📢Have a look at this paper published in May by the Domestication Lab Vienna! "Urbanization does not affect red foxes’ interest in anthropogenic food, but increases their initial cautiousness" doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoa… 📸:WikimediaCommons

Herzlich willkommen, Elmira Mohandesan!! ✨🧬🧬

The Domestication Lab Vienna is at the ecbb2024! Go check the posters of our PhD students Urša Blenkuš on the personality of free-ranging dogs, Dario Staric on size perception in dogs, and SvenjaCapitain on dog-wolf differences during conflicts with humans!

And hopefully you didn’t miss the talk by Andreas Berghänel on prenatal stress effects yesterday!

The deadline has been extended until the 28th of July! We and KLIVV Vienna are looking for an Administrative Assistant! Do you know someone who fits the profile and wants to join us at the beautiful Wilhelminenberg? 🌲📷vetmeduni.ac.at/en/konrad-lore…

📢New paper led by El Pulgar del Panda (Jorge Garrido-Bautista) featuring Penn & Zala Lab & Steve Smith: "Fine-scale genetic structure and phenotypic divergence of a passerine bird population inhabiting a continuous Mediterranean woodland" Vetmeduni doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… 📸: WikimediaCommons

🚨🚨PhD position alert!! 🚨🚨We are looking for a doctoral student to carry out behavioural research on acoustic and visual communication in wolves and dogs @ Comparative Cognition Lab (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland) and the Domestication Lab Vienna (Vetmeduni, Austria)

Have you sent your application already? Only two days left! 🐸👇🏼

Redon, Constant, Smith, Habold and Giroud doi.org/10.1016/j.jthe… Understanding seasonal telomere length dynamics in hibernating species Lilian Redon, Steve Smith, Sylvain Giroud Vetmeduni, KLIVV Vienna, CNRS 🌍

Thrilled to be in Kuching for #WCH10! I will be presenting our work this Monday 5th in S8–Ecol & Evol of Phytotelma-Breeding Frogs (15:30, Mtg. Room 5) and S10–Visual Communication (16:15, Mtg room 6). Don't miss the other presentations from our group! 🧶👇

.Lia Schlippe Justicia just rocked the stage with her talk on the impact of global change on dyeing #poisonfrogs 🤩 Vetmeduni KLIVV Vienna

Goodbye, Kuching! What a fabulous #Herpsci week at the #WCH10. So lucky to work with these super talented ladies! Lia Schlippe Justicia Dr. Carolin Dittrich Dr. Mile Betancourth-Cundar 🫶🏼🐸 Vetmeduni KLIVV Vienna Cherry on the cake: Proboscis monkey at Bako National Park 😍

📢NEW PAPER featuring our own Herbert Hoi: "Local population decline of the threatened Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor is linked to the modernisation of the rural landscape" bit.ly/3ZiCR1h Vetmeduni

📢New publication by fusanilab & collaborators: "Elevated testosterone levels during moult have contrasting effects on structural and carotenoid-based plumage colours in Eurasian Blue Tits" doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13… Vetmeduni

📢Have a look at the new paper led by our PhD student Julia Slezacek! "🐧🐧🐧🥳 Out now in Hormones and Behavior Journal doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbe… 📸: Eva Bindhi - WikimediaCommons Vetmeduni

And they made it to the cover! 🥳🤩🐧 Julia Slezacek

Somebody (besides me!) is happy with the rain! ☔️🟡🦎⚫️ 📹: K. Szydlik KLIVV Vienna FIWI Vienna

Blocking stress recovery impairs problem-solving in fish! Neolamprologus pulcher🐟 with blocked #stress receptors made more mistakes in detour tasks after predator exposure, revealing a key link between stress recovery & #behavioral flexibility. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢 New paper by our own Stefan Fischer, fusanilab and collaborators! 🐟🐟🐟 "Does the stress axis mediate behavioural flexibility in a social cichlid, Neolamprologus pulcher?" The answer here 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📣New publication led by former PhD student Elisa Perinot, PhD in collaboration with fusanilab, FIWI Vienna 's Thomas Ruf & Co.: "Small energy benefits of in-wake flying in long-duration migratory flights" Out now in Royal Society Publishing #ProcB Congrats, Elisa!👏👏 doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…