Animal behavior opportunities @animalopps.bsky.social Jobs, PhD’s, postdocs, internships, and volunteer opportunities for ECRs in animal behavior and adjacent fields. Run and created by @juliammachado.bsky.social
Lisa Fontana @lisafontana.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Australian National University, working on innovation, cognitive ecology and social learning in sulphur-crested cockatoos 🦜
Matthew H. Babb @matthewbabb.bsky.social Ph.D. Psychology from Georgia State University
Post-doc at Zoo Atlanta
Animal behavior researcher studying primate cooperation and welfare
Dave Cornell @drdavecornell.bsky.social Philosopher | Writer | Lecturer
www.drdavecornell.com
Eurogroup for Animals @eurogroupforanimals.org 🇪🇺 The voice for animals in the EU
🤝 Umbrella NGO - 100+ animal protection organisations lobbying EU institutions as one
🐾 Building a Europe that values and respects animals as sentient beings
📍 Brussels
http://forwardforanimals.eu/ 
Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social Ecologist & Evolutionary Biologist. previously DPhil @ Oxford: insect social evolution 🐝
Chrissie Painting @cpaintingnz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Uni Waikato, Behavioural Ecologist, Bug lover, Pākeha, Mama to 2 kiddos, Senior Ed for NZJZ, Prez of ASSAB, She/her 🏳️🌈
Abby Williams @abbyevewilliams.bsky.social PhD student studying bird evolution 🦜🦋🧬islands, genomics, conservation
Stefan Stanescu @stefan-stanescu.bsky.social MSc. student in cognitive ecology at @mcgill.ca, studying memory & movement in gulls. Amateur mycologist, botanist, and birder-to-be 🍄🍁🐦⬛
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)
Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social Ecology, scicomm, writing, outdoors, foodie #Aotearoa
Yuki Haba @yukihaba.bsky.social Evolution, genomics, neuroethology - from mosquitoes to mole-rats | Leon Levy Scholar at Columbia Zuckerman Institute / Abdus-Saboor lab | PhD at Princeton McBride lab | Tokyo native, 麻布高/東大 alum 🇯🇵
yukihaba.github.io
Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social Wikimedian, citizen scientist, digital curator, volunteer, nature nerd, wine geek, partner & mum. She/her. Inordinately fond of linked open data, moths & weevils. Other contact links see my ORCID. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-7721
Chris Jernigan @chrisjernigan.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University | facial identity processing in wasps | insect brains | neural plasticity
Web: https://www.christophermjernigan.com/
Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social Cognitive neuroscientist and nature lover. Founding Director of Brain and Mind at Western University. https://www.uwo.ca/bmi/
Akseli Ilmanen @akseli-ilmanen.bsky.social PhD Neuroscience @Uni of Tübingen,
Motor control in tool-using crows 🐦⬛🧠 BrainSpaceTime & Embodied AI podcast🎙️🤓
➡️ https://linktr.ee/akseli_ilmanen
Madison Sneve @madisonsneve.bsky.social Graduate student @ Harvard neuro, insect enthusiast
The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social The Ramsey philosophy of biology lab at KU Leuven, Belgium.
https://www.theramseylab.org • #HPbio #philsci #philsky #evosky #paleosky #cogsci #AI
Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social Postdoc in the Comparative Cognition Lab, Cambridge Psychology Department working on cognition and curiosity in cuttlefish🐙 and other animals. Formerly DPhil student at Oxford Biology. https://vajuwon.weebly.com
Martin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social Cognitive Neuroscientist and Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. Perception of Time, Memory, & Action. Exec Director @ http://timingforum.org
Andrea Ravignani @andrearavignani.bsky.social Professor @SapienzaRoma - Comparative psychology, music neuroscience & bioacoustics. Works on rhythm/sync/speech/communication across species (humans, primates, marine mammals, etc.)
Blake Porter @blakep-neuro.bsky.social Postdoc (he/him) @jadhavlab studying memory schema 🧠 with 🐀
Otherwise 🎮 and 🌭-🐶
Oryan Zacks @oryanzacks.bsky.social PhD student in philosophy of biology, researching memory, imagination and consciousness.
Also interested in teaching, sci-comm, pedagogy and dance.
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
Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social searching for principles, adaptive behaviors, empirical approach, integration | doing comp neuroscience & psychiatry | PI @cmc-lab.bsky.social | previously @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social (Peter Dayan & Nikos Logothetis)
Fabrizio Musacchio @fabmusacchio.bsky.social Physicist by training, working in computational neuroscience at the @dzne.science. Interested in how neural dynamics and learning shape brain function and behavior, using modeling and data analysis.
🌍fabriziomusacchio.com
🐘mastodon.social/@FabMusacchio
Weronika Sójka @wsojka00.bsky.social PhD Student @unituebingen.bsky.social
📍Animal Physiology Group, Tübingen 🇩🇪
brain | numerical cognition | NHPs
Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social Evolution x Ecology x Biological Clocks x Intertidal:
focus on lunar rhythms in development & reproduction of marine insects.
+ Genomics | MolBio | Behaviour | ChemEcol | Biodiversity | SciCom
bit.ly/KaiserLab
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Anna Wilkinson @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social Cold-blooded cognition and more
Profile pic by Sophie A. Moszuti
Alex M Winsor @amwinsor.bsky.social active sensory processing
Early-Career Rep @neuroethology.org
PhD in evolutionary biology
https://alexmwinsor.com
Science HR @sciencehr.bsky.social A career network featuring science jobs in academia and industry.
Visit our platform at www.science.hr
Kat Van der Poorten (キャット) @kathetgedacht.bsky.social FWO fellow @ KU Leuven studying the origin and evolution of human language
@vandenberglab.bsky.social
winner of the 2025 LAVA Scholarship for autistic researchers
pedagoog, bioloog en ervaringstaalkundige
Wildlife Biology @wildlifebiology.bsky.social A scientific journal for research in wildlife management and conservation. Owned by @nordicoikos.bsky.social.
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.
Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com Postdoc at the Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb | PhD, King’s College London | Primarily working on mind and metaphysics 💭
Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social Computational biologist | Postdoctoral Researh Fellow 👋she/her
✨️ Collective animal behavior, behavioral ecology, self-organization, ABM, heterogeneity, complex social systems
📍Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (GER)
🌐 www.mpapadopoulou.com
Christine Webb @christinewebb.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, NYU
Primatologist, Author of THE ARROGANT APE
https://www.cewebb.com
Jefferson García-Loor @jeffgarcialoor.bsky.social 
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/
International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org Promoting the study of the neural bases of behavior.
Bird Study Journal @birdstudy.bsky.social Bird Study is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the British Trust for Ornithology.
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
Lily Johnson-Ulrich @wildcognition.bsky.social Asst. Prof studying urban coyotes and hyenas, she/her/hers 🏳️🌈
Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of Ecology at Lincoln Uni, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Scientist, teacher, dad, bibliophile, cricket tragic, snorkeler, rockpooler (fond of crabs). Uses traits to understand plant responses to disturbance. Likes to BBQ plants.
Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social Behavioural biologist and canid researcher at Université de Neuchâtel 🐺🐶🐾
Paddy Tkaczynski @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist at LJMU, UK. Studying how non-human primates grow up, how they make friends & their plasticity to the goings on of human primates (https://plasticprimateslab.com/)
Primate Research and News @ourprimatepast.bsky.social Posting the latest in primate research, conservation news, and insights into primate evolution #Primatology #BiologicalAnthropology
Video interview series: https://m.youtube.com/@ourprimatepast
Stephan Reber @stephanreber.bsky.social 🇨🇭Cognitive Zoologist @ Lund University 🇸🇪 Evolutionary Biology - Crocodilian Cognition & Communication - Bioacoustics - Animal Behaviour - Comparative Cognition - IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group member
Angela Stoeger @angelastoeger.bsky.social Animals communicate, I listen.
Wildlife biologist studying mammal communication & cognition.
Jacob C. Dunn @jacobcdunn.bsky.social Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
www.thepeergroup.org.uk
PEER Group research is focused on primate evolution and ecology, with a particular emphasis on vocal communication and the evolution of language.
Josh Arbon @josharbon.bsky.social Animal behaviour, social and cognitive evolution. Jackdaws, mongooses, now wagtails. Herchel Smith Research Fellow, University of Cambridge.
Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading |
Most of my recent writing is on animal consciousness and welfare
Sébastien Ballesta @neuroprimato.bsky.social 
Daisy @daisyrjb.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Exeter @uniexecec.bsky.social
Sensory processing and signal perception during mate choice interactions 👁️ 🐟
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
Giorgio Vallortigara @gvallortigara.bsky.social Neuroscientist and science writer
Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social Academic society supporting Behavioural Biology in research & teaching | associated with Ethology | 🇪🇺 | posts by @hanjabrrr.bsky.social
Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social PostDoc researcher at Uppsala University
Behavioral ecology, phenotypes evolution, sexual selection, social behaviour, coloration, cognition, personality
PhD (she/her)
katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social into brain evolution & development, open science, art & science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hMNZHsrNHw, music, making, javascript, contemporary dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfHj7F2FzQ
website: katjaq.github.io
The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution (TIBBE)- Network @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social TIBBE network brings together researchers working on brain evolution, and organises #EvolutionaryNeuroscience events
Join TIBBE clicking here:
https://tibbe-network.github.io/
James Brock @jmrbrock.bsky.social TOITŪ TE TIRITI!
Tangata Tiriti, sailor, rugger, Lecturer at the University of Auckland (he/him)… ferns rule
Simon Brown @simonabbrown.bsky.social Philosopher of mind/cog sci studying animal minds, memory,
consciousness, temporal representation, & implications for animal ethics/policy.
Asst. Prof. @ Ashoka University, India
Elisa Felsche @elisafelsche.bsky.social Postdoc at MPI EVA studying cognition in human children and other primates 🐒
Ellen O'Donoghue @eodonoghue.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology; Cardiff University. I study how we flexibly learn about our environments, with particular interest in curiosity-driven exploration.
Jeff White @jeffwwhite.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell and with the Tawaki Trust. Seabird foraging ecology. Stable isotopes. Diving physiology. Population dynamics. he/him 🏳️🌈 #firstgen
Carly Lynsdale @carlylynsdale.bsky.social Grant writer (HE Pillar 2) & Project Manager (@atmopolis.bsky.social) at Tampere University📝. Evolutionary biologist in spirit, working previously on progressively smaller organisms (🐘 ->🦌 -> 🦋).
I like escaping outside on two wheels or two legs☀️. She/her
Earth Species Project (ESP) @earthspecies.bsky.social The new frontier of interspecies understanding.
We decode animal communication with advanced AI to illuminate the diverse intelligences on earth.
www.earthspecies.org/
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com Behavioural ecologist, Ph.D. • Researcher at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Cooperation | Sociality | Sexual selection | Theoretical and empirical research
https://irenegarciaruiz.com/
🇨🇦 Chris Sturdy 🇨🇦 @cbsturdy.bsky.social Father, Husband, Professor, Canadian
Mariel Goddu @marielgoddu.bsky.social Philosophy of mind & cognitive science in bio-metaphysical perspective
https://philosophy.stanford.edu/people/mariel-goddu
Proud ex-dev psychologist
Dr Mark E Hauber @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social Executive Director at CUNY ASRC, comparative psychology professor at GC CUNY with an eye on brood parasites; Nat Geo Explorer, married 🏳️🌈; I post my own mind. www.cowbirdlab.org
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
Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social Not really on social media much anymore. If you need to reach me, use rebeccaheisman.com/contact!
Kata Horváth @kata-horvath.bsky.social unemployed scientist intersted in animal minds
Megan Shersby @meganshersby.bsky.social Naturalist, writer and board gamer. Working at @wildlifebcn.org (views my own). Lead author of Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain By Low-carbon Transport (2026). Owner of a dog/servant to two cats. She/her.
Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social Behavioural & cognitive ecology 🏞️🧠💡 Mostly fish 🐟🐠🦈
Enthusiastic about science communication and outreach 📢
perso website: https://catarinavilapouca.wordpress.com/
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
Marie C. Diquelou @mdiquelou.bsky.social Avian and Primate Cognition - Behavioural Ecology - Human-Wildlife Interactions
Currently postdoctoral fellow at the University of St Andrews.
Other interests : 🐕🚶♀️ , 🥾🏔 , 🧵🖌
Pronouns : she/her
Jonas Rose @jonasrose.bsky.social https://www.ngl.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/
Neuroscience of avian cognition. Cognitive science at Ruhr University
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 🦎🐸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @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
Marie Hébert @mariehebert.bsky.social Research Fellow @University of St Andrews -Neuroethologist/behavioural neuroendocrinologist.
Birds🦜🐥🦆, Brain 🧠,Hormones, Nest building 🪺, Courtship, and more!
drmariehebert.wordpress.com
LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social Animal Cognition Research Group leader, Associate Prof. @psychualberta.bsky.social, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Ecology (she/her) ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @laurenguillette on X
The Alex Foundation @thealexfoundation.bsky.social Visit our website: www.alexfoundation.org. Dr. Irene Pepperberg researches the cognitive and communicative abilities of African Grey parrots. Visit our shop: https://teespring.com/stores/alexfoundation
https://www.facebook.com/thealexfoundation1
Peter Korsten @peterkorsten.bsky.social biologist | behaviour, ecology & evolution | population studies of birds | lecturer @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Marc Gilles @marcgilles.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist investigating the smell of birds | Animal behaviour | Chemical communication | Ornithology | https://marc-gilles.github.io/ | he/him
Ljerka Ostojic @ljerkaostojic.bsky.social Comparative Cognition and Meta-science | MSc University of Vienna | PhD University of Cambridge | Lecturer University of Rijeka | Head of Studies @ricogsci.bsky.social cogsci.uniri.hr she/her
Lysanne Snijders @lysannesnijders.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Behavioural Ecology @w-u-r.bsky.social | Animal Behaviour | Conservation | Nature | Science | Plant-based
Vladimir Pravosudov @cognitiveecol.bsky.social Cognitive and Behavioral Ecology Lab
Dan Mennill @dmennill.bsky.social Biology Professor, Canada Research Chair, & Associate Dean at University of Windsor. I use bioacoustics to study ecology, evolution, & conservation. Husband & father. Proud Canadian 🇨🇦. I post about our team's research adventures. www.uwindsor.ca/dmennill
Ana V. Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social Behavioural & evolutionary ecologist | PhD | Interested in animal communication, evolution of bird' traits on islands, bird cognition, avian female colours and song.
She/her
www.islandbirdproject.com
Baptiste Schmid @baptischmi.bsky.social researcher at @vogelwarte.bsky.social
#aeroecology #ornithology #animalMigration #radar
| he/him/his | Views my own
Dr. Alex Fink @alexthefinch.bsky.social Loves terns and likes all birds. #Conservationist working on Breeding Bird Survey, previously tern conservation and cancer cell migration.
Alex @a-robbins.bsky.social Landlocked marine ornithologist with a focus on marine energy | Nature, camping, hiking, aerial, axe-throwing | @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social European Rep
🐧🌱🥾🌊🤸♀️ 🏋️♀️🐾
Laura Douglas @laurajdouglas.bsky.social 🐦 Bird researcher and part time crafter 🧵
Currently a PhD student at the University of St Andrews
drawnbybehaviour.com
Dr. Marco A. C. Varella @marcovarella.bsky.social Biologist, researcher in evolutionary psychology, educator, science writer & editor. Evolutionary perspectives on aesthetics, arts, music, mating, sexual strategies, personality, twinning, anthropomorphism, COVID-19 pandemic, chronotype, & climate crisis🇧🇷
Anastasia Morandi Raikova @anastasiamorandi.bsky.social Postdoc 👩🎓 in Italy 🇮🇹 🍕Studying: Neuroscience 🧠 Animal Cognition 🐓 Social Cognition 🐥 Laterality ➡️⬅️ in Birds 🐦 & Cows 🐄
Darren Burke @drdarrenburke.bsky.social Biologically oriented experimental psychologist at University of Newcastle, Australia.
Claudio Tennie @ctennie.bsky.social A PI of the HUMAN ORIGINS project (Tübingen, GER)
Humans, hominins & apes -> evolution of human cultural evolution
-> How did we get from an ape-like baseline to human cultural learning/ cultural cognition?
https://sites.google.com/view/claudiotennie
Daniel Noble @danielwanoble.bsky.social Associate Professor at The Australian National University. Meta-analysis, global change biology, functional ecology, evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology. I also like statistics. www.noblelab.org 🇨🇦🇦🇺