🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast with VV Binoy (NIAS, India) is out! From fish cognition to conservation, citizen science, navigating unconventional research paths, and focusing on understudied species ✨🐟 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4hWZ... 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCms...

📢 It’s time to cut the chemicals from our food and fields ✍️ PETITION - soilassociation.co/cutthechemsb... In the UK, just before harvest, some crops are sprayed with glyphosate to dry them out. It helps meet food system demands for speed and uniformity, letting farmers plan harvests in advance

⏮️ Missed our last seminar? No worries! You can still catch Dr. Anna Dornhaus’s talk “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference” on YouTube! 🐜🐝 @dornhaus.bsky.social 🎥 Watch the replay now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...

As the weekend turns 100, we need to rethink work itself. Average weekly working hours have reduced from 60 in the late 19th century to about 32 today. The challenge today is not just about how long we work, but also what work is for - and who gets to decide.

Helping bumblebees never tasted so good – by growing your own food, you can help feed bumblebees too 🍅🐝 Bumblebees love the flowers of many fruit and vegetable plants, including tomatoes, strawberries and beans. They will also pollinate your crops for free! Get started: https://ow.ly/FUv650YKQfc

It starts in 10 minutes ! See you there ! ☺️🐜🐝

Another senseless, illegal war is driving up oil and gas prices - while BP's profits have more than doubled. And today's figures are likely to pale in comparison to BP's profits for the rest of this year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Discover the hidden algorithms behind collective behavior in social insect societies. 🐜🐝 See you soon! 🌟 #AnimalBehaviour #CollectiveBehaviour #OnlineSeminar

🐜🗣️ It's today! Join us in just a few hours for "What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference" with Dr. Anna Dornhaus (@dornhaus.bsky.social) on YouTube! 🎥🌍 📅 Time: Today, 2pm GMT 📺 Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...

NOTE: "women with comparable scientific capital to men face a 35% higher risk of leaving academia, a disparity that cannot be explained by differences in parenthood, career stage, productivity, or academic recognition."

Note, 2021:  "Replacing the leaky pipeline metaphor with that of a hostile obstacle course demands that those with power take the lead." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✅ Free & open to all! #AnimalBehaviour #OnlineSeminar #CollectiveBehaviour

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 – 1 week to go!📣 Join us Tuesday 28 April at 2pm GMT to listen to Dr. Anna Dornhaus @dornhaus.bsky.social on “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference”🐜🐝 📍Live on YouTube→ www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 📣 Our first seminar of the year is coming up fast! 🐜🐝 🎥 Check out this teaser! Come listen to Dr. Anna Dornhaus ( @dornhaus.bsky.social ) to hear about “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference”

📆 Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 2pm GMT 📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL... 💡 Free & open to all – no registration needed!

As a reminder, this event is free, no registration required.

📣SEMINAR SERIES 2026📣 Our 1st seminar of this year ! 📆Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 2pm GMT on Youtube: Dr. Anna Dornhaus (@dornhaus.bsky.social) on “What we learned about the world from studying collective behavior: algorithms, replicators, and strong inference” 🐜 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioL...

🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social is out! From vision to interdisciplinary science, navigating new fields, dealing with rejection, and finding your own path ✨ 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1DGh... 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemB...

Last month, the government announced changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), a scheme which pays farmers and land managers to adopt or maintain environmentally sustainable land management practices ⚠️🐝 Find out what the changes mean for farmers and bumblebees: https://ow.ly/Xo4750YybxE

Have you ever wondered how bumblebees collect pollen? 🌻 👑💼 Queen and worker bumblebees have pollen baskets – stiff hairs on a bald, flattened leg. A bumblebee mixes the pollen with nectar and glues the mixture onto the hind leg. 🔎🐝 Great Yellow bumblebee 📷 Pieter Haringsma

2025 saw bumblebees bounce back from 2024’s worst year on record. But, for many species, numbers are still below average🚨 The latest findings from BeeWalk shows: ⚠️5 species declined even further 📉15 species are below average 📊2 rare species had promising numbers Read on: https://ow.ly/rPgn50YtjhB

OpenAI agreed to help Trump spy on you, and agrees to help Hegseth build killer AI robots. And they “donated” a ton of $$ to Trump. If you need to use AI, other options out there. #BoycottChatGPT www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Median amount of time spent under review is 7.4–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles and the differences remain significant after controlling for several factors - analysis of >36.5 million articles in >36,000 journals doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Signez la pétition pour convaincre la Commission européenne de changer d’avis sur My Voice, My Choice. Selon des infos non officielles, le projet de réponse a une attitude négative. Décision le 26 février. Il est encore temps. Signez et partagez app.sosha.ai/s/pzsVFBJI

🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy (@avispatica.bsky.social) is out! Becoming a P.I., building a lab culture, navigating academia as an international researcher and more ✨ 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/24sj... 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iswt...

📢 Missed Amir Patel’s plenary at #ABL2025 ? “Studying Cheetahs Through the Lens of Robotics” is now available on replay, exploring how robotics helps us understand animal locomotion 🐆🤖 ▶️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwNY...

🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Amir Patel (UCL) is out! From engineering to animal behaviour & robotics, cheetahs, career advice, Global South research, and finding your unique strengths ✨ 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/13uO... 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWu...

UCU is deeply concerned by the length of time people connected to alleged actions involving Palestine Action are being held on remand. Read the full statement 👇

New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Interested in open, reliable & transparent science in ecology & evolution? Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social! Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/

📣 The plenary talk by Sabrina Amador-Vargas today at 10 PM GMT is maintained! 📣 Due to unforeseen circumstances, we initially thought that her talk might not be possible. Fortunately, everything is now resolved, and the session will take place as planned. 📆 We look forward to seeing you there! 😊

Don't forget that you can watch the sessions on replay if you missed it ! 😊

It seems our website is having technical issues and is down for some participants. We are sorry about this ! 😓🌐 Alternatively you can check the email with instructions 💌 We highly encourage you to join Discord! We share all the information at the time you need it 🙌

🌍🎉 The online conference #ABL2025 has officially started! You can find all the information you need, including links and instructions, on the “How to attend” page of our ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org website (after registration), or in the email sent to participants. We can’t wait to see you online! 💻✨

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The program of day 2 of #ABL2025 is here! Another exciting lineup of plenaries, talks, poster sessions and exchanges on animal behaviour 🦋🐙 💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide 🚨Don’t miss it, it’s the last day to register! 🚨 🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/

Day 1 of #ABL2025 is packed!💚 From inspiring plenaries to research talks and lively discussions, here’s what to expect on 13 Nov 👇 💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide 🔗 Register now: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org Stay tuned for the program of Day 2 tomorrow! 🌍

🎬 Take a peek inside our #ABL2025 Discord! Our Discord server will be the heart of #ABL2025 , with channels for info, social chats, side events, workshops, posters & Q&A for every talk. Join the conversation ➡️ register now to get access! You still have a few days. 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

Only 5 days left to register! ⏰ Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science. 📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍 🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/

Are you interested in learning more about how you can get involved as a scientist to make your voice heard in our democracy? This might be an opportunity of interest then - an online training for scientists and how they can stand up for democracy! Happening Nov 20 secure.ucs.org/a/2025-11-20...

The conference is next week!✨ Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆 💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide 👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...

Future-proof your research 🌡️🔬 Join our Climate Change Workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 19:00 GMT to discuss animal behaviour in a warming world & design robust science. 🎙️With Thibaud Monnin, Erica van de Waal & Gopal Murali @gopalmurali.bsky.social Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

New #PhD ad alert! Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England? Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

2️⃣weeks to go! Join us online on 13–14 November for two days of talks and discussions on animal behavior 🐝🐙🐘 💻 It’s free & open to everyone worldwide, don’t miss out! The full program is out now, have a look 👇 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...

Make your science heard 🎙️🌍 Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience. Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

Science isn't done until it's shared! 🔬🌍 Make your research matter beyond the lab & join our outreach workshop at 12:00GMT, 13 Nov at #ABL2025 With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub) Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

1️⃣ month to go! ⏰ #ABL2025, our annual international online conference is on the 13–14 Nov 🎉 6 plenaries • 24 talks • 40+ posters • 3 workshops • lively Discord chats.. and more ! 🌐 Free registration — register now! 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2025! ✨🌍 Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide ✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon 🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

The conference is now 2 months away! 🙌