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🌍🦋 Across 6 continents, 21 sites & 15,000 paper moths, we joined a worldwide experiment led by @wlallen.bsky.social & Iliana Medina, showing how ecological context shapes the evolution of animal colouration.

Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Very cool paper on orangutan behaviour 🦧

I've been pretty agnostic about mantis colour vision given the evidence so far. This new paper makes a convincing case they have the processing to do so. Mantises (probably) see in colour folks!

📣 New paper out!
We explored how fungal infection 🍄 affects the bright warning colours of wild poison frogs 🐸. Neither melanin nor carotenoid colouration reliably signals infection status. Defensive signals may remain consistent even under pathogen pressure 👩‍🔬🧪
Thread from @biobiiana.bsky.social 👇

Female superb fairywren in Australia.

Male superb fairywren in Australia.

📢NEW paper out NOW in @asab.org Animal Behaviour on how a novel #call changes subsequent responses to #alarms in #fairywrens

🌟CONGRATULATIONS #NatalieTegtman on #first paper from #PhD
👥With #RobMagrath

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#animalcommunication #birds #fieldwork #ECR

doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Graphic showing the paper title “Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships” in the journal Biology Letters. Also features photos of the co-authors (Claire, Annemarie, Gerry, and Liz) as well as the issue cover photo of two marked monk parakeets from Claire’s work grooming each other. Also shown are some of the main plots of the paper showing how the parakeets escalate their behaviors from low risk/low investment (like proximity) to higher risk/higher investment interactions (like preening/grooming)

In an increasingly divided world, how do strangers become friends? Parakeets might have something to teach us! New paper on formation of affiliative relationships, led by Dr. Claire O’Connell doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...

📣Job vacancy!📣

Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

#ConservationScience 🌍

🚨PhD opportunity!🚨

A very cool opportunity!

Evidence for deceptive fertility in a wild primate Baniel et al. show that female geladas deceptively signal fertility when a new dominant male arrives. Across 14 years of data, lactating females displayed fertility signals and mated without conceivin...

Fascinating longitudinal study in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @alicebaniel.bsky.social @jbeehner.bsky.social and colleagues, providing evidence for deceptive fertility in a wild primate (gelada) 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...

🚨SAVE THE DATE ASSAB 2026🚨
The ASSAB 2026 conference will be held in Adelaide in 2026!
Keep an eye out on the ASSAB website and social media for more information! We will see you there!

🕷️PhD position: Homemakers; web building behaviour in New Zealand sheet-web spiders 🕷️

Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz

Meet Chrissie Painting the new ASSAB president!

@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
🪰🕷️🪳

The deadline has been extended! You still have until the 7th of September to apply!

Cover image of Terry's graphic novel "Understanding Animal Behavior". The title is written along the lefthand vertical edge and there is a kangaroo peeking out from behind the text. Several other critters like bats, ants and birds are also on the cover

Big congrats to Terry Ord for receiving this year's Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award! While Terry is an avid animal behavior researcher, he also is passionate about teaching and published a (free!) graphic novel explaining topics in animal behavior! www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/understandin...

A great opportunity for communicating your research!

Mental representation of the locations and identities of multiple hidden agents or objects by a bonobo | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Humans are adept at navigating the social world in part because we flexibly map the locations and identities of agents around us. While field studies suggest primates can track individual conspecifics...

When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind?

In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners

royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...

So happy to see this out in @funecology.bsky.social! We (@mothprof.bsky.social @crisottocento.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social et al.) studied whether the wing coloration of female wood tiger moths is an honest indicator of the quality of their chemical defences (1/3) @klivvvienna.bsky.social

A great read for your Friday!

Are you an emerging scientist or do you know one? EMCRs can apply now to meet Nobel laureates & 600 rising scientists in Germany.
The prestigious annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a platform for young scientists to share research, experiences & ideas.
http://bit.ly/3HEBfIt

🚨Job Alert 🚨
Charles Darwin University is looking for a research project coordinator! Apply here: cdu.t1cloud.com/T1Default/Ci...

Students of ASSAB! You can now apply for the 2025 student research grants here: www.assab.org/grants-2025

We have two grants available for up to AUD$2500, we will also select two highly commended applications.

Deadline: August 31st 2025

Ranger (Orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka) (Permanent Seasonal) – Department of Conservation – Rangiora Be at the frontline of conservation— undertake work to protect and help recover one of New Zealand’s rarest native birds, the critically endangered kākāriki karaka.   Work in remote valleys— …

🚨Job 🚨
Monitoring kākāriki karaka (orange-fronted parakeet) populations

apply here:

conservationjobs.co.nz/job/ranger-o...

Do long-billed curlews eavesdrop on prairie dog alarm calls?

Read about it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New meta-analysis researching the role of eyespots!

Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#science #animalbehaviour

Hello Bluesky followers, did you know that ASSAB is also on Instagram? We post opportunities, upcoming events, recent publications and more! Follow us here:
www.instagram.com/animbehav/

Another job opportunity!

🚨Ecology lecturer job🚨

EcoQuest Centre – Whakatīwai is looking for a fixed-term lecturer in ecology! If you are based in Auckland and are keen for the job, send your CV and cover letter here:

office@ecoquest.co.nz

🚨ecologist job🚨
Ausecology is looking for a senior/principal ecologist based in Queensland. If you are interested in applying for a role in an ecological consultancy, send your cover letter and resume here:

HR@ausecology.com

🚨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