@nicolakoyama.bsky.social
Biologist (she/her). Reader in Primate Behaviour at LJMU. Equity in science.
A vibrant red-eyed tree frog clings to a branch beside text promoting the British Ecological Society's "Capturing Ecology 2025" competition, closing in 2 weeks on 30 September.
Two weeks to go before Capturing Ecology closes!
Explore our 8 categories and enter your best photos 📸 that champion the wonders of ecology.
Competition closes on 30 September.
https://f.mtr.cool/bbujqjypnj
Balanced and considered account of scientific racism in the evolutionary sciences and what academics can do to counter it:
12.09.2025 18:47 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Calling all artists! 🧑🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
22.07.2025 11:47 — 👍 6 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 3
🏞️Fieldwork is one of the most inspiring parts of environmental science. Let’s make sure it’s also one of the safest and most inclusive! 🥇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
04.09.2025 10:07 — 👍 38 🔁 58 💬 1 📌 1
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
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🌍🧪Ecology needs inclusive systems and equitable opportunities.
Our new BES report shares evidence, lived experience, and practical steps to dismantle barriers in science.
Written by BES Network members, part-funded by Pride in STEM.
Read the full report here:
The free online animal behaviour conference!
02.09.2025 07:12 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Joe Harkness reveals how neurodiverse conservationists find their “superpowers” can make them uniquely effective at their job, with skills including lateral thinking, hyperfocus, memory skills and empathy, as well as having an aptitude for fieldwork.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The #psgbfieldskills2025 workshop wouldn't have happened without the energy and efforts of the PSGB EDI Sub-committee! 🙏Thanks to @krishsubramamium, Anne-Marie Mascaro, Praneetha Monipi and Alecia Carter. And to @si-monkeys.bsky.social for tireless planning and positivity in co-organising the event
30.08.2025 20:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rachel Robinson (far left) leading a session on design behavioural observation studies with a group of students
A slide from the interactive lecture
#psgbfieldskills2025 students then had fun with an engaging session by @rachellrobinson.bsky.social developing a question and choosing the right methods, before heading into the zoo to collect behavioural observation data on their chosen primate species!
30.08.2025 20:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0How many of us spend time doing this before starting any kind of field project?
Thanks 🙏 to Sharifah Namaganda, Suraj N, Bhavuk Nijay and Praneetha Monipi (Chair) for sharing stories, experiences and great advice, reminding us of what's important in the field ❤️
Screenshot of the online PSGB Field Skills workshop panel discussion on community-based conservation
Insightful #psgbfieldskills2025 panel discussion with in-country researchers.
First steps to community-based conservation? Build relationships first, arrive to learn not fix, be interested in others and their priorities, make friends, don't assume, show yourself as a person first, not a researcher.
Students leaving the ZSL buildings
It's a wrap! #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl #asab has flown by! Day 3: ethics, logistics, permits and wildlife health via scenario-based learning (Matt Gardiner), inspiring panel discussions on community conservation (Praneetha Monipi) and collecting data at the human-primate interface (Kelly Sambucci) 👏
30.08.2025 18:44 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A photo of Kat talking about vegetation and wildlife surveys
A photo of Liz talking about advanced field methods
Students collecting field data on a woodland path
Students learning about field skills in a seminar room
A fantastic Day 2 on #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl workshop: vegetation and wildlife surveys @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social bioacoustics @wascherclaudia.bsky.social tracking, camera traps @lizallo.bsky.social and mental health in the field with Praneetha Monipi @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org
30.08.2025 17:12 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
A slide of a presentation about supporting disclosure choices in fieldwork
As field researchers, we can support disclosure choices with confidential protocols, pre-fieldwork conversations and ensuring allies are visible
28.08.2025 16:08 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Why talk about LGBTQIA+Inclusion in the field?
45% of those participating in fieldwork have faced gender discrimination 👇
#psgbfieldskills2025 workshop
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
@asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
Kat Almeida-Warren talking to students at the PSGB Field Skills Workshop
Our #psgbfieldskills2025 workshop has started! Great to hear Kat @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social
talk on different perspectives in the development of animal behaviour methods
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Thanks to @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social for their amazing support
The amazing field skills workshop! 👀 Funds go directly towards helping those in need attend:
19.07.2025 21:32 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📢 Call for abstracts! Want to present your animal behaviour research online & for free? Submit a 5-min video poster for #ABL2025. Hosted on YouTube with live Q&A on Discord!
📅 Nov 13–14 | Free, online, worldwide 🌍
🔗 Learn more, register, submit ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviorresearch
A great opportunity for in-country community-based primate conservationists to share experiences and challenges in our online Panel Discussion (30 Aug '25). Send in your expression of interest by 10 Aug!
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social
Elephants gesture to signal what they want—just like us.
Learn more: scim.ag/3IyDRrq
[COMMENTARY]
Tools like drones & GPS apps allow local & indigenous communities to track deforestation & respond to territorial threats quickly.
But these tools must be introduced with local realities and cultural wisdom in mind.
** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.
Marie Curie Fellowships are open (tinyurl.com/bdewf876) - if interested in studying how wild Barbary macaques are adjusting to human impacts (tinyurl.com/5n6hxwwz), please get in touch! We're particularly keen for someone to work with all the metagenomic data we have!
31.05.2025 11:20 — 👍 24 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0An amazing opportunity for UK-based students who've faced challenges developing field skills: deadline 15 June.
Could you help support a student attend? Check the justgiving link below!
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 🧵
20.05.2025 09:27 — 👍 14 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 2Great activity Danni!
15.05.2025 17:24 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0🌱 Unravel the plant mechanisms involved in plant-microbe interactions in Priya Reddy's winning entry for this year's #DanceYourPhD #biology category.
Watch the entire video—and learn more about the other category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
