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What do Kanzi the bonobo and pets with buttons have in common? Check out our review of the Augmentative Interspecies Communication devices in animal language studies! wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc

Use of Augmentative Interspecies Communication devices in animal language studies: A review

Thinking Dog Center at Hunter College

Madison Murray

@madison_sci

May 1

We are still seeking participants for this study! Help us better understand dog-owner relationships and play behavior🐕

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@HunterTDC

Mar 17

New Study Alert!

The Play Time Study

is our newest virtual study! Owners will submit a video

of themselves playing with their dog both while making eye contact

and when distracted on their phones. Sign up here via the link in the flyer or the QR code!

Wildlife & Conservation @ Uni Freiburg

@Wild_Ecol_Cons

Apr 29

PHD/POSTDOC JOBS ALERT ✅ Wolves ✅ Germany's oldest national park ✅ A kick-ass team of researchers You can message us your email address for a copy of the PDF. Please share!

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Julie Teichroeb

@Teichroeb_Lab

Apr 25

Interested in getting experience in field work? Our langur team is hiring.

DICE Kent

@DICE_Kent

Apr 26

🚨PhD alert🚨 We are currently advertising THREE PhD studentships. See 🧵 below for more details and deadlines.

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Denise Spaan, PhD

@Denise_Spaan

Apr 19

Interested in doing a #PhD on human-primate #coexistence? I´d love to hear from you! I´m looking for a student to do a PhD at the Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana

@NEUROETOLOGIAUV

. More info👇 #primate #urbanecology #conservation

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Katie Cronin, PhD

@KatieACronin

Apr 17

Rare scientific leadership opportunity open in primatology

@lincolnparkzoo

leading the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes. #Primatology #Primates #Zoo #AnimalBehavior #conservation #AnimalWelfare #Jobs #AcademicTwitter careers.hireology.com/lincolnparkzoo

Domestication Lab Vienna

@DomLabVienna

Apr 18

Come studying with us! 😃We are accepting applications for our Research-oriented Interdisciplinary Master in Human-Animal Interactions at the

@VetmeduniVienna

(Vienna, Austria)! vetmeduni.ac.at/imhai

Paddy Tkaczynski

@P_Tkaczynski

Apr 12

🚨Primate Job!: I'm hiring PAID research assistants for a 3 mth pilot project this summer funded by

@forwildanimals

, examining human impacts on Barbary macaque behaviour. This is a great opportunity for people looking to get some field experience: tinyurl.com/5f5uspwb

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Louise Mackie

@LouiseEMackie

Apr 6

Live near/in Vienna and have a dog? Well, come join our new imitation study

@VetmeduniVienna

's Clever Dog Lab 👀🐕

Josh Plotnik (ดร. โจชัว พลอทนิก)

@CCCAnimals

Apr 3

Our newest paper is out today in

@PNASNews

- we argue that elephants, like bonobos and humans, are self-domesticated! I'll let

@Limor_Raviv

write the thread, and will share it here. In short, we present genetic and behavioral/cognitive evidence.../1

pnas.org

Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication | Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Humans are unique in their sophisticated culture and societal structures, their complex languages, and their extensive tool use. According to the h...

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Apr 1

Gracias Tay!

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Tay

@BioTay

Apr 1

Los dispositivos para comunicarnos con otras especies tienen una larga historia llena controversias, pero también de éxitos. @Explanimals revisa los intentos pasados y actuales con vista a alcanzar, por fin, sistemas de comunicación de dos vías (paper) wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc

Federico Rossano

@RossanoFederico

When we launched into the pets button training project, we did our homework to learn as much as we could about the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in previous animal studies with Augmentative Interspecies Communication devices. 👇 is our review of that research, lead by

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Incredibly proud of this paper, and hopefully the first of many from this exciting project! #TheyCanTalk

Domestication Lab Vienna

@DomLabVienna

Mar 27

🚨Wanted🚨 MSc students interested in dog behaviour, fieldwork under the Moroccan sun and following dogs on the beach! #Thesis #Science #internship

@KLIVVWien

#behaviour2023 #ecology

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Aerin Jacob

@Aerin_J

Mar 24

🧵 A thread of job ads (and career-related resources) in conservation science, policy, and practice. I'll add to it over time. Focus will be largely in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world. #ConservationJobs

Photo of big mountains, blue sky, green shrubbery, and "Jobs in conservation" text in front. Photo was taken in Jasper National Park, Alberta.

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Yitzchak Ben-Mocha

@YitzchakBM

Mar 21

*Paid research assistant position!* Come join me in studying COOPERATION & COMMUNICATION IN ANIMALS. Please feel free to email me with inquiries: yitzchakbm@gmail.com

@UniKonstanz

Dr. Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere

@sebyosiere

Mar 22

Check out what canine scientists have to say about button dogs. Happy to be featured along with such great minds!

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A new study has collected thousands of reports from the owners of “button” dogs, who believe their pets talk by tapping buttons with prerecorded words. wapo.st/3n9Wzex

Current Biology

@CurrentBiology

Mar 21

From our cover: #innovation in #birds — Goffin's Cockatoos by

@BioTay

& colleagues cell.com/current-biolog

Can dogs talk by pressing buttons? What science says about the debate.

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pet communication study and framing it as a debate in need of scientific evidence. Thank you to my colleagues for the healthy skepticism. The stakes are high and we want to get it right.

washingtonpost.com

A new study has collected thousands of reports from the owners of "button" dogs, who believe their pets talk to them by tapping buttons with prerecorded words.

Larry Young

@lyoun03

Feb 9

Interested in Ethology? Check out this conference in Erice, Sicily that will take place May 3-6 marking the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prizes in Ethology in 1973. For more info see: centromajorana.it/ethology2023/

Thinking Dog Center at Hunter College

@HunterTDC

Mar 17

🚨New Study Alert!🚨 The Play Time Study 🥎🐕🦴is our newest virtual study! Owners will submit a video 📹 of themselves playing with their dog both while making eye contact 👀 and when distracted on their phones. Sign up here via the link in the flyer or the QR code! ✨💫

Zoe Liberman

@zoeliberman

Mar 17

🚨 Open Lab Manager Position 🚨 Please share with anyone looking to gain research experience in social cognitive development before grad school (while living in paradise and working with a really fun team!). App due 4/10, start date 6/15 recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02464 RTs appreciated ☺️

@Tropical Ecology

@soctropecol

Mar 13

📢Apply now for the TBA field course in Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda !! ➡️Gain practical skills for conservation & research ➡️Learn from other biologists ➡️Develop expertise in leadership & teamwork ➡️Design & carry out own research ➡️Build networks tropical-biology.org/field-courses/

IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence SG

@hwctf

Feb 22

The 1st International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence is just over a month away. Watch this space for updates on the programme, speakers and all news in the build-up to this long-awaited event. #HWC2023 hwcconference.org

IUCN Species Survival Commission and 5 others

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Are dogs creative? Research by an Eckerd College professor, alumnae and an animal trainer shows...

Katie Willgohs

@KaitlynWillgohs

Mar 9

Thanks for the feature,

@EckerdCollege

! 🐶 ⁦

@LaurenEHighfill

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News | Eckerd College

Dr Alice Bridges

@alicedbridges

Mar 7

My first primary research article is finally here: in #PLOSBiology ! "Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning". doi.org/10.1371/journa

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Dogs Trust's Canine Behaviour & Research Teams

@DTScholars

Mar 7

📢 We're hiring! Do you want to conduct research to improve dog welfare? Our Research team are recruiting for a Research Officer to join us on a fixed-term contract until the end of 2023 🐕 Full details and how to apply here 👇 careers.dogstrust.org.uk/vacancies/3327

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Kristin

@KN_Engebretsen

Mar 5

My lab is looking for techs for a cougar-bear-bobcat study! Super cool fieldwork in an amazing location! Please share! wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/large-car

Mandrillus Project

@MandrillusP

Mar 2

The Mandrillus project is recruiting 4 field assistants for a 12 months position (starting May-Jun 2023 or Sept 2023). Join our team to study those colorful primates in the equatorial forest of Gabon! Deadline to apply: 30 March 2023. More info 👇

is looking for a PhD. The research will be conducted at the 🐺Wolf Science Center🐺(wolfscience.at) and at the 🐶Clever Dog Lab🐶 (cleverdoglab.at)

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Domestication Lab Vienna

@DomLabVienna

Mar 1

PhD alert!

Fully-funded PhD position at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Vienna! "Do human attitudes towards wolves and dogs actually reflect the human related temperament traits of the two species?"

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Behaviour 2023

@2023Behaviour

Conference Attendance Grants — ASAB

Great news! 👏The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (

@asab_tweets

) has offically announced grants for travelling to #Behaviour2023. We will keep you updated when we have additional information regarding funding availability. For more info-

asab.org

Conference Attendance Grants help PhD students and others with limited funds to attend ASAB conferences and workshops

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD

@ScrapNaturalist

Some of you might know how much

@ShoalsMarineLab

means to me, and how much it changed my life. Absolutely love that place...and they're hiring tons of seasonal staff for the summer! It's really a wonderful place to spend your summer, consider applying! 👇🏽shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/community/job-

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Behaviour 2023

@2023Behaviour

🧵We are thrilled to announce the registration fees for #Behaviour2023! Early🐦Prices- 500€ for non-student attendees & €250 for students (including PhD students) Early bird prices are valid till 30th April,2023.

Yarrow Dunham

@yarrowdunham

Join the lab — Social Cognitive Development Lab at Yale

My lab is recruiting talented undergraduates for a *funded* summer internship in social cognitive development for June and July. Apply by March 15 for full consideration. More info at socialcogdev.com/join-us Please RT!

socialcogdev.com

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Gerald Carter

@gerrygcarter

Feb 19

Please RT: I’m hiring a full-time researcher to help me study cooperation in a captive vampire bat colony in Columbus, Ohio, USA. ~$65K with benefits for 5+ years, renewal pending funding every 5 yrs. Job has some flexibility to needs/skills. More info: socialbat.org/research-scien

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GMERC

@GMERC_TZ

Feb 18

Interested in biodiversity, esp. chimpanzees and elephants? GMERC is looking to build a team to survey in western Tanzania THIS YEAR! See information in the below applications in both English and Swahili. An incredible experience with scope for first author publications!

Alexander Verbeek

@Alex_Verbeek

Feb 12

🐦 I love this one 😊 "Excuse me, I'll tell you when you've finished" #birds #cute via

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