Ivo Jacobs @ivojacobs.bsky.social
@Ivo_Jacobs_
Cognitive zoologist investigating the evolution of animal cognition, particularly in response to fire (pyrocognition). Amateur wildlife photographer.
My article on pyrocognition was just published in @aeonmag! Fire was - and is - an immense force in human evolution and culture, but little is known about the cognitive origins of its use. Studying pyrocognition in animals provides important clues. aeon.co/essays/how-ani…
We are looking for a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in contexts varying in threat and volatility. For more info and to apply ki.varbi.com/what:job/jobID…
Please RT! We’re hiring 5 Project assistants/Field assistants for a population study of damselflies with @EvolOdonata and @MasahitoTsuboi as PIs. Besides research and field work experience, a beautiful Swedish summer awaits! DM me for questions. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…
Savanna chimpanzees navigating a burning landscape. So fresh my gators caught on fire. #conservation #wildlife
We are hiring😃! Research assistant for collecting behavioral data on zoo-housed orangutans and chimpanzees. Retweets appreciated 🙂!
🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us @GeosciencesEd! Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens! Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfof @tanytrachelos Erin Maxwell & me. Details👇
PhD Opportunity!! in my new lab @FIWIvienna 🦌 Movement Ecology of European Ungulates 🫎 Quantifying individual variation across populations in relation to resource dynamics and anthropogenic landscape changes. More info here 👉 vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/z/… Deadline Nov 27
I do research on the cognitive abilities of our tame ravens, and here are two of their favourite things: meat and snow.
Huge congrats to @gnavalon—it’s brilliant to see our new 80-million-year-old bird on the cover of @nature! Navaornis hestiae provides the clearest insight yet into how and when the distinctive brains of modern birds evolved. Paper open access: nature.com/articles/s4158…
Black kites catching flying insects at a bushfire in Northern Territory
@CUNY @Hunter Assistant Professor job search - Animal Behavior and Conservation. Come and join our behavior community in NYC! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/as…
To celebrate Halloween, @NatureCareers asked nine scientists what inspired them to study unorthodox animals and plants and what they want the world to know about their favourite organisms. go.nature.com/3YLU3eE
My Halloween story about why crows and ravens are not actually that spooky
Nine reasons we love our spooky, kooky model organisms 👻🦇🐺⚰️ go.nature.com/4fq3Cp2
Every autumn, Swedish bramblings descend from the mountains to overwinter in the beech forests of the south.
Blue-and-yellow macaws have the most pallial neurons of any bird, and more than rhesus macaques. What to do with all that brainpower? Catch wasps for fun.
Meet our recruiting faculty: The Baldwin lab investigates the evolutionary history of sensory and physiological adaptations in vertebrates. Want to join the team? Apply now for a PhD via our graduate school IMPRS-BI! 🔔 Application deadline: November 10 🌐 Apply here:…
It's that time of year again - #CrowCoG is advertising for 🚨 MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS (APRIL - SEP 2025) 🚨 to help us conduct field- and aviary-based study of the tool-making and -using New Caledonian crows! Advert: bit.ly/3Ys7O2c PLEASE SHARE!