New paper @oikosjournal.bsky.social! Wild #guppies become twice as social in response to ephemeral food resources, helping individuals find these fleeting foraging opportunities. doi.org/10.1002/oik.... With @ralfkurvers.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @gedragsbiologie.bsky.social

⏰ Two weeks left to register! Registration closes on 23 October at midnight.

Join us 18–20 Nov 2026 in Egmond aan Zee for our (fun) annual Behavioural Biology meeting!

MSc grants cover registration fees. Encourage your students to apply and give a talk!

🔗 www.gedragsbiologie.nl/upcoming-mee...

My Master’s thesis on the benefits of co-operation in the Arrow-marked babbler is now published in Behavioural Ecology!

Link for the article:
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On Researchgate:
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📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣

Are you interested in the effects of climate change on social behaviour? 🌡️🔥
This PhD project will examine these effects in the amazing burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Informal enquiries welcome. Please share widely!

New 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

Monash University is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship to an outstanding student in animal behaviour/evolutionary ecology. Choose from eight project areas. For information about what project I'm offering, please DM me or see application form: forms.gle/ia9t4KPD3FKT.... Deadline: 15 Nov.

I 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)
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
@livingingroups.bsky.social
@carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social

New publication: Family life is critical for migration and survival in a long-lived social #bird, by @hanslinssen.bsky.social @bartnolet.bsky.social and others. #Bewicksswan #sociallearning #waterfowl #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1007/s002...