🤩It was great to finally host Mark O'Hara and Berenika Mioduszewska in our department and to finally see each other after a while. Goffin Lab Tanimbar was on a short visit to the Czech Republic! 🦜🇨🇿🇦🇹🇵🇱🇮🇩 😎 Vetmeduni Jihočeská univerzita Czech Centre of Cognitive Ethology

Our colleagues from Zoology department are looking for a PhD student working on behavioral ecology of African mole-rats! #PhDposition

🥳 My second PhD chapter is out in Animal Cognition 🥳 🦅⚔️ What happens if a feared predator loses its dangerous weapons or swaps them for harmless? 🤯 This study on predator recognition will both amuse and surprise you 🤩 #Ornithology ASAB @EthoGes doi.org/10.1007/s10071…

🦅⚔️ What happens if a feared predator loses its dangerous weapons or swaps them for harmless ones? 🤯 This study on predator recognition led by Ondrej Fiser will both amuse and surprise you 🤩 #Ornithology doi.org/10.1007/s10071…

Fantastic postdoc opportunity: the Mensch und Tier Stiftung is looking for two candidates for two-year postdoc fellowships of great ape behavior, conservation, or habitat protection! 🥁🎺🤓

There’s a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2025 & #Behaviour2025 ASAB Grants: asab.org/grant-overview ASAB Spring: asabspring2025.github.io Behaviour: behaviourindia2025.in Make sure you also follow ASAB 2025 & Behaviour 2025 for updates 😄

🚨 Big news everyone! 🚨 We have decided to extend our abstract deadline for #ASABSpring2025 until the 28th of February! That gives you two more weeks to send us your applications🎉 Register here: tinyurl.com/884wzzsy

🐍 What role do defensive postures of #snakes play in evoking fear in humans? And why is the effect of posture so strong in hooding cobras? Prof. Frynta et al. from Faculty of Science of Charles University come up with the answers in a new cross-cultural paper. Link below ⬇️ doi.org/10.1007/s00114…

🐍 Why are people across continents most afraid of thick-bodied #snakes? 📄 In a brand new paper, Prof. Frynta from Faculty of Science of Charles University and his colleagues uncover the evolutionary origins of the fear of snakes. doi.org/10.3390/ani150…

‼️ CogEvo 2025 🧠 🚨 A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, evolution and development organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences. 🗓️ July 17-18, 2025 📍 Rovereto, Italy 🇮🇹 🔗 Registration: event.unitn.it/cogevo/ #CogEvo2025 #CogEvo #Cognition #Neuroscience

🐝 According to the discovery of a new fossil hoverfly with a well-preserved mimetic color pattern, the occurrence of accurate wasp mimics preceded the dominance of passerine birds in Europe. 🐦 Read more in a new paper ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

❗️📝 PhD Thesis Offer: Impact of infant’s odour on parental bonding and behaviour 👩🏻‍🍼👃 📍 Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague ⏳ Application deadline: April 30, 2025 🔗 etologiecloveka.cz

🧠🦅 Facial configuration matters 🦅🧠 We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged. 👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear 👁️↩️ Rotate 180° = same fear 👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear

🐗 How do Wild Boars differ in movement, space use and daily activity? How do these differences affect their ability to survive and thrive in human-altered landscape? 🌲 👩🏻‍🔬 Dr. Michaela Masilkova and colleagues provide answers in a new study! ⬇️ doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

🐴 What role do fathers play in the horse world? What is the impact of paternal separation on behaviour of foals? 🤔 Read below! ⬇️🤩 doi.org/10.1016/j.appl…

📣ATTENTION!!! Two PhD positions on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees and Bonobos 🤩Swiss National Science Foundation University of Zurich University of St Andrews Come join Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group & Wild Minds Lab Cat Hobaiter ✨Please RT✨ EFP-Primatology PSGB Students AABA IPS Primate Primate Educators

I'm helping my Masters student to conduct a worldwide study to assess attitudes to breastfeeding and experiences. Please help us to get a global perspective on this question by completing the survey and sharing broadly! Thank you ❤️ tinyurl.com/2t4us4ss