Dr. Daniel Pessoa
Professor of Animal Behavior and Physiology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil. Interested in Animal Communication and Sensory Ecology.
Opinions are my own.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2516-6766
www.sel.cb.ufrn.br
Sensory Ecology Lab
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“As the heat punishes sun-crisped Australian woodlands, the adult birds make a rapid, peeping ‘heat call’. That signal kicks off genetic changes in unhatched baby zebra finches’ brains”
www.sciencenews.org/article/song...
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www.sciencenews.org
Adult finches make "heat calls" as the temperature rises. Exposure to the song prepares their unhatched young's brains for the heat.
“The fresh fecal smell is a sign of science. The pellets contain fragments of DNA from the squirrels’ diet that paint a picture of the animals’ ecosystems in new detail”
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#paleoecology
www.sciencenews.org/article/froz...
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“Homing pigeons don’t rely on gut instinct to return to the roost. But a nearby organ — the liver — might point the way. White blood cells in the birds’ livers accumulate iron and act as an internal compass when clouds block the sun...”
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/pige...
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“By analyzing the chamber’s composition and the larvae it harbors, the team challenges the long-held notion that royal jelly alone — the queen-making food fed to select larvae — makes a queen.”
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/quee...
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📢 Abstract submissions for #ABL2026 are now OPEN!
🗓 Deadline: 6 September 2026
This year's theme: "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World" 🌍🧠
🎤 Choose from:
🔹 15-min live talk
🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster
📄 Submit here:
ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
#ScienceConference #AnimalBehaviour
A *superb* book on this topic, published in 2022 by Princeton University Press…
The Mind of a Bee, by Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social, professor of sensory and behavioural ecology at Queen Mary University, London.
Have read it twice, it’s so damn fascinating.
É hoje às 19! Vai ser massa!!
Very interesting intersection of natural history, sensory and behavioural ecology! Also owls!
#jobalert
Postdoc position in rooting motivation in pigs and nursing vocalisations in sows
Centre for Proper Housing (FSVO), Switzerland
More information:
www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
DNA preserved in ancient scat reveals what Yukon ground squirrels ate and what animals shared their world.
Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study suggests.
www.sciencenews.org
Sensory Ecology Lab
Sensory Ecology Lab
Sensory Ecology Lab
Old age is a risk factor for falling. The elderly must exert more conscious effort to maintain balance than younger people, according to a study in which participants balanced on force-sensing plates while their brain activity was recorded. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/yuo250Z5Fvo
¿Vos sabeis que se dicen los loros entre sí?
Me encanta que esta semana voy a hablar sobre la ciencia detrás de la comunicación acústica de los Psitácidos para la ACPP 🦜
📅 Viernes 29 de mayo | 🕖 19:00 hs
Inscripciones en el link: forms.gle/qZCotksLBxpD...
#Bioacústica #Psitácidos #Bioacoustics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Barn owl color morphs hunt differently in moonlight"
Learn more in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Kim Schalcher, @pbecciu.bsky.social, @owlsforpeace.bsky.social & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Bumble bees can apparently play with balls, count, recognize faces, & perceive rhythm. A new study out today in @science.org argues they can also solve novel tasks spontaneously without explicit training, challenging the idea that such cognitive skills are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates.😲🐝🧪👇
¡Gracias por tu interés en participar de las charlas organizadas por la ACPP!
Los días 26, 27 y 29 de mayo, compartiremos tres encuentros virtuales sobre temas clave para la conservación de los psitác...
Problem-solving using novel solutions without explicit training is often considered a hallmark of cognitive flexibility. We investigated whether bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) could solve a novel obj...
