Pawel Fedurek

Spatial distribution of human-wildlife interactions predicts coexistence with a global urban carnivore, the red fox Despite growing recognition that spatial factors such as urbanisation and geographic region shape human-wildlife interactions, few studies have examined - on a large geographic scale - how urbanisatio...

Excited to share our latest preprint from the #BritishCarnivoreProject, showing that the spatial distribution of #human-wildlife interactions predicts #coexistence with a global #urban #carnivore, the red fox 🦊 🌃. @kristyadaway.bsky.social @cds-york.bsky.social

Link here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

The first papers from our special collection on vocal communication in corvids are now live. Most are still under review, stay tuned for more updates as they’re published! link.springer.com/collections/...

🚨Please circulate🚨 The #BritishCarnivoreProject has a #free booklet, entitled Urban Tails, to help young people (ages 9-14) engage with #nature. It includes #stories, #outdoor activities, and other fun #educational materials. 🦊🏙️🌳🍃Download here: www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...

two 4-year PhD positions in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich, and the Wild Minds Lab of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, to study wild chimpanzees and bonobos. The PhD candidates will work within the Creative Ape Project. The overall goal of the project is to enhance our understanding of the evolution of creativity, and to shed light on whether humans are a uniquely 'creative ape'. To do so we will apply a comparative approach, quantifying the creative capacities of wild non-human apes to investigate the underlying drivers that shape creative expression across species. The project explores four interconnected topics: i) Making mavericks, ii) Funny guys and arty-types, iii) Lone ape geniuses, and iv) Creative ape economies. We employ a comprehensive approach that leverages long-term datasets, new field data, detailed manual video-coding, bespoke automated deep-learning models, and advanced modelling, to extract rich information on the ways in which apes solve problems in their daily lives. Excellent collaborative, independent working and time management skills are essential. Previous field experience (incl. behavioural data collection) is required, and experience working in remote places under difficult living conditions is highly recommended. The project will require strong data management and data analysis skills, and 12-18 months of field work split into 2-3 periods. Please submit your application in a single PDF to kathelijne.koops@iea.uzh.ch and clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk – by 4th of August 2025. Feel free to get in touch if you have any inquiries about the positions. Applications should include: 1) cover letter stating your motivation and how your expertise fits the project (max. 1 page), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) copy of the highest degree obtained, 4) names and contact details of two referees, and 5) reprints of 1-2 selected publications

A tiny chimpfant looks at the camera with surprise

📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social

@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪

PSGB Field Skills Workshop | Primate Society of Great Britain | Primate Society of Great Britain Applications are open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop at London Zoo, A ZSL conservation zoo (28th-30th August)! This is the second year that we are running the Field Skills Workshop, which is aime...

PSGB's Primate Field Skills Course is running again this year: tinyurl.com/yvrhwtn7

It is aimed at developing primate field skills, particularly for those who may face obstacles gaining these skills in other ways.

You can help raise funds for more participants to join here: tinyurl.com/3s7p538u

🚨Job alert in Psyc! 🚨

Northumbria is hiring ⭐Vice Chancellor Fellows ⭐!

- Assistant Profs, with 3 years for research focus
- then transition to regular role

Check out it out here: work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

Applications are now open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop! The Field Skills Workshop is a 3-day workshop aimed to develop theory and practice in field skills. See 🧵

🎧 Feel what it's like to follow a chimp through the rainforest, deciphering its language...

New episode of Socializing with Scientists with Dr. Cédric Girard-Buttoz out now! @tozbu.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social @romanwittig.bsky.social

www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

Chimpanzees attachment types ... Thank you to a great team work of the @taichimpproject.bsky.social
together with
@elerolland.bsky.social
@oscarnl.bsky.social
@paddytkaczynski.bsky.social
@tozbu.bsky.social
@romanwittig.bsky.social
and others not yet on bluesky

🚨PAPER ALERT Chimpanzees expand the meanings of their single calls when combining them. They use a variety of mechanisms, analogous to those found in human language, to alter the meanings of single calls in their combinations. Photo by @lirsamuni.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨🐵Paid primate work: In collaboration with Stichting AAP and University of Rennes, we are looking for a research coordinator to monitor a wild Barbary macaque reintroduction. More details and how to apply can be found here: groups.google.com/a/g-groups.w...

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Fab time at #ASAB Spring 2025 - well done to Flora Talyigas for her first ever talk and to Nikki, Jade and Flora for representing our new Student Subcommittee! #ASABSpring2025

Wild raccoons are more innovative but not bolder than another ecological generalist, the Virginia opossum, on a pull-string task Humans are altering natural environments at unprecedented rates. Ecological generalism is one of the strongest predictors of survival in light of these changes which, in animals, may be shaped by bold...

Excited to share our latest preprint, just accepted in Animal Behaviour. Congrats to @kristyadaway.bsky.social on her first first-author publication! #ECRresearch #PhDpaper @uniofhull.bsky.social 🦝🧠🧩🌎

Link to preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Congratulations to TCP Co-director @lirsamuni.bsky.social for winning the ASAB Christopher Barnard Award for her work on #chimpanzees and #bonobos

Our new paper is out! 🐒🔊
We compared two wild chimpanzee populations and found that individuals adjust pant hoot acoustics based on context (feeding vs. travelling). Most patterns are shared, but subtle community differences may hint at a small role for vocal usage learning.
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Common raven in a calling posture

Still time to submit to our special collection on 'Vocal communication in corvids' in Animal Cognition @springernature.com. link.springer.com/collections/...

Maternal gregariousness and female audience effects mediate mother–infant proximity in wild chimpanzees In animal species with parental care, maintaining offspring–carer proximity is an important adaptation protecting offspring from threats such as preda…

It’s been years in the making, but it’s finally out now!
@tozbu.bsky.social, @taichimpproject.bsky.social, @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social, @nakedprimate.bsky.social,
@zuberbuehler.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...