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

We have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality 🧪 #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With all this talk of cow tools now's a good time to mention my new paper with @abigaildesmond.bsky.social titled 'Why don't all animals use tools?' 🧪🛠️🐮 It's in press at the journal Animal Behaviour & Cognition. You can get a pdf of the accepted version from the research page of my site 🧵 1/

Look here www.linkedin.com/posts/wester...

Check out the Western Chimpanzee Conservation Allience training program: www.linkedin.com/posts/wester...

The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career... Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm

New paper with @inbalarnon.bsky.social and @simonkirby.bsky.social! Learnability pressures drive the emergence of core statistical properties of language–e.g. Zipf's laws–in an iterated sequence learning experiment, with learners’ RTs indicating sensitivity to the emerging sequence information.

From gulls eavesdropping on human conversations, to the first ever recordings of shark noises, take a look at the most popular articles published in our journals over 2025: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12...

The cave that rewrote Britain’s Ice Age youtu.be/MMVcGvX5gYI?...

A reminder that we have MSc/MA bursaries for home fee students at UCL Anthropology!

A new academic term is ramping up. Have you considered putting our episodes on your syllabi? Conversations offer an accessible and engaging format—your students will thank you! We have 100+ episodes to choose from, covering many forms of mind from all disciplinary angles. disi.org/manyminds/

Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦‍⬛ Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.

EMPATHY: In a new article out in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how processes like mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here 👉: brill.com/view/journal...

The Birdsong Lab is recruiting graduate students! Links in the comments. Please repost!

Nominations are due January 15 for the Gould Prize, which recognizes an individual who has advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance. The awardee will present a public lecture at #Evol2026 in Cleveland in June. shorturl.at/jornc

Hot off the 3D-printers, version 2 of our Motus Audio night flight call microphone. We're revising our microphone with some exciting new innovations, ahead of the spring 2026 migration. With Jeff Dutter, Lincoln Savi of SaviMade @lincolnsavi.bsky.social, Madison Bygrove, Natalie Emerick, and me.

Our new paper in Hunter-Gatherer Research! We explored women’s decision-making power within households in two subsistence communities with different gender norms (BaYaka foragers & Bandongo fisher-farmers) in the Congolese rainforest ✨ www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...

We are now accepting grant applications to fund ecological research and outreach worldwide. ⏰Apply before 10 March 2026! Find out what grants you can apply to 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/cucxadvxjq 🧪🌍

📣 Delighted to share that my inaugural lecture, Social by nature, from animal social minds to inclusive science cultures, is coming up. 📅 11 Feb 2026, 18:00 GMT | 💻 Online & Cambridge (www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug...). A fitting way to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...

Lecturer (Below the Bar) in Archaeology (Western European Prehistory) A permanent Lectureship at University College Cork (whole time post). 'Western European prehistory (Mesolithic, Neolithic, or Bronze Age). Teaching experience is essential'. www.irishjobs.ie/job/lecturer...

Fun fact, but what feels like ages ago now, I entered a video contest by ASAB with some friends, and we actually won! You can actually still see the video (it's... OK haha). I used the money to buy a traditional Austrian dress (dirndl) www.youtube.com/watch?si=Stn...

Our Science Perspective on Ianni et al - neural control of facial expressions involves voluntary pathways @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social www.science.org/eprint/EKJTZ...

If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇 I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦 doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)

Looking for an amazing opportunity to work with Manxies this summer?? 👀 #seabirds #fieldwork

2x CE related (evolving languages) PhD opportunity 🚨

Have you been too busy to read our recent paper on orangutans' culturally-dependent diets? 😔 Never fear, we have published a two-page research briefing to give you a quick overview of our paper's aims, findings, and implications! 🤩 Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sub-Saharan Africa has lost almost one-quarter of its pre-industrial biodiversity. To map the biodiversity of sub-Saharan Africa, 200 specialists in African plants and animals were asked to estimate local species abundances. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

An outstanding and beautifully filmed documentary inspired by Sarah Hrdy’s “Father Time”, exploring the physiological and emotional changes men experience when becoming fathers and their deep evolutionary roots. Streaming here until Feb 5, 2026 (French only for now): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...

Watch how the Ape Social Mind Lab at the @isc-mj.bsky.social together with colleagues from ENES in St. Etienne and @mpicbs.bsky.social, @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social, and others start to crack the chimpanzee code of vocal communication. Now on the TCP YouTube channel youtube.com/watch?v=ZIsr...

A very nice end to the year: my PhD work on the development of differentiated social relationships in wild Asian elephants is now published in Ethology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out our new paper on the #development of #gaze-following in wild #chimpanzees, led by @kris-sabbi.bsky.social, @zeppypearl.bsky.social, & Isabelle Monroe! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Lovely start to the year - 1st paper of #PhD student #NatalieTegtman out in latest issue of @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour How a novel #call changes responses to #alarms: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... CONGRATULATIONS Natalie; thanks #RobMagrath; Happy New Year all. 🎉 #animalcommunication #birds #fairywren

Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity. Apply here no later than February 11 2026: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1