A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies.
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶

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Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻‍🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹

With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.

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Deadline: 03/12/2025
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Really cool! Edmontosaurus had hooves!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My first official post to say see you at #SfN2025! I'm presenting some new ephys work with @healeylab.bsky.social looking at auditory responses to chick calls in zebra finch parents! 🐦🧠🔊🐣 Tuesday @ 2pm (PSTR346, Vocal/Social Communication). ALSO ~ my lab is opening soon and we're HIRING!! (see ⬇️)

#PhD position!

Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees

Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.

Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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New paper today in Proc B @royalsociety.org. We explored nest architecture in 3,685 species of birds, modelling the multivariate nature of nests, i.e. how shape, location or attachment co-occur. Then we explored how the environment affected nest architecture evolution. Spoilers in the title! 🪺🐦🌍

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

Nikkei found academics had written "give a positive review only" and "do not highlight any negatives" in white text or tiny font on 17 preprints to combat AI peer reviews.

asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

Anthropocentric bias may explain research disparities between animal tool use and nest building www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Enigmacursor darted around North America in the Late Jurassic 145-150 million years ago and its skeleton now be on display in London’s Natural History Museum

In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it.

Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/40mj1S8

NEW PAPER: Dartford warblers use nest materials based on local habitat, but material type doesn't affect insulation or breeding success—suggesting flexible, functional nest-building across environments.

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#ornithology #birds #reproduction #nestef="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pn5tanp4wif5vme6cpnp3fra" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">#nest <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pn5tanp4wif5vme6cpnp3fra" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@shokosugasawa.bsky.social

"Yes, it is heartbreaking for what this says about the world we humans have made. But I still find wonder in the stories these nests tell about the lives and circumstances of their architects and the deliberate choices they made." Dr. Vanya Rohwer's #naturewriting. #birds #birding #nature

After years of seeing the faded plastic band on this puffin and being unable to re-sight it, we finally re-captured it and replaced its bands. This bird was first banded as chick in 1996 making it 29 years old (!) and among the oldest in our records. 🦑🪶🧪

Timeline cleanse, the best kind: Egg-laying mammal thought to be extinct rediscovered - ABC News

ICYMI: Jay Odenbaugh in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou on
"The Ethics of De-Extinction"
Is it scientifically possible, is it conceptually possible, and is it ethically permissible to bring back a species whose environment is gone?
#Philosophy #philsci #moralphil
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Artificial feeders have allowed the Anna’s hummingbird to expand their range out of Southern California up to the state’s northern end.

They have also driven a transformation of the birds themselves.

🚨 Registration Deadline Extended! 🚨
Only a few weeks left! The #CogEvo2025 registration deadline has been extended to June 16!
Spots are still filling quickly — don’t miss your chance to join us.
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Exceptional new fossils from northern Alaska reveal birds lived and nested alongside non-avian dinosaurs in Arctic Alaska long before the radiation of modern birds after the end-Cretaceous extinction.

Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/3Ss2yrw

🚨Our new paper ‘Nest building and circulating testosterone dynamics in male zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata’ is out!🚨

With @simonemeddle.bsky.social and @cogwild.bsky.social

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Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!