new, in press: Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publicati...

Thank you all who submitted an abstract for #ECBB2026 in ARU, Cambridge. We received an amazing collection of abstracts and it'll be an exciting programme! Now's the time to register: www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe... @ecbb2026.bsky.social @asab.org @ethoges.bsky.social @spetologia.bsky.social

📄 New preprint: carrion crow communication For the first time, along with the University of León, we charted the vocal repertoire of a crow population and mapped it to social functions and behavioral context. 📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🔊: projects.earthspecies.org/cooperative-...

 2025. Burden of a failed error culture in biologging. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via @asab.org cc @asabeducation.bsky.social

Our paper on decolonising field ecology was featured on a new BBC documentary as an example of how woke has gone too far on university campuses. Needless to say, I'm thrilled. This is impact! @biotropica.bsky.social 🌍 1/6

Abstract deadline (April 30th) for the European Congress for Behavioural Biology fast approaching!! Don't miss out! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

#ECBB2026 Abstracts will close this week! For more information about topics, and how to submit, visit our Call for Abstracts page 👇👇 www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

Research Assistant position working on eye-tracking and parenting cognition in macaques, linked to Yuri Kawaguchi's BBSRC Fellowship. Join us at NTU! @yurikawaguchi.bsky.social vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Don't forget about this excellent opportunity to share your joy and story-telling passion with younger generations! Expressions of interest are due on April 30th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thinking about applying for funding? Don’t hesitate to reach out to researchers and explore applying together. Many strong proposals start with a simple message. #Academia #ResearchFunding #Collaboration

This #PhilTransB theme issue, organised by @ellileadbeater.bsky.social and @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social, explores how and why animal minds have evolved to be so different from one another: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

🧵 Very proud our special collection on vocal communication in corvids in Animal Cognition (@springernature.com) is now fully published! 🐦 Huge thanks to all collaborators and contributors who made this possible! (1/15) link.springer.com/collections/...

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share

Looking forward to co-chairing a symposium on 'Methods to study curiosity-like behaviours in animals' with @monteirotiago.bsky.social at the European Conference for Behavioural Biology (@ecbb2026.bsky.social). Consider applying by 30th April if your work is curiosity/information-seeking related!

🎉 Congratulations to the ASAB Video Competition winner Amaia Alcalde Anton! Check out her video: “What Did I Leave in the Fridge” 🎉 #ASABSpring2026 

Want to know more? Read the paper this entry was based on: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Abstract deadline is extended but early bird registration ends today, so make sure you get your ticket: www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

Job Alert 🚨: We are looking for field assistants to join our research projects in South Africa studying chacma baboons. Expenses coved. Please get in touch if interested and share widely. See attached advert 👇 @tylerbonnell.bsky.social

Why academic societies, as well as journals, have an important role to play in ensuring appropriately rigorous standards in their disciplines: here's discredited race scientist Philippe Rushton acknowledging the role that the conferences of two academic societies played in developing his ideas

Very happy to share this one: Dogs in UK schools – An evaluation of the status quo We highlight the urgent need for clearer national guidance on minimum standards for training, welfare assessment, and risk management to safeguard both children and animals #AnimalAssistedEducation #AnimalWelfare

Post-doc opportunity on comparative cognition and movement dynamics in corvids with the brilliant Prof Debbie Kelly at the University of Manitoba

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

I'm super pleased that #xenocanto has launched this new feature: detailed annotations for its animal sound data! https://xeno-canto.org/article/318 Xeno-canto is the most valuable #birdsong/#animalsound archive. This will help even more!

New work from myself, @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social @lsburchardt.bsky.social : seabird calls share not only efficiency universals, but also prosodic patterns with our speech. Rallentando rhythms carry info absent in spectra. 🔊🐧 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

1/5 Part of acoustic beauty appears to be universal, and Darwinwas right By comparing sounds from 16 species with human preferences, researchers found that we tend to choose the same ones they do: from geladas and fruit flies to small tree frogs (paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our paper on the female song in Galápagos yellow warblers is now published in Animal Behavior: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... To celebrate, here is the first ever video I recorded back in 2023 of the female BzHz singing!

We are delighted to announce #ECBB2026 registration and abstract submission are now open! Conference Attendance Grant are also available, thanks to @asab.org and @ethoges.bsky.social support! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

Young magpies learn to combine calls into "sentences" much like human toddlers: through listening to family and friends! Now available to read at @royalsocietypublishing.org @mandyridley.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Lovely clear Buzzard calling yesterday. Grabbed my phone. Yep, I thought it was a Buzzard, Merlin thought it was a Buzzard. Fabrizio listened back to my recording and said “Nice Buzzard”. I saw the bird. It was a Jay. Brilliant mimicry though! Thought you'd approve @wascherclaudia.bsky.social

Our article has been published today, "Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" peerj.com/articles/20861 #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #VeterinaryMedicine #Zoology led by @debottam1991.bsky.social via @peerj.bsky.social

🚨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

What are the ecological effects of releasing and managing mallard ducks for hunting? Our new OA paper with @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... What did we find? A short 🧵

The @asab.org animal behavior ethics guidelines now reference our work on humane husbandry and ethical study design for insects and decapods! See the full guidelines: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy

🚨Not one, but two papers now out on response inhibition (also called motoric self-regulation or inhibitory control in the field of animal cognition). Many studies find no link between individual performance on different tasks supposedly measuring response inhibition. 1/6

🎓Training School: Phylogenetic Study of Affective States Across Species Join us in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 14-15) with experts Liz Paul, Mike Mendl, & László Garamszegi. 💰 16 fully-funded places available! Apply by Feb 23: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/U9jSVsH09S

This #MeetASAB features Madam President herself: Melissa Bateson (@melissabateson.bsky.social) Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6

🎉 Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Join my inaugural lecture Social by Nature — exploring how social worlds shape animal minds 11 Feb 26 • 18:00–19:00 GMT • Cambridge + Online Register: www.aru.ac.uk/events/inaug... #EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInSTEM #LGBTQHistoryMonth

@katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social & my review on same-sex partnerships in birds is now out in the JAVB Award Issue special, with a beautiful cover by @bertillemohring.bsky.social! 🐧🏳️‍🌈 Check it out along with other brilliant reviews by fellow ECRs on everything from microbiomes to the importance of sleep

My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd

The latest ASAB newsletter is out! If want these sent to your e-mail, remember to sign up for the mailing list at asab.org/newsletters Read here:

2026. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. "Distress calls are consequently an important consideration in farms, where young are raised at high density and one individual is heard by many." url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... via @royalsocietypublishing.org

Have you ever wondered how animals were using affective states to cope with our activities? Here's our NEW PAPER (and my first) that tells you everything you need to know and how much should we feel concerned by the consequences of our activities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

With ten days to go to submit your symposia proposal, we're here to answer your most burning question: What is the registration cost? #AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026

There is still some time to submit for our Special Collection on social cognition and anthropogenic environments! We are looking forward to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/... Please do get in touch if you have any questions. #openaccess #socialcognition

🐊 From desk to field: the first weeks of EvOCRO testing are shaping how crocodiles learn. Pilot experiments, protocol changes, individual differences — science in real life. 🔗 Read the full blog post: evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2... #EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #Fieldwork #SciencePop

We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing

Our 2026 Conference is on Saturday 28th March and it's going to be a superb day! With six talks on the status of key species & habitat in Essex, lots of display stands, plenty of delicious food, & a prize raffle it's not to be missed! Book your place at ebws.org.uk/conference/r... #essexbirding

If you are organising a symposium related to animal cognition @ecbb2026.bsky.social and would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch #ecbb2026 #AnimalCognition #AcademicPublishing #SpecialCollection

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.