Nest #survival models and #genomics illuminate #hybridisation attempts, guiding culturally informed management to recover a Critically Endangered seabird - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #seabirds #ConservationGenomics #NewZealand @wileyecology.bsky.social

Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too! preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵 Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9

New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £46,344 per annum. 📍 Hybrid working. Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.

Hot off the press 🐣 Do birds have any idea of what their eggs look like? Contrary to our expectations, we show that barn swallows don't, nor do they learn it over time. Yet that doesn't stop them from successfully ejecting foreign eggs! 🔗 Read more here: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #OpenAccess

🔈New study! Microplastics found in 62% of White-throated Dipper broods in Scotland & Basque Country. No body condition effects detected. Led by @cmartin3.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @aranzadiornito.bsky.social 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Ornithology🐦 #Microplastics #Freshwater💧

Behaviour and Eco-Evo - a new paper in Am Nat led by Thibaut Rota "Behavior and Physiology Outpace Form When Linking Traits to Ecological Responses Within Populations: A Meta-Analysis." journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... @asn-amnat.bsky.social

How specific are heritable symbioses? And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species? We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com! 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Two PhD positions in dolphin genomics and behavioral ecology are available at the University of Zurich, starting May/June 2026. Applicants must have relevant degrees and experience. More info: www.michaelkruetzenlab.org. #phd

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... Three species of Red Sea fish appear to rely on special “hybrid” retina cells to see in dim environments 🦑 🧪 🌍️ 🐟️

JOB ALERT! We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level! Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too! We look forward to receiving your applications! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Important new paper from colleagues here @sheffielduni.bsky.social Biosciences, providing robust new estimates of normalisation constants for allometric relationships between body size, metabolism and production, at genus and metabolic group level onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Ant-mimicking crab spiders may exploit social ant behaviour to safely prey on them. The paper suggess that the Neotropical crab spider A. rogersi mimics nestmate transport. 🐜🕷️ 🧪🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

3 lecturer jobs at School of Biological sciences at Bristol! Apply by March 8! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

A melanistic Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset last week. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close. #somersetbirding @somersetbirds.bsky.social

The RSPB is looking for surveyors to census the UK’s largest Storm Petrel colony on Mousa, Shetland. We need 2-4 volunteers who are comfortable working and camping in a remote location with limited facilities, to help complete playback surveys during mid-July 2026. 🪺🏝️🏕️

Why is there such variation in the birds encountered as you go up or down a mountain? New paper in #ScienceAdvances examines how climate and ecological interactions drive bird distributions in mountains throughout the year: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/10 ⬇️

Rain again, but I decided to visit Ham Wall, hopefully to see a decent Starling murmuration before winter's end. Managed to hit the jackpot! A million birds? Who knows? Just before dusk I counted 6 Marsh Harriers, I heard the clarion call of Common Cranes and a booming Bittern. #UKBirding

And a Stock Dove in the garden is always a treat!

Not the best views of the local Smew, but a pleasure to see.

Being groomed/eaten

Such stunning fish

2/2 The owls were all going after eagles, with this look that said, “And now I shall curse thee, giant thug.” The eagles here harass all the other birds to steal prey, so oh well. 🪶

Really taken with Haolong dongi, out today from Jiandong Huang, Pascal Godefroit and team. Just submitted news article on it. An iguanodontian with abundant hollow spikes across the neck and body, projecting from among conventional basement scales, and with rows of plate-like scales along the tail.

We're hiring Field Ornithologists and Surveyors! Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📝 Full and part time opportunities. 📆 Closing date: Tuesday 17 February. #Ornithology

So the future focus is on science that can be commercialised? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A postdoc position in Biogeography and Macroecology is available at Palacky University, Czech Republic, with an application deadline of March 15, 2026. For details, contact prof. Vladimir Remes at [email protected]. More info: https://vladremes.github.io #postdoc

Imagination in bonobos! I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko

The RSPB has reported that seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers are suspected or confirmed to have been illegally killed in England during 2025, all on or close to land managed for grouse shooting:

A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM

2nd year behaviour pracs are in full swing with the Siamese Fighting Fish. And this is the one that might accidentally come with me when they’re finished 🐠

🚨 Apply to join us an Associate Editor! We are seeking a wide range of expertise: Human-wildlife interactions 🚶‍♀️ Nature experience and connectedness 🌳 Indigenous knowledge systems🗺️ Reciprocity and care 🤝 And more... Find out more and apply here ➡️ buff.ly/LvTJGnW

It’s time to vote for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026! 📸 🐻‍ From a playful lynx to adorable bear cubs, which of the 24 breathtaking images is your favourite? You can vote until 18 March 2026: brnw.ch/21wZqLT

A lovely read about researchers who make animals happy for a living 😊 A day spent playing the sounds of baby bonobo laughter is surely a day well spent www.sciencenews.org/article/scie...

🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...

Check out our new blog post!🚨 Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪 Read more here👇

What an amazing story! “This remarkable story from Slovenia features an unusually fearless and adaptable White Wagtail, whose choice of nesting site defied all logic – and geography.” www.birdguides.com/news/nesting...

I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!

We were treated to an amazing spectacle on the Tarcoles River, during the recent @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Costa Rica tour, when our arrival coincided with local fishermen emptying their nets, surrounding them (& us) in a swirling mass of Magnificent Frigatebirds, Brown Pelicans, & Royal Terns

Nominations are open for Royal Society medals and awards, celebrating excellence in the biological, physical and applied sciences. Nominations close on 20 February 2026: royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Abstract deadline end of tomorrow (1st Feb 2026)! Lots of interesting talks and poster proposals have been submitted so far...

JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.

Three of the largest UKRI research councils - MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC confirm they have suspended several of their main funding routes until further notice, amid mounting concerns for curiosity-driven research www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u... via @jgro-the.bsky.social

Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris) academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606

There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver

I really should pay more attention to what I say in interviews 🙄

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Post-doc position open in 2026 at UVMB Budapest to study the effects of global change on parental care in shorebirds. PhD in life sciences required. Apply via email to Grant McDonald: [email protected]. More info: https://univet.hu/en/about/staff/mcdonald-grant. #job