Tania Perroux

The earliest mature debate about animal consciousness occurred around 1900 and centred on the insects. We cover this rich history in this new article, as well as some more recent developments on the topic: royalsocietypublishing.org/.../10.../rs...

🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025
💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

🐃🐦 Interested in how feral buffalo & cattle affect bird communities in Hong Kong?
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Another one from my thesis. Our study shows that color and vision play important roles in predator–prey interactions but also points out some data limits. peerj.com/articles/20103

Rising global heat and humidity are pushing our bodies to their limits, and new research dives deep into how heat acclimation reshapes our cells—especially our mitochondria—to better handle the heat and keep us performing strong. 🔥 Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Giant icons and lesser kin: Chinese public perception of panda welfare at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding buff.ly/x6B5AMw | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #EnvironmentalScience #Pandas

Join us (November 26th 4 PM Hong Kong Time) for our final project meeting (online) about the Hong Kong feral water buffalo 🐃 project.

Check out www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration or scan QR code on the poster. We welcome everyone!!

@amcell.bsky.social

Happening today!
See you later (4pm HK time, 9am UK time and 10am central European time) to hear George tell us about who cattle lick when they are free to form their own social bonds 😃 and I will tell you about cattle faecal samples... and more!

I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...

#BiologyLetters Diagnostic ultrasound imaging is vital in veterinary medicine, but how do different scanners perform? This study evaluates the use of of three ultrasound scanners on bottlenose dolphins. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #developmentalbiology

Happening in 1 week: October 23rd, from 4 to 5.30pm Hong Kong time (UTC+8) or 10 to 11.30 Central European time (UTC+2)! Still time to register using the QR code on the poster below 😄
Looking forward to sharing the outcome of my four years of PhD research on the Hong Kong feral cattle 🐂

It’s the one year anniversary of ISBE2024 in Melbourne, Australia. So many fond memories. And now it’s time to start thinking about the 2026 congress in beautiful Torino, Italy. For further information, follow @isbe2026.bsky.social or visit isbe2026.com.

Interested in the feral cattle of Hong Kong? @tania-perroux.bsky.social and I will be talking about our PhD research next month; for more information and to register, check out the poster below! 👀🐂☀️

@ghodgson.bsky.social and I will present our PhD research on October 23rd, 4 to 5.30pm HK time
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

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Two dogs sitting in a field.

Interested in animal welfare, education policy & social research? Fully funded PhD (UK home) on dog welfare in schools. Get in touch & apply: www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur...
(Dog photo purely for attention and moral support)
#PhDopportunity #AnimalWelfare #DogsInSchools #CamDTP #SocialResearch

2025. Seasonal changes in coat colour and sexual size dimorphism in a subtropical ungulate. #FeralCattle #HongKOng scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publicati...

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Hong Kong Feral Cattle Research Visit the post for more.

You can find out more about HK feral cattle phenotypes in our paper royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/..., and learn more about this unique populations on our website hkcattleresearch.org
And let us know your thought about our findings 😀

We present the first evidence of seasonal coat colour changes in cattle, with paler individuals in the wet season and darker ones in the dry season, suggesting plastic phenotypes. The main driver of seasonal coat colour appears to be thermoregulation, supporting the thermal melanism hypothesis.

Despite the abundance of cattle globally, and the important variations of heat stress risk across phenotypes in livestock, evidence in feral populations is lacking. Hong Kong cattle present an opportunity to study phenotypic adaptations in one of the few cattle populations not controlled by humans.

Our latest feral cattle paper “Seasonal changes in coat colour and sexual size dimorphism in a subtropical ungulate” is out today in open access
@royalsociety.org Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing-org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, @ghodgson.bsky.social & @amcell.bsky.social

Seasonal changes in coat colour and sexual size dimorphism in a subtropical ungulate | Royal Society Open Science Phenotypes reflect the adaptations of organisms to their environments, with common rules defining how coloration and body size should vary based on climate and latitude. Hong Kong (HK) cattle present ...

Hong Kong feral cattle - new paper, 2025. Seasonal changes in coat colour and sexual size dimorphism in a subtropical ungulate | Royal Society Open Science. led by @tania-perroux.bsky.social - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building

Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

doi.org/10.25225/jvb... How lizards dorsal coloration directly influences their activity timing, instead of influencing their body temperature. The latest outcome of my PhD work.

Back from Behaviour 2025! I had an amazing time in Kolkata and wish to keep the good time going by moving to Bluesky! Only heard great things of the science community here so looking forward to meet the ecologists of Bluesky 😀