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Bird nests as evidence of avian culture. @laurenguillette.bsky.social at #ICN2026 tells us about her fun research showing how zebra finches develop preferences for colours of strings depending on what the majority of their neighbouring nests look like and their own preferences. @neuroethology.org

Sanjay Sane at #ICN2026 introduces us to the fascinating world of #insect architecture, and tells us how termites build their impressive mounds. @neuroethology.org

Perils of having a South Asian plenary speaker: dealing with all the people who think it was me 😁

Story of my life

This is a beautiful city #Vancouver #Canada #ICN2026

Laura Quintana gives us a great plenary at #ICN26 about how sex steroids modulate aggressive behaviour across the year in wild electric fish @neuroethology.org

An absolute tour de force of a talk at #ICN26 by @fleyes.bsky.social! Flies have special muscles to move their eyes and cool neural circuitry that controls them. Also amazing research showing how this system evolved across insects. @neuroethology.org

Walking on webs isn't easy. @natashamhatre.bsky.social tells us all about her amazing work researching how black widow spiders use their forelegs to sense and walk at the same time! #ICN2026 @neuroethology.org

At #ICN2026 @pipilika.bsky.social brings Kannada to Canada and gives a fantastic plenary on ant navigation in deserts, the night andVR (never mind his early interest in cricket(s)) ಸಕ್ಕತ್ talk!

Cool work by @alexcnkingston.bsky.social showing how snapping shrimp have an orbital shell (aka magic helmet) that helps them deal with supersonic shock waves during fights #ICN2026

So proud of Louie Yip from our lab who gave a brilliant talk about his PhD work on bee active vision! #ICN2026 #bees #vision

Andy Warhol meets Joy Division as Mike Rauscher tells us how predator sounds lead to changed wing beats and escape responses in mosquitoes #ICN2026 @neuroethology.org

Fascinating and entertaining talk by @samjakeengland.bsky.social telling us how parasites, prey and pollinators can make use of static electricity and treehoppers have the best funky structures to detect it #ICN2026 @neuroethology.org

Arundhati Roy in perfect form telling you all you need to know about the student protests in India. Heartening to see solidarity and community in the middle of a dystopian crackdown! m.thewire.in/article/righ...

Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous - The WireCan all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.m.thewire.in