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/

Our PhD student, Anna Sydänheimo, is conducting a study into how dog owners perceive routine husbandry procedures (e.g. nail clipping) on their 🐶 . If you are a dog owner from the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇮, please consider contributing by filling out this questionnaire. Thank you! lnkd.in/edHgUPap

Just wrapped up a fantastic few days at the 58th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) in Utrecht! It was an honour to present my research on exploring quality of life in domestic cats 🐈 #ISAE2025

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

🕒 Only 1 week left for the early bird registration deadline. Join us in Berlin to explore the future of transparency in #AnimalResearch #EARA2025🚀 ✅ Expert talks & workshops ✅ Networking w/ top professionals ✅ Key discussions on #ScienceCommunication 🎟️ Register: wheldonevents.co.uk/EARA-reg/?mc...

🗓️Detailed schedule for Behaviour 2025 announced ⌛The wait is over! Find your slot amongst 19symposia, 15 thematic sessions and 2 poster sessions. View or dowload the schedule and plan your visit to Kolkata!! Find further details here👉 behaviourindia2025.in/programme.html

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

🚨 Calling all dog behavior & cognition researchers - ManyDogs Project is launching ManyDogs 2! 🔍🐕‍🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them? Email [email protected] to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!

Octopuses respond to the rubber hand illusion. Check out the video abstract. Cool work by Sumire Kawashima and Yuzuru Ikeda--these are the kinds of questions we can be asking to investigate the nature of consciousness www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our review led by S. Savazza "Measuring Personality in Wild Small Mammals: A Review of Methods and Proposal for a Standardised Approach" is out, free open access, in mammal review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📝 Planning to apply for an ERC grant? The latest ERC Class explains how to write your application: ✅ Part B1 (your “business card”) ✅ Part B2 (project details & methodology) ✅ Part A (admin & budget tips) ▶️ Watch the full video here 👉 buff.ly/5b1FQyB #FrontierResearch

Data collection is underway! We're using mobile eye tracking to study action comprehension in dogs. Django is helping us understand how dogs see and interpret our actions — more coming soon! 🐶👁️ #Science #DogResearch #CognitiveScience Thanks @asab.org for funding this project!

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: 8th Aug 2025 🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

🚨Ecology lecturer job x 2🚨 Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here: careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e... #science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs

🚨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.

We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31. More details: www.asab.org/opportunities

📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground! 🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13 🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq Please share! @elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social

The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

📢 Mark your calendars for the Joint Graduate Meeting of @ethoges.bsky.social and @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social! Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to showcase your research and network with peers! 📆 08.10. - 10.10.2025 🌍 Leipzig, Germany 🔗 tinyurl.com/GradMeetingA...

New paper alert 🚨 We built an apparatus where one goat had to jump on a platform so another could eat. The big question: Do goats lend a helping hoof? 🐐🍏 Find out in our new paper on prosocial motivations in dwarf goats: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

My friend Andrea Bender is looking for a PhD researcher in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution. Sounds like a dream job — you'd get to work on the topic of mushrooms & cognition with excellent people like Andrea at the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🥁New #ABCMicrogrants Funding Round!!🥁 More details to follow 🐝🐝🐝 Help us spread the word 🐝🐝🐝

Happy 99th birthday to David Attenborough. Thanks for inspiring generations of animal behaviour researchers! 🐘🐬🐵🐸🐝🦅 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Join the University of St Andrews as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow/Project Manager for the Urban Exploration Project, focusing on conservation and sustainable coexistence. Closing … https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/7169/0/449460/889/post-doctoral-research-fellow-ar3119ls #postdoc

ISBE26-the 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference will take place in Turin, Italy, from 20-24th of July 2026. We invite you to join us to enjoy a 5-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities, in our beautiful city. Website out soon! #ISBE26

🐹 Excited to share the first study I worked on about guinea pigs since joining the Centre for Animal Nutrition and Welfare at @VetmeduniVienna Findings show enriched housing & positive human interaction boost behaviours like "popcorning" 🐾 #AnimalWelfare #GuineaPigs www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

📣SEMINAR SERIES 2025📣 We are kicking off 2025 with our first seminar. 📆Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 2pm GMT on our Youtube channel: @damienfarine.bsky.social will talk about “The costs of collective behaviour” 🐦 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z... This event is free, no registration required. 🤗

We are hiring! Jointly with the Social Minds Lab at UMich, we are accepting applications for a full-time lab coordinator for research on cognition in #children, adults, and #primates. Read more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...

NO, they did not "resurrect" the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus). They have only edited 14 genes of the gray wolf to resemble it. Apparently, all the changes are focused on its appearance (color, size and shape of the ears) It is pure propaganda. (blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

Intraspecific variation in the landscape of fear: personality-driven tradeoffs in habitat use. Our latest paper led by Maisie Merz is now out in Oikos, looking at how perceived predation risk affects small mammals habitat use, and how this varies among individuals dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik....

🚀 Apply now 🚀 The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. postdocprogram.mpg.de #ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram

🙈💡 Missed Kirsty Graham’s talk? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel! 🔗 Watch the full recording – https://youtu.be/vG81gnRrAXo

📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰 This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues. 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...

'Managing your Mental Health during your PhD' investigates why mental health issues are so common among the postgraduate population, going beyond the statistics, looking at lived experience of both the author and as well as current PhD students. https://bit.ly/40HqkDk #psychiatry #mentalhealthsci

2022. #DEI. The intersectional privilege of white able-bodied heterosexual men in STEM | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thrilled to be a co-author on this paper with these legends! ✨ Enikő Kubinyi, Márta Gácsi and Ádám Miklósi Our study shows how dogs use gazing behaviour to communicate in uncertain situations—shaped by personality, emotional bond and breed 👀🐕 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

Funded PhD opportunity with Dr. Emily Blackwell in Bristol (open to UK students only)_ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Uppsala University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships through the Birgitta Sintring Foundation, with a deadline of February 9, 2025. Details: https://www.uu.se/en/department/ecology-and-genetics/research/the-birgitta-sintring-foundation #postdoc