Dr Leoma Williams
@leomavlw
Graduate Biodiversity Consultant with a PhD in animal behaviour and cognition. Freelance science and nature writer. She/her.
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https://www.discoverwildlife.com/author/leomawilliams/ 03-10-2016 08:07:59
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[URGENT!!!] Looking for a research assistant to study sleep in wild chimpanzees from next month to end of October at the Budongo Field Station in Uganda. It's a very short notice but it's a great opportunity to study wild chimpanzees <3 More information: groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wis…
🐺🐺Looking for students for studies at the Wolf Science Center (Wolf Science Center)! 🐶🐶 Scientific internships are available to work at the WSC – either to do research for your Master thesis or as internship, starting between September and November 2023, for a minimum of 6 months.
🚨 Master's Thesis (remote applicants welcome too!) opportunity at University of Zurich 🚨 Join us (with sofia forss) and contribute to an exciting new project looking at the effect of research on #chimpanzee cognition 🐵 We look forwards to hearing from you! Questions very welcome!
Same-sex sexual behaviour may have evolved repeatedly in mammals, according to a Nature Communications paper. The authors suggest that this behaviour may play an adaptive role in social bonding and reducing conflict. go.nature.com/3LLB1yb
Look out for my newest feature in this month's BBC Wildlife Magazine where I'm talking about same-sex sexual behaviors in animals! (As well as the naturalistic fallacy and why we don't actually need to see things in nature to embrace it in humans) BBC Wildlife 🌈
My first BBC Wildlife cover story 😍 Be sure to check out Big Little Journeys on BBC2, some really amazing (and adorable) animal stories! Then read my article to find out about even more tough little animals. BBCWildlifeMagazine #biglittlejourneys #bbc2 #bbcwildlife
How do we know someone is trustworthy? 🤔 This online study for 9 year olds is looking at their understanding of intention and bias of informants! 🧐 If you know a child that would be interested in taking part, please drop us a message or email [email protected]! ✨
PhDone! Many thanks to my wonderful examiners Prof. Amanda Seed and Bahar Koymen and my supervisor Keith Jensen of course 😊
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…
Job alert! 10-month full-time paid RA in primate behaviour/cognition working on a range on projects (e.g. video coding, long-term datasets, zoo based experiments): get in touch for details! Evolution and Social Interaction Group NTU Psychology NTU School of Social Sciences vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
What do researchers studying #primatebehaviour and #cognition go on to do as #jobs after their studies? Our latest blog catching up with our RZSS Living Links and Budongo Research Unit Alumni and what they are doing now after their research Edinburgh Zoo is out now! See below!