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Stephanie L King

@stephanielking.bsky.social

Professor of Animal Behaviour @ University of Bristol | cetacean communication and cognition group | loves dogs | PI @ Shark Bay Dolphin Research | she/her πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Congratulations Cyril - will be great to catch up now you’re in the UK! πŸ₯³

21.02.2026 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dwarf Mongoose - by Shannon Wild

Dwarf 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

17.02.2026 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic opportunity to work with us at Shark Bay Dolphin Research πŸ‘‡πŸ»

15.02.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congratulations @dianaveselu.bsky.social!

13.02.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨3 Lectureships in Biology 🚨

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...

12.02.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us on Saturday, February 7th for a live Q&A with the authors and editors of β€˜The Evolution of Cetacean Societies’

18:00 GMT / 10am PT

🎟️ Free with registration
πŸ”— www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

06.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us Sat, Feb 7 for a FREE virtual book launch of 'The Evolution of Cetacean Societies'.
Live Q&A + cover BTS. πŸ•• 18:00 GMT / 10am PT
🎟️ Free with registration
πŸ”— www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

02.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

02.02.2026 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Cover image with sleeping baboon

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.

06.01.2026 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Dr Patrick Kennedy, winner of the ASAB Christopher Barnard Award.

Dr Patrick Kennedy, winner of the ASAB Christopher Barnard Award.

🌟Huge CONGRATULATIONS to @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social who has won the @asab.org Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator. πŸ€—

Research on social evolution and what links climate & cooperation in a changing world, using #wasps as models.

#worthywinner #ECR #proud

17.12.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly Like friendship itself, the slower ageing is more than just skin deep.

Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
theconversation.com/friendship-i...

15.12.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins Communications Biology - Across 40 years of behavioural and epigenetic data, male dolphins with stronger social relationships show lower epigenetic ages and therefore appear to age slower compared...

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€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 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 πŸ… @ebablab.bsky.social

10.12.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m one of the lucky people to have been mentored by @andyradford.bsky.social and I can’t think of anyone that deserves this award more than he does πŸ™ŒπŸ»

10.12.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congratulations to @ebablab.bsky.social - can’t think of anyone more deserving! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

10.12.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never seen you look this smart!!

10.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reposting 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€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Allied male dolphins use synchronous displays to strengthen social bonds in a cooperative context

New 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 🐬🐬🐬: Male dolphins use synchrony to both maintain and strengthen their social bonds
rdcu.be/eQ543

21.11.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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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.

14.11.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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

14.11.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely πŸ™ www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

10.11.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Integrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Remote Sensing Reveals Known and Novel Fish Diversity Hotspots in a World Heritage Area Aim Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Western Australia, is highly vulnerable to climate change, yet its fish biodiversity remains poorly understood at fine spatial scales. We integrated en...

πŸŽ‰ Excited to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD!

From 270 eDNA samples across Shark Bay (πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί), we identified 106 fish species and mapped their diversity with remote sensing β€” all non-invasively! 🌊🐠

A scalable framework for characterising marine biodiversity

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70074

03.11.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🐬 Want to be part of a most excellent research team? See @stephanielking.bsky.social post πŸ‘‡πŸ» for a ⭐️ post-doc

30.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing 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€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A 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€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing PhD opportunity with a wonderful bunch of supervisors 🫢

25.10.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dwarf mongoose

Dwarf mongoose

Rhesus macaques grooming

Rhesus macaques grooming

Meerkat

Meerkat

❓ Want to join us?
πŸ“’ Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐡 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork

πŸ‘₯ With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
πŸŽ“ @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

πŸ™Share widely

16.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Huge congratulations @diandraduengen.bsky.social - your thesis was outstanding and a pleasure to read. Distinction with cum laude is so well deserved πŸ‘πŸ»

11.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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