Also, @jgmussoi.bsky.social is leading this special issue in NZ J Zoology & is seeking submissions from Animal Behav folks around the Australasian region.
🚨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
🚨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
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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More protection for migrating animals after global meeting – Expert Reaction
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
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
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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Excited to be Lead Guest Editor for a special issue of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology on Australasian Animal Behaviour 🐦🦎🦘🌏🧪
Linked to ASSAB 2026 conference, we’re welcoming submissions across all areas of animal behaviour research in Australasia.
@royalsocietynz.bsky.social