I'm excited about IBAC next week - *the* conference for anyone interested in animal sounds http://ibac25.com/ #bioacoustics I'm especially excited because my lovely team will be presenting their work there - here's a preview!

In bioacoustics, our methods matter. Using different machine learning techniques for caller ID can lead to conflicting results, making it hard to compare studies. A new preprint asks: which analysis pipeline is the most reliable? 📈 Find more at: www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/same-data-di...

For over 5,000 y, chanting has been practiced across many Western and Eastern traditions. Chants share distinctive acoustic traits which have evolved culturally to optimize listener relaxation. 👇 new paper @pnas.org by ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab & Co #bioacoustics www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Working on inter-species communication and AI? Submit your application to the Coller-Dolittle price! Looking forward to read many interesting applications! 🤓

New study reveals aborted lunges in inshore South African Bryde’s whales—mouths stay shut at peak speed, potentially reflecting failed attempts or strategic prey herding/energy saving. 🐋A novel insight into rorqual feeding plasticity. Read more at: www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/why-keep-you...

Orcas rub each other’s backs with seaweed to slough off dead skin. Learn more: scim.ag/3Gai9t6

Who knew I would be involved in a study on whales 🐋🐋🐋 😬Nice work by former PhD student Jacopo di Clemente @behaveco.bsky.social

They live among us... but are they really booming? A new study busts the “overabundant macaque” myth, revealing population declines, flawed data, and why intact forests are still essential for these adaptable yet threatened species. 🐒 Read more at: www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/threatened-s...

Very proud of Damaris Riedner for successfully defending her PhD thesis on rhino genetics, socio-spatial behaviour and bioacoustics yesterday! Thanks to co-supervisors Rasmus Heller & Marina Scheumann and examiners @angelastoeger.bsky.social & Adrian Shrader. @behaveco.bsky.social

How do whales and dolphins stay warm in icy seas? 🐳 New research shows small cetaceans rely on blubber quality, while giants like blue whales benefit from sheer size—lower surface-to-volume ratios mean less heat loss. 🐳 Read more at : www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/size-specifi...

If you are interested in interspecies communication, join us for the final stage of the 2024-2025 Coller-Dolittle Prize competition on May 15 at 15:00 CET for a nice list of speakers and talks (free online event): coller-dolittle-24.sites.tau.ac.il

What can 40+ years of macaque behaviour teach us about the evolution of sociality? Discover #MacaqueNet — a global collaboration of 100+ scientists building the first open-access, standardised database of macaque social interactions. www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/macaquenet-a...

2025. Transformer-based audio-visual multimodal fusion for fine-grained recognition of individual sow nursing behaviour www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Did you know many animals can produce TWO voices at once? A new study published in @royalsociety.org and supervised by @ebriefer.bsky.social reveals that the simultaneous production of two distinct vocal frequencies plays a crucial role in animal communication. 📚 Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

🐒 Have you ever wondered how animals use gestures to communicate? Join @kirstyegraham.bsky.social as they share open-source tools that can enhance our ability to compare bodily communication across species! 📆Saturday, February 22⏰ 5 pm GMT |1 pm EST |10 am PST🔗 Register here:https://rb.gy/fb4rer

Join @biologen.bsky.social on March 26, 2025, for a MathWorks webinar exploring how AI-powered analysis is unlocking the hidden language of animals. 🚀 Discover how #MATLAB tackles AI challenges like scalability, interpretability & deployment! ⏰ 2:00 PM GMT+1 fr.mathworks.com/company/even...

Join @biologen.bsky.social on March 26, 2025, for a MathWorks webinar exploring how AI-powered analysis is unlocking the hidden language of animals. 🚀 Discover how #MATLAB tackles AI challenges like scalability, interpretability & deployment! ⏰ 2:00 PM GMT+1 fr.mathworks.com/company/even...

🐶🐕🐩 My colleagues in the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) are conducting a survey of dog owners. So if you are a dog owner, please consider completing their survey at tally.so/r/nPXKPb. #dogs

"This breakthrough provides solid evidence that #AI can decode emotions across multiple species based on vocal patterns. It has the potential to revolutionize #AnimalWelfare, #LivestockManagement, and conservation," says @ebriefer.bsky.social. 📖 Read more: www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news... #SciComm

Can #AI help us decode animal communication & protect biodiversity? Join @biologen.bsky.social on April 24, 2025, for an exclusive Danish-speaking webinar on how AI-driven #bioacoustics is transforming conservation & animal welfare. 📅 Don’t miss out — sign up now! dm.dk/kalender/000...

2025. A new approach for better understanding animal consciousness phys.org/news/2025-02...

Visit the website of the Behavioural Ecology Group at @ucph.bsky.social: behavioural-ecology-group.com. Led by @ebriefer.bsky.social, our group explores the fascinating connections between vertebrate behaviour, emotion, communication, and cognition. #SciComm #Biodiversity #Welfare #Conservation

Can animals have emotions, and do they actually express them? We finally got round to making an English version of the article about @ebriefer.bsky.social 's TV documentary work: uniavisen.dk/en/from-farm...

What if we could compare animal social structures across time and space? Now we can! The MacaqueNet database spans 14 macaque species and 61 populations over 40+ years, unlocking new possibilities in comparative social behaviour research. 🔎 Explore the project at doi.org/10.1111/1365...

🚨 BREAKING: #AI can decode animal emotions! For the first time, #MachineLearning recognizes emotions in vocalizations from multiple ungulate species with high accuracy. Could this revolutionize #AnimalWelfare and #Conservation? 🔬 Read more at www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/machine-lear...

This sweet little thesis/internship topic is still free! Come work with us on yellowhammer song 💛

Very proud of this one: new paper using AI to classify emotional valence from 7 ungulate species my team has recorded over the years. We also publish the database of call open access along the paper :-) @behaveco.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Do you know a parrot that talks or sings? We are always looking for more recordings of pet parrots to help us understand language, musicality, and interaction of various information types in vocal signals. #manyparrots #bioacoustics www.manyparrots.org

🐦 How do Arctic #Seabirds recognise each other over long distances? New #Bioacoustics research shows that little auks retain their vocal identity even as their calls travel over 1 km, defying typical sound attenuation patterns! Discover why this matters for their social lives 🔽 #SciComm #WildLife

You've a master's degree in animal behaviour, acoustics, ecology... + you're ranked in the top 3 with an excellent grade. There's a possibility of PhD funding on a rodent's ultrasonic vocalisations (fieldwork in Africa, sound analysis in France). If interested, please send me your CV. #bioacoustics

Lots of people feed animals, and know that it alters their behavior. But since it often makes them do cute things like eat out of our hands, we don't mind! But it alters far more than that. It alters the animals' BODIES. www.sciencenews.org/article/hand...

New groundbreaking study reveals how the rhythmic patterns of #horse gaits (walk, trot, and canter) mirror those in animal vocalisations and even human music. 🎶 Could the origins of rhythm be rooted in locomotion? Read more at: www.behavioural-ecology-group.com/the-rhythm-o... #SciComm

Of course my first real post here need to be about the paper I, together with @ebriefer.bsky.social recently published in @science.org ;-) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📸 A young red-billed oxpecker enjoys the view from atop a giraffe's head, captured by researcher Bing Xie in Pilanesberg National Park. 🌿 Explore more stunning moments in our gallery: behavioural-ecology-group.com/gallery/ #naturephotography #wildlife #photooftheday #photography #photographer

Back from a talk on animal emotions in the Animal Welfare Unit of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration 🙂 Lots of interest and hope for more integration and consideration of emotions when assessing welfare @behaveco.bsky.social

We should be worried about the UK's capacity to adequately monitor and enforce animal welfare regulations www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A beautiful picture of a young Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) taken by our PhD student Damaris Riedner in #PilanesbergNationalPark. 📸 Explore now our gallery page at behavioural-ecology-group.com/gallery/. #naturephotography #wildlife #photooftheday #photography #photographer

I have created a starter pack for animal social networks. This is just the beginning - more people will be added. If you would like to be added, just let me know! go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ

📢 Curious about our research on #AnimalBehaviour, welfare, and conservation? Visit our dedicated website to explore more about our past and ongoing projects. 🔗 behavioural-ecology-group.com #SciComm #Ethology #Bioacoustics #AnimalCognition #AnimalWelfare #AnimalConservation #AnimalBehavior

Had a great time giving a public talk on animal communication in Tramelan, Switzerland, today, despite the snow storm ⛄️

🎉 Excited to announce the Behavioural Ecology Group of The University of Copenhagen has joined BlueSky! Our research group focuses on the study of vertebrate behaviour, emotions, communication, and cognition. ➡️ Follow us to discover more about our past and ongoing studies! #SciComm