Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

16 October 2026 09:29

Same weight, different energy bill. An Andean condor uses 79% less energy per kilometer than a trumpeter swan, even though both weigh roughly the same. Why? Find out in a new study in Science, which rewrites the costs of flight for wild birds and bats: doi.org/10.1126/scie... 1/3

BirdLife Marine

birdlifemarine.bsky.social

14 October 2026 12:29

🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5

BirdLife Marine

birdlifemarine.bsky.social

14 October 2026 10:25

Tracking a mysterious seabird for the first time: what GPS reveals about the Black Storm-Petrel Check out our latest blog post by Cecilia Soldatini ➡️ tinyurl.com/STDBblogOct26 ➡️ paper in @marineorno.bsky.social: doi.org/10.5038/2074... #seabirds #biologging

Marc Gilles

marcgilles.bsky.social

13 October 2026 10:24

Our special issue on 'Chemical communication and behaviour' is now complete in Animal Behaviour @asab.org www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Editors: Leanne Grieves @leagrie.bsky.social, Tyler Buchinger, Alex Van Huynh and myself Find the papers in the thread below 🧵

Katrina Siddiqi-Davies

katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social

13 October 2026 10:24

Check out our new paper Why don't all birds lay early? Causes and consequences of breeding timing for a long-lived migratory seabird It's got the first welsh language abstract in the journal (I think) Thanks to everyone for their field efforts besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...