Huge Congratulations @stephaniellaura.bsky.social - truly a thesis to be proud of!

New paper led by @josharbon.bsky.social. Adults jackdaws often bully youngsters, but we show they can learn to be tolerant and attend to juveniles as sources of information. @uniexecec.bsky.social. Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk & @swbiodtp.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Just another day in the bay #sharkbay #gathaagudu #dolphinresearch

A great privilege of my career is observing the Shark Bay dolphins. A firm favourite is Starlet - a 22 year old adult male whose father, Realnotch, dominated the alliance landscape. Starlet has inherited his father’s prowess and, with his allies, ranges widely to secure females and take on rivals.

Monkey Mia 🫶

Hello Shark Bay 🫶

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

No, it's not a sulphur-crested cockatoo, but it is a clever cockie! Masters student Miro van den Berg is using light-weight BLE-tags to study the urban lives of the gorgeous gang-gang cockatoo. You can read more here: sites.google.com/site/lucymap...

We did some science. We found some things. Killer whales get by with a little kelp from their friends. Evidence of tool manufacture and use in resident killer whales - check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Huge loss for @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - you’ll be sorely missed @ebablab.bsky.social!! Hope @camzoology.bsky.social know just how lucky they are! 🦋🧠🍾

We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬 Deadline is 29th June - please share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Two paper just out from the #clevercockieproject! @julia-penndorf.bsky.social reveals how cockies play politics when deciding who to aggress: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... & @barbaraklump.bsky.social describes a new 'drinking innovation': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

🚨Anyone want a job?🚨 We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪 - cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo - bioinformatics and molecular biology Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n

Very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Fellowship to continue my work on dolphin communication and social cognition 🙏 @researchdolphin.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

May Fieldwork ❤️ #sharkbay #gathaagudu #research #dolphins

New theme issue in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B @royalsocietypublishing.org: Animal culture: conservation in a changing world Edited by @pbrakes.bsky.social, @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @emma-carroll.bsky.social, Alison L Greggor, Andrew Whiten and @ellengarland.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Back in the place I love doing what I love #research #dolphinbehaviour #Gathaagudu #SharkBay #sponging #tool-use #soundplaybacks

Lovely new study by Peter Cook and colleagues - Ronan impressively shows how sea lions can precisely move in time with an auditory beat www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Incredible talk by @asab.org Christopher Barnard Award recipient @lirsamuni.bsky.social - beautiful talk that presented an impressive body of work. Research superstar 👏🏻🙌🏻

Great plenary for #ASABSpring2025 by @rmash.bsky.social on parental care and the evolution of genetic variation 🪲🪲🪲

🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬 The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

It’s been such a pleasure to be part of this podcast and to introduce @amy-martin.bsky.social to the Shark Bay dolphins. Check out ‘Hark’ - the new season of @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social 🎧🐬🐟

🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬 The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

🌟JOB ALERT🌟 We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’ That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour Deadline: 24th Jan 2025 bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Huge congratulations to Dr Laura Palmer for passing her viva yesterday. It’s been a pleasure working with you and supporting your PhD. Laura, you are welcome back to @cbmwc.bsky.social any time. 🌊🐬🎤 🎶

Congratulations to Dr Laura Palmer for successfully passing her viva today with no corrections - what a wonderful achievement! 🥳🙌🏻 and big thanks to Steve Simpson and Claire Embling for examining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social

Hello Zürich 👋🏻

I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one! If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other. go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x

Officially moved over from the platform formerly known as Twitter. What have I been up to? Just got back from an incredible conference in Perth which ended with a trip to see these cuties! #quokka #quokkaselfie

Hello Bluesky 👋🏻 Follow for dolphin and dog related content #animalbehaviour #cooperation #communication #dogs