Analysing collectives of living dinosaurs. Discoverer of multilevel societies. Watcher of fishers and dolphins. Modeller of emergent phenomena. Caretaker of long term guineafowl, fairywren and chough projects. A/Prof @ Australian National Uni.
Damien Farine
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Craziest bird during field work, a Wilson's storm-petrel far from its natural habitat. At first I thought "weird how that swallow is behaving like a storm-petrel!"
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This is another delightful bird that we don't get further north at our normal field sites.
Animals can learn by copying others, which helps them find food and survive. The Great tit, a small passerine is good at social learning. This #RSOS paper tested whether two common parasites affect how quickly the #birds could learn a new feeding task by watching others: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Damien Farine
Damien Farine
We have a full time permanent technician position open, specialising in fish. Based at the John Krebs Field Station out at Wytham (University of Oxford). @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Royal Society Publishing
First day in the field, sampling a new dolphin fisher interaction site in southern Brazil. Exciting to see what we'll discover!
Interested in collaborating with our lab? Why not visit? Visitors have published chapters, got new ideas and made new collaborations.
At @scienceanu.bsky.social we have much to offer, including joining for cool field work and seeing great wildlife.
Details here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Damien Farine
Steve Portugal
We welcome visiting PhD students and postdocs in the lab
Since 2016, I have hosted dozens of visiting students. Together, we have completed many chapters and published many papers. These visits have ...
⭐Great news⭐
We have now extended the due date for the ASSAB Student Research Grants to 7th May 2026.
You can find the full details and the application form to download at the ASSAB website: www.assab.org/grants-2026
🚨New PhD opportunity🚨
Understanding sheep foraging decisions under heat stress conditions
Location: Adelaide University
Contact: [email protected]
Details: stephanleu-ecology.com/phd-opportun...
Application deadline: 17 May 2026
