Czech and Slovak Ethological Society

Breeding male mole-rats (Fukomys) use strong bites to defend reproductive monopoly - Communications Biology Breeding status shapes bite force in social African Fukomys mole-rats: strong male competition drives higher bite force in breeding males, while weaker female competition results in lower bite force i...

🦷 How is bite force related to reproduction in Mole-rats? 🦷

Scientists from @prfju.bsky.social have discovered that breeding males have a remarkably stronger bite, which helps them maintain a reproductive monopoly. 🤯

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#Molerats #Fukomys #Reproduction #SocialAnimals

🐴🐄 ISAE Regional Conference in Prague in June! 🐴🐄

@applied-ethology.bsky.social

🗓️ June 9-12, 2026

📍Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

📋 Abstracts can be submitted from March 1, 2026

#ISAE #AppliedEthology #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #Conference #SaveTheDate #FromSensorsToCognition

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: The impact of global change on parental care systems

Interested in Shorebirds? Global change? Parental care? Fieldwork? 🐣☀️ Come join us in Budapest!

Interested candidates - get in touch! Deadline Feb 28 2026

ASAB

A lot of deadlines this week! Abstract submission and conference travel grants for #ASABSpring2026 are due Feb 1, as are ASAB research grants and undergraduate scholarships! ✍️ 💰

Also #ECBB2026 symposia proposals are due Jan 31!

🏃 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏃 🏃🏻‍♀️

Angry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Angry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

We're advertising a PhD project on how social isolation influences aggression in flies. Based at Durham, co-supervised by @clarahowcroft.bsky.social . Despite what the ad says, this is also open to international applicants! Any questions, shoot me a msg! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Attention on visual disgust: comparison of intentional and unintentional gaze on disgusting images Disgust-eliciting stimuli have been shown to both capture attention, even when task-irrelevant, and to be visually avoided when alternative stimuli are available. This study investigated these effe...

👀 How do disgust-eliciting stimuli influence #attention? Is it a cognitive or reflexive mechanism? 🤔

➡️ Read the new study by a team of scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬

#emotion #threat #Cognition #disgust #newpaper #publication

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0269...

Overview | EHBEA2026 The upcoming conference of the European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands, 14th-17th of April 2026. EHBEA conferences bring together researchers applyi...

Joy to All! ❄️
We wish you all a very festive Christmas and a happy New Year!🎄✨ EHBEA is approaching, and we’re excited to welcome you! Check www.ehbea2026.com for new info on hotel deals and room-sharing options.
Don’t forget: the abstract submission deadline is 9 January. See you in Leiden in 2026!

Meerkat pups in the Kalahari, South Africa

Rhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera, South Africa.

📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:

Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation

UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork

With or without you: common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, personality expression is mediated by social setting Animal personality has been studied in many solitary and socially living taxa, but the effect of conspecifics on the individuals' personality expressi…

🐒 With or without you? 🤔

📌 A recent study shows how the presence of conspecifics affects the #personality expression of #marmosets. 🤩

#animalbehaviour #primates #sociality #callithrix

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance.

Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.

Invited review: A systematic review of the effects of pair housing on dairy calf welfare and productivity The list of standard abbreviations for JDS is available at adsa.org/jds-abbreviations-24. Nonstandard abbreviations are available in the Notes.

Wouldn’t it be better together? 🐮

➡️ Scientists from our society bring an interesting review on individual and pair housing and its influence on the #behaviour and #welfare of calves. Check the link below! 😊

#dairycalves #housing #animalbehaviour

🔗 www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...

The largest scientific study to date on #neophobia, or fear of the new and unfamiliar, has revealed why some #bird species are more afraid than others 🐦🦜

➡️ Find out in a brand new paper with Czech and Slovak footprint! 🇨🇿🇸🇰

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

🌐 Online platform @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social 🌐

📌 Intended (not only) for users of automatic monitoring systems in animal behaviour research, mainly focused on researching the behaviour of laboratory rodents as biological models 🐁

Feel free to register here:
🔗 www.thebehaviourforum.org

Global selection on insect antipredator coloration Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understand...

🦋 How do ecosystem characteristics influence the effectiveness of antipredator colour strategies, such as camouflage and aposematism? 🎨

Find out in a new study, with huge contributions from researchers at
@sciencecharles.bsky.social 🤩

#science #aposematism #camouflage #antipredator

👨🏻‍🏫👩🏻‍🏫 We are pleased to present the plenary speakers at the 52nd ČSEtS conference! 🤩 🐾 #etodny25

🔔 Reminder: The registration for the conference has been extended until Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 23:59. Feel free to register at this link: www.csets.sk/index.php?s=11

Looking forward to seeing you! ✨

‼️ Registration for the 52nd ČSEtS Conference in Prague is OPEN ✅

🔗 Registration (till September 30): www.csets.sk/index.php?s=11

Conference info:
🗓️ November 13-16, 2025
📍 Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

We look forward to your participation! ✨

Winter ASAB 2025 December 15-16 Edinburgh How sensory information affects behaviour.

ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!

Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️

More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

📌 We would like to invite you to the 52nd #conference of our society, which will take place from November 13th to 16th, 2025 at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. Save the date! 🗓️

🔗 For accommodation options and more, follow our website csets.sk 🤩

🐴 What role do fathers play in the horse world? What is the impact of paternal separation on behaviour of foals? 🤔

A team of scientists from the Czech University of Life Sciences and the University of South Bohemia comes up with interesting findings. Read below! ⬇️🤩

doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

Consistent inter-individual variability in movement traits shapes the wild boar movement syndrome Wild boars' unique movement patterns, shaped by their personalities, might help them avoid humans and thrive in diverse environments. Recognizing these beh

🐗 How do Wild Boars differ in movement, space use and daily activity? How do these differences affect their ability to survive and thrive in human-altered landscape? 🌲

👩🏻‍🔬 Dr. Michaela Masilkova and colleagues provide answers in a new study! ⬇️

#wildboars #movement

🧠🦅 Facial configuration matters 🦅🧠

We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged.

👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear
👁️↩️ Rotate them 180° = same fear
👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear

#BirdCognition 🐦🪶🧪 #JCOMP

❗️📝 PhD Thesis Offer: Impact of infant’s odour on parental bonding and behaviour 👩🏻‍🍼👃

📍 Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague

⏳ Application deadline: April 30, 2025

🔗 www.etologiecloveka.cz

🐝 According to the discovery of a new fossil hoverfly with a well-preserved mimetic color pattern, the occurrence of accurate wasp mimics preceded the dominance of passerine birds in Europe. 🐦

Read more in a new paper ⬇️

doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

🐍 Why are people across continents most afraid of thick-bodied #snakes?

📄 In a brand new paper, Prof. Frynta from @sciencecharles.bsky.social and his colleagues uncover the evolutionary origins of the fear of snakes.

doi.org/10.3390/ani1...

🌍 As you know, this year ISHE is hosting events in two different locations: Valparaíso and Vienna.

📢 Abstract submission for both 10th ISHE Summer Institutes is now open! 🧠✨

📌 Deadline: April 20th, 2025

📎 Submit now – ishe.org/conferences-...

#ISHE2025 #HumanEthology #CallForAbstracts

CogEvo 25 - Workshop on Cognition and Evolution CogEvo 25 Workshop on Cognition and Evolution will be held in Rovereto from 17 to 18 July 2025

‼️ CogEvo 2025 🧠 🚨

A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, evolution and development organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences.

🗓️ July 17-18, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy 🇮🇹
🔗 Registration: event.unitn.it/cogevo/

#CogEvo2025 #CogEvo #Cognition #Neuroscience

Hidden Armour: The Passive Protective Function of Caudal Osteoderms in Snakes Well-developed caudal osteoderms were discovered in shield-tailed snakes (Uropeltidae). Dermal armour at the tail tip likely provides passive protection against predators, though roles in locomotion ...

🛡️🐍 Did you know that some #snakes have hidden armour?

👩🏻‍🔬 Dr. Frýdlová and her colleagues have discovered #osteoderms in three additional snake species, including the very first record of osteoderms in shield-tailed snakes (Uropeltidae). 🤩 Link below ⬇️

doi.org/10.1002/jmor...

🐍 What role do defensive postures of #snakes play in evoking #fear in humans? And why is the effect of posture so strong in hooding cobras? 🤔

Prof. Frynta from the @sciencecharles.bsky.social and his colleagues come up with the answers in a new cross-cultural paper.

doi.org/10.1007/s001...