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Dr Maria Vilain Rørvang @drmariarorvang.bsky.social · 6h

📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠

More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#appliedethology #postcoc

Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

www.slu.se

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 5h

Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @themanybirds.bsky.social @drrmiller.bsky.social &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4haLEsN

Left: Examples of novel objects used. Each black/white bar is 5 cm long. The objects ranged in size from a third to half the size of the subjects: (a) Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, (b) Moluccan eclectus, Eclectus roratus, (c) Rüppell’s vulture, Gyps rueppelli, (d) gray-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans, (e) common waxbill, Estrilda astrild. Right: Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) at Adlerwarte Berlebeck, Germany, interacting with a novel object. Image credit Kai Caspar.

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Dr Chris Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 1d

🐦Funded PhD @Bristol for UK-domiciled applicants of Black heritage ✨

How does human pressure impact the stability and longevity of bird populations in the Global South 🌍

Train in R & Bayesian modelling with partners in Tanzania, Kenya, SA, @zslscience.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant work on the ontogeny of rhythm in zebra finches. "Shared rhythm goes beyond copying the temporal features of individual elements; tutees ...adjust the rhythm of non-shared intervals". 🔊 @lsburchardt.bsky.social & al: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Client Challenge

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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 1d

Explore behavioural and cognitive indicators of positive emotion from vertebrates to invertebrates.
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply

For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇

Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 5d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 5d

“Beginner scientists have less loyalty to prevailing assumptions, and they can take more intellectual freedom” <3

Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 5d

2025. #DEI. Want to do disruptive science? Include more rookie researchers. Papers from research teams with a substantial number of beginners are highly disruptive and innovative, study shows. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Want to do disruptive science? Include more rookie researchers

Papers from research teams with a substantial number of beginners are highly disruptive and innovative, study shows.

www.nature.com

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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 5d

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m

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Kristi Hannam, PhD @byrdgyrl1.bsky.social · 7d

#bioacoustics postdoc available at WhOI

Xavier Mouy @xaviermouy.bsky.social · 8d

🧪🐟🔉WHOI's Postdoctoral Scholars Program is now accepting applications.

Application deadline: December 1, 2025.

If you’re interested in bioacoustics, signal processing, AI/ML, or low-cost instrumentation, and are considering applying, feel free to get in touch with me.

www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...

Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Eighteen-month Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and bi...

www.whoi.edu

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 9d

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 13d

Working with marine mammals and done with harassment? Society of Marine Mammalogy's DEI commity is organising a series of meetings to (finally!) address this: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A Frank Conversation About Harassment

Thank you for your interest in joining the SMM DEI Committee to discuss this difficult topic. We have six planned meetings in alternating months across various time zones to provide flexibility for th...

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International Bioacoustics Society IBAC @ibacsocial.bsky.social · 13d

👋 The International #Bioacoustics Society (#IBAC) is now on Bluesky!
🎶🦉🦇🐬🐞 Follow us for society news, events, and advances in bioacoustics research from around the world.
🌍 Let’s connect the global community exploring life through sound. 🔊

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 14d

Arctic Frontiers' Emerging Leaders Programme is open for another couple of days: arcticfrontiers.com/emerginglead...

A program for young Arctic professionals - Arcticfrontiers.com

The program centers around holistic and honest discussions about the future of the Arctic.

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 15d

Every few years, I revisit Stories We Live By
www.storiescourse.org/thecourse (and now there's a new edition, .../new !) and I think if you like linguistics, the Earth not dying, and Flight of the Bumblebee, you might like it too.

The Course | Stories We Live By

Start the course here

www.storiescourse.org

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Dan Chamberlain @danc-eco.bsky.social · 16d

We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch

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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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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 21d

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

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Helen Mylne @helephantmylne.bsky.social · 21d

3yr PDRA at @exeter.ac.uk with @york.ac.uk and Centre for Whale Research, studying how killer whale social relationships change with prey availability, partner loss and social info. A fantastic team & unique longterm dataset. Deadline 19 Oct!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/postdoctoral-research-associate

Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Exeter

Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 21d

Textbook recommendation?

Dear #biology bsky: a philisopher friend of mine is looking for accessible textbooks on basic concepts in ecology, and is esp. interested in co-evolution and symbiosis. If you have brilliant materials to share/books to recommend, that would be great!

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 22d

There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏

If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇

bit.ly/47uwYlD

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 29d

Bioacoustics Winter School - January 2026
Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇

www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...

Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab

www.eneslab.com

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 29d

🔊 Cornell lab of #ornithology is looking for a full professor in animal comm & behaviour, and I think y'all are amazing and overqualified, sooo: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/302...

Job Listings

Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 29d

Important perspectives on sci comm from DeGruyter: The platform dilemma: Where next for academic social media?
blog.degruyter.com/wp-content/u...

Thank you Samantha for sharing this and the amazing communication via my absolutely favourite and consistently great @oceanoculus.com

blog.degruyter.com

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · Sep 15

P.S. If you're a PhD student and need another project 'cause for some reason you're not busy enough, do apply - we can arrange an Erasmus+ visit and would be stoked to have you over!

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