Post Doc available We are looking for someone to come and work here at University of Exeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, Lauren Brent , Noah Snyder-Mackler and Kenny Chiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

Fantastic to see our new dwarf mongoose paper out - it was lovely to work with such a great team!

ISBE is a truely special conference. Grateful to Gulbali Institute for funding this trip and organisers for the ability to present this forthcoming work. #ISBE2024

🌟CONGRATULATIONS🌟 to Josh Arbon for the #new paper AND the journal #cover. 👏 Life-history and genetic relationships in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongoose groups. University of Bristol University of Bristol Biological Sciences Natural Environment Research Council European Research Council (ERC) doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…

Fantastic talk by Pernille M Sørensen on dolphin connections at University of Bristol Biological Sciences Late Night at Life Sciences, part of our 10 year anniversary celebration 🎉

Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.…

🚨NEW paper🚨 out today in Behavioral Ecology led by the brilliant Josh Arbon Social and seasonal variation in dwarf mongoose home-range size, daily movements & burrow use. With Amy Morris-Drake Julie Kern Luca Giuggioli Natural Environment Research Council University of Bristol Biological Sciences University of Bristol doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

PhD opportunity! 🐦‍⬛ Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB and BTO) on this important project to try and gain a general understanding of population change in insectivorous birds: linking demography to resource. 💻 exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

Very excited to have this published! No evidence for inequity aversion in nonhuman animals: a meta-analysis of accept/reject paradigms, w/ Christoph Völter, Prof Nichola Raihani , & Jan Engelmann : royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

FindAPhd ad now live for this PhD position on understanding social perturbations in natural populations: findaphd.com/phds/project/u… Please share widely 🙏

Last night we celebrated this year’s ZSL's Award winners, recognising their remarkable contributions to zoology and conservation science 🏆 We’re thrilled to announce our truly outstanding winners in this 🧵 📸 Brian Aldrich

Very honoured to have been awarded this prize and to meet so many fantastic, inspirational people along the way. Thanks to @CornishJackdaws for the mentorship, Guillam E. McIvor for all the support and ZSL Science for the award and such a lovely evening!

New PhD Studentship Opportunity! 🪶 Come work with us (the University of Exeter and University of Bristol) for this exciting project looking at “What Role do Gulls Play in Spreading Disease and Antimicrobial Resistance?” 💻 Visit: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… #PhDposition #seabirds

Pups, Parasites, and Predators: Oh My! 🐾 In dwarf mongoose groups, your group’s size and the season both shape how you move to survive. Bigger groups need more space, roaming farther for food. During breeding season, things get trickier: switching burrows becomes a priority

Re-upping before the holiday lull, please do reach out if interested and share! findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

A Pied Wagtail is taking a lil' stroll through your scroll... nice!

I’m very happy to share my first paper, and the first from my Masters, is out in @RsocPublishing #OpenScince 🤩 w/ coauthor and supervisor Christos Ioannou 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… 🧵1/12

🚨 Our latest paper on the social lives of vulturine guineafowl shows that females' agonistic interactions with their group members can change from before to after breeding! 🐣↘️/↗️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨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…

☀️New Paper!☀️ In Wiley Ecology & Evolution Dwarf mongooses lose body mass in hot weather due to limited behavioural plasticity With top co-authors: Josh Arbon Amy Morris-Drake Julie Kern Dwarf Mongoose doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…