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Dominique Berteaux @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social · 3d

Canids seem to be the routine lovers, reusing their travel routes more than felids. This shapes hunting, encounters, and even disease spread. Insights from 1,239 GPS-tracked carnivores, including the Arctic foxes we track on Bylot Island 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦊. Read in the latest PNAS at bitly.cx/TxI2

Pictured is a male jaguar (Panthera onca) equipped with a tracking collar. William F. Fagan et al. tracked the movements of 1,239 mammalian carnivores, including 16 canid species and 18 felid species, on six continents. On average, compared with felids, canids displayed a greater density of trackways within their range and were more likely to reuse established trackways. According to the authors, the evolutionary differences in carnivore movement patterns could aid efforts to model encounters among carnivores, prey, and humans. See the article by Fagan et al. e2401042122. Image credit: Sebastian Kennerknecht (photographer).

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 3d

Wenn Raketen fliegen, bewegen sich Schlangen 💥🐍
Liang et al. zeigen, dass Explosionen von Raketenabwehren bei Schlangen sofortige Bewegungsreaktionen auslösten – die Reaktion nahm mit der Explosionsstärke zu, verschwand jedoch nach der Fütterung. #OpenAccess #Ethologie #Verhaltensbeobachtung

Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 3d

🧪 ETHOLOGY: When missiles fly, snakes move 💥🐍
Liang et al. report that explosions from missile interceptions triggered immediate movement in snakes during armed conflict — reactions scaled with blast intensity but vanished after feeding. #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #BehaviouralNote

Anti‐Snake Ballistic Missiles: Explosions Trigger Immediate Movement in Snakes

Spalerosophis diadema snakes exhibited immediate movement responses to missile attacks accompanied by loud explosion noises during the military conflict between Israel and Iran.

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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 10d

⭐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
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Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 5d

Geschwisteradoption bei wilden Borneo-Orang-Utans 🦧👭
Scott et al. berichten den ersten detaillierten Fall einer Geschwisteradoption - nach dem Verlust der Mutter adoptierte die ältere Schwester das verwaiste Jungtier, förderte damit dessen Unabhängigkeit und sicherte sein Überleben. #OpenAccess

A Case of Sibling Adoption in Wild Orangutans: Accelerated Development of Independence Following Maternal Loss

Vanna/Ronnie lost her mother Veli when she was between 4.2 and 5 years old (pictured together on the left). Subsequently, Vanna/Ronnie was seen traveling with and sleeping in the same nest as her old...

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 5d

ETHOLOGY: Sibling adoption in wild orangutans 🦧👭
Scott et al. report the first detailed case of sibling adoption in wild Bornean orangutansi. After maternal loss, an older sister adopted her younger sibling—accelerating independence while ensuring survival. It's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....

A Case of Sibling Adoption in Wild Orangutans: Accelerated Development of Independence Following Maternal Loss

Vanna/Ronnie lost her mother Veli when she was between 4.2 and 5 years old (pictured together on the left). Subsequently, Vanna/Ronnie was seen traveling with and sleeping in the same nest as her old...

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 6d

Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice. See our paper here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@currentbiology.bsky.social #bioacoustics

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 7d

Das Beobachten von Tierverhalten kann sehr zeitaufwendig sein – „Piecewise-Continuous Sampling“ bietet einen Mittelweg zwischen kontinuierlicher und punktueller Beobachtung und reduziert dabei sowohl Verzerrungen (Bias) als auch Aufwand 🐜📹 Lynch et al. testen die Methode an Ernteameisen.

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 7d

🦅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...

Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)

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Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · Sep 12

Within-flock heterogeneity in exploration affects flock behavior in a highly gregarious bird
#AnimalPersonality #Bird #Starling

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a black bird with a long beak is perched on a wall

ALT: a black bird with a long beak is perched on a wall

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Felix W. Moll @mollfw.bsky.social · Sep 11

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 11

Welche Männchen schummeln mit wertlosen Geschenken? 🎁🕷️
Beydizada et al. verknüpfen Persönlichkeit bei Listspinnen mit Schummel-Taktiken. Erkundungsdrang & Aggressivität beeinflussen den Umgang mit wertloser Beute – nicht aber die Geschenkproduktion selbst.
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Who Is Likely to Cheat? Linking Personality to Worthless Gift Production in a Spider

Male spiders of Pisaura mirabilis use two strategies to court females: offering either nutritious gifts or worthless ones. Our study shows that aggressive and larger males are more likely to use wort....

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 11

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Which males cheat with worthless gifts? 🎁🕷️
Beydizada et al. link spider personality to cheating tactics in tent spiders. Exploration & aggressiveness shape responses to worthless prey, but not gift production itself. It's #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #BehaviouralNote

Who Is Likely to Cheat? Linking Personality to Worthless Gift Production in a Spider

Male spiders of Pisaura mirabilis use two strategies to court females: offering either nutritious gifts or worthless ones. Our study shows that aggressive and larger males are more likely to use wort....

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Sep 10

Nice field study on ultrasound communication in African striped mice identifies group-specific calls that encode social identity and differ depending on the site of emission, i.e., at nest, in territory or at its border. @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice

Communication is central to mammalian social life, enabling group coordination and individual interactions, and often involves a trade-off between rea…

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 11

How crows keep track of time

Millie Johnston @milliejohnston.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm delighted to share that, together with @crowbrain.bsky.social our paper on time estimation in crows is now published in @natcomms.nature.com

We found that crows not only keep track of time, but individual neurons prefer different time durations 🐦⏱️🧠

Check it out:
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A neuronal correlate for time interval estimation in the crow’s telencephalon - Nature Communications

It is unknown how birds estimate time using brains organized differently from mammals. Here, the authors show that neurons in the crow NCL encode duration categories, supporting abstract, cue-independ...

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NC3Rs @nc3rs.bsky.social · Sep 11

Join us next week to learn more about misconceptions around sex-inclusive research and how the Sex Inclusive Research Framework can be used by scientists, ethical review bodies and funders: nc3rs.org.uk/events/tackl...

📅 18 September, 15.00 – 16.00

📜 One hour of continuing professional development

A black mouse with a litter of pups in a laboratory cage.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 9

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 9

Verzerrungen in der Verhaltensforschung sind unvermeidbar – doch erkennbar & reduzierbar 👀🐒
Winder et al. schlagen ein „Knowns & Unknowns“-Framework vor, das Forschenden hilft, blinde Flecken zu reflektieren & die Wissenschaft zu stärken. #Ethologie #Verhaltensforschung #OpenAccess

Known and Unknown Biases: A Framework for Contextualising and Identifying Bias in Animal Behaviour Research

As scientists, we are prone to biases. These biases can influence our ideas, how we conduct our research and how we interpret our findings. Individual researchers can take active steps to locate and ...

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 9

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Biases in animal behaviour research are inevitable—but can be identified & mitigated 👀🐒
Winder et al. propose a “knowns & unknowns” framework to help researchers reflect on overlooked assumptions & strengthen science. It's #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth....

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

"Deep learning–based frameworks for the detection and classification of soniferous fish"
Huang et al. with SPE members Maria Clara Amorim, Paulo Fonseca and Manuel Vieira @manuel-vieira.bsky.social @ J Acoustical Society of America

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 5

Pretty strong example! ;-)

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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 5

Trommelnde Springspinnen-männchen zeigen konditionsabhängige Balz 🥁🕷️
Miriam Scriba zeigt, dass gut genährte Männchen intensiver trommeln & mehr Paarungserfolg haben – aber weniger trommeln, wenn Weibchen gut genährt sind und oft ihre Hinterleiber heben. #Ethologie #Paarungsverhalten #Springspinnen

Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · Sep 5

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Male spider drumming displays are condition-dependent 🥁🕷️
Miriam Scriba shows that well-fed jumping spider males drum more & gain mating success—but reduce drumming when females are well-fed, and often lift abdomens. A nuanced male–female interaction! #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....

Condition‐Dependent Variation in Male Drumming Displays, Female Responses and Mating Success in the Jumping Spider Saitis barbipes

Nutritional condition shapes courtship and mating success in the jumping spider Saitis barbipes.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Sep 4

PhD opportunity in animal behavior (based in Madrid)!!

Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · Sep 4

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