We organised NSAB2025 & had 2 journal partners: J of Wildlife Sci & Integrative & Comparative Biology @sicbjournals.bsky.social The special issues are underway:
JWLS: jwls.in/advances-in-...
ICB: sites.google.com/sicb.org/aut...
Keep an eye out for some exciting Avian Biology research frm India
New paper in Behavioral Ecology. We show how male crickets in conspecific choruses solve the cocktail party problem using a combo of natural spacing b/w neighbours & behavioural adjustments in call timings: doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Story covered in The Tribune
www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/m...
BioDCASE workshop - registration closes next week Oct 10th https://biodcase.github.io/workshop2025/ - Hope to see you there! #bioacoustics
03.10.2025 10:17 — 👍 8 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
👋 The International #Bioacoustics Society (#IBAC) is now on Bluesky!
🎶🦉🦇🐬🐞 Follow us for society news, events, and advances in bioacoustics research from around the world.
🌍 Let’s connect the global community exploring life through sound. 🔊
BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
01.10.2025 18:43 — 👍 826 🔁 202 💬 45 📌 69
Taught a 2 days intensive module on orthopteran insects, #bioacoustics & night sampling of crickets & other #Nocturnal animals as part of Indica School for field ecology & conservation by NCBS & IISER Tvm. Diversity of PhD students from across India
#CapacityBuilding
#IndianBiodiversity
#NightLife
Goodbye Kerteminde
Hello Aarhus ;)
A good conferece is more than just good talks. It is also meeting old friends and making some new ones. So happy to meet @danstowell.bsky.social again after 2 years and @beleyurthejasvi.bsky.social after 1 week ;)
#IBAC2025
Prof Albert’s in front of a slide reading of 'The medicine of life': Social bonds in animal behavior
The first plenary speaker of #Behaviour2025 : Prof Susan Alberts !
25.08.2025 09:12 — 👍 47 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
28.06.2025 21:24 — 👍 96 🔁 44 💬 1 📌 7
New preprint:
Sounds of silence: electric mobility promises a quieter soundscape for wildlife, but may challenge ultrasonically sensitive species globally.
With Baheerathan and Oliver Lindecke
Desk reject from Global Change Biology
#NextIsWhat
:)
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
@gblackburn.bsky.social & I recently wrote this piece in Nature Climate Change about the potential conservation implications of climate-induced divergence of song. This may occur more often under a rapidly changing climate & cause greater isolation between popns.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
As the countdown begins, we are excited to start welcoming participants for NSAB 2025 at IISER Mohali
Here's to an excellent line-up of women speakers at the symposium 🥂 Happy International Women's Day! ❤️
On #WorldWildlifeDay, in class I talked about conservation heroes from India. From insect to tiger conservation, regenerating rainforests to bringing bk grassland birds from the brink of extinction & mitigating human wildlife conflict.
#IndianEcologists
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Lucy Westover holding her Masters thesis.
Dwarf mongoose photo used on front cover of journal.
🎉CONGRATULATIONS🥂 to Lucy Westover on publishing her 🥇 paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Celebrating #ECR success is GREAT.
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#fieldwork #experiment #predation #noise #mongooses #vigilance #behaviour #ECR #Masters
#OpenAccess so please share:
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Reminder that there is a special issue in #AnimalBehaviourJournal based on the theme of #ASABWinter2024 : Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour !
You don’t need an invite, but do feel free to send an email to check that your topic is fits 😄📧
Due by June 13
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
We have a fully funded International 4-year position (combined Master of Research+PhD) to study visual navigation in jumping spiders. Project will be supervised by @pipilika.bsky.social, @mherberstein.bsky.social, @dinrao.bsky.social & Ximena Nelson. At Macquarie University, Sydney. Details below
17.01.2025 02:51 — 👍 45 🔁 39 💬 2 📌 8
Are you PhD student or Postdoc working in the field of Neuroethology? Then apply as a speaker for the Webinar Series 'The Future Of Neuroethology'
10.01.2025 05:23 — 👍 38 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 1
Each January, @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour publishes its 'Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching':
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Please read and implement.
#AnimalEthics #AnimalBehaviour
We are excited to announce that the winner of this year’s #BiologyLetters #ECR Competition is Jose Borrero. Read "Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in Heliconius butterflies" here: ow.ly/UqYc50UCnVU @borreroja.bsky.social
13.01.2025 10:46 — 👍 41 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 4
Farewell 2024; Be kind 2025 and bring peace. Happy new year everyone!
✨️❤️✨️
Quote post with a bird on a sign
28.12.2024 04:25 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the National Symposium on Avian Biology 2025 at IISER Mohali between 10-12th March '25.
The website is now live & registrations open:
nsab2025.com
Spread the word & let birds of a feather flock together!
Yay, our AQI has improved. It is now "poor". 😬
28.11.2024 05:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Histogram peaked at 3 minutes and 2 weeks since sent
When I will respond to your email
20.11.2024 18:29 — 👍 2062 🔁 350 💬 39 📌 86
On what would have been high energy physicist Rohini Godbole's 72nd birthday, we publish this tribute to her, featuring details of her scientific work⚛️recollections of her collaborators💭friends and admirers❤️🩹
12.11.2024 10:00 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Happy bday Salim Ali, the birdman of India.
Every yr we celebrate this day by introducing birding to someone who has never birded before.
This yr I am thrilled to announce that the 6th National Symposium on Avian Biology will be at IISER Mohali 10-12 Mar '25. Mark your calendars, pack your binocs.
