#animalbehaviour — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #animalbehaviour, aggregated by home.social.
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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
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Animal experts divided about Barnaby Joyce's TV dog discipline
By Caitlin FurlongOne Nation MP Barnaby Joyce is back in the spotlight after some harsh words to his dog during a live TV interview, but experts are divided about what works when it comes to pulling a canine into line.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/dog-training-divide-after-barnaby-tv-interview/106943242
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Glitter in 'beautiful big nugget of rhino poo' unlocks fertility clues
By Bethany CodyEdible glitter is being used to track the reproductive cycles of the two youngest southern white rhinos Monarto Safari Park.
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'Almost certainly new' species of giant earthworms found in SA
By Isabella KellyA South Australian ecologist has been tracking giant earthworm sightings for 30 years, despite the species not officially existing in the state.
#Animals #ScientificResearch #AnimalBehaviour #Invertebrates #IsabellaKelly
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We welcome our 2nd plenary speaker at #ABL2026! 🤩
Dr. Sue Anne Zollinger (Manchester Metropolitan University) explores how chronic anthropogenic noise affects songbird physiology and behaviour.
From sleep 💤 and song learning 🎶 to immune function 🦠 and development—this talk will reveal the far-reaching consequences of noise pollution. 🐦🔊
Register to the conference: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
#AnimalBehaviour #NoisePollution #Songbirds #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
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'Garbage guts' tree frog catches and eats sunbird
By Baz RuddickA Townsville gardener was watering her garden when she witnessed a white-lipped tree frog catch a sunbird mid-flight.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/tree-frog-catches-and-eats-sunbird/106916642
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🚨 Only 55 days left! 🚨
Want to present your research at #ABL2026?
🗓 Submit your abstract by 6 September 2026 and join researchers from around the world for a day dedicated to "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World." 🌍🧠
🎤 Choose between:
🔹 A 15-minute live talk
🔹 A 5-minute pre-recorded video poster📄 Submit now:
https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ScienceConference #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #OnlineConference
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⏳ Just 120 days to go until #ABL2026!
Join us on 12 November 2026 for a full day dedicated to "Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World" 🐾🌍
🆓 FREE & fully online
📢 Abstract submissions are open
📄 Register & submit your abstract: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/We can't wait to welcome our global animal behaviour community in just 4 months!
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Australia's huntsman fastest spider on record, new study suggests
By Jacinta BowlerA species of huntsman spider found in Queensland is the fastest mover out of more than 250 spider species analysed in a new study.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-10/huntsman-speed-study-science-fastest/106900894
#Arachnids #ScienceandTechnology #AnimalBehaviour #Zoology #Animals #JacintaBowler
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This huge, hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the fastest spider on the planet
By Graham Readfearn, Nick Evershed and Andy BallA brown huntsman<em> </em>is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/09/fastest-spider-on-the-planet-brown-huntsman
#Spiders #Australianews #Environment #Science #Worldnews #Animals #Animalbehaviour #GrahamReadfearn #NickEvershed #AndyBall
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We're thrilled to welcome Dr Iliana Medina Guzman as a plenary speaker at #ABL2026! 🪲
How do camouflage and warning colours shape the evolution of species? 🦜 Dr Medina Guzman (uni. of Melbourne) combines field experiments, comparative analyses, and evolutionary biology to reveal how antipredator defences influence colonisation, dispersal, and even speciation. 🦋
🔗Register here to the conference: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
#BehaviouralEcology #Evolution #Macroevolution #AnimalBehaviour
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Neil the seal 'may have moved on', Tasmanian wildlife experts say
By Jano GibsonAuthorities in Tasmania say it appears Neil the seal may have left his resting spot at a Hobart beach and returned to sea.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-09/neil-the-seal-possible-return-to-sea-tasmania/106895946
#Animals #WildlifeTrafficAccidentsandIncidents #AnimalBehaviour #JanoGibson
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⏮️ Missed our cephalopods journey?🐙
The recording of Dr. Sam Reiter's talk, "Cephalopods as Biological Image Generators", is now available on YouTube! 🐙
Learn how cephalopods use visual information to produce stunning camouflage displays and discover the science behind one of nature's most remarkable adaptive abilities.🎥 Watch the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxArMeQDo5k
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🐙🗣️ It's today!
Join us in just a few hours for our seminar "Cephalopods as Biological Image Generators" with Dr. Sam Reiter (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) on YouTube! 🎥
Discover how cephalopods transform visual information into extraordinary camouflage patterns, and what this can teach us about vision, neural control, and biological intelligence.
📅 Time: Today, 8:00 AM GMT
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A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/26/human-animal-communication-step-closer-scientist-wins-prize-for-decoding-birdsong #AnimalBehaviour #Science #Birds #Animals #Biology #Environment #Wildlife #WorldNews #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology
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Since it remains unclear whether my current #PostDoc contract will be prolonged in January, I am starting to look for a new #AcademicJob!
My expertise are #ecology, #ethology, #AnimalBehavior, with a focus on #olfaction in #mammals.
I had a stint in #NeuroEthology, but that wasn't quite my cup of tea, and I am currently working in #AnimalWelfare for husbandry animals (think cows, pigs etc).
I have done field work (wild rodents), lab work (very controlled behavioral assays), and pure data analysis.
I do everything in #rstats, so my standard analysis tools are GLM/GLMM, but I'm currently learning how to properly use Generalized Additive Models, as they seem like the natural next step.
I've also dabbled in #python in order to work with #DeepLabCut and #moseq, so the last few years I spent mostly with #ComputerVision, #DeepLearning, and extracting data from videos.
As that requires heavy GPU calculations, I've done most on my work on institutional and/or national #HPC, and then crunched the masses of resulting data in #rstatsI'm looking for a job in the #EU, preferably anywhere north of Germany, but let's be honest, I'll go wherever there is a job.
My website is a bit outdated, but https://tsievert.com/
Please boost for visibility!
#AnimalBehaviour #FediJobs #FediHire #GetFediHired #LookingForJob
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📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2026 – 1 week to go!📣
Join us on Tuesday 30 June at 8:00 AM GMT for our next seminar! 🐙 Dr. Sam Reiter (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) on "Cephalopods as Biological Image Generators"
📍 Live on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxArMeQDo5k
✅ Free & open to all!
#AnimalBehaviour #OnlineSeminar #Cephalopods #AnimalCognition -
The secret language behind animal cooperation
'Animals from different species often rely on surprisingly sophisticated communication to work together, whether finding food, cleaning parasites, or gaining protection'
#AnimalBehaviour #CrossSpeciesCommunication #science
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619101328.htm