Had a great time yesterday listening to interesting talks and presenting my first poster at Dept of Zoology seminar day. Was very proud to win the poster competition with my work on #lionfish activity in response to ambient sound!

Massive congratulations to all talk and poster prize winners from #FSBI2023. They were amazing! However, the standard was incredibly high so everyone should feel proud 👏

🚨 We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out TODAY in Current Biology 🚨 Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🔗 tinyurl.com/4p424mbx 🧵 Thread to find out more: (1/7)

Trumpetfish are often observed 'shadowing' another larger, typically less-threatening fish. This was long believed to allow trumpetfish to approach closer to their prey, such as damselfish, without being detected. So, we flew to Curaçao to test this hypothesis! 🇨🇼✈️(2/7) #CARMABI

Undoubtedly, one of my most fun collaborations. Wonderful #natural #history combined with a neat field #experiment. Our 🌟NEW🌟 paper, led by the brilliant Sam Matchette, shows the hunting advantage #trumpetfish gain by #shadowing movements of herbivores. tinyurl.com/4p424mbx

We've uncovered why #trumpetfish shadow other fishes on coral reefs. Just some of the work supported by the Whitten Programme in Tropical and Aquatic Biology. Get in touch if you're interested in #marinebiology #behaviorualecology #TonyWhitten tinyurl.com/4p424mbx

On my way to #Bielefeld for #Behaviour2023. I'm more than excited to hear about the latest findings in #animalbehaviour, and present my research on #cuttlefish #camouflage in Lecture Hall 1 on Thursday (17th) at 3.30pm. 🦑 Behaviour 2023

🚨New paper!🚨 In a recent in-depth review, we ask: what's the (current) deal with dazzle? University of Bristol Biological Sciences Dept of Zoology UC Davis tinyurl.com/3pkr53bc #dazzle #camouflage #illusions #perception

Exciting times lie ahead Dept of Zoology come and be part of the change! Applications are now invited for our Independent Research Fellowship scheme to support early career scientists in establishing their own research programmes. Deadline 13 Nov 23. To apply jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42696/

We are launching a new scheme to enable ECRs to bring a research fellowship to Dept of Zoology, Cambridge - please retweet and send to anyone who might be interested!

Come along to the 2024 Gordon Research Conferences on "Emerging Fields of Predator-Prey Interactions" chaired by Michael Sheriff Michael Sheriff and myself. Held in Ventura, Cali Jan 28 - Feb 2. Applications must be submitted by December 31 - Please RT👇 grc.org/predator-prey-…

Thrilled and humbled to recieve ZSL Scientific Medal for my research on dolphin social behaviour. It was wonderful to share the evening with past + present award winners that I greatly admire, inc. Patrick Kennedy!🐬🐝🍾University of Bristol University of Bristol Biological Sciences zsl.org/news-and-event…

We're recruiting in the School of Biological Sciences! With GeneticsCambridge & Department of Plant Sciences, Dept of Zoology is seeking a Grade 11 Professor (Reader) to work interdepartmentally in the broad area of Evolutionary Networks (incl. ecological or social networks) jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43903/ Deadline 25 Jan

We're recruiting in the School of Biological Sciences! With Department of Plant Sciences, Dept of Zoology is seeking a new Grade 11 Professor (Reader) to work interdepartmentally in the broad area of Biotic Interactions. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43953/ Deadline 25 Jan Exciting times are ahead, come and join us!

JOB ALERT We seek an engaged, effective leader to be Full Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology and Director of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge in Dept of Zoology Amazing staff, exceptional collections, award-winning public engagement. Deadline 22 Jan More here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44142/

🚨We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out in #Ethology 🦀🦐🦑 Here we show that dynamic illumination has limited influence on the habitat selection and behavioural activity of #crustaceans and #cephalopods. 🔗doi.org/10.1111/eth.13… 🧵Thread to find out more: (1/5)

Back to Curaçao for another field season! Sam Matchette 🐟

We had some truly fantastic talks, but let’s not forget all of the hard work put into the posters of #ASABSpring2024. Congrats to poster winner Awani and honourable mentions Ari Drummond, Katie Crawford & Roxy Holmes! 👏🏻

⚡️Postdoc in sensory ecology!⚡️ 3 year position at Oxford Biology on colouration in fish schools! If antipredator colour, collective behaviour, fieldwork in nice places, and fun experiments with predatory fish is your thing, get in touch! Pls RT 🐟🐟🐠🐠💥jobs.ac.uk/job/DHJ328/pos…

🚨We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out NOW in Current Biology 🦑🌅Here we show how #cuttlefish alter their #camouflage response under naturally occuring dynamic lighting ('water caustics')! 🔗authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09… 🧵A thread to find out more: