Urinary concentrations of a direct ethanol metabolite indicate substantial ingestion of fermenting fruit by chimpanzees: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #ProcB #AnimalBehaviour

Excited to learn that our flower constancy paper is shortlisted for the 2025 Haldane Prize, Functional Ecology’s award for early career researchers. Congratulations, Kentaro Takagi!
#Ecology #Bees #AnimalBehaviour #FlowerConstancy
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Any #animalbehaviour folks looking for a #postdoc? This is a fantastic opportunity.

stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

#nakedmolerat #laterality #comparativecognition #animalbehaviour

Book Review: The Owl Who Liked Sitting On Caesar by Martin Windrow A gentle and moving memoir by a man who shared his seventh-floor London flat with an unlikely companion; a tawny owl

📚💙 - Book Review: The Owl Who Liked Sitting On Caesar by Martin Windrow by 𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & journalist #booksky #bookreviews #memoir #animalbehaviour #ornithology #birding #tbr

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Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.

Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org:
Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives.
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social

That changes how we think about pets, zoos and farms. And maybe even in scientific settings.

#AnimalWelfare #Science #AnimalBehaviour

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🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"Influence of caging conditions on captive behaviour and recapture rates of wild wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)"
Carrilho et al. with SPE members Sophie von Merten @ Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Evolution leaves clues in movement. We just need to pay attention, especially when designing habitats for animals.

#Evolution #AnimalBehaviour #Science

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Solitary snow leopards use unique rocky scent boards to find their elusive winter mates!

With males only getting about six chances to breed in their lifetime, this game is vital.

#TheLolgic #snowleopard #bigcats #animalbehaviour #wildlife

Sunday Sketch: Japanese macaques The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) are often referred to as “snow monkeys” due to their habitation in snowy regions of Japan. They reside in matrilineal groups, meaning that the fema…

Check out these adorable snow monkeys drawn by kit.faced
Read the article to see how parenting styles affect baby snow monkeys.
#SciComm #SciArt #Monkey #Art #AnimalBehaviour

Brain scans of young horses show that prolonged contact with their mothers supports brain development, social behaviour, and lower stress, reports @natcomms.nature.com: spklr.io/63325D4ulh

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Bioacoustics

"Physiological effects of anthropogenic sound on aquatic animals: where are we and what is next?"
Širović et al. with SPE members M Clara Amorim @ Journal of Experimental Biology

New Publication Alert 🚨

"Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" 🐐

w/ Marianne Mason & @amcell.bsky.social

Check out @peerj.bsky.social - peerj.com/articles/208...

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #NoninvasivePhysiology

Tiny brains, smart vision 🐝

Delighted to see our recent work on how bumblebees actively sample visual information featured in Yale Scientific Magazine.

Worth a quick read!
www.yalescientific.org/2025/12/the-...

#ActiveVision #InsectNeuroscience
#AnimalBehaviour #Neuroethology
#BioInspiredAI

The combined effects of elevated within-group aggression and intergroup threat on dwarf mongoose behaviour Within-group aggression has well-established immediate effects on the contest-related behaviour of both participants and other group members (i.e. bys…

Published in @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour

Bystanders distanced themselves from aggressors & reduced cooperative vigilance.
Increases in intergroup threat reset proximity between groupmates.
Vigilance remained impacted by aggression despite intergroup threat.

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

Our article has been published today, "Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" peerj.com/articles/20861 #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #VeterinaryMedicine #Zoology led by @debottam1991.bsky.social via @peerj.bsky.social

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"Temporal dynamics of selection on early-life phenotypic plasticity in seasonal migration versus residence"
Fortuna et al. with SPE members Rita Fortuna @ Proceedings of the Royal Society B @royalsocietypublishing.org

🚨JOB alert🚨

We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.

Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology

⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026
🙏Please circulate widely

😊Come join us!

Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"Low oxidative stress of cephalopod early life stages under chronic and intermittent hypoxia"
Court et al. with SPE members Mélanie Court, Tânia Marques, and José Ricardo Paula @josericardopaula.bsky.social @ Marine Biology

Coming soon! Dangerous Animals & Outdoor Hazards in Africa by Warren Schmidt 🐘

A comprehensive guide to managing human–wildlife conflict and avoiding dangerous situations in remote areas.

Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2n8zm7n3

#humananimalconflict #animalbehaviour #dangerouswildlife #africa

Polar bears in Svalbard have improved body condition despite sea‑ice loss, reports Scientific Reports. Study suggests local prey dynamics may be buffering this population - for now: spklr.io/63326DUips

#ClimateChange #AnimalBehaviour @natureportfolio.nature.com

I would love to hear from my fellow rehabbers about this - if you sex your disabled corvids, what’s your male/female ratio? Genuinely curious. Am I the only one with a disproportionate amount of males in permanent care?

medium.com/@thecorvidco...

#animalbehaviour #corvids #wildlife #reflections

Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.

#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

RE: mastodon.online/@neuroinformatics/116103...

Want to spend this summer improving open-source tools for neuroscience 🧠📈 and animal behaviour 🐭🐒? Apply to work with us on @brainglobe , movement and others.

We particularly welcome researchers who want to sharpen their software […]

A brown-cream bird with spots is sat on a branch.

Hushed disputes between noisy neighbours: ovenbirds vary song amplitude during conflicts with territorial rivals | Animal Behaviour | doi.org/10.1016/j.an... | #ornithology #animalbehaviour #bioacoustics 🪶🔊

Captivity doesn’t “help” animals. 💔

Clips from joannemcarthurphotography (IG) | bornfreefoundation (IG) | weanimals (IG) 

#zoos #zoochosis #elephants #animalbehaviour #boycottzoos

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"A non-lethal method for the sampling of the gut microbiota in Betta splendens"
Pun et al. with SPE members David Gonçalves @ Frontiers in Veterinary Science

A sea lion gives us side eye as it glides underwater over a sandy surface. The photo is credited as being by RugliG, Getty Images. A caption invites us to read an open access article in Australian Journal of Zoology titled 'Evidence for social transmission of foraging behaviour in the Australian sea lion'.

Researchers have used animal-borne video and movement data to better understand how young #AustralianSeaLions learn to forage.

They published their findings in a new #OpenAccess article in Australian Journal of Zoology:

doi.org/10.1071/ZO25...

#AusJZoology #AnimalBehaviour

On the use of #socialmedia data to uncover #behavior of #invasivespecies – new paper by @birder158.bsky.social et al. now out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041... #biologicalinvasions #alienspecies #nonnative #invasive #conservation #iEcology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour