KE Cain
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Integrative biologist. Ultimate player. Weirdo. @ke_cain in the Bad Place.
Check it animal behavior peeps in the Australasian region.
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ASSAB
6 months ago
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
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ASSAB 2025 Conference
https://www.assab.org/assab-2025
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ASSAB
6 months ago
Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to
#ASSAB2025
See you all in Armidale!
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Dustin Reichard
9 months ago
My sabbatical this semester is focused on finishing projects that have languished. This study was completed in 2017! We tested how different interactions with humans affect CORT levels in budgerigars, including whether stress transmits socially between neighbors -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The effects of human presence, restraint, and stressed neighbors on corticosterone levels in domesticated budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Limiting stress during interactions between captive animals and humans is important for effective husbandry. One physiological change during the vertebrate stress response is the release of glucocorti...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.10.637489v1
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Rachael Shaw
10 months ago
The illustrated ‘Just So’ series in
@nzgeo.bsky.social
is a total delight! The very talented
@rebekahwhite.bsky.social
and Giselle Clarke have outdone themselves with their piece on memory in the December issue It even features my favourite old (toutouwai) guy Spark!
www.nzgeo.com/stories/forg...
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Forget me not
If our memories make us who we are, what’s it like to have a different type of memory entirely? What can animals remember? Do goldfish have a memory longer than three seconds? And can plants remember ...
https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/forget-me-not/
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Michael Landis
about 1 year ago
I'm building a Starter Pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists. It's hard to gather usernames using the search tool. Please add your name to this thread if you want to be added!
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Omg. I didn’t know how much I needed this.
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about 1 year ago
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Effin' Birds
about 1 year ago
How about a great big cup of Eat My Nuts, Jeff Bezos?
https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-my-nuts-jeff-bezos-collection
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Dr Michelle LaRue
about 1 year ago
I'm hiring a post-doc! Come work with me on emperor penguins using SAR imagery - UC is a great place to work and New Zealand is even better than all the advertisements you've ever seen. 🧪🌍🦑🦉
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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Resarch Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
https://jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/ajid/QhJm9/Post-Doctoral-Fellow,22013
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Jacquelyn Gill
over 1 year ago
Boosting this! I’m still recruiting for two positions!
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Chrissel
almost 2 years ago
Apropos of nothing in particular, if you happen to live in Texas…
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blocked on LinkedIn
about 2 years ago
Me, An Old, in my environmental law class: y’all don’t understand, we heard about acid rain ALL THE TIME as kids. The fact that we’ve nearly eradicated it is amazing. My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain Me: EXACTLY
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Marsden Fund
about 2 years ago
Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain
@kecain.bsky.social
at the University of Auckland
@aucklanduni.bsky.social
, who has a
#MarsdenFund
grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds! 🐦💤🎶
#birds
#sleep
#learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
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Ed Yong
about 2 years ago
The speaker shenanigans are happening because y’all laughed too hard at Britain and the lettuce last year
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Boston Tom Levenson
about 2 years ago
If only some system existed for informing the public would highlight this instead of transcribing claims about lawless cities.
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Margaret Stanley
about 2 years ago
So proud of this wonderful ecology & animal behaviour bunch - coming out with a PhD is hard enough, doing it through Covid times shows how strong & resilient these women are. Fabulous to celebrate with them yesterday at UOA graduation. 🌏🧪 Projects on myna vocalisations, feral cats & pūkekos
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Becky Smith
about 2 years ago
My sister just sent me this picture. I teach study design today. Yes, this just got added to my slides. #Episky
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Effin' Birds
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