Wendel van der Sluis

Tracking newts with PIT-tags: insights, lessons and discoveries in Amphibia-Reptilia.

PIT-tagging #Newts reveals rare tag loss and higher mortality in aquatic T. marmoratus and juvenile T. cristatus. Long-term studies in Mayenne, France, inform research on smaller newts. By Jan W. Arntzen, @unileiden.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social

#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1163/1568...

Genetically diverse marsh frogs are rapidly invading the southeastern Netherlands, published in Amphiba-Reptilia.

Marsh frogs are overrunning Limburg, NL! 🐸 mtDNA analysis of hundreds of water frogs reveals four distinct invasive marsh frog lineages from across Europe & beyond. Immediate conservation action is needed to protect native populations. In Amphibia-Reptilia.
🧬https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10239

Editorial in the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed: Rethinking insect farming: harmony between humans and insects.

Can insect farming be both ethical and sustainable? 🐛

In her just published editorial, Silvia Cappellozza explores how rethinking sericulture can inspire models where humans and insects coexist for mutual benefit.
Published in the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed: 👉 doi.org/10.1163/2352...

Meet our plenary speaker Eva Ringler!

Professor at the University of Bern, Eva Ringler and her research group are interested in understanding variation in animal behaviour from an ecological and evolutionary perspective focusing on Neotropical poison frogs and glassfrogs.

Thank you for this book tip! I love Tim Flach's photographs and will definitely buy this book. 👍💚

Call for Papers for Folia Primatologica_1

Call for Papers for Folia Primatologica_2

🐒 Swinging by to share a Call for Papers! Our special issue on Decolonizing Human–Wildlife Coexistence in Folia Primatologica wants your research on humans & primates living together. Submit by 31 March 2026🌿

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New cluster of Tapanuli orangutans discovered in Sumatra peat swamp CENTRAL TAPANULI, Indonesia — Since it was first described by scientists in 2017, the Tapanuli orangutan, one of the world’s rarest great apes, was believed to live only in the Batang Toru forest of…

Researchers have confirmed that the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, previously thought to live only in Sumatra’s Batang Toru forest, also inhabits a peat swamp forest 32 kilometers (20 miles) away.

Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the ‘hippy apes’? They are peaceful, female-led and use sex in everyday interactions. Now a new conservation scheme could offer a lifeline to our critically endangered close relatives living on the Congo river

Years ago, I discovered bonobos in "The Forgotten Ape" by Frans de Waal & Frans Lanting. Never heard of them before. Now, their rainforest along the Congo River is disappearing fast. I hope bold conservation efforts can save these fascinating apes’ last wild habitats before it’s too late. 💚📰📷

Lantern slide of a kauri tree and bushmen, York & Son, 55 slides on New Zealand, 1901. Taken from full #OpenAccess article “‘An Excellent Empire Wood’: The Awareness, Export, and Use of New Zealand Kauri (Agathis australis) at ‘Home’ (United Kingdom)". Citation: International Journal of Wood Culture 2025; 10.1163/27723194-bja10049.

A 2014 fire at Glasgow School of Art (@glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social) revealed NZ #Kauri disguised as oak. New research traces its 19th-century journey from prized export to “cheap ballast,” uncovering NZ–UK trade links.

Read #OpenAccess in Int. J. of Wood Culture: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

Overview | EHBEA2026

🚨𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀!
www.ehbea2026.com is now live for our 2026 European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA) conference in Leiden (NL🇳🇱) Check for 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, first 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & the [𝗔𝗜]𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸!
🗓️ 14–17 Apr 2026 | CBEN pre-conf 14 Apr
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#EHBEA2026

Save the date information for the upcoming European Conference on Behavioural Biology: Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene. 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

Save the date for the next European Conference on Behavioural Biology!
Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene, 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University.
Watch this space for updates on speakers, plenaries, and calls for abstracts!

#AcademicSky #UpcomingConferences

Cover journal Animal Biology Volume 75, No. 3, 2025. A marsupial, Marmosa demerarae, inside an artificial bamboo nest by by Adriana Bocchiglieri.

Animal Biology’s latest issue is out now!

On the cover a wonderful image by Adriana Bocchiglieri of a marsupial, Marmosa demerarae (woolly mouse opossum), inside an artificial bamboo nest.

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Male barn swallows may sound like their own chicks! 🐦 A study by Masaru Hasegawa & Masahiko Nakamura in the journal Behaviour shows nestlings respond to male “nestling-like” courtship calls just as to real begging calls – evidence of intraspecific mimicry in action.
🔗 doi.org/10.1163/1568...

Call for Papers for the Special Issue on Visually Induced Motion Sensations.

📢 Deadline extended!
🗓️ Submit your work to our Special Issue on Visually Induced Motion Sensations by Feb 28, 2026. Explore vection, VR sickness, visual discomfort & more. Let’s advance VIMS research together! #VIMS #CallForPapers #Research #VR #VisionScience
@multisensoryres.bsky.social

Wood anatomy clarifies Sapotaceae, evolution, aiding conservation efforts

Wood anatomy of ~450 Sapotaceae species reveals evolutionary shifts, mineral inclusions, and vessel diversity, providing crucial insights for taxonomy, phylogeny, and protecting tropical forests.

Read in #OpenAccess here: brill.com/view/journal...

Cover book "The Congo's Salonga National Park" by bila-Isia Inogwabini.

🌿 Discover Salonga National Park — where people, water & wildlife shape one living story.

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@degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Elisabetta Palagi - Speaker for the Frans de Waal Honorary Lecture 2026.

🌿 Excited to announce Elisabetta Palagi as the speaker for the 2nd Frans de Waal Honorary Lecture at #CBEN2026 in Leiden (14 April)! 🐒✨

A celebration of empathy, play & evolution – and of what connects us all. 💚

#CBEN2026 #Ethology #Empathy #Evolution @ehbea2026.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social

New in MSR: Older Adults with Clinically Normal Sensory and Cognitive Abilities Perceive Audiovisual Simultaneity and Temporal Order Differently than Younger Adults qr.brill.com/libkey/?link...

New in MSR: Enhancing Dynamic Visual Experiences through Touch qr.brill.com/libkey/?link...

Synbiotic drops shorten diarrhoea and speeds recovery in toddler.

Synbiotic drops helped children ≤2 years recover from diarrhoea 2 days faster than usual care. Most kids improved quickly, and it was safe and well-tolerated.

Read full #OpenAccess article in Beneficial Microbes: doi.org/10.1163/1876...

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Book cover "Moral design and green technology".

🌿 How can we involve citizens in green smart cities? Learn from fungi networks? Use AI for biodiversity?

Excited to share new #OpenAccess book Moral Design and Green Technology by Bart Wernaart & Gerard Schouten – exploring how nature and tech intertwine in moral design.

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Insects transform waste, outsmarting plastics with nature's own biotech.

♻️ Turning waste into opportunity with nature’s tiny biotechnologists!

New in J. Insects as Food & Feed: “Insect holobionts as tools for waste biomass valorisation.” 🪲

Insects + microbes = powerful allies for #CircularEconomy & #Bioconversion of stubborn #Polymers.

🔗 doi.org/10.1163/2352...

Call for Submissions for the Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation prize 2026

📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour.
🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14)
⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026!
@ehbea2026.bsky.social

Two hardcopy issues of the Folia Primatologica journal.

📢 Call for Papers: Nocturnal Strepsirrhines & Tarsiers

Folia Primatologica invites submissions for a special issue on the natural history of these elusive primates. Field data, even fragmentary, are welcome!

📅 30 Nov. 2025
🔗 Details: brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/37808_IJFP_SI_EST-CfP.pdf

Many congratulations to Anna Nekaris! 🎉🐒 So well deserved.