Jannes Meyer

Sir David Attenborough’s latest film reveals the truth about bottom trawling — a fishing method that razes the seafloor like a bulldozer.

This #WorldOceansDay, let’s raise our voices and take a stand.

PhD Research Fellow (two positions) in marine evolutionary ecology (281140) | University of Bergen Job title: PhD Research Fellow (two positions) in marine evolutionary ecology (281140), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, June 15, 2025

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Sex differences in chimpanzees' use of sticks as play objects resemble those of children Sex differences in children's toy play are robust and similar across cultures [1,2]. They include girls tending to play more with dolls and boys more with wheeled toys and pretend weaponry. This patte...

Going on a limb here, but is it possible that Joker tried to imitate the adult females of the group instead of the males in his play behaviour? Because carrying sticks and stones on their back is popular play in young females, at least in chimpanzees.
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Capuchin monkeys caught abducting baby howlers On Panama’s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys—a behavior never before seen in wild primates.

On a remote Panamanian island, capuchin monkeys began kidnapping baby howlers and carrying them for days. Nobody was on the island to witness the origin and spread of this strange social tradition. But camera traps were there: www.ab.mpg.de/677569/news_...

Study from @livingingroups.bsky.social ⬇️

An illustration of a white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on their back while cracking nuts with a stone

Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)

Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior Research hints at an underlying architecture that orders the movements of animals

Cross-species teamwork from @livingingroups.bsky.social reveals unexpected similarities in three social mammals 🤔

By lead author @pminasandra.bsky.social with Emily Grout, Katrina Brock, Meg Crofoot, Vlad Demartsev, Amlan Nayak, Eli
Strauss, Ari Strandburg-Peshkin🧵1/2

www.ab.mpg.de/679000/news_...

Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US EU will spend over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists.

In related news: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Kultur im Tierreich - Voneinander lernen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE Bei Menschen wie bei Tieren beruht die Weitergabe von Kultur auf sozialem Lernen. Vier Arten geben Einblicke in die Kulturvermittlung im Tierreich: Kohlmeisen und Grünmeerkatzen lernen die Tricks der ...

For German and French speakers interested in animal culture, this doco will be well worth 43 mins of your time. For everyone else, great tits solving puzzle boxes speak for themselves 🐦🧩🧠@lucymaplin.bsky.social @mchimento.bsky.social

www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...

Female solidarity keeps male bonobos in check Study on wild bonobos reveals that females team up to maintain power in their societies

Bonobo societies are famous for being “female dominant.” But females are weaker than males, so how can this be? Study by Barbara Fruth and Martin Surbeck on wild bonobos explains how.

Hint: it has to do with female solidarity.

Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...

www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...

More local to eastern northern Germany since this is a local beer from the island of Rügen

ICARUS Projects

ICARUS BIRDS
Where, how, and why do birds die?

We are launching the ICARUS BIRDS project to find out! Join us in tracking common birds across Europe to uncover the factors behind their decline.

Learn more on our website: www.ab.mpg.de/icarus

A new approach for better understanding animal consciousness A team of researchers has outlined a new approach for better understanding the depths of animal consciousness, a method that may yield new insights into the similarities and differences among living o...

2025. A new approach for better understanding animal consciousness phys.org/news/2025-02...

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Sunset in the mountains of Bergen