🦋 Butterflies! ✈️ Migratory traits! 🎈Balloon flight simulators! 🍂 Seasonal cues!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Environmental and genetic conditions shaping monarch butterfly migration biology”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123702
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Environmental and genetic conditions shaping monarch butterfly migration biology”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123702
October 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
🦋 Butterflies! ✈️ Migratory traits! 🎈Balloon flight simulators! 🍂 Seasonal cues!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Environmental and genetic conditions shaping monarch butterfly migration biology”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123702
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Environmental and genetic conditions shaping monarch butterfly migration biology”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123702
🐱Meerkats! Burrows! 🛒Foraging! 🏜️Space use!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The bind of the burrow: trade-offs between refuge and foraging shape space use in Kalahari meerkats”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123696
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The bind of the burrow: trade-offs between refuge and foraging shape space use in Kalahari meerkats”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123696
October 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
🐱Meerkats! Burrows! 🛒Foraging! 🏜️Space use!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The bind of the burrow: trade-offs between refuge and foraging shape space use in Kalahari meerkats”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123696
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The bind of the burrow: trade-offs between refuge and foraging shape space use in Kalahari meerkats”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123696
In 2021 @andyradford.bsky.social became the ASAB executive editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal, a joint venture with our sister society @animbehsociety.bsky.social With their exec editor & a great support team, Andy has worked hard to bring out an issue every month - a real undertaking! #MeetASAB
October 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In 2021 @andyradford.bsky.social became the ASAB executive editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal, a joint venture with our sister society @animbehsociety.bsky.social With their exec editor & a great support team, Andy has worked hard to bring out an issue every month - a real undertaking! #MeetASAB
In addition to his ASAB work, Andy is a passionate and excellent teacher/supervisor (for which he’s won awards!). Most recently, he was invited to give a great plenary at #ECBB2026 – a perfect ending to his tenure as exec editor of #AnimalBehaviourJournal. @andyradford.bsky.social you'll be missed!
October 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In addition to his ASAB work, Andy is a passionate and excellent teacher/supervisor (for which he’s won awards!). Most recently, he was invited to give a great plenary at #ECBB2026 – a perfect ending to his tenure as exec editor of #AnimalBehaviourJournal. @andyradford.bsky.social you'll be missed!
🪶Dunlin shorebirds! 🗺️Migration strategy! 🪺Nest survival! ⚥Sex-specific carryover effects!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Sex-specific carryover effects of long-distance migration strategies in a sub-Arctic nesting shorebird”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123637
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Sex-specific carryover effects of long-distance migration strategies in a sub-Arctic nesting shorebird”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123637
September 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
🪶Dunlin shorebirds! 🗺️Migration strategy! 🪺Nest survival! ⚥Sex-specific carryover effects!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Sex-specific carryover effects of long-distance migration strategies in a sub-Arctic nesting shorebird”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123637
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Sex-specific carryover effects of long-distance migration strategies in a sub-Arctic nesting shorebird”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123637
🦎Wall lizards! 💆Enrichment! 😨Corticosterone! ☺️Welfare!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "Ethologically informed enrichment improves behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in a captive lizard"
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123692
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "Ethologically informed enrichment improves behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in a captive lizard"
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123692
September 22, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🦎Wall lizards! 💆Enrichment! 😨Corticosterone! ☺️Welfare!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "Ethologically informed enrichment improves behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in a captive lizard"
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123692
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "Ethologically informed enrichment improves behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in a captive lizard"
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123692
Thanks so much @andyradford.bsky.social for all of your hard work! You've really played a transformative role at #AnimalBehaviourJournal this past half decade.
Don't forget, our journal is how we fund so many cool initiatives at ASAB, including the FREE winter meeting 🤗
Don't forget, our journal is how we fund so many cool initiatives at ASAB, including the FREE winter meeting 🤗
I’ve come to the end of my 5-year term as a Trustee of @asab.org & Executive Editor of its journal, #AnimalBehaviour. It's been a real privilege to hold these roles & I’m grateful to all those who have made it such a productive & enjoyable experience.
🙏 Please support Society journals.
🙏 Please support Society journals.
September 21, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Thanks so much @andyradford.bsky.social for all of your hard work! You've really played a transformative role at #AnimalBehaviourJournal this past half decade.
Don't forget, our journal is how we fund so many cool initiatives at ASAB, including the FREE winter meeting 🤗
Don't forget, our journal is how we fund so many cool initiatives at ASAB, including the FREE winter meeting 🤗
A reminder from @andyradford.bsky.social that #AnimalBehaviourJournal depends on the support of everyone! Please review, and if you are at the stage of considering becoming an editor, do please let us know! #ECBB2026
September 2, 2026 at 12:33 PM
A reminder from @andyradford.bsky.social that #AnimalBehaviourJournal depends on the support of everyone! Please review, and if you are at the stage of considering becoming an editor, do please let us know! #ECBB2026
The previous executive editor of #AnimalBehaviourJournal, @andyradford.bsky.social, makes it clear at #ECBB2026 that they're not desk rejecting work for the sake of it - if it meets the basic conditions, it'll go to review!
And don't be discouraged if you're asked to revise, that's normal 😊
And don't be discouraged if you're asked to revise, that's normal 😊
September 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The previous executive editor of #AnimalBehaviourJournal, @andyradford.bsky.social, makes it clear at #ECBB2026 that they're not desk rejecting work for the sake of it - if it meets the basic conditions, it'll go to review!
And don't be discouraged if you're asked to revise, that's normal 😊
And don't be discouraged if you're asked to revise, that's normal 😊
Loved that @andyradford.bsky.social kicked off #ECBB2026 with the first plenary. For the last 5 years, Andy has been working extremely hard as the ASAB Executive Editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal and today just happens to be the day that he has passed on the torch to @bbmwong.bsky.social 🥰
September 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Loved that @andyradford.bsky.social kicked off #ECBB2026 with the first plenary. For the last 5 years, Andy has been working extremely hard as the ASAB Executive Editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal and today just happens to be the day that he has passed on the torch to @bbmwong.bsky.social 🥰
🐠 Mexican tetras! 🏠 Resident effects! 🥊Aggressive contests! 🏆Winner-loser dynamics!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The resident effect dominates over previous winner/loser experience in surface fish of the Mexican tetra”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123636
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The resident effect dominates over previous winner/loser experience in surface fish of the Mexican tetra”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123636
August 27, 2026 at 7:44 AM
🐠 Mexican tetras! 🏠 Resident effects! 🥊Aggressive contests! 🏆Winner-loser dynamics!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The resident effect dominates over previous winner/loser experience in surface fish of the Mexican tetra”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123636
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The resident effect dominates over previous winner/loser experience in surface fish of the Mexican tetra”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123636
🪲Ground beetles! 🕺Personality! 🔎Exploration! 🌳Edge effects!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Personality variation is linked to environmental differences between edge and core habitats in a flightless insect”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123620
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Personality variation is linked to environmental differences between edge and core habitats in a flightless insect”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123620
August 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🪲Ground beetles! 🕺Personality! 🔎Exploration! 🌳Edge effects!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Personality variation is linked to environmental differences between edge and core habitats in a flightless insect”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123620
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Personality variation is linked to environmental differences between edge and core habitats in a flightless insect”
Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123620
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This work was the July #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal 👏👏👏
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This work was the July #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal 👏👏👏
#DeepLearning #SexualDimorphism #AIinBiology #BirdResearch #SociableWeaver #Ornithology #GradCAM #WildlifeAI #CrypticDimorphism #MachineLearning #SexRecognition #AnimalAI
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July 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🦗Crickets! 🔊Vibrational stimuli! 🚧Sensitization! 👥 Individual variation!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Trait-specific responses to repeated stressor exposure reveal context-dependent learning in wild crickets”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123607
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Trait-specific responses to repeated stressor exposure reveal context-dependent learning in wild crickets”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123607
July 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
🦗Crickets! 🔊Vibrational stimuli! 🚧Sensitization! 👥 Individual variation!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Trait-specific responses to repeated stressor exposure reveal context-dependent learning in wild crickets”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123607
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Trait-specific responses to repeated stressor exposure reveal context-dependent learning in wild crickets”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123607
🍎Apple maggot flies! 💌Courtship effort! 🪰Wing displays! 💑Mating success!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Mutual visual displays and female signals underpin mating success in Rhagoletis pomonella flies”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123619
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Mutual visual displays and female signals underpin mating success in Rhagoletis pomonella flies”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123619
July 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🍎Apple maggot flies! 💌Courtship effort! 🪰Wing displays! 💑Mating success!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Mutual visual displays and female signals underpin mating success in Rhagoletis pomonella flies”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123619
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Mutual visual displays and female signals underpin mating success in Rhagoletis pomonella flies”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123619
📚Meta-analyses!⚠️Key pitfalls! 🔬Improved methodology! 🖥️Reliable syntheses!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448
June 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
📚Meta-analyses!⚠️Key pitfalls! 🔬Improved methodology! 🖥️Reliable syntheses!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: Lessons from eyespot function studies”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448
🐦⬛ Blackbirds!🪹Nest selection! 🏙️Urban environment!🤸Phenotypic plasticity!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Plasticity rather than genetic effects explains nest site selection in urban European blackbirds”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123590
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Plasticity rather than genetic effects explains nest site selection in urban European blackbirds”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123590
June 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
🐦⬛ Blackbirds!🪹Nest selection! 🏙️Urban environment!🤸Phenotypic plasticity!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Plasticity rather than genetic effects explains nest site selection in urban European blackbirds”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123590
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Plasticity rather than genetic effects explains nest site selection in urban European blackbirds”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123590
🕷️Wolf spiders! 💌Courtship! 🦠Infection! 👀Visual receptivity!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Infection stress and mate assessment in wolf spiders: female mate choice varies with sensory mode of male courtship”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123540
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Infection stress and mate assessment in wolf spiders: female mate choice varies with sensory mode of male courtship”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123540
May 30, 2026 at 2:13 PM
🕷️Wolf spiders! 💌Courtship! 🦠Infection! 👀Visual receptivity!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Infection stress and mate assessment in wolf spiders: female mate choice varies with sensory mode of male courtship”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123540
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Infection stress and mate assessment in wolf spiders: female mate choice varies with sensory mode of male courtship”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123540
🐤Yellowhammers! 🎶Birdsong! 💃Individuality! 🥁Rhythm!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Yellowhammer males sing using individual isochronous rhythms and maximize rhythmic dissimilarity with neighbours”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123552
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Yellowhammer males sing using individual isochronous rhythms and maximize rhythmic dissimilarity with neighbours”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123552
May 8, 2026 at 7:40 AM
🐤Yellowhammers! 🎶Birdsong! 💃Individuality! 🥁Rhythm!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Yellowhammer males sing using individual isochronous rhythms and maximize rhythmic dissimilarity with neighbours”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123552
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Yellowhammer males sing using individual isochronous rhythms and maximize rhythmic dissimilarity with neighbours”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123552
🦝Raccoons!💡Innovation!📦Multi-access box!🍗Optimal foraging!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Raccoons optimally forage for information: exploration–exploitation trade-offs in innovation”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123491
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Raccoons optimally forage for information: exploration–exploitation trade-offs in innovation”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123491
April 30, 2026 at 10:25 AM
🦝Raccoons!💡Innovation!📦Multi-access box!🍗Optimal foraging!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Raccoons optimally forage for information: exploration–exploitation trade-offs in innovation”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123491
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Raccoons optimally forage for information: exploration–exploitation trade-offs in innovation”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123491
🐼Lemurs! 🖊️Social learning! 🫂Tolerance! 🌐Diffusion analysis!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123517
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123517
April 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
🐼Lemurs! 🖊️Social learning! 🫂Tolerance! 🌐Diffusion analysis!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123517
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123517
🐜Ants! 🍄🟫Fungal parasites! 👷♂️Task switching! 🏥Immune function!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
March 31, 2026 at 4:34 PM
🐜Ants! 🍄🟫Fungal parasites! 👷♂️Task switching! 🏥Immune function!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
March 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
🐦⬛Bowerbirds!🕺Sexual signals!🪹Bower construction!🚨Disruptions!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Male great bowerbirds upregulate multiple sexual signals following bower wall removal”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123480
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Male great bowerbirds upregulate multiple sexual signals following bower wall removal”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123480
March 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
🐦⬛Bowerbirds!🕺Sexual signals!🪹Bower construction!🚨Disruptions!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Male great bowerbirds upregulate multiple sexual signals following bower wall removal”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123480
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Male great bowerbirds upregulate multiple sexual signals following bower wall removal”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123480
🐜Ants! 🍄Fungal infections! 🦠Immune responses! 💼Task allocation!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
February 24, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🐜Ants! 🍄Fungal infections! 🦠Immune responses! 💼Task allocation!
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426
Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Chronic fungal infection accelerates age polyethism in ants without altering immune response”
Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123426