Life in MoyenBafing gets pretty exciting for us too! Come help us learn about these incredible chimpanzees and the wonderful MB landscape they live in! RA positions in our field team from July, apply now! 🧪

One of the most thoughtful, carefully-phrased, pieces I have read on the topic: lots of good progress in recent years showing how we may have under-appreciated the structural complexity of non-human communicative signals 🧪 By @tozbu.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social & R. Wittig

📣NEW paper📣 To date, only humans demonstrate meaning-based, generative communication. However, recent discoveries of combinatorial versatility in chimpanzee + bonobo vocal sequences open the possibility of generative communication in other species. Read here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CPCAMM...

We are deeply grateful to Sir David Attenborough showing his passion for the Taï chimpanzees, supporting them despite them giving him the "most exhausting time of his life". Happy 100th Birthday 🎂 www.taichimpproject.org/media-pr?wix...

Yesterday, at the same spot the foto was taken almost 40 years ago (see below), a group of researchers of the Taï Chimpanzee Project gathered to send b-day greetings to Sir David Attenborough.

📣 NEW PAPER ALERT 📣 Coordination challenges shape signal complexity in chimpanzees, but not in mangabeys. This paper is adding strength to the broader hypothesis that social complexity is a principal driver of the evolution of complex signalling. Read here👇 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Congratulations to Dr. Jaffe for successfully defending her PhD. Out best wishes for your future career, Jenny.

Yesterday, at the same spot the foto was taken almost 40 years ago (see below), a group of researchers of the Taï Chimpanzee Project gathered to send b-day greetings to Sir David Attenborough.

🚨 Cultural evolution paper alert

Big congrats to Dr. Tina Petersen for successfully defending her PhD on tool use in chimpanzees at the Univ. of St Andrews with minor revisions. Tina's PhD results on hammer transport in Taï chimpanzees is in preparation for publication. Great work, Tina, and thanks to Josep Call for collaboration.

Congratulations to Dr. TINA PETERSEN for successfully defending her PhD on tool use in chimpanzees at the University of St. ANDREWS with minor revisions. Great collaboration with Josep Call and TCP. Looking forward to more research like this.

Phil Trans Roy Soc B theme issue ‘The evolution of collective intelligence’ is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾

A rare sight at our present location, CrystalGully: a leopard mother with two cubs. Enjoy, and when you've done, visit us at chimpandsee.org and find exquisite sights yourself!

Exciting research by our former PhD student @aurianelf.bsky.social in collaboration with @zuberbuehler.bsky.social and Steven Moran. Using context as a proxy, changing the order of utterances of a vocal bigram can change meaning of the bigram in sooty mangabeys.

NEW paper alert 📣 The idea, that tool use entails more complexity than serial behavioral sequences, is out there a while. However, proving such hierarchical organization and comparing it across tasks or even species was impossible. We present a possibility to finally investigate it: rdcu.be/faxGa

#voxprimato #conference 🚨🚨 date limite aujourd’hui 🚨🚨 pour les inscriptions à tarif réduit pour le prochain congrès de l’@efp2026.bsky.social à Montpellier !! 🙈🙈🙈 Et vous avez encore jusqu’au 13 mars pour soumettre une proposition de communication. À vos claviers! 🐒🐒🐒

Do you care about primates, and want to help raise funds to support primate conservation, research, and captive care? 🐒We're looking for a Marketing Administrator to support PSGB's work doing exactly that! 🤩 See the News section on our website for further particulars: www.psgb.org/pages/18-lat...

Mary Leakey The History and Meaning of the Discoveries in Olduvai Gorge🏺🧪 The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQNI... In this historic lecture, renowned paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey explores the history and significance of the discoveries at Oldupai Gorge.

Well done Dr. Le Floch! Good cooperation between Lyon and Neuchatel ... @cogcompneuch.bsky.social @isc-mj.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social @tozbu.bsky.social

#CNRSinnovation 💡 La nouvelle lettre innovation du CNRS est sortie ! Laboratoires communs, start-up, brevets, événements... Retrouvez tous les mois les dernières actualités de la #valorisation et de l'#innovation au CNRS. 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/newslette...

NEW paper alert 📣 Sooty mangabey vocal communication - sympatric species to the Tai chimpanzees. Check out what they can do! Fab work together with former PhD student Dr. Auriane Le Floch and our fab colleagues from Neuchatel in CH. Rule-based sequences: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Woher stammt das Mpox-Virus? @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social & @taichimpproject.bsky.social konnten Feuerfußhörnchen als Reservoir des zoonotischen Erregers ausmachen. Das Spillover der #Mpox von Nagern zu Primaten zu kennen, hilft, #Zoonosen besser zu verstehen. via @ndr.de www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

Great work - congratulations to @aurianelf.bsky.social and the team! And exciting that Chapter 2 follows soon.

If you missed our talk on Friday: From orphan chimpanzees in Uganda to environmental leadership in Gabon, @leewhitecbe.bsky.social shared his journey through Budongo Forest,the Gola Forest & the Congo Basin, & why science must guide nature recovery, biodiversity conservation & environmental policy

Chimpanzees have culture. Do they also have cultural heritage worthy of protection? @simonfitzpatrick.bsky.social and I argue they do in our new paper, because their cultural practices create value. link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...

Almost 90,000 (!) readers now know what babies' cries are saying. Why not you 😏? 👇 (do not hesitate to disseminate!) theconversation.com/what-babies-...

🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

📢 We’re hiring! The University of Warwick is recruiting for a full-time, permanent academic position in Psychology, available at either: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🔹 Associate Professor 📅 Application deadline: 5th April 2026

Tropical forests generate vast rainfall through “flying rivers,” meaning farms & cities may depend on ecosystems far away. Even small-scale clearing can reduce precipitation, threatening agriculture, river flows & hydropower. In the Amazon, this rainmaking service is worth tens of billions yearly.

#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢 We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline. Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Please tell friends & colleagues about our unique course “Genetics & Neurobiology of Language” July 27-Aug 3 2026. Expert tutors, interactive talks, panel discussions, all in a beautiful setting. Scholarships available: meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlbanbury.bsky.social

Risk-taking in chimpanzees ... Source: Mongabay search.app/bc2nB

Fire-footed rope squirrels identified as a natural reservoir for monkeypox virus A cross-species transmission event documented in Côte d’Ivoire provides new insights into the spread of mpox in the wild... weiterlesen

Transmission of MPXV: from a squirrel to a mangaby - long-term observations and genetic analysis allow to find the transmission path in retrospect. Another good reason to invest into long-term field research. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper!🚨 Social dynamics of group bubble net feeding in humpbacks. Congratulations Éadin for such an awesome first PhD paper!! 🐳🧪🦑

The Science Community Grant is open for applications until 27 February. Funded by The Julia Rausing Trust, this award offers UK organisations funding to develop long-term partnerships between schools and colleges, and STEM professionals: https://royalsociety.org/grants/science-community-grant/

Thrilled that our elephant gesture work got featured in the latest National Geographic PhotoArk edition @natgeophotos.bsky.social @angelastoeger.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social. Photo Ark uses the power of photography to inspire people to help protect at-risk species before it’s too late.

Humans are transforming the natural world at an unprecedented scale and rate. We, at #UCLouvain 🇧🇪, are organizing a symposium on how organisms, populations, and communities respond to these human-induced environmental changes. April 29–30, 2026! Join us: www.uclouvain.be/en/research-...

Just like humans, many animal species have distinct cultures. From communication and social learning, animal culture shapes how they live and adapt. 🦍🐒🐳 Join an #IUCN introductory webinar and learn what animal culture is and how it can support biodiversity conservation and recovery. Links below!

So a cow can use a stick to scratch its backside. When will we learn that humans are really not that special? | Helen Pilcher

Job Vacancy - Technical Advisor for Protected Area Management, Monrovia, Liberia APPLICATION DEADLINE: 9 February 2026 Details here: wildchimps.org/news.html

If you feel bad for not having published all the papers from your PhD yet... This paper is the discussion of my thesis, and it took me about 6 years to publish it! Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!

My second PhD paper is out What do we know about vocal communication of emotion between different species of terrestrial tetrapods? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... I was lucky to work on this project with Elodie Briefer (@ebriefer.bsky.social), Katarzyna Pisanski and Florence Levrero.

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social] A new United Nations treaty governing biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction entered into force on January 17th, 2026, creating the first global framework to conserve life on the high seas. The agreement covers about 60% of the ocean.

New paper out👂📢🐒! We highlight the remarkable expertise of local field assistants at BCFS (Uganda) in interpreting chimpanzee pant-hoot calls—identifying who is calling, their age, sex, and context—revealing scientific knowledge built through years of experience. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Campagne 2026 de lutte contre les feux de brousse : une mobilisation gagnante pour la biodiversité en Guinée. Merci: #UnionEuropéenne, #RainforestTrust, Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (#MEDD) et Office Guinéen des Parcs Nationaux et Réserves de Faune (#OGPNRF).

What on Earth is a “supersuckler” sea lion? 🍼 🦭 Dr. Andrew Trites (@ubcoceans.bsky.social) says this kind of behaviour has been observed in several other species of sea lions, and some seals buff.ly/QmSvi7J