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Professor for Behavoural Biology, Münster University
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Nature
28 days ago
These are the first asexual vertebrate species known to science
go.nature.com/4s2N0dM
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How an all-female fish species defies evolutionary expectations
Asexual reproduction should be an evolutionary dead end. A study of asexual fish shows that a genetic ‘copy and paste’ helps to overcome the predicted costs of asexuality.
https://go.nature.com/4s2N0dM
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Matthias Loretto
29 days ago
For decades biologists assumed ravens follow wolves to their kills. Our paper
@science.org
shows something different: ravens rarely follow wolves far. Instead they remember areas where wolf kills are common and return to them—sometimes from >150 km away.
doi.org/10.1126/science.adz9467
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology
about 1 month ago
We are delighted to announce
#ECBB2026
registration and abstract submission are now open! Conference Attendance Grant are also available, thanks to
@asab.org
and
@ethoges.bsky.social
support!
www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
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EvolDir
about 1 month ago
The Dijkstra lab at CMU seeks postdoctoral researchers in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, focusing on cichlid fishes. Apply by March 20. Info:
https://sites.google.com/site/peterdijkstrausnl/home
#postdoc
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DIJKSTRA LAB - Social behavior and physiology
Postdoc positions available! For details, please go here. Welcome to the Dijkstra lab at Central Michigan University! We study how social competition and oxidative stress shape brain function, stress resilience, and evolutionary processes. Using African cichlid fish as our primary model system, we
https://sites.google.com/site/peterdijkstrausnl/home
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
30 days ago
Die DFG wird den Einsatz von
#KI
in der Begutachtung künftig unter klar definierten Bedingungen zulassen. Grundlage sind eine nun veröffentlichte Leitlinie sowie das Whitepaper "Künstliche Intelligenz in der wissenschaftlichen Begutachtung“. Die Regelungen treten ab 16.04. in Kraft.1/4
sohub.io/wjt6
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Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung
https://sohub.io/wjt6
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Dax Kellie
about 1 month ago
In one week I'll be talking about tips for reproducible R code and why science would love you to try these tips on your own code too 🧪😍🌏 It's an online talk, so feel free to watch comfortably from your couch. Hope to see you there!
@sortee.bsky.social
#rstats
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SORTEE Webinar: On what makes good sharable and reproducible R code, how to do it, and why it’s good for science
For this month's SORTEE webinar, Dr. Dax Kellie from the Atlas of Living Australia will present on good, sharable, and reproducible R code in science
https://events.humanitix.com/sortee-webinar-good-r-code
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center
3 months ago
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group?
@univie.ac.at
is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme.
@pesumas.bsky.social
is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
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Simon Baeckens
2 months ago
🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March!
jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
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Eamonn Wooster
about 1 month ago
How and why does cognition vary so greatly between individuals and species? In
@natrevbiodiv.nature.com
, we propose the "Predatory Intelligence Hypothesis" which posits that the cognitive challenges associated with predator–prey interactions drive a cognitive co-evolutionary arms race
rdcu.be/e5KIj
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Andy Radford
about 2 months ago
🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including
#AnimalBehaviour
&
#GlobalChangeBiology
⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full
#job
details:
tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=385935&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Biological%20Sciences
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Gerry Carter
about 2 months ago
I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species):
socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...
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Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc
I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…
https://socialbat.org/2026/02/19/hiring-for-3-positions-research-assistant-field-research-coordinator-and-postdoc/
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Society for Conservation Biology
about 2 months ago
#ECCB2026
deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here:
eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses..
. Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating!
#conservation
#networking
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Steffen Oppel
about 2 months ago
NEW JOB in
#ornithology
chasing
#nutcrackers
in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns:
buff.ly/Cx0OOQy
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences
about 2 months ago
JOB ALERT! We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level! Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too! We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Cara A Gallagher
about 2 months ago
Excited to announce our Topical Collection at
@ibe.pensoft.net
on Individual‑based Conservation! We aim to highlight approaches integrating individual heterogeneity into management and conservation practice. Please submit, share, & reach out with any questions! Details:
ibe.pensoft.net/news/1106
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Julia M. Rohrer
2 months ago
iDiv Leipzig is organizing a symposium for early career researchers from all fields interested in scientific integrity & reproducibility. Some good stuff, e.g.:
@haesleinhuepf.bsky.social
on generative AI for science,
@rmcelreath.bsky.social
on a guerilla approach to scientific workflow.>
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Animal Behaviour Collective
3 months ago
Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running! Apply and read terms and conditions here :
opencollective.com/animal-behav...
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Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈
2 months ago
I am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
and the University of Hamburg. Apply here:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
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Job advertisement
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=19fa4dd54688d1fdf5a4b940cfb0b20a556ad965
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Society of Island Biology
2 months ago
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Island Biology 2026 - Registration & Key Information
Registration & Key Information
https://sites.google.com/view/island-biology-2026/registration-key-information?authuser=0
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BWEEMS
2 months ago
Women and girls are shaping science worldwide 🌍🔬 Send us a short video introducing yourself and your work and help us spotlight our global community. ⏰ Submissions close Feb 9
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Animal Behavior Society
2 months ago
Job alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here:
www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...
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Selectus - Home
https://www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0/Position/37257216/Step/0
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German Society for Mammalian Biology
2 months ago
1/4 📢 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📢 The German Society for Mammalian Biology (DGS) is offering three fully funded travel grants for the 99th Annual Meeting, taking place in Berlin, 21–25 September 2026!
www.mammalian-biology.de/meetings/tra...
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Special call: Travel Grant for New Investigators to Berlin 2026
The German Society for Mammalian Biology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde e.V.) is pleased to announce the full funding for travel grants to the 99th Annual Meeting of the German Society for…
https://www.mammalian-biology.de/meetings/travel-grants-2026/
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ASAB
2 months ago
A lot of deadlines this week! Abstract submission and conference travel grants for
#ASABSpring2026
are due Feb 1, as are ASAB research grants and undergraduate scholarships! ✍️ 💰 Also
#ECBB2026
symposia proposals are due Jan 31! 🏃 🏃🏻♀️ 🏃 🏃🏻♀️
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ASAB
https://ASAB.org
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Paul Dufour
3 months ago
🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info:
tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
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Dominique Berteaux
3 months ago
In Nature Communications, our paper led by Viktoriia Radchuk shows that phenological change mediates global vertebrate responses to temperature. The study compiles 213 time series of phenotypes and population sizes, including data from Bylot. Read:
urls.fr/w7ZKp9
@natcomms.nature.com
🧪🌿🌎🌐🦉🦑🦊🐻❄️
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
3 months ago
Termine! 📅 2026 tagen die DFG-Gremien turnusmäßig wieder 4 Mal – und beraten sich über Anträge in der Einzelförderung, von Forschungsgruppen und andere Entscheidungsvorlagen. Die Ausschüsse der Graduiertenkollegs (GRK) und Sonderforschungsbereichen (SFB) kommen an gesonderten Terminen zusammen.
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology
3 months ago
We know you don't want to start your year by forgetting to submit a symposia proposal before the 31 January deadline.
www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky
#ecbb2026
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DPZ Deutsches Primatenzentrum
3 months ago
Du willst deine Begeisterung für Wissenschaft und Forschung teilen – und lernen, wie das professionell geht? 🔬🐒 Bewirb dich als Volontär*in in der Stabsstelle Kommunikation am DPZ! 🎤📣 Vielfältige Einblicke in die Wissenschaftskommunikation warten auf dich.
www.dpz.eu/karriere/ste...
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Volontär*in für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit (m*w*d)
Die Stabsstelle Kommunikation des Deutschen Primatenzentrums sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n
https://www.dpz.eu/karriere/stellenangebote/ausschreibung/volontaerin-fuer-presse-und-oeffentlichkeitsarbeit-mwd
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Leverhulme Trust
3 months ago
The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here:
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm
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Claudia Wascher
3 months ago
If you are organising a symposium related to animal cognition
@ecbb2026.bsky.social
and would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch
#ecbb2026
#AnimalCognition
#AcademicPublishing
#SpecialCollection
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Universität Münster
3 months ago
Die Verhaltensbiologin Dr. Ahana Aurora Fernandez hat den mit 50.000 Euro dotierten Forschungspreis der „Deutschen Wildtier Stiftung“
@wildtierstiftung.bsky.social
erhalten. Damit möchte sie eine Projektidee zur Erforschung der Kommunikation einheimischer Fledermäuse verwirklichen.
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„Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung“ zeichnet Biologin mit Forschungspreis aus
Die Verhaltensbiologin Dr. Ahana Aurora Fernandez hat den mit 50.000 Euro dotierten Forschungspreis der „Deutschen Wildtier Stiftung“ erhalten. Damit möchte sie eine Projektidee zur Erforschung der Ko...
https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=15195
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Scientists for Future 🇩🇪 (S4F)
3 months ago
"Die Globale Erwärmung setzte sich auch im Jahr 2025 fort. Jedes der letzten elf Jahre (2015–2025) gehörte zu den elf wärmsten seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen. Weitere Daten von
#CopernicusClimate
finden Sie in den Global Climate Highlights 2025."
#GCH2025
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British Ecological Society
3 months ago
We are now accepting grant applications to fund ecological research and outreach worldwide. ⏰Apply before 10 March 2026! Find out what grants you can apply to 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/cucxadvxjq
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5 months ago
Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland? Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and
@gfalbery.bsky.social
Reach out to chat more!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Science Magazine
3 months ago
A new study provides evidence that northern Greenland will melt sooner than its southern counterpart, an ongoing debate among scientists.
https://scim.ag/4qevlik
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Greenland ‘ice dome’ could melt this century
Findings could improve models of how global sea levels will rise because of climate change
https://scim.ag/4qevlik
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Scientists for Future 🇩🇪 (S4F)
3 months ago
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Ozeane erwärmen sich immer schneller. Dabei wird mehr als 90% der Erderwärmung von den Ozeanen aufgenommen. Die Abb. zeigt die Entwicklung des Wärmegehalts der Ozeane seit 1958. Quelle der Studie:
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Mehr Infos:
files.scientists4future.org
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ASAB Spring 2026
3 months ago
Attention student attendees of
#ASABSpring2026
! Our annual video contest is NOW OPEN for submissions. Prepare a 1-2 min video on your animal behaviour research, and you could win £100 💰💰💰💰 Due date is Fri March 20 ! Details and submission form here:
www.asab.org/asab-spring-...
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ASAB Spring Video Contest 2026 — ASAB
https://www.asab.org/asab-spring-video-contest-2026
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MPI for Biological Intelligence
3 months ago
Nightingales are masters of imitation! New research shows: During territorial contests, a male matches a rival’s song in real time by tracking and imitating both, pitch and syllable duration. This shows a remarkable precision in hearing and vocal control. 🔗More:
www.bi.mpg.de/news/2026-01-vallentin
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Infect-Net
3 months ago
The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
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Patrick Jansen 🐾
3 months ago
Are you a PhD-level
#wildlife
ecologist committed to research and education for
#biodiversity
and nature restoration? Our group at
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
has a
#vacancy
for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Urban Evolution & Ecology Conference
3 months ago
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
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Journal of Experimental Biology
4 months ago
Read the full research by
@carsten-schradin.bsky.social
at
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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IASToulouse
4 months ago
We’re hiring for two postdoctoral positions in Social and Behavioral Sciences! 💼 👉 Two Postdoctoral Researchers with a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, or related disciplines. 🗓️ Starting date: September 2026 👉 Learn more and apply now:
www.tse-fr.eu/fr/recrutement
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EZ Lab
4 months ago
1/8 A new spider genus from Madagascar! Researchers led by Matjaž Kuntner (National Institute of Biology, Slovenia) have described Osmooka aphana, discovered in the montane forests of Marojejy National Park.
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Journal of Experimental Biology
4 months ago
In her Outside JEB article, @KristinaMuise reports on Jonasson & co's Biology Letters paper showing that some migratory bats are lured toward wind turbine blades by the moonlight reflecting off of them, causing the bats to run into the blades
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology
4 months ago
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-...
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Call for symposia/papers - ECBB 2026 - ARU
Find out how to propose a symposium, paper, or poster for the European Congress for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) at ARU in Cambridge, 1-4 September 2026.
https://www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/conferences-and-events/ecbb-2026/call-for-symposia-papers
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology
4 months ago
Line up! Slither up! Crawl up! Climb up! No matter how you're moving or on how many legs, it's time to find out our first ECBB 2026 plenary speaker. 🥁 🥁 🥁 It's the incredible
@ljnbrent.bsky.social
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Ana Cristina Gomes
4 months ago
Master Projects available in the Qvarnström lab
@qvarnstromlab.bsky.social
studying climate adaptation and speciation using a natural flycatcher hybrid zone on Öland, Sweden! Check available projects here 👇👇
drive.google.com/file/d/1B69x...
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology
4 months ago
Ready to meet our third plenary speaker? We are delighted to announce it's.... 🥁 🥁 🥁 The extraordinary
@mherberstein.bsky.social
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