Why do rabbits have bright white tails when the rest of their body is cryptic brown? Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social looks at whether flash behaviour helps avoid detection by (human) predators. 🐇 doi.org/10.1002/ece3... ✍️ Co-led by Zenia Wong and myself, with @samellisq.bsky.social

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So excited to share my third PhD chapter, out now in @science.org! doi.org/10.1126/science.adz2542 #ScienceResearch Read on if you’re interested in how birds use the sun to find their way, keep track of the time, and why they’re more like jetsetting holiday goers than you’d ever imagined! 🧵

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Behavioural diversity is an important, but often overlooked, component of biological diversity. Addressing knowledge gaps is vital in tackling the biodiversity crisis. Check out our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper led by @ivanjaric.bsky.social here👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1o0CEcZ3X7...

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On Manzil Way in Oxford there's been a community COVID memorial, put up in 2020. Last week the council had to take it down as it was in increasingly bad shape 🧵(1/5)

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There's an old adage "thorn is the mother of oak", where thorny hedgerow protects young oak saplings while they get established Here a community memorial on one of the busiest roads in Oxford did the same for a walnut tree (5/5)

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