If you are in #Toronto come to this fun event at the #zoo where you can learn more about the in situ #lemur #conservation being done by Planet Madagascar www.torontozoo.com/events/lemur...

Friday fun! This year’s crop of vervet infants at Nabugabo getting more independent and adorable!! 🥰 Video by my PhD student Frances Adams.

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

Pseudo-penis who?? Elongated clitorises are out (sorry spider monkeys), male genitalia resembling vaginas are in! Yet another reason why colobus are the coolest primates. Also, Tom Struhsaker is continuing to publishing iconic articles. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Huge moment of pride to watch my first PhD student Keren Klass present the years of genetic data from her PhD and postdoc showing that black howler #gene #flow in #fragmented #landscapes is counterintuitively increased, while #microbiome tracks diets

Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left! Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2025, our free online conference on animal behavior research. 🎤 15-min oral talks 🎥 5-min video posters 📅 Deadline: September 7 📄 Submit your abstract now 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

The Department of Biological Sciences at @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Freshwater Ecology. lnkd.in/gMt2i9C7 #FreshwaterEcology #AcademicJobs #AcademicChat #EnvironmentalScience #AquaticEcology 🧪

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Huge day in the lab! As Sam Stead defends the first #PhD #dissertation on the Rwenzori #colobus!! Congratulations to Dr. Stead!!!

Ongoing academic position lecturer in terrestrial animal ecology at JCU Australia. Deadline 8th August 2025. careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

My amazing master’s student, Coco Tucker-Gritt, is applying her superior art skills to the walls of the research station now!! The vervets keep sniffing and calling to the these new wall monkeys, but they never respond! 🤣

Another cool primate infant article by Sam Stead, @teichroeb-lab.bsky.social on this bizarre (in the best way) species of black & white colobus. When mothers are better fed, they divert more energy to lactation and infants can reach independence earlier! 🧪🐒 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Another new lab paper led by the amazing Sam Stead! We show that greater #fruit availability & less #maternal #movement increases #infant #independence in Rwenzori #colobus. 1/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Only 10 days away from the American Society of Primatologists Small Research Grant deadline!! We fund both wild and captive hypothesis-based research. Info on the ASP [email protected]

"We suggest that male immigrants occasionally commit infanticide, but that they also impact infant survival through another mechanism, such as the loss of care provided by putative fathers." Cool new primate research by Sam Stead, @teichroeb-lab.bsky.social et al. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New lab paper! Led by Sam Stead. #Infant #mortality for the Rwenzori #colobus is associated #male #immigration and #replacement. But sometimes occurs months afterwards. Infanticide may occur but loss of male caregivers may also impact infants. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Marie Curie Fellowships are open (tinyurl.com/bdewf876) - if interested in studying how wild Barbary macaques are adjusting to human impacts (tinyurl.com/5n6hxwwz), please get in touch! We're particularly keen for someone to work with all the metagenomic data we have!

Congratulations to PhD student Frances Adams for passing her proposal defense today and achieving candidacy!! Her PhD will focus on the importance of #male #bonding in the formation of the Rwenzori #colobus #multilevel #society.

New article! How do biologists pursue generalizations given the heterogeneity of living systems? This paper examines diagrams and tables in review articles and discusses visual practices for generalizing while embracing differences. Forthcoming in Synthese philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25344/

We had to get in on the debate at #UTSC www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...

An important publication from John Endler on the fundamentals of behavioural ecology: " We need to make a lot more use of Natural History. Natural History is the ultimate source of all hypotheses, so neglecting it could result in stagnation of our field " academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... 🧪🪶

We asked how behavioral diversity & agonistic behaviors relate to group size in wild capuchins. We analyzed >65,000 behavioral scans collected over 15 yrs on 214 capuchins (8 groups) & controlled for # inds sampled. We found behavioral richness, diversity & agonism was higher in larger groups.

Our new paper on Arsi gelada feeding ecology! This is the southernmost living population of geladas. Their envt is lower elevation and thus hotter compared to other sites. Activity budget data suggest this is a pretty marginal envt for geladas. brill.com/view/journal...

Just informed by @wiley.com that our paper on applying dual process theory and Bayesian decision theory to wild animal decisions was in the top 10% of articles read last year! Really gratifying that it is being read, since it was so hard to write! 😄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

So fun to talk about the joys and challenges of being a primatologist with a wonderful panel of colleagues!

Fantastic 3-year postdoc opportunity working on communication in wild chimpanzees with a dream team of scientists!

I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

blog.castac.org/2025/03/foll... A beautiful, introspective, and philosophical blog post co-authored by my PhD student Virendra Mathur on the complicated politics of studying nonhumans in a human-dominated world.

🚨RT! The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/

Sam Stead giving a fascinating talk about factors affecting infant survival in the elusive and strange Rwenzori Angolan colobus monkeys at #AABA2025. The results were 😲. Colobines are the coolest primate, don’t at me. @teichroeb-lab.bsky.social

This new review by Sandel et al in @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social is a nice summary of the approach by which we can best link primate behavioral data to questions in #humanevolution using a more formalized comparative framework. #biologicalanthropology #paleoanthropology #primatology

Speaking in Australia -- from Canada in about half an hour! Anyone can join on Zoom 😊

The University of Tennessee invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in animal behavior, starting Aug 1, 2025. Submit application… https://fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/1992/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share #postdoc

Delighted to say that my and Amanda Melin's special issue of the American Journal of Primatology on primatology in Canada is now complete with 18 papers(!!) and the Introduction has just been published! Co-authored by Linda Fedigan. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The Bio Anthro Section of the AAA is looking for graduate students to run for a position on our exec comm- It's a 2 year term.

Some non-Americans are expressing a sense of helplessness watching the US. My personal recommendation to those feeling that way is to work to steel up the science infrastructure, funding, and culture in your own country. We need everyone to harbor knowledge and incubate progress while the US can't!

🚨Come work with us in charming Tübingen and become a member of our growing Freigeist group! We offer a 2-year postdoc position on the communicative plasticity in wild and captive bonobos, fully funded by @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social. Applications open until March 15th. bit.ly/4gVa5Je

We are hiring! We have an open position for a new lab coordinator in #primate #cognition and #behavior in the Cognitive Evolution Group at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Find out more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...

Excited to participate in this panel in Montreal!

I'm looking to hire two MSc positions. Interested in social animals, agent-based modelling, and reinforcement learning (RL)? Take a look at these two projects! Agent-based modelling of beluga social dynamics: tinyurl.com/4umsvkdx Social network dynamics of RL agents: tinyurl.com/5jztxdd6

New lab logo made by my amazingly talented master’s student, Coco Tucker-Gritt!!! ❤️❤️❤️

📢📢 Montreal Primatology Event! Come see me, @broganstewart.bsky.social, @teichroeb-lab.bsky.social, S. Turner, L. Bolt talk about The Primatologist's Journey Through Fieldwork & Life. Registration now open! 📢📢🐒🦍🦧🧪🔬🏺 Deets: Concordia Uni, March 31 2025, 10:30-12:30. www.concordia.ca/cuevents/off...

Silverback Sadiki monitoring the construction across the way. He probably has some useful input… @thetorontozoo.bsky.social

We're hiring a Manager, Natural Areas (central Ontario) @ncccnc.bsky.social. * Full time * Salary $81k-92k/yr + benefits * Based in Toronto * Apply by Feb 9 * Details: lnkd.in/gNwQR7DY #ConservationJobs

Fun little article out about our eastern gray squirrel work! Basically "squirrels are the poor-woman's monkeys". www.utsc.utoronto.ca/anthropology...