🚨We are welcoming applicants for an ERC-funded PhD project with the IMPRS-QBEE graduate program Universität Konstanz 🦋👀💡Are you (or someone you know) interested in visual neuroethology, dynamic light environments, and insects? Apply here: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/70685/Dynamic-…

📢Attention Postdocs: Get the chance to present & discuss your research at our Institute! We invite postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply until October 31: bi.mpg.de/ess Art

The Birdsong Lab at the University of Lethbridge is seeking 1-2 motivated graduate students to join us starting in Fall 2025. Funding is available. (a🧵1 /6)

Very excited to share this project that’s been in the making for well over a year with Diana Borse. Introducing the Fieldnotes podcast!!! Ep 1 features @JGMussoi talks about her amazing research on why sleep is important to birds #science #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/15qzrm…

Apply Now for the Max Planck-Weizmann Joint Postdoctoral Program in the fields of: • Life Sciences • Chemistry • Physics • Earth Science • Math • Computer science Includes a fully funded four-year position, split equally between the two institutions >>

Wrinkles reveal whether elephants are left- or right-trunked, study finds theguardian.com/science/2024/o…

Royal Society Publishing News from Science Here is the paper in collaboration and co-lead authored with two outstanding scientists in the Brecht Lab - Lena Kaufmann and twitterless Noemie! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Tis the season! ❄️ Seasonal changes in vocal behavior of wild house mice 🐀 1.3M vocalizations + 10 years of radio telemetry data, Nick Jourjine is doing the hard work to make the field into the lab! Check out this preprint 👇

13/10/24 last date. I am looking for a PhD candidate interested in bird behaviour & bioacoustics. Ability to work in field (sometimes for long hrs), understanding of biostats/data analysis, basic coding skill (python/R/anyother). Bio bkgrnd not essential. iisermohali.ac.in/admission-news…

We are excited to offer a DAAD Rise internship this coming summer (~May-August) for NA/UK/IRE undergraduate students! Interested in insect vision👀, quantitative behaviour🧮, and movement tracking🦋? Get in touch with us and/or apply here: rise-germany.de/offer/offers/d…

Underestimated females: A new study by Vallentin Lab reveals the influence of females on song learning in zebra finches. Vocal feedback from females can activate a neural circuit in the brain of young males while they are learning their song, increasing its accuracy. Read

Do you want to share your #AudioMoth devices? My student (USA based) would need some for their research project!🐦🦉🐦‍⬛ (We'd pay for all costs) The group order from the official website is currently sold out and I thought to ask fellow scholars before going for expensive options

Sound and vibration control crocodile hatching 🐊🔊. New paper by ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab & Co. @brillpublishing brill.com/view/journals/…

Testosterone isn’t just a male hormone! Researchers MPI for Biological Intelligence and TU München have bred chickens without androgen receptors, revealing new insights into the complex role of testosterone in both sexes. Find out more: bi.mpg.de/news/2024-10-g… Mekhla Rudra Art by julia kuhl at somedonkey.bsky.social

Reminder: One week left to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series!

Hey tweeps, we did a thing!! Led by Prof Mentesana, it summarizes our knowledge on fitness influences of maternal hormones in eggs! 🥚 🥚 🍳🐦🐧🦆🦤 I hope it inspires more investigation on this fascinating topic

Stress transmission in bird flocks–it’s a thing! 🐦🐦⚡️Damien R. Farine and I show what happens to zebra finches living together with stressed friends. Stoked to see this out, sooo much hard work went into it. Thanks Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Universität Konstanz MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

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Con alegría comparto este pequeño hito: sobre la biología de un ave apasionante. Centralizamos lo que sabemos y discutimos su potencial como especie modelo en el neotrópico LINK: bit.ly/horneronat