Amiyaal Ilany

Excited to publish with Kay Holekamp (@MaraHyenas ) and Erol Akcay (@akcayerol ) a new paper on social inheritance in spotted hyenas. science.sciencemag.org/content/373/65… A thread on how it happened:

Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.…

Humans are not the only animals that change their social lives as they age; female red deer and house sparrows become less sociable as they get older. A new special issue of @RSocPublishing #PhilTransB looks at ageing and society across the natural world: theguardian.com/science/2024/o…

We're searching for a postdoc! Join our team to study stress responses in wild baboons using real-time measurements of heart rate 🐵💓 docs.google.com/document/d/1st…

An ibex in Ein Gedi

A 1,000,000th reminder the crucial importance of basic research. Ambros and Ruvkun were looking into understanding nematode genetics and development, not looking for a drug, and ended up opening an entire new area in biology

It's an intense season for ibex males youtube.com/watch?v=XIeTag…

We are searching for a position in anthropological genetics as ASU. Come join our great program in evolutionary anthropology in a beautiful part of the US (ok, maybe it does get a little hot sometimes) See apply.interfolio.com/156498 for more info!

After several years in the making, I am very excited to see this paper finally out. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… More on this later.

Now it's official! My lab is moving to Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. Exciting research is coming, but the hyraxes stay where they are, in the wild @TelAvivUni

We describe how octopus-fish groups can work, can malfunction, and can lead to benefits! Give it a read and don't forget to see the videos for punching, displacements, and examples of solo vs collaborative hunting!! 🐙🐠🐟 Out in @NatureEcoEvo!!

The UC Davis Center for Population Biology postdoctoral fellowship is now being advertised. This is a great opportunity to come join our wonderful community of Evolution & Ecology here at Davis. Please RT cpb.ucdavis.edu/cpb-postdoc-fe…

Enough birdsong tweets, let's talk marmosets 🙊 Now in @NatureComms by @ThiagoTVarella (@LifeofBehavior lab), "Active sampling as an information seeking strategy in primate vocal interactions" nature.com/articles/s4200… Are contact calls somehow like electric fish pulses? 1/3

We are hiring! Tenure-track Assistant Professor at NYU in Biological Anthropology, for someone working in areas of non-human primate ‘omics. All new state-of-the-art lab facilities should be ready in early 2026. Job ad and application link here: apply.interfolio.com/153021 Please RT!

A new paper by some of me friends and me :) Architectural traditions in the structures built by cooperative weaver birds | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long-lived avian scavenger pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

WE ARE HIRING FOR OUR 1-YEAR FELLOWSHIP: Interested in working with wild bonobos and local field assistants on long-term data collection of social behavior and physiology in the Democratic Republic of Congo? See information below and apply ASAP! 🙊🌴🇨🇩

📢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/Doctora…

The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset. nature.com/articles/d4158…