#behavioralecology — Public Fediverse posts

University of Washington researchers have deciphered the specific vocalizations of endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales to map the behavioral context of their calls and determine how human-generated marine noise disrupts their communication network.
#MarineBiology #Bioacoustics #BehavioralEcology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/mb05132601.html

The complete annual life cycle of the red-necked nightjar—including feeding, migration, and breeding—is strictly synchronized with the 29-day lunar cycle due to its reliance on moonlight for energy acquisition.
#Ornithology #BehavioralEcology #Chronobiology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/zoo05022601.html

Avian kleptoparasitism is a behavioral ecological phenomenon wherein birds steal nest-building materials, such as twigs and moss, from the nests of neighboring individuals rather than foraging for them independently.
#Ornithology #BehavioralEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/bs04152601.html

Wild grey #squirrels are willing to expend additional time and physical effort to secure a higher-quality food reward, contradicting standard laboratory models that suggest animals consistently devalue rewards requiring extra exertion.
#BehavioralEcology #Ethology #Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bs03272601.html

Female #humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
#MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.html

How Parrots Make Friends

"A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions that are much like developing friendships in humans."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#parrots #ornithology #SocialNetworks #BehavioralEcology #friends https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/24/how-parrots-make-friends/

How Parrots Make Friends

"A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions that are much like developing friendships in humans."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#parrots #ornithology #SocialNetworks #BehavioralEcology #friends https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/24/how-parrots-make-friends/

New research in northern Chile reveals 76 ancient stone traps used to hunt vicuña across the high Andean valleys. These “tethered landscapes” show how mobility, cooperation, and ecology shaped Andean lifeways. #Archaeology #Andes #BehavioralEcology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-tethered-highlands-ancient-hunting

For #ESA2025 we're featuring a few of the many datasets published through our partnership with the Ecological Society of America.

Explore "Macroinvertebrate habitat use and the cascading effects of a native and non-native species" from researchers Alexander Mott, April Blakeslee, Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, & Amy Fowler

DATA: bit.ly/3H7M9GG
ARTICLE: bit.ly/4fOD5U5

#opendata #openaccess #biodiversity #biology #ecology #behavioralecology

I only just started this book and I fucking love it. Please read. Thank.

https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigenous-critical-reflections-on-traditional-ecological-knowledge

but no srsly, thank you for considering it. It feels like talking to a friend who Knows how fucked up your family is.

You've been away for a while, so you're shielded from the worst of their damaging tantrums, but uncompromising bare facts of the situation still sober you up somehow.

#book #BookTok #BookLovers #libro #libros #leer #read #books #books2025 #BooksWorthReading #indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #IndigenousPeople #MVSKOKE #eco #ecology #PoliticalEcology #BehavioralEcology #land #learn #learning #pedagogy #teacher #sustainability #sustainable #env #environment #critical #comm #comms #communication #culture #ethnicity #meaning #philosophy #sociology #colonialism #SolarPunk #punk #critique #relationships #responsibility #reciprocity #interpersona #accountable #accountability #restoration #EcosystemRestoration #HabitatRestoration #conviviality #cooperation #cooperative #MutualAid #HelpPeople #CoCreation #collaboration #Community #CommunalDecision

I just created a #StarterPack for #AnimalBehavior

➡️ https://fedidevs.com/s/MjIz/

If you can think of people to add, let me know!

If you want to be removed, also let me know!

#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #AnimalScience #BehavioralEcology

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨
From Mind to Matter: Patterns of Innovation in the Archaeological Record and the Ecology of Social Learning

We model the conditions under which new technologies spread, how they spread, and what we should expect to see in the archaeological record given different types of transmission.

Code is open and available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8320361

Article, (DM for a hardcopy) is up at: https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2023.71

#archaeology #opendata #behavioralecology #anthropology

Animal behavior is notoriously complex. This #PLOSBiology Perspective looks at how technological advances in #BehavioralEcology have enabled the study of variability over space and time, allowing a more holistic view of this complexity.
https://plos.io/3qOqDyw

Rattlesnakes can calm down their friends, study shows

"Research reveals that rattlesnakes, like humans, experience stress reduction when in the presence of a companion snake, a phenomenon known as social buffering."

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/rattlesnakes-can-calm-down-their-friends-study-shows/

#herpetology #biodiversity #ecology #BehavioralEcology #animalbehavior #snakes

Animals respond to weekday vs. weekend differences in #human activity in their habitat.

#Hummingbirds decreased defense of their territories during busy weekdays compared to weekends, which allowed rivals more access to their flowers.

Studies like this one (Mendiola-Islas et al 2023) are reminders of the effect that humans have on #animals and #plants living with or near them, even when we are simply going about our business.

#conservation #BehavioralEcology

🔗 https://peerj.com/articles/14953/

JOB POSTING: Gerry Carter is hiring a 5-year+ Research Senior Associate to supervise experiments in his lab on sociality and cooperation in a captive colony of vampire bats.

Gerry is absolutely phenomenal to work with and this position looks amazing! Please share far and wide!!

More info here: https://socialbat.org/research-scientist/

@jobsecoevo #bat #VampireBat #cooperation #BehavioralEcology #SocialNetworks #postdoc #ResearchScientist #Macademia

Snakes Can Hear You Better Than You Think

Researchers have dispelled the myth that snakes are deaf to airborne sound and can ‘hear’ only ground vibrations. Snakes were placed in a soundproofed room, and sounds with different frequencies were played on speakers. [...] The experiment suggests that snakes can indeed hear sounds in the frequency range and volume of a human voice.

https://www.sciencealert.com/snakes-can-hear-you-better-than-you-think
#snakes #herpetology #reptiles #behavioralecology #animals #squamata #biodiversity #nature

Hello synapse.cafe!

Just migrated from sciencemastodon, a perfectly good instance, but I think this will feel a little more like home. Anyway, #introduction time again!

I’m an assistant #professor at the University of Manitoba in #Winnipeg. I run the #Invertebrate #Neuroethology #Laboratory, where we study #AnimalBehavior, #Neuroscience, and #BehavioralEcology. We are interested in the #NeuralCircuits of #Learning, #Memory, and #DecisionMaking, especially with respect to #TimeMemory, other areas of #Chronobiology, and #MultisensoryIntegration. We work mostly with #HoneyBees (#Apis #mellifera), but we like all #inverts!

@jimmygnarly @conradhackett @shengokai

I'm not sure what the solution is, but it is a problem across race, ethnicity, gender, and even language.

That said, I'm inclined to think it is a problem easier solved by decentralized entities agreeing to standardized code of conduct rather than a centralized entity attempting to enforce. Easier, although not easy. 🤓

https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613%2822%2900236-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1364661322002364%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

#cognitivescience #behavioralscience #BehavioralEcology #AlgorithmicJusticeLeague

#introduction

I’m an assistant #professor at the University of Manitoba in #Winnipeg. I run the #Invertebrate #Neuroethology #Laboratory, where we study #AnimalBehavior, #Neuroscience, and #BehavioralEcology. We are interesting in the #NeuralCircuits of #Learning, #Memory, and #DecisionMaking, especially with respect to #TimeMemory, other areas of #Chronobiology, and #MultisensoryIntegration. We work mostly with #HoneyBees (#Apis #mellifera), but we like all #inverts!

#Introduction

#AssistantProfessor at U. of North Texas #UNT. I study #BehavioralEcology (#BehaviouralEcology) and #CommunityEcology with #insect #pollinators. My lab focuses on how #GlobalChange affects pollinator communities and the interactions within those communities, including #bee #foraging behavior.

Current projects study pollinators in #rangeland and #SocialInformation use across insect functional groups. Also collaborating with #TPWD to assess #conservation status of TX #NativeBees.

#introduction

I'm Alli, I am a phd student studying #migration #ecology of Mountain plovers. I'm broadly interested in #behavioralecology. Although most of my research is in the realm of #ornithology, I'm curious about why all kinds of animals do what they do!

Okay, #introduction time.

I'm in the middle of a weird disciplinary leap right now but #neuroethology might be the right name. I did my PhD at UT Austin on #EnergyBalance and social context as factors in decisions about whether to signal in singing mice, with a pretty standard #BehavioralEcology perspective; currently, I'm working with #SLEAP and #PoseEstimation on mouse models of neurodivergence in the Grissom lab at UMN, experimenting with #BigData large scale behavioral collection.

We are recruiting for new field assistants for our parakeet work!

Please consider passing the ad to anyone who might be interested

Visit here for more information and to apply: bit.ly/3WTrw47

#JobAd #fieldjob #parrot #parakeet #sociality #SocialNetwork #AnimalBehavior #BehavioralEcology

Intro post: I'm a professor of #Biology at the #UniversityOfWashington. My training is in #EvolutionaryBiology, #BehavioralEcology, #PopulationGenetics, and #Epidemiology. I did lots of work in #Bibliometrics and #NetworkTheory. I teach #DataLiteracy. These days I spend a lot of time thinking about the spread of #Misinformation, the #ScienceOfScience, and #PhilosophyOfScience. I do a lot of #BirdPhotography and love #ravens, #crows, and all #corvids.

For your trouble, here's a perfect crow.

A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors

I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!

#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry

A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors

I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!

#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry

A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors

I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!

#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry

A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors

I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!

#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry