PLEASE SHARE 🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches. tinyurl.com/577cx9tj Deadline: 03/12/2025 ⬇️

🚨 Uh-oh!!! A suuuper hot #PhD opportunity just dropped! My friend and collaborator Massimo De Agrò is looking for someone to explore jumping spider vision and neurophysiology! #psychophysics #jumpingspiders #greatPI - apply!!!! (Deadline December 17th) 🚨

A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies. #neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶 direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻‍🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹 With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!! Website below☺️

PLEASE SHARE 🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches. tinyurl.com/577cx9tj Deadline: 03/12/2025 ⬇️

Really cool! Edmontosaurus had hooves! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My first official post to say see you at #SfN2025! I'm presenting some new ephys work with @healeylab.bsky.social looking at auditory responses to chick calls in zebra finch parents! 🐦🧠🔊🐣 Tuesday @ 2pm (PSTR346, Vocal/Social Communication). ALSO ~ my lab is opening soon and we're HIRING!! (see ⬇️)

#PhD position! Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests. Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet. share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...

New paper today in Proc B @royalsociety.org. We explored nest architecture in 3,685 species of birds, modelling the multivariate nature of nests, i.e. how shape, location or attachment co-occur. Then we explored how the environment affected nest architecture evolution. Spoilers in the title! 🪺🐦🌍

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

Please share!🙏 🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

Nikkei found academics had written "give a positive review only" and "do not highlight any negatives" in white text or tiny font on 17 preprints to combat AI peer reviews. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

Anthropocentric bias may explain research disparities between animal tool use and nest building www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Enigmacursor darted around North America in the Late Jurassic 145-150 million years ago and its skeleton now be on display in London’s Natural History Museum

In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it. Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/40mj1S8

NEW PAPER: Dartford warblers use nest materials based on local habitat, but material type doesn't affect insulation or breeding success—suggesting flexible, functional nest-building across environments. ➡️ vist.ly/3n7q4gd #ornithology #birds #reproduction #nest @shokosugasawa.bsky.social

"Yes, it is heartbreaking for what this says about the world we humans have made. But I still find wonder in the stories these nests tell about the lives and circumstances of their architects and the deliberate choices they made." Dr. Vanya Rohwer's #naturewriting. #birds #birding #nature

After years of seeing the faded plastic band on this puffin and being unable to re-sight it, we finally re-captured it and replaced its bands. This bird was first banded as chick in 1996 making it 29 years old (!) and among the oldest in our records. 🦑🪶🧪

Timeline cleanse, the best kind: Egg-laying mammal thought to be extinct rediscovered - ABC News

ICYMI: Jay Odenbaugh in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou on "The Ethics of De-Extinction" Is it scientifically possible, is it conceptually possible, and is it ethically permissible to bring back a species whose environment is gone? #Philosophy #philsci #moralphil www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh9j...

Artificial feeders have allowed the Anna’s hummingbird to expand their range out of Southern California up to the state’s northern end. They have also driven a transformation of the birds themselves.

🚨 Registration Deadline Extended! 🚨 Only a few weeks left! The #CogEvo2025 registration deadline has been extended to June 16! Spots are still filling quickly — don’t miss your chance to join us. Secure your place now: event.unitn.it/cogevo/ @cimecunitrento.bsky.social @orsolars.bsky.social

Exceptional new fossils from northern Alaska reveal birds lived and nested alongside non-avian dinosaurs in Arctic Alaska long before the radiation of modern birds after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/3Ss2yrw

🚨Our new paper ‘Nest building and circulating testosterone dynamics in male zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata’ is out!🚨 With @simonemeddle.bsky.social and @cogwild.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3

Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!

Our May issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on: 🦠 Primordial metabolism 🦋 Butterfly diversity 🪸 Reef restoration Cover shows a prothonotary warbler at the entrance of a nest cavity. From Lipshutz et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This image depicts blood vessels in a pigeon’s head. It was captured by the veterinarian Scott Echols as part of an ongoing endeavour known as the Grey Parrot Anatomy Project, which aims to develop ways to aid diagnosis and treatment for a host of animals, from birds to humans.

SBN meeting is July 13-16. Deadline to submit an abstract is May 31. Still plenty of time.

First, it was the perfect pour-over coffee. Now, #ScienceAdviser is here with fool-proof cacio e pepe (plus more of the best in @science.org and science). You're welcome! www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

We are now approaching 4,000 formally announced university redundancies in the UK since January alone. The real situation is far worse than that, and will also accelerate going forwards. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

🦅🧠 Bird Cognition 🧠🦅 Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦 Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩 Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪 🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM #Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour

Big thanks to Kristina Nienhaus for a great interview about our recent #MetaAnalysis on egg hormones and fitness. Interview ➡️ shorturl.at/HZHJb 📰 Article ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/ele.... 💻Data & Code ➡️ github.com/ASanchez-Toj... ®️ Pre-registration ➡️ doi.org/10.17605/OSF...

Great piece by Adam Rutherford on the moral and ethical implications of the current woolly mammoth revival hype. Not to mention the colossal (pun very much intended) waste of money this "endeavor" is 🧪 🌍 🦊 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Join us for CogEvo 2025! A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, development & evolution with invited speakers and poster sessions. 🗓️ July 17-18, 2025 📍 Rovereto, Italy 🔗 Register here 👉🏻 event.unitn.it/cogevo/ #CogEvo2025 #Cognition #Neuroscience #Evolution

🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨 Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

🚨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐝🍀🎓🙌Application deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Starting to hear reports of Avian Influenza hitting Whooper Swans. Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing. In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contact DefraGovUK, in N Ireland Daera & in Republic of Ireland Dept of agriculture. Please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social for monitoring

The first big publications from the OSIRIS-REx sample-return mission report the building blocks of life (lots of them!) in the asteroid Bennu. Words by me:

A single gene underlies male mating morphs in ruff sandpipers, a new Science study finds. The results show how evolutionary changes in a single gene's structure, sequence, and regulation can drive significant diversity within a single species. Learn more in our new issue: https://scim.ag/4arzNmU

2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency

Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users? Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...

If you are seeking a PhD and interested in using mass spectrometry to measure sex steroids to investigate their role in bird nesting then this may be the opportunity for you. Based in Edinburgh. Please get in touch if you are. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.

🎄 Happy Holidays 🎄 (All credit to @pedromics on X)

New preprint: we use several established methods to break down zebra finch social networks, revealing several social tiers that largely match those from mammalian societies. Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... This work involved fine-scale tracking of colonies containing 80 individuals!

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪