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ASAB @asab.org · 9h

Last week to enter the infographic competition! 🎨

ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 15d

We are very excited to see the entries are coming in... make sure we have yours by the 18th October, the end of #biologyweek. Help us to celebrate animal behaviour. 🦧🦩🐸🕷️🦋

This 2025 competition is for young people to design a poster that contains images and information about the animal behaviour of one, or multiple species of non-human animals.

You can draw, paint, sketch or digitally create artwork that captures, describes and explains the behaviour of animals. There are no restrictions on the type of drawing, painting or poster that you create, it must include information on the behaviour of the animals you are highlighting. The winning infographic in each category will be published in our scientific journal Animal Behaviour.

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 4d

BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology

Explore a bird database with 11,500 species

Twenty-six years ago, a PhD student's unanswered question sparked a bird data revolution.

www.popsci.com

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 4d

Join the Symposium on Fish Mating Systems in Brno, Czech Republic, from Jan 21-23, 2025. Discuss various perspectives on fish reproduction. Early bird registration by Nov 3, 2025: https://fish.ivb.cz/registration/ #conference

Registration - Symposium on Fish Mating Systems

You can REGISTER HERE for the Symposium and than PROCEED TO PAYMENT of your registration fee. We prefer payment by bank card. You will be redirected to shop.ivb.cz, which is safe site which will finally direct you to a secure professional payment site (pay1.comgate.cz). ApplePay and GooglePay options are also available there. It is secure way ... Read more

fish.ivb.cz

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 3d

Nominations due December 1 for the Dobzhansky Prize! This award recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Submit your nomination package today: shorturl.at/p70wY

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Nominations due December 1, 2025.

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 2d

Start planning your stay in Turin! Accommodation can be easily booked directly on our website ➡️ isbe2026.com/accommodation/

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 1d

Join our live seminar tomorrow 14 October 5 PM (Europe, UK time) to hear #ProcB author Laura Simone Lewis talk about a new study investigating whether chimpanzees and young children show particular interest in social interactions among third parties. Reserve a free place: cassyni.com/events/R9W1m...

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 1d

🏅 Nominations are still open for the SEB awards!

President’s Medals – celebrating outstanding young scientists:
sebiology.org/grants/award...

Deadline: 24/10/2025

Plenary Lectures - Apply now:
sebiology.org/grants/award...

Deadline: 31/10/2025

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 12h

The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology seeks a Research Collections Manager for reptiles and amphibians. Required: advanced degree, 3+ years experience. Apply by Nov 5, 2025: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/269553/res-museum-collection-manager #job

Res Museum Collection Manager | U-M Careers

careers.umich.edu

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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 3d

We 💚💚💚#biologyweek and are celebrating with our inforgraphic comptition. Find out more here - www.asab.org/education-news

Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 3d

It's the start of #BiologyWeek 2025!

Join us for a week full of exciting events, activities, and competitions.

Find out what’s going on and join us in celebrating all things biosciences: www.rsb.org.uk/biology-week...

#BiosciencesForAll #LifeSciences #Biosciences #STEMEducation

A colourful chameleon on a black background. Text says Biology Week 11-19 October 2025

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 6d

Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1
shorturl.at/p70wY

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 6d

Illinois State University seeks an Assistant Professor in Behavioral Ecology. Candidates should establish research programs and mentor students. More details: https://jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/520844/assistant-professor-of-behavioral-ecology. #job

Assistant Professor of Behavioral Ecology | Jobs | Illinois State

jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 6d

Curious how AI can transform student feedback and assessment?

Join us in one week to hear from experts Nigel Francis and Jordon Millward + open discussion.

Free webinar on 15 October 2025, 13:00-14:00 BST.

Sign up now:
www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e...

#Education #AI #Webinar

Using AI in student assessment, marking, and feedback

Nigel Francis and Jordon Millward will discuss their work on AI in student assessment, marking, and feedback, followed by an open floor for audience discussion. The first webinar in our new Outreach E...

www.sebiology.org

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CABES @cabes.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Free, interactive online course: "Zoonoses Prevention Using the One Health Approach" 🌍

📅 Date: 29 October 2025
🕘 Time: 09:00 – 13:00 GMT
📚 EN | 🎥 Interactive | 🏆 Certificate

Register now 👉 elearning.cabes.online/course/view....

#one_health #zoonoses

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 7d

Decisions have been made on @asab.org conference grants for Winter 2025: we had 52 eligible applications and are going to make 37 awards, so that's a success rate of 71%!

We're also awarding two additional grants to help with childcare costs. #EDI

#ASABWinter2025

Isn't @asab.org just awesome?

Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 17d

ASAB @asab.org conference grants for the Winter meeting in Edinburgh, up to £500, close 1st October!

@asab-meetings.bsky.social #ASABWinter2025

All the details needed are here:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Don't forget I also need a referee statement emailed direct by the same deadline!

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 5d

Job alert: want to be my boss? 😁 The School of Life Sciences @ARU is looking for a new Head of School. It’s a great place to work with brilliant colleagues, students, and partners. Please share widely! #AcademicJobs #Leadership #LifeSciences #HigherEducation jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/head...

Head of School of Life Sciences - ARU

jobs.aru.ac.uk

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 8d

ETHOLOGY: Observing animal behaviour can be time cosuming - “Piecewise-Continuous Sampling” can offer a smart middle ground between continuous & instantaneous sampling— reducing bias and effort in behavioral data collection 🐜📹
Lynch et al. test it on harvester ants 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #Methods

Piecewise‐Continuous Sampling: A Method for Minimizing Bias and Sampling Effort for Estimated Metrics of Animal Behavior

Manually sampling animal behavior can be a time-consuming process, and the sampling strategy can inadvertently introduce bias depending on the behavioral metric being measured. Here, we explore a sam...

doi.org

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 8d

Apply by 24 October. Our Travelling Fellowships offer PhD students and postdocs up to £3,000 for undertaking collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more and apply at biologists.com/grants/trave...

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 8d

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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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 7d

Have you ever wanted to join a magazine editorial board? Well now's your chance!

We're looking for RSB members who would like to join The Biologist Editorial Board and help shape the content and direction of the RSB’s much-loved membership magazine.

Find out more: my.rsb.org.uk/services.php...

Close up of plant cells. Text says We're looking for The Biologist Editorial Board Members (volunteer role)

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 7d

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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ASAB @asab.org · 11d

We are sad to hear that Dr Michael Dockery passed away last week.

Michael was an ASAB member and our former Education Officer. He was awarded the ASAB Medal in 2010. He will be greatly missed.

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 13d

#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com

@behavecol.bsky.social

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 12d

Come and join us. Observe and protect wild chimpanzees.

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 18d

📢JOB alert📢
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇

emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 13d

TRAVEL AWARDS - Apply for a travel award to support your trip, accommodation and registration! Application guidelines on www.isbe2026.com

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