#AnimalBehavior
The socioecological correlates of collective movements in giraffes
#BehavioralEcology #Giraffes #SocialBehavior #CollectiveMovement #AnimalBehavior

doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Close-up of Giraffe Eating
ALT: Close-up of Giraffe Eating
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November 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Rabbit is magical in her mind🐰
#DogsOfBluesky #dogs #FunnyPets #AnimalBehavior
Rabbit is magical in her mind🐰
@NickPaulMagicPerson
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November 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
My review of Frans de Waal's final book, Minds I've Met, is up at @litreview.bsky.social: "de Waal argues for a visionary shift within ethology regarding the burden of proof for animals’ interior lives." #animals #primates #animalbehavior #ethology #anthropology #books #Booksky #bookreview
Barbara J King - Talk to the Animals
Barbara J King: Talk to the Animals - Minds I’ve Met: From Denying to Embracing the Inner Lives of Animals by Frans de Waal
literaryreview.co.uk
November 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
🐾 Assessing Enclosure Modifications to Enhance Accessibility for Zoo-Housed Meerkats (Suricata suricatta)
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.04.764381v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study evaluating how enclosure modifications affect speci...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Foal Coprophagy Explained #Foals #HorseFacts #Coprophagy #AnimalBehavior #BabyHorses
November 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
🐾 Discovering compositional, interpretable structure in social behavior
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.03.764108v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 The study employs advanced quantitative methods to analyze the compositional and coordinate...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 5, 2026 at 8:08 AM
🍂 What did October bring to Behavioural Ecology?

From lizard family relationships to bees avoiding floral mimics and lionfish manipulating their prey with water jets.

Explore more research in Behavioral Ecology:
📖 academic.oup.com/beheco/issue...

#BehavioralEcology #AnimalBehavior #Ecology
November 2, 2026 at 12:42 PM
🐾 Can a Tiny Brain Plan? Reconstructing a Predatory Detour inthe Jumping Spider Portia labiata
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.04.763773v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study presenting the first fully video-recorded wild hunt of a jumpi...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
They said I could be anything…

So I became an ant 🐜

🧪
sim.crvscience.com

Soon to be a Twitch stream

#ants #bugs #biology #simulation #edusky #scisky #gamedev #voxels #ecology #science #animalbehavior #insects #inverts #arthrosky #twitch #streaming
November 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Why don’t dogs look up at planes? It may be early visual development: brains wired without overhead objects can miss the sky #DogScience #VisualDevelopment #AnimalBehavior #Neuroscience

https://freegardner.com/sci_scout/why-dogs-never-look-up-a-brain-built-for-the-ground.html
Why Dogs Never Look Up: A Brain Built for the Ground
Why Dogs Never Look Up: A Brain Built for the Ground
freegardner.com
November 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🐾 The Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Behavior of Laboratory Zebrafish (Danio rerio).
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.28.762569v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study assessing the impact of environmental enrichment (plants, to...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
🐾 Unfamiliar conspecifics increase freezing and shift movement towards immobility in zebrafish, most clearly in males
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.29.760420v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study showing that unfamiliar shoals act as str...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🐾 Personality and dominance shape core area use and territory-related signalling in a feral ungulate
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.05.764585v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study investigating how personality traits and dominance hiera...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
🐾 Sex differences in agonistic social behavior: Effects of exercise and ovariectomy
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.05.764709v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study investigating sex differences in offensive and defensive aggressive behav...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
🐾 Hide and seek in a rainforest canopy : when a fruit-eating carnivore (almost) met its top predator carnivore
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.05.763601v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 First observation of a nocturnal arboreal kinkajou b...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM
😴 Capybara's Zen

A clever display of patience! The capybara's stillness perfectly disrupted the room's activity, showcasing a surprisingly effective strategy.

#Capybara #AnimalBehavior
November 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Bamboo's Domino Effect

A charming kitten's playful habit provides unexpected support! 🐾 This adorable feline’s antics now help stabilize our domino rack. 🥰 Such a unique bond! 🧶

#KittenLove #DominoFun #AnimalBehavior
November 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🐾 A hawkmoth's point of view - Innate symmetry preferences are informed by floral display and foraging function in an ...
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.04.764239v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 This study investigates the innate visual prefe...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Capybara's Zen

A clever display of patience! The capybara's stillness perfectly disrupted the room's activity, showcasing a surprisingly effective strategy. 😴☀️🐾

#Capybara #AnimalBehavior #Wildlife
November 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
🐾 Quantifying direct and indirect maternal effects on male vervets rank post-dispersal
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.29.762785v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study examining how maternal characteristics influence the social behavior a...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
🐾 Mating behaviour, mate choice, and reproduction in Tyrophagus curvipenis (Acari: Acaridae)
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.01.763476v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study describing the mating sequence, mate choice preferences based on...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
🐾 Ranging and territoriality in African Apes
📎 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.03.763879v1?rss=1

🇬🇧 Study analyzing territorial behavior, ranging patterns, and interspecific differences in African apes to test the econ...

#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
November 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM