Can grassroots conservation survive in a conflict zone? In Myanmar, the women-led Clean Mountains group supports communities with waste and forest management. Founder Ou Ou shares the challenges of protecting nature while facing war and gender inequality. An interview by fellow Esther J.

Our recent paper led by @oddjacobson.bsky.social recently covered by @mongabay.com

Save the date! 📅 PSGB is hosting an online workshop on the topic “Cognition for Conservation and Captive Care” (2nd September 2026). Check out the first look for our speakers working across primate behaviour and cognition & register your interest to receive the workshop link! 🐒 shorturl.at/HDvXA

New @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper out today. Interested in how animal groups pre-emptively adjust their behaviour to a landscape of intergroup conflict? The culmination of almost daily chats with @andyradford.bsky.social throughout my postdoc. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage…

Filling up faster than ever! So many folks excited for this extra special meeting of #ASABWinter2026 🐒 Better sign up now! ⬇️

Primates with longer thumbs tend to have bigger brains, research finds | Evolution | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

In Nairobi’s Kibera, Nubian activist Malasen Hamida is running for parliament while leading community-driven waste & land rights initiatives. In an interview with fellow Ouma Elvine Tina, she discusses how her women-led organization works to protect families amid a historic loss of ancestral land.

How do failures of coordination shape the evolution of collective behavior? 🐸💥 In our new preprint, we use inadvertent call collisions among chorusing frogs as a model for revealing how costly coordination failure events generate selection gradients within animal collectives. (1/3)

Research Assistant at TCP wanted: Want to observe behaviour of wild chimpanzees? Want to live in a tropical rainforest? Want to protect endangered wildlife? If YES and you are interested in science, here is your chance. Apply here 👇 JOBS | Mysite share.google/npb1Knr0B3vP...

Happy World Chimpanzee Day! youtu.be/vFMkWCivAC8?...

We're especially interested in applicants with backgrounds in wild animal behavioural ecology and microbiome science. Plenty of opportunity to look at social and environmental transmission of both host-associated microbes and AMR. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/10...

Today is #WorldChimpanzeeDay, a chance to highlight why safeguarding this CMS-listed species also means protecting its unique cultures, which human activity is putting at risk. Discover how CMS is helping bring animal culture into conservation: www.cms.int/conservation...

⌛There's still time to apply! The postholder will be employed on the Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM) project. Full time | Hybrid | Fixed-term | Deadline: 26 July 2026 Find out more: tinyurl.com/2myczpv8 #Jobs #hiring #Archaeology #GIS #UCL

6/ So culture does not just solve problems. It also changes what counts as a problem 👀 Huge congratulations to James and the whole guest editor team! #CollectiveIntelligence #CulturalEvolution #Evolution #Psychology #CCE

1/ Some very nice CCE news 📢 A new Philosophical Transactions B theme issue on The evolution of collective intelligence is out, co-edited by @replicatedtypo.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social 🧠🧬👇

I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.

The #brains of #blind people reorganize differently than previously thought: a Polish-German team of researchers from the @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social & @lenastroh.bsky.social @nikweiskopf.bsky.social shows how the lack of visual experience affects the maturation of the brain. tinyurl.com/yrfa7scv

Primate Profile #57: Chacoan Titi These monkeys are highly adaptable to their environment, inhabiting both very dry forests and swamplands. Titi monkeys rub their bodies with chewed leaves, which is thought to help ward off insects. Image: @myworldofbirdphotography (iNat.org)

You're watching a Crested Coua chick (Coua cristata) being fed at the Miami Zoo. The chick's outside appearance is ... unfortunate, but I want to focus on the weird 'targets' in the mouth. That's the coua's response to the problem of brood parasitism. Let's talk about it.

Every expression of tolerance, empathy, love, towards British Muslims & Black people and refugees, asylum seekers & migrants, to counter the far-right hate-filled lies goes a long way ... "Please know sisters we don't all think like that..." via Expose Racism

Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working in Amsterdam (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials! 🐌 🐸 🐜🧬🔬 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...

🐒 Work with primates? Have you observed 3 or more individuals grooming together? Polyadic grooming is barely documented and we know little about its distribution. Please take 1–2 minutes to fill out this short survey and share: forms.gle/cLPB1mnwrjJo...

Nearly half of the academic staff in the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the Penryn Campus are now at risk of redundancy. Putting your world-leading staff at risk is not sustainable! 🌍🔥[1/4]

⏳ Just 120 days to go until #ABL2026! Join us on 12 November 2026 for a full day dedicated to "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World" 🐾🌍 🆓 FREE & fully online 📢 Abstract submissions are open 📄 Register & submit your abstract: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org #AnimalBehaviour #ABL2026 #Ethology

My #sundaysentence this week is from the NYT, quoting this man on the failed math of book reduction: “Every book I own, I need.”

Petition crossed 30,000. Please keep sharing and posting - c.org/TcmkV8BRg5

Grim reminder of acute vulnerability of intensive livestock systems to soaring global temperatures, not to mention the hellish conditions suffered by so many animals. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Alongside our colleagues working on capuchins, macaques and baboons, the UVP was holding a Symposium on Human-Primate Co-Existence at the European Federation of Primatology conference 2026 in Montpellier. 🐒 @efp2026.bsky.social

Last week at @efp2026.bsky.social I got to share some of my new postdoc research looking at aging and inflammation in rhesus macaques!

We are sponsoring an interdisciplinary workshop at UCL on the topic of agency! Registration for attending in person is limited so sign up soon. Deadline for the ECR elevator pitch session is Aug 7. More info here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/interna...

Conservationists warn that the yellow-billed kite is facing an emerging threat in West Africa. With vultures heavily hunted, this scavenger is now targeted for belief-based rituals. A survey in Benin estimates over 20,000 kites were poached in two seasons, raising fears of population declines.

Have your degree results? Lookingfor a Masters in Human origins with lots of opportunities to sprecialise? Join our MSc Programme here at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Applications are open until mid August. DM or email me with any questions. 🦣💀🧬

Kenya launched the National Plastic Action Partnership with the WEF to tackle plastic pollution threatening marine life & coastal livelihoods. Global Plastic Action Partnership's Clemence Schmid discusses how this effort aims to accelerate the transition to a circular plastics economy.

Just two weeks left to apply for this exciting position in the @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social

🐘 check out our newest paper from Liang Bua! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Did H. floresiensis hunt Stegodon? 🔪 Did they also had control use of fire? 🔥 We tested these early claims of complex behavior using taphonomy, experimental archaeology, and zooarchaeology of the Stegodon assemblage.

We have funding for SWARM-E, a long-term group at @zif-bielefeld.bsky.social! I'll be leading with co-leads @marinapapa.bsky.social @joefresna.bsky.social to better understand collective behaviour across biological and artificial systems. First workshop 2027... www.shoalgroup.org/swarm More soon!

Trading fresh palm oil fraudulently as waste – mainly for biodiesel – is already a significant problem in the EU, driving deforestation. @ec.europa.eu should remove these proposed exemptions from the final list of products to be covered by the EUDR. Read our analysis🔗 bit.ly/4psW7UR

A recent paper by Sheina Lew-Levy & @dorsaamir.bsky.social highlights the vital role of children in human cultural evolution. @katiemcauliffe.bsky.social and I argue that the same is true in other species. Youngsters are a powerful cultural force! tinyurl.com/2v75zevc @uniexecec.bsky.social

Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!

Great account of the blockades of the AfD Congress at Erfurt by Widersetzen, a loose coalition of trade unionists, climate activists, anti-racist groups, queer organisations and local networks committed to civil disobedience […]

We are delighted to invite you to the interdisciplinary workshop of @animalinvention.bsky.social on Agency between Biology and Philosophy. It will take place at UCL and online on 22-23 September. All info and registration details can be found here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/interna...

You're welcome, for some good news. "traditional rulers... regret not entrusting the women with conservation leadership much earlier... “If we had involved these women a long time ago, we would have eradicated most of the threats to the sanctuary,” Akie told Mongabay."

🚨🐵 Paid primate work: We are seeking a new camp and research coordinator for the Born To Be Wild Project; Tazekka National Park, Morocco: Details here (sadly due to funding constraints only available for EU, and potentially UK applicants at a push): groups.google.com/a/g-groups.w...

Lucy, a remarkably complete Australopithecus afarensis, perhaps more than any other ancient relative, has challenged us to think deeply about what it means to be human. Three million years after Lucy walked upright in Africa, the inside story of another landmark journey🏺🧪 phys.org/news/2026-06...

We (with @felixthehauskat.bsky.social and @mathildevm.bsky.social) contributed a commentary on this fantastic paper highlighting the need to consider childhood in models of cultural evolution: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Science is entering a new era — one filled with both extraordinary opportunities and significant challenges. As he begins his National Academy of Sciences presidency, Neil Shubin reflects on this pivotal moment in a new interview with Issues in Science and Technology: https://ow.ly/NG8X50ZkLfg

“The true number of insect species (globally) is at least 14 to 20 million…” Important work on insect biodiversity out of the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, leveraging DNA barcoding doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

I'm hiring! Two positions at Inria Bordeaux in complex systems: One software engineer, for development of a causal inference package: recrutement.inria.fr/public/class... One postdoc, on the inference of causal structure and causal dynamics: recrutement.inria.fr/public/class...

I’m delighted to begin my journey as Director @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social It’s an honor to join such a talented community, and I’m truly grateful for the warm welcome. I’m excited for what we will accomplish together in the years ahead. @maxplanck.de