🚨 Postdoc Opening! 🚨 Join our human-animal interaction research group at @uarizona.bsky.social, receive dual mentorship from myself & @dremilybray.bsky.social + contribute to a funded study investigating the impact of pets on mental health and wellbeing. Open until filled! bit.ly/3CenLAE

#jobalert Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...

Really proud of this one. Our first study on innovative problem-solving in free-ranging small mammals is fresh off the press of Animal Cognition rdcu.be/eOHl3. We looked at what happens with human disturbance in a protected area...without disturbing our most precious collaborators!

The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

I have been blown away by the level of support (both practical and emotional support!) from the #LeadingEdge community. I feel so grateful to be a part of this group. Consider applying!! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

The Animal Behavior Society (ABS) is seeking proposals for a freelance editorial assistant to assist our full-time Managing Editor for the journal Animal Behavior! Initial contract will be for 4 months & renewable. Send your proposal by Nov 14! www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/news.php...

Slow down and really see nature. Join artist–zoologist Bella Charlton for a free online workshop on #NatureJournaling - hosted by SCB and Current Conservation. 🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET 🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed! 👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SciComm

We’re thrilled to announce the ABC's fourth mentorship-matching event!! 📣📣 This is a unique opportunity for you to meet and connect with experienced mentors. The mentorship match event - more of an informal "vibe check" - will be on Nov 6 2025 at 14:00 GMT 🐝🐝 Help us spread the word!! #mentorship

Looking for a PhD? 🦜 Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics? I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z

🧪 We have an open #CFP on projects in wild animal welfare science. Not sure if your project is the right fit? We've put together a guide on using common research skills to study wild animal welfare, and integrating welfare into wildlife science projects.

Ready to tell powerful environmental stories? 🌊🌿 Mongabay is hiring: • Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV • Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c • Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4 Join our remote global newsroom 🌎 Apply now!

Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵

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...

📢Webinar alert📢 Gamification for positive animal welfare? Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change. ⏰ 5 pm CET 📅 November 3rd 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE

Applications for the Godfrey Hewitt Mobility (GHM) Award are open for PhD students/postdocs in evolutionary biology. Deadline: January 31, 2026. Max award: 2,000 Euros. More info: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/godfrey-hewitt-mobility-award/

We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP. Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶 Interested? Get in touch with me.

🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all? We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility. 📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual: forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...

Our new study on “Overimitation in Assistance Dogs and Family Dogs” has just been published 🥳😍 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... #PhD #published #dogscience #assistancedogs #familydogs #overimitation #sociallearning

MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with @exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply. Deadline 19Dec www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

For those who come after. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcWl... #expedition33

📢 #CFP: Wild Animal Initiative is accepting grant applications for projects studying wild animal welfare. 🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered. 🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science

3 days left to apply for our emerging scientist talk series!! www.bi.mpg.de/ess

Our "Talking dogs" review has been featured in @newsweek.com :) Thank you for the opportunity to share our work with the world . www.newsweek.com/dogs-etholog...

It’s #GuineaPigAwarenessWeek 🐹 Guinea pigs deserve more attention when it comes to their welfare and care. 📄 Our research explores how husbandry practices and human–animal interactions relate to their behaviour and wellbeing. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠 More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #appliedethology #postcoc

Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...

📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social

📣 @asab.org grants BOOSTED! 📣 We've increased most of our research-related grants by 50%, effective from the next deadline of 1st Feb 2026. Check out what we offer here: www.asab.org/grant-overview

What do you consider a wild animal? 🐾 If you work with wild species, we’d love your help in exploring this question! 👉 Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and share it widely. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/chester/wi... Thank you for your help! 💚

A recent scientific review examines the biological, cognitive, and ethical factors influencing whether dogs could ever develop speech, highlighting the complexity of canine-human communication. doi.org/g955mh

🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

I am looking for an intern to work with captive crows this winter semester. Please feel free to share, or contact me if interested !

Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors! Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

"This shows that dogs can form mental representations of objects based on their function rather than physical features, highlighting the depth of canine cognition." neurosciencenews.com/dog-cognitio...

We’d love your input on translating “Positive animal welfare” into local languages — esp. Spanish, Portuguese & Mandarin 🌍 Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

2025. Smart dogs have a humanlike knack for naming new objects | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Please share!🙏 🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

Just watched "Camping" the yesterday. Just do yourself a favour and catch up with Bluey already!

The Ig Nobel awards for science that makes you laugh then think are back. Highlights this year include the preferred pizza of rainbow lizards at a seaside resort, the physics of perfect pasta dish and a man who documented the growth of a fingernail for 35 years! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Excited to share the latest (but still not the last!) study I had the chance to work on with the Family Dog Project 🐶🇭🇺 We found that Gifted Word Learner dogs' talent goes beyond what we expected; they can generalise words based on function, not just looks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨 Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve. Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs liu.se/en/work-at-l...

Interested in animal welfare, education policy & social research? Fully funded PhD (UK home) on dog welfare in schools. Get in touch & apply: www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur... (Dog photo purely for attention and moral support) #PhDopportunity #AnimalWelfare #DogsInSchools #CamDTP #SocialResearch

Last year I had the chance to work with Caroline and her student and it was fantastic! I loved it! They were both so incredibly prepared and enthusiastic that really inspired me as well to continue my work!

Can’t make it to Edinburgh for #ASABWinter2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ? Did you know you can also register to attend online for free as well? 💻 Or even better, consider attending remotely with a group of colleagues by setting up a “hublet”! More info here: www.asab.org/conference-h...

Only two weeks to get your abstracts in for #ASABWinter2025 ⏰ Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 More info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/