We are inviting communities across the Highlands and Moray to take part in discussions about the possible return of #lynx to northern #Scotland 🐆 This month, the Lynx to Scotland partnership is launching a wide-ranging #community and stakeholder discussion, with events planned across the region.

As a notorious hoarder of open tabs, here I go with #TabClosed2026. First up, a short paper showing foxes don't strongly avoid human activity when selecting den sites. We drew on it for a grant preproposal (unsuccessful) on fox welfare at our militarized border. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1 week left to apply for this PhD. ✅ Field surveys ✅ Cutting-edge modelling ✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social 🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26 #PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social

WILD LONDON BBC One 6.30pm on 1 Jan 2026 (UK) After a life spent travelling the world Sir David Attenborough returns home to explore the Wildlife of London, other world TV regions TBC 🌎 #WildLondon #london #wildlife #nature #attenborough #davidattenborough #sirdavidattenborough #wild #bbc #BBCOne

Take note! 📝 There are a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2026 and #ECBB2026 🗓️ More information here: www.asab.org/conferences-...

We're open for abstract submission, and look forward to welcoming you all to Bristol in March! asab-spring-conference2026.github.io @asab-meetings.bsky.social #ASABSpring2026

Looking for cozy reading over winter break? Check out Story 4, entitled “The Christmas Fox”, from our new online nature booklet (for readers both young and young at heart)! 🦊🌃🎄❄️📖 #BritishCarnivoreProject Download for free below ⬇️ www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝘆𝗻𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱? This question was closely examined during Scotland’s National Lynx Discussion 📖 Read report here scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/zczrc2bbmf

April Wood and I were interviewed about the status of our nonlethal tool research to reduce depredations by mountain lions in California. Listen here: www.cfbf.com/ag-news/voic... 🧪🐱🐑🐂🐐🐎

Our study is published on linking behavior and predation data to improve inference on interspecific risk perception in carnivores. learn all about how 🐱deal with 🐻! 🧪https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70503

Join us for the @ecbb2026.bsky.social at @angliaruskin.bsky.social in September! @asab.org meeting secretary @viveknityananda.bsky.social advertising our conference at #asabwinter2025

Final paper by Mitch and all! On how introduced wild pigs affect the foraging ecology of a native predator as both prey and scavenger. 🧪🐖🐱https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wlb3.01581

New #ScienceAdvances analyses of remains from two English towns show how the Industrial Revolution impacted health beyond cities. https://scim.ag/3KXlfD9

A fantastic PhD opportunity with the MammalWeb team and PTES. Get in touch if you are interested.

If you found this work exciting, note that there plenty of upcoming PhD opportunities at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour in Exeter !

🚨 Our new paper is out!! A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework 🐾💚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social #BobWongLab royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Are cities domesticating #urban #foxes? Pleased to share this interview with #NationalGeographic stemming from our on-going research at the #BritishCarnivoreProject 🦊 🧠 🌃 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Pleased to share our latest paper, "Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities"🍃 #rewilding #biodiversity besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Beyond criterion: cognitive flexibility in wild striated caracaras: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Cognition #Ecology

📣 Register for #CO32026 and join our diverse community of comparative cognition researchers in Montréal this coming April (15-18)! 🍁🎉🙌🧪 Become a society member and submit an abstract by December 12th: www.comparativecognition.org/conference.php

Final schedule for #ASABWinter2025 is up! We have some fantastic talks and posters ahead of us 🥰 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 asabwinter.github.io/2025/schedule/

Conflict between humans and wildlife—and especially, carnivores—may increase during times of drought, a new #ScienceAdvances analysis of droughts in California suggests. https://scim.ag/47PutKx

A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org

Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thanks for the opportunity to give a talk #ABL2025 - great conference! For anyone interested in our new publication and latest preprint, see links below! 👇 🦝 🦊 🧩 🧠 🌃 Publication: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

So excited that our first major empirical @themanybirds.bsky.social paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!

New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

Excited to share our newly published study on object neophobia and how it relates to problem-solving in #GoffinsCockatoos #TanimbarCorella! @auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour...

🐺 Advantageous snow conditions – in terms of snow depth and density – are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/pXSMNRK

“Although Britain is believed to have one of the highest levels of membership of environmental organisations in the world, this apparently pro-nature indicator was found to have little impact on closeness to nature” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵

Biodiversity loss and wildlife declines can seem abstract and difficult to contextualise for general audiences. Studies like this can help bring a more relatable perspective to such issues. 🧪🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Red Wolf advocate and conservation photographer Eric Trefney tells a moving story of that first time he heard a lone #wolf howl. Eric has seen Red Wolf puppies born, the tragic deaths of wolves, new packs being formed, and amazing, yet brief, one-on-one encounters.

the IUCN have passed the Longevity Conservation motion put forward to them by @kellerfish.bsky.social and @pili-scotland.bsky.social and based on the paper we wrote on the value of older individuals in animal societies. www.cdu.edu.au/news/global-...

Looking for something #spooky to read this October? 🎃 🍂 Check out Story 3 of our free online #nature booklet for young readers, entitled The Mysterious Bin Phantom! 👻 🗑️ 🦊 #BritishCarnivoreProject Link here: www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...

🚨 Hiring a field technician! Help us live-trap (for GPS collars) and camera-trap mesocarnivores in Wichita, KS! See details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🦊🐱

October 18 is World Okapi Day! Did you know okapis form mental maps of their habitat? #AnimalCognitionFunFacts #WorldOkapiDay #Okapi

Excited to share our latest preprint from the #BritishCarnivoreProject, showing #exploratory diversity and behavioural #innovation in #wild red #foxes may emerge after long-term #urban exposure across many decades. 🦊🧠🧩🌃 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to share our latest paper from our on-going #BritishCarnivoreProject, showing that encounters with wild red #foxes could be an important gateway to broader #nature connectedness in people, particularly in cities. 🦊🍃🏙️ Link here: doi.org/10.1080/1087...

New York’s updated wildlife plan leaves wolves out, despite evidence they’re here. In 2021, a wolf was killed near Cooperstown, yet NY refuses to collect DNA or include wolves in its plan. Wolves deserve protection, not denial. cbs6albany.com/news/local/s...

Should We Sleep Outside? Turns Out There Are Some Benefits

Thrilled to share this article in #TheGeographer covering our research at the #BritishCarnivoreProject, reaching >20,000 global readership plus a link to our free #nature booklet for young readers, here: t.co/RUV3M832Hf 🦊🧠🌃

Thrilled our article made the front cover of the #educational magazine Biological Sciences Review by Hachette Learning 🦊🧠🧩🌃 #BritishCarnivoreProject @dylantj.bsky.social magazines.hachettelearning.com/magazine/bio...

Our free #nature booklet for young readers, Urban Tails, has six stories - each covering a different season of the year. Be sure to read this month's story for August! Over 1,500 downloads and counting! 🦊🏙️🍃🌳 #BritishCarnivoreProject Link here: www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...

Very pleased to share our latest #publication showing that differences an #innovation may shape finer-scale niche differences between two generalist species: wild #raccoons and #opossums 🦝🧠🧩 @kristyadaway.bsky.social Link here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Meet Romeo and Juliet, two coyotes who have made Central Park their home for over a year. While sightings are rare, their presence is a reminder that wildlife finds a way, even in the busiest of cities. Read more about their story: 🔗 bit.ly/3V73suz