The New York Declaration of Animal Consciousness was signed today by leading figures in philosophy and science, reflecting our current scientific knowledge of consciousness in vertebrates and invertebrates. Join us! nydeclaration.com

The 4th international workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots VIHAR-24 will be a satellite event of Interspeech in Kos Greece on 6th September 2024 and online on 9th September. vihar-2024.vihar.org

Save the date! My defense is sadly in PL, but you are super welcome to join me on the EN practice talk on zoom, May 29th 😍
#Arctic #seabird #vocalbehaviour , and I focus *heavily* on the signal.

Registrations are now open :-)

My first ever opinion article just got published CCBR Journal ! In it, I argue that evolutionary thinking is not yet inherent to comparative cognition, that it absolutely should be, and how we can get there.

…ve-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org/vol19_Reber/

A Nature Communications paper describes a hydrogel glue that could be used to help attach sensors to track small and fragile soft-bodied marine animals—such as squid and jellyfish —without damaging them. go.nature.com/3U3qNwi

Calling all #hedgehog professionals (hedgehog rehabilitators, veterinarians and veterinary nurses treating hedgehogs, researchers, staff at hedgehog NGOs)! Please help us describe this peculiar condition by participating in our survey and by spreading the word to colleagues🦔🤓🫶

Introgression and disruption of migration routes have shaped the genetic integrity of wildebeest populations | Nature Communications
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

In short:
Fences & roads prevent blue wildebeest from undertaking the 'great migration', leading to genetic problems.

Delighted to say that our new review article 'You lick me, I like you: understanding the function of allogrooming in ungulates' is now online with Mammal Review Mammal Society, at doi.org/10.1111/mam.12… 🦌🐄🐑 with Alan McElligott Kate Flay Perroux Tania at CityU JCC Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences

🥳🤯 so happy to see this chapter of my phd with Lucy Aplin finally out in American Naturalist (link: doi.org/10.1086/730110) we use an agent based model combining both transmission and RL to formally explore many different flavors of population turnover on adaptive cultural evolution.

The University of Iceland postdoctoral grants are now open for applications. Reach out if you’re interested in applying to work with us at the research centre in the Westman islands, we have potential projects available on a number of topics

english.hi.is/research/unive…

1 month until the deadline! I also encourage applications from people with more analytical backgrounds (e.g computer science). Please RT!

‼️We are hiring‼️ Assistant Professor in #Zoology (Animal Behaviour) - come work with us! These opportunities do not come often! Deadline 9th May. 🐶🦍🦝🦥🐞🦫🐘🪼🦜🐿️🦔🦌
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecruit/…

Freshly published 🐧🔥: 'Surface temperatures are influenced by handling stress independently of corticosterone levels in wild king penguins'

Congrats to Agnès Lewden for her first manuscript of our collaboration ECONERGY_#119 about thermal biology of penguins

linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S…

⏰Your monday morning reminder to apply for our 3 open positions: evocog-uzh.squarespace.com/take-action. 💨💨 Review of applications will begin this week!

Wildlife preservation and outdoor recreation: large mammals typically avoid human activity, especially during the day, whilst smaller species are more opportunistic, adapting to human-influenced landscapes ow.ly/Q7hj50RbjMl | #ProcB #Behaviour #Ecology

The #dogcognitioncenter , led by CCEP member Juliane Kaminski, is recruiting furry participants! #animalcognition #NationalPetDay2024

Fully funded PhD position in CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Come work with us on the development and validation of indicators of ecosystem integrity. Apply before 15 May. We are looking for candidates experienced in area-based conservation actions, GIS, etc.
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=161

Survival of the nicest: have we got evolution the wrong way round? How humans, animals and even single-celled organisms cooperate to survive suggests there’s more to life than just competition, argues a cheering study of evolutionary biology. nature.com/articles/d4158…

📢We are looking for a talented & motivated #PhD student to join our team at Seabird Ecology Lab in #seabird -fishery interactions for #REDUCE project
👉euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/223887
Please, send you CV, grades and motivation letter to jgsolis{at}ub.edu before 29 April 24🚨