“File drawer 2.0”
“[Supplementary] files offer optimal settings for spinning research outcomes by sorting information between the main document and supplementary files to fit one’s narrative, making information technically available but effectively invisibilised.”
By @paulbertin.bsky.social
Kuşların değerini biliyor muyuz? sarkac.org/2026/02/kusl... @pinarea.bsky.social tarafından.
Lola von Kietzell in Canberra collecting field data.
Lola von Kietzell with a group of white-winged choughs which she worked on for her Masters.
🥂CONGRATULATIONS to Lola von Kietzell on defending her #Masters by Research thesis with no corrections. 👏
🙏THANK you to @josharbon.bsky.social for cosupervising, #Chun-ChiehLiao & #RobMagrath for brilliant #fieldwork support, and @caglarakcay.bsky.social & @stephanielking.bsky.social as examiners.
a chaffinch staring at the photographer
New paper led by @alperyelimlies.bsky.social with @caglaonsal.bsky.social where we examine the repeatability of aggression in urban and rural chaffinches. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our BehaveAI paper has just come out!
Easy & effective tracking & behavioural classification, even with tiny (2px), fast moving, camouflaged objects.
Paper: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Download: github.com/troscianko/B...
@uniexecec.bsky.social @kevinjgaston.bsky.social @jimamclgalloway.bsky.social
“Everyone thinks universities have to do what donors want because they pay the bills. But that gets it backward, and not just at Hopkins.”
I highly recommend reading this piece.
www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-...
Did you ever hear the myth that birds can't smell? Well... here's a fascinating roundup of different ways that birds use their sense of smell! #ornithology
How Human Behavior Is Driving Evolution In Wild Birds
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#ornithology🪶 #evolution #BirdFeeding #Birding #birds🦉 grrlscientist.medium.com/how-human-be...
Great team to work with!!
A Yellowhammer perches on a branch with its bill open as it sings. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring. Field Ornithologist/Survey Mentor (BBS Surveys) - Northern Ireland. Field Ornithologists (EFS Surveys) - Northern Ireland. Field Surveyors (LandSpAES Project) - England. The logo for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and BTO feature at the bottom of the image.
We're hiring Field Ornithologists and Surveyors! Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs
📝 Full and part time opportunities.
📆 Closing date: Tuesday 17 February.
#Ornithology
🚨 New paper alert! "Honestly exaggerated: howler monkey roars are reliable signals of body size and behaviourally relevant to listeners"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We show that formants advertise body size and mediate social interactions in black and gold howler monkeys.
1/11 Animals often communicate in phrases with sequential structure. Infant vocal learners, however, are often studied one note or syllable at a time. What are the origins of vocal sequences in animals that learn vocal communication? Find out in our new paper spanning songbirds and human infants! 🧵
The red rooster said, "Cockle doodle do do"
The Richland woman said, "Any dude will do"...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBFE...
Female reed warblers in social pairs with low MHC dissimilarity achieve higher MHC dissimilarity through random extra-pair mating url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Top left ECBB logo, yellow text with blue outline next to it reads 'Did you hear' Background image of a black British bird looking inquisitive. Bottom text, yellow with blue outline, reads 'Symposia submission extended to 15 February'.
January can be tough enough without an extra deadline looming. That's why we've extended our #ECBB2026 call for symposia to 15 February 2026!
For more information and for the submission form click the link: www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
a recent article on the cute little bundles of anger that also features our research www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/... our paper can be found here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
the phrase "earned settlement" is in the same category with "hostile environment" -- can't accuse them of not saying what they mean
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
Background image: blue-and-yellow macaw ECBB2026 logo and image title ECBB Registration Middle table reads Registration - Early bird (until 31 Mar) - General Registration Prices listed are Early Bird Students £250 | General Registration £300 Early Bird Students from developing countries £200 | General Registration £250 Early Bird Non-Students £340 | General Registration £390 Early Bird Non-Students from developing countries £300 | General Registration £350 Excursions, dinner, and additional items available to add on Registration opening soon 1-4 September 2026 | Anglia Ruskin University
With ten days to go to submit your symposia proposal, we're here to answer your most burning question: What is the registration cost?
#AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026. Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits. A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles. All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
Ever wonder how birds are able to identify their nest? Jennings et al. show that nests can become scented like the birds that occupy them, which may enable birds to use olfaction to accomplish this critical task.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961
Ever wonder what proportion of high profile social media research is tied to the tech industry?
New from me, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com.
Thread tomorrow.
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507
Note to self: Avoid low hanging branches.
Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
A Beneficial Role For Orange Pigments In Birds And Animals
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#physiology #cancer #pigments🎨 #pheomelanin🟠 #evolution #ecology #birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
Image background: a Javan slow loris in the jungle of Java, Indonesia on the right. Left hand is a close up blur of jungle greenery. Text reads: Organising a symposium related to animal cognition? If you would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch with us at ecbb2026@aru.ac.uk Conference dates at the bottom read 1-4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University
If you are organising a symposium related to animal cognition for #ECBB2026, and would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch with us at ecbb2026@aru.ac.uk
#academicconference #academicsky #animalbehaviour
