Formatted version of our new #allometry paper is out!
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Formatted version of our new #allometry paper is out!
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Great one!
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Turns out gulls don't like being shouted at (or stared at!) New paper led by excellent masters students @uniexecec.bsky.social with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
So Cool!
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Gannets go through quite the plumage change, being primarily black as juveniles and white as adults!
Have a scroll through this thread to see how their plumage changes on the way to adulthood! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
One of the risks of bowerbirds sharing space with a university - sometimes scientific equipment (and samples) get pinched! Soy sauce containers also seem to be popular
Our autumn newsletter is OUT! π π π
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#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
Victoriaβs riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth.
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Congratulations! Great work!!!!
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show thatβlike New Caledonian crowsβexpert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. π§΅ & vids! π
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Thank you so much Friendπ€©
Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my lifeβsuccessfully defended my PhD! πβ¨
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for whatβs next. πΏπͺΆ #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology
Extinct-In-The-Wild Bird Species Is Breeding On A New Island Home
#SciCommπ§ͺ by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#Extinction #conservationπ #birdsπ¦ #ornithologyπͺΆ #rewilding #Guamπ¬πΊ #Zoology medium.com/grrlscientis...
Sound on π Over the last few months our team released 56 headstarted Curlew in Norfolk! π The birds are already visiting the coastlines and moving around nicely.
Raghavendra Gadagkar welcomes people to the closing ceremony
Sumana Annagiri delivers the vote of thanks
And just like that, #Behaviour2025 is finished! Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made this happen!
Super talk! π―
Excited to share that I presented at the Behaviour 2025 Conference in Kolkata πποΈ. My talk focused on nest site fidelity in painted storks, i.e. their tendency to return to and reuse nesting sites across seasons.
#Behaviour2025 #Ornithology #PaintedStork #BehaviouralEcology