🚨ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨
If you need more time to get your abstract together for the 2026 ASSAB conference, we have great news!
The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until the 27th of March!
www.assab.org/assab-2026
Great news! We have two amazing workshops lined up for the ASSAB 2026 conference!
🐋 So you want to study marine wildlife behaviour: building the research and the researcher
📊 From Field to Dashboard: Rapid Ecological Data Collection and Visualisation with Survey123
www.assab.org/assab-2026
More protection for migrating animals after global meeting – Expert Reaction
ASSAB
Forty animals, including several types of seabirds and sharks, will gain protection under the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species. Participating countries at the meeting in Campo Grande,...
Excited to launch this today! If you know any Indigenous students in the Australasian region who are interested in Animal Behaviour, please encourage them (or nominate them) to join ASSAB for free
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Science Media Centre NZ
Also, @jgmussoi.bsky.social is leading this special issue in NZ J Zoology & is seeking submissions from Animal Behav folks around the Australasian region.
Fabulous day celebrating biodiversity & the City Nature Challenge at Te Papanui. Thanks to our friends at GoEco, Hamilton City Council, @jgmussoi.bsky.social & my awesome students @waikatouniversity.bsky.social
for making it so fun. There's still time to snap pics for CNC @inaturalist.bsky.social
Summer Research Scholarships at the University of Waikato are now open! 📢
I have a project available on social dynamics in bird sleep, and we’re looking for motivated students to join us.🐦💤
💰$8,000 |⏱10 weeks (Nov–Feb)
🗓Apply by 13 July 2026
More info:
www.waikato.ac.nz/study/schola...
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🚨ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REMINDER🚨
Submissions for the 2026 ASSAB conference are still open until the 13th of March.
Submit now to take part in a friendly, warm and welcoming conference for behavioural ecologists
⭐ASSAB 2026 Plenary Speakers⭐
🐝Prof. Andrew Barron: Why the honey bee is smarter than ChatGPT
🐦🐿️Assoc. Prof. Kristal Cain:
Chasing birds and shiny squirrels - an alternative path in academia
🪲Dr Kawsar Khan
Behaviour ecology in the Anthropocene
🐟Dr Upama Aich
Sex and stress in a changing world
