Alma Mary

Details about the previous study led by Myriam Amari and Emmanuelle Pouydebat and with other #MECADEV and
@mnhn.fr members, which could help to improve the welfare of naked mole rats in captivity.

Sur 4 plongées sur le même site, les plongeurs ont côtoyé 2 fois le même cœlacanthe (Latimeria menadoensis), reconnaissable à la disposition unique de ses taches blanches sur le corps. Province Nord des Moluques, Indonésie orientale, 2024. © Alexis Chappuis

Observation in situ du premier cœlacanthe de l’archipel des Moluques, en Indonésie, fin 2024. Les cœlacanthes peuvent atteindre 2 mètres de long et sont reconnaissables à leurs nageoires charnues et leur queue se terminant par 3 lobes. © Alexis Chappuis

🔎🐟 Un #cœlacanthe observé pour la première fois en Indonésie, dans la Province Nord des Moluques !

Cette observation fait suite à plusieurs années de collaboration internationale, impliquant une équipe du Muséum, et aux données scientifiques rassemblées depuis + 40 ans 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

Evidence for socially influenced and potentially actively coordinated cooperation by bumblebees: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #cognition #ethology

"Positive Animal Welfare" can be defined as the animal flourishing through the experience of predominantly positive mental states and the development of competence and resilience.

Read more at 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

#animal #emotion #goodlife #welfare #flourishing #happiness #pleasure

YouTube video by Cervelle d'oiseau Des intelligences extraterrestres ... bien terrestres - Sébastien Moro-TEDx Arts Et Metiers Bordeaux

For a fresh new start here, here is a TEDx Talk I gave a few months ago on animal intelligence.
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour

Needlefish yawning like a crocodile 🪡🐟🐊🥱 #houndfish #needlefish #tylosuruscrocodilus #sergeantmajor #fishyawn #yawn #bigyawn #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf

📸 A young red-billed oxpecker enjoys the view from atop a giraffe's head, captured by researcher Bing Xie in Pilanesberg National Park.

🌿 Explore more stunning moments in our gallery: behavioural-ecology-group.com/gallery/

#naturephotography #wildlife #photooftheday #photography #photographer

Screen shot of new paper: Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play by:Mikel Delgado , Ellen Marcinkiewicz , Paul Rhodes , Sarah LH Ellis with highlights: • We surveyed individuals before and after a campaign encouraging daily play with a cat • 35.3% of participants reported playing with their cats more after the campaign • Participants reported fewer Capability and Motivational barriers after the campaign

New paper is up!! Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Vue de la Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, au Jardin des plantes, avec une rambarde métallique au premier plan portant trois corneilles : Alice, Bob et le jeune Charlie

👋 Bonjour aux nouveaux arrivés ! Je m'intéresse depuis 2017 aux corneilles parisiennes, en particulier celles baguées au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. J'ai trois amies corneilles en particulier : Alice, son conjoint Bob et leur petit de l'année, Charlie

The Anatomy of a Borb.

By fluffing up their feathers, they trap tiny pockets of air close to their bodies, which acts as insulation. Helping them regulate their temperature.

Deuil animal : six pattes sous terre Des baleines et des primates sont capables de porter leur petit mort pendant plusieurs jours. Ainsi, une collection d’observations semble indiquer que des animaux font l’expérience du deuil. En se gar...

[Podcast] @sciencecqfd.bsky.social | "Deuil animal : six pattes sous terre"

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

If you don’t already know it, I highly recommend checking out this great daily game about species classification and evolution 🐳🦉🦎🐞: metazooa.com

#DailyGame
#Zoology
#Evolution

Le courlis à bec grêle est désormais considéré éteint Dans une récente étude, des chercheurs britanniques ont estimé que le courlis à bec grêle, un oiseau limicole migrateur, a probablement disparu… depuis près de 30 ans ! Cette triste nouvelle pour la b...

Triste nouvelle pour la #biodiversité 🔴
Introuvable depuis près de 30 ans, le courlis à bec grêle est désormais considéré comme éteint. Il s’agirait de la toute première extinction d'#oiseau d’Europe continentale connue à ce jour 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

Naked mole rat

Abstract for Braude et al. (2021) "Inter-colony invasion between wild naked mole-rat colonies."

A field study found that naked mole-rats invade rival colonies to expand their territories and kidnap rivals' offspring, similar to slave-making ants. Eusociality could be an adaptation to mitigate and deter territory and offspring losses. 🧪
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74 Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.

Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.

The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.

#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...

When you're little but you've got ✨style✨

Classified by the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered the Cotton Top Tamarin is one of the smaller species of monkeys weighing on average one pound (0.5kg)

📸: ©️Aaron Crowe
#SupportingConservation #WelshMountainZoo #NorthWales

Pleased to have @mvonschantz.bsky.social as guest speaker at our group’s research day. Some wise advice here:

L'odyssée des fourmis en version Coréenne 🥰

Pencil drawings of naked mole-rats

Sketches of naked mole-rat. This will be a long and complex project. More news soon :)

The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺

Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@pollinet.bsky.social

a) Ethiopian wolf lapping nectar from a Kniphofia foliosa inflorescence; (b) nectar foraging in a large K. foliosa field of the Web Valley, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia; (c) deposition of a relatively large pollen load on the wolf's muzzle; (d) female adult (left) and female subadult (right) Ethiopian wolves foraging together for K. foliosa nectar. Picture credits: Adrien Lesaffre.

Super cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸

Trois faits méconnus sur Lucy, ancêtre de l’humanité A l’occasion des 50 ans de la découverte de Lucy, squelette partiel d’australopithèque daté de 3,2 millions d’années, Sonia Harmand, archéologue préhistorienn

A l’occasion des 50 ans de la découverte, le 24 novembre 1974, de #Lucy squelette partiel d’australopithèque daté de 3,2 millions d’années, Sonia Harmand, archéologue préhistorienne au CNRS, dévoile trois faits méconnus sur cette ancêtre de l’humanité.
www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion.

Orcas have started wearing dead salmon as hats again, just fyi
www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-sa...

Moving from "Twatter" over to here now, it will take time to build up followers again. I haven't posted for ages there as it just got so awful! In an attempt to kickstart things again, here is not a newly emerged alien, but a recently new born naked mole-rat (with another in the background)!😃

Hello, thank you for this great starter pack :) I can't DM either, is it possible to add me too ?

Hello :) I am a soon-to-be PhD student in behavioural ecology. Can I join too ?

Hellooo I love this starterpack ! Can I also join ?

Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony

Thrilled to share this paper to which I contributed as a 2nd author! 🎉
We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀

Read in Scientific Reports:
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄

#AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare