human and animal behavior👤🐦👤🐘: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May. All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025

Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025 See you all in Armidale!

We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025 Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025

Are you a researcher publishing a study developed in the global south? Check out the New Zealand Journal of Zoology! www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...

Looking to publish your work on invertebrates? Check out this special issue of New Zealand Journal of Zoology on invertebrate conservation! www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-in...

🐦Post-doctoral position in Avian Behaviour.🐦 Examining the evolution of escape behaviour in threatened bird species as part of an ARC-funded project Deakin Careers: careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo... Seek: www.seek.com.au/job/83533248

The Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour conference is thus June in Armidale, NSW! Register to attend here: www.assab.org/assab-2025 If you are keen to present, we are also accepting abstract submissions until the 9th of May : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We're excited to be heading to Armidale, NSW in June for the @animbehav.bsky.social conference. Come hang with a bunch of friendly & inclusive animal behaviour nerds 🤓 🐦 🕷 🐛 🐀 🦎 🐸 Register here: Assab.org/assab-2025

New Job Alert! Lecturer position in Animal Behaviour at The University of Waikato. Apply here: www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...

Interested in writing a themed issue for Philosophical Transactions B? Read about the process below and contact [email protected] with your fantastic ideas!

Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B entitled Division of labour as key driver of social evolution compiled and edited by Michael Taborsky, Jennifer Fewell, Robert Gilles and Barbara Taborsky www.bit.ly/PTB1922

Ecology job in Southern Australia! nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

Looking for funding for an ecological project? Check out the British Ecological Society's grants! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/what... #AnimalBehaviour #Ecology #Science

🐝Exciting job opportunity for an assistant professor in Honey bee biology at the University of Guelph 🐝 careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

We are looking for 2 to 3 nature-enthusiasts and highly motivated persons interested in joining our #handraising project in spring 2022. @univienna #greylaggoose #animalbehaviour

Since 1987, we've been promoting the study of animal behaviour in Portugal. From organizing national congresses to publishing our journal acta ethologica, we’re here to connect researchers, educators, and anyone passionate about Ethology. Follow us! 🐒🦉🐺 #Ethology #AnimalBehaviour #Portugal

The 4th International Student Conference on Animal Behaviour and Cognition will be held in Universiade Federal de Alagoas in the city of Maceió, Brazil. The conference will cover animal welfare, ethology, behavioral ecology, new techniques and much more. iscabc.com/registration

Another fully funded PhD! If you have a background in computer science are keen to apply your knowledge to help identify birds using AI, email [email protected]. PhD based in the wonderful University of Wellingon , NZ. www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...