Dr Scarlett Howard

How can we fully understand animal #cognition? Our new paper in @CurrentBiology proposes that identifying what an animal can't do (cognitive limits) is as important as showing what an animal can do. We address the challenges of studying cognitive limits cell.com/current-biolog…

Have you ever wondered how bees could help humans develop a language to communicate with aliens? Our new article in @ConversationEDU explains our thought experiment suggesting mathematics as a universal language. theconversation.com/can-we-use-bee…

Is there an #innate sense of #number in the brain? Our paper is out in Cerebral Cortex @ElenaLorenzi3 @DKobylkov with commentaries by @Toshiya3Matsu3 @berent_iris @b_butterworth @benmarkharvey #Dos_Santos @TheBeesearcher #andreas_nieder academic.oup.com/cercor/article…

Do you order numbers like a bee? Our new piece in @ConversationEDU explains the complexities of how tiny brains (and larger ones) represent and link the concepts of space and number 🐝🔢🧠 @ZazaKuo @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng theconversation.com/bees-count-fro…

@ZazaKuo @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng Congratulations on your huge achievement! It was a pleasure to work together.

My thesis on #bee cognition is published on #AnimalBehaviour journal! Really grateful to have the best supervisors @TheBeesearcher @OzBeeUVBG and Devi, and @beeleslieng to make this possible!! Can’t thank you enough 🥰

Congratulations to PhD Rob Moore on his first publication! 🐝🗺️ Rob showed how non-traditional data sources (e.g. social media and community science) can alter species distribution models using a case study on native #Australian #bees. See our article: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@dajmeyer @ZazaKuo @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng There is definitely individual variation - check out the original study here: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…. However, there is evidence showing left and right "handedness" in bees. See: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… & nature.com/articles/s4159…

@TheBeesearcher @ZazaKuo @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng "[Bee] antennae show physiological asymmetry. The right antenna is used for short-term memory, pheromone detection & social interaction, whereas the left antenna is used for long-term memory." Are there no "left antennaed" bees?

Congratulations to @ZazaKuo on her first publication! Zaza's research explores how space and quantity are associated in the honeybee brain 🐝🔢🧠As it turns out, bees order quantities from left-to-right with a bias for the right side of space. Full article-sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢 Call for papers! Dr. Vanessa Kellermann & I are co-editing a Journal of Insect Physiology special issue: "Non-eusocial Bees and Pollination: Biology, Behaviour, and Physiology in Climate Change Conditions." 🐝🌍 Submit by Dec 31, 2024! More information: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

@OzBeeUVBG @AnimAlanDorin @JirGarci @MalikaRatnayake @TheFlwrSearcher

Our research has been featured in @CSIROPublishing's blog. Our article encapsulates a decade of comparative research principally conducted in Australia on the topic of understanding how different bee species tolerate changing environmental conditions. blog.publish.csiro.au/invertebrates-…

@JamesBeeDorey @lin_yq0527 @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng Brutal! But, nonetheless, an anatomically correct critique 🐝🪰

@TheBeesearcher @lin_yq0527 @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng Six legs, but maybe only two wings? Sorry, that’s a fly 😬 Looks fun though! 😁

Last week the ICEB Lab celebrated the submission of @lin_yq0527's Honour's thesis 🎉 Congratulations to Yuqing on her incredibly hard work and truly fascinating results. Yuqing has expanded our understanding of plant-pollinator interactions and evolution🐝🌻🪻🌹🌷🪷🥀🐝

@JamesBeeDorey @lin_yq0527 @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng 🤣 the team told me it was a bee. I believed them....

@TheBeesearcher @lin_yq0527 @OzBeeUVBG @beeleslieng

This is not an easy feat! Amazing work by @LChittka and the bees 🐝

I try to do a lot of science communication, but I've been outdone on my own research here. Way to make research on bees ordering zero accessible and perhaps more humorous than it already was, @ScientistSpidey!

Congratulations to @lin_yq0527 on the final seminar for Honours! 🐝🌻🎉It has been a great pleasure to work with this team! Yuqing's research will greatly advance our understanding of pollinator flower choice and plant-pollinator evolution. @beeleslieng @OzBeeUVBG

Catching up with our newest collaborator - small brain, but big ideas! 🪰 @OzBeeUVBG

How would your animal answer these questions? Get inspired by the interview, written by the authors of this @J_Exp_Biol article advocating for rethinking behavioral research design. 👉journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22… @Monika_K_Scholz @SSerenaDing @elegansdiversus @LabLiao @RhythmicSpikes

Awesome presentation by Honours student, @lin_yq0527, discussing the foraging decisons of honeybees at @VicBioCon in the "Flight of the Pollinators" session. #VicBioCon24 @OzBeeUVBG