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...

Turns out gulls don't like being shouted at (or stared at!) New paper led by excellent masters students @uniexecec.bsky.social with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Gannets go through quite the plumage change, being primarily black as juveniles and white as adults! Have a scroll through this thread to see how their plumage changes on the way to adulthood! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

One of the risks of bowerbirds sharing space with a university - sometimes scientific equipment (and samples) get pinched! Soy sauce containers also seem to be popular

Our autumn newsletter is OUT! 🍁 🍃 🍂 Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌 www.asab.org/campaigns/vi...

#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com @behavecol.bsky.social

Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth. Read more about this spectacular dance here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

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...

Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my life—successfully defended my PhD! 🎓✨ Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology

Extinct-In-The-Wild Bird Species Is Breeding On A New Island Home #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Extinction #conservation🌏 #birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #rewilding #Guam🇬🇺 #Zoology medium.com/grrlscientis...

Sound on 🔊 Over the last few months our team released 56 headstarted Curlew in Norfolk! 🙌 The birds are already visiting the coastlines and moving around nicely.

And just like that, #Behaviour2025 is finished! Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made this happen!

Excited to share that I presented at the Behaviour 2025 Conference in Kolkata 🎓🕊️. My talk focused on nest site fidelity in painted storks, i.e. their tendency to return to and reuse nesting sites across seasons. #Behaviour2025 #Ornithology #PaintedStork #BehaviouralEcology