Konrad Lorenz Research Center

In the experiment one of our researchers was dressed as a "dangerous human", wearing a mask to hide the face and holding a dead raven which triggers a clear antipredator response. The raven in hand died of natural causes.

🆕 New paper out on raven antipredator behaviour! How do young ravens learn to mob predators? 🦅 We showed captive families a fake threat—and found that adults back off as chicks grow more alert. But only some youngsters scolded. Why? Big individual differences. doi.org/10.1007/s100...

World Conservation Day 2025 🌍
At the Konrad Lorenz Research Center, our #biodiversity project combats Europe’s #songbird decline. 300+ #nestboxes in the Almtal boosted bird numbers & diversity! 🐦
🔗 klf.univie.ac.at/.../biodiver...
#WorldConservationDay #Biodiversity #Conservation #Almtal

Tracking solutions to a persistent threat: spatial movement patterns reflect lead exposure in critically endangered California condors - Ecotoxicology Lead contamination, an exclusively human-induced issue, poses a serious threat to the critically endangered California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus). Contamination occurs through condors’ ingestion...

doi.org/10.1007/s106...

New paper: Can movement reveal lead poisoning in condors? #CaliforniaCondors are critically endangered, and one of their biggest threats comes from humans: #leadammunition. Can their #movementpatterns tell us when they’ve been exposed?
Pictures: A. Orr
#CondorConservation #LeadFree #AnimalTracking

Successful summer school PReCISE-Promoting Citizen Science Expertise at #uclouvain funded by @circleu.bsky.social⎮knowledge exchange between universities across the EU ⎮ awareness for #citizenscience at Universities ⎮ with @upcite.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @au.dk
www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/...

Flies have #personality! The invasive #avianvampirefly of the #Galápagos shows individual differences among adults — some are bold, others active, and some exploratory. If flies have personality, how might this influence host–parasite dynamics?
doi.org/10.1163/1568...
Picture: B. Sinclair, L.Common

How does personality shape ecological roles?🐦
A new Galápagos study shows that more exploratory birds use a broader foraging niche-linking consistent behavior with ecological flexibility.
📄 García-Loor et al.2025
doi.org/10.1111/btp....
#BirdBehavior #ForagingNiche #Galapagos
📸 Kleindorfer, Ploderer

#Stellenausschreibung: Zwei wissenschaftliche Stellen sind im #EU-Projekt #UrbanBEE ausgeschrieben
🐝 #PhD-Stelle an der #univienna, Universitätsassistent*in Praedoc (30h/Woche), befristet auf 3 Jahre
🐝 Studentische Assistenz bei der #AGES, Teilzeit: 20h/Woche, Dauer: 6 Monate
klf.univie.ac.at/de/

Golden eagles regularly use gravity waves to soar: new insights from high-resolution weather data | Journal of The Royal Society Interface Soaring flight allows birds to reduce the metabolic cost of flight by harnessing energy from the atmosphere. The study of soaring behaviour has been significantly constrained by the low resolution of ...

DOI: doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

Picture: Thomas Thusholt

New paper! #Goldeneagles ride the wind – literally!
Soaring birds use invisible lifts in the air- so-called thermals and orographic lifts. Our latest research uncovers another source of uplift that golden eagles use: #gravitywaves
(c) T. Thusholt
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

#biodivnb #witsuniversity #jozibeehotelproject #univienna @univie.ac.at

Pilot studies are now underway in Europe and Southern Africa to refine our bee hotel designs and sampling protocols. And the buzz is real – wild bees are already checking in, inspecting our hotels and making them their new home!
#CitizenScience #UrbanEcology #BiodiversityMatters #biodiversa+

Happy World Biodiversity Day! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our #UrbanBee project –across the globe! UrbanBee is all about celebrating and supporting pollinator diversity in cities – one bee hotel at a time.
photos: F. Cochis
#WorldBiodiversityDay #PollinatorsInTheCity #WildBees

New paper alert! Using wing bar patterns to identify sex in Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus: A misleading field characteristic.
doi.org/10.2989/0030...
Picture: Ralph Buij

✅ More accurate assessments
✅ Better carcass recovery
✅ Stronger conservation action
A game-changer for wildlife research! #Conservation #WildlifeTracking #BirdResearch #Biologging #WildlifeCrime #LEAP

New Research Alert: A LEAP Forward for Wildlife Conservation!
Understanding why birds die is key to protecting them. The LIFE EUROKITE Assessment Protocol combines GPStracking, site investigations & necropsies to pinpoint mortality causes in large birds.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Photo: J.Hemtsberger

📚✍ The spring #ResearchRetreat of the joint PhD group from @barbaraklump.bsky.social & @pesumas.bsky.social labs has come to a close!
From manuscript revisions & grant proposals to mountain walks & intense Wingspan battles-this retreat had it all. 🏞🎲
Productivity ✔
Team spirit ✔
Inspiration ✔

group picture of 7 persons in a car

old building with greylag geese in the front

Spring meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of @birdlifeaustria.bsky.social at the KLF
#birdlifeaustria #konradlorenzforschungsstelle #univienna @pesumas.bsky.social #almtal #research #conservation #birds

a female (left) and male (right) Galapagos yellow warbler

a bit belated but here's an article in the Guardian about our research paper led by Leon Hohl and @alperyelimlies.bsky.social with @klf-univienna.bsky.social on the effect of noise in Galapagos Yellow Warblers
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
article link (open access): doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

The Summer School will have a hybryd format and is open to PhD Students and Post Docs. Application deadline: 20 April, 2025
#summerschool #citizenscience

PReCISE Summer School – Promoting Citizen Science Expertise - Circle U. Hosted by UCLouvain and led by experts from Université Paris Cité (UPC), Aarhus University (AU), and the University of Vienna (UV), it fosters interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and skill developmen...

Togehter with 8 other European Universities, the @univie.ac.at is part of @circleu.bsky.social. The KLF is contributing to the organisation and implementation of #PReCISE, a Summer School on Citizen Science hosted at the University of Louvain, Belgium.
www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/...

Welcome Emil!
@emiisak.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #corvids #ravens

First page of our article in Animal Behaviour: Galapagos yellow warblers differ in behavioural plasticity in response to traffic noise depending on proximity to road.

A Galapagos yellow warbler male singing.

Our latest research on Galápagos yellow warblers is out!

We investigated how male yellow warblers adjust their behavior in response to traffic noise during simulated territorial intrusions.

Link to article: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

@caglarakcay.bsky.social @klf-univienna.bsky.social

Ecological restoration at the Galápagos island Floreana The Floreana Island Restoration Project currently is the largest and most ambitious restoration initiative in the Galápagos archipelago. Follow the exciting fieldwork of behavioural biologist Sonia Kl...

The Floreana Island Restoration Project currently is the largest and most ambitious #restoration initiative in the Galápagos archipelago. Follow the exciting #fieldwork of behavioural biologist Sonia Kleindorfer and her team as they monitor and protect the diverse #wildlife of Floreana Island. ⤵️ 🏝️

New paper: high human foot traffic is associated with lower faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in a free-ranging urban bird | Hormones and Behavior | doi.org/10.1016/j.yh...
#UrbanEcology #Ecophysiology #ScienceInAction @pesumas.bsky.social
Picture: UCT Red-winged Starling Project

The first JAB cover of 2025 featuring a greylag goose showing vigilance while sitting in the snow at Grünau im Almtal, Austria. Photo credit: Andrew Katsis

NEW ISSUE: the first issue of 2025 is now complete and can be read in full here

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Cover photo by Andrew Katsis, depicting a greylag goose showing vigilance while sitting in the snow at Grünau im Almtal, Austria.

@nordicoikos.bsky.social #ornithology #birds

Hi Alex, this is an old post. We have imported our posts from twitter into bluesky, unfortunately they appear with the current date, but are “old” 😊

New paper: Flight initiation distance is repeatable and geographically flexible in greylag geese (Anser anser) | Journal of Avian Biology | doi.org/10.1111/jav.... |

New paper on Resilience of Invertebrates After Fire Events in Eucalypt Woodlands of South-Eastern Australia | Austral Ecology | doi.org/10.1111/aec....

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