Are you doing sci-comm? The Scicomm LIFT team is testing what interventions in graduate-level classrooms improve scicomm education. If you are an EEB educator, & want to incorporate scicomm into your classroom (with compensation!) fill out this brief survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Could you be a Guest Editor? #PhilTransB is open to theme issue proposals in all areas of biology - a great opportunity to create a landmark publication in your field. Find out more: bit.ly/PTBproposals
Are you an animal behavior researcher that uses federal funding for your work? Now is the time to comment on the OMB's new proposed rules about grant funding. @aibsbiology.bsky.social is coordinating a response but individual comments also highly encouraged!
www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...
New article from our team! A. Araguas et al. show that social interaction shapes vocal learning in young zebra finches tutored by a robot bird 🤖 🎶🐦
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
And check out @sebrafinch.bsky.social's Cassyni presentation on this study:
cassyni.com/events/9682W...
"Experimental study of social signalling through delayed plumage maturation in a colony-nesting seabird". A field study with models and sound, our new paper is out now in Animal Behaviour, led by Molly Hill and Liam Taylor:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
@liamtaylor.bsky.social @animbehsociety.bsky.social
Does it matter whether you use focal sampling or scan sampling to collect animal behaviour data? We used simulations to find out, testing how accurate and precise each method is across a range of behaviours, study systems, and observation protocols.
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎, the common #genet. This slender, spotted #carnivore ranges across #Africa and parts of southern #Europe, with a long ringed tail and cat‑like agility that makes it an excellent nocturnal #hunter.
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Frédéric Salein
🐘 “Are you talking to me?”
New study by our colleagues A. Surreault-Châble et al. shows that captive Asian elephants distinguish familiar from unfamiliar human voices, and search for keepers when hearing Elephant-Directed Speech 🔊🐘
Open Access article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@owenrcorbett.bsky.social & I wrote about our @animbehsociety.bsky.social paper in @theconversation.com.
When paper wasps lose their queen, wannabe successors fight for >1 wk! Luckily a set of trusty non-fighter workers keep the colony going. @uclnews.bsky.social
theconversation.com/keep-calm-an...
Anyone else need an adorably sleepy baby great horned owl to get them through the week?
#bird #birds #owls #mcoupephotography #wildlife #greathornedowl
Tired of feeling alone in your interests and efforts to teach scicomm?
We are recruiting instructors that teach EEBC (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Conservation) graduate classes or a full scicomm...
LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement
LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement
Delphine De Moor
Ted Stankowich
Seirian Sumner
Mark Coupe Photography
New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Most behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…
Brown plumages are social signals that reduce aggression towards young seabirds!
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Out now in @asab.org Animal Behaviour, ft. real gulls, plastic gulls
Led by amazing undergrad Molly Hill, Lily Fanburg, @sdobney.bsky.social, and @dmennill.bsky.social
