Resources
Life in academia is thrilling and rewarding. But it is easy to get lost in great opportunities, too. This list of links aims at providing some useful information to scientists at any stage of career or anyone who is interested in science.
academic life
The Animal Behaviour Collective provides micro grants and mentorship
Networking scheme of the Association for Animal Behaviour
Good supervisory practice framework
Healthy academic work habits by Palmer
Lots of advice for early career scientists
Extensive list of funding agencies for fellowships in Biology
How to structure your work when you are overwhelmed
The Women in Ecology & Evolution Podcast by MacLeod
Twelve useful tips for working in academia
career options
Career options (with and without PhD) in Animal Behaviour
How to approach a potential PhD supervisor
Lots of resources and advice on a scientific career
Pathways into Academia - celebrating different routes
Career management tool for researchers
literature research
Google Scholar: freely accessible and user-friendly web search engine
Web of Science: subscription-based scientific citation indexing service
PubMed: free search engine on life sciences and biomedical topics
Information about academic journals, including their scientific influence
coding audio-visual files
Free software for recording and editing audio
Free and user-friendly programme to code and analyse behavioural data
Free interactive object detection and tracking software
Free video transcoder
Similar to BORIS, a video coding tool
Free Windows environment for MacOS users to use Solomon or BORIS
conducting research
Experimental design assistant for planning animal experiments
Free randomization tool for Animal Research (summary)
How to read and understand a scientific paper by Raff
Twelve great tips for reviewers by Roediger
Elsevier resources for reviewers
Framework to identify and mitigate sampling biases in Animal Science
data analysis
Free user-friendly statistics programme
Collection of Nature papers on statistical issues in Biology
Great collection of all the fantastic R cheat sheets
Brilliant introduction into data analyses with R (free download)
Really helpful to generate high-quality graphs in R (free download)
Fantastic homepage on free R reading material
Brilliant overview over common tests by Lindeløv (summary)
Explanation of mixed effects modeling
scientific writing
Guideline how to report experiments in Animal Science (updated version)
Recommendations for authorship credits
Great reference manager (free download)
Writing a scientific article for beginners by Ecarnot et al.
How to structure and write a scientific paper by Turbek et al.
How to create a better research poster in less time by Morrison
studying cognition and cooperation
Fantastic collection of academic talks on all aspects of cooperation
Diverse Intelligence Summer Institute
Many Minds explores human, animal, and artificial beings
online learning
International online platform promoting sustainable and inclusive events
Introduction to animal behaviour
Introductory course by leading scientists on animal culture
Free course: animal behaviour in conservation
Free online resources on animal welfare, 3Rs and best practice
Primate Learning in Action: modules and tools for primatology
Modelling and visualizing data using R
Free author and reviewer tutorials on the publishing process
evolutionary biology
The complete work of Charles Darwin online
Revisiting key papers in Ecology and Evolution through interviews
An interactive map of the evolutionary links between all living things
Great resources for students and teachers on Evolutionary Biology
Norway rats
Detailed species description, available from the University of Michigan
Fantastic article about why rats deserve more ethical protection
Movie about Calhoun's classic study on wild rats (1947-1949)
Become a certified rat tickler!
Fantastic homepage all about rats
Wildlife documentary about domestic rats released into the wild
Listen to a radio station broadcasting ultrasonic sounds of rats
primate sanctuaries
Sanctuaries in Brazil, summarised by the Great Apes Project
Sanctuaries in North America, which are members of NAPSA
Wildlife centers and sanctuaries in Africa, affiliated with PASA
Detailed information on PASA sanctuaries can be found in this article
relevant associations
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Animal Behavior Society
Comparative Cognition Society
Cognitive Development Society
German Zoological Society
European Federation for Primatology
European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association
European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Early Career Social Learning Researchers with a great magazine
Ethological Society
Graduate Women in Science
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
International Council of Ethologists
International Primate Society
International Society for Applied Ethology
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
International multi-lab collaboration of primatologists
US postdoctoral association
Primate Society Great Britain
Society for Experimental Biology
Scottish Primate Research Group
The Swiss Zoological Society
Community for women of colour in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
responsible contact with animals
Website all about Positive Animal Welfare
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: oldest charity
World Animal Protection: international welfare organisation
World Wildlife Fund: the world’s leading conservation organisation