hela-boughdiri.bsky.social @hela-boughdiri.bsky.social PhD candidate, University of Debrecen-Hungary.
Shorebirds, Reptiles, Reproductive behaviour, Parental care, Sexual conflict, Conservation.
(she/her)
Thibault Boehly @thibhly.bsky.social Researcher affiliated to the Cognitive Zoology Group of Lund University. I study the evolution of cognition in crocodylians, dinosaurs ands birds. | he/him
Also on Mastodon: @thibhly@ecoevo.social
Vitor H. B. Ferreira @vitorhbf.bsky.social PhD in Animal Behavior and Cognition. 🇧🇷 Researcher at INRAE 🇫🇷 and CEB team (Cognition, Ethology and Animal Welfare) 🐣🐥🐓🐤🐔
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.
Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com She/her. Associate professor of philosophy at UNED, Madrid. Interested in all things animal. Author of Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death.
susanamonso.com
[Profile pic: © Mel Guil]
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
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
Prof Nichola Raihani @nicholaraihani.bsky.social Professor & Author
Auckland & UCL
Books: THE SOCIAL INSTINCT (2021) || THE THINKING ANIMAL (2027)
Website: www.nicholaraihani.com
Likes cycling.
Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social Official account for Behaviour 2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27. https://behaviour2027.eventsairsite.com/
Josep Gasol @josepgasol.com Philosopher | PhD candidate @ University of Pardubice & UNED | #firstgen | Doing research on philosophy of animal mind and its intersection with applied ethics. 🐳🧠🍉🐝🦑🌱 he/him
🌐 josepgasol.com
Onur Meriç @onurmerich.bsky.social IMHAI student at Messerli Institute, Vetmeduni Vienna.
Currently working with Kea.
Fragkiskos Machairas @frankmachairas.bsky.social
Matjaž @mtjzh.bsky.social bird brain enthusiast
📍 Vienna, Austria
Julia Penndorf @julia-penndorf.bsky.social behavioural ecologist studying information use, space-use & social behaviour
postdoctoral researcher @ Exeter University
Tiziana Srdoč @tizianasrdoc.bsky.social PhD student in Cognitive Science @univie.ac.at
Interested in language acquisition, evolution, communication @babelfischlab.bsky.social
ARAA @araa.at Avian Research Association of Austria. Our aim is to bring together avian researchers to improve the exchange of ideas, increase knowledge, and promote mentorship throughout Austria. If you're a member, DM us your new papers or positions to share.
Will Smith @willjsmith.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Nottingham Uni.
Evolution @ the wild-domestic interface: focusing on feralisation 🕊️🦆🐓
I study wild-type Rock Doves (doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.065).
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UW64SScAAAAJ&hl
Dr Elisa Fernández Fueyo @elisaffueyo.bsky.social Researching baboon communication🐒
Interested in animal social behaviour, cognition and ethics🐜
Open and inclusive science✨
@denisep99.bsky.social @denisep99.bsky.social PhD student studying innovation in kea 🦜 | Animal behavior and cognition | Bird enthusiast 🐦⬛
Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social Postdoc with Tecumseh Fitch, UniWien |
The biology and evolution of dance in a comparative perspective 💃🏻🕺🏼 🦚 |
Love music, nature, bouldering, and exploring wild places 🌴 |
he/him |
University of Vienna
Bram van Beek @bvanbeek.bsky.social Your local corvid enthusiast. And other birds. And animals in general, really. Dutch MSc student looking for PhD opportunities in the fields of social behaviour, cooperation and cognition and the evolution of each of those.
Sean Rands @seanrands.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist @ University of Bristol, interested in the rules and mechanisms of behavioural/ecological interactions in a whole host of different systems. Easily distracted.
webby stuff: www.seanrands.com
Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social Professor of Behavioural Ecology @ Bristol | social behaviour, vocal communication, cooperation, conflict, global change biology | love teaching and mentoring | love family time more
https://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/behavior/Vocal_Communication/
Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social Bluesky account for Culture Conference 2027
Hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, on 31 March – 2 April 2027
Website: https://culture-conference.com
Richard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social Anthropologist - Bayesian modeling - science reform - cat and cooking content too - Director @ MPI for evolutionary anthropology https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/richard-mcelreath/
michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social postdoc at Uni Zurich
studying social learning, social networks and animal culture in birds 🐦 and agent-based models 🤖
https://michaelchimento.github.io
https://soundcloud.com/tek_cashay
Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎 @grahancock.bsky.social Postdoc zoologist interested in how ecology shapes form and function in particular colouration. Creator of the CamoEvo toolbox and professional nerd.
Ghancockzoology@gmail.com
La Belle Joelle 🩷🩵 @labellejoel.bsky.social Queer artist working in science 🏳️🌈🧪I love to create using mixed media and digital art programs 🎨. Lover of all things feathery and fluffy🦜🐈. They/them. Commissions open: joelcolbourne@gmail.com
💛🤍💜🖤
Tecumseh Fitch @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social Professor of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna, interest in the evolution of music, language, art and consciousness. And a musician and artist on the side...
Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social I listen to stories and I think about them. Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development, Co-Director of Lab for Academic Culture. PFHEA. National Teaching Fellow. UCU
🆒 Papers here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/staff/kayguccione/#publications
Yitzchak Ben Mocha @benmocha.bsky.social Ethologist.
Postdoc at CASCB @cbehav.bsky.social.
Animal and human rights advocate.
Curator of the Cooperative Breeding Database: @co-breed.bsky.social
German Ornithological Society @dornitholges.bsky.social The German Ornithological Society promotes all forms of #ornithology. Founded in 1850, we represent continuity and permanence in #avian #science.
You can also find us on Instagram @DOrnitholGes and you can check out our website www.do-g.de- A @allsv.bsky.social @allsv.bsky.social
Carolin Niederbremer @caronie.bsky.social PhD student in the Cognitive Ethology lab at the German primate center. Studying mate competition in female Guinea baboons. Doing field work in the Niokolo Nationalpark in Sénégal.
European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social The European Ornithologists' Union is an international forum for #ornithology and promotes the scientific study of birds within Europe. Next meeting #EOU2027!
EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social
Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, working on animal sociality, cognition, networks, conflict, & hierarchies. (she/her)
Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, University of Exeter | Cognition & Conservation | Comparative Psychology | @themanybirds.bsky.social Co-Founder | 🪶🐦👶🐵🧠 | Website: www.drrachaelmiller.com
Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds 🐣
Ghent University, Belgium
Posts by @fredverb.bsky.social & @katywillcox.bsky.social
Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social Comparative & Developmental Psychologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 🦍 and the Messerli Research Institute 🐕
Theresa Rössler @theroesa.bsky.social
David Pritchard @davidpritchard.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology at Newcastle University
Studying how animals acquire and use information to do useful things. Navigation, foraging, and comparative cognition. 🐦⬛
All opinions are my own. He/him. OCD & ADHD
Gabriella E. Smith, PhD @explanimals.bsky.social Animal listener
https://sites.google.com/view/gabriella-e-smith/home?authuser=1
Saeed Shafiei Sabet @sabetssh.bsky.social Reader in Animal Behaviour, Soundscape Ecology, Underwater Bioacoustics
Nick Jones @nickarjones.bsky.social Researcher that explores hehaviour and cognition (mostly in fish).
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick-Jones-43
Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social Ornithologist and Evolutionary Ecologist at the University of Oxford - natural history, science, cycling
Anna Elisa Kempf @annaek.bsky.social PhD Student @Vetmeduni Vienna 🦜🕊️ Working on Dexterity & Tool use in Goffin‘s cockatoos into all things art & science 🪷 (she | her)
Maria Santacà @mariasantaca.bsky.social Postdoc @univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social - Animal cognition and behaviour
Now studying the possible role of visual illusions during courtship in 🐦 🐠
Melanie Kaluppa @melaniekaluppa.bsky.social
Millie Johnston @milliejohnston.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Canterbury researching avian cognition 🦜 🇳🇿
~ kea, crows, jackdaws, pigeons ~
~ working memory, probabilistic reasoning, timing behaviour, affective states ~
International Bioacoustics Society IBAC @ibacsocial.bsky.social Official account of the International Bioacoustics Society (IBAC). Sharing society news, events, and advances in bioacoustics research across taxa, disciplines, and ecosystems worldwide.
MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social Associate Professor of chemical and visual ecology at the University of Amsterdam. She/her
Zeke Rowe @zekerowe.bsky.social PhD Student @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Researching variation in defensive colouration in moths 🦋
https://linktr.ee/zekeseeksnature
Niki Schlöglová @niki-schloglova.bsky.social PhD student at @universitywa 🇦🇺 studying Australian magpies 🐦
🎓 MSc in Human-Animal Interactions at @vetmeduni 🇦🇹
Past projects: olfaction in kea & innovation in sulphur-crested cockatoos
Into bird behaviour, cognitive ecology & conservation 😊
Alena Lemazina @alenalem.bsky.social Animal communication, neuroethology
Postdoc @Max Plank Brain research
Naked-mole rat research 🍠
Scientific illustrator: behance.net/alem3
Karina Stampe @karina-stampe.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Copenhagen studying animal social behaviour and bioacoustics in parakeets.
UCPH Behavioural Ecology Group @behaveco.bsky.social The Behavioural Ecology Group of @ucph.bsky.social. Our group, led by @ebriefer.bsky.social, focuses on the relationships among vertebrate behaviour, emotion, communication, and cognition.
Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Researcher @
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
📍Konstanz 🇩🇪
brain 🧠 | behaviour 🎬 | shrews🐭
Unexplainably obsessed with flamingoes 🦩
cecibaldoni.github.io 💁🏽♀️🌐
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
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social CCS is a community of researchers dedicated to understanding the evolution of cognition and development of behaviour across taxa. Join us in Montréal April 14th - 17th 2027 for #CO32027!
https://www.comparativecognition.org/
Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social Everyone knows that dogs are amazing. I think that dogs' brains are also fascinating! 🐶 💕 🧠
Having a marvelous time studying dogs' brains with fMRI at SCAN Unit 😊
✨Shimmering in enchanting Vienna ✨
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.
Katharina Brecht @katharinabrecht.bsky.social Science Strategy at MDC Berlin / Bird Lady at heart
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.
Matthias Tschumi 🦉 @matthiastschumi.bsky.social Ecologist and researcher interested in #biodiversity #ecosystemfunctioning #conservation and #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
Recently mostly working on #bird #movement, #behaviour and #ecosystemfunctions in a changing world
The Clever Cockie Research Project @clevercockierp.bsky.social Account for the research project jointly run at ANU and UZH and led by Lucy Aplin, studying spread of innovation, culture and cognition in urban cockatoos
https://www.clevercockies.com/
Alizée Vernouillet @vernouilleta.bsky.social Behavioural ecology & comparative cognition, with a predilection for corvids. Currently Research Fellow at Cambridge, working with magpies. she/her 🐦
PhULMaR @phulmar.bsky.social The Phd inter-University Lab for Marine bird Research (aka PhULMaR!).
We are a PhD lab group for those around the British and Irish Isles studying birds that use the marine environment. Get involved!
Meetings online on the last Friday of every month.
Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social Behaviour 2025 is the 38th International Ethological Congress to be hosted at Kolkata, India. Save the dates: 25-30 August, 2025. #Behaviour2025
For more details, check out our website: https://behaviourindia2025.in
Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live International & inclusive online platform bringing together researchers in animal behaviour.
🔗Website: animalbehaviour.live
🌲Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animalbehaviourlive
📝Conference: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró, Goffin Lab, Vienna, Austria
PhD^2 and Ninja Biologist.
Animal Behavior and Comparative Cognition.
Human perch for cockatoos.
Also here: twitter.com/BioTay
More about me here: https://osunamascaro.weebly.com/
Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social i draw comics for the New Yorker and candy hearts and extremely accurate birds and you can buy my books and calendars and things over on my webstore, xoxo
www.tommysiegel.net
Alper Yelimlieş @alperyelimlies.bsky.social PhD student at University of Vienna studying female birdsong and duetting
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com Philosopher & Historian of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #philsci #HPS #philsky
Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social Official bluesky account of the Konrad Lorenz Research Center for Behaviour and Cognition, a core facility of @univie.ac.at, Grünau im Almtal.
@featheredape.bsky.social @featheredape.bsky.social
EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social Posts about jobs, conferences, etc. from the Evolution Directory (EvolDir) mailing list https://evoldir.net, run by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social
Angela Stoeger @angelastoeger.bsky.social Animals communicate, I listen.
Wildlife biologist studying mammal communication & cognition.
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.
Laura Kelley @lauraakelley.bsky.social Royal Society Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. Interested in visual ecology, animal behaviour, illusions, and all things bowerbirdy www.laurakelleyresearch.wordpress.com
Cliodhna Quigley @cvq.bsky.social Scientist living in Vienna, enjoys arranging food into faces
Barbara Klump @barbaraklump.bsky.social Ass.-Prof. @University of Vienna
WWTF VRG Leader
KLIVV Vienna @klivvvienna.bsky.social Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology at Vetmeduni in Vienna
Konrad Lorenz Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung
https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/konrad-lorenz-institute-of-ethology
Lucy Aplin @lucymaplin.bsky.social Certified bird brain, researching cognitive and social ecology of parrots and parids. Currently holding down a dual position at the Australian National University and the University of Zurich
Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups.bsky.social Dept. for the Ecology of Animal Societies @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social & @uni-konstanz.de.
Posts do not represent the views of MPI, University of Konstanz , or lab leaders.
Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter. We aim to understand the mechanisms and functions of behaviour in humans and other animals. Come do an MSc with us! https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/psychology/animal/
FIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at Vetmeduni in Vienna
Forschungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde und Ökologie
vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi
Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social We are a centre dedicated to the study of collective behaviour | Integrative and Quantitative | Cluster of Excellence
@uni-konstanz.de, Germany.
Website: https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-behaviour/
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.
IMPRS-QBEE @imprs-qbee.bsky.social International Max Planck Research School for Quantitative Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution from lab to field (IMPRS-QBEE)
bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social
The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Promoting the study & conservation of seabirds via conferences, grant provision, newsletters & our open access, free-to-publish journal 🐧🕊️🌊
Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social Doctor of Birds at SUNY Oswego. Opinions = mine, not representative of NY state government. I run a banding station: @rcbobirds on IG.
Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social We are a collective of animal behaviour researchers organising microgrants and mentorship for undergraduate & graduate students in animal behaviour
linktr.ee/animalbehaviourcollective
Posts curated by humans, without AI
Cornell Lab of Ornithology @cornellbirds.bsky.social The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds and biodiversity. birds.cornell.edu/home/
(White-breasted Nuthatch by Hannah Criswell / Macaulay Library)
Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Explore the remarkable diversity of birds with Birds of the World, the world's leading collection of avian life histories published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with a global editorial team of avian experts. birdsoftheworld.org.
BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Updates from BirdLife International Marine Programme - @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social & @rspb.bsky.social - on our work saving seabirds & marine wildlife across the globe.
Petra Sumasgutner @pesumas.bsky.social Associate Professor for Behavioural Ecology | Konrad Lorenz Research Center | University of Vienna - Urban Raptors - Movement Ecology - Human-Wildlife- Interactions - Hike | Fly | Dive
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-7042-3461
BirdLife Österreich @birdlife.at Wir geben unseren Vögeln eine Stimme!
Als einzige bundesweit tätige Vogelschutzorganisation setzen wir seit 1953 fundierte Natur- und Vogelschutzprojekte um.
https://www.birdlife.at/
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social When birds thrive, nature thrives, and so do we.
We take the pulse of the planet through birds; protecting their habitats & global biodiversity.
BirdLife is the largest nature conservation partnership in the world.