@siqiyangfu.bsky.social @siqiyangfu.bsky.social
Stephen Ferrigno @sferrigno.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology at UW-Madison. PI, Cognitive Origins Lab, investigating the evolutionary and developmental origins of thought. He/Him. cognitiveoriginslab.psych.wisc.edu
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 ✨
@karoger.bsky.social @karoger.bsky.social PhD-student at Messerli Research Institute - studying Overimitation in dogs 🤓🧠🐾 | Dog Trainer 🐕🥰 | Vienna 🇦🇹
Elizabeth Warren @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social Postdoctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins University (@jhuartssciences) studying primate and canine cognition | animal communication, cooperation, collective action, rationality and reasoning, social behavior | @uniofstandrews graduate | she/her/hers
Gavin Foster🦧 @gibbonitathought.bsky.social Philosophy PhD student @ Purdue University. Animal cognition, theory of mind, norm psychology, and Kant (sorry).
Affiliate at the Social and Cognitive Origins Group (JHU).
SSHRC Doctoral Scholar & Dean’s Graduate Fellow.
🔗 gavinrfoster.com
Andrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social Ethologist exploring how dogs see, think, and communicate 👁️🐕 | Postdoc @VetmeduniVienna | Cognitive & welfare science 🐈🐹 | Occasional baker 🧁
EvOCRO Project @evocroproject.bsky.social Exploring how crocodiles think and learn.
Behaviour • Evolution • Conservation
EU-funded • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow MSCA
https://evocroproject.github.io/
Emma Tecwyn @emmatecwyn.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Psychology | comparative cognition & cognitive development | open science | kidney transplant
I make earrings: https://tinyurl.com/dottysparrowdesigns
Currently on maternity leave
Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social Research group at the Department of Ethology, ELTE University, supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant. Our mission is to explore vocal learning in dogs by combining cutting-edge technology with interdisciplinary methods.
| https://barks-lab.elte.hu/ |
Society for Companion Animal Studies @scas1979.bsky.social SCAS was established in 1979 to promote the study of human-companion animal interactions and raise awareness of the importance of pets in society.
https://www.scas.org.uk/
Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at Family Dog Project | I am interested in animal-human interactions, communication, welfare, and emotions | Currently working with dogs but I have a secret love for pigs.
| https://barks-lab.elte.hu/#who | @barkslab.bsky.social
Stephan Reber @stephanreber.bsky.social 🇨🇭Cognitive Zoologist @ Lund University 🇸🇪 Evolutionary Biology - Crocodilian Cognition & Communication - Bioacoustics - Animal Behaviour - Comparative Cognition - IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group member
Lindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social Developmental psych & cog neuro, studying how babies and kids make sense of and learn from their social world. Assoc Prof @ UCSD. she/her
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
https://royalsociety.org/
Federico Rossano @federicorossano.bsky.social Cognitive scientist and conversation analyst. Associate Professor at UC San Diego. Director of Comparative Cognition Lab at UCSD. Proud father of two.
Andrew Shtulman @andrewshtulman.bsky.social Professor, cognitive developmental psychologist, and author of SCIENCEBLIND (Basic) and LEARNING TO IMAGINE (Harvard). I love academic bureaucracy and sarcasm.
Brandon Woo @brandonwoo.bsky.social Assistant professor at UCSB, studying the development of the social mind. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (he/him)
bmwoo.github.io
MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology investigates the #history and #evolution of #humans and other #primates.
Leipzig, Germany
https://www.eva.mpg.de/index.html
EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social Feed of the 2026 European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference - Leiden. April 15-17, 2026.
Stay tuned for updates!
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/
Anthrozooogy as International Practice (AIP) @azconference.bsky.social Online, annual, free conference for students interested in interspecies interactions. Tag us for re-sharing of #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies content.
https://anthrozoologyconference.com/
Berkay Arslan @asimpleprimate.bsky.social Visiting Scholar at the Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social | MSc in Comparative Psychology 🐒 @uniofstandrews.bsky.social | Wiser: berkayarslan
Kerri Rodriguez, PhD @kerrirodriguez0.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Arizona
Director of the Human-Animal Bond Lab (HAB Lab)
Exploring the dog-human relationship 🐾🦮
She/Her/Hers
Scott Love @love-a-scott.bsky.social Cognitive neuroscientist who hangs out with ethologists 🐑 🏴🇫🇷
Dani Sorbie @dani-sorbie.bsky.social PhD Student @Manmetuni | Machine Learning x Dog Welfare 🐶 🐾 | Partnering with @DogsTrust | Views are my own
Elisa Felsche @elisafelsche.bsky.social Postdoc at MPI EVA studying cognition in human children and other primates 🐒
Jonathan F. Kominsky @jfkominsky.bsky.social (he/him) Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Central European University in Vienna, PI of the CEU Causal Cognition Lab (https://ccl.ceu.edu) #CogSci #PsychSciSky #SciSky
Personal site: https://www.jfkominsky.com
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/
Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among scholars and storytellers interested in the origins, nature, and future of intelligences.
Web: www.disi.org
Podcast: Many Minds (@manymindspod.bsky.social)
Tia Gong @tianweigong.bsky.social Postdoctoral research associate at UCL
https://tianweigong.github.io/
Leslie-Ann Eickhoff @leslie-ann.bsky.social PhD candidate studying causal perception in
dogs 🐶 and infants 👶🏼
Comparative & Developmental Psychology | University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social Ever wondered how dolphins recognize each other? Or how to train an alligator? Then you're in the right place!
Join us as we sit with fellow animal behavior experts to learn all about what makes animals tick.
linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
Shari Liu @shariliu.bsky.social Asst Prof at Johns Hopkins. Dog person. A woman who is up to something. www.liulaboratory.org
Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social Assistant Professor she/her. I study how people think about social relationships. Usually with babies and kids.
ashleyjthomas.com
Dog Aging Project @dogagingproject.bsky.social We are enrolling tens of thousands of dogs in a ten-year study to unlock the secrets of healthy #aging in #dogs. Join us!
Tiago Falótico @tfalotico.bsky.social Brazilian primatologist🐒, beer lover🍺, and amateur photographer📸. Researcher and cofounder at @Neoprego.org. National Geographic Explorer 🌎💛.
Sociable Dog @sociabledog.bsky.social Dog trainer and behaviour consultant Email: simon@sociabledog.com Tel:07779100079 Pre-order book More Than Just a Dog: https://lnk.to/MoreThanJustADog
Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social Conservation scientist @uq-cbcs.bsky.social committed to overcoming biases and barriers in conservation and science. See
http://translatesciences.com
http://kaizenconservation.com
he/him
ManyBabies @manybabies.org A global consortium of developmental researchers. Join us! manybabies.org [posts by ExecDirector @hbaum.bsky.social]
ManyGoats Project @manygoatsproject.bsky.social multi-site | open | collaborative - ManyGoats is an initiative focusing on goat behaviour and welfare | posts by
bethologist@bsky.social
ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social 🦤 Official 2025 Spring Conference
📍 Hosted by @LJMU
📅 Follow for updates & announcements
🔗 linktr.ee/asabspring2025
#ASABSpring2025
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.
Jie Gao (D.Sc.) @drjiegao.bsky.social Comparative cognition • face and body perception • biological knowledge • chimpanzees • children • gorillas • goats • giraffes • Hakubi Researcher @ Kyoto University • views my own
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/gaojie/
BORIS @boris-behav-obs.bsky.social Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software
BORIS is an easy-to-use event logging software for video/audio coding and live observations. BORIS is a free and open-source software.
Dawn Pribble @positivepups.bsky.social Dog training and behavior. Curious about most things.
Bridgett vonHoldt @bvon.bsky.social Assoc Prof @ Princeton EEB; everything canid genomics; admixture; conservation; Old English Sheepdogs and cats!
Tiziana Srdoč @tizianasrdoc.bsky.social PhD student in Cognitive Science @univie.ac.at
Interested in language acquisition, evolution, communication @babelfischlab.bsky.social
Anwyn Gatesy-Davis @anwyngd.bsky.social PhD student studying dogs 🐕
Canine Cognition & Human Interaction Lab @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln @unlcchil.bsky.social
Hampshire College alumnus
They/them 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Elinor Karlsson @elinork.bsky.social Scientist & artist. Prof at UMass Chan Med School & Broad Institute. Rice U alum. Founder of Zoonomia & DarwinsArk.org. Wants your dog’s DNA. And your cat’s! 🇸🇪🇳🇿🇺🇸
Dr Lauren M Robinson @drlmrobinson.bsky.social Job hunting psychologist of monkeys, wolves, dogs and anything interesting and fundable. Incapable of reading anyone's mind including my own. I research animal personality, happiness, and cognition when paid to do so. Views my own unless they're wrong
Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd.bsky.social Scientist, cosplayer, teacher, musician, can I find more “contradictions”? We are all all of these things! LGBTQ+, Mom, professor of animal cognition and communication. (She/her) Follow my sci com work @talking-animals.bsky.social ;-)
Opinions are my own
Simon Gadbois @simongadbois.bsky.social Ethologist. Canids, Anatids, Emydids. Wildlife Conservation Canines. Dalhousie University.
https://www.simon.gadbois.org
Dr. Jim Crosby @thedogguyjim.bsky.social Canine aggression researcher, expert on dog bites, seeker for things unexamined and questions unasked, and generally nosey. Love small streams, bamboo rods and the sound of running water.
Tali Caspi @talicaspi.bsky.social NSF PRFB postdoc @ Schell Lab, UC Berkeley | PhD from @ the MECU, UC Davis🧬| urban wildlife ecologist studying carnivores in San Francisco 🐺🌉🐾 | https://talicaspi.weebly.com/
Talking-Animals @talking-animals.bsky.social Science communication page of Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd@bsky.social
All content and opinions are my own.
Verity Bowell @verityb.bsky.social Lecturer in Clinical Animal Behaviour. Particular interest in animal training, assistance dogs, human-animal interactions, and human behaviour change. Lapsed primatologist. She/her.
Perry Hekman @jphekman.bsky.social She/her. Veterinary geneticist. Founder of the Functional Dog Collaborative. One dog, one husband, New Hampshire.
Mayte Martinez @maytemartinez.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Hunter College, City University of New York. Coordination, cooperation, social cognition, social behaviour, dogs, primates. She/her
Anna Korzeniowska @atkorzeniowska.bsky.social Engagement Librarian | Canine cognition scientist | Mushroom forager
Anshita Das @anshitadas.bsky.social Research Associate - The Dhole Project
@ Wildlife Conservation Society-India
I work on the ecology and behavior of the enigmatic Asiatic wild dogs. I'm looking forward to working on Hyenas soon!
Em Sundby @emsundby.bsky.social 🐾 Comparative Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠
🐶 MSc student studying dog object ownership
🇨🇦 Queen's University
🐱 Cat parent
🏳️🌈 They/them
https://linktr.ee/esundby
Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social Assistant professor in animal behaviour, PI of canidresearchgroup.com. I study how canid behaviour evolves and develops. Scientific integrity advocate. Florida Man wrangler, husky enthusiast and occasional butterfly catcher. Dog watching > people watching.
Rachel Dale @drracheldale.bsky.social Senior scientist with 2 science hats: Mental health (humans) & animal behaviour (canids/elephants).
Co-host @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social
Mountain and camping addict. Scot in Austria. 🏳️🌈
Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association @pamba.bsky.social The Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association (PAMBA) promotes and supports the work of philosophers and scientists interested in philosophical questions about minds across species.
https://www.the-pamba.com/
Sonya Pashchevskaya @sonya-ofthejungle.bsky.social PhD student at LuiKotale Bonobo Project and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior: networks in wild bonobos and immigrant females' integration
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social We want to understand and predict animal decision-making in the natural world | Max Planck Institute in Konstanz, Germany. Photo by Simon Gingins
Anthropology Primatology at Emory @apesemory.bsky.social Primatology group at Emory University led by Dr. Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf and Dr. Marcela E. Benítez.
Development | Social Learning | Cognition | Hormones | Health 🌿🐒🌿
Dr Eve Holden (she/her) @chimpanzeve.bsky.social Developmental & comparative psychologist. Socialisation in people & nonhuman primates. Interests in evolution, culture, experience, social behaviour, learning, sex, gender, parenting, ADHD. Postdoc @DurhamPsych. Fieldwork lover. Cat & plant mother. ADHD.
ASAB @asab.org We promote the study of animal behaviour, organise conferences, fund research & support the teaching of animal behaviour. Co-publisher of #AnimalBehaviourJournal. For meeting coverage, follow @asab-meetings.bsky.social
Rebecca Saxe @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social Cognitive neuroscience at MIT. Open science. 🇨🇦
Saxelab.mit.edu
Denis Tatone @denistatone.bsky.social Cognitive scientist investigating how human and nonhuman minds represent social interactions, relations, and structures. Asst Prof, University of Plymouth. https://denistatone.wixsite.com/my-site
Kristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @kristinandrews.bsky.social Philosopher. How animal cognition research informs philosophy, and vice versa. Social norms, evolution of tech, ToM, personhood, consciousness, AI. Prof and York Research Chair in Animal Minds at YorkU and Prof at CUNY Grad Center. www.kristinandrews.org
Ella Williamson @ellawilliamson.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher at the University of York. Studying communication and social cognition in dogs 🐕🧠🗣️ part-time footballer and dog sport enthusiast ⚽️🐕🦺🏃♀️
Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social Origins of the Social Mind • Apes • Dogs • Evolutionary Cognitive Scientist, Assistant Professor @JohnsHopkins • he/him
steven t. piantadosi @spiantado.bsky.social computational cognitive science he/him
UC Berkeley
ScienceHomecoming
http://colala.berkeley.edu/people/piantadosi/
the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social Navigating academia while distracted by shiny things. Advocating for meaningful diversity & inclusion.
https://linktr.ee/theadhdacademic
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
Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social Promoting Cognitive Science as a discipline and fostering scientific interchange among researchers in various areas.
🌐 https://cognitivesciencesociety.org
Bradley P Smith @howlingdingo.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Psychology) at CQUniversity. Researching dingoes, dogs, human-animal interactions, non-lethal approaches to human-wildlife conflict.
Living on Peramangk Country. Father of 3 mini humans and a Labrador.
www.howlingdingo.com.au
Jenny Essler @jennyessler.bsky.social Research. Dogs. Olfaction. Detection. Conservation. Behavior.
Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator, Canine Training & Management, SUNY Cobleskill.
Views are my own.
Hannah Burrows @hannahburrows.bsky.social Cognitive Neuroscience PhD Candidate at the Social Cognition Lab at Queen’s University🇨🇦
Researching dog-human interactions 🐕🐕🦺
Many Dogs Member since 2023🌎🌍🌏
Julie K. Young @drjuliekyoung.bsky.social Scientist. Professor & Institute Director. I research wildlife ecology & animal behavior, primarily studying 🐻🦊🐺🐱, their prey, & 🦫 to reduce conflicts and increase coexistence | she, her
https://drjuliekyoung.weebly.com
Mattias Sherman @mattiassherman.bsky.social PhD student in ancient genomics @ the Crick, London | wolf domestication, canine evolution, aDNA damage 🦴🐕🧬
Dr Kata, PhD @rskcdy.bsky.social behavioural biologist👀👣🐾;
MSc👨🎓;
MEd👩🏫
PhD🐕;
Dogs🐶;
socially awkward 😅;
late dx ADHD 🐝🧠;
sux at cubing 🟥🟧🟩🟨🟦⬜️;
sux at bouldering🧩🪨;
FamDogProject https://ethology.elte.hu/
SciDog https://scidog.hu
Naomi Harvey PhD @naomidharvey.bsky.social Zoologist & veterinary research. She/her.
22yrs with #MEcfs Pro-vax but vaccine injured. Life on pause due to moderate/severe ME/CFS ♿️
Patient Expert in ME/CFS, POTS and syndromic Long Covid.
Please excuse my typos.
Val Kuhlmeier @valkuhlmeier.bsky.social Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Psychology at Queen's University 🇨🇦 — Developmental Psychology and Animal Cognition — Assistant Director at ManyDogs
Tamás Faragó (tamsa) @tamsa42.bsky.social Ethologist,
PI of the BARKS Lab, K9VocLearn Project
Dept. of Ethology, ELTE, Budapest
Louise Mackie, PhD @louisemackie.bsky.social Messerli Research Institute, Vienna
Comparative Psychologist, researching imitation in:
🐕 Dogs
🤸 Children
🐵 Chimpanzees
MSc was at the University of St Andrews
Scottish 🏴 she/her
www.louisemackie.org
Daphna Buchsbaum @daphnab.bsky.social Children, Dogs, Monkeys, Robots. Associate Professor at Brown University.
https://sites.brown.edu/cocodevlab/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4LRxXyIAAAAJ&hl=en
Daniel Promislow @dpromislow.bsky.social I study systems biology of aging at Tufts University. Co-founder of https://dogagingproject.org and dogaginginstitute.org. Longer, healthier lives. Together.
The views expressed here represent my own opinions and not necessarily those of my employer- L Liz Hare, PhD @lizhare.bsky.social Working dog genetics and genomics | R | Open Science | ManyDogs Project | The Turing Way | Inclusion and Accessibility
Jeff Stevens @jeffreyrstevens.com Professor of Psychology at @unlincoln.bsky.social
Lead the Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab @unlcchil.bsky.social
Co-direct the ManyDogs Project @manydogsproject.bsky.social
Data science mentor at @Posit.co.
#RStats #OpenScience
he/him
Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social Prof. of Behavioural Biology | cooperation, communication, cognition, corvids and physiology | equity & diversity research | addressing biases in animal behaviour
https://claudiawascher.github.io/
she/her ♻️🌍💚|🏳️🌈 & 🏳️⚧️ ally|✊🏿 ally|🇪🇺|
Sarah Dalesman @sarahdalesman.bsky.social Researcher in animal behaviour and cognition, mostly working with aquatic snails and dogs. And sometimes both!
Dog agility trainer, judge and competitor in my spare time.
Lecturer at Aberystwyth University in Wales @aberdlsagb.bsky.social
Marianne Freeman (she/her) @msfreeman.bsky.social Animal Researcher and Lecturer | Welfare | Behaviour | Conservation | Education | Management | Zoo
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
Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social Researcher at FBN | Alumnus of University of Halle, Queen Mary University of London & Agroscope | Interests: animal cognition & welfare | Goat aficionado | Boardgame enthusiast | Mycophile | he/him
christiannawroth.wordpress.com