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New exciting postdoc position with @christophvoelter.bsky.social within our new FWF emerging fields project share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/...

We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=arVs... video abstract

Sensitivity to permanent non-functionality in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) Video AbstractYouTube video by Antonio Jose Osuna Mascarówww.youtube.com

Our new Paper with @susanamonso.com and @biotay.bsky.social is out. It tests one of the components of Susana Monso's minimal concept of death in a Touch Screen Setup: sensitivity to permanent non-functionality. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

extreme extractive foraging - fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social

common ground - fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social

knock knock - who is there?

early morning bird - fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social

Heavenly hornbills at Birdparadise singapore !

Another visit from the otters (fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social )

Having just fed, he's now got some moves

Mature females can be identified by their red eye colouration (fieldwork with @theroesa.bsky.social )

Long John is still around, seen together with his partner in a Ketapang tree... the eye injury has no effect on his cracking skills.

More fieldwork in Singapore with @theroesa.bsky.social

Our new emerging field within the excellence initiative of the @fwf-at.bsky.social will look into the process of innovation across apes, parrots, corvids and embodied artificial agents with @mohara.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social @christophvoelter.bsky.social

Naked scientist Podcast with Veronika: www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...

Cracking cancer’s code, and the cow that scratches its backPlus, SpaceX’s Starlink continues to expand…www.thenakedscientists.com

Veronika‚s Story in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/s...

Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does.www.nytimes.com

No bull: nice article about our study by David Grimm | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use toolsFirst evidence for tool use in cattle includes a skill previously seen only in humans and chimpanzeeswww.science.org

Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...

New Messerli Professorship available: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant Professor in Translational Immunology/Immunometabolism (Tenure Track) - Vienna (Statutarstadt) (AT) job with Medical University of Vienna | 12852692Assistant Professor position in Translational Immunology/Immunometabolism for the Messerli Research Institute of Human Animal Interactionswww.nature.com