Jenn Smith 🌈🐺🐾🐭🐍

🚨🥳 New paper alert! Evidence of sensory integration of predator cues by California ground #squirrels. Field experiments by me, @CECarmin & others on #TeamSquirrel document fear of a "quiet coyote" is modulated by levels of human disturbance royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Excited for my 3rd year at @UWEauClaire! @JennSmithSocBeh @OliviaBernauer

After many hours of sitting in a field staring at squirrels, the fruit of that labor is published! Part of my dissertation work with @JennSmithSocBeh exploring the intersection of space use and social behavior is out now in Animal Behaviour, open to all! ➡️sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I'm excited that our (@KDSLehmann @jcbeehner @kay_holekamp @MaraHyenas) research was highlighted in @Nature News & Views this week! Read more here: nature.com/articles/d4158…

📰 💥🦌 Understanding 'umwelts' from animal behavior can increase human AND wildlife safety. Enjoyed being part of news piece about reducing vehicle collisions with deer. 🌿🦺🦌 jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

Our paper on #hyena #cooperation is out in @RSocPublishing 🥳! We (@KDSLehmann @jcbeehner @kay_holekamp @MaraHyenas et al) show how long-term social bonds & short-term friendly intx help hyenas overcome barriers to cooperation during risky fights w/ lions: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Fully funded PhD studentships on baboon behavioural ecology, social behaviour and physiology in South Africa! @PsychologyNTU @TrentUni with me, @rich_mcfarland and @evo_NTU If you have a research idea then get in touch with us to discuss 👇

🎺🎺Announcing the @asab_tweets Spring Meeting 2024🎺🎺 Exeter, 23-25 April 2024 - get the dates in your diaries now Check website for more details and plenaries asabspring2024.github.io Organised by @ljnbrent @Samellisq @laleaver1 @AndyDHigginson

Looking for a PhD? Interested in bird migration? Come and join my new lab @DurBiol! I’m currently advertising for two PhD students - see below. If you're interested, please get in touch (preferably before the 15ht December). #PhDposition #PhD #Birds #Migration @CEGDurham

FI is happy to offer one $2000 Travel Award for a marginalized or historically excluded student to attend a conference, workshop, or training opportunity in a natural sciences field. Apply: fieldinclusive.org/student-travel… Note: Applications from Non-U.S. institutions are not eligible.

Many have recently claimed that wolves are decimating the deer population and destroying deer hunting and we need to kill wolves ASAP to turn things around. Below is a deep dive into the data on wolves, deer, and deer hunting in our area and northeastern Minnesota

🚨🥳 Team #Squirrel @UWEauClaire opening windows for #Blugolds to the world of #STEM through collaboration with @ucdavis @UCDavisNews leadertelegram.com/news/local/uwe…

In this letter we warn the @EU_Commission that failing to compile reliable data on livestock losses and associated costs can have severe consequences for large carnivore conservation. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 🧵👇 1/n

Postdoc opening: NSF collaboration with @CarrieMongle @sbululab needs you! Come help us study the causes & consequences of aging in the wild geladas of Ethiopia along with our collaborative @GeladaResearch team. Apply here: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersection/…

ANOTHER 🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 The Peregrine Fund seeks a Quantitative Ecologist. If you're good at #Rstats come help us save raptors! ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/non…

HBES is proud to unveil the Advancing Diversity through Anthropological + Psychological Training (ADAPT) Program! ADAPT supports undergraduates who have experienced hurdles to accessing evolutionary social science training. Become an ADAPT mentor👇! hbes.com/the-adapt-miss…

POSTDOC application deadline *THIS SUNDAY Nov 26th*. Work on social dynamics in the face of aging and natural disasters with me @CrabExeter Apply: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui… FAQs: docs.google.com/document/d/1xw…

Another incredible study on the social lives of Amboseli baboons! Takeaways: 1. Sex differences in grooming emerge at a young age. 2. Strong, equitable mother-daughter relationships begin very early in life. & 3. Age at first grooming is heritable and shaped by selection.🥳🧬🫂🐒

More PhD projects - this one on maternal effects in soay sheep, a topic close to my heart! Great project, super dept, lovely supervisors, top collaborators, super city, fabulous fieldsite ... and loads of sheep! Pic of me back when I did sheepie fieldwork findaphd.com/phds/project/n…