Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social Social evolution, social aging & the benefits of social networks. Professor @crab-exeter.bsky.social, Dept. of Psych, Uni. of Exeter. Big team science collaborations: #MacaqueNet #CBRU. She/her. http://linktr.ee/laurenbrent
Sofia Forss @sofiaforss.bsky.social Evolutionary Biologist interested in Animal Behavior and Cognition, especially the interlink between socio-ecological factors, motivation and learning.
www.sofiaforss.com
ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) has an Education Committee that supports colleagues teaching animal behaviour from schools through to higher education.
European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social The next ECBB will take place at Anglia Ruskin University in 2026!
https://www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/conferences-and-events/ecbb-2026
Ettore Camerlenghi @ettore-camerlenghi.bsky.social
Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social PhD student at UConn EEB || NSF GRFP Fellow ||Copepods, Inverts, Genomics, Evolution and Science Communication || ๐ต๐ท๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Marc Naguib @marcnaguib.bsky.social Professor in Behavioural Ecology, Wageningen University | Director Wageningen Institute of Animal Science (WIAS Graduate School)
Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social Evolutionary Biologist & Scientific Naturalist | Professor | Director, E4 Initiative | #RiceUniversity #science #biology #evolution #speciation #entomology #biodiversity #genomics #eDNA #discovery
Lab website: https://scottpegan.com
Helen Mylne @helephantmylne.bsky.social How long do monkeys live? ๐ Turns out we don't really know! Postdoc in Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at UoExeter modelling primate lifespans. Also elephant social network analyst ๐ running entirely on sugar and a love of African wildlife ๐
@ruizraya.bsky.social @ruizraya.bsky.social Marie Curie Fellow at University of Glasgow | Evolutionary Biology - Behavioural Ecology
Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social We promote and advance the scientific study of animal behavior and publish the journal Animal Behaviour. Website: http://animalbehaviorsociety.org.
E. Yaฤmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social assist prof @ Uni Groningen โข theoretical evolutionary ecologist working on life histories, cancer, aging & culture ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป โข she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โข https://yagmurerten.com/
Australian Research Council @arc-gov-au.bsky.social We support the research sector to produce excellent and impactful outcomes for Australiaโs economic, social, environmental and cultural benefit.
Xingyi @xingyij.bsky.social
Bastien S. Lemaire @bastien-s-lemaire.bsky.social Researcher focusing on how cephalopods (๐๐ฆ) perceive, process and exchange information
@ceec-research.bsky.social
@universite-caen.bsky.social
Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social Research group studying physiological mechanisms underlying evolutionary adaptations, using multidisciplinary and integrative approaches.
IG: behavecol_lab X: @BehavEcol_Lab
Ingo Schlupp @schlupp01.bsky.social I am a biologist. I study the ecology and evolution of sexual reproduction, mate choice, and speciation. I mainly use livebearing fishes of the family Poeciliidae. My favorite fish is the Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa.
Lena Grinsted @lenagrinsted.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist; social spiders; animal behaviour. Equity, diversity and inclusion in science. Senior Lecturer in Zoology @ University of Portsmouth, UK
Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social Associate Editor, De Gruyter Brill Life Sciences: animal/human behaviour, cognition, anthropology, primatology, amphibians, crustacean research, zoology, sensory perception, insects and related fields.
Nicolas Silva @nicolasjsilva.bsky.social PhD
Actually looking for a post-doc in animal behaviour, sexual selection and mate choice.
Love nature, photography, beers
Rebecca Rimbach @urban-squirrel.bsky.social Energetics, eco-physiology, urban ecology | @ University of Mรผnster | mainly ๐ญ๐ฟ๏ธ๐ but also into ๐ฆ| Mom of 2 | firstgen | she/her | http://rebecca-rimbach.com
Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social Conservation biologist and behavioural ecologist. Treasurer of Scientists for Labour. Postdoc at @durhamanthropology.bsky.social, DPhil from @biology.ox.ac.uk
Irene Garcรญa-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com Behavioural ecologist, Ph.D. โข Researcher at the University of Neuchรขtel, Switzerland.
Cooperation | Sociality | Sexual selection | Theoretical and empirical research
https://irenegarciaruiz.com/
Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social dad / evolutionary (behavioral) ecologist
group leader at MPI-AB and STRI research associate
social learning, cultural evolution, extragenetic inheritance, dispersal.
field & stats & math.
cyclist & runner / doom metal aficionado.
he/him.
Andi Fischer @andifischer10.bsky.social Animal Metabolomics & Ecology Lab at Wilfrid Laurier University. Investigating animal communication and how pollutants disrupt signals.
www.animal-metabolomics.com
Also husband and dad of my favorite 2
Opinions are my own.
Elly Moore @el-moore.bsky.social PhD student studying the effects of pharmaceutical pollution on cognition and behaviour ๐ ๐ฌ โข School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Alexander Schlatmann @aaschlatmann.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ University of Groningen ๐ณ๐ฑ interested in animal behaviour, communication, migration, eco-evolutionary dynamics and speciation mechanisms | Birder
Marc Gilles @marcgilles.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist investigating the smell of birds | Animal behaviour | Chemical communication | Ornithology | https://marc-gilles.github.io/ | he/him
Davide Baldan @baldand.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at the University of Nevada, Reno | Behavioral ecology of sexual conflict and parental cooperation | Previously @unipd.bsky.social ๐ฎ๐น and @niooknaw.bsky.social ๐ณ๐ฑ
www.davidebaldan.com
Pietro D'Amelio @ornitho-pie.bsky.social #Ornithology #ethology & vocal communication.
@miriamkuspiel.bsky.social @miriamkuspiel.bsky.social Researcher in animal behaviour, acoustic communication, and social behaviours
Cornรฉ de Groot @cdegroot.bsky.social PhD student behavioural ecology at the LMU Munich. Interested in phenotypic variation in labile traits. Bird ๐ฆ and hiking โฐ๏ธ enthusiast
Plasticity | Social evolution | Indirect genetic effects | Multi-level phenotypes | Bayesian modelling
Rori Wijnhorst @roriwijnhorst.bsky.social Interested in evolutionary biology, population genomics and nature conservation | PostDoc | Someone who likes birds
Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social Group leader @ NIOO studying evolution, reproductive microbiomes, sperm, behaviour, and sparrows. Mum of 2. she/her.
Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist studying cognition, social behaviour, gut microbiota & urbanisation | R enthusiast | Assistant Prof. at Universitรฉ de Rennes #NewPI | She/her
http://camilletroisi.weebly.com
Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist at LMU Munich interested behaviour and speciation. Tropical butterfly hunter. Dog father. https://www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/research-fields/evolutionary-biology/merrill-lab/
Maria Moiron @mmoiron.bsky.social Evolutionary ecologist | Research associate @BielefeldUni | Fuelled by โ๏ธ + ๐ง๐ถ๐ฉโ๐ค [Nunca choveu que non escampara]
๐ https://tinyurl.com/mariamoiron
Hannah Scharf @hannah-scharf.bsky.social Akademische Rรคtin at LMU Munich studying great tits | PhD from UIUC on cowbirds and prothonotary warblers #PROWandCow | behavioral ecology | she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Melanie Dammhahn @mdammhahn.bsky.social Professor for Behavoural Biology, Mรผnster University
Alex Chan @alexhhchan.bsky.social Postdoc @cbehav.bsky.social, Konstanz ๐ฆ Trying to track birds with computer vision ๐ญ๐ฐ
https://alexhhchan.odoo.com/
Ben Kawam @benkawam.bsky.social Primatologist lost in a Markov chain | benkawam.github.io.
Denise D Dell'Aglio @ficusorganensis.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Bristol and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. Fascinated by Heliconius butterflies, their behaviour and ecology in tropical forest.
Luca Hahn @lucahahn.bsky.social Fascinated by (social) minds: cognition, sociality, culture. PhD student at University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK @uniexecec.bsky.social. Investigating social relationships/networks and social information use in wild jackdaws @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social.
Izzie Hรฉjja-B. @izziehb.bsky.social Postdoc @klivvvienna.bsky.social & @univie.ac.at with ๐ฆ๐ชถ & ๐
๐ Behavioural ecology + cognitive neuroscience + sexual selection + ML
Learning to engage in/promote a better science: open-inclusive-accessible; slow.
https://yseulthb.github.io/
Avery Maune @averymaune.bsky.social Behavioral ecologist interested in the social consequences of environmental change
Postdoc at Bielefeld University
Gilles De Meester @gilles-de-meester.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at CREAF.
Interested in the ecology and evolution of cognition in reptiles and fish ๐ฆ๐๐
Samuele Ramellini @sramellini.bsky.social PhD student at ANU (Ecology and Evolution) studying social behaviour of superb fairy-wrens
MSc in Biogeosciences, BSc in Natural Sciences @LaStatale, Milano
#birds #animalbehaviour #sociality
https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=jgsCs8kAAAAJ&hl=it
Animals Doing Stuff in Groups @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social Hello, we are the Animals Doing Stuff in Groups lab, PI @mikemwebster.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews. We study animal behaviour and social interactions.
๐(๐๐ฆ)๐ง
https://sites.google.com/view/big-lab-webster/home?authuser=0
Billy Bray @billybray.bsky.social PhD candidate at the Australian National University studying the conservation of regent honeyeater song culture
Bรกrbara Freitas @brbbfreitas.bsky.social PostDoc at IEE - @unibe.ch studying #acoustics in frogs
barbarafreitas.netlify.app
michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social postdoc at Uni Zurich
studying social learning, social networks and animal culture in birds ๐ฆ and agent-based models ๐ค
https://michaelchimento.github.io
https://soundcloud.com/tek_cashay
Josh Arbon @josharbon.bsky.social Animal behaviour, social and cognitive evolution. Jackdaws, mongooses, now wagtails. Herchel Smith Research Fellow, University of Cambridge.
Julia Penndorf @julia-penndorf.bsky.social behavioural ecologist studying information use, space-use & social behaviour
postdoctoral researcher @ Exeter University
Libby Chapman @libbychaps.bsky.social PhD student researching rabbit social behaviour in Exeter โข previously blue tit nests in St Andrews and Soay sheep in Edinburgh โข (she/her) ๐ฟ https://linktr.ee/libbychaps
Bryony Jenkins @bryonyjenkins.bsky.social NERC GW4+ PhD Candidate at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB), University of Exeter. Focusing on sociality and theoretical modelling.
Oxford & UCL grad with background in anthropology and behavioural ecology.
Sophia Anner @sophiaanner.bsky.social PhD candidate @uofl currently located in fort collins. interests incl. sexual selection, evolutionary bio, talking about flies. USDA NIFA predoctoral fellow. she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Manisha Koneru @manishakoneru.bsky.social Visual/Behavioural ecologist based in Melbourne
PhD Candidate studying iridescence, colours, vision and behavior at University of Melbourne/Stuart-Fox Lab
Studied Decapod Colour and Behavior at CamoLab, Bristol Uni '23
UC Davis '20
Ron Efrat @moveandconserve.bsky.social Conservation*Movement Ecology.
Postdoc, Max Planck Inst. of Animal Behavior.
Soaring, running, swimming, if it moves and can carry a GPS tag, I'm in.
Jess Stephenson @jfstep.bsky.social Research Fellow at Stockholm University. Very crap at bsky. Host-parasite eco and evo, mostly guppies and worms. Stephensonlab.com for better description and more info!!
Christian Drerup @handle.invalid Fellow by Examination at Magdalen College & Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biology @ University of Oxford ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฉ๐ช Interested in the behavioural and sensory ecology of invertebrates ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ and fish ๐ ๐
๐ https://christiandrerup.com
Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social Postdoc at Boston University with Pete Buston. Working on Social Group Formation and Division of Labor in clownfish.
๐ Ethology, Movement Ecology and Social Evolution!
For more information: https://fritzfrancisco.thekaolab.com/
Photo credit: Angela Albi
Merit F Pokriefke @pokriefkemeritf.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist, behavioural ecologist. Postdoc @LMU and @MPI-BI.
Interested in individual variation, plasticity and the adaptation to changing environmental conditions.
Currently looking for the next postdoc position ๐
Bethany Williams @blw9786.bsky.social NSF PRFB at the University of Missouri St. Louis studying multiple stressor tolerance in sulfidic fish๐
https://bethany-williams.github.io
Jan Kreider @jankreider.bsky.social EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at Lund University
Evolutionary biologist interested in how cells and organisms evolve cooperation and division of labour.
Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (invertebrates, vision), Group Leader @multipleye-lab.bsky.social, Lecturer @bristolbiosci.bsky.social. Gradual learner of ๐ฉ๐ช She/her. Views mine, all mine!- J JWatermanLab @janew.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist; animal behaviour; research focused on the evolution of sociality and mating strategies; studies social ground squirrels and polar bears; birder; parent; she/her
Katie Dunkley @14katie41.bsky.social BBSRC Fellow at the University of Oxford
Niki Hubbard, PhD ๐๐ฆ @nikihubbard.bsky.social marine ecology ๐๐ | invertebrate nerd, cephalopods, crabs & nudibranchs ๐ฆ๐คฟ๐ท | Impacts of artificial light at night on coastal marine ecosystems ๐ฆ๐ง| https://lnk.bio/nikihubbard | Australia & Wales | He/him
Leon Hilgers @leonhilgers.bsky.social Researcher
@Senckenberg. Evolutionary genomics, global change, novelties, climate, reptiles & fishes!
He/him
Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social Associate professor at the University of Debrecen, interested in birds, hormones & behaviour, and mechanisms of life history evolution.
Marco Podobnik @mpodobnik.bsky.social Walter Benjamin Fellow at @armilabs.bsky.socialโฌ Melbourne interested in all things developmental, regenerative, and evolutionary biology. @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social alumnus. https://marcopodobnik.wordpress.com/
Lisa Fontana @lisafontana.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Australian National University, working on innovation, cognitive ecology and social learning in sulphur-crested cockatoos ๐ฆ
Beth Preston @bethpreston.bsky.social Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology at RVC, UK. Interested in wildlife conservation, behavioural ecology, social behaviour, mostly in mammals. Worked on Ethiopian wolves, banded mongooses, elephants, lions, hyenas. she/her.
ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social The objective of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB) is:
to promote the scientific study of Animal Behaviour and provide opportunities for discussion among its members
Account run by @sramellini.bsky.social
Jon morant @morantjon.bsky.social PhD, Conservation biology, Quantitative ecology, Ecological modeling, Ecosystem processes, Movement Ecology, Scavengers #rstats
University College Dublin / University of the Basque Country
๐Dublin - ๐ Bilbao
Josรฉ Antonio Borrero @borreroja.bsky.social PhD Student in Evolutionary Biology with
@LMU_Munchen
https://borreroja.github.io/
| studying visual and olfactory #behaviour in #Heliconius #butterflies | ๐ช๐จ
Anne Peters @annempeters.bsky.social Studies behaviour, ecology, conservation, Fairywrens,
Loves longterm studies in the wild, She/Her/Mum
https://petersresearchgroup.org
Professor at School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia
Madeline Davis @madelinedavis.bsky.social PhD researcher at the Avian Ecology Group, @liverpooluni.bsky.social studying seabird navigation and cognitive ecology ๐งญ๐ชถ
she/her ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplinesโfrom molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social Epidemic epistemic trespassing.
Knows a lot about graphene.
Monash Uni. Directed fleet.org.au.
Fellow @scienceacademy.bsky.social
Plays bass for:
instagram.com/push_the_trigger
instagram.com/defibrillatorofficial
Bird photos:
flickr.com/photos/off-world
Rachael Shaw @wild-minds.bsky.social Behavioural Ecologist who plays games with birds in Aotearoa. Senior Lecturer at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. Pฤkehฤ, she/her. Toitลซ Te Tiriti
thinkingbehaviour.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-8283
Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social Lecturer, Newcastle University
ASAB Communications Officer
PhD, MSc, BSc (Psychology, Ethology): Specialisms - behavioural ecology, animal welfare, mixed-species groups, comparative cognition, human-animal interactions, conservation.
Toshitaka Suzuki @toshitakaszk.bsky.social Animal Linguistics / Associate Professor / University of Tokyo
animallinguistics.org
toshitakasuzuki.com
ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social ASAB Spring 2027 will take place in Portsmouth UK April 7-9. Account for up-to-date info about @asab.org's next upcoming meeting.
Julie Teichroeb @teichroeb-lab.bsky.social Primate Behavioural Ecologist at the University of Toronto Scarborough; Evolution of social organization and decision making; easily amused and fascinated by things living and dead
Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist & behavioural ecologist | Fishes & insects ๐๐ | Lecturer at University of St Andrews | New to bluesky!
Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social Research team led by Alex Thornton at the University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation, studying cognition in wild jackdaws and other creatures.
wildcognitionresearch.com
Birgit Szabo, PhD ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @birgitszabo.bsky.social Researcher @ Gent University studying behaviour, cognition & welfare in reptiles (feathery & scaly). Passions: science, animals, cooking & eating, gaming, sleeping & weekends off. They/them
Mylรจne Dutour @dutourmylene.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher, Behavioural ecologist, animal communication and cognition, mom of 2 amazing kids
Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, University of Exeter | Cognition & Conservation | Comparative Psychology | @themanybirds.bsky.social Co-Founder | ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ต๐ง | Website: www.drrachaelmiller.com
Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social neurobiologist, ornithologist, scruffy looking nerfherder, social distancing since 1974, Canadian in Alberta, Treaty 7 lands
๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ ๐งช๐ชถ๐ง stuff
open access link for our book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6000/Bird-Brains-and-BehaviorA-Synthesis
Ivo Jacobs @ivojacobs.bsky.social Cognitive zoologist investigating the evolution of animal cognition, particularly in response to fire (pyrocognition). Amateur wildlife photographer based in southern Sweden. More interested in rare behaviours than rare species.
ShoalBase.org @shoalbase.bsky.social Global database of fish social behaviour. www.ShoalBase.org.
Submitted observations from researchers, divers, fishers, aquarists - anyone who observes fish. Building a shared resource for research, education, & conservation.
Andrew Perfors @perfors.net Prof at UniMelb. I'm a computational cognitive scientist studying human inference, learning, information systems, culture, and (mis/dis)info. Nerd & opinionated loudmouth in Oz, originally from America, citizen of both. Parent of two. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ perfors.net
Kaye Morgan @kayemorgan.bsky.social Physicist at Monash University
Giovanni Polverino @gio-polverino.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Uni of Tuscia l Research Affiliate @ Monash Uni l Behavioural Ecology & Ecotoxicology
https://giovannipolverino.wordpress.com/
Matt Koski @mattkoski.bsky.social plant evolutionary ecologist
https://koskimatt.wixsite.com/matthewhkoski
Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social Behavioral Ecology is the official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE). Run by @birgitszabo.bsky.social #behavecol
Isaac Ligocki @isaacyligocki.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Wyoming. Integrative Behavioral Biologist interested in the impacts of environmental change on wildlife.
Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social - Lecturer, UEA
- Data Editor, Ecology Letters
- Publications Committee, ESA
- Past-President and Advocacy Co-Chair, SORTEE
- Studies Ageing, Parental Effects, and Open Science
- Fond of burying beetles
- R Enthusiast
- Dad x1