#animal-behaviour — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #animal-behaviour, aggregated by home.social.
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe #Primatology #UrbanWildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #EndangeredHabitats #TreesAndForests #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science
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How do ravens navigate their complex social lives? 🐦⬛🪺
Dr. Bugnyar will explore what we can learn from these large-brained birds about social cognition, social learning, and personality, and why ravens offer a fascinating model for studying the evolution of cognition.
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
By Rebecca RatcliffeAs human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#Primatology #Urbanwildlife #Endangeredspecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #Endangeredhabitats #Treesandforests #Animalbehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #RebeccaRatcliffe
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The pet I’ll never forget: Polly, the golden retriever who saved my husband’s life
By Hannah Cooke, as told to Sinéad CampbellWe got her as a puppy and she became particularly close to Adam – a blessing when he went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the night
#Dogs #Pets #Lifeandstyle #Heartattack #Animalbehaviour #TheGuardian #HannahCooke #astoldtoSinadCampbell
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🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2026! ✨🌍
The annual Animal Behaviour Live online conference returns on 12 November 2026, in just 2️⃣ months !🎓 This year’s theme is “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World”, bringing together researchers from around the globe to explore anthropogenic changes and more
📢 Abstract submission is now closed! 🙌
✅ Registration is open to everyone!
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Ever wondered why Agama lizards don't usually feed at night?🦎
I’ve been observing and researching their behaviour, along with how other animals differ between daytime and nighttime activity.
I put my findings together into a simple webpage.
Check it out here:
"Agama Science — Observation & Research" https://agamascience-r1ot65.public.builtwithrocket.new/?rk_owner=trueWhat have you observed about Agama lizards where you live? 👀
#Science #Biology #AgamaLizard #Reptiles #Nature #AnimalBehaviour #Nigeria
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'Regulars': Hitchhiking birds catch Sydney train commuters by surprise
By Shannon CorvoYou may have heard of snakes on a plane, but what about birds on a train?
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Dogs blink more often when they see owners blinking, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/26/dogs-blink-more-often-owners-blinking-study #AnimalBehaviour #Dogs #Pets #Science #Animals #WorldNews
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Dogs blink more often when they see owners blinking, study finds
By Nicola Davis Science correspondentScientists say research suggests blinking may have acquired a social relevance in interactions between dogs and people
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/26/dogs-blink-more-often-owners-blinking-study
#Animalbehaviour #Dogs #Pets #Science #Animals #Worldnews #TheGuardian #NicolaDavisSciencecorrespondent
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Animal rescuer warns of rooster influx, says school hatching programs making issue worse
By Briana FioreAn Adelaide animal rescuer is urging people to stop dumping roosters, and says school hatching programs could be contributing to the problem.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/sa-rescuer-urges-people-to-stop-dumping-roosters/107074902
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What happens when a mosquito feeds on a warm-blooded host? 🦟🌡️
Join us on Nov 12 to discover Dr. Chloé Lahondère’s work exploring how temperature shapes mosquito physiology, behaviour, host interactions, and adaptation, from blood meals to ecosystems!
Learn more about the conference & register for FREE: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #scienceconference
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⏰ Only 2 weeks left to submit!
Showcase your research at #ABL2026, our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
🔹 15-min oral presentation
🔹 5-min video poster
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract here 👉 https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #onlineconference #changingworld
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What’s the problem with noisy neighbors? 🐦🔊
Join us on Nov 12 to discover Dr Sue Anne Zollinger’s work on the impacts of anthropogenic noise on wildlife, from sleep and song to offspring and even effects across generations!
Learn more about the conference & register for FREE: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #scienceconference -
Klara has a routine of moisturising her toe beans with butter after keeping us company for breakfast. Just when you think you have seen everything. Life is never boring with cats in the house.
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Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/shrews-bigger-snouts-winter-cold-air #Wildlife #AnimalBehaviour #Biology #Science #Japan
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Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say
By Nicola Davis Science correspondentStudy of long-clawed shrew skulls from Japan shows that while skulls get smaller in winter, snouts elongate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/shrews-bigger-snouts-winter-cold-air
#Wildlife #Animalbehaviour #Biology #Science #Japan #TheGuardian #NicolaDavisSciencecorrespondent
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⏰ Only 21 days left to submit!
Showcase your research at #ABL2026, our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
🔹 15-min oral presentation
🔹 5-min video poster
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract here 👉 https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #ecology #biodiversitycrisis
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🌟 You’re invited! 🌟 Join us for #ABL2026, a FREE online conference on 12 November, centred on this year’s theme: “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World” 🌍
Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive space, and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube.
📅 Submit your abstract by 6 September!
🔗 More info & sign-up: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #anthropogenicfactors
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‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean
By Oliver MilmanSmart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of sea
#Marinelife #Oceans #Wildlife #Environment #Invertebrates #Animalbehaviour #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #OliverMilman
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Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/male-redback-spiders-invite-cannibalism-through-a-self-sacrificial-somersault-during-sex-but-why #Spiders #AustraliaNews #Science #Animals #Environment #Wildlife #AnimalBehaviour
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Male redback's bizarre death somersault during sex is in its genes
By Ellen PhiddianMale redback spiders somersault onto the female's fangs while mating and are killed. Researchers cross-bred the Aussie spiders with their NZ cousins to find out why.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-08-12/redback-spiders-backflip-katipo-sex/107022976
#AnimalBehaviour #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Animals #Insects #EllenPhiddian
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Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why?
By Donna LuNew research sheds light on the genetic basis of the venomous insect’s ‘weird mating behaviour’
#Spiders #Australianews #Science #Animals #Environment #Wildlife #Animalbehaviour #TheGuardian #DonnaLu
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How to handle yellowjacket nests in garden beds https://www.allforgardening.com/1922178/how-to-handle-yellowjacket-nests-in-garden-beds/ #agricultural #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalProduct #AnimalProtection #apocrita #BeeColony #BeeHouse #beekeeping #bees #black #breeding #BreedingGround #BreedingSeason #Builds #BunchOf #caring #Colony #Cultivate #Cultivation #cutout #deserted #ecofriendly #EnvironmentProtection #exemptable #ExteriorView #garden #gardening #group #Hobby #honeycomb #hymenoptera #Many #ManyAnimals #nest #NestBuilding #NestingAid #NestingSite
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I’ve been reading more about this foraging behaviour by gulls. It’s called “Foot Paddling” and various gulls and other coastal birds around the world do it. I found a 1999 article by a geologist at the University of Auckland, Murray Gregory, who gets excited about the possibility that gulls’ foot paddling puddles might be visible in the fossil record.
Also, when small birds do it, it’s not “foot paddling”, it’s “foot trembling”, as in “The recently arrived Black-fronted dotterel also indulges in foot-trembling.”
https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/22db3351-f34b-4d84-b6b0-354f7f6e8b76/content
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On Thursday I watched this tarāpunga (NZ Red-billed Gull) on the edge of the ocean repeatedly doing a slow shuffle dance in the wet sand. It would shuffle its feet to make a wet puddle then stop and eat whatever little invertebrates rose to the surface. Then it would do its dance steps again.
Definitely full marks for style and smarts.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/389180275
#birds #seagull #nz #beach #Chroicocephalus #gulls #AnimalBehaviour
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Hey babe, would you like me to fluff myself up and bob up and down for you?
I saw this pair of kererū in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens yesterday. It looks like love is in the air.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/389182421
#birds #NZ #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #kererū #AnimalBehaviour #Display
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✨ 3 months until our online conference ! ✨
Discover our amazing plenary speakers of #ABL2026 in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌
🔗Free registration here : https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
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📢 Call for abstracts! Want to present your animal behaviour research online & for free? Submit a 5-min video poster for #ABL2026. Hosted on YouTube with live Q&A on Discord!
📅 Nov 12 | Free, online, worldwide
🌍Studying Behaviour In A Changing World
🔗 Learn more, register, submit Register here: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#animalbehaviour #animalbehavior #onlineconference #ethology
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Neil the seal's damage bill and management costs revealed
By Jano GibsonThe cost of managing Neil the seal's biannual visits to Tasmania is in the tens of thousands of dollars, the environment department has revealed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/neil-the-seal-damage-costs-revealed-tasmania/106970512