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Primatologist at Bangor University, UK. Studying Zanzibar red colobus https://www.zanzibarredcolobusproject.org

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Napier Memorial Medal | Primate Society of Great Britain

Have you submitted your PhD since April 1st 2024, or might submit by the 31st March 2026? πŸ“– Do you know a student who wrote an excellent thesis and deserves some recognition? πŸ…Nominations are open for the PSGB Napier Medal - submit a nomination by 31st March 2026: www.psgb.org/pages/95-nap...

03.12.2025 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
News | Primate Society of Great Britain The latest in society news

Do you care about primates, and want to help raise funds to support primate conservation, research, and captive care? πŸ’We're looking for a Marketing Administrator to support PSGB's work doing exactly that! 🀩 See the News section on our website for further particulars: www.psgb.org/pages/18-lat...

26.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.

#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

20.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re hiring a Field Project Manager with the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project!

Help run a growing wild chimpanzee research & conservation project in West Africa 🐡

Apply by 24 Feb (open until filled). More info via QR code in the image. Note: Right to work in the EU required. #job #conservation

28.01.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

Smashing talk from @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social today at Bangor! Thanks for visiting and for taking time to meet some of our PGR students for lunch ! @beps-bangor.bsky.social

20.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Many thanks, @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social, for hosting me in the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences at Bangor University. I greatly enjoyed the visit and our stimulating discussions.

20.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff

13.02.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 9
Two Bangor students win prizes at the Winter Meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain in Cardiff | Bangor University

A more detailed story about @zrcp.bsky.social work at the Winter Meeting of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social in Cardiff last November! www.bangor.ac.uk/sens/news/tw...

06.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

omg yessss! I'm so happy this has a date AND a rather fabulous cover πŸ₯³πŸŒˆπŸ¦‹

30.01.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Best feeling ever. Sending good news emails to people on a Friday. Sometimes I do LOVE my job.

30.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So yeah second semester has truly started. Welcome to the fray.

28.01.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New in #PhilTransB - theme issue explores the #biosphere in the #Anthropocene. All #OA. Read: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

27.01.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

22.01.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 1660 πŸ” 505 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 13
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Almost four years on since we started work on this project, it feels surreal to have a copy in my hand. @stephanielking.bsky.social @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social

17.12.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality In humans and other social mammals, more socially connected females often have higher fitness. Yet evidence linking female sociality to offspring surv…

We have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality πŸ§ͺ #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

01.07.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Job alert:
NOAA NWFSC & UW are looking for a postdoc (ASAP) in Seattle study foraging ecology of Cook Inlet beluga whales using eDNA. Genetics/ecology/eDNA experience preferred. Interested candidates reach out to kim.parsons@noaa.gov or rpkelly@uw.edu directly. #eDNA #ConsGen

14.01.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! πŸ¦β€β¬›

Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.

15.01.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026.
Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits.
A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles.
All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (Β£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk

We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026. Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits. A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles. All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (Β£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk

We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing

16.01.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...

13.01.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Cover of Animal Beahviour journal

Cover of Animal Beahviour journal

Beyond excited to have joined Animal Behaviour journal as an actual EDITOR this month! My fave journal that I’ve never published in (yet)!! Please do submit your cool primate papers so I get to read them!! @asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social

19.01.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers

(Left) Image of Prof Laurent Brent, University of Exeter
(Centre) Image of Prof Tim Caro, University of Bristol
(Right) Image of Prof Mariella Herberstein, Leibnez Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University

Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers (Left) Image of Prof Laurent Brent, University of Exeter (Centre) Image of Prof Tim Caro, University of Bristol (Right) Image of Prof Mariella Herberstein, Leibnez Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University

Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers

(Left) Image of Prof Andrew Radford, University of Bristol
(Centre) Image of Dr Bibiana Rojas, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
(Right) Image of Dr Christopher Schell, University of California, Berkeley

Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University

Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers (Left) Image of Prof Andrew Radford, University of Bristol (Centre) Image of Dr Bibiana Rojas, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Right) Image of Dr Christopher Schell, University of California, Berkeley Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University

Missed our #ECBB2026 Plenary Speaker reveals? Not to worry!

Here is a quick recap of all the excellent speakers we'll be welcoming at September's meeting!

19.12.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Right side: A group of meerkats representing the researchers that submitted a symposia proposal for ECBB 2026. 
Left side: The sad, lonely meerkat representing the one that forgot. All by themself. 

Submission deadline 31 January!

Right side: A group of meerkats representing the researchers that submitted a symposia proposal for ECBB 2026. Left side: The sad, lonely meerkat representing the one that forgot. All by themself. Submission deadline 31 January!

We know you don't want to start your year by forgetting to submit a symposia proposal before the 31 January deadline.

www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
#academicsky #ecbb2026

05.01.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Save the date information for the upcoming European Conference on Behavioural Biology: Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene. 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

Save the date information for the upcoming European Conference on Behavioural Biology: Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene. 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

Save the date for the next European Conference on Behavioural Biology!
Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene, 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University.
Watch this space for updates on speakers, plenaries, and calls for abstracts!

#AcademicSky #UpcomingConferences

18.07.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Ecological and social pressures drive same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates - Nature Ecology & Evolution Phylogenetic regression and structural equation modelling of environmental, social and life history traits across the primate clade indicates correlates for same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB), and suggests that while environmental and life history traits tend to influence SSB indirectly, social complexity directly promotes its occurrence.

Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research published in @natecoevo.nature.com: spklr.io/633248d15a

#Ecology #EcoSky 🌍

12.01.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great start to the day with a fascinating and important talk by Prof Jo Setchell, our first Plenary Speaker

27.11.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning! I am @mariannepaisley.bsky.social
, your new Student Officer. So excited to meet you all at this week's Winter Meeting! 🐡

27.11.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#ESHE2025
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke β€˜First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’
Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps

Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates!
Amazing 😍

27.09.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Two great biomechanics talks at @primatesocietygb.bsky.social by lab postdocs @savannarhianna.bsky.social and Charlotte King. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ§—πŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦πŸ΅πŸŒ³

28.11.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Thank you bringing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and hope to this year's Winter Meeting at National Museum Cardiff. We hope to see you all next year!

28.11.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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A heartfelt pant-hoot farewell to dearly departed Jane Goodall, from all of us at PSGB. Thank you Richard Wrangham for your moving Memorial Talk, guiding us through her life and legacy ❀️

28.11.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1