Our seminar on animal agency, between biology and philosophy, is back !
Check out the programme for the next sessions here !
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month, on Zoom, from 4 to 5 PM (UK time).
You’re very welcome to join ! :)

https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar-agency-between-biology-and-philosophy-2025-2026

#agency #animalagency #animalbehav #behaviour #philbio #animalbehaviour #philosophy #EvoutionaryBiology #behaviouralecology

Thrilled to welcome Dr V V Binoy (NIAS, India) as a plenary speaker at #ABL2025. 🙌

Dr Binoy will explore how his team integrates stakeholders’ perceptions with their research on behavioural insights of mahseer megafish—bridging science, conservation, and community to protect India’s ‘Tiger of the River’. 🐟🐅

#Conservation #Mahseer #FreshwaterEcology #BehaviouralEcology

Thrilled to announce the 4th plenary speaker at #ABL2025. 🙌
Dr. Sabrina Amador-Vargas (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) explores how birds use fungal fibres in their nests to defend ant attacks. 🪹🐜 A cool talk on fascinating intersections of mutualism & adaptation awaits us! 🐦🍄

#BehaviouralEcology #Mutualism #Birds #Ants #Acacia

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2025 📣
Join us for a deep dive into how leaf-cutting ants build, ventilate, and regulate climate in their underground empires.

🗓️ Tuesday 29 July – 14:00 GMT
🎙️ Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces (University of Würzburg)
📍 Live on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORcq-fVZHQ

✅ Free & open to all – no registration needed!
#LeafCuttingAnts #BehaviouralEcology #InsectArchitecture

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Pick on someone your own size! Arctic grayling do". It contains one of JFB newest features, embedded videos! Bringing research to life. What better way to demonstrate this feature than with video of #ArcticGrayling feeding aggregations in the crystal clear waters of an Alaskan river https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16073

It highlights this original study by Holubová et al https://doi.org/10.1111/JFB.15974
#FreshwaterEcology #BehaviouralEcology #Alaska #FishSci

Our ZOOM session TONIGHT with leading researcher of hunter-gatherers Vivek Venkataraman

🌗 TUESDAY May 20 🌘6:30pm (London UTC + 1)
Vivek Venkataraman
'The meanings and dividends of Man the Hunter'
ZOOM only ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak

Vivek writes:
'The phrase Man the Hunter is associated with sexist theories of human evolution, but wildly disparate use of the phrase has led to unnecessary scientific disagreement and popular misunderstanding. In this talk, which follows a recently posted collaborative paper with other hunter-gatherer scholars, I ask: what does Man the Hunter mean?

I distinguish three historical meanings of Man the Hunter; first, the 1966 conference; second, popularized sexist theories of human origins; and third, the human behavioral ecology of hunter-gatherers. I then trace the historical development of these three meanings of Man the Hunter, situating their origins in evolutionary biology, ethnology, feminist studies, ethology, genetics, and other disciplines. This allows us to ask: how are these meanings connected intellectually? After presenting a surprising answer to this question, I conclude by offering suggestions for improving scientific and popular discourse regarding Man the Hunter.'

Vivek is a biological anthropologist who employs evolutionary approaches to the study of foraging behavior, energetics, and health. He earned his PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College and conducted postdoctoral work at Harvard University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary. His present research focuses in Malaysia, where he is one of the Principal Investigators of the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OA HeLP), which studies the rise of chronic non-infectious diseases over time due to rapidly changing environments. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Hunter-Gatherer Research.

Everybody welcome!
Please join on ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak

#huntergatherers #sexualdivisionoflabour #manthehunter #gender #anthropology #behaviouralecology #humanorigins

Hello everyone !!!

I am trying to get my hands on this paper but have not been successful yet. Does anyone have access to old archives of Animals ?

I thank you in advance for your help 🙏🙏

#AnimalBehaviour #Baboon #jackal #biology #animals
#behaviouralecology

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Baboons%20brother%20jackal&publication_year=1970&author=G.S.%20Saayman