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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you 😘

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bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 2d

Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681594v1

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · 2d

Our new preprint is out!

We explore how fluid control affects the affective state of laboratory macaques.
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#AnimalWelfare #PrimateWelfare

Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques

Fluid control protocols are widely used in neuroscience to motivate laboratory macaques to engage with behavioural tasks. Despite strong evidence that the physiology of the animals is not compromised ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · 3d

What do you consider a wild animal? 🐾
If you work with wild species, we’d love your help in exploring this question!

👉 Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and share it widely.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/chester/wi...

Thank you for your help! 💚

A Quantitative Approach To Understanding Wildness

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 19d

For those interested to see the productivity gap for men, here are the figures using the same # years in research as female counterparts. Based on English papers:
-50% for English non-native
-58% for English non-native from low-income countries
compared to English native from a high-income country.

Scientific productivity gap for men based on English papers. Shown are % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country. The number of years in research is aligned with female counterparts (30 for English non-native and 24 for English non-native & low income).

(A) Absolute difference in the number of English-language peer-reviewed papers published between male native English speakers from a high-income country (baseline shown in pink) and male non-native English speakers from a high-income country (solid line in navy), and male non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (dashed line in navy). Here, non-native English speakers are defined as those with low English proficiency. (B) Absolute difference in the number of English- and non-English-language peer-reviewed papers published between researchers with the same combinations of the two attributes as (A). (C) Percentage difference in the number of English-language peer-reviewed papers published between researchers with the same combinations of the two attributes as (A). (D) Percentage difference in the number of English- and non-English-language peer-reviewed papers published between researchers with the same combinations of the two attributes as (A).

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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · Sep 12

Reminder! The deadline for our infographic competition is the 18th of October. The last day of #biologyweek You can find out more information here www.asab.org/education-news There are three age categories: 7-10 years old, 11-14 years old and 15-21 years old.

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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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · 28d

Hi everyone 👋

I’m Jani, an animal welfare researcher focusing on wild animals. I’ll be sharing research, ideas, and updates on wild animal welfare and science more broadly.

Excited to connect! 🦉

#WildAnimalWelfare

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · 29d

🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?

We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.

📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:

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Amplifying global voices: Removing language barriers in academic conferences

We invite you to share your experiences with language barriers at academic conferences. Your insights will help shape more inclusive and multilingual events across disciplines and formats. This surve...

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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social · Sep 11

That’s a wrap on #AWRN2025!

Thanks so much to the organizers and to everyone who took part in today’s workshop on transferring welfare assessments to wild animals. We’re very grateful to have had the opportunity to help spotlight #wildanimalwelfare at this year’s meeting.

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Sep 11

Always a pleasure to attend and present at #AWRN2025

#WildAnimalWelfare

Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social · Sep 10

We’re at #AWRN2025 this week, where we’re really excited that #wildanimalwelfare is being highlighted.

Wonderful to see some of our grantees taking center stage, including an opening plenary by María Diez Leon and a great talk by Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo on crayfish welfare.

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Sep 11

🐙 Changes in how they move their arms could reveal distress, injury, or habitat impacts.

Natural movement patterns may be the key to non-invasive welfare assessment.

#WildAnimalWelfare

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Sep 11

Apparently, octopus arms aren’t equal 👀
Front = explorers
Back = movers
Tips = bendy
Bases = stretchy

Incredible specialisation in a soft body 🐙
🔗 phys.org/news/2025-09-octopus-arms-reveal-specialized-movements.html

#AnimalBehaviour

Octopus arms reveal specialized movements and coordination in the wild

Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, famed for their extraordinary dexterity. Their eight arms allow them to capture hidden prey, communicate, explore, and even mate acro...

phys.org

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Sep 11

I wouldn’t be able to come up with 482 journal names either…

Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Sep 10

Great introduction to Wild Animal Welfare science by Maria Díez León at #AWRN2025 🦦

Many challenges but many great opportunities too!

#WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

María Díez León - AWRN Wild Animal Welfare

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Sep 10

The #AWRN2025 conference is live!

Excited for the great talks ahead and the spotlight on #WildAnimalWelfare.

@wildanimalinitv.bsky.social

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Akshay Bharadwaj @akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social · Sep 9

Glad to have contributed to this session at Behavior 2025!! Thanks to @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social for their support to our work in the eastern Himalayas!

Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop on a #GlobalSouth perspective on #wildanimalwelfare and #animalbehaviour today—and a big thank you to our speakers!

#Behaviour2025
@akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social
@tanyapayne.bsky.social
@janirecas.bsky.social
@behaviour2025.bsky.social

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Sep 3

🧪 Science on Bluesky

A new study of 2.6m posts finds research gets far more likes, reposts, and thoughtful replies on @bsky.app than on X.

Scholars call it a 'purer' space for discussion.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#SciComm #BlueSky #AcademicSky

Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds

Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform

www.theguardian.com

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 31

Behaviour and Welfare researcher here! I would love to be included! ☝🏽

Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 31

Behaviour and Welfare researcher here! I would love to be included! ☝🏽

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 31

Oh no! Hope you are feeling better! 🙏🏽

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 30

Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body?

Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025

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Christopher Miller @christopherwmiller.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you to everyone who came to my talk today!

It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025

Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great to see that #Behaviour2025 is giving space for topics like this.

rescueandrelief.org

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · Aug 29

Such an interesting and inspiring plenary by @samellisq.bsky.social on the evolution of menopause in whales 🐋

#Behaviour2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social

Behaviour - Sam Ellis - Menopause on whales

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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop on a #GlobalSouth perspective on #wildanimalwelfare and #animalbehaviour today—and a big thank you to our speakers!

#Behaviour2025
@akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social
@tanyapayne.bsky.social
@janirecas.bsky.social
@behaviour2025.bsky.social

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