OnlineFirst - 'Bird feeding devices exclude unwelcome visitors. More-than-humans shaping the architecture and technology of birdfeeders in twentieth-century Finland' by Heta Lähdesmäki, Tuomas Aivelo @aivelo.bsky.social, and Panu Savolainen:

Helsinki Urban Rat Proj @helsinkirats.bsky.social #birdfeeding

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We're hiring a PhD candidate to Leiden University!

In nutshell:
- Interdisciplinary, participatory approach to the biodiversity of Dutch homes
- Freedom to shape focus, but both ecology and social studies
- Preferably fluent Dutch speaker
- DL 16.5.
universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2…

I wrote a brief remembrance of Frans de Waal, who died earlier this month. He had a remarkable influence, and I tried to convey some of the broader context of primate behavioral studies, as well as some conversations I had with him.

johnhawks.net/weblog/a-remem…

New publication! We found genomes of the monkeypox virus in great ape museum specimens - and this led us to the zoo outbreak in 1965 where it happened! wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30…

“ Our results demonstrate the value of citizen science in rapid exploration of wild reservoirs of infection as facilitators of disease incursion into domestic hosts, especially in regions where surveillance programmes in wild birds are absent”

Well, this is fine timing in NRC: 'Om stadsratten beter te leren kennen schakelt de universiteit van Helsinki stadsbewoners en scholieren in voor onderzoek.'

nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/03…

Suomalaisjohtoisessa tutkimuksessa tehtiin löydös, joka voi suojata punkkien levittämältä taudilta. Hanna M Ollila Tuomas Aivelo @aivelo.bsky.social
mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/suom…

Ohessa puolet #tiederuno 'stani. (Note to self: lyhyempi runo olisi ollut helpompi jakaa somessa.) Runo pohjautuu jyrsijämyrkkytytkimuksiini, ping Helsinki Urban Rat Proj @helsinkirats.bsky.social

Runo on julkaistu reilun 40:n muun runon kanssa Tiederunoja-kirjassa, jonka on toimittanut Heli Katajamäki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦