Conference – ISIZ
Sue, Lauren, and former lab member Maria Tello-Ramos attended the 9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ) in Xining, China. Sue gave a plenary talk on ‘Animal cognition in 2017’, co-chaired an animal…
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Fieldwork 2017
Another successful field season completed this year, where Sue, Andy, and Georgina were joined by four undergraduate students from the University of St Andrews (two of which were gathering data for their Honours…
Well done, Nora!
A big congratulations to Nora who will be joining a lab run by Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant, & Fanny Ryback. She’ll be studying cooperative behaviour in sociable weavers in South Africa starting in the end of…
Outreach – LevelUp Human
In September last year, Sue joined in with Scotland’s Explorathon event by being a panel member on LevelUp Human, where a panel of judges decides what would be the best way to enhance the human race. The resulting…
New paper out – mobbing behaviour in blue tits
Nora has just had a paper published on how blue tits change aspects of their mobbing behaviour (not vocalizations) in response to changes in predator behaviour. Her paper was published in Behavioral Ecology and…
Well done David!
David has been awarded a grant by the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration to study the ability of hummingbirds to relocate a reward in 3-D. This means that David will be heading out to…
Conference – Behaviour 2017
The Healy lab descended in full force on the Behaviour 2017 conference (perhaps partially because it was held in sunny Portugal, see image at end). Sue certainly had a full programme. Not only was there a book launch…
New book out – Avian Cognition
Sue and Carel ten Cate have released a book on Avian Cognition, looking at the range of cognitive abilities that birds possess and their mechanisms. A book launch was held at this year’s Behaviour conference in…
Conference – Conference on Comparative Cognition
Perhaps better known as CO3, the Conference on Comparative Cognition as always was held in Florida. Sue, Alexis, and Lauren were the lucky ones that attended, with a four day long stint of basking in the sun, listening…
Conference – Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference
The Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference was held in Aberdeen this year, and included talks across a range of topics from PhD and Master’s students. As the name suggests, talks were related to…