I present the duffel-in-duffel-in-duffel #turduffen !! A useful way to consolidate & segregate dirty but wearable clothes (protect at all costs chicken) from ‘field’ dirty (salvageable duck) from good god the smell (maybe we should burn it turkey) ☠️🧪 #fieldwork #gonechimping @mbchimp.bsky.social

With students heading back to the classroom, a group of cognitive scientists and AI researchers has published one of the most forceful and evidence-backed calls yet to reject the "uncritical adoption of AI" in academia:

“We will never know what diseases might have been cured or what advances in technology might have been invented had the lights not gone out in the labs.” 🧪 #giftarticle

The trail in & out of camp is an old way b/w villages, walked for generations, deeply familiar but reworked anew each walking. Last night after fording the flooded river, dog tired, soaking wet, well past dark, we climbed up to the village under a lunar eclipse. Glad I get to carry this version 💚🧪

Forget the sword in the stone, here @mbchimp.bsky.social it’s the machete in the mud that’s the rainy season hero! 😂 #fieldwork #gonechimping #moyenbafing #guinea #dontforgetyourmachete 🧪

At least the #frogs of the #moyenbafing are living their absolute noisiest #rainyseason #bestlife 🛁🐸🧪 #fieldwork #gonechimping #guinea #maketherainstop #glowup @mbchimp.bsky.social

Pleased to report that new roomie & I getting along just fine after coming to some basic agreements about no-no spaces (boots, bedroll) and yes-please activities (eating large invertebrates).. #fieldwork #herp #moyenbafing #guinea #gonechimping @mbchimp.bsky.social 🧪

managed the unthinkable wet-season luxury of sunny late afternoon& got both socks & boots 85% dry.. the warm cosy feeling of 6am smugness walking in clearly alerted the fieldwork gods to this unacceptable fact, who placed a tiny extra slippery spot on the log we use to cross the v full river 🛁🙄🧪

I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR Deadline: 30.09.2025. Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21") @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social

Fieldwork lessons : we do not touch the sleepy hairy pretty ones… both because it would be impolite to wake them from their sweet reveries, and because it would hurt like a mo-fo.. 😳 #fieldwork #caterpillars #guinea @mbchimp.bsky.social #gonechimping 🧪

I like Bay-oh babs, and I can not lie… #baobab #Guinea #moyenbafing #fieldwork #gonechimping 🧪 @mbchimp.bsky.social

Good people of Bluesky.. it’s time for the classic rainy season fieldwork game of : river-or-road?! @mbchimp.bsky.social 😂⛈️ with bonus new was-road-now-river friend 💚 #fieldwork #rainyseason #gonechimping #guinea 🧪 #moyenbafing

It is with a very heavy heart that we share the loss of a friend, colleague, mentor and leader in primate conservation, Prof. Augustin Basabose. We wish to extend our deepest and most sincere condolences to his family and to all who ever had the privilege and chance to know him.

ZOOGESTURES has a web presence now! 🐒🦥🐻‍❄️ zoogestures.uni-koeln.de with @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social 🏺🗃️📕

Go figure that on the Micronesia-Scotland-Guinea turn around, Scotland was the only place it didn’t rain on me everyday 😂 #rainyseason #fieldwork #Conakry #gonechimping

Happy Birthday Gary Larson, 75 years old today. A perfect excuse to celebrate his tireless efforts documenting major breakthroughs in science, including this pivotal moment for language research:

As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview. cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...

First we pile, then we pack, then we pile.. it’s the ciiiiircle of (field)life 😂 #fieldwork #guinea @mbchimp.bsky.social #gonechimping 🧪

The #IsleofWight is a world famous dinosaur hotspot... and it's desperately in need of a new museum and Science Park. Help us by signing the petition (either via the QR or at chng.it/4CXPhKLQs2). Watch out for news in the coming weeks :) #dinosaurs

A new study adds support to the so-called “drunken monkey” hypothesis by examining just how often living apes indulge in fallen—presumably boozy—fruits. scim.ag/3UoyyO3

Do I take my ADHD meds to the field? What to put in a risk assessment w dyspraxia? How do I support ND students during fieldschool? If you ever wondered what fieldwork's like as a neurodivergent ecologist, this webinar by the @britishecologicalsociety.org is for you! tinyurl.com/yckyrf4r

"Scrumping" describes the behavior of primates consuming overripe, fermented fruit. Studying this behavior may help us better understand the evolution of human alcohol tolerance! 🧪 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Happy to share this article on @theconversation.com covering our study on elephant gestures 🐘👋 @angelastoeger.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social Lucy Bates, Josh Plotnik theconversation.com/do-elephants...

The Linguistics Discipline at La Trobe University have developed a discipline-specific position statement on the role of generative AI in our classrooms. www.superlinguo.com/post/7908973...

Lol.. Did not have ‘ @bsky.app algorithm flags classic art by Rubens as adult only content’ on my bingo card for this thread but I suppose it is technically correct 🤣

Appropriately one of the communities of chimps in this dataset has a generation of males named after single malt whiskies 😂🥃🙈🧪 Since I’m stuck in an airport for several more hours, one like = whisky chimp photo/backstory! #teamWaibira #whiskychimps

It’s Friday night (somewhere) so settle in for a 🧵that combines fermented fruit, scrumping monkeys, etymology, Larson cartoons, & Gothic art to tackle the enduring mystery of why humans are so astoundingly good at metabolising alcohol! or read our new 🧪 paper ;) academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Move over chimps, it's the mountain gorillas' time to slide (carefully) into action as the true gesture gods they are! Huge congrats to Charlotte Grund on the 1st moutain gorilla gesture repertoire 🦍🤘🦍👏🦍 link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007... 🧪 @erc.europa.eu @uniofstandrews.bsky.social 1/6

How do (non-human!) primates get their booze? @nakedprimate.bsky.social draws on the medieval word "scrumping" to describe their consumption of fallen fruit. History, linguistics and animal behaviour come together in this great piece on tipsy apes and monkeys: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... 🧪🌏🐒🍹

Join us for #ASABWinter2025 in Edinburgh Dec 15-16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Abstracts for posters/talks due Aug 29 More details here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

📣 1 WEEK TO GO! 🐜 Leaf-cutting ants don’t just build nests; they build climate-controlled cities. 🎥 Watch the teaser for Prof. Flavio Roces’ talk on their environmental adaptations. 🗓️Tuesday 29 July – 14:00 GMT 📍Live on YouTube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...

Cambridge Elements are free to download until 7/25-check out my little book How To Study Animal Minds. I had fun writing this one, and I'll never forget how nervous I was in front of a bunch of scientist friends, including Sara Shettleworth, hearing their thoughts on the draft! tinyurl.com/3yy6a52c

"ZOOGESTURES will zeigen, dass der Mensch nicht gegen, sondern in Kollaboration mit seiner natürlichen Umwelt zum Menschen geworden ist" @shumon.bsky.social, @nakedprimate.bsky.social und Johannes Schick - für uns ein echtes Pioniervorhaben 👍

Please consider helping us support the next generation of primatologists! Any support is greatly appreciated, and will help us host this fantastic event for the second time! 🐒

The first papers from our special collection on vocal communication in corvids are now live. Most are still under review, stay tuned for more updates as they’re published! link.springer.com/collections/...

I am advertising 2 positions in language evolution with my group at ‪‪@dondersinst.bsky.social: 📢 Fully-funded PhD position (Robotics/AI 🤖) www.ru.nl/en/working-a... 📢 Postdoc position (Virtual Reality 🎮) www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Deadline for applications is August 14th. Please RT! :)

New paper out in eLife! 🎉 Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use elifesciences.org/articles/105... (including videos of wild elderly chimpanzees using tools! 🪨 🌰)

Good piece by John Platt at The Revelator about flensing AI from searches. How and why. therevelator.org/how-to-get-a...

#WorldChimpanzeeDay seems a great time to share 2 #PhD opportunities on creativity in wild #chimps and #bonobos at University of Zurich @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social

1 WEEK to submit your abstract and regist in early bird prices! One reason to submit? That's easy! Students presenting can win an award! These awards can allow you to attend an international ethological congress. See more infos regarding our Vitor Almada Award in our website etologia.pt/about-en/

Our #study finds that #male #dominance isn't the norm among #primates, and starts to unravel what shapes flexibility in intersexual power paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122 press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249

🚨Second PhD chapter is out today! We show that elephants gesture intentionally to ask humans for food using many different gesture types! Check it out 👉 tinyurl.com/elephant-int... 🧵TLDR 1/16

Our latest article is on #socialprescribing and calls for better evidence and better systems for collaboration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Very happy that our project was selected by the @volkswagenstiftung.de and looking forward to work on some spicy things with @nakedprimate.bsky.social in the coming years. Watch this space, there will be two post-doc positions (multispecies archaeology + primatology) advertised soon. 🏺🦣

🚀 New Project! @shumon.bsky.social and his colleagues Johannes Schick & @nakedprimate.bsky.social just received funding from @volkswagenstiftung.de for their new research project „ZOOGESTURES“! #multispecies Congrats! @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social tinyurl.com/kswsda4k

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.

📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪

What are we talking about when we're talking about "cognition"? Terminology in this field has become confused and confusing. While writing our recent review, we tried to structure terms for our own sanity, and provide a template in a Glossary royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The IPS EDEI committee has put together Conference tips for first timers with loads of great guidance on how to navigate your 1st conference. Available in English, en Français, & en Español Please share widely! Feedback welcome! internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/ips-conferen... 🧪🐒 #IPS2025

Come join us in the gorgeous #moyenbafing and contribute to chimpanzee #science and #conservation 🧪🐵🌿 Deadline July 15 or as soon as post filled