🇨🇦 Meanwhile in Canada...

Seriously, this is happening in my yard here in Ontario.

(Photo by my partner Rodney)
#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #AnimalCognition
#Frogs

The @behaviour2023 conference comes to an end. I'm very happy I had the opportunity to present my work about cognitive control in archosaurs🦖 , for the first time with a talk in person.😀
Thanks to Berenika Mioduszewska for the picture.

#Behaviour2023
#Bielefeld
#AnimalCognition
#AnimalBehaviour

Do you want to find more #AnimalBehavior folks?
Check this new list and sign up to be found -> https://animalbehaviour.live/mastodon/
#AnimalBehaviour #Behaviour2023 @behaviour2023 #AnimalCognition #Ethology

Are you prepping a course on #AnimalCognition #Learning #Memory #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour ?

A couple of years ago, we wrote a paper on teaching these topics and included a 60 page (!) resource with links to videos, podcasts, and activities, organized by topic, on OSF. I mention it here in case it's helpful to you!

Resources for teaching: https://osf.io/mbspr/

The open access paper: https://comparative-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org/vol15_kuhlmeier_karasewich_olmstead/

What \ who are the accounts \ people to follow for information related to ecological sustainable development?

In other words, information about the ecological crisis therefore #ClimateCrisis that cultures are generally causing & the known solutions, the cultural level changes, that are needed, but often are ignored, to mitigate the human behaviour & activity caused ecological crisis.

#ClimateChange #sustainability #evidence #science #news #politics #economics #ecology #AnimalBehaviour

The first article of my work in Richard Mann's group is out! Entitled Smart self-propelled particles: a framework to investigate the cognitive bases of movement, it is published in Interface and is open access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0127 #paper #ScienceMastodon #animalbehaviour #behaviour #movement #ethology

I am beyond excited to announce that my first ever paper has now been published with open access in #AnimalBehaviour - https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0003347223001549 – summarised in this handy thread 🧵👇

I am beyond excited to announce that my first ever paper has now been published with open access in #AnimalBehaviour - https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0003347223001549 – summarised in this handy thread 🧵👇

Grey whales seen seeking human help to remove parasites

Captain of tourist boat from Baja California, Mexico, says grey whales return repeatedly for ‘grooming’

Video footage documenting the behaviour in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, shows a grey whale having whale lice picked off its head by the captain of a small boat. “

#whales #HumanGrooming #nature #AnimalBehaviour #animals

"As the weather cools down, things heat up in the echidna world.

It's mating season — and the monotremes have a unique and lengthy courtship, a game of follow the leader that the "last man standing" wins.

"I call it echidna bachelorette," UNSW PhD candidate Georgia Badgery laughs." #Australia #echidna #monotreme #animals #nature #AnimalBehaviour #biology #mammals #EchidnaTrain

Echidna mating season begins with 'trains' of male suitors following females - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/echidna-mating-season-see-trains-return/102536740

There's a fun event on tonight at #Newcastle - we'll be talking about animal sentience at the law in an informal setting at the Centre for Life. I'll give my input about insects. Get your tickets and come along.

Details here: https://www.life.org.uk/whats-on/event/science-speakeasy-elephant-in-the-court-room/

#sentience #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #insect #law #cognition

Behavioral Responses Of Terrestrial Mammals To COVID-19 Lockdowns
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo6499 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #WhereAnimalsGo #covid19 #lockdowns #lockdown #policy #policies #tracking #covid #opportunity #data #change #GPS #tracking #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #terrestrial #mammals #model #modeling #animals #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #transportation #routes #avoidance #landscape #spatialdata #mobility

Looking forward to the The Future of Neuroethology Webinar Series!

Talks by early career researchers in neuroethology -sign up to be a speaker, nominate great folks or come and listen!

Register here: https://forms.gle/pMyd1MJ5Q886u8Z16

Nominate (or self-nominate) a speaker
here: https://forms.gle/oer8yVeYGhWiMGU89

(Deadline June 30th 2023)

#neuroscience #neuroethology #animalbehaviour #animalbehavior #ECR #Talks #webinar

"Breeding threatened mammals in fenced, predator-free areas is a common conservation strategy in Australia. The method is designed to protect vulnerable species and breed animals for release into the wild.

But our research – involving a cute, digging mammal known as a woylie – suggests the strategy may put animals at a distinct disadvantage once they’re fending for themselves.

We found animals bred in fenced conservation areas, known as “havens”, lost traits they need to detect and escape predators. It’s likely this made them less able to survive in the wild." #science #conservation #Australia #marsupials #CaptiveBreeding #animals #nature #endangered #AnimalBehaviour #rewilding #woylies #bettongs #mammals

'Too small and carefree': endangered animals released into the wild may lack the match-fitness to evade predators https://theconversation.com/too-small-and-carefree-endangered-animals-released-into-the-wild-may-lack-the-match-fitness-to-evade-predators-206927

This Luna Moth hanging out on the garage door has an ~5in wingspan.

#AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #UrbanNature #AnimalPhotography

Farmer #ants cultivating #aphids. 💚

#Photography #UrbanNature #Garden #SocialAnimals #AnimalBehaviour

I've just watched two robins knocking seven bells out of each other on the lawn (standard for this time of year) only for a male blackbird to come storming in to break up the fight.
What's that about?! #birds #BirdWatching #AnimalBehaviour

A few years back, my partner Rodney built a ledge on the side of our house for robins to nest (it was better than the propane fireplace exhaust box!). Since then, starting every spring there is a series of about 3-4 broods.

Here's Mrs. Robinson, taking a break from sitting on her eggs. Mr. Robinson is always nearby, alarm calling if I get too close.

#Birds #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalCognition

The abstract submission deadline for Behaviour 2023 (Bielefeld, Germany) is April 30th.

(And kudos to the artist who made the logo!)

https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/veranstaltungen/behaviour2023/

#AnimalBehaviour
#AnimalBehavior
#AnimalCognition
#Birds

"They say an elephant never forgets. The same appears to apply to octopuses, camels and more – sometimes with deadly results for humans." #Animals #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #AnimalsBehavingBadly #biology #nature

The world’s most vengeful animals: ‘It’s like a horror film’ | Animals | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/26/the-worlds-most-vengeful-animals-its-like-a-horror-film