cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social)

Cognition in the Wild, Twitter account of the Healy Lab, School of Biology, University of St Andrews

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

The book is finally out!

"Provides a comprehensive overview of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection pressures impact vertebrate brain size"

https://t.co/v9anx9AgyM

[F. Blake Morton @DrBlakeMorton]

🚨*Please Retweet*🚨We're looking for #applicants for a fully-funded #PhD on the #welfare impacts of #urbanisation on #wild #fox and #hedgehog #cognition and #health with me, @cds_york and Simon Clegg. Deadline 15th September, details below. 🦊🦔🧩🧠🏙️ #BritishCarnivoreProject

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

Attention animal behaviour researchers! Sally Street (Durham University) is running a study of perceptions of other species and would love to hear from you. See link for more info or to take part: https://t.co/ZErM66mtyx

[ASAB @asab_org]

Nest design in birds has been assumed to be an innate ability, but they can use their experience to be more flexible than previously thought. 🪺 Usually, these studies occur in the lab, but this work is being done in the field by @libby_chaps! #ASABSpring2024

[Defunct ASAB Conference @asab_conference]

They couldn’t appear to be more different, but bees and hummingbirds have more in common than you think: They both need to visit hundreds of flowers using efficient routes 🌸 🌺 🌹 @MariaTelloRamos asks HOW 🪶#ASABwinter2023

[Natalie Pilakouta @NPilakouta]

Another fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab (open to both UK and international students)!
"The role of behaviour in facilitating or hindering adaptation to climate change" https://t.co/j5iUOpq3IQ
Apply by 20/12. Informal enquiries welcome. Please RT!

[musky @Spaceman4225]

🚨Job Alert! We are thrilled to announce a #PhD position in our CooperationLab @StAndrews. Are you excited about the incredible social life of #rats and their cognitive abilities? Then this @EastbioDTP job is for you! DM me, if you’d like to learn more. https://t.co/T5NqdiFHYi

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

Great final talk by Natalie Pilakouta! #Behaviour2023

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

Beautiful talk about the songs of whales. Packed theater!! #Beaviour2023

[Dr Emily BurdfieldSteel @MothProf]

Sitting on the stairs to hear Sue Healy talk about nest building @cog_wild #Behaviour2023

[Christos Ioannou @C_C_Ioannou]

At #behaviour2023 and want to know more about the society here for you? Come to our ASAB stand in the main hall
@asab_tweets https://t.co/3XAsGwIBH2
(and huge thanks to the @2023Behaviour team for sorting us with a spot at zero notice)

[Dr Emily BurdfieldSteel @MothProf]

Great talk on hummingbird heuristics from @MariaTelloRamos @cog_wild #Behaviour2023

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

The cognition in wild lab is present and represented!
We will give three talks. Come and hear us talk about birds building, foraging, and more building!
@MarieHbert6 (Mon- Hormones)
@MariaTelloRamos (Wed-Foraging)
Prof Sue Healy (Thur-Selection shapes animal cognition)

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

As part of the new special issue dedicated to the evolution of building behaviour (https://t.co/2KFQ5ykygA), we discuss the future of bird building research.
https://t.co/A3VNJyXL7P Thank you to all the editors.

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

@sheardcat New paper on nest building and beak morphology. A lot of great collaborations in this paper. Congrats to Caitlin Evans on her first paper!

[Jessica van der Wal @jesvanderwal]

However, many interviewees in Tanzania reported having seen honey badgers and honeyguides interact, and think that they do cooperate. The most likely scenario is that badger-honeyguide cooperation does occur but is highly localised or extremely difficult to observe, or both (4/7)

[School of Biology @SchoolofBiology]

Interested in animal cognition?🧬🧠💭🦅

NEW REVIEW PAPER by Sue Healy @cog_wild @CentreBioDiv "Adding the neuro to cognition: from food storing to nest building" in @SpringerANCO

Check it out: https://t.co/Hqpn4W0KbS

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

🚨PhD opportunity🚨 "Evolution of pendant nests: do birds build to reduce predation risk?” Involves fieldwork, museum collections and phylogenetic analyses. Supervised by Prof Sue Healy (University of St Andrews) and Dr Sally Street (Durham University)

https://t.co/hMajiq9rJf

[cognition wild/lab (@cogwild.bsky.social) @cog_wild]

Bird nests come in all shapes and sizes, but how do birds build these intricate structures?
New paper out on Nests and nest building in birds.
Birds special issue in Current Biology.
https://t.co/beJJ0FUmgb