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Andy D Higginson

@andydhigginson

Ecologist interested in the evolution of animal cognition, morphology, development, and behaviour. NERC Fellow. Insect obsessive. Poodle servant. Dad.

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Dwarf Mongoose (@dwarf_mongoose) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW paper🚨 out today in Royal Society Publishing testing combined effects of elevated #predation risk & anthropogenic #noise on dwarf mongoose #vigilance behaviour. #OpenAccess Lucy Westover, Megan Layton Amy Morris-Drake Julie Kern Josh Arbon University of Bristol Biological Sciences doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2…

Ben Goldsmith (@bengoldsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The world doesn’t realise quite how much the British fear and hate wildlife. We’ve sold such a false impression of ourselves, with our Attenborough documentaries and our lecturing of the rest of the world on the importance of protecting wildlife. The writer George Monbiot once

Ben Goldsmith (@bengoldsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you doubt whether the British hate wildlife, pause and imagine for a moment being - A stoat on a grouse moor. Or a badger in the West Country. Or a mole in a garden. Or a wild boar in Scotland. Or a beaver on the Tay. Or a raptor on a shooting estate. Or a songbird

Dog Lovers (@doglovers03) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"It turns out that pets also have their own "last wishes" before they pass away, something only veterinarians who euthanize old or sick animals are aware of. A Twitter user, Jesse Dietrich, once asked a vet what the most challenging part of their job was. The vet responded

"It turns out that pets also have their own "last wishes" before they pass away, something only veterinarians who euthanize old or sick animals are aware of. A Twitter user, Jesse Dietrich, once asked a vet what the most challenging part of their job was. The vet responded
Andy D Higginson (@andydhigginson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Deadline for scholarships is nearly here! 27th Feb. exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…. Come study with CRAB on our excellent MSc programme exeter.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

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Do you want to study for an #MSc in #AnimalBehaviour with world-leading researchers in a lovely city? We are recruiting! exeter.ac.uk/study/postgrad……. Come learn and work with CRAB exeter.ac.uk/research/group……. Contact me for March's online open day experts.exeter.ac.uk/24840-andrew-h…

Do you want to study for an #MSc in #AnimalBehaviour with world-leading researchers in a lovely city? We are recruiting! exeter.ac.uk/study/postgrad……. Come learn and work with
<a href="/CrabExeter/">CRAB</a>
exeter.ac.uk/research/group……. Contact me for March's online open day experts.exeter.ac.uk/24840-andrew-h…
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#MadeAtWiko "Division of labour as key driver of social evolution", theme issue, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 380, no. 1922 (2025), compiled and edited by Fellow 2022/23 Michael Taborsky, Fellow 2016/17 Jennifer Fewell, Robert Gilles, and Barbara Taborsky

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Off to #LundyIsland on the field course tomorrow! Excited to guide the MSc students as they explore this beautiful place and study puffins and fulmars. The weather even looks lovely! Here's an old video to give you an idea. youtube.com/watch?v=Hkek5n… The Landmark Trust National Trust

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Why do many fertilised eggs never make it past the first trimester? An invisible conflict between genes may help provide some answers. Genes engage in brinksmanship. New paper with Patrick Kennedy

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Souvenirs of a wonderful time are the only thing students spend money on during the #LundyIsland field course, which is a fully-funded ecologically sustainable week of practising field skills in a stunning location. #MSc CRAB #AnimalBehaviour

Souvenirs of a wonderful time are the only thing students spend money on during the #LundyIsland field course, which is a fully-funded ecologically sustainable week of practising field skills in a stunning location. #MSc <a href="/CrabExeter/">CRAB</a> #AnimalBehaviour
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Why doesn't the seal on the low rock give up against the waves and join its mates on the big rock? Things we ponder over lunch on #LundyIsland šŸ˜€

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Yet another glorious day on #LundyIsland field course. Down there is the field site if you choose to study seals or anemones! CRAB #MScAnimalBehaviour

Yet another glorious day on #LundyIsland field course. Down there is the field site if you choose to study seals or anemones! <a href="/CrabExeter/">CRAB</a> #MScAnimalBehaviour