3/3 Our results shift the paradigm: eyespot plasticity isn’t solely temperature-controlled but shaped by multiple environmental cues, including humidity & plant quality, that may be more reliable across regions.

2/3 In Mycalesis mineus, humidity directly affects eyespot size w/critical period in late larval & prepupal stages. But in Melanitis leda, it's indirect: humidity alters host plant quality, which in turn affects eyespots. These are 2 diverged species evolving under similar ecological pressures.

1/3 Excited that my final PhD MS is online! Big thanks to Ullasa (PI) (vanasiri.in) & collaborators Freerk and Urszula. Turns out humidity, not just temperature, plays a major role in butterfly eyespot plasticity. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

A great conference week @behaviour2025.bsky.social meeting new & old colleagues. Presented our work on butterfly seasonal wing polyphenism: influence of humidity+host plant quality & bird vision modelling of wing patterns. Glad to have received the Best Poster Award (+ a beautiful painting)!

#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Amir Patel ⭐

Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how Dr Patel’s team decoded cheetah locomotion and its far-reaching implications for biomechanics and high-speed robotics. 🐆

Learn more: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy ⭐

Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how @avispatica.bsky.social Dr Mora-Kepfer Uy’s team uncovered captivating ways in which parasites reprogram the behaviour and lifespan of insects. 🐝🪱

Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

🎥 Missed it live? Catch the replay!

Get practical tips on resilience, communication, and building healthier research cultures with our amazing panellists Marion Miezenbeek, Raquel Cossío-Bayúgar & Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado.

▶️ Watch now: youtube.com/live/4g6bv3Q...
#AcademicCareers

We welcome the 2nd plenary speaker at #ABL2025. 🙌🙌

@anna-stoeckl.bsky.social‬ from @uni-konstanz.de‬ reveals how insect pollinators interpret floral patterns to guide foraging. From hawkmoth vision to neural templates—this talk will bridge behaviour, neuroethology & sensory biology. 🦋🪻

We have not done predation experiments as a part of this study; that’d be very interesting to do and build on the existing predation experiment studies

Thanks Abhishek

Thank you all for your help during the project and my lovely partner for being by my side during this PhD journey!

Our false head work is out! By analysing ~1000 #butterflies, we found many traits at posterior end of hindwings evolved correlatedly, likely forming a trait complex w/adaptive function to dupe predators into thinking these traits together are actual head!!

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

We’re thrilled to announce plenary speakers at #ABL2025. 🙌

Dr Amir Patel @ucl.ac.uk blends robotics & biology to decode the cheetah’s lightning-fast moves. 🐆 From deep learning to legged robots, get ready for a wild sprint through biomechanics, evolution & tech!

#Biomechanics #Robotics

📢 Abstract submissions for Animal Behaviour Live Annual Conference are now OPEN!

🗓 Deadline: 7 Sept 2025

🎤 Choose from:
🔹 15-min live or recorded talk
🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster (our classic format!)
📄 Submit here: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

#ABL2025

Thank you 😊

What a fascinating study on the false heads of some butterflies! 🤩🦋 Great presentation by @tarunyumnam.bsky.social #EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social

Thanks @empseb30.bsky.social for the best conference so far. Such amazing planning and execution with so many cool and enthusiastic people all around to enjoy while discussing science. And the award was an added sweet memory to this beautiful experience.

Thank you. It was so nice meeting you in person

💥💥 Our annual conference #ABL2025 is back! 💥💥

Join us 13–14 Nov 2025 for 2 exciting days:
🔹 6 sessions
🔹 6 stellar plenaries
🔹 Talks & posters on diverse topics
🔹 Global-friendly time zones 🌍
Mark your calendar 📅 and don't miss #ABL2025!

📌 Stay tuned—registration details will be announced soon

"Co-evolve with vision" is my entry for the art competition by @ssegrad.bsky.social. #EvoArt2025.

Our new paper is out. We point out that large brained (and often smart) mammals and birds have evolved very different distribution of neurons numbers in the brain.
This means that similar cognitive abilities have evolved in very different brains.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣SEMINAR SERIES 2025📣
We are kicking off 2025 with our first seminar.

📆Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 2pm GMT on our Youtube channel: @damienfarine.bsky.social will talk about “The costs of collective behaviour” 🐦

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z...

This event is free, no registration required. 🤗

Found an interesting co-author in an interesting paper.

Hello World!
After almost a month of starting a research group - finally the announcement :)
We are the 'Active Sensing Collectives' group (tinyurl.com/yckehxys) at the CASCB in the University of Konstanz. We're still growing, see PhD position ad below. @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de z.de