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Announcing the NYU Environmental Studies PhD Program! This program will offer an integrative and transdisciplinary education in Animal Studies and Environmental Studies, training experts and leaders to tackle some of society's most difficult challenges. as.nyu.edu/departments/en…

An inspiring week in Erice for the Minimal Cognition conference at the Ettore Majorana Center.

The snails’ exploration/persistence after being shocked is another interesting behavior!

For those on the job hunt! Uni is in a lovely green part of the Netherlands, uni has great animal ethicists (shoutout to @BerniceBovenker, Jin Qian ), needs more of those animal-centered thinkers and scientists - you?

Just read this and you should too! Great argument by @evan_westra and Dan Kelly to get curious in the face of discomfort at changing norms.

Save The Date-The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Colin Allen is hosting talks and events including a tour of Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve to observe plovers. Stay tuned!

Co-initiated by York University's Kristin Andrews, alongside Jeff Sebo & Jonathan Birch, a major new declaration affirms there is strong scientific evidence that not just mammals & birds, but many vertebrates & invertebrates, possess conscious experiences. bit.ly/4bCD7KW

Our new paper on a potentially pain-linked behaviour in insects is out! Bees seemingly ‘rub it better’ like we do: (1/7)

Bees selectively grooming the antenna touched with a heat probe - Matilda Gibbons's latest important study challenging the idea that bees do not feel pain. cell.com/iscience/fullt…

Yay!! Available now! Read it- I did and found a very rich discussion of what to do with the evidence we now have about sentience in animal species, brain organoids, AIs etc. Also, if you ever wondered what exactly “sentience” means, take a look!

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I was glad to sign on as a coauthor to this Science letter opposing octopus farming, which I also write about for The Conversation. theconversation.com/the-hidden-wor…

This one was personal, and written through tears. My tribute to Frans de Waal is now published in Biology & Philosophy. link.springer.com/article/10.100… also archived at PhilPapers. philpapers.org/rec/ANDAPT-4 (Trying to get the typo in the title fixed-apologies.)

Stay tuned!

Canadian animal folks--I'm happy to have supported House of Commons Petition e-5114 Animal Sentience, which is now open for signatures. If you'd like Canada to recognize animals as sentient beings please join me in signing. ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

📢 PhD position in human, ape, or dog cognition Johns Hopkins University - please RT! We study how animals think, & what makes the human mind unique Deadline: Dec 1 Learn more here: social-cognitive-origins.com And here: social-cognitive-origins.com/join-our-team.… And in QT'd thread

🚨Call for abstracts🚨 CO3 is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, March 26-29th 2025, and features 5- and 10-min talks, posters, the Early Career Award talk, and a Master Lecture by Professor Suzanne MacDonald. Don't miss it! Deadline: December 13, 2024.

UK's Animals in Science Committee has a disturbing report out today. Despite the policy of only using monkeys when "no other species is suitable" research licences are being handed out without identifying what’s tested or what it’s for. gov.uk/government/pub… #AnimalWelfare