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I wrote a small article for Current Conservation on the back of our recent collaborative paper on safeguarding rare cases of human-wildlife cooperation. Read it here: currentconservation.org/how-we-can-saf…

Have you ever seen a Greater Honeyguide? Did it guide you or not? Let us know your #honeyguidestories! Share your sightings on honeyguiding.me #DidYouKnow #birds #honeyguide #birding #CitizenScience #ornithology

📢 Join me & this incredible panel on our Round Table Discussion to unpack how we can expand the #ornithology space in #Africa See you in Victoria Falls! #PAOC15 #BirdTwitter #ornithology #inclusion #transformation #DiversityandInclusion #earlycareer #RepresentationMatters

Think it's weird that honeyguide birds eat beeswax? Well, turns out other animals munch on it too! Read more about these other wax-eaters, and how they help steady the human-bird mutualism in our latest paper led by David Lloyd-Jones: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Ricardo J. Guta, our beloved colleague and friend, was yesterday laid to rest in Beira, Mozambique. Ricardo, a new PhD student in the Honeyguide Research Project, tragically died on 1 Dec. We miss him dearly. His legacy of kindness, optimism & passion for science will live on ♥️

EXCELLENT workshop & networking opportunity for researchers in conservation: Collab. on a cross-cutting paper, & enjoy a week of professional development in Oxford. **One of 3 themes is "A manifesto for African-led Conservation Research" ** More info & apply at link below

NEW PAPER! Honeyguides lead people to bees' nests, but do the do the same with honey badgers? We looked at the evidence (incl years of our own observations) & asked 400 honey-hunters across Africa what they have seen. Here's an easy-to-read summary cam.ac.uk/stories/birds-…

Guides and cheats: producer–scrounger dynamics in the human–honeyguide mutualism ow.ly/t19y50Q5qhO #ProcB #OpenAccess Jessica van der Wal Claire Spottiswoode Dept of Zoology FitzPatrick Ins WCS Mozambique Image: Dominic L. Cram

[Thread] I will now explain our new study about people cooperating with honeyguide birds, using Lego and graphs (and Lego graphs). This study was a great team effort: Honeyguide Research Project Claire Spottiswoode Jessica van der Wal Jess Lund + many not on Twitter.

Can anyone recommend ecology journals that might publish interview-based data (on human-wildlife interactions)?

A mural showing the declining tradition of honey-hunting with honeyguides now adorns a school in Mto wa Mbu, northern Tanzania. Outreach initiative by Amana Kilawi, a founding member of the African Honey-hunting Research Network led by Jessica van der Wal supported by Cultural Evolution - Transformation Fund

🚨 New 🚨 Ever wondered how researchers chose where they publish? We found 3 groups: 1️⃣ Prefers society-owned journals, willing to pay more 2️⃣ Prefers #OA & broad scope, cost-sensitive 3️⃣ Values double-blind review & high impact, dislikes high fees Link conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

🍯🤝Honeyguides & humans: a sweet deal! Our new paper quantifies how these birds boost honey-hunter income in Reserva Especial do Niassa, Moçambique— where 75% of honey harvests rely on them! A vital mutualism for livelihoods & culture in miombo woodlands: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecos…