Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
@janirecas.bsky.social
🦜 Researcher at @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
🐒 #AnimalWelfare Postdoc at @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Opinions are my own (she/her)
🐒 #AnimalWelfare Postdoc at @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Opinions are my own (she/her)
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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
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
Great day today at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social talking about #WildAnimalWelfare 🦜🐒🦎
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Great day today at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social talking about #WildAnimalWelfare 🦜🐒🦎
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🐒💡 Gelada mums are don’t mess around
New research shows they fake fertility when a new male arrives to protect their babies from infanticide.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#Geladas #PrimateScience
New research shows they fake fertility when a new male arrives to protect their babies from infanticide.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#Geladas #PrimateScience
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🐒💡 Gelada mums are don’t mess around
New research shows they fake fertility when a new male arrives to protect their babies from infanticide.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#Geladas #PrimateScience
New research shows they fake fertility when a new male arrives to protect their babies from infanticide.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#Geladas #PrimateScience
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🦜 A cute reminder that social bonds matter in every species. Mutual grooming helps parakeets stay calm, connected, and cosy together.
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🦜 A cute reminder that social bonds matter in every species. Mutual grooming helps parakeets stay calm, connected, and cosy together.
🚨Call for Grant proposals is currently open at www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants!
Deadline: 14th November
#WildAnimalWelfare
#Grants
Deadline: 14th November
#WildAnimalWelfare
#Grants
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🚨Call for Grant proposals is currently open at www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants!
Deadline: 14th November
#WildAnimalWelfare
#Grants
Deadline: 14th November
#WildAnimalWelfare
#Grants
Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
Bluesky has overtaken Twitter/X as the highest social engagement metric for the entire publication corpus of some universities.
Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
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Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Bluesky has overtaken Twitter/X as the highest social engagement metric for the entire publication corpus of some universities.
Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
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Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
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🔉 Sound on!
Meet the ranita llorona, which translates to crying frog (Physalaemus biligonigerus). Tiny frog. Big feelings. Honestly, same 🐸
#Wildlife #ranitallorona #Physalaemus #amphibians #wildlifesound #bioacoustics #soundon
Meet the ranita llorona, which translates to crying frog (Physalaemus biligonigerus). Tiny frog. Big feelings. Honestly, same 🐸
#Wildlife #ranitallorona #Physalaemus #amphibians #wildlifesound #bioacoustics #soundon
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🔉 Sound on!
Meet the ranita llorona, which translates to crying frog (Physalaemus biligonigerus). Tiny frog. Big feelings. Honestly, same 🐸
#Wildlife #ranitallorona #Physalaemus #amphibians #wildlifesound #bioacoustics #soundon
Meet the ranita llorona, which translates to crying frog (Physalaemus biligonigerus). Tiny frog. Big feelings. Honestly, same 🐸
#Wildlife #ranitallorona #Physalaemus #amphibians #wildlifesound #bioacoustics #soundon
Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681594v1
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681594v1
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
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
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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
We explore how fluid control affects the affective state of laboratory macaques.
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#AnimalWelfare #PrimateWelfare
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! 💚
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...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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! 💚
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! 💚
Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
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.
-50% for English non-native
-58% for English non-native from low-income countries
compared to English native from a high-income country.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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.
-50% for English non-native
-58% for English non-native from low-income countries
compared to English native from a high-income country.
Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
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.
September 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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.
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
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
September 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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
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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Amplifying global voices: Removing language barriers in academic conferences
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Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
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.
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.
September 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
September 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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
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
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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
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
Great introduction to Wild Animal Welfare science by Maria Díez León at #AWRN2025 🦦
Many challenges but many great opportunities too!
#WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
Many challenges but many great opportunities too!
#WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great introduction to Wild Animal Welfare science by Maria Díez León at #AWRN2025 🦦
Many challenges but many great opportunities too!
#WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
Many challenges but many great opportunities too!
#WildAnimalWelfare @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
The #AWRN2025 conference is live!
Excited for the great talks ahead and the spotlight on #WildAnimalWelfare.
@wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
Excited for the great talks ahead and the spotlight on #WildAnimalWelfare.
@wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The #AWRN2025 conference is live!
Excited for the great talks ahead and the spotlight on #WildAnimalWelfare.
@wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
Excited for the great talks ahead and the spotlight on #WildAnimalWelfare.
@wildanimalinitv.bsky.social
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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!
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
#Behaviour2025
@akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social
@tanyapayne.bsky.social
@janirecas.bsky.social
@behaviour2025.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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!
Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
🧪 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
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
September 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🧪 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
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
Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body?
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
August 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body?
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
Reposted by Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD
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!
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!
August 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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!
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!
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM