New research shows meerkat social group membership strongly shapes gut microbiomes and beneficial bacterial co-occurrence, beyond individual health or environmental exposure. ⬇️ buff.ly/neW6LHH @krishsubramaniam.bsky.social

‼️ Thrilled to share my first article on the Kalahari meerkats ‼️, in @animalecology.bsky.social! Group membership strongly influences gut microbiomes & especially the co-occurrence of beneficial bacteria, beyond animals' age or sex, disease status, or environmental exposure doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Snow leopards have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats due to persistently small population sizes throughout their evolutionary history, which may make recovery from human hunting and habitat loss challenging. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/HM3350XeeBY

Social relationships are powerful predictors of fitness across social animals. But *why*? In our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper, we outline testable predictions for why relationship quality and quantity adaptively vary across socio-ecological contexts. tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7

Had the pleasure of meeting Jane Goodall once, in 2011 while in grad school in Buffalo NY. This clip captures how she related to and inspired the public just as much as she inspired generations of behavioural biologists, conservationists & women in STEM. 💔 youtu.be/IUeoqaZvkcU?...

In memory of Dr. Jane Goodall, we're releasing a special podcast episode today. Ira Flatow shares his memories of the renowned primatologist, including a 2002 interview in which they discussed her groundbreaking discoveries and hopes for a better future.

Fancy joining us? Check out this excellent @royalsociety.org Career Development Fellowship: royalsociety.org/grants/caree... If you're eligible & are interested in social behaviour, vocal communication or anthropogenic impacts on wildlife, feel free to DM or email me. @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Back in Thailand, to wrap up the fieldwork phase of our longtailed macaque 'social microbiome' pilot project! Huge thanks to my Project Assistants Tanatcha & Silakorn, & collaborators Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Sunchai Payungporn & Vorthon Sawaswong! Stories to emerge soon... 🐒 💩 🦠 ⛅️ 🇹🇭

😎😎 symposium and discussion on comparative studies in animal behaviour, organized by @delphinedemoor.bsky.social, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & Anindya Sinha at @behaviour2025.bsky.social ! Was a pleasure to be part of a 👌 speaker lineup, & present my work on interspecific variation in 🐵 social behaviour!

Day 5 of #Behaviour2025 kicks off with a plenary by @samellisq.bsky.social on a question that I have thought about many times. Why does menopause evolve in some species but not in others? And how do social structures and conflict contribute to their evolution? @behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org

Had the pleasure of presenting our collaborative work on 🦁 comparative behavior alongside fantastic colleagues at #behaviour2025 @asab.org Super fun to engage in such a thoughtful symposium on the challenges and future directions of comparative social behavior across species 🦁🐒🧪🔬

Why talk about LGBTQIA+Inclusion in the field? 45% of those participating in fieldwork have faced gender discrimination 👇 #psgbfieldskills2025 workshop @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social

Our #psgbfieldskills2025 workshop has started! Great to hear Kat @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social talk on different perspectives in the development of animal behaviour methods @primatesocietygb.bsky.social Thanks to @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social for their amazing support

Lucky enough to visit the Sundarbans today: where three rivers converge into the Bay of Bengal, mangroves anchor a fragile ecosystem, and swamp 🐅s remain elusive..

Immune genetic and disease surveillance of a wild meerkat population over 20 years shows that tuberculosis imposes strong pathogen-mediated balancing selection on major histocompatibility complex and identifies underlying mechanisms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The first plenary speaker of #Behaviour2025 : Prof Susan Alberts !

#Behaviour2025 – Join us tomorrow for Weaving the MacaqueNet 3.0 & connect with our international community of macaque researchers! 🐒 The workshop is free & open to all, even if you didn’t sign up yet. 📍 We'll be at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, not the main conference venue!

🐺Gray wolves' reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park is considered a conservation success. But 30 years later, are they out of the woods?

🐝 Our latest Special Feature, "Network Ecology in the Anthropocene", is now accepting proposals. 📝 The Special Feature will be accepting submissions to all 7 of our British Ecological Society journals.

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.

‼️New paper alert ‼️ in @ecol-evol.bsky.social ! We show how macaque socio-ecology and their exposure to anthropogenic factors combine to influence Picobirnavirus communities: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Thrilled to have heard @willdalrymple.bsky.social at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, on how ancient India transformed the world!

Interested in field-based primatology? Apply to the PSGB field-skills workshop to be held this August, free of charge (**DL: 18th June**)! @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

Millions of birds nest in the Arctic each year. But did you know they’ve been doing this since the Cretaceous? Can’t believe I finally get to share that our paper on the birds of the Prince Creek Formation is out in ‪@science.org (and on the cover)! 🧵 Art: Gabriel Ugueto ‪@serpenillus.bsky.social

TODAYS FINE, May 13th 2025, 11 AM NYC / 5 PM Paris Erin Siracussa, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Title: Social ageing: Toward a deeper understanding of the intersection between sociality and senescence YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...

With just 16 Red Wolves known to remain in the wild, every wolf is essential + worth protecting. #SaveRedWolves

Asia's carnivore conservation is often focused on big cats, overlooking some of the world's most diverse & ancient wolves 🐺 Research at @wildcru.bsky.social suggests embracing an integrated approach, to help wolves and other less-protected species and landscapes 👇 bit.ly/4kQZ3YH

Check out this @animalecology.bsky.social blogpost written by @macaelaskelton.bsky.social telling the #StoryBehindThePaper for our paper introducing MacaqueNet! Macaela was - and continues to be - a crucial part of the MacaqueNet behind the scenes 🐒🔧

Very excited to contribute to this symposium organized by @delphinedemoor.bsky.social and colleagues, on comparative research on animal sociality. Join us if you are attending @behaviour2025.bsky.social this August!

‼️ new paper ‼️ out in the American Journal of Primatology & led by @nalina-aiem.bsky.social , in which we reveal links between socio-ecology & tuberculosis (Tb)?prevalence among wild longtailed macaques in Thailand!

'Evolutionary drivers of caching behaviour in corvids', new paper by @coloeus.bsky.social in collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social. We identify caching strategies in 63 species from 16 genera (out of 128 corvid species and 22 genera) #animalcognition #corvids link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Excited to share that MacaqueNet is now out in @animalecology.bsky.social ! Great platform brilliantly put together by @delphinedemoor.bsky.social and the core team, that should launch the next phase of comparative studies in behavioural ecology. Very fortunate to have been a part of this effort!

Congratulations to the recipient of our Osman Hill Medal: Prof Anna Nekaris. A fantastic presentation about how long-term data can tell us more about elusive nocturnal primates! #PSGBBristol

#ASABwinter2024 welcome note. Left: organising committee Cédric Aumont, @cbenvenuto.bsky.social, @nicolakoyama.bsky.social, @viveknityananda.bsky.social, @wascherclaudia.bsky.social Right: social media secretary @raccoonologist.bsky.social providing useful info on how to interact via BlueSky

We are delighted to announce that ManyBirds Study 1 “Evolutionary drivers of neophobia across the avian clade” is now available in pre-print: doi.org/10.31219/osf... and been submitted for peer-review publication. 1/

Interested in cognition, conservation and choughs? This fully funded PhD opportunity is for you! @uniofexeter.bsky.social with me, Alex Thornton, Malcolm Nicoll, Liz Corry, Malcolm Burgess in collab with Wildwood Trust & @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social. Apply: tinyurl.com/58s9kb4k