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Observer of animals | Mom | Minerva Fast Track Fellow leading Culture and Social Behavior group at MPI-AB | Passionate about animal ethics and welfare | She/her
@arispeshkin.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialWe are offering 3 #PhD positions in our Ecology of Animal Societies Department @livingingroups.bsky.social at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior - check them out! imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current
@bjjbarrett.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialOur paper on how orangutan mothers plan and alter their space use at personal costs so their offspring may play with similarly aged offspring (independent of kinship and fruit productivity) has transitioned from preprint to peer reviewed publication doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@livingingroups.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialSocial play is key for development in many animals, yet how solitary species with single young acquire playmates has remained a quandary. We unlock this using long-term data from 31 Bornean orangutan mother-offspring pairs in our new publication in PNAS. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2621225123. 🧵
@cultconf.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social📢 The Call for Abstracts for the Culture Conference 2027 is OPEN!
🗓️ Deadline: 30 November 2026
We welcome submissions from all career stages and relevant disciplines.
🔎Details & submission info: culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...
Keynote speakers will be announced soon - stay tuned!
@will-oestreich.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialI am recruiting a PhD student to work with our group at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior! Learn more & apply here: tinyurl.com/kd4xx4ku
Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
Start date: Flexible (summer-fall 2027)
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@kaylakolff.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social“Huh?” “I meant...” “What?” 💬
When interacting with each other, we often fix errors or mishearings through communicative repair, which restores progressivity. Our ✨ new paper ✨ asks: what do chimpanzees do when an initial gestural request does not land during an interaction? 🧵 1/4
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@oded-ritov.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialDo chimpanzees value their friendships enough to pass on juicy pineapple?
In our new paper, out now at Evolution and Human Behavior, we find that they do!
@ethoges.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialNew year, new conference! Registration for the next Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society is officially open! 🤩
Save the date, sign up, and join us in beautiful Konstanz 24–27 February, 2027 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
www.ab.mpg.de/etho-2027
@bjjbarrett.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialI am part of a team guest editing a special issue of the American Journal of Primatology on "Digitization and use of legacy datasets in primatology” and we are seeking out submissions due on 1 September 2027.
@zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialWhy care about weird animal behaviors?
Just out as an advanced publication, my contribution to the next Frans de Waal special issue in Behaviour @degruyterbrill.bsky.social.
Unusual behaviors are a recurring theme in my career, and I much enjoyed writing this perspective!
@boron110.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialSumatran orangutans have a long, long childhood (8 yrs!) but there's a lot to learn. This week on the @science.org podcast, we hear about how social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans w/ Elah Feder & Revathe Thillaikumar www.science.org/content/podc...
@revathe.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social!! New in @science.org !!
How do animals learn broad skills necessary for survival in the wild? Our latest study on wild Sumatran orangutans at Suaq provides answers. 1/11
@zoegoldsborough.bsky.social📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣
Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social.
Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu...
Deadline 📅 23 October 2026
Please share widely!
@stephanielking.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social
@noraslania.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social‼️Field work position ‼️ We are looking for a research assistant for chimpanzee field work in Cote d'Ivoire, starting November. 🐵🌳📹 Have field experience, speak French, and want to study chimps with us? Take a look and reach out!
@susanamonso.comReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialInterested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia? We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science. Please consider applying if this is up your street!
@beleyurthejasvi.bsky.socialReposted by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialInterested in a postdoc at the University of Konstanz - maybe even to work with us on active sensing/bioacoustics/collective behaviour?
Non-discipline specific postdoc fellowships @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
12th October deadline!
@zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialImagine you are a white-faced capuchin monkey on Jicarón island learning how to use stone tools 🔨 Your mother does not use tools, so who do you turn to as a model? Our new manuscript answering this question is out now in Animal Behaviour @asab.org. doi.org/10.1016/j.an.... A 🧵 of our findings (1/10)
