Dr Mia Cobb

A golden retriever stands at the waterline of a beach with waves crashing behind it, panting happily. Below is the university logo and text saying “Exciting opportunity, Research Fellow in Animal Welfare Science (Canine Welfare Science)”

Come work with me! unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex... #postdoc #animalwelfare #TeamHappyDogs #science

Screenshot of an ABC Lifestyle article titled “Should you leave the air con on for your pets?” by Anna Chisholm. Beneath the headline is a photo of a wet black-and-white dog sitting in a shallow blue paddling pool outdoors.

Screenshot of an ABC Lifestyle article titled “Should you leave the air con on for your pets?” by Anna Chisholm. Beneath the headline is a photo of a wet black-and-white dog sitting in a shallow blue paddling pool outdoors. The article text includes the quote: “We really control their whole environment,” said Mia Cobb, a canine welfare researcher at the University of Melbourne.

Thanks to ABC News for including my “hot take” in this story about helping our animal companions cope in the extreme heat impacting Australia this Summer. Terrific insights from my colleague, Dr Steven Impey too: lnkd.in/gbQze564 #science #dogs #animalwelfare

Pet owner's warning as dog left 'frothing' after SA beach visit Within 20 minutes of leaving an Adelaide beach dogs Lucy and Ella began breathing rapidly and fell "terribly sick", prompting their owner to issue a warning.

If you live in #Adelaide #SA #Australia keep your #Dogs out of discoloured water and away from contaminated foam, seaweed, marine debris like fish, crabs, and sea balls BECAUSE DOGS ARE STILL GETTING SICK at the beach w/ the #AlgalBloom ➡️Rinse them off w/ fresh water.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

A small brown dog stands in the middle of a split scene: snowy ground with a snowman and winter hat on the left, and cracked desert ground with a cactus, thermometer reading extreme heat, and a dry water bowl on the right, illustrating extreme weather contrast.

It's heating up, with temps over 40°C (105°F) ahead. My piece for @aunz.theconversation.com about helping animals in extreme heat has been viewed twice from the US / UK for every Australian view! How come people in the depths of Winter are really into this topic?! theconversation.com/pets-suffer-...

Hooray!

How can we best help?

Back from a super fun live hour chatting dogs and science on @joy949.bsky.social radio with @nyuroscientist.bsky.social. You can catch up on the Science Queeries pod in all the usual places, or here: joy.org.au/sciencequeer...
[Thanks to @jameshutson.bsky.social and the ASC for my tee]

Pets suffer in extreme heat. An animal welfare expert explains how we can help them

When people get hot, we can strip off clothing and we sweat to cool down. But animals such as cats and dogs aren’t so lucky.

Worth a trip to the Dog Museum!

Mass dog killings rock Telangana: ‘300 stray canines’ given lethal injections; sarpanches among 9 booked | Hyderabad News - The Times of India HANUMAKONDA: Police booked cases against nine people, including the sarpanches of Shayampet and Arepally villages, in Hanumakonda district for alleged.

Distressing to see this news today. @abhadra7.bsky.social #animalwelfare #dogs timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderab...

Pets suffer in extreme heat. An animal welfare expert explains how we can help them When people get hot, we can strip off clothing and we sweat to cool down. But animals such as cats and dogs aren’t so lucky.

Animals (pets, livestock, wildlife) suffer in extreme heat. An animal welfare expert explains how we can help them theconversation.com/pets-suffer-...

🐕 We're recruiting for a fully-funded PhD exploring crossbreeding to reduce problems experienced by flat-faced dogs, including human barriers to acceptance

🌏 International supervisory team

Details www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Questions? @rowenapacker.bsky.social rpacker@rvc.ac.uk

⏰ 20Jan’26

Oh, Yum!

🐕 We're recruiting for a fully-funded PhD exploring crossbreeding to reduce problems experienced by flat-faced dogs, including human barriers to acceptance

🌏 International supervisory team

Details www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Questions? @rowenapacker.bsky.social rpacker@rvc.ac.uk

⏰ 20Jan’26

Dogs - "We’ve now learned that giving animals choice and control in their lives is important for their mental wellbeing too. We can help our dogs enjoy better welfare by creating more choices and offering them control to exercise their agency." findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/93429-t...

Stick to your version!

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Cheering you on!

Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys

Dogs don’t stockpile food due to anxiety about impending disaster – they’re revealing how their evolutionary past still shapes modern behaviours.

Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys Dogs don’t stockpile food due to anxiety about impending disaster – they’re revealing how their evolutionary past still shapes modern behaviours.

If you've always wondered "Why DO dogs do that?!" when you see them hiding their treats or toys in their bedding - my latest for @theconversation.com might help! theconversation.com/your-dog-is-... #science #dogs #animalwelfare

1532 applications for DE26, 200 funded.

YouTube video by The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center Studying Aging with Dr. Kate E. Creevy from the Dog Aging Project

How do metabolomes & mutts connect in aging research? 🧬🐾

Dr. Kate Creevy’s keynote at AMC’s #OneHealth Conference explores the science behind longevity in humans & dogs.

Watch here: youtu.be/vCKsPGP2RJo?...

#DogAgingProject #HealthyAging

Copy of Dogs of the World (by me, Lili Chin) on a bookshelf. Note: this is the British edition with a cream cover.

A DOGS OF THE WORLD sighting at Dymocks bookstore in Melbourne, Australia! (Photo by @drmiacobb.bsky.social )

Thank you for your service!

Is greyhound racing at a tipping point? - ABC listen In the last 18 months there have been moves to ban greyhound racing in New Zealand, Scotland, Wales and Tasmania. What are the tipping points that make the industry no longer politically and financial...

I had a wide ranging conversation with Julian Morrow on ABC’s Radio National this morning about the global state of greyhound racing. Catch it here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Thanks to everyone who tuned in! Great outcome for dogs!

Register: https://science.unimelb.edu.au/engage/big-science-pitch

TOMORROW, you can help dogs get much-needed research funding! 💰 I’m a finalist in University of Melbourne Faculty of Science’s Big Science Pitch. Tune in from 6pm (AEDT, that’s 8pm NZ: 7am UK; 11pm LA; 2am NYC) 11 Nov to watch the finalists and vote 🐕 Register: science.unimelb.edu.au/engage/big-s...

On Tue, you can help dogs get much-needed research funding! 💰 I’m a finalist in University of Melbourne Faculty of Science’s Big Science Pitch. Tune in from 6pm (AEDT, that’s 8pm NZ: 7am UK; 11pm LA; 2am NYC) 11 Nov to watch the finalists and vote 🐕 Register: science.unimelb.edu.au/engage/big-s...

But successful folks might find out soon under embargo?

🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement:

❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️

See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

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