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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 12d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 12d

⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...

Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups

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Jefferson García-Loor @jeffgarcialoor.bsky.social · 11d

Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to share with you our newest paper, lead by @melaniekaluppa.bsky.social!!! Have a look and enjoy it!!!

Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...

Cultural and morphological divergence of Darwin’s cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) across Galápagos Islands

Abstract. Understanding the divergence of cultural traits, such as bird song, provides crucial insights into evolutionary processes. In geographically isol

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 13d

Good guardian, bad parent: tradeoffs between territory defense and parental care in Darwin’s finches | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 13d

The Weir Lab at the University of Toronto seeks PhD students for Fall 2026 to study avian genomics and speciation. Competitive funding, diverse training, and a collaborative environment are offered. Apply: [email protected]. More info: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~jweir/index.html #phd

Jason Weir's research page

www.utsc.utoronto.ca

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Nereo Kalebic @nereokalebic.bsky.social · 13d

My group @humantechnopole.bsky.social is searching for a #postdoc to work at the interface between #neurodevelopment and #cancerbiology focusing on neurofibromatosis type 1: careers.humantechnopole.it/job/Postdoc-...

Postdoc in Neurobiology - Kalebic Group (funded by Gilbert Family Foundation)

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 19d

Categorical and semantic perception of the meaning of call types in zebra finches | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Categorical and semantic perception of the meaning of call types in zebra finches

Vocal communication in social animals involves the production and perception of various calls that ethologists categorize into call types based on their acoustical structure and behavioral context. Wh...

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 17d

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Neural basis of cooperative behavior in biological and artificial intelligence systems

Cooperation, the process through which individuals work together to achieve common goals, is fundamental to human and animal societies and increasingly critical in artificial intelligence. Here, we in...

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks to @dmennill.bsky.social & dozens of other fantastic colleagues, the International Master of Bioacoustics MOBI at the Univ of St-Etienne is a very unique training program (and so cheap compared to overseas - 1400 € for the whole year!). Info here: www.masterofbioacoustics.com
#bioacoustics

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 29d

Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc

I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.

Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x

Deadline 01 Dec 2025

Please share widely!

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 25d

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...

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 26d

Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 25d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 25d

Tenure track philosophy job in Canada

Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics,
epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1,
2026

www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

www.uwo.ca

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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Come work in Bochum!
- 3 year PostDoc Position in an edition and research project on Ernst F. Apelt
- PhD in philosophy or history of science and very good German language skills required
- PI: Prof. Helmut Pulte
- Deadline: 6.10.25
All information here: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/d...

Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) in einem Editionsprojekt

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 27d

PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!

Seasonal size change and aging in shrews

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Ryan Norris @ryannorrissci.bsky.social · 27d

PhD position available to study the migration ecology and year-round demography of blackpoll warblers.

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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 29d

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Postdoctoral Health Analytics Scientist, Global Science in Global | Science at The Nature Conservancy

Apply for Postdoctoral Health Analytics Scientist, Global Science job with The Nature Conservancy in Global. Science at The Nature Conservancy

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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · Aug 28

Want to work with the FitMA-team? Here is your chance! Join our great project and get paid for it! Two postdoc positions open! #classicsky #medievalsky #philsky
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

2 postdoctoral fellows for the ERC-project ‘Fluidity in the Medieval Aristotle. Readers and Readings of the Greek-Latin Translations’ (FitMA)

Intrigued by the Medieval Aristotle? Join our research group!

www.kuleuven.be

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Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social · 29d

Great paper from Saint Etienne and friends! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A cooperatively breeding mouse shows flexible use of its vocal repertoire according to social context

Mice exchange information using chemical, visual and acoustic signals. Long ignored, mouse ultrasonic communication is now considered to be an importa…

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open!

The Natural History Museum priorities are below.

If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more

www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 12

PhD fellowship at the University of Valencia to study sexual selection in complex environments, funded by the Spanish Gov. Apply by Sept 30. Info: [email protected]. More details: [University Website]. #phd

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David Monniaux @monniauxd.bsky.social · Sep 14

Dear colleagues, positions at CNRS (and INRIA) will (in all probability) be announced this winter. By then it will however be too late to properly prepare an application. Recent PhDs, postdocs etc interested in such positions should get right now in contact with teams who would like to recruit them.

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · Sep 4

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