Mastodawn

Sandra Winters Apr 11, 2023

Interested in #SensoryEcology, #colsci, and #moving #prey? We're recruiting a PhD student or postdoc in the #Ecology and #Evolution of #Interactions lab! More details and application instructions to come soon.
https://predatorpreyinteractions.com/opportunities/

Opportunities

Ecology & Evolution of Interactions

Vivek Nityananda Apr 3, 2023

The first big piece of work from our lab is now out as a preprint. Attentional cuing affects mantis prey choice and depth could have a role to play. Read more here: https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.30.534907v1.

Thanks to @TheoRobert and the students for an amazing job! Be kind to this one, world!

#3D #Attention #insects #SensoryEcology #mantis

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ

Mar 24, 2023

Rare Night Parrot’s Unique Lopsided Ears Give It Keen Hearing, out of @Flinders, published by @EMUJournal

by @GrrlScientist via @ForbesScience / @Forbes @NHM_Tring

#parrots #ornithology #anatomy #osteology #bioacoustics #SensoryEcology #evolution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/03/24/rare-night-parrots-unique-lopsided-ears-give-it-keen-hearing/

Rare Night Parrot’s Unique Lopsided Ears Give It Keen Hearing

CT scans reveal unique asymmetrical cranial anatomy, similar to an owl, may be key to the survival of Australia's critically endangered night parrot

Forbes

bfred Jan 29, 2023

Color and the sensory consciousness of the biodiverse "other." PLUS Disordered Hyperuniformity.

Rurple, grurple, yurple, and ultrapurple:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/08/10/ed-yong-an-immense-world-color/

Why your chickens look at you funny:
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2014/02/24/eye-chicken-new-state-matter-comes-view

Sitting with the idea of "psychedelic dinosaurs."

#SensoryEcology #tetrachromats #DisorderedHyperuniformity #Hummingbird #Chickens #Consciousness #trichromats #other

Psychedelic Dinosaurs, Four-Dimensional Hummingbirds, and How We Got Our Vision: Color, Consciousness, and the Dazzling Universe of Tetrachromacy

“When we pay attention to other animals, our own world expands and deepens.”

The Marginalian

Dr Chris Freelance Nov 30, 2022

Almost time for the Translocation and Reintroduction forum at #ESASCBO2022 I’ll be discussing my findings of morphological differences between captive and wild populations of the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect, and the potential implications for using these captive bred individuals for threatened species reintroduction.
#SensoryEcology #ConservationBiology #AdaptationToCaptivity #ThreatenedSpecies

Jesse Barber Nov 16, 2022

Hi everyone, by way of #introduction I'm a #SensoryEcology researcher and a professor leading a phenomenal group of early-career scientists that work on #moths, #bats, and more! Our lab centers the experiences of other animals and we attempt to understand #ecological and #evolutionary processes through their eyes and ears. #ConservationBiology needs #SensoryEcology

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Joanna Redfeather Nov 8, 2022

#Communication and #AnimalBehaviour (#AnimalBehavior) because this has also been a lifelong interest of mine (including human behaviour), and I've since discovered the incredible world of #SensoryEcology. I've loved studying #Neuroscience and #Physiology.

My past career before coming back to university was all about digital communication, analytics and technology, so there seem to be several common themes here for me! I'm excited to connect my skills and passions with the natural world.

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