Excellent stuff Yavanna and Lisa Leaver! In addition to the fascinating content and attractive layout, check out the Exeter Squirrel Project new logo🤩

Very excited to (finally!) see our paper out in NatureEcoEvo showing how spatial memory predicts whether, and where, pheasants are killed by predators! nature.com/articles/s4155… (thread!) 1/

New #research by Dr @pauledwardrose University of Exeter shows the benefits of #zoos to society and local communities are largely underestimated by the wider population. Read more: bit.ly/3DhkaPq

🚨New paper alert!🚨 We've known for a decade that killer whale moms keep their adult sons alive. But how does this impact the moms? Turns out, quite a lot! Read more here (OA) cell.com/current-biolog… and see the thread below...

Killer whale mums pay a high price for raising sons - new research by University of Exeter Whale Research University of York University of York @ExeterMarine Darren Croft 🐬Michael Weiss🐋 CRAB Sam Ellis @DanFranksRsrch Read more 👉 exeter.ac.uk/news/research/… Full study 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Male but not female killer whales place significant reproductive costs on mothers. This burden is not due to costs of lactation and does not reduce as sons get older. More brilliant life-history work by 🐬Michael Weiss🐋 Darren Croft Whale Research and others.

How do animal courtship displays evolve? New paper rdcu.be/c6t0t started life as a student research project by Irene García-Ruiz Irene Garcia-Ruiz on our MSc Animal Behaviour course exeter.ac.uk/study/postgrad…. Delighted to see it in print now!

DOUBLE CAKE at todays CRAB lunch meeting. One (well 2) from Stephen Lea celebrating: link.springer.com/article/10.100… And another from Tim Fawcett (featuring a displaying sage grouse) in honour of: link.springer.com/article/10.100… A good meeting.

“Usually you’re up at 4am, walking 2hrs through the forest to find the monkeys, watching them for a whole day then going home…” read this article on our speaker @DeMoorDelphine ahead of our event tomorrow CRAB University of Exeter News Soapbox Science exeter.ac.uk/research/event…

CRAB bids farewell to 🐬Michael Weiss🐋 - best of luck in your new gig at Whale Research! Deny it all you like, but your love of data analysis means you'll never truly be rid of us😅

Excited to share our (w/ Safi Darden & Tim Fawcett) paper on guppy cooperation out today in Royal Society Publishing Proc B! We tested the effect of group size on predator inspection and found (unexpectedly) that individuals in bigger groups cooperated more! 🐟 doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

New research by Dr @pauledwardrose of CRAB advocates for evidence-based #animalwelfare and measurement of the positive mental and emotional states of zoo animals in order for them to be physically and behaviourally healthy 🦒 Read more: bit.ly/3rKVaNy

Zoos can improve human health and connection to nature, according to new research by @pauledwardrose CRAB ExeterPsychology University of Exeter University of Winchester Numerous studies have shown that spending time outside in the natural world boosts our physical and mental health

Come do a PhD with me, Lauren Brent and Christos Ioannou, modelling the social lives of monkeys and fish. What could be more fun? exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

Spent a happy day (despite being poorly) on finishing touches to the ASAB Spring 2024 Conference website! Hosted by CRAB. Following Chris Barnard's vision, this is perfect venue for ERCs to present their work. Pls RT asabspring2024.github.io Defunct ASAB Conference @asab_tweets

Excited to welcome the ASAB community of ECRs to Exeter in the Spring!

Want to do an MSc? Exeter is a world leader in animal behaviour research and our MSc in Animal Behaviour alumni go on to exciting careers. Join us *Thurs June 6 at 4pm BST* for a Teams info session on the course Meeting ID: 344 656 149 587 Passcode: GuDKD7 exeter.ac.uk/research/group…

Happening now! MSc info sesssion. Join us to hear about doing a Masters in CRAB!

Brilliant session yesterday. If you couldn't make it feel free to get in touch with me. exeter.ac.uk/study/postgrad…. Just look at the projects run by just one of our 11 supervisors!

Who wouldn't want to work with this friendly bunch?! Lauren Brent Lisa Leaver @pauledwardrose Darren Croft Pheasants@Exeter Sam Ellis Natalie Hempel, nataliehempel.bsky.social