Have you ever wanted to continuously film underwater species and their behaviours for up to 2 days at a low cost? Well now you can with our new open-source design guide published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… James Herbert-Read Inti Keith Charles Darwin Foundation-Fundación Charles Darwin Dept of Zoology

Find out more about the first findings of my #PhD on the effect of dynamic visual noise of #cephalopod behaviour 🦑

So v chuffed the 1st paper from my PhD is now out in Royal Society Publishing #ProcB 👇 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… I had a lot of fun along the way with co-authors Milly Munro & Christos Ioannou. Special thanks to funders Natural Environment Research Council GW4 Fresh CDT & @asab_tweets University of Bristol Biological Sciences 🧵 1/12

Six PhD students starting *this September* funded by NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Partnership Natural Environment Research Council Very short notice but excellent scheme, aiming to get PhD student funding to those from under-represented groups. nercgw4plus.ac.uk/apply University of Bristol Biological Sciences

🚨 We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out TODAY in Current Biology 🚨 Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🔗 tinyurl.com/4p424mbx 🧵 Thread to find out more: (1/7)

Exciting times lie ahead Dept of Zoology come and be part of the change! Applications are now invited for our Independent Research Fellowship scheme to support early career scientists in establishing their own research programmes. Deadline 13 Nov 23. To apply jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42696/

🚨 PhD opportunity in my lab. Come and work with us on bird traits and the fast-moving field of biodiversity metrics, co-supervised with ace colleagues at ZSL. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

⚡️Potential PhD opportunities⚡️If you like any combo of antipredator colouration, collective behaviour, fish, fieldwork in nice places, or robotics, please get in touch for opportunities at my new lab starting Oxford Biology!🐠🐠🐟🐟tinyurl.com/3xvtv8s9

Spent a happy day (despite being poorly) on finishing touches to the ASAB Spring 2024 Conference website! Hosted by CRAB. Following Chris Barnard's vision, this is perfect venue for ERCs to present their work. Pls RT asabspring2024.github.io Defunct ASAB Conference @asab_tweets

I'm advertising two awesome macroevolution-y PhD projects (at the University of Aberdeen) with upcoming deadlines: 1. On the global vertebrate pet trade, due Jan 17: quadrat.ac.uk/projects/trait… & 2. On parental care in fish, due Jan 30: findaphd.com/phds/project/s… Join us!

🚨We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out in #Ethology 🦀🦐🦑 Here we show that dynamic illumination has limited influence on the habitat selection and behavioural activity of #crustaceans and #cephalopods. 🔗doi.org/10.1111/eth.13… 🧵Thread to find out more: (1/5)

Do you like fish and sensory ecology? Looking for a research technician to join us in beautiful Cornwall University of Exeter CEC for 3 year position. Info here: rb.gy/mgks97

Out now 📣 new paper from my PhD: www-nature-com.bris.idm.oclc.org/articles/s4200… Big thanks to coauthors Christos Ioannou, Amy Deacon, Iestyn P-W & Martin Genner. Communications Biology University of Bristol Biological Sciences UWI St. Augustine GW4 Fresh CDT Let’s take a trip together to the fabulous Northern Range in Trinidad 🇹🇹… 🧵1/10

Fully funded* PhD opportunity working with me and @FleurPonton (also Helena Stage Ajay Narendra) *UK students only (funding rules) If interested in maternal effects, mosquitoes, microbes, models -- apply!! Get to spend time both at University of Bristol Biological Sciences and Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences

📢Come join us University of Bristol Biological Sciences!📢 Excellent initiative at University of Bristol: Internally funded fellowships for #ECRs of black / black mixed heritage Search: "Bristol Futures Research Development Fellowship" Deadline 28 Oct 2024. #BlackinSTEM Please repost!

OUT NOW🎉our review on the impact of turbidity on the predator-prey interactions of freshwater🐟! In a landscape of fast-changing env conditions, we hope this review will help anyone new to the field & those seeking direction for further experimentation👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fw…

An exciting opportunity for an early career researcher in ecology and conservation biology Dept of Zoology - a funded five year Fellowship linked to Clare College jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48931/ BES careers Royal Entomological Society The Royal Society

🚨Excited that the first chapter from my PhD is now out in Marine Biology. Here we show that #lionfish do not show any directional preferences for ambient #soundscapes during diurnal hours. 🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100… 🧵A thread to find out more:

Want to do a PhD in social evolution? Unfazed by challenging fieldwork? You have 11 days left to apply for our PhD exploring social evolution in the wasps of Africa, including a 3-month internship in wildlife filmmaking at the BBC Natural History Unit. tinyurl.com/AfricanWaspsPhD

My first ever paper! So excited that this is finally out 🐟