@wild_sonja

Dr Wild | inactive account - find me on blue sky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/I1KCyJq3Pf

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Joined April 2017
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Freshly on blue ☁️ (aka ‘the other place’) - find me under sonjawild.bsky.social
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🚨job alert🚨 Part-time animal welfare research assistant at the Toronto Zoo workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/…
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Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels In our new video article in @J_Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s10164-024-0…
An adult California ground squirrel holds a dead California vole between its front paws and consumes its head.

ALT An adult California ground squirrel holds a dead California vole between its front paws and consumes its head.

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Check out the video footage by Team Squirrel: youtu.be/lyeoulM_GFk

Vole hunting: Novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California...

After an unusual peak of California voles in summer 2024, we observ...

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Study by: Jennifer E. Smith; Joey E. Ingbretson; Mackenzie M. Miner; Ella C. Oestreicher; Mari L. Podas; Tia A. Ravara; Lupin M. L. Teles; Jada C. Wahl; Lucy M. Todd; Sonja Wild
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🦁We're seeking a Research Technician for our South Texas Lion Project! Work duties include maintaining camera traps, investigating kill sites, and participating in lion work-ups. A phenomenal opportunity in the STX brush country. See below for more: shorturl.at/aftKp 🦁
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What triggers social learning in wild animals? An experiment on birds has pinpointed a single factor—immigration—that can cause animals to quickly learn useful behaviors from locals. Study by @evogom @LucyMAplin @AlarconNietoG @CBehav @UniKonstanz journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Immigrant birds learn from socially observed differences in payoffs when their environment changes

Theory predicts that strategic flexibility in using social information can help individuals make adaptive decisions. A large-scale cultural diffusion experiment reveals that great tits (Parus major)...

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👀 OPEN CALL FOR UNDERGRAD FIELD RESEARCHERS Please see the link below for more details about this NSF funded international research experience for students. owlmonkeyproject.com/open-ca… #primatology #fieldschool #nsf #conservation
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It's that time of year again - #CrowCoG is advertising for 🚨 MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS (APRIL - SEP 2025) 🚨 to help us conduct field- and aviary-based study of the tool-making and -using New Caledonian crows! Advert: bit.ly/3Ys7O2c PLEASE SHARE!
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Vix Franks@VixFranks15 Oct 2024
🚨 I've got a @PhdOpportunity for someone interested in social behaviour & threatened species - with hihi of course 🐦 Funding through @SalfordUni (sorry, UK only eligibility): salford.ac.uk/doctoral-schoo…. Know someone who might be interested? Get in touch! #PhD #phdlife @AnimalOpps
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Applications for PhD scholarships for domestic candidates at the University of Western Australia close 31 October 2024. If you're interested in working on primate behavioural ecology, drop me a line. uwa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S… @AusHumanBiology @AustEvolSoc @AnimBehav @BiolSci_UWA
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Job Alert! 5-year position: #PostdoctoralFellowship with expertise in #socialcognition and communication and a sincere interest in studying #ravens in their natural environment. Announced by Thomas Bugnyar. Apply by 14.10. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Univer… @univienna (c) A. Bapat
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🦙Another PhD opportunity🦙 Great opportunities for #PhD, #MSc & #Honours Undergraduate students to investigate social behaviour and communication in alpaca at @uniofadelaide and the German Primate Centre. Supervised by @stephanleu and Kaja Wierucka. stephanleu-ecology.com
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Lauren Brent@ljnbrent4 Sep 2024
Postdoc position on my FriendOrigins project. 10mos but could be 16mos with lots of low-hanging (but interesting!) fruit to be tackled in this replacement post for someone who got a permanent job elsewhere. See here, ref # S73438: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…. Due Sept 18, start Jan
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📢Funded PhD position: We are looking for a PhD candidate documenting cultural behaviour in 4 neighbouring communities of Taï chimpanzees and investigating the effects of illegal human activity on their cultures. Start between Oct 1 and Feb 1. Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctor… – at Bron, France
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🚨Field work position🚨 The Mara Hyena Project is looking for two research assistants to start year-long field positions in January 2025. Join our team and contribute to our long-term study on hyena behavior and ecology! Application review will start Aug 20th
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📣Job klaxon! 📣 I'm looking for a Research Assistant interested in studying perceptions of animals in urban space in Hong Kong. The RA job has the potential for publications and to grow into an MPhil or PhD project. Email me if you are interested. hannahsmumby.co.uk/post/rese…
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🚨🚨PhD position alert!! 🚨🚨We are looking for a doctoral student to carry out behavioural research on acoustic and visual communication in wolves and dogs @ Comparative Cognition Lab (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland) and the @DomLabVienna (@VetmeduniVienna, Austria)
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Research Assistant Wanted❗️ We're looking for an assistant to help collect data on wild orangutans🌿🦧🌿
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