Many members of our team are participating to the #euflynet meeting in Vienna organised by Ivan Maggini. Check the website www.euflynet.eu for more info about this COST action!
Our study lead by my fantastic PhD Student Vesta Eleuteri on Elephant gestures was featured in National Geographic Art 🙌
Physio-behavioral manifestations of 'surprise' in two parrot species: kea (Nestor notabilis) and Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #cognition
Nice article on Floreana recovery after pest eradication, including news on Darwin’s Finches songs by colleagues of the @klf-univienna.bsky.social
bbc.com/future/artic...
LESSONS FROM CROCODILE
🐊 We’re ancient, social, adaptable — not “primitive”.
Studying us helps scientists understand how minds evolve… including yours.
🧠 Evolution leaves clues. We carry them.
evocroproject.github.io
#EvoCro #ComparativeCognition #AnimalBehaviour #EUFundedProject #HorizonEurope #MarieCurieActions
Can fish and birds be “fooled” by the same optical illusion? 🐟🐦
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social
#bowerbirds are the only birds that build structures used specifically for courtship. But why and how did this remarkable ability evolve?
We discuss some possibilities in our new review in Emu - Austral Ornithology!
@fusanilab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0158...
ASAB @asab.org conference grants for the Winter meeting in Edinburgh, up to £500, close 1st October!
@asab-meetings.bsky.social #ASABWinter2025
All the details needed are here:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Don't forget I also need a referee statement emailed direct by the same deadline!
Amazing riflebirds! We did not dare to write that males 'mesmerize' females with their spectacular displays, but .... judge yourself!
Photo by Thomas MacGillavry
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Picture of a garden warbler. Photo credit: Erica Calabretta
Fig. 3 from the article: Stress-induced corticosterone concentrations (partial residuals) in (a) whitethroats and (b) garden warblers as a function of air temperature measured along the Mediterranean route to Ponza during the night before the bird's arrival
NEW PAPER: investigating hormonal mechanisms and energy conditions of birds at stopover in relation to weather conditions encountered over the Mediterranean Sea route during pre-breeding migration.
➡️ vist.ly/46jvx
#ornithology #birds 🪶
@ericacalabretta.bsky.social
@fusanilab.bsky.social
Are you a student at Vetmeduni Vienna? Are you looking for a Master or Diploma thesis in the field of ecophysiology? We may have the right project for you✨ with Marcin Tobolka, Joanna Bialas ✨👇 vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...
@Vetmeduni @fiwivienna.bsky.social
Garden warbler. Photo by Julia Slezacek
The biggest surprise: Passerines have lost ghrelin, the 'hunger hormone'.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
I wrote a piece on how cool this new ruff paper is. Total endocrine game-changer! Congrats to the authors on a rad discovery. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Super-fast breakdown or testosterone regulate male phenotypes in ruffs
fusanilab.org/2025/01/24/s...
@jasmineloveland.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social @dyarken.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @mpiforbi.bsky.social
