🚨Call for Grant proposals is currently open at www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants! Deadline: 14th November #WildAnimalWelfare #Grants

Bluesky has overtaken Twitter/X as the highest social engagement metric for the entire publication corpus of some universities. Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter. 1/2

🔉 Sound on! Meet the ranita llorona, which translates to crying frog (Physalaemus biligonigerus). Tiny frog. Big feelings. Honestly, same 🐸 #Wildlife #ranitallorona #Physalaemus #amphibians #wildlifesound #bioacoustics #soundon

Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681594v1

Our new preprint is out! We explore how fluid control affects the affective state of laboratory macaques. 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #AnimalWelfare #PrimateWelfare

What do you consider a wild animal? 🐾 If you work with wild species, we’d love your help in exploring this question! 👉 Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and share it widely. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/chester/wi... Thank you for your help! 💚

For those interested to see the productivity gap for men, here are the figures using the same # years in research as female counterparts. Based on English papers: -50% for English non-native -58% for English non-native from low-income countries compared to English native from a high-income country.

Reminder! The deadline for our infographic competition is the 18th of October. The last day of #biologyweek You can find out more information here www.asab.org/education-news There are three age categories: 7-10 years old, 11-14 years old and 15-21 years old.

Hi everyone 👋 I’m Jani, an animal welfare researcher focusing on wild animals. I’ll be sharing research, ideas, and updates on wild animal welfare and science more broadly. Excited to connect! 🦉 #WildAnimalWelfare

🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all? We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility. 📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual: forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...

That’s a wrap on #AWRN2025! Thanks so much to the organizers and to everyone who took part in today’s workshop on transferring welfare assessments to wild animals. We’re very grateful to have had the opportunity to help spotlight #wildanimalwelfare at this year’s meeting.

Always a pleasure to attend and present at #AWRN2025 #WildAnimalWelfare

Apparently, octopus arms aren’t equal 👀 Front = explorers Back = movers Tips = bendy Bases = stretchy Incredible specialisation in a soft body 🐙 🔗 phys.org/news/2025-09-octopus-arms-reveal-specialized-movements.html #AnimalBehaviour

Great introduction to Wild Animal Welfare science by Maria Díez León at #AWRN2025 🦦 Many challenges but many great opportunities too! #WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

The #AWRN2025 conference is live! Excited for the great talks ahead and the spotlight on #WildAnimalWelfare. @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

Glad to have contributed to this session at Behavior 2025!! Thanks to @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social for their support to our work in the eastern Himalayas!

🧪 Science on Bluesky A new study of 2.6m posts finds research gets far more likes, reposts, and thoughtful replies on @bsky.app than on X. Scholars call it a 'purer' space for discussion. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #SciComm #BlueSky #AcademicSky

Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body? Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025

Thank you to everyone who came to my talk today! It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025 Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!

Great to see that #Behaviour2025 is giving space for topics like this. rescueandrelief.org

Such an interesting and inspiring plenary by @samellisq.bsky.social on the evolution of menopause in whales 🐋 #Behaviour2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop on a #GlobalSouth perspective on #wildanimalwelfare and #animalbehaviour today—and a big thank you to our speakers! #Behaviour2025 @akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social @tanyapayne.bsky.social @janirecas.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social

Thank you so much to everyone that came to my talk this morning on Bridging #AnimalWelfare and #AnimalBehaviour research! 🦋🐒🐸 @behaviour2025.bsky.social @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social #Behaviour2025

It was great to see some Newcastle Uni ECRs hosting a workshop on 'Amplifying Global Voices: removing language barriers in student conferences' - had some really interesting discussions! @asab.org #Behaviour2025

It was a pleasure to host a workshop on #LanguageBarriers yesterday at #Behaviour2025! Thank you to everyone who came along! @asab.org @behaviour2025.bsky.social @christopherwmiller.bsky.social @avezyrakis.bsky.social

Apparently macaques are not fans of Pepsi! 🤔 Not because of the taste, but the colour of the bottle. Fascinating talk by @nishantkumar.bsky.social on how sensory perception shapes human–animal conflict! #Behaviour2025

Excited to be presenting tomorrow at #Behaviour2025! I will share international perspectives on the challenges of integrating welfare into behavioural research. Interested in welfare? Come along! 📍Hall 6 ⏰ August 27th, 12:24-12:34pm

We're tabling all week at #Behaviour2025. Come chat about wild animal welfare, learn about the grants we offer, and pick up some free resources. @tanyapayne.bsky.social @janirecas.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social

🎙️ In-Conference Workshop IV Amplifying Global Voices: Removing Language Barriers in Student Conferences by @Dr. Janire Castellano Bueno, @Alexandros Vezyrakis, and @Chris Miller

We always encourage diversity and inclusion at #behaviour2025. The ongoing workshop on Amplifying Global Voices: Removing Language Barriers in Student Research is creating a space to discuss challenges and innovative solutions for making science more accessible and equitable across languages.

Thank you to everyone who joined our #LanguageBarriers workshop! 🎉 We had fantastic discussions and brainstormed practical solutions. We will work on these and bring them together, so watch this space! @christopherwmiller.bsky.social @avezyrakis.bsky.social #Behaviour2025

Our workshop on Language Barriers at academic conferences is tomorrow! 📅 27th August 2025 1.10pm 📍Hall 7 Hope to see you all there! #Behaviour2025 #LanguageBarrier #DEI #EDI #JEDI

It’s hopeful to see messages like this at #Behaviour2025: “All animals should be free from physical and mental illness” — Kevin Chou & Shawn Peng #WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

Ready for #Behaviour2025! Excited for a week of talks, workshops and networking! @tanyapayne.bsky.social #WildAnimalWelfare

🌍 🗣️ Is language a barrier at academic conferences? #Behaviour2025 #DEI #LanguageBarriers #JEDI

🔔 Quick Survey #LanguageBarrier We are hosting a workshop on 26th August at #Behaviour2025 about making academic conferences more inclusive for multilingual researchers. If you have ever felt language impacted your conference experience, we would love your input! 👉 forms.gle/XkBDsocDS2ch...

Latest Spain Wolf survey shows increase of 12% & range expansion (1 pack now breeding on northern edge of Extremadura) Total packs in Spain now 333. 🐺 www.miteco.gob.es/es/prensa/ul... @landethics.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @jonnyhhanson.bsky.social @petemrcooper.bsky.social

Very happy with the response we got at @iccb2025.bsky.social on importance of welfare within conservation science! @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social #ICCB2025 #WildAnimalWelfare

It was a pleasure to be part of the Animal Welfare in Conservation symposium with these amazing researchers! #ICCB2025 #WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

#ICCB2025 doing things right! Great to see more focus on sustainability at conferences 👏🌱

Thrilled to be speaking at #ICCB2025 on Thursday 19th at 11:45 as part of the symposium Animal Welfare in Conservation 🦜 📍 Plaza Level Meeting Room 1 Join us for a great session! #WildAnimalWelfare @iccb2025.bsky.social

Outreach Manager @janirecas.bsky.social‬ will be taking over the account this week to post live from @iccb2025.bsky.social‬. Stay tuned for highlights from the conference! #ICCB2025 #conservation

Day 2/3 of the first #AffectEvo MeetUp! Great discussions and plenaries. Excited for the outputs that will come out from this meetup. #AffectEvo-Lisbon25

Our chair Tom @smulderslab.bsky.social opening the meeting with his welcome address.

We welcomed our European grantees to a meetup in London last week, where they presented their work and shared collaboration opportunities. It was great to see such inspiring work happening in the field of wild animal welfare science!

Executive Director @cameronmeyershorb.bsky.social and Outreach Manager @janirecas.bsky.social attended @aiforanimals.bsky.social last week, where Janire presented a review of work on AI in wild animal welfare. Thanks for having us!

Great though provoking talk today by @jeffsebo.bsky.social! “Who matters more, a 🦇, a 🐝 or a 🤖?” @aiforanimals.bsky.social #AnimalWelfare

🚀 AI for Animals 2025 is happening this weekend, March 1-2, Berkeley. Today, we’re highlighting just one of the many key themes: AI & Wildlife Conservation. 🔹 Workshop with Sara Beery (Virtual) 🔹 Talk with Sara Keen 🔹 Talk: with with Janire Castellano 👉 Register today: aiforanimals.org/aia2025

It was such a pleasure having Prof. Giovanna Massei ( @york.ac.uk & Botstiber) present yesterday on wildlife contraception as a more effective and welfare conscious approach to managing wild populations. #AnimalWelfare #WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

German Football teams are pushed to stop using live animals as mascots during the matches. “Whether it’s an eagle or a goat, being in a noisy stadium filled with numerous people in an agitated environment is incredibly stressful for them." #AnimalWelfare