Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge (@camzoology.bsky.social)

@cam.ac.uk Oct 5, 2026, 4:38 PMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

How long does a butterfly live? 🦋

A few weeks for most, but pollen-eating Heliconius can live up to a year – and have much bigger brains.

@ebablab.bsky.social from @camzoology.bsky.social is exploring how brains and behaviour can drive the evolution of new species 👉 bit.ly/4jFJJzG

@camzoology.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 PM

Protecting threatened species and habitats is important, but is it effective?

Should conservation also should take larger scale 'process-based' approaches? Prof Lynn Dicks and co-authors argue they should.

Read more: bit.ly/4z7t38I

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@zoologymuseum.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 2:08 PMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

📢Don't miss these events coming up at the Museum!📢

🐧 Pride in Nature Tour: Sun 27 Sept (All welcome)
🐳From Darwin to Dodos Gallery Tour: Fri 2 Oct (All welcome)
🦁Animal Tails: Fossil Fun: Fri 2 Oct, 10.30 & 11.30am (Ages 2 -5)
All FREE - https://ow.ly/cOzx50ZNmhp
University of Cambridge Museums

@ebablab.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 4:00 PMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️

Then I have the form for you! 📋

Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey:
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Please RT! 🙏

@rspbscience.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 2:02 PMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

Conservation efforts in Nepal have contributed to the recovery of Critically Endangered vulture populations there. Science has been central to this amazing story.

Read the blog: bou.org.uk/blog-mallord...

Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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credit: RSPB / Ankit Bilash Joshi

caption: White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) release, Pithauli, Nepal

ALT text: Three vultures standing on short grass scattered with bones; the left bird wears a yellow numbered wing tag, all show bare pinkish heads and layered dark feathers against a backdrop of green grass.

@camzoology.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 9:57 AM

World-first male fly brain map may help explain human behaviour.

Research co-led by our Drosophila Connectomics Group could help better understand conditions in which genetic differences affect brain wiring, such as autism and schizophrenia.

@mrclmb.ac.uk Sep 3, 2026, 3:09 PMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

This was a large project, requiring mapping 166700+ neurons, involving a large, international team, including @janelia-flyem.bsky.social Google Research @camzoology.bsky.social with @beckett14.bsky.social Philipp Schlegel @stuartberg.bsky.social @mmcosta.bsky.social & many others.

#LMBResearch 2/2

@adriatica.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 4:49 PMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

There are a couple more days to apply for this postdoc role in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab: we are looking for a computational biologist interested in how socially transferred proteins evolve. Is this you? Apply! Make sure to address all the criteria in your application!

@josharbon.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 9:37 AMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

Our review on pre-emptive behaviour in the context of inter-group conflict is live today!

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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@rspbscience.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 8:41 AMReposted by @camzoology.bsky.social

In the latest issue of British Birds you can read about how the tide has finally turned against lead ammunition use in the UK: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...

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