Congratulations Cyril - will be great to catch up now youβre in the UK! π₯³
21.02.2026 06:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@stephanielking.bsky.social
Professor of Animal Behaviour @ University of Bristol | cetacean communication and cognition group | loves dogs | PI @ Shark Bay Dolphin Research | she/her π³οΈβπ
Congratulations Cyril - will be great to catch up now youβre in the UK! π₯³
21.02.2026 06:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dwarf Mongoose - by Shannon Wild
5 days, 5 reasons to apply for a Lectureship @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (Day 2):
Behavioural & Sensory Ecology & Responding to Anthropogenic Change
Theme includes animal senses, underpinning behavioural theory & mitigating human impacts
www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/rese...
Job: tinyurl.com/3ebphy34
Fantastic opportunity to work with us at Shark Bay Dolphin Research ππ»
15.02.2026 19:10 β π 15 π 18 π¬ 0 π 0Huge congratulations @dianaveselu.bsky.social!
13.02.2026 10:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π¨3 Lectureships in Biology π¨
Come join us in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social!
We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs!
Apply here by 8 March: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Join us on Saturday, February 7th for a live Q&A with the authors and editors of βThe Evolution of Cetacean Societiesβ
18:00 GMT / 10am PT
ποΈ Free with registration
π www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Join us Sat, Feb 7 for a FREE virtual book launch of 'The Evolution of Cetacean Societies'.
Live Q&A + cover BTS. π 18:00 GMT / 10am PT
ποΈ Free with registration
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Ever wondered how accurate drone-based photogrammetry really is?
Turns out UAV-based photogrammetry does a great job at estimating body size, condition, and even mass in live cetaceans. Yes, we validated it.
doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
Cover image with sleeping baboon
Our paper is published today in Current Biology and is featured on the cover!
We report a neat, and somewhat counter-intuitive, finding: higher-ranking baboons get less and more interrupted night-time rest.
Dr Patrick Kennedy, winner of the ASAB Christopher Barnard Award.
πHuge CONGRATULATIONS to @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social who has won the @asab.org Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator. π€
Research on social evolution and what links climate & cooperation in a changing world, using #wasps as models.
#worthywinner #ECR #proud
Almost four years on since we started work on this project, it feels surreal to have a copy in my hand. @stephanielking.bsky.social @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social
17.12.2025 14:04 β π 41 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
theconversation.com/friendship-i...
New paper out in @commsbio.nature.com: Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins rdcu.be/eUoID led by @liviagerber.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social
15.12.2025 08:37 β π 17 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0The ZSL Scientific Medal is also awarded to Professor Stephen Montgomery, @bristolbiosci.bsky.social whose research has provided insights into the relationships between ecological niche specialisation, brain structure, and cognitive function π @ebablab.bsky.social
10.12.2025 16:25 β π 18 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1Iβm one of the lucky people to have been mentored by @andyradford.bsky.social and I canβt think of anyone that deserves this award more than he does ππ»
10.12.2025 21:15 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Huge congratulations to @ebablab.bsky.social - canβt think of anyone more deserving! ππ»ππ»ππ»
10.12.2025 21:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβve never seen you look this smart!!
10.12.2025 21:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Reposting now @samhill-cousins.bsky.social is on Bluesky - he is about to start an exciting PhD with @researchdolphin.bsky.social so follow him for more cool science!
22.11.2025 07:00 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New paper on dolphin motor synchrony led by master's student Sam Hill-Cousins with a fantastic team of co-authors @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social @emmachereskin.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social π¬π¬π¬: Male dolphins use synchrony to both maintain and strengthen their social bonds
rdcu.be/eQ543
The final chapter of my thesis has just been published in Ecology and Evolution! @ecol-evol.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Here we find that the social environment, notably vocal and aggressive interactions, are linked to cognitive development in magpie fledglings.
An important ontogenetic perspective into the relationship between cognition and social interactions! Congrats @lizziespeechley.bsky.social!
With collaborators @stephanielking.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social Ben Ashton, Alex Thornton and Leigh Simmons
Don't just take my word for it ... @stephanielking.bsky.social and Denise Herzing provide insightful comments in this piece: www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-n...
14.11.2025 09:46 β π 16 π 7 π¬ 1 π 23 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely π www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
10.11.2025 09:43 β π 35 π 46 π¬ 0 π 4π Excited to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD!
From 270 eDNA samples across Shark Bay (π¦πΊ), we identified 106 fish species and mapped their diversity with remote sensing β all non-invasively! ππ
A scalable framework for characterising marine biodiversity
π doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70074
π¬ Want to be part of a most excellent research team? See @stephanielking.bsky.social post ππ» for a βοΈ post-doc
30.10.2025 16:40 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Amazing opportunity for a post doc, fantastic team to work with, and a brilliant project... opportunities like this don't come up every day ......
30.10.2025 15:25 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0A dream postdoc on an incredible population, building on over three decades of field research, and with a brilliant and supportive PI.
30.10.2025 13:53 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Amazing PhD opportunity with a wonderful bunch of supervisors π«Ά
25.10.2025 06:58 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Dwarf mongoose
Rhesus macaques grooming
Meerkat
β Want to join us?
π’ Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
π΅ Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
π₯ With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
π @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations @diandraduengen.bsky.social - your thesis was outstanding and a pleasure to read. Distinction with cum laude is so well deserved ππ»
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