Darren Burke
@drdarrenburke.bsky.social
Biologically oriented experimental psychologist at University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: [email protected]
For inquiries: [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: [email protected]
For inquiries: [email protected]
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Honestly, the worst Bond film ever…
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Honestly, the worst Bond film ever…
Australia - possums at the pub
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Australia - possums at the pub
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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These worms can jump up to 20 times their body length—the equivalent of a human jumping the height of an 11-story building—by riding on electrostatic charges 🪱⚡😮
An incredible example of how important electrostatic forces are for many insects & plants (eg pollination)
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An incredible example of how important electrostatic forces are for many insects & plants (eg pollination)
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my first story back as a freelancer is a fun one: a quick hit for @science.org about the electrostatic tricks that parasitic worms take to infect their hosts... featuring very cool videos! 🧪
Bull’s-eye! Static electricity pulls worm through air to its insect victim
Electrostatic charges may help roundworms infect a wide variety of hosts
www.science.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
These worms can jump up to 20 times their body length—the equivalent of a human jumping the height of an 11-story building—by riding on electrostatic charges 🪱⚡😮
An incredible example of how important electrostatic forces are for many insects & plants (eg pollination)
🧪🌏🐙
An incredible example of how important electrostatic forces are for many insects & plants (eg pollination)
🧪🌏🐙
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Abstract submission for #CO32026 is now open, join us next April in Montreal 🎉🍁🦫 Submit for a symposium by November 14th, or for an individual talk or poster by December 12th.
Information on the conference and a link to the member portal where you can submit: comparativecognition.org/conference.php
Information on the conference and a link to the member portal where you can submit: comparativecognition.org/conference.php
Comparative Cognition Society - Conference (CO3)
comparativecognition.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Abstract submission for #CO32026 is now open, join us next April in Montreal 🎉🍁🦫 Submit for a symposium by November 14th, or for an individual talk or poster by December 12th.
Information on the conference and a link to the member portal where you can submit: comparativecognition.org/conference.php
Information on the conference and a link to the member portal where you can submit: comparativecognition.org/conference.php
Spring on the East Coast of Australia - flannel flower season
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Spring on the East Coast of Australia - flannel flower season
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🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
RIP one of the great humans, who helped, more than almost anyone else, to define what being human really means.
She's also the only one of my childhood heroes I properly met.
May we be worthy of the hope she had for us all.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
She's also the only one of my childhood heroes I properly met.
May we be worthy of the hope she had for us all.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall dies aged 91
The conservationist was renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy.
www.abc.net.au
October 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
RIP one of the great humans, who helped, more than almost anyone else, to define what being human really means.
She's also the only one of my childhood heroes I properly met.
May we be worthy of the hope she had for us all.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
She's also the only one of my childhood heroes I properly met.
May we be worthy of the hope she had for us all.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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📣 Call for short commentaries about animal awareness 🧪 There's still time, submit a piece to Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews' target issue by Oct 3rd! comparative-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org/calls-for-up... #CompCog #AnimalBehavior #Consciousness #AnimalMinds #ComparativePsychology
Call for short commentaries regarding the question of animal awareness
comparative-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📣 Call for short commentaries about animal awareness 🧪 There's still time, submit a piece to Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews' target issue by Oct 3rd! comparative-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org/calls-for-up... #CompCog #AnimalBehavior #Consciousness #AnimalMinds #ComparativePsychology
The best throwback Thursday - 25 years ago today!
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It's sad that we don't seem any closer to realising the promise that moment seemed to hold for Australia
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It's sad that we don't seem any closer to realising the promise that moment seemed to hold for Australia
September 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The best throwback Thursday - 25 years ago today!
🖤💛❤️
It's sad that we don't seem any closer to realising the promise that moment seemed to hold for Australia
🖤💛❤️
It's sad that we don't seem any closer to realising the promise that moment seemed to hold for Australia
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Good grief….an orange and a banana……
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Good grief….an orange and a banana……
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Hot off the press! Check out our new paper on sleepy lizard aka shingleback skink fire cue discrimination led by @ecolojolly.bsky.social DM if you want a PDF.
September 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hot off the press! Check out our new paper on sleepy lizard aka shingleback skink fire cue discrimination led by @ecolojolly.bsky.social DM if you want a PDF.
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
theconversation.com/universities...
theconversation.com/universities...
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
theconversation.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
theconversation.com/universities...
theconversation.com/universities...
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this Village People tribute band stinks
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
this Village People tribute band stinks
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Failures of centralisation and managerialism at a university, and lessons to be learned. Lots in here.
My colleague Quentin Atkinson wrote this piece - How Not To Run a University. It is an insanely good read about how managerialism is destroying universities.
Make time for it. Talk about it. Share it.
quentinatkinson.substack.com/s/how-not-to...
Make time for it. Talk about it. Share it.
quentinatkinson.substack.com/s/how-not-to...
How not to run a university | Quentin’s Substack | Quentin Atkinson | Substack
A case study of one university’s managerial misadventures, why it is happening and what we can do about it. Click to read Quentin’s Substack, by Quentin Atkinson, a Substack publication. Launched a mo...
quentinatkinson.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Failures of centralisation and managerialism at a university, and lessons to be learned. Lots in here.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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🚨 Lecturer in Animal Behaviour position @waikatouniversity.bsky.social. Fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about teaching & research in animal behaviour, preferably on birds, amphibians, reptiles or bats.
📍 Hamilton, NZ
Closes: 4th May 2025
🔗 www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
📍 Hamilton, NZ
Closes: 4th May 2025
🔗 www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
April 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
🚨 Lecturer in Animal Behaviour position @waikatouniversity.bsky.social. Fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about teaching & research in animal behaviour, preferably on birds, amphibians, reptiles or bats.
📍 Hamilton, NZ
Closes: 4th May 2025
🔗 www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
📍 Hamilton, NZ
Closes: 4th May 2025
🔗 www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
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We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project).
Applications close 25th March 2025!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Applications close 25th March 2025!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.
careers.adelaide.edu.au
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project).
Applications close 25th March 2025!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Applications close 25th March 2025!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
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Fully funded PhD scholarship for research on the behaviour and survival of urban kākā (Nestor meridionalis) in the wonderful Wellington, NZ!
Please contact [email protected] if interested!
Please contact [email protected] if interested!
January 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Fully funded PhD scholarship for research on the behaviour and survival of urban kākā (Nestor meridionalis) in the wonderful Wellington, NZ!
Please contact [email protected] if interested!
Please contact [email protected] if interested!
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
An awful lot of people who argued that Israel has the right to defend itself however it needs to, are now pretty upset about Zelensky arguing with the US president to defend his country
It's almost like their views are shaped by expansionist propaganda....
It's almost like their views are shaped by expansionist propaganda....
March 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
An awful lot of people who argued that Israel has the right to defend itself however it needs to, are now pretty upset about Zelensky arguing with the US president to defend his country
It's almost like their views are shaped by expansionist propaganda....
It's almost like their views are shaped by expansionist propaganda....