Ben Cobb

PhD at University of Bristol, studying how outgroup conflict affects behaviour.

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

Honoured & delighted to be shortlisted for @timeshighered Outstanding Research Supervisor award. #HumbleBrag - of course. But a chance to say a HUGE thank you to all the #ECRs who have been/are so wonderful, inspirational & fun to work with.
#THEAwards @BristolBioSci @BILTOnline

[Julie Kern @Julie_M_Kern]

Discover more about what you're seeing and hearing below by checking out @Ben_Cobb_'s new paper on dwarf mongoose group movement, with @Dwarf_Mongoose @AmyMorrisDrake @Padraig_Kennedy @MeganLayton__ 🍾😀🐻

https://t.co/NwNodr8Hj6

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

Our new paper is out! Thanks to @Dwarf_Mongoose for the incredible support throughout the process (and my entire PhD!), along with amazing co-authors @AmyMorrisDrake, @Padraig_Kennedy, @_meganlayton and @Julie_M_Kern.

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

📢NEW paper alert: 'Factors affecting follower responses to movement calls in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongooses'. Led by #PhD student @Ben_Cobb_ with @AmyMorrisDrake @Padraig_Kennedy @_meganlayton @Julie_M_Kern
https://t.co/PR6bvBkJvL
#fieldwork #experiments #ECRs #movement

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

Huge 🌟CONGRATULATIONS🌟 @AmyMorrisDrake on successfully defending her fantastic #PhD thesis: 'Consequences of within- and between-group conflict in dwarf mongooses'. 👏 Thanks Cathy Crockford & Innes Cuthill (examiners) & @_StephanieLKing (viva chair).
#ProudSupervisor 😀👍 #ECR

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

👏HUGE congratulations👏 to @Padraig_Kennedy who has been awarded the @OfficialZSL Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize for his outstanding #PhD thesis.
🥇 A richly deserved and amazing accolade. 🧁🥂
@WaspWoman #ProudSupervisors #ECRchat
@BristolBioSci @BristolBioSci

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

Our new #Perspectives paper is out today in @NatureComms. 😀 How interactions with conspecific outsiders could drive the evolution of 'Napoleonic' intelligence. 🐵🦁🦊🐦🦜🐸🐝🐠
w/ the fantastic @Ben_Ashton9 & @Padraig_Kennedy
@BristolBioSci @ERC_Research

https://t.co/Qp7nhBMzPf

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

🐻Project Manager and Research Assistant Position🐻
We are on the look out for a new PM to start asap and a RA to start end of Nov 2020. For more details on how to apply and South Africa's COVID-19 travel restrictions visit: https://t.co/JWcyAs2nm5

[Sam England @SamJakeEngland]

Woohoo! My first authorship on a review paper! 🥳 We give an overview of how atmospheric electricity influences biological systems, from molecules to ecology, as well as the challenges and future directions of research in this area, out now! 🌩️🐝🌲🌻🪱🐟

https://t.co/aosxeWNDQp

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

Favourite time - announcing #ECR success, this time @JoshJArbon who has his 1st first-authored paper (from #Masters) out now in @asab_tweets Animal Behaviour. 👍👏🍾🧁
@Julie_M_Kern @AmyMorrisDrake @BristolBioSci
https://t.co/l8cDBhXojL
Free to download: https://t.co/4nuX33D6tX

[Julie Kern @Julie_M_Kern]

This month marks our 9 year anniversary 🥳🥳🥳 9 wonderful, challenging, and overwhelmingly-rewarding years since the @Dwarf_Mongoose Project began! Time flies when you're having fun. Much love to all the mongoose family members, past and present.

[Dwarf Mongoose @Dwarf_Mongoose]

Our @BehavEcol paper on intraspecific variation in responses to anthropogenic noise is out now. 🔊 Particularly warm feeling as it's Emma Eastcott's first first-authored paper (from Masters). 👏👍 #helpingECRs is a joy. 🤗 @Julie_M_Kern @AmyMorrisDrake
https://t.co/8jEzR3bxwW

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

@AvelingArtworks Looks incredible!!

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

Dwarf mongoose pup 🐻

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

@SouthernRailUK Ok thanks for the help!

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

@SouthernRailUK travelling from London Victoria to Eastbourne today, what would be the best way to get there? Thanks!

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

@SouthernRailUK Thanks, any ideas when that service will commence? Staff at Victoria told me that isn't happening any time soon

[Ben Cobb @Ben_Cobb_]

This is a male Hylaeus confusus, or the white-jawed yellow-face bee (though corrections are welcome!). One of ~270 species of bee in the UK. I usually post macro photos on my Instagram (link in bio) for anyone interested!

[Prof. Steve Simpson @profstevesimpson.bsky.social @DrSteveSimpson]

Thanks to the @Guardian for their excellent article on our @NatureComms paper published today (https://t.co/zmliColpcY): Sonic youth: healthy reef sounds lure young fish to degraded areas https://t.co/O8aiv8TvQT

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Bear. He was abandoned as a puppy due to his OCD, but quickly found a new life as a koala detection dog. As wildfires devastate Australia’s east coast, Bear is doing his best to locate any injured or misplaced koalas. He’s their unexpected savior, and our thirteenth 15/10