Chuffed to have been part of Christian Drerup 's latest work looking at the effect (or not) of underwater visual noise on cuttlefish behaviour. Hot off the press... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… James Herbert-Read University of Bristol Biological Sciences Ecology of Vision Marine Behavioural Ecology

"Visual noise from caustic flicker does not affect the hunting success of cuttlefish" Christian Drerup , Dr Martin John How and James Herbert-Read tested whether caustic flicker impairs the hunting success of cuttlefish. For more info: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨New paper alert! In the first paper originating from my #PhD, James Herbert-Read, Dr Martin John How and I show that, unlike in fishes, dynamic visual noise from #causticflicker does not affect the hunting success and behaviour of #cuttlefish.🦑Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbe…

Had a great time yesterday listening to interesting talks and presenting my first poster at Dept of Zoology seminar day. Was very proud to win the poster competition with my work on #lionfish activity in response to ambient sound!

Predator-Prey Interactions - Who's interested? If so, consider attending the 2024 Gordon Research Conferences on "Emerging Fields of Predator-Prey Interactions" chaired by Michael Sheriff Michael Sheriff and myself. Held in Ventura, Cali Jan 28 - Feb 2. 👇 grc.org/predator-prey-…

Massive congratulations to all talk and poster prize winners from #FSBI2023. They were amazing! However, the standard was incredibly high so everyone should feel proud 👏

Best talk: Rachel Johnson Best Speed talk: Emily Cormier Best Early Career talk: Katie Dunkley Runner up for best Early Career talk: Sam Fenton Best poster: Carl Bukowski (lead author - Uwe Krumme) Runner up for best poster: Matthew Hatfield

New preprint! “Collective behavior from surprise minimization,” by me, Beren Millidge, Lancelot Da Costa, Richard Mann, Karl Friston, Iain Couzin Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2307.14804 Code: github.com/conorheins/col… 🧵 (1/14)

🚨 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)

Trumpetfish are often observed 'shadowing' another larger, typically less-threatening fish. This was long believed to allow trumpetfish to approach closer to their prey, such as damselfish, without being detected. So, we flew to Curaçao to test this hypothesis! 🇨🇼✈️(2/7) #CARMABI

To find out what these long thin trumpetfish were doing, Sam Matchette spent hours underwater pulling model fish along a wire. He discovered that they were using other fish as moving camouflage to hunt their prey. Dive in for the full story 👇 Dept of Zoology James Herbert-Read

Trumpetfish use a number of tricks to catch prey, but research shows that one of their most effective tactics has much in common with human hunters’ subterfuge. By me featuring Luiz Rocha, PhD! nytimes.com/2023/08/07/sci…

🚨New paper!🚨 In a recent in-depth review, we ask: what's the (current) deal with dazzle? University of Bristol Biological Sciences Dept of Zoology UC Davis tinyurl.com/3pkr53bc #dazzle #camouflage #illusions #perception

We're recruiting in the School of Biological Sciences! With Department of Plant Sciences, Dept of Zoology is seeking a new Grade 11 Professor (Reader) to work interdepartmentally in the broad area of Biotic Interactions. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43953/ Deadline 25 Jan Exciting times are ahead, come and 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)

[Thread] I will now explain our new study about people cooperating with honeyguide birds, using Lego and graphs (and Lego graphs). This study was a great team effort: Honeyguide Research Project Claire Spottiswoode Jessica van der Wal Jess Lund + many not on Twitter.

We had some truly fantastic talks, but let’s not forget all of the hard work put into the posters of #ASABSpring2024. Congrats to poster winner Awani and honourable mentions Ari Drummond, Katie Crawford & Roxy Holmes! 👏🏻

Job Alert 📢 3yr The Leverhulme Trust funded postdoc on the Evolution of Animal Play 🐬🐒🐘 inc. fieldwork with the Shark Bay dolphins. Field experience with wild animals + quantitative skills essential. Come join our collaborative team! Pls share widely 🙏 jobs.ac.uk/job/DHP957/res…

🚨So thrilled to announce that I've passed my PhD viva this week! A big thanks to Martin Stevens and Edgar Turner for the great viva, as well as James Herbert-Read and my lab Marine Behavioural Ecology for the most amazing cephalopod and crustacean-themed presents!🦑🦀 #PhDone #DrDre #DrErup

🚨We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out NOW in Current Biology 🦑🌅Here we show how #cuttlefish alter their #camouflage response under naturally occuring dynamic lighting ('water caustics')! 🔗authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09… 🧵A thread to find out more: