@shokosugasawa
Academic Track Research Fellow at Newcastle University. Studying object manipulation by animals without hands ππ₯πͺΊ animal behaviour, ecology, cognition, evolution. Dog and food lover. Mum. Views my own. she/her https://shokosugasawa.weebly.com/
IMAGE SHOWS GRAPHIC OF CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY PHYLOGENY EXPLORER TOOL.
MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any birdβs lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...
Hedgehog. Getty Images
Join us! Weβre recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social
π¦ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A u shaped structure made out of sticks called a bower, built under a small tree. In front of the bower is a pile of grey, white and green objects that make up the display court. The whole scene is in dappled sunlight and shade created by the tree above.
New bowerbird paper out, we asked whether male great bowerbirds care about the light environment around the bower where they display to females. Short answer: not really. What they do care about is having a display arena with strong visual contrast on the ground. π¦ tinyurl.com/2v7rycdz
Paintings of hammerhead sharks depicted in the "Oki National Products Illustration Notes". From Japan, Edo Period, ca 1735
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
Resharing & please pass it on!
ACCE+ PhD project on the molecular evolution of insectivorous mammals that eat toxic amphibians π¦πΈ. Jointly supervised with brilliant colleagues in @livuni-ismib.bsky.social & @mpi-ce.bsky.social & open to UK & international students. @shabmohammadi.bsky.social
π Early Career Researchers #ECR:
looking to expand your writing skills and network?
Apply for the Travelling #Fellowships of @biologists.bsky.social! They're super supportive and offer a lot of opportunities for funding.
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pen sketches of song birds with hand-written text
Had the pleasure of hosting Kelsey Stilson from @mnhn.fr here at @livevobiomech.bsky.social. We learned lots about birds and got some XROMM animations working!
Thanks to @britishcouncil.bsky.social π«π·-π¬π§Springboard, @paulineprovini.bsky.social and @kriscran.bsky.social for making this possible!
Five bird illustrations by Will Rose showing Goldfinch, male and female Chaffinch, and male and female Greenfinch. The bird species name features under the illustrations and at the top of the tile is the word finches.
Know your finches? π€ Whether an experienced birder or new to nature we want you to help us count Birds in Greenspaces next year πͺΆ Our FREE resource pack provides ID guides to 30 bird species. Sign up to the newsletter to receive it at www.bto.org/greenspaces
Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social
Illustration in black and white featuring a small hippo-like creature in a dark room at night looking fearful, snow is on the outside of the window and a full moon shines light into the house
Tove Jansson's (1957) illustration from her book 'Moominland Midwinter'. Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #WomensArt
Print featuring a fox walking away from the viewer leaving a trail of footprints in snow in a glade between dense winter woodland
'Fox in the snow" by contemporary printmaker Cat Moore #WomensArt
#December6th #ArtAdvent
Print featuring a lone bird in black flying across a bleak white landscape towards a copse of bare winter trees
#Winter, 1955 by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami #WomensArt
New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Nice commentary on our recent paper on crow stick tool use. To add one piece of information: One of our crows did, in fact, sometimes use the substrate (i.e., the apparatus desk) to adjust its gripβthe crow for which stick re-grasping by tossing was too subtle to be reliably detected.
π¨A few days left to apply! π¨
Work with us to uncover how birds evolve resistance to prey toxins, resurrect ancient proteins, and map the rules that shape molecular adaptation.
𧬠Fully funded BBSRC PhD
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Deadline: 7 Dec
π www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/bbsr...
If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
New paper: Stick dexterity in carrion crowsπ₯’ Commentary on Moll et al. 2025 in which they trained crows to use stick tools. Their neat set-up allowed tracking tool motions, showing that crows became more efficient over time. Could nest building affect their stick dexterity? Full text: rdcu.be/eSOMF
Under two weeks before my #play hits the stage @taratheatre.com ! Can't wait!
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below β¬οΈ
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
#PhD position!
Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees
Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Yours truly and our mounted Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) specimen
The bird collection store, busy with visiting researchers, mounts, and in the background our volunteers who capture data from the specimen labels. It's not always this packed, but we do have a fair number of volunteers and visitors.
Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) in trays in the cabinets. The collections spaces are pretty new, fresh, and functional, which is not always the case for museum collections...
A tray of African raptor eggs to illustrate the breadth of the bird collection, which holds som 70K skin specimens, 60K egg clutches, and 10K skeletons.
Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏNMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553!
πͺΆπ§ͺ #museumjobs #job
Registration for the ASAB conference is now open - come join us!
Winter ASAB 2025 December 15th-16th Edinburgh ASABwinter.github.io/2025/ How sensory information affects behaviour Logo of a moth
Join us for #ASABWinter2025 in Edinburgh Dec 15-16 π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Abstracts for posters/talks due Aug 29
More details here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
π’ONE WEEK until deadline (31st July 2025) to apply for full-time Managing Editor role of @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Must have animal behaviour background with previous editorial experience desirable.
#job #publishing #editor
Full details: www.asab.org/opportunities
Please spread the word
A bowl of ramen with an egg and chashu pork
Obligatory ramen after voting! ε¨ε€ζη₯¨γγ¦γγΎγγπ #εθ°ι’ιΈζ2025 #JapanUpperHouseElection2025
We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.
More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities
Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: Weβre putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how theyβre affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here are the stripes of my home prefecture Chiba, Japan. Show me yours! #ShowYourStripes
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Whenever I have fieldwork I tend to go to Cotswolds, Trespass and Mountain Warehouse. They are probably the easiest to find in any typical UK cities. I have great experience with Cotswolds staff in particular! Although I haven't tried myself I've heard good things about Decathlon as well.
Fig. 1 from the article: nests of Dartford warblers.
Fig. 2 from the article: The composition of nest materials and nesting habitats of Dartford warblers. (a) Nest materials were separated into different material categories, (b) Types of nesting habitats included.
NEW PAPER: Dartford warblers use nest materials based on local habitat, but material type doesn't affect insulation or breeding successβsuggesting flexible, functional nest-building across environments.
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#ornithology #birds #reproduction #nest @shokosugasawa.bsky.social