A century of curiosity and unmatched storytelling that helped us fall in love with the natural world, and reminded us why it’s worth protecting. Thank you for opening our eyes, inspiring generations, and giving nature its voice.
Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough!
The first poster session of #ASABSpring2026 was bustling! There’s no way to have seen every one, so please free to drop your poster below as well ⬇️ 👀
University of Bristol Biological Sciences
Interested in miRNAs, early animal evolution, and RNA biology? We’re recruiting a BBSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #Postdoc #microRNA #RNAbiology
Apply by 14 May 2026. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-in...
ASAB Spring 2026
So much fun to take 20 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social undergraduate students to Adelboden CH for the 2026 Alpine Interactions field course with @chrisleduck.bsky.social & 2 fantastic PhD demonstrators (Mini Graydon & Kath Leon). Lots of cool insects & larger critters, beautiful views and enthusiasm!
Vengamanaidu Modepalli
Sinead English
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us
❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world
👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity
📆19th April deadline
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#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia
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📢Out now in #ProcB our NEW paper on how #reward inequity can promote production of #publicgoods and #free-riding
👏Congratulations @beckypadget.bsky.social as lead author
👥With #AndyHigginson
@royalsocietypublishing.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @crab-exeter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
New OA paper @royalsocietypublishing.org: What can we learn from bonobos and bottlenose dolphins about the evolution of between-group cooperation?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Lovely collab with @lirsamuni.bsky.social Martin Surbeck and Richard Connor.
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Giving a public talk as part of the Science Cafe, happening on a BOAT (!!) in Bristol Harbour. I am pretty bad at explaining things accessibly, so if you want to poke fun, join! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
New paper in @pnas.org - using playback experiments we provide further evidence that bottlenose dolphins can use individual identity signals + social memory to guide decision-making.
Female dolphins use individual vocal labels to track coercive males | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Abstract. When animals in groups cooperate, individuals sometimes produce a ‘public’ good that benefits many or all group members and receive a private rew
It has been intense and fruitful months. I am thankful to the TropEco Lab heroes whom I am honoured to supervise and work with at @ufpa.bsky.social & @bristolbiosci.bsky.social, and our partners/field assistants in Brazil & Ghana. Without you, there would be no science and life would be boring.
Find tickets & information for Science Cafe, Dr Max Farnworth, University of Bristol talk on Butterfly brains and navigation. happening at MV Balmoral, Bristol, EN on Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm BST...
