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Nice example of a thread network for the new finding by @DarrenPCroft @Samellisq. Shows how Bill Hamilton's seminal paper of "Hamilton's Rule" has preceded theory developments by @Padraig_Kennedy and by Rufus Johnstone leading to the killer whale paper. wikifindings.net/findings/63dad…
New finding "Democratic to Despotic: The Effect of Dominance on Animals’ Communication" on paper by @eithnekavanagh, @zannaclay et al. Entry by Rebecca Cummins @CrabExeter MSc Animal Behaviour. wikifindings.net/findings/62b19…. Figure from paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
A Wikifindings.net entry optionally includes an image, which can be a figure, a visual abstract, or an illustration of the main finding. Here's the one from the entry that explains why there is a dawn chorus. wikifindings.net/findings/5ed7a…
Articles on Wikifindings.net should follow the Plain English guide plainenglish.co.uk/files/howto.pdf. A template is provided for the format of articles in which the summary is divided in to Background, Findings, and Implications.
New finding "Why hunt, why gather and why share? Foraging and food-sharing motives in a human population" on paper in @HumBehEvoSoc by @DStibbardHawkes @corenapicella et al. Entry by Havovi Khareghat and @GillianRBrown1 @st_psy wikifindings.net/findings/63bc0… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
New finding "Sequence alignment of folk song melodies reveals cross-cultural regularities of music evolution" on paper by @PatrickESavage et al. Entry by Claire Shortt and @GillianRBrown1 @st_psy wikifindings.net/findings/63bc0… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Sinead English - find... @englishse
2K Followers 2K Following Not here anymore: moved to @englishse.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. PI of Evolution and Vector Ecology lab, Bristol UK
Andy D Higginson @AndyDHigginson
891 Followers 157 Following Ecologist interested in the evolution of animal cognition, morphology, development, and behaviour. NERC Fellow. Insect obsessive. Poodle servant. Dad.
Patrick Kennedy @Padraig_Kennedy
936 Followers 1K Following Biologist chasing wasps around Africa | Lecturer @BristolBioSci | @Simons_SOF alumnus junior fellow @Columbia | main focus Cameroon, Kenya + South Africa
Christine Beardsworth @DrCBeardsworth
701 Followers 945 Following Movement ecologist and lecturer @LJMU_BES. Individuality e.g. personality or cognitive ability and how this affects movement and foraging strategies.
Erik Svensson @EvolOdonata
8K Followers 5K Following Evolutionary biologist, photographer & professor. @[email protected] https://t.co/HoEI1f2x7A https://t.co/FLWu84vyLh
CollectiveLabs @CollectiveBRL
1K Followers 2K Following Collaborative account covering research news from the labs of David Bierbach @LeibnizIGB, Pawel Romanczuk @HumboldtUni & Tim Landgraf @FU_Berlin
🐬Michael Weiss🐋 @CetaceanMike
993 Followers 607 Following Research Director @CWROrcas. I use drones and statistics to understand killer whale society and inform conservation. he/him.
Claudia Wascher @WascherClaudia
2K Followers 2K Following Assoc. Prof. in Behavioural Biology | communication, cognition, corvids and physiology | she/her ♻️🌍💚|🏳️🌈 & 🏳️⚧️ ally|✊🏿 ally |🇪🇺|
Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana
5K Followers 1K Following AsstProf of Global Change Biology @KLIVVWien @VetmeduniVienna | 🇨🇴➡️🇬🇧➡️🇬🇫➡️🇦🇺➡️🇫🇮➡️🇦🇹 | Mum of Leah | #CienciaCriolla | #LatinaInSTEM |
Prof. Jeff Ollerton -... @JeffOllerton
10K Followers 7K Following Scientist & author, working at the interface of biodiversity research & human relationships with the rest of nature. New book "Birds & Flowers" out now!
Pernille M Sørensen @PernilleMS
725 Followers 478 Following HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow at @BristolBioSci | Acoustic communication and cooperative behaviour | https://t.co/YlvRJlAGyA | National Geographic Explorer | she/her
AlbertaYoung @accrp1y9oqLE5Gd
17 Followers 1K Following
EllaDawn @Mwicea44742
23 Followers 2K Following
MysticAvaNelson @Eezrerucu82762
6 Followers 910 Following Success is my superpower My vibe is my tribe
Gracie @charlie_mo47438
0 Followers 50 Following Woodworking lover, crafting furniture. Craving a partner to design and build pieces for a home.
Craig A @AmeliaAmy839711
14 Followers 106 Following
Isla Keesje Davidson @IslaBaila
527 Followers 781 Following Keen, marine and curious! PostDoc with @Cornell Uni. National Geographic Explorer. Studying marine conservation bioacoustics: The world below the surface! 🌊
Sough @sough97720
94 Followers 4K Following
Zofia Trafas🥝 @kiwi0v0
26 Followers 252 Following Just a girl into tits and boobies🐦⬛🦜🦆🦅🦉 | Cognition, Behavior and Neurobiology MS Student at University of Vienna
CharlotteChristensen @ChristensenChaz
449 Followers 628 Following Postdoc studying how animals respond behaviourally & physiologically to changing environments. Soft spot for mongooses, baboons and guineafowl
Becky Padget @beckyfbpadget
197 Followers 654 Following Postdoc at University of Bristol studying the evolution of cooperation with the help of maths and mongooses 👩🏻💻 she/her
Konrad Lorenz Researc... @KLF_UniVienna
1K Followers 720 Following Official twitter account of the Konrad Lorenz Research Center for Behaviour and Cognition, a core facility of @univienna, Grünau im Almtal.
Beth Clark @BethanyClark36
3K Followers 3K Following Seabird Science Officer: analysing data & managing the Seabird Tracking Database @BirdLifeMarine | she/her https://t.co/7CR4LP0Idr @bethanyclark.bsky.social
Emma Chereskin @EmmaChereskin
799 Followers 894 Following PhD candidate with @BristolBioSci and @ResearchDolphin studying vocalisations and cooperation in bottlenose dolphins Having a whale of a time 🐳 she/her
Simon Elwen @Simon_Elwen
748 Followers 1K Following Full time dad, part time marine biologist. Sea Search. Cetaceans. Dad jokes.
Rob Patchett @robbpatchett
430 Followers 759 Following Postdoc on the Covid-19 Bio-Logging Initiative @SchoolofBiology @univofstandrews #ornithology #raptors #gulls #CyprusWheatear
Jeffrey Ventre @jeffrey_ventre
17K Followers 2K Following MD Physiatrist #EMG | Fmr SeaWorld Trainer & #WhistleBlower. Blackfish movie cast member
Shubhi Raghav @raghavshubhi30
8 Followers 19 Following MSc Animal Behaviour student at University of Exeter. Love anything birds, brains and behaviour. Big on boardgames and books too.
Dongbo Li @Dongbo_
145 Followers 243 Following Postdoc @LeedsEcoEvo and PhD @BristolBioSci. Pollination, habitat fragmentation and climate change. Currently working on host-parasitoid interactions
Kris Descovich @KrisDescovich
1K Followers 950 Following Animal Behaviour & Welfare Scientist. Posts on science, job/funding opps, general life events, & random thoughts.
Alison Govaerts @AlisonGovaerts
504 Followers 863 Following PhD student @ Stellenbosch University, interested in social mammal movement behavior and carnivore conservation 🐺🐕🐒
Buzz Pollination Grou... @buzzpollination
2K Followers 1K Following Working group bringing together people interested in buzz pollination, sonication, vibratile pollen collection, bees.
Isabel Rojas-Ferrer @LilMsEthologist
357 Followers 598 Following STEMinist 👩🏽🔬 | Animal Behaviorist trying to understand individual variation in decision-making 🐦🐝 | Boricua 🇵🇷 | she/her 🦄 | Vito's mama 🐕
George Brock @GeoBrock0
42 Followers 149 Following 🦎 MSc Sustainable Development and Research Assistant at @UniofExeterESI
Macaela Skelton @SkeltonMacaela
66 Followers 64 Following Research technician at @UniofExeter managing the long-term @CayoSantiagoPR rhesus macaque database. Interested in Social behaviour and cooperation. She/her.
Sarah Walsh @Sarah_LWalsh
165 Followers 219 Following PhD candidate @CEB_UWA | 🌻 | Looking at call combinations in Australian magpies
🦇 Jess 🦇 @cheeztroglodyte
183 Followers 1K Following MSc candidate Animal Behaviour. barbastelle bat fan. otis redding stan account. cello admirer. she/her.
Ecology Seminars @EcologySeminars
2K Followers 4K Following A weekly newsletter to keep you updated with upcoming online conferences and seminars from the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology world #ecology #evolution
Ellen Pasternack @pastasnack_e
6K Followers 6K Following Biology, policy & culture | 💼 in research funding | ✍️ @TheCriticMag @WorksInProgMag @spectator & others | Co-chair @WiTTForum
Lucy Peters @luce_peters
290 Followers 311 Following Postdoc @ TUM , interested in all things quantitative/population genetics, working on disease genetics 👥🧬. she/her
Nicole Barbaro @NicoleBarbaro
17K Followers 964 Following 🧠 PhD | Director of Communications at @HdxAcademy working to improve #HigherEd | talks about: books, science, education, PhD careers | typos & opinions mine
Rafael Duarte @EcoColourCamo
285 Followers 920 Following He/him Marine biologist. Researcher at CESAM in the University of Aveiro (Portugal). Studying the ecology of animal coloration in nature.
Thomas Price @thomasnprice
147 Followers 422 Following PhD student @UniofExeter // developmental plasticity in social insects // sometimes retweet about American football and politics// He/Him
Lund Vision Group @LundVision
2K Followers 1K Following Internationally recognized cluster of seven research labs in visual ecology and neuroethology at Lund University, Sweden. Feed admin @mikebok
IGB Docs @IGBDocs
86 Followers 81 Following Twitter account Doctoral candidate community @LeibnizIGB
Renoir J. Auguste @RenoirJAuguste
580 Followers 594 Following 🐸 PhD Candidate (Amphibian Conservation & Bioacoustics) & Herpetologist from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
COST Action CA15219 @DNAquaNet
2K Followers 1K Following Former COST Action CA15219. International network of scientists & stakeholders advancing & harmonising the use of (e)DNA tools for aquatic monitoring.
Robert Kraus @rhskraus
15K Followers 17K Following Former scientist Molecular Ecology, Evolutionary Genetics & Genomics. Disease Ecology. Now turned to industry DMS and digitalisation. But still liking science!
AKWA @AKWALisette
1K Followers 911 Following Putting aquatic ecology into practice @AKWA @NIOO-KNAW. Professor smart monitoring @UT Strives for diversity, equality and inclusion in science
Animal Law & Welfare @AnimalLawCustom
5K Followers 4K Following Animal studies, law, welfare, ethology, rights, ethics, policy, culture, media @ProfJohanna @QMSchoolofLaw LLM Animal Law + @[email protected]
Florian Leese @leeselab
3K Followers 2K Following Biologist, professor | Studies aquatic biodiversity in the anthropocene w great team | Genetic methods, multiple stressors | not active here anymore
Lynne Sneddon @LynneUSneddon
3K Followers 3K Following Professor specialising in aquatic animal biology and fish welfare. Views and opinions are entirely my own and have nothing to do with my employer.
Lisa P. Barrett @lisapbarrett
1K Followers 2K Following Lecturer in #AnimalBehavior @IU_CISAB | Cofounder @manyzoosproject🐘🦎🐦| Alumna @UMich @Uwyopie @okczoo @sandiegozoo | she/her
Valentina Iesari @IesariValentina
282 Followers 900 Following Biologist | Local Group Coordinator Lipu Macerata - Civitanova Marche | Private Teacher | Conservation Career Ambassador
Richard McElreath �... @rlmcelreath
46K Followers 2K Following Director @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. Bayesian evolutionary anthropologist. Mostly absent from this site while writing books and maiming code.
Centre for the Adv St... @CBehav
3K Followers 290 Following We are a centre dedicated to the study of collective behaviour | Integrative and Quantitative | Cluster of Excellence @UniKonstanz, Germany.
Michael Chimento @evogom
1K Followers 858 Following postdoc at @CBehav | @uzh_en cultural evolution & social learning using birds and ABMs 🐦🐤🐤🐤 🎧dj stuff @ https://t.co/v1Ub5Zrn9Z
Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose
2K Followers 808 Following Prof. Andy Radford & team (@BristolBioSci) investigating the behaviour of these and other amazing critters. Tweet about fieldwork, research & group activities.
Sinead English - find... @englishse
2K Followers 2K Following Not here anymore: moved to @englishse.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. PI of Evolution and Vector Ecology lab, Bristol UK
Andy D Higginson @AndyDHigginson
891 Followers 157 Following Ecologist interested in the evolution of animal cognition, morphology, development, and behaviour. NERC Fellow. Insect obsessive. Poodle servant. Dad.
Fredrik Jutfelt @jutf... @FredrikJutfelt
7K Followers 3K Following Professor @goteborgsuni (Sweden). Animal physiology, climate change, scientific misconduct. Find me here https://t.co/Cy82yIIE3W
ASAB @asab_org
9K Followers 238 Following We promote the study of animal behaviour, organise conferences, fund research & support teaching of animal behaviour in schools. Tweets by @raccoonologist
Iain Couzin @icouzin
12K Followers 5K Following FRS. Director, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz & Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, University of Konstanz.🏴
Josh Arbon @JoshJArbon
589 Followers 689 Following Post-doc at @BristolBioSci working with @dwarf_mongoose. Formerly PhD with @CornishJackdaws. All things social behaviour. He/him.
Stephanie L King @ste... @_StephanieLKing
2K Followers 1K Following Professor of Animal Behaviour @BristolBioSci | cetacean communication and cognition group | loves dogs | PI @ResearchDolphin | she/her 🏳️🌈
Pheasants@Exeter @pec_exeter
1K Followers 329 Following Studying how natural selection shapes cognitive performance using the genius of the bird world - Pheasants. Tweets by Jo Madden (available on other platforms)
Josh Firth @JoshAFirth
4K Followers 3K Following Associate Professor @UniversityLeeds & VRA @UniOfOxford. Interests in social networks, contagions, ecology, health, data science & natural history.
CRAB @CrabExeter
2K Followers 220 Following Bringing you the latest news from the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour
IGB Berlin (now on Bl... @LeibnizIGB
3K Followers 299 Following This account is no longer active. You can find IGB and our content on https://t.co/Mf1HmMfUz2 and https://t.co/vJ3KpyXqlm
Patrick Kennedy @Padraig_Kennedy
936 Followers 1K Following Biologist chasing wasps around Africa | Lecturer @BristolBioSci | @Simons_SOF alumnus junior fellow @Columbia | main focus Cameroon, Kenya + South Africa
Suvi Ruuskanen @RuuskanenSuvi
2K Followers 2K Following Environmental physiology lab: eco-evo, ecotox, physio, mol ecol incl. microbiome at University of Jyväskylä, FIN. Assoc. Prof., Editor Oecologia, J Avian Biol
Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman
8K Followers 2K Following Behavioural ecologist @UCL @bigwaspsurvey Book: ENDLESS FORMS. https://t.co/Tcnn7mfZu5; @[email protected] @Waspwoman.bsky.social
Luke Rendell @lrendel... @_lrendell
3K Followers 965 Following Adios twitter. Account kept open so people can find me here: https://t.co/lxqljnIVac
Christine Beardsworth @DrCBeardsworth
701 Followers 945 Following Movement ecologist and lecturer @LJMU_BES. Individuality e.g. personality or cognitive ability and how this affects movement and foraging strategies.
Renée Firman's Furee... @renee_firman
312 Followers 245 Following
StAndrews BioNetwork @StABioNetwork
173 Followers 107 Following Connecting biologists in St Andrews since May 2009
Animal Conferences & ... @animalconferen1
4K Followers 3K Following Lists, updates and news about animal related conferences around the world. animal conferences/jobs. Set up & run by @dogbitePhD
Jeffrey Ventre @jeffrey_ventre
17K Followers 2K Following MD Physiatrist #EMG | Fmr SeaWorld Trainer & #WhistleBlower. Blackfish movie cast member
Chris Hassall @katatrepsis
2K Followers 2K Following Assoc Prof @UniversityLeeds (@LeedsEcoEvo) working on #ecology, #evolution, #entomology. Views my own. He/him. Slowing moving to @katatrepsis.bsky.social
Rachel Casey @DrRachelCasey
2K Followers 640 Following Veterinary behaviour specialist and dog welfare scientist, Dogs Trust, UK
dechmannlab ⭐️ @dechmannlab
1K Followers 359 Following resource ephemerality and the behavior, morphology, physiology animals use to deal with them. also leader of the best research team ever, prone to typos.
Tayanne Corbani @TayanneCorbani
33 Followers 123 Following
Emma Chereskin @EmmaChereskin
798 Followers 894 Following PhD candidate with @BristolBioSci and @ResearchDolphin studying vocalisations and cooperation in bottlenose dolphins Having a whale of a time 🐳 she/her
Rob Patchett @robbpatchett
430 Followers 759 Following Postdoc on the Covid-19 Bio-Logging Initiative @SchoolofBiology @univofstandrews #ornithology #raptors #gulls #CyprusWheatear
yating zheng @Yating_ZHENG_94
162 Followers 91 Following I am working on swarm robotics control, collective behavior and swarm robotic construction.
Tristan Guttridge @DrGuttridge
7K Followers 362 Following Behavioural ecologist, shark expert, presenter and adventurer
Kat Littlewood @KatLittlewood
1K Followers 707 Following She/Her | Mum | Registered Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics, Law | Social acceptability of animal use / SLO
Rebecca Nordquist @re... @RENordquist
1K Followers 2K Following Farm animal behavior & welfare | circular agriculture | community engaged learning | interdisciplinary | Associate prof @VET_UniUtrecht she/her Mostly Mastadon
Hannah Lightley @HannahLightley
2K Followers 2K Following Having a 🐳’y good time! | Previously @HWDT_org ⛵️ | MSc @MarineVertsMSc @ExeterMarine | BSc Marine Biology @UniOfHull | She/Her👩🦰
Camilla Soravia @SoraviaCamilla
317 Followers 486 Following Postdoc at the University of Chester ~ investigating how wild animals adjust to a changing environment ~ BATMAN Research Project | Pied Babbler Research Project
Ed Hagen @ed_hagen
9K Followers 3K Following Biological anthropologist. Evolutionary medicine, evolution of cognition. Opinions expressed are my own. https://t.co/iw2gUixlKw
University of Exeter ... @UniExeCEC
5K Followers 2K Following The Centre for Ecology and Conservation uses research and education to understand ecology, evolution and solutions to the global biodiversity crisis.
Dr. Sarah-Elizabeth B... @sebyosiere
2K Followers 1K Following MS PhD CAAB | Director of Canine Research @GDB_Official | Researching Applied Animal Cognition and Behavior 🐶🐱
Owain Barton @OwainBarton
191 Followers 256 Following PhD student studying resource-use, population dynamics and movement ecology of deer at Bangor University, Wales. All opinions are my own.
Anindita Brahma @aninditabrahma_
788 Followers 897 Following Postdoc at @RockefellerUniv | @SCAgingBrain TTI fellow | Previously at @QMUL and @iiscbangalore
Int Union for the Stu... @IUSSI_NAS
2K Followers 811 Following Official Twitter of the North American Section of IUSSI, a worldwide scientific society devoted to promoting the study of social arthropods.
Phil Doherty @Phil_D_Doherty
2K Followers 2K Following Lecturer in Marine Conservation Science @UniofExeter | satellite tracking | BRUVs | fisheries | IUU fishing | MPAs | #sharks | #turtles | #fish
Inner Child @NiksicSara
804 Followers 622 Following Marine biologist / bioacoustician / musician / science communicator / storyteller https://t.co/P5ppHHrzYU https://t.co/ai13lqUCmE
Simon Elwen @Simon_Elwen
748 Followers 1K Following Full time dad, part time marine biologist. Sea Search. Cetaceans. Dad jokes.
Beth Clark @BethanyClark36
3K Followers 3K Following Seabird Science Officer: analysing data & managing the Seabird Tracking Database @BirdLifeMarine | she/her https://t.co/7CR4LP0Idr @bethanyclark.bsky.social
International Society... @ISAZOfficial
3K Followers 1K Following The International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) Advancing the scholarship of human-animal interaction
Josephine Brown @Stenellaclymene
469 Followers 753 Following Marine Mammal Consultant @GoBeConsultants MSc Marine Mammal Science @univofstandrews BSc Marine Vertebrate Zoology @BangorUniversity She/her
Stuart Nattrass @StuNattrass
270 Followers 424 Following data monkey, nee whale menopause. he/him pro dog and pro cat
Tess Handby @thandby
317 Followers 333 Following PhD student at @UoExeterCEC with @brentgoosechase Studying movement, habitat use and social networks of light-bellied brent geese overwintering in Dublin | 🇦🇺
Jason Reid @jaseattack
198 Followers 963 Following Kiwi no longer in Dublin. Running, economics, music, rugby.
Geoff Kushnick @gkushnick
773 Followers 332 Following Anthropologist who teaches and researches about human behavioural ecology, and a husband and father who loves playing soccer and board games
Yara Khaluf @Yara_Khaluf
336 Followers 165 Following Assistant Professor, collective intelligence, swarm intelligence, decision making, mathematical modeling, complex systems
Melanie Lindner @Me_Lindner
143 Followers 134 Following Evolutionary genetics and epigenetics in wild animal populations | postdoc at the University of Sheffield | former PhD student at the NIOO-KNAW
Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldons
216 Followers 197 Following PhD candidate @ MPI of Animal Behaviour ~•~•~ Studying seasonal variation of cognitive skills in the common shrew (Sorex araneus) 🐭
Chaitanya Gokhale @GokhaleCS
2K Followers 2K Following Typically found hiking somewhere in the mountains. Professor Theoretical Biology, University of Würzburg, Group Leader - Max Planck for Evol Bio.
Lina María @LinaMaGarc
1K Followers 5K Following Neuroscientist. Postdoc at University of California @UofCalifornia Neural circuits. PhD-Neuroscience & insect cognition, alcohol and sleep. Tweets are my own
Kieran Samuk @ksamuk
2K Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor in the EEOB Department @UCRiverside. Studying evolution and recombination using genomics. 🇨🇦🔬🖥️. Also: @ksamuk.bsky.social
Hunter Sociology @HunterSociology
872 Followers 638 Following Hunter College Department of Sociology
Andy Turko @TurkoLab
914 Followers 1K Following Fish physiology, functional morphology, behaviour, and conservation. Assistant Professor @IntUGrativeBiol. Solidarity forever.
Mark Pitt @Mark__Pitt
626 Followers 817 Following 24| 🏳️🌈 | PhD student at Glasgow University| Mostly post about birds, Lepidoptera, and other animals I find when out and about
Nyargot.PCOS.254 @NyargotPCOS254
2K Followers 4K Following Scientist @scicomm.digital | PCOS Patient | Authenticity | Podcast Host @TVScientispod
Dr Rachael Miller (Ha... @Dr_RMiller
997 Followers 1K Following Visiting Researcher @Cambridge_Uni | Hon Senior Res Fellow @UniofExeter | Comparative Psychology | Cognition&Conservation | @TheManyBirds CoFounder | 🪶🐦👶🐵🧠
Education Officer @ASABeducation
2K Followers 1K Following The ASAB Education Committee promotes and supports the teaching of animal behaviour in schools, colleges and universities.
Giulia Rossi @giuliasrossi
3K Followers 1K Following Postdoc at @McMasterU. Junior Editor at @JExpZoo_A. Board member @GirlsInScience. Animal physiologist. New Mom. Learning how all the coolest animals work 🐠🐸🦇
Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang
2K Followers 1K Following @drmariarorvang at Bluesky PhD, Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Ass. Communication officer @appliedethology (she/her)